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The Global Emergence of Community Drones (2012–2017)

Drones, 2019
The use of drones with or by communities—what we call community drones—has emerged globally over the last decade to serve diverse purposes. Despite a growing academic interest in community drones, most experiences have been documented as gray literature ...
Nicolás Vargas-Ramírez, Jaime Paneque-Gálvez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research on innovation of Rural grassroots Governance driven by New Township talents from the perspective of “Internet + [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2020
“Internet +” is a further practical result of Internet thinking, which promotes the continuous evolution of economic forms, thus driving the vitality of social and economic entities and providing a broad network platform for reform, innovation and ...
Zhang Meng
doaj   +1 more source

How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke, Joelle Moore, Fatemeh Aminpour, Katya Eagles   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grassroots Innovation Ecosystems: Alternative Agri-Food Networks (AAFNs) in Brazil and Turkey

Novation
This paper theorises how inclusive grassroots innovation responds to socio-economic inequalities and facilitates efforts to overcome them, contingent on solidaristic relationships.
Les Levidow, Theo Papaioannou, Zühre Aksoy, Özlem Öz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Australian Activists as Storytellers in Digital Spaces: Acquiring Skills, Producing Content and Getting the Message Out

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to ...
Garth Stahl, Miri Yemini, Claire Maxwell, Yating Hu, Benjamin Adams, Sarah Bergen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Le tarif d’achat photovoltaïque comme outil d’innovation territoriale : l’exemple des Fermes de Figeac

VertigO, 2016
From 2008 to 2012, the rural cooperative “Fermes de Figeac”, situated in the Southwest of France, carried out a mutualised photovoltaic project that consisted in the installation of photovoltaic systems on about a hundred rooftops.
Béatrice Cointe
doaj   +1 more source

Application of 3D‐Slicer combined with 3D printing technology in training neurosurgery resident physicians' imaging spatial cognition and clinical reasoning: A self‐controlled before‐ and after‐study

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Neurosurgical residency training requires advanced spatial cognition and 3D anatomical understanding, which traditional methods often fail to adequately develop. This study evaluated a novel educational model integrating 3D Slicer and 3D printing technology to enhance imaging spatial cognition and clinical reasoning among neurosurgery ...
Li Xueyu, Fan Yuanxian, Chen Jiaxing, Li Chuanyu, Chen Yuanbiao, Huang Haineng, Huang Huadong, Luo Kunxiang, Wei Shiyin, Tan Rong   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grassroots Innovation Using Drones for Indigenous Mapping and Monitoring

Land, 2017
Indigenous territories are facing increasing pressures from numerous legal and illegal activities that are pushing commodity frontiers within their limits, frequently causing severe environmental degradation and threatening indigenous territorial rights ...
Jaime Paneque-Gálvez, Nicolás Vargas-Ramírez, Brian M. Napoletano, Anthony Cummings   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Entrepreneurship in the Leadership of Grassroots Innovation Movement: A Case Study of Joglo Tani in Yogyakarta

Humaniora, 2020
This article is based on a case study in Joglo Tani, a local organization that focuses its programs on promoting new agricultural technology and urban farming while promoting food security for local people. It represents what characterizes the grassroots
Setiadi Setiadi
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source