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Web 2.0, new literacies, and the idea of learning through participation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In this paper I identify some current elaborations on the theme of participation and digital literacy in order to open further debate on the relationship between interaction, collaboration, and learning in online environments. Motivated by an interest in
Merchant, G. H.
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Scents of care: Multispecies relations in Pakistan's heatwave

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how odour, intensified by heat, shapes the sensory aspects of social and multispecies relations in Pakistan. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Kasur's tanneries and Lahore's animal shelters during a period of record‐breaking heat, it analyses how smell structures inclusion and exclusion, mediates encounters with humans
Muhammad A. Kavesh
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives on Case-based Multimedia Web Projects in Science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article discusses the merits of case-based learning in an interactive online environment. Researchers used both qualitative and quantitative research over a 2-year period to examine the learning that occurred in a high school context when students ...
Mary Lundeberg
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Game Engine Conventions and Games that Challenge them: Subverting Conventions as Metacommentary [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Consumer-grade game engines such as Multimedia Fusion and RPG Maker have dramatically extended the reach of digital games as a medium. They have also spawned online communities, where conventions and canons of using these tools have evolved. These partly
Fiadotau, Mikhail
core   +1 more source

Aging and the Division of Labor of Theory of Mind Skills in Metaphor Comprehension

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While some aspects of pragmatic competence are known to decline with age, for metaphor skills the evidence is inconclusive, possibly due to heterogeneity in the assessment tools. Furthermore, the previous literature on age‐related changes in pragmatic skills has rarely considered the role of Theory of Mind (ToM), which is described as one of ...
Irene Ceccato   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Science related activities within sociocultural community development interventions can be just entertaining?

open access: yesRevue Internationale Animation, Territoires et Pratiques Socioculturelles, 2014
Science and technology are increasingly present on contemporary societies and the ideological requirement of informed democratic citizenship implies the need that individuals learn and understand science. It is both a cultural object and product that can
Ana Teodoro
doaj   +1 more source

Exiled From Their Own Lands: Indigenist Policies, Oil, and Colonial Plunder in 20th Century Venezuela

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the historical displacement of Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, focusing on the links between indigenist policies and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly oil, throughout the 20th century. Using a combined historical and ethnographic approach, it demonstrates how the formation of the Venezuelan nation‐state
Gabriel Tardelli
wiley   +1 more source

Intervención comunitaria en contextos de pobreza en la ciudad de Buenos Aires desde una perspectiva de animación sociocultural e investigación acción participativa

open access: yesRevue Internationale Animation, Territoires et Pratiques Socioculturelles, 2011
Esta experiencia articuló procesos de investigación, participación y praxis educativa, dirigida a la identificación de necesidades y demandas social por aprendizajes permanentes.
María Teresa Sirvent   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complex City Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Information and communications technology (ICT) is being exploited within cities to enable them to better compete in a global knowledge-based service-led economy.
Leon, Nick
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Strengthening Sociocultural Exchange Between Communities In Switzerland And Indian Tourists Trough Sociocultural Animation: A Means To Promote Ecotourism, Environmental Education And Cultural Values

open access: yes, 2015
+ Sprache: eng + Code Diss LU: hslusa bask 2015 + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern - Soziale Arbeit, Ausbildungsgang Soziokultur ...
openaire   +1 more source

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