Into the archive of ubiquitous computing: the data perfect tense and the historicization of the present

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Seberger
Keyword(s):  
Ubiquitous Computing ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Present Tense ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis paper theorizes ubiquitous computing as a novel configuration of the archive. Such a configuration is characterized by shifts in agency underlying archival mechanics and a pronounced rhythmic diminution of such mechanics in which the user's experiential present tense is rendered fundamentally historical. In doing so, this paper troubles the relationship between: archival mechanics such as appraisal, accession and access; the archive as a site of historical knowledge production and the pervasiveness of data-driven daily life.Design/methodology/approachBy employing conceptual analysis, I analyze a classic vision of ubiquitous computing to describe the historicization of the present tense in an increasingly computerized world. The conceptual analysis employed here draws on an interdisciplinary set of literature from library and information science, philosophy and computing fields such as human-computer interaction (HCI) and ubiquitous computing.FindingsI present the concept of the data perfect tense, which is derived from the future perfect tense: the “will have had” construction. It refers to a historicized, data-driven and fundamentally archival present tense characterizing the user's lived world in which the goal of action is to have had created data for future unspecified use. The data perfect reifies ubiquitous computing as an archive, or a site of historical knowledge production predicated on sets of potential statements derived from data generated, appraised, acquisitioned and made accessible through and by means of pervasive “smart” objects.Originality/valueThis paper provides foundational consideration of ubiquitous computing as a configuration of the archive through the analysis of its temporalities: a rhythmic diminution that renders users' experiential present tenses as fundamentally historical, constructed through the agency of smart devices. In doing so, it: contributes to ongoing work within HCI seeking to understand the relationship between HCI and history; introduces concepts relevant to the analysis of novel technological ecologies in terms of archival theory; and constitutes preliminary interdisciplinary steps towards highlighting the relevance of theories of the archive and archival mechanics for critiquing sociotechnical concerns such as surveillance capitalism.

scholarly journals “Happy slaves”? The adaptation problem and identity politics in the writings of Amartya Sen

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 1178-1193
Author(s):  
Tony Burns
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Mary Wollstonecraft ◽  
Amartya Sen ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between Amartya Sen’s notion of adaptation and his views on identity politics by focussing on the issue of slavery and, more specifically, on the example of the happy or contented slave. Design/methodology/approach The paper is text based. The methodological approach adopted is that of conceptual analysis, as is typical for work of this kind. Findings The paper concludes that the example of the happy or contented slave is indeed a fruitful one for those interested in exploring the relationship between Sen’s views on “the adaptation problem” and his views on identity politics, especially in relation to the subjection of women. Here Sen’s debt to the ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill is particularly important. Research limitations/implications One implication of the argument of the paper is that there is a need to consider more carefully the differences that exist between the views of Wollstonecraft and Mill, so far as the example of the happy or contented slave is concerned. Practical implications One practical implication of the paper is that, hopefully, it establishes the continued relevance of the ideas of thinkers such as Wollstonecraft and Mill today, not least because of the influence that they have had on theoreticians such as Amartya Sen. Social implications The paper addresses issues which are of considerable social and political significance, especially for women in underdeveloped societies today. Originality/value The example of the happy or contented slave has not received much discussion in the literature on Sen, although Sen himself has suggested that the distinction between happiness and contentment is an important one, which does merit further discussion.

scholarly journals Innovative scenario planning of petrochemical enterprises in the Iranian community

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-480
Author(s):  
Babak Ziyae ◽  
Rosnani Jusoh ◽  
Hamidreza Madadian
Keyword(s):  
Petrochemical Industry ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Futures Studies ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Attention ◽  
Shed Light

Purpose Research studies on futures studies have recently gained significant attention to create a desirable future based on the environmental change. Futures studies follow discovery, invention, presentation, test and evolution of possible, feasible and desirable futures. The purpose of this study is to examine some important aspects of the relationship between futures studies and planning and to present a model where futures scenarios have been developed as an integral part of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through the lens of dynamic capabilities theory and creative system theory. Design/methodology/approach Based on interpretive structural modeling and Delphi technique, the most important trends, proponents and uncertainties of the future of 10 Iranian petrochemical SMEs is identified and related innovative scenarios are presented. Findings The findings show four scenarios on the petrochemical industry including attracting investment, the presence of the private sector, attracting people's capital and sustainable development of the petrochemical industry. Originality/value The paper undertakes a first of its kind cross-disciplinary conceptual analysis to design Innovative Scenario Planning for SMEs. Despite the importance of scenario planning in SMEs, theories for understanding the nexus of entrepreneurial future studies remain underdeveloped. Therefore, there is still a theoretical gap and lack of research; hence, the current study tries to shed light on the topic and fill the gap in the entrepreneurship literature.

scholarly journals Re-examining the philosopher’s stone of leadership

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-663
Author(s):  
Fenwick W. English ◽  
Lisa Catherine Ehrich
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Leadership Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the phenomenon of leadership at the intersection of aesthetics, identity and self within a dynamic, fluid and interactive compositional mixture which is part of a leader’s continuous process of invention and reinvention. Design/methodology/approach The methodology of this paper is a conceptual analysis and presentation involving some of the extant literature in the field of aesthetics, identity and leadership, including Harold Bloom’s theory of poetry that provides an entrance point to understand the problem of identity. The authors argue that a person, such as a leader, has multiple identities and interactions with others which lead to the co-construction of the self. To demonstrate this argument, the authors explore a case study of the life of the opera diva, Maria Callas. Findings An exploratory conceptual model demonstrating the relationship between identity and self, and insights and Bloom’s theory are applied to illuminate the case study of Maria Callas’ life. A key finding of the analysis is that identity is linked to performance and co-constructed in relation to others. Practical implications The paper concludes by discussing two implications for developing school leadership performance: the need for an aesthetic perspective of leadership and the need to provide a range of teaching approaches to teach leadership. Originality/value There have been few, if any, significant breakthroughs in understanding more about leadership from the traditional methods of social science. It is argued that until and unless researchers move towards working in aesthetic traditions there is not likely to be new understandings of it.

scholarly journals Collaborating across the researcher-practitioner divide

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 858-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linh Chi Vo ◽  
Mihaela Kelemen
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Collaborative Relationship ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Democratic Experimentalism ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to bridging the gap between researchers and practitioners. It does so by comparing the various models of academic-practitioner collaboration and introducing Dewey’s democratic experimentalism as a promising alternative. Design/methodology/approach The conceptual implications are drawn from an analysis and discussion of the literatures in the field of organizational knowledge production, co-production and Deweyan studies. Findings Democratic experimentalism offers a much needed platform for a collaborative relationship between academics and practitioners that leads to knowledge that is rigorous and relevant to practice. Originality/value While the current models of academic-practitioner collaboration provide mechanisms for knowledge co-production, the Dewey’s democratic experimentalism goes further to emphasize the nature of the relationship between academics and practitioners in such common endeavor to ensure that all of them are equal co-creators of knowledge.

Beyond deaths in school: education, knowledge production, and the Adivasi experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shivali Tukdeo
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Knowledge Construction ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
School Education ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Formal Systems ◽  
Indian State ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Submergence, dislocation, rehabilitation and reform are the terms that crowd out most discussions on Adivasi/indigenous communities. They also fit in aptly with the Adivasi experiences of education and their relationship with knowledge construction, for them but not necessarily with them. Over the course of the last century, the Adivasi story has been composed and reoriented by a confluence of hegemonic regimes, institutions and epistemic traditions. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Tracing the shifts over last few decades and paying attention to the larger politics of indigeneity, schooling and knowledge production, this paper advances a critical reading of the relationship between the marginalised and formal systems of schooling. Findings Employing Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s (1989) “Can the Subaltern Speak?”, the paper identifies the discourses that have contributed to the construction of Adivasi communities and their relationship with the Indian state. Originality/value As schooling continues to occupy a significant place among the communities in India and it gets associated with a number of contradictory logics, the present paper highlights the historicity of the project by which marginalised communities have been defined and their schooling needs have been framed and justified.

Gossip: a channel for the development of personal reputation

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 516-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Zinko ◽  
Charles Tuchtan ◽  
James Hunt ◽  
James Meurs ◽  
Christopher Furner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Integrate Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically test the extent to which gossip plays a role in individual reputation development in the context of contemporary organizations. This study answers the continuous calls to integrate theory across fields by exploring the theoretical links between these two constructs. Design/methodology/approach This study provides a conceptual analysis and general review of the literature on gossip and reputation. The relationship between these two constructs is investigated through a two-study package (lab and field) yielding convergent results. Findings The findings of this study are that gossip contributes to organizational identity in that it reinforces the social norms of groups and that gossip serves as an important enabler of reputational development. This study provides empirical evidence that gossip serves a more significant role in the development of personal reputation than more formal methods of communication. Practical implications As organizations and individuals attempt to develop and capitalize on the effects of individuals’ reputations, this study provides practical insights into the knowledge that needs to be built regarding the method by which this development can occur. This study points to the practical value of gossip in the creation of personal reputation. Originality/value The theoretical framework in this study highlights the centrality of gossip as a primary enabler of reputation development in contemporary organizations. Reputation theory is advanced by studying a segment of the construct that has, until now, been excluded from consideration in this field.

How students’ friendship network affects their GPA ranking

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 535-553
Author(s):  
Yongli Li ◽  
Sihan Li ◽  
Chuang Wei ◽  
Jiaming Liu
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Network Effect ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Friendship Network ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Data Driven Approach ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Behaviour Data

Purpose Due to the unintentional or even the intentional mistakes arising from a survey, the purpose of this paper is to present a data-driven method for detecting students’ friendship network based on their daily behaviour data. Based on the detected friendship network, this paper further aims to explore how the considered network effects (i.e. friend numbers (FNs), structural holes (SHs) and friendship homophily) influence students’ GPA ranking. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected the campus smart card data of 8,917 sophomores registered in one Chinese university during one academic year, uncovered the inner relationship between the daily behaviour data with the friendship to infer the friendship network among students, and further adopted the ordered probit regression model to test the relationship between network effects with GPA rankings by controlling several influencing variables. Findings The data-driven approach of detecting friendship network is demonstrated to be useful and the empirical analysis illustrates that the relationship between GPA ranking and FN presents an inverted “U-shape”, richness in SHs positively affects GPA ranking, and making more friends within the same department will benefit promoting GPA ranking. Originality/value The proposed approach can be regarded as a new information technology for detecting friendship network from the real behaviour data, which is potential to be widely used in many scopes. Moreover, the findings from the designed empirical analysis also shed light on how to improve GPA rankings from the angle of network effect and further guide how many friends should be made in order to achieve the highest GPA level, which contributes to the existing literature.

scholarly journals Meaning in philosophy and meaning in information retrieval (IR)

2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Thornley ◽  
Forbes Gibb
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Philosophy Of Language ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Role Of Information

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the question of whether the differences between meaning in philosophy and meaning in information retrieval (IR) have implications for the use of philosophy in supporting research in IR.Design/methodology/approachThe approach takes the form of a conceptual analysis and literature review.FindingsThere are some differences in the role of meaning in terms of purpose, content and use which should be clarified in order to assist a productive relationship between the philosophy of language and IR.Research limitations/implicationsThis provides some new theoretical insights into the philosophical context of IR. It suggests that further productive work on the central concepts within IR could be achieved through the use of a methodology which analyses how exactly these concepts are discussed in other disciplines and the implications of any differences in the way in which they may operate in IR.Originality/valueThe paper suggests a new perspective on the relationship between philosophy and IR by exploring the role of meaning in these respective disciplines and highlighting differences, as well as similarities, with particular reference to the role of information as well as meaning in IR. This contributes to an understanding of two of the central concepts in IR, meaning and information, and the ways in which they are related. There is a history of work in IR and information science (IS) examining dilemmas and the paper builds on this work by relating it to some similar dilemmas in philosophy. Thus it develops the theory and conceptual understanding of IR by suggesting that philosophy could be used as a way of exploring intractable dilemmas in IR.

Competitive advantage of data-driven analytical capabilities: the role of big data visualization and of organizational agility

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricius Munhoz de Medeiros ◽  
Antônio Carlos Gastaud Maçada
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Data Visualization ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Organizational Agility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Big Data Visualization ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeIn the digital age, the use of data and analytical capabilities to guide business decisions and operations plays a strategic role for organizations to gain competitive advantage (CA). However, the paths by which analytical capabilities convey their effect to CA are not yet fully known and few studies address the role of behavioral and cultural aspects of related of analytical capabilities. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how data-driven culture (DDC) and business analytics (BA) affect CA, considering the mediating effects of big data visualization (BDV) and organizational agility (OA).Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted with 173 managers who are BDV and BA users in Brazilian organizations of various economic segments. The data were analyzed through structural equation modeling and mediation tests.FindingsThe evidence indicates that DDC and BDV are antecedents of BA. The following complementary mediations were discovered: BDV in the relationship between DDC and BA; BA in the relationship between DDC and CA; and OA in the relationship between BA and CA. It was also discovered that OA explains the transmission of most of the effect of BA to CA.Practical implicationsThis study can help organizations to understand the importance of cultural and behavioral aspects related to the use of the analytical capabilities. Thereby, managers can establish policies and strategies to extract value from data and leverage business agility and competitiveness through use BDV and BA.Originality/valueThis study fills an important research gap by developing an original research model and discussing empirical evidence on how DDC and BA affect CA, considering the mediating effects of BDV and OA.

Performing and Choreographing Gender in Eiko & Koma's Cambodian Stories

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (S1) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Rosemary Candelario
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
The Gaze ◽  
Asian Identity ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Performance

Eiko & Koma's 2006 piece Cambodian Stories: An Offering of Painting and Dance offers an opportunity to analyze the ways gender, the nation, and the global are choreographed and represented on an American stage. Gender is thoroughly implicated in each of the main themes raised by the piece: history (both personal and geo-political), Asian identity, and the relationship between visual art and the performing body. In what ways does this intercultural, intergenerational, and multidisciplinary work complicate our understanding of gender and the nation in the age of globalization? How can a performance such as Cambodian Stories be viewed as a site of (non-Western) feminist knowledge production? Might the movements of Eiko & Koma alongside nine young Cambodian painters be evidence of an agency not visible through the gaze of Western feminist theory?

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