scholarly journals Anthropology with algorithms?

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Jenny Krieg ◽  
Moritz Berning ◽  
Anita Hardon
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Message Boards ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
New Research ◽  
Term Field

Based on a study of more than twenty thousand reports on drug experiences from the online drug education portal Erowid, this article argues that the integration of ethnographic methods with computational methods and digital data analysis, including so-called big data, is not only possible but highly rewarding. The analysis of ‘natively’ digital data from sites like Facebook, message boards, and web archives can offer glimpses into worlds of practice and meaning, introduce anthropologists to user-based semantics, provide greater context, help to re-evaluate hypotheses, facilitate access to difficult fields, and point to new research questions. This case study generated important insights into the social and political entanglements of drug consumption, drug phenomenology, and harm reduction. We argue here that deep ethnographic knowledge, what we term ‘field groundedness’, is indispensable for thoroughly making sense of the resulting visualizations, and we advocate for seeing ethnography and digital data analysis in a symbiotic relationship.

scholarly journals Experiencing Virtual Social Enterprise Media Architectures

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Lene Pettersen
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Multinational Organization ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Spatial Sense ◽  
The Social

<p>This article addresses knowledge professionals’ experiences of being in and using social enterprise media, which is characterized by a social, people-centric, dynamic and non-hierarchical information architecture. Rather than studying the social enterprise media from a typical STS-perspective in terms of ‘scripts’, ‘antiprogram’, or as ‘configuring design processes based on the user’, the paper direct its analytical lens to the users’ experiences, practices and routines when they are making sense of the virtual space in social enterprise media. As theoretical framework, unexplored corners of structuration theory where Giddens (1979, 1984) discusses spatiality (place) and temporality (time), where Giddens is inspired by the philosopher Wittgenstein (1972), the micro-sociologist Goffman (1959), and the time-geographer Hägerstrand (1975, 1978) are employed. With this approach, dynamic social processes are included in our studies of technology. Qualitative insights from a comprehensive and longitudinal case study of a multinational organization with entities in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East were used in order to get an in-depth understanding of how people experienced using virtual and social architectural spaces. The findings show that the social architecture and people-centric model in the virtual space in social enterprise media does not provide an intuitive spatial sense, nor does it provide logics that correspond with known and familiar logics or established communication and interaction practices among employees. Key features in social enterprise media (e.g., transparency) collide with how space is constructed in the physical world and with the logics at play in offline conversations and social interactions (e.g. turn-taking in conversations or the opportunity to withdraw from conversations).  </p>

scholarly journals IT’S ALIVE: an exploration of contemporary poetry in the digital age using Rupi Kaur as a case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lysle Hood
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Contemporary Poetry ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Research Questions

In the digital age, technology and digital media shapes virtually every aspect of our lives. Poetry, which has seen a surprising revival in recent years, is no exception. One of the most popular contemporary poets today is Rupi Kaur, made famous for her verse posted on the social media platform Instagram. This MRP seeks to answer the following research questions: 1) In what ways has the digital age effected contemporary poetry? 2) What role has digital media played in shaping the success and formal elements of Rupi Kaur’s body of work? This MRP begins by offering a brief history of poetry’s relationship with media and an account of how poetry is produced and consumed in the digital age. The core of the MRP is a case study of contemporary Insta-poet Rupi Kaur. Through qualitative visual and textual analysis, the case study considers: 1) Kaur’s poetry, 2) her Instagram content, 3) her readership, and 4) the criticisms of her work. As to the discussion, the analysis of the four categories reveals

The Walkthrough Method

2022 ◽  
pp. 461-486
Author(s):  
Michela Cavagnuolo ◽  
Viviana Capozza ◽  
Alfredo Matrella
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
New Research

Nowadays the social scientists are called to integrate within their studies new tools that modify and innovate the scientist's typical toolbox. Digital platforms, media, and especially apps pose further challenges to social scientists today, as they are an important place of significant socio-cultural, economic, health, relationships, and entertainment transformations. When studying digital technologies, in fact, it's important to pay attention to both their socio-cultural representations and technological aspects – since even design and data outputs have social and cultural influences. In this context, new research questions arise; among all the possible tools in the digital method toolbox, the walkthrough method is a noteworthy way to answer them. Starting from these considerations, this chapter aims to analyze, through a review of the literature, the birth and development of the walkthrough method in its various meanings to identify the innovative aspects and fields of application.

Making “Sense” of Identity

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Ricke
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Identity Studies ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Meanings ◽  
Complicated Situation

This article expands the recent sensorial turn in identity studies. It illustrates how individuals embody and link together multiple identities through the multivocality of a particular sensory experience as well as the various meanings encapsulated within the sensory experiences of a particular event. Through a case study of King and Queen celebrations in Santa Catarina, Brazil, this article investigates the social meanings associated with the aesthetics of one of the oldest German traditions in the country. While on the surface the King and Queen celebration appears to be solely a celebration of German roots, a focus on the multivocality of the sensory experiences reveals a more complicated situation where the hosts are claiming not just a German ethnic identity but a Brazilian national identity by drawing upon the multiple social meanings associated with certain sensory experiences and foregrounding particular aesthetics.

scholarly journals The Image of Ethnography—Making Sense of the Social Through Images: A Structured Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 160940691984301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo A. Ayala ◽  
Tomas F. Koch
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Research Participant ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Systematic Observation ◽  
Know How ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ethnographic Analysis

Although systematic observation and interviews are the most common techniques in ethnography, a deep understanding requires research tools adapted to exploring beyond the observational scope. Nonconventional methods can support ethnography and complement observations and thus refine the construction of meaning. Qualitative research literature deals disproportionately more with some forms of data, typically text, lacking a structured method for visuals. This article arises from a case study using nonconventional methods, such as sociograms and participant-made drawings, and presents a structured method to attain enriched ethnographic analysis. Using this structured method, the research then draws on representation, visualization, and interaction as ports of entry into group dynamics. The aim being to open a way to discovery when visual and interactional representations do not easily translate into words. Spoken language presupposes an ability to capture and convey thought with precision and clarity and to know how the interlocutor may interpret words. A structured method to analyze images can fruitfully assist in the process. Since every research participant has a view on or a way of making sense of the research subject, the method is universal in application.

scholarly journals Seblang : Sebuah Ritual Tari di Desa Olehsari Kecamatan Glagah Kabupaten Banyuwangi Jawa Timur Tahun 1990-2017

HUMANIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Reinaldo Fahmi Zackaria ◽  
I Wayan Tagel Eddy ◽  
Ida Ayu Wirasmini Sidemen
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Sick People ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

This study discussed about the Seblang rituals in the village of Olehsari which tells about the emergence of the Seblang ritual, the process of carrying out the Seblang ritual, and how the effects of the Seblang ritual on the social and cultural conditions of the village of Olehsari were affected. The purpose of this study was to find out in depth about the history and life of Seblang culture from 1990 to 2017 and how the impact of the Seblang ritual on the social and cultural conditions of the village of Olehsari. Moreover, this study had three research questions proposed, the answers of which were sought using the methodology of cultural history from Kuntowijoyo. The method used is also assisted by historical theories from Ida Bagus Sidemen. Based on the data analysis, it was concluded that the appearance of the Seblang ritual originated from a pagebluk that attacked the slopes of Mount Ijen, which resulted many disasters, sick people, and many failed crops. Since humans in ancient times, or traditional humans, believed in the existence of mystical things, the consider pagebluk is caused due to a lack of balance between nature and humans. For this reason, the Seblang ritual exist. It is through this intermediary of the Seblang ritual that the community of Olehsari hopes that the disaster will end in the village of Olehsari.

scholarly journals Conducting Research from the Ground Up

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-429
Author(s):  
Lisa H. Weasel
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
New Research ◽  
Global Food

Research in the natural sciences has tended to uncritically focus on providing technoscientific solutions to the problem of global food security, often in the form of genetically modified seeds. Yet the intended recipients of these seeds, often lower-caste women, have in some cases been vehement in their rejection of these solutions. Qualitative participatory approaches informed by feminist principles, as applied in this case study in Andhra Pradesh, India, can elucidate both the reasons for this rejection, and help to chart a more appropriate epistemological orientation for developing solutions based in community members' lives and needs. Such an approach can in turn give rise to new research questions and orientations to be taken up by technoscientific researchers wishing to approach collaborative solutions to global food security.

scholarly journals Ability and Workload on Organizational Performance through Organizational Commitments: Case Study in Employee Directorate Supervisors in Retirement Funds and Employment Management Agencies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dikdik Kurnia ◽  
Suharto Suharto ◽  
Iwan Kurniawan Subagja
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
The Social ◽  
Organization Analysis ◽  
Retirement Funds ◽  
Social Security Agency

This study aims to determine the effect of ability and workload on the organizational performance simultaneously, determine the effect of the ability to organizational performance partially, determine the effect of workload on the organizational performance partially, determine the effect of organizational commitment on organizational performance partially, determine the effect of ability on performance organization through organizational commitment and determine the effect of workload on organizational performance through organizational commitment. The study was conducted in the supervision Directorate of the Pension Fund and the Social Security Agency Employment FSA. Sampling using saturated samples involving 36 employees in all parts of the organization. Analysis of data using path analysis. Based on data analysis found that the variable ability and workload impact on organizational performance simultaneously. Variable's ability affects organizational performance partially. Variable workload affects organizational performance partially. Organizational commitment variables effect on organizational performance partially. Organizational commitment to organizational performance can provide an improved impact between ability and workload on organizational performance.

Metatheory: Lessons from Social Identity Research

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Abrams ◽  
Michael A. Hogg
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Real World ◽  
North American ◽  
Specific Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Behavior Motivation ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
New Research ◽  
Intergroup Behavior ◽  
Social Identity Approach

The value of a metatheoretical perspective is illustrated using our work in the development of the social identity approach. A metatheory places specific research questions within a broader framework and encourages the integration of theorizing for a range of potentially disparate phenomena. It sets parameters for predictions by specific theories and contexts. Resistance to ideas and disputes among theorists often reflect differences in metatheories. However, openness to debate and integration of concepts can turn these to advantage by posing new research questions. These issues are discussed with reference to European and North American perspectives on groups; theorizing about intergroup behavior, motivation, and self-categorization; the connection between laboratory and real-world phenomena; and the linkage of intergroup and intragroup behavior.

Rhythmanalysis: Rethinking the politics of everyday negotiations in ordinary public spaces

2021 ◽  
pp. 239965442110200
Author(s):  
Marie Gibert-Flutre
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Time Sharing ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
The Public ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Depth Interviews

The nature of everyday life in metropolitan public spaces is an unprecedented entanglement of activities, emerging from the presence of multiple actors competing for a limited space. Making sense of this complexity is a longstanding challenge in the social sciences: how can such a mesmerizing ‘urban ballet’ be explained in the absence of overall orchestration? I hypothesize thatthis urban rhythm – the temporal alternation of activities in the public spaces of a city – is not neutral, but reveals entrenched power relations which are renegotiated and reaffirmed on a daily basis. Building on the notion of rhythmanalysis, I develop a methodology combining a visual timeline called ‘urban tempo’ with in-depth interviews. I present a case study of a market in pericentral Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), where local actors negotiate access to more or less valuable time slots and spaces throughout the day. I show that such negotiations pertaining to time result in a very practical sense in the production of ordinary public spaces. The findings reveal four types of actors, classified according to their negotiating power. Broadly, the rhythmanalysis presented here reiterates our understanding of power as relational, highlighting the unequal conditions of negotiations in public spaces at a micro-level. By adding a temporal dimension to the politics of the everyday, it also opens up a promising research agenda, inviting comparisons of ‘time-sharing regimes’ across metropolitan contexts.

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