scholarly journals Anthropology from Home

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
Magdalena Góralska
Keyword(s):  
Physical Contact ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Digital Ethnography ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Insight ◽  
Insight Into

The coronavirus pandemic has made ethnographic fieldwork, as traditionally conceived in anthropology, temporarily impossible to conduct. Facing long-term limitations to mobility and physical contact, which will challenge our research practices for the foreseeable future, social anthropology has to adjust to these new circumstances. This article discusses and reflects on what digital ethnography can off er to researchers across the world, providing critical insight into the method and offering advice to beginners in the field. Last, but not least, the article introduces the phrase ‘anthropology from home’ to talk about research in the pandemic times – that is, geographically restricted but digitally enabled.

Critical Insight into the Attributes of Emerging Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in India and Across the World

Coronaviruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Gaurav M. Doshi ◽  
Hemen S. Ved ◽  
Ami P. Thakkar
Keyword(s):  
Review Article ◽  
World Health ◽  
Effective Vaccine ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Insight ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Old Drugs

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently announced the spread of novel coronavirus (nCoV) globally and has declared it a pandemic. The probable source of transmission of the virus, which is from animal to human and human to human contact, has been established. As per the statistics reported by the WHO on 11th April 2020, data has shown that more than sixteen lakh confirmed cases have been identified globally. The reported cases related to nCoV in India have been rising substantially. The review article discusses the characteristics of nCoV in detail with the probability of potentially effective old drugs that may inhibit the virus. The research may further emphasize and draw the attention of the world towards the development of an effective vaccine as well as alternative therapies. Moreover, the article will help to bridge the gap between the new researchers since it’s the current thrust area of research.

scholarly journals Üzleti intelligencia megoldások alkalmazásának sikertényezői - A hazai szolgáltató szektor nagyvállalatainak körében végzett mélyinterjús kutatás

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Gergely Görcsi ◽  
Gergő Barta ◽  
Zsuzsanna Széles
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Support Functions ◽  
Term Operation ◽  
Success Criteria ◽  
The World ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

A vállalatok működése szempontjából a döntéstámogató funkció folyamatos fejlesztése, monitorozása kiemelt jelentőségű, hiszen az vezetést támogató eszközként segíti a menedzsmentfeladatok ellátását. Az üzleti intelligencia (business intelligence, BI) olyan infokommunikációs megoldás, mely a vállalati rendszerekből különböző adatforrásokat felhasználva képes az adatok összekapcsolására és elemzésére. A napi üzletmenet gördülékeny biztosítása céljából alkalmazott tranzakciós rendszerektől eltérően a BI-eszközök beszámolás orientáltak, a fókusz a döntéstámogatásra helyeződik. A kutatás a fogalmak tisztázását követően képet ad a legfrissebb üzleti intelligencia trendekről. A tanulmány szakmai mélyinterjúk elemzésén keresztül betekintést nyújt az üzleti intelligencia megoldások világába. A kutatás eredményeként az olvasó képet kaphat a BI bevezetésétől várt eredményekről, az implementáció és a hosszú távú működtetés sikerkritériumait illetően. --- Gergely GORCSI - Gergo BARTA - Zsuzsanna SZELES Success criteria for the application of business intelligence solutions In the running of any given company, continuous improvement and monitoring of decision support functions is crucial for such activities to serve as tools to support management tasks. Business Intelligence (BI) is an infocommunication tool that connects and analyses data from corporate systems using varied data sources. Unlike transactional systems that are used to ensure the sound operation of day-to-day business, BI tools are report-oriented, and focus on decision support. Reviewing related concepts, this research gives an overview of the latest business intelligence trends. Our study sets out to provide an insight into the world of business intelligence solutions by analysing professional, in-depth interviews. Through our research, one will become familiar with the results expected from the introduction of BI, in relation to the success criteria of its implementation and long-term operation.

Bringing the Dead Home: Hindu Invitation Rituals in Tamil South India

2021 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-142
Author(s):  
Amy L Allocco
Keyword(s):  
South India ◽  
Human Host ◽  
Sacred Texts ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
The World ◽  
The Dead

AbstractDrawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Tamil-speaking South India, this article presents one Hindu invitation ritual to return dead relatives known as pūvāṭaikkāri to the world of the living and install them as household deities. This two-day ceremony demonstrates that prevailing scholarly perceptions of death and what follows it in Hindu traditions have constrained our ability to appreciate other models for ritual relationships between the living and the dead. These vernacular rituals call the dead back into the world, convince them to possess a human host, and persuade them to be permanently installed in the family’s domestic shrine so they may protect and sustain living kin. Rather than aiming to irrevocably separate the dead from the living, these rites are instead oriented toward eventual conjunction with the dead and therefore reveal a fundamentally different picture than that articulated in the majority of Hinduism’s sacred texts and scholarly accounts.

scholarly journals PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH ZOONYM COMPONENT IN DIALECT WORLD VIEW OF KUBAN REGION INHABITANTS: COGNITION MECHANISMS

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-51
Author(s):  
OLGA G. BORISOVA ◽  
◽  
LYUDMILA YU. KOSTINA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
The World ◽  
Unique Nature ◽  
Well Data ◽  
Insight Into

The article examines cognitive mechanisms of Kuban region set expressions origin, which include animalistic vocabulary and which represent a significant part of dialect picture of the world. The material for the research was taken from regional printed and handwritten lexicographical sources on a subject of Kuban sub-dialects, as well data was collected during long-term dialect expeditions. The results demonstrate the variety of these mechanisms, which are based on actual observations by the sub-dialect speakers on behavior, peculiar appearance, voice, smell of animals and human actions in regard thereto. The amount and variety of selected tokens prove the significance of zoomorphic code in the Kuban region inhabitants’ world view. Ethnocultural conjoinings of set expressions were found, which provide insight into the unique nature of the villager’s world view. The analysis of discursive sources of origin of phraseological units with a zoonym component enabled to trace the birth of a new cognitive structure as a result of conceptualisation of human knowledge. It was demonstrated, that meanings of Kuban phraseological units, being the product of cognitive and discursive activity of sub-dialect speakers, unite the results of sensuous impressions and pragmatist perception of the world around us.

scholarly journals Determining the progenitors of supernovae with early robotic observations

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (A29B) ◽  
pp. 222-222
Author(s):  
Andrew Howell
Keyword(s):  
Core Collapse ◽  
Transient Phenomena ◽  
The World ◽  
Thermonuclear Supernovae ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Progenitor Stars ◽  
Term Monitoring ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractWe present results from the LCOGT Supernova Key Project, a three year program to obtain lightcurves and spectra of 600 supernovae. The Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network is a network of eleven robotic 1m and 2m telescopes located at 5 sites around the world. With this facility long term monitoring of transient phenomena is possible, as are nearly instantaneous observations. We report on both core-collapse and thermonuclear supernovae observed within days of explosion, allowing insight into their progenitor stars.

scholarly journals Drawing in-situ: Matters of care and representation in daily life with dementia

2021 ◽  
pp. 146879412110493
Author(s):  
Helena Cleeve ◽  
Lena Borell ◽  
Lena Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Insight Into

This article brings methodological insight into in-situ drawings as representations of daily life with dementia. As part of ethnographic fieldwork in dementia care units in a nursing home, drawings were made on site by a researcher. We suggest that the ambiguity of in-situ drawings, and the ensuing possibilities to disambiguate them, is valuable. Inspired by Asdal and Moser’s (2012) concept of “contexting,” we experimented with arranging the drawings with fieldnotes, discussing them with staff members, as well as with configuring multiple drawings and fieldnotes in sequences. This led to reflexive engagements with the drawings, creating space for discussing concerns in research practices and care practices. Switching between different forms of contexting produced tensions, revealing that what was cared for through the practices of researchers, staff members, and residents, diverged. In this way, we argue that contexting in-situ drawings may intervene in ways of knowing, caring for, and living with dementia.

scholarly journals Vehicle emission and atmospheric pollution in China: problems, progress, and prospects

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e6932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Wang ◽  
Qiuxia Wu ◽  
Juan Liu ◽  
Hong Yang ◽  
Meiling Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Atmospheric Pollution ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Vehicle Emission ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The World ◽  
Vehicle Market ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Technical Revolution

China has been the largest vehicle market in the world since 2009. The stalemate between the rapid development of the vehicle industry and delayed vehicle emission control has become increasingly prominent. Vehicle emission has become a significant source of air pollution in China’s cities. Understanding the current barriers in the vehicle industry is necessary for the development of effective and sustainable measures and policy to manage vehicle-induced air pollution. This review provides insight into the circumstances and causes of vehicle-induced air pollution and outlines recent progress in policy-makers’ long-term strategies and regulations. The development of an integrated mechanism of social participation, technical revolution, and regulatory innovation in vehicles, fuel, and roads is suggested to break the stalemate between air pollution and the automobile boom in China; the implications of this review extend to other countries facing the similar atmospheric pollution problems.

scholarly journals Cortical mechanisms in migraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 174480692110502
Author(s):  
Wei Dai ◽  
Ren-Hao Liu ◽  
Enchao Qiu ◽  
Yinglu Liu ◽  
Zhiye Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basic Structure ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Novel Treatments ◽  
The World ◽  
Migraine Pathophysiology ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
And Function ◽  
Underlying Pathophysiology ◽  
Insight Into

Migraine is the second most prevalent disorder in the world; yet, its underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. Cumulative studies have revealed pivotal roles of cerebral cortex in the initiation, propagation, and termination of migraine attacks as well as the interictal phase. Investigation of basic mechanisms of the cortex in migraine not only brings insight into the underlying pathophysiology but also provides the basis for designing novel treatments. We aim to summarize the current research literatures and give a brief overview of the cortex and its role in migraine, including the basic structure and function; structural, functional, and biochemical neuroimaging; migraine-related genes; and theories related to cortex in migraine pathophysiology. We propose that long-term plasticity of synaptic transmission in the cortex encodes migraine.

scholarly journals Whose landscape? - An anthropological perspective on landscape perception in reindeer tending (In Swedish with Summary in English)

Rangifer ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Anna Järpe
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Anthropological Perspective ◽  
Landscape Perception ◽  
Land Use Conflicts ◽  
The World ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Insight Into

When we talk publicly about landscape and land use, both in legal and in popular contexts, the evaluation of our natural environment is usually based on an industrial concept of land and landscape. "Nature" is seen as a resource to be used or managed in different ways. My research originates in a questioning of this assumption: can we take for granted that the same perceptions and evaluations are shared by all concerned parties? In this article, I will use an ecologic anthropological perspective to consider the livelihood of reindeer tending and suggest an alternative to what can be called a scientific understanding of the world. I maintain that the relations that people have with their environment, and the values that they ascribe to it, are perceptions that are shaped and affected in our interactions with the surrounding world, and that these perceptions vary between different groups of people. Land use, land rights, access to fishing waters, and who gets to hunt what; these are not only questions about how we should manage the landscape, but also about whose landscape we are managing. Arguing that the reindeer tenders' landscape is a shifting mosaic of varying conditions that they must relate to rather than an object to be used and controlled by human interests, I want to show how anthropological research can provide an insight into the different perspectives and modes of understanding that we need to consider in the formulation of future policies and laws. At least if we want to resolve land use conflicts in contested areas fairly and on a sustainable long-term basis.

scholarly journals Philosophical and Anthropological Dimension of Technoscience

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Petrushenko ◽  
Oksana Chursinova
Keyword(s):  
Technology Assessment ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Insight ◽  
Insight Into

The authors of this article provide arguments for the necessity to complement the existing approaches to understanding the phenomenon of technoscience with the analysis of technoscience within the context of philosophical and anthropological interpretation of technology (F. Dessauer). The article provides a critical insight into the neutral technology assessment suggested by K. Jaspers, outlines new prospects for studying technoscience taking into account the fact how a person fits into deeper structures of the world. The philosophical and anthropological interpretation of technology relates it with basic anthropic characteristics of a person, therefore, the article makes an attempt to prove that such vision of technoscience organically requires from its researchers and creators consideration of social, cultural and value-based aspects of its development and implementation.

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