The Role of Community and Social Metrics in Ontology Evaluation: An Interview Study of Ontology Reuse

Response organizations often face serious challenges as a result of communication problems during emergency events. This can to a large extent be traced to the tradition of verbal communication in this context. Issues in communication translate to matters of sensemaking, planning, and collaboration among distributed response teams. This paper reports from an interview study with emergency managers regarding the work conducted during a wildfire. Boundary objects and sensemaking were used as analytical lenses, emphasizing how outcome of sensemaking activities are used at different sites and interpreted differently in different work settings. Challenges of verbally exchanging complex information regarding location and geography, between individuals and groups, make us reconsider the role of technology and its potential to support efficient interactions, which will limit ambiguity and uncertainty, and increase accuracy, articulation, and persistence.

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The Attraction of the Mundane – How everyday life contributes to destination attractiveness in the Nordic region

Tourist Studies ◽

10.1177/1468797620955251 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 467-484

Author(s):

Matias Thuen Jørgensen

Keyword(s):

Everyday Life ◽

Qualitative Interview ◽

Interview Study ◽

Tour Guides ◽

Nordic Region ◽

Qualitative Interview Study ◽

Tourism Studies ◽

Destination Attractiveness ◽

Chinese Tourists

The paper exhibits how environments, lifestyles and institutions that are considered as mundane parts of everyday life for locals, play an important role for Chinese tourists visiting the Nordic region – as motivators to visit and as tangible or intangible attractions during the visit. It contributes to ongoing discussions about the role of mundane everyday life in tourism studies, as it highlights that tourist do not only bring their everyday lives to destinations, they also travel to experience tangible and intangible elements that locals may regard as mundane. Based on these findings, the paper aims to position such mundane destination elements not only as a supplement to, but in line with traditional attractions, in terms of their contribution to destination attractiveness. The paper is based on the findings of a qualitative interview study on Chinese tourism to the Nordic region. The interviewees include fourteen Chinese tourists, sixteen representatives of Chinese tourism intermediaries and six tour guides.

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Reflexive Intervention Development: Using Qualitative Research to Inform the Development of an Intervention for Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/1049732319884901 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (5) ◽

pp. 666-678 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Britta Wigginton ◽

Zoe O. Thomson ◽

Carolina X. Sandler ◽

Marina M. Reeves

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Metastatic Breast Cancer ◽

Intervention Development ◽

Metastatic Breast ◽

Interview Study ◽

Limited Attention ◽

Depth Interviews

There is growing consensus around the limited attention given to documenting the process of intervention development, specifically the role of qualitative research. In this article, we seek to describe a missing piece of this process: how qualitative research, and related methodologies and theories, informs intervention development. We use our research as a case study of “reflexive intervention development.” We begin by describing our interview study, consisting of 23 in-depth interviews with women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, and go on to detail our methodological framework and research team. We then explain how this interview study directly informed our development of the intervention materials, allowing us to attend carefully to language and its potential implications for women. We conclude by inviting researchers to reflect on the knowledge production process that is inherent in intervention development to consider not only their role in this process but also the role of qualitative research.

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