The moment of serendipity in technology companies: study by participant observation

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiko Itaya ◽  
Kiyoshi Niwa
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
The Moment

The meaning of slow nursing in dementia care

Dementia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 930-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Lillekroken ◽  
Solveig Hauge ◽  
Åshild Slettebø
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The Moment

Research literature in the dementia field lacks examples of ‘best-practices’ demonstrating concretely how it is possible to support the sense of coherence in people with dementia. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the nurses’ views concerning a caring approach that may support the sense of coherence in people with dementia. The data were collected through participant observation and focus group interviews during a four-month period in 2011. Sixteen registered nurses recruited from two Norwegian nursing homes participated in this study. The data were interpreted using a phenomenological-hermeneutical method. Three themes were identified: ‘being in the moment’, ‘doing one thing at a time’, and ‘creating joy and contentment’. An overall interpretation of these themes is described by the metaphor ‘slow nursing’, a caring approach that may lead to supporting the sense of coherence in people with dementia.

scholarly journals Ilha do Combú: um olhar sob as perspectivas conceituais do lazer e seus equipamentos

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arcanjo Miguel Garcia Maia ◽  
Jonathan Rodrigues Nunes ◽  
Silvia Helena Ribeiro Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
The State ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Conceptual Issue ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Green Areas ◽  
Island Community ◽  
Tourist Development ◽  
The Moment

Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar à sociedade a Ilha do Combú, área que pertence a Belém do Pará e suas diversas formas de ser trabalhado. A partir da questão conceitual do lazer, procurar-se-á, a partir do empreendimento particular de Dona Nena (Filha do Combú), e da festividade de Santo Antônio, fazer uma análise da diversidade que compõe as comunidades que residem na ilha, porém que não são trabalhadas da melhor forma possível, tomando como ponto de partida as teorias de diferentes autores referidos à lazer, tentando ressaltar a potencialidade que a ilha abrange sob a ampla perspectiva do aproveitamento de horas livres, tantos de turistas quanto de residentes do munícipio de Belém, sabido que ambos são relevantes para a perspectiva do estudo sobre lazer. O trabalho finalizará, portanto, tentando fazer um consenso entre as diferentes teóricas dos autores para com a classificação da Ilha em sua totalidade, sob a ótica destes estudos sobre o tema do lazer, suas motivações, e seus referidos equipamentos e suas classificações. Island of Combú: the local community according to the conceptual perspectives of leisure ABSTRACT This paper has as objective approach the experience of Combú of the island community, place that belongs to Belém of the state of Pará, and due to the closeness to the capital while urban city has stronger relation with the visitation of eventual tourists whom haz the intection of approaching of green areas. Seeing that this flow produces na urbanizing impact in the area, the search proposed to approach the relation of the community with this new utility found in their place of everyday. Starting of the conceptual issue of leisure, it was made na analysis of yhe cultural and anthropological diversity that composes the families that reside in the island. And their relation with tourism. For such, it was made field visitis and open interview on the particular enterprise of Ms. Nena (Filha do Combú), and participant observation at the Santo Antônio de Piriquitatara festivity, one of the festivities that were occurring at the moment, seeking to pay attention to the frequencie and charactheristics on the recurrents tourists on site, as far as the perception of the local communnity to this touristic flow. The work endend trying to make na overview between the diferente theories of the authors to the island rating, both in relation to the use, as approaching the island as an equipment, and also in relation to the ends and motivations of tourists, always taking into account the percpetion of the local communnity. KEYWORDS: Local Culture; Leisure; Riveirine Communities; Tourist Development.

scholarly journals Geriatric care: ways and means of providing comfort

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 830-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Cruz Pontifice Sousa Valente Ribeiro ◽  
Rita Margarida Dourado Marques ◽  
Marta Pontifice Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Geriatric Care ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Positive Interaction ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Moment ◽  
First Contact

ABSTRACT Objective: To know the ways and means of comfort perceived by the older adults hospitalized in a medical service. Method: Ethnographic study with a qualitative approach. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 older adults and participant observation of care situations. Results: The ways and means of providing comfort are centered on strategies for promoting care mobilized by nurses and recognized by patients(clarifying/informing, positive interaction/communication, music therapy, touch, smile, unconditional presence, empathy/proximity relationship, integrating the older adult or the family as partner in the care, relief of discomfort through massage/mobilization/therapy) and on particular moments of comfort (the first contact, the moment of personal hygiene, and the visit of the family), which constitute the foundation of care/comfort. Final considerations: Geriatric care is built on the relationship that is established and complete with meaning, and is based on the meeting/interaction between the actors under the influence of the context in which they are inserted. The different ways and means of providing comfort aim to facilitate/increase care, relieve discomfort and/or invest in potential comfort.

scholarly journals Revisiting the life of things: A cognitive semiotic study of the agency of artefacts in Amazonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-52
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Mendoza-Collazos ◽  
Göran Sonesson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Special Form ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Cognitive Resources ◽  
Material World ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Moment

Many contemporary scholars have recently defended the idea that the agency of things is symmetrical and equivalent to human agency. We propose an alternative approach to artefacts’ agency based on a field study concerned with contextually situated observations of the process of design of artefacts in Amazonia. By means of participant observation and interviews, we address the role of artefacts in relation to human agency. In so doing, we focus on the human-unique capacity for design as it is related to cognitive resources such as intentionality, decision-making, planning, and volitional adaptations of the material world to human purposes. We argue that such cognitive resources are ultimate manifestations of human agency. The findings allow us to conclude that artefacts possess a special form of agency, which operates in different ways from the agency of true agents. This agency is derived: it depends on the actions of true agents, with either function as remote intentions or are required for the artefact to work at the moment of use. Thus, the relation between artefacts and agents is asymmetrical. Given that the derived agency of artefacts allows people to expand their own agency, we propose the notion of enhanced agency for the prosthetic incorporation of artefacts into the agentive capabilities of human agents.

scholarly journals Perceptions of the family facing the diagnosis and information about chronic disease in childhood - doi: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v35i2.13691

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Vanessa Medeiros da Nóbrega ◽  
Kenya De Lima Silva ◽  
Altamira Pereira da Silva Reichert ◽  
Simone Elizabete Duarte Coutinho ◽  
Neusa Collet
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Final Diagnosis ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Need Support ◽  
The Family ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Moment

This study aimed to analyze the perceptions of the family to the diagnosis of chronic disease in childhood; and to assess, from the perspective of the families, the information provided by health professionals. This is a qualitative, descriptive-exploratory study based on the testimonials of families living in João Pessoa, State of Paraíba, whose children had been admitted to a public hospital. The empirical data was produced between November 2008 and January 2009 through participant observation and open interviews. In the analysis, the data were grouped into the following categories: perceptions and feelings of the families on the diagnosis of chronic disease in childhood; and information as a tool for the families deal with the adversities. The results revealed that, despite the long wait, the moment of the final diagnosis is hard and the families need support to overcome the situation and create coping strategies to play their new roles. The family needs to feel safe and confident in its ability to care for the child, which requires information. Shortcomings were verified in the communication between health professionals and family members, especially during hospitalization. The feelings that emerge in the course of chronic illness should not be ignored, but worked together with the family.

scholarly journals Migraciones y colonización de un territorio bajo disputa territorial en la Península de Yucatán, México / / / \ \ \ Migration and colonization of a territory under territorial dispute in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

2020 ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Ignacio Alonso Velasco
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Quintana Roo ◽  
Territorial Dispute ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Moment

Resumen: Desde la década de 1950 se llevó a cabo en México una política colonizadora con la idea de aprovechar los “espacios vacíos” ocupados por la selva, en zonas delicadas como son las fronterizas, y destinarlos a actividades productivas como lo son las agropecuarias. La apropiación que realizaron los pobladores del espacio y el uso del suelo son procesos socioeconómicos complementarios y complejos, ya que interactúan situaciones de orden natural y actividades antropogénicas; en consecuencia, su análisis debe considerar, entre otros elementos, a la población y la colonización que realizaron del área. El objetivo de este artículo es exponer cuáles fueron las motivaciones y circunstancias del proceso migratorio, así como el momento en el que la zona objeto de estudio, localizada en la Península de Yucatán, México, experimentó su poblamiento. Para ello, se llevó a cabo la revisión de fuentes bibliográficas, institucionales y hemerográficas, pero, sobre todo, este artículo es fruto del trabajo de campo realizado por medio de encuestas y de la observación no participante, con uso de cámara fotográfica.   Palabras clave: Campeche; conflicto limítrofe; Quintana Roo; indígenas.   Abstract: Since the 1950s a colonizing policy was carried out in Mexico with the idea of taking advantage of the "empty spaces" occupied by the jungle, in delicate areas such as border areas, and allocating them to productive activities such as agriculture. The appropriation by the inhabitants of space and land use are complementary and complex socio-economic processes, since natural situations and anthropogenic activities interact; consequently, their analysis should consider, among other elements, the population and colonization they performed in the area. The objective of this article is to expose what were the motivations and circumstances of the migratory process, as well as the moment in which the area under study, located in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, experienced its settlement. To this end, the review of bibliographic, institutional and hemerographic sources was carried out, but, above all, this article is the result of the field work carried out through surveys and non-participant observation, with the use of a photographic camera.   Key words: Campeche; conflict bordering; Quintana Roo; natives.

scholarly journals Práticas de cuidado de enfermagem no contexto da política do homem

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelize Rodrigues Freitas ◽  
Lina Marcia Migueis Berardinelli ◽  
Fatima Helena do Espírito Santo ◽  
Maria José Coelho
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Care ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
El Paso ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Medication Administration ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Hospital Institution ◽  
The Moment

RESUMOObjetivo: analisar a aproximação do cuidado de Enfermagem no contexto da Política Nacional de Atenção à Saúde do Homem. Método: estudo qualitativo, descritivo, na vertente etnometodológica, desenvolvido com 33 participantes por meio da observação participante e entrevista semiestruturada. A organização e a categorização dos dados seguiram orientação da técnica de Análise de Conteúdo. Resultados: da análise, emergiram duas categorias - registro do cotidiano de cuidado, práticas cotidianas e o movimento do cuidado. Conclusão: as práticas cotidianas de Enfermagem estão voltadas para as pessoas adoecidas, em situação clínica e cirúrgica, envolvendo a passagem de plantão, avaliação clínica, higiene, curativos, cateterismo vesical, administração de medicamentos, registros, orientação, admissão e alta. Assim, as ações da política estão contempladas, parcialmente, no cotidiano dos profissionais de Enfermagem na instituição hospitalar. Descritores: Cuidados de Enfermagem; Saúde do Homem; Assistência Integral à Saúde.ABSTRACTObjective: to analyze the approach of Nursing care in the context of the National Policy of Attention to Human Health. Method: qualitative, descriptive, ethnomethodological study, developed with 33 participants through participant observation and semi - structured interview. The organization and categorization of data followed the guidance of the Content Analysis technique. Results: from the analysis, two categories emerged: daily care records, daily practices and the care movement. Conclusion: the daily practices of Nursing are aimed at people who are ill, in clinical and surgical situations, from the moment of the shift, clinical evaluation, hygiene, dressings, bladder catheterization, medication administration, records, orientation, admission and discharge. Thus, the actions of the policy are contemplated, partially, in the routine of the Nursing professionals in the hospital institution. Descriptors: Nursing Care; Men's Health; Comprehensive Health Care.RESUMENObjetivo: analizar la aproximación del cuidado de enfermería en el contexto de la Política Nacional de Atención a la Salud del Hombre. Método: estudio cualitativo, descriptivo, en la vertiente etnometodológica, desarrollado con 33 participantes por medio de la observación participante y entrevista semiestructurada. La organización y la categorización de los datos siguieron la orientación de la técnica de Análisis de Contenido. Resultados: del análisis, emergieron dos categorías - registro del cotidiano de cuidado, prácticas cotidianas y el movimiento del cuidado. Conclusión: las prácticas cotidianas de Enfermería están dirigidas a las personas enfermas, en situación clínica y quirúrgica, involucrando desde el paso de turno, evaluación clínica, higiene, curativos, cateterismo vesical, administración de medicamentos, registros, orientación, admisión y alta. Así, las acciones de la política están contempladas, parcialmente, en el cotidiano de los profesionales de Enfermería en la institución hospitalaria. Descriptores: Cuidados de Enfermería; Salud del Hombre; Atención Integral de Salud.

scholarly journals KEBERAGAMAAN MAHASISWA DI PERGURUAN TINGGI WILAYAH MINORITAS MUSLIM

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Ismail Suardi Wekke ◽  
Asep Hermawanto ◽  
Muhammad Ashrori
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
State College ◽  
Religious Subject ◽  
Time To Learn ◽  
The Moment

<p>Higher education is a part of society, therefore Islamic university also as part of their environment. This article would identify how Islamic higher education accelerates their institution to give students any opportunity to learn religious subject outside classroom. They have enough time to learn in non-formal situation. Data was collected through the brief in-depth interview and non-participant observation. Islamic State College of Sorong is the main source of data. Focus group discussion was the technique to verify data for triangulation. This article discusses two main activity, they are a celebration of Prophet Muhammad and the moment of first time reciting Quran. Finally, this article concludes that the institution in higher learning activity play two roles, the university itself, and the same time they are the religious body of the society.</p>

scholarly journals Penggunaan Media Sosial Tinder dan Fenomena Pergaulan Bebas di Indonesia

Koneksi ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Cervia Ferdiana ◽  
Eko Harry Susanto ◽  
Sisca Aulia
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Online Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Depth Interviews

Tinder is an online dating social media that is used by the majority of young people. The presence of Tinder at the moment, has an unconscious influence on daily life. The existence of Tinder can help someone to find a friend or life partner. However, now there is a phenomenon of the function of social media online dating that is misused by the public. The purpose of this study is to find out the shift in function of social media Tinder, the choice of social media Tinder as medium to find promiscuity friends, and an increase in promiscuity among young Indonesians using social media Tinder. This study is a qualitative study with phenomenological methods. Data collection techniques in this study were in-depth interviews, participant observation, literature and the online data article. The results of this study are that there is an increase in promiscuity among young people in Indonesia using social media dating online Tinder because the majority of Tinder users has an open mindset then has high curiosity of something that has never been felt, and last because the environmental factors that support the individual to enter promiscuity. Tinder merupakan media sosial kencan daring yang digunakan mayoritas kalangan anak muda. Media sosial kencan daring Tinder dapat membantu seseorang untuk menemukan teman ataupun pasangan hidup. Namun, kini muncul fenomena fungsi media sosial kencan daring Tinder yang disalahgunakan oleh masyarakat. Tujuan dari penelitian ini ingin mengetahui adanya pergeseran fungsi dari media sosial Tinder, pemilihan media sosial Tinder sebagai sarana untuk mencari teman pergaulan bebas, dan adanya peningkatan pergaulan bebas yang terdapat di kalangan anak muda Indonesia menggunakan media sosial Tinder. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan metode fenomenologi. Teknik pengumpulan data berupa wawancara mendalam, observasi partisipan, studi pustaka dan juga penelusuran data secara daring. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah terdapat adanya peningkatan pergaulan bebas di kalangan anak muda Indonesia dengan menggunakan media sosial kencan daring Tinder. Hal ini karena mayoritas pengguna Tinder mempunyai pemahaman atau pola pikir yang terbuka, rasa penasaran dan keingintahuan yang tinggi untuk mencoba sesuatu yang baru, dan faktor lingkungan yang mendukung individu untuk memasuki pergaulan bebas.

scholarly journals Autism: impact of the diagnosis in the parents

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-155
Author(s):  
Márcia Cristina Maciel de Aguiar ◽  
Milena Pereira Pondé
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Moment ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Communication Methods

ABSTRACT Objective To understand how parents react to the diagnosis of autism in their child, and the manner in which the diagnosis was revealed, as well as the method through which the researcher perceived this communication. Methods A qualitative, narrative approach was used. Semi-structured interviews were held with 21 mothers and 9 fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) enrolled in a special needs school in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. In another setting, a specialist university service for the diagnosis of autism located in the same city, data were collected from 11 mothers and 5 fathers receiving diagnosis using ethnographic participant observation. Analysis categories were established, and the data interpreted. Results The categories selected were: “ in search of a diagnosis ”, “ impact of receiving the diagnosis ”, “ patterns of diagnosis communication ”, and “ coping strategies ”. Conclusion The diagnosis of autism is often delayed due to doctors’ unpreparedness. Awareness of their child’s diagnosis exerts a negative emotional impact on parents, which can be softened using coping strategies and diagnosis communication that offers technical information, offers emotional support and provides hope regarding the child’s development. Parents need to be cared for in order to provide for the needs of their children at the moment of diagnosis and throughout the entire process of caring for individuals with ASD.

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