Everything is old now: A-temporal experiences of the digital in a rural farming co-operative

2021 ◽  
pp. 0961463X2110148
Author(s):  
Joseph R Tulasiewicz ◽  
Ellen Forsman

This article, drawn from an ethnography of a rural farming co-operative in the East of England, argues that the temporal experience of the digital is one of a-temporality rather than acceleration. In using the term a-temporality, the article is elaborating on a concept briefly discussed by Mark Fisher to denote an alienation from time, combining it with Natasha Dow Schull’s writings on casino capitalism. Dow Schull suggests that Las Vegas capitalism has moved from streamlining time to deforming it, rendering it tensile and pliant. A similar temporal distortion is apparent in the community’s experience with digital devices. The article explores the relationships of coping the community members form with their devices, arguing that they utilize them to self-medicate emotional distress and in doing so open new ways of existing in time. In this way, the article makes sense of the fact that the group – environmentalists largely sceptical of other forms of technology – has adopted the digital so readily.

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (61) ◽  
Author(s):  
Montse Castro Rodríguez ◽  
Diana Marín Suelves ◽  
Héctor Sáiz

La formación de la ciudadanía en competencia digital interesa a administraciones nacionales y supranacionales. En los últimos años se han invertido ingentes cantidades económicas en la dotación de infraestructura y en I+D+I para el desarrollo tecnológico en distintos sectores de la sociedad. La integración de dispositivos digitales en la sociedad ha impacto en las políticas educativas de muchos países, llevándolos a considerar la competencia digital como aspecto clave en la enseñanza obligatoria y esencial para la inclusión social. En este artículo, se presentan los resultados de una investigación realizada en cuatro centros de Educación Primaria de Valencia y Galicia, reconocidos por su trayectoria innovadora en el uso de las TIC. El objetivo es identificar y analizar las visiones que la comunidad educativa de cada escuela tiene sobre la competencia digital que está adquiriendo el alumnado participante en prácticas educativas mediadas por TIC. Para la recogida de información se empleó metodología cualitativa, específicamente entrevistas a profesorado, familias y alumnado. Los resultados reflejan modelos diferentes de trabajo y conceptualización de la competencia digital. Todos ellos reconocen su relevancia para la inclusión en la sociedad del futuro y desmitifican su rol hegemónico en el aprendizaje escolar.   The training of citizens in digital competence is of interest to national and supranational administration. In recent years enormous amounts of money have been put into the provision of facilities and I+D+I for technological development in different sectors of society. The integration of digital devices in the industry, communication and society has had a profound impact on educational policies in many countries, making them consider the digital competence as a key in the compulsory education and essential to the social inclusion. This article shows the results of a research conducted in four primary schools from Valencia and Galicia that are recognized because of their innovative trajectory in the use of ICTs. The aim is to identify and analyse the visions of the education community members from each school about the digital competence which is being acquired by the students involved in educational practices mediated by ICTs. To collect the information, it was used a qualitative method based on interviews with teachers, families and students. The results reflect different work models and concepts about the digital competence. It is recognized that the ICTs are relevant to the inclusion in the society of tomorrow and it has been demystified their hegemonic role on school learning.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Hinga ◽  
Vicki Marsh ◽  
Amek Nyaguara ◽  
Marylene Wamukoya ◽  
Sassy Molyneux

Abstract Background Verbal autopsy is a pragmatic approach for generating cause-of-death data in contexts without well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems. It has primarily been conducted in health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSS) in Africa and Asia. Although significant resources have been invested to develop the technical aspects of verbal autopsy, ethical issues have received little attention. We explored the benefits and burdens of verbal autopsy in HDSS settings and identified potential strategies to respond to the ethical issues identified. Methods This research was based on a case study approach centred on two contrasting HDSS in Kenya and followed the Mapping-Framing-Shaping Framework for empirical bioethics research. Data were collected through individual interviews, focus group discussions, document reviews and non-participant observations. 115 participants were involved, including 86 community members (HDSS residents and community representatives), and 29 research staff (HDSS managers, researchers, census field workers and verbal autopsy interviewers). Results The use of verbal autopsy data for research and public health was described as the most common potential benefit of verbal autopsy in HDSS. Community members mentioned the potential uses of verbal autopsy data in addressing immediate public health problems for the local population while research staff emphasized the benefits of verbal autopsy to research and the wider public. The most prominent burden associated with the verbal autopsy was emotional distress for verbal autopsy interviewers and respondents. Moral events linked to the interview, such as being unsure of the right thing to do (moral uncertainty) or knowing the right thing to do and being constrained from acting (moral constraint), emerged as key causes of emotional distress for verbal autopsy interviewers. Conclusions The collection of cause-of-death data through verbal autopsy in HDSS settings presents important ethical and emotional challenges for verbal autopsy interviewers and respondents. These challenges include emotional distress for respondents and moral distress for interviewers. This empirical ethics study provides detailed accounts of the distress caused by verbal autopsy and highlights ethical tensions between potential population benefits and risks to individuals. It includes recommendations for policy and practice to address emotional and moral distress in verbal autopsy.


Author(s):  
Virgil Zeigler-Hill ◽  
Avi Besser ◽  
Yuval Besser

Abstract. The purpose of the present study was to extend previous research concerning the negative perceptions of stuttering by considering the perceived leadership ability of targets who stuttered compared with targets who did not stutter. We were also interested in the possibility that negative perceptions of the targets (i.e., low levels of self-esteem, intelligence, dominance-based status motivation, and prestige-based status motivation) would mediate the association between stuttering and a lack of perceived leadership ability as well as the possibility that manipulating the ostensible self-esteem level of the target would further moderate these associations. The results for 838 Israeli community members revealed a negative association between stuttering and perceived leadership ability that was mediated by the perceived self-esteem level and dominance-based status motivation of the target. Further, the associations between stuttering and perceptions of leadership ability were moderated by the ostensible self-esteem level of the target. Discussion focuses on the implications of these results for understanding the negative halo that surrounds stuttering.


10.1029/ft385 ◽  
1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher C. Barton ◽  
Paul A. Hsieh ◽  
Jacques Angelier ◽  
Francoise Bergerat ◽  
Catherine Bouroz ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ellsberg ◽  
Trinidad Caldera ◽  
Andrés Herrera ◽  
Anna Winkvist ◽  
Gunnar Kullgren

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 875-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine J. Kaslow ◽  
Elsa A. Friis-Healy ◽  
Jordan E. Cattie ◽  
Sarah C. Cook ◽  
Andrea L. Crowell ◽  
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