Cet article retrace une enquête ethnographique menée au sein du territoire live (nord de la péninsule de Courlande, Lettonie). Ce territoire abrite les descendants de la dernière communauté fennique de Lettonie, dont les derniers locuteurs natifs se sont éteints au début du XXIème siècle. Localement, la culture live est pourtant encore bien présent...
Cet article propose une exploration d’une problématique contemporaine, celle de la privatisation de l’accès aux communs environnementaux côtiers et maritimes. Pour ce faire, il s’appuie sur une étude de cas territorialisée, qui s’intéresse à deux communautés fenniques de l’ouest de l’oblast de Leningrad (Russie) : les Votes et les Ingriens. Ces com...
Within the field of education, computers and micro-controllers like Arduino are increasingly being used to teach students relevant skills, attitude and knowledge around technology. Education around these tools are often set in group contexts and collaboration is often considered an important part of the learning, however much of the currently avail...
Published in Policy Sciences
A ‘Behavioural Insights’ movement has emerged within governments. This movement infuses policymaking with behavioural scientific insights into the rationally bounded nature of human behaviour, hoping to make more effective and cost-efficient policies without being too obtrusive. Alongside sustained admirations of some, others see in Behavioural Ins...
Published in Cognition, Technology & Work
Mobile devices have been used for at least 5 years in the oil and gas industry. The interaction-design challenge is to develop a holistic view of operator–device interaction in hazardous areas to ensure that this mobile technology best serves the goals of both its end users and the oil and gas organizations. Introducing mobile devices can change th...
This chapter describes how ethnography can be used to understand consumer behavior and choice. Ethnography is an observational method that has been used traditionally in anthropology, but it has gained more and more interest in consumer research, both in academia and in industries. As an observational technique, it addresses the problems linked to ...
Published in BMC Medical Education
BackgroundHealthcare professionals’ person-centered communication skills are pivotal for successful group-based diabetes education. However, healthcare professionals are often insufficiently equipped to facilitate person-centeredness and many have never received post-graduate training. Currently, assessing professionals’ skills in conducting group-...
Drawing on a multi-sited ethnography which explores the field of patients’ organizations (POs) concerned with genetic disorders within the Belgian context, this communication is interested in some knowledge-related collaboration between POs and scientific and medical experts, or “wild research” projects (Callon & Rabeharisoa, 2003). Especially, it ...
Health- and disease-related events may be of highly significance for some patients and their relatives' life courses. Naming the medical diagnosis of a disease is one of them. It carries the inherent power of (re)configuring the individuals' life courses, which are moreover closely linked to those of their relatives, and especially blood families i...
Published in Archival Science
Located in the Vancouver apartment of gay liberation activist and retired professional librarian Ron Dutton, the BC Gay and Lesbian Archives continues to be a major repository of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) historical materials in British Columbia, Canada, after 40 years of activity. This paper draws on ethnographic fieldwork to e...
