Results 101 to 110 of about 604,318 (421)
Living Without a Mobile Phone: An Autoethnography [PDF]
, 2018 This paper presents an autoethnography of my experiences living without a mobile phone. What started as an experiment motivated by a personal need to reduce stress, has resulted in two voluntary mobile phone breaks spread over nine years (i.e., 2002-2008 and 2014-2017).
arxiv +1 more source
ETHNOGRAPHY, ETHNOLOGY AND THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF ETHNOLOGIES
Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, 2008 Ethnology seems to be dead, but its project of comparison lives on between the lines of anthropological discourse as well as in the categories of popular culture and especially in discourses of ethnic identity. One of the problems inherent in any comparison is finding like entities to compare.
openaire +3 more sources
Employment and breast cancer: A meta-ethnography [PDF]
, 2011 This article is available open access through the publisher’s website at the link below. Copyright @ 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.The purpose of this synthesis is to examine the qualitative evidence on the lived experience of breast cancer survivors in ...
Banning, M
core +1 more source
Was the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission an act of dispossession?
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.Abstract The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has been described as one of the most comprehensive regional and national governance structures for Indigenous people in Australia. This paper looks briefly at its operational life between 1990 and 2005 and focusses on its abolition, arguing that this was an act of dispossession. The
Tui Crumpen
wiley +1 more source
Private Power and Public Interests: An Ethnographic Examination of the Power Outages in Texas in February 2021 [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 In 21st century America, to many observers, the idea that 10's of millions of Americans could lose power and heat for multiple days in the middle of a record cold snap, was unthinkable. It came as an even greater surprise that it would be Texas - arguably one of the world's energy capitals - that failed to provide sufficient power to its residents ...
arxiv
PLEs from virtual ethnography of social web [PDF]
, 2011 This article presents an exploratory research based on the virtual ethnography from an environment of research and learning including new technologies.
Monguet Fierro, José María +2 more
core +1 more source
Supporting ethnographic studies of ubiquitous computing in the wild [PDF]
, 2006 Ethnography has become a staple feature of IT research over the last twenty years, shaping our understanding of the social character of computing systems and informing their design in a wide variety of settings.
Benford, S. +5 more
core +2 more sources
Prehistory of the Omsk fortress based on archaeological, numismatic, written, and cartographic materials [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографииThe authors examine a complex of materials of various origins that highlight the process of development of the Om River mouth by Russians in the 17th century.
Tataurov S.F. +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Is that a Duiker or Dik Dik Next to the Giraffe? Impacts of Uncertainty on Classification Efficiency in Citizen Science [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Quality control is an ongoing concern in citizen science that is often managed by replication to consensus in online tasks such as image classification. Numerous factors can lead to disagreement, including image quality problems, interface specifics, and the complexity of the content itself.
arxiv
Infrastructures in and of ethnography
Anuac, 2018 This contribution invites reflection on some of the conditions under which ethnographic enquiry is carried forward. Taking its cue from the concept of infrastructure, commonly understood as the practical supports underpinning an enterprise, it extends the notion to include ideas or assumptions that may be sustaining the purpose of enquiry.
openaire +3 more sources