scholarly journals Undisclosed creators of digitalization: A critical analysis of representational practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Katarina L. Gidlund ◽  
Leif Sundberg
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
Advisory Groups ◽  
Technological Culture ◽  
Representational Practices ◽  
Education Professional ◽  
Expert Advisory ◽  
Geographical Position

The aim of this paper is to study over- and under representational practices in governmental expert advisory groups on digitalization to open up a dialogue on translations of digitalization. By uncovering how meanings converge and interpretations associated with technology are stabilized or maybe even closed, this research is in positioned within a critical research tradition. The chosen analytical framework stretches from a link between technological culture (i.e., how and where the myths and symbolic narratives are constructed), a focus on the process of interpretation (i.e., the flexibility in how digitalization could be translated and attached to different political goals and values) and a dimension of firstness (addressing education, professional experiences and geographical position to explore dominance and power aspects). The results reveal a homogeneity that is potentially problematic and raises questions about the frames for interpreting what digitalization could and should be and do. We argue that the strong placement of digitalization in the knowledge base disclosed in this study hinders digitalization from being more knowledgeably translated.

scholarly journals Expert Advisory Groups: Exploring the Sensemaking Proces s During a Public Health C risis R esponse

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iva Seto ◽  
David Johnstone ◽  
Jennifer Campbell-Meier
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Process Information ◽  
Unexpected Event ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
Advisory Groups ◽  
Expert Advisory ◽  
Meaning Creation

In a public health crisis, experts (such as epidemiologists, public health officers, physicians and virologists) support key decision  makers with advice in a highly dynamic, pressured,  and time-sensitive context. Experts must process information (to provide advice) as quickly as possible, yet this must be balanced with ensuring the information is credible, reliable,  and relevant. When an unexpected event occurs, it may lead to a gap between what is  experienced and what was expected; sensemaking is a meaning creation process which is engaged to fill the gap. This research explores how experts engage in sensemaking during a  public health crisis.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
William A. Callahan
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Image Artifact ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Orders

This introduction outlines the main theoretical, methodological, and empirical goals of the book, which are argued in more detail (and with more references) in later chapters. It explains how visual images need to be appreciated not just in terms of their ideological-value, but also in terms of their affect-work: not just what they mean, but also how they make us feel, both as individuals and as collectives. It outlines the book’s original analytical framework, which juxtaposes (1) the social construction of visual meaning with (2) the visual provocation of social orders, world orders, and “affective communities of sense.” It introduces the image/artifact distinction to explain why the book looks at both images (photographs, films, and art) and artifacts (maps, veils, walls, gardens, and cyberspace). Since much critical analysis is dominated by deconstructions of “Western” visual images, the introduction starts to examine how visuals from Asia and the Middle East challenge our understanding of international politics. It concludes with a summary of what the chapters cover.

Witness Proofing in International Criminal Tribunals: Response to Ambos

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 917-923 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUBEN KAREMAKER ◽  
B. DON TAYLOR ◽  
THOMAS WAYDE PITTMAN
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
International Criminal Tribunals ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Law

AbstractThis article examines the analytical framework and key arguments used by K. Ambos to conclude that witness proofing is neither a legally permissible nor necessary useful practice before the ICC in his reply to ‘Witness Proofing in International Criminal Tribunals: A Critical Analysis of Widening Procedural Divergence’. Contrary to Ambos, the article argues that witness proofing cannot be both acceptable at the UN international criminal tribunals and per se inappropriate at the ICC, given the ICC's procedural regime allowing for trials to be conducted in a form almost identical to those of the UN tribunals. A related argument is that the practice of witness proofing is not prohibited in the law governing the ICC, even if not provided for. Further arguments conclude that reliance upon spontaneity of a witness in court as a guarantee of reliability is misplaced, that the merits of national practices are irrelevant to the overall analysis, and that international judges are competent to manage the negligible risks associated with witness proofing.

scholarly journals Reflections on running online expert advisory groups with young people with lived experience of depression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliette Westbrook ◽  
Sophie M. Allan ◽  
Brioney Gee ◽  
Faith Orchard
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Service User ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Healthcare Research ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Service User Involvement ◽  
Advisory Groups ◽  
Study Protocols ◽  
Expert Advisory

Service user involvement is fundamental to healthcare research, including knowledge transfer, advising on study protocols and the development of interventions. However, to date, service user involvement within child and adolescent mental health research is still uncommon and there is limited focus on best practice within the literature. Furthermore, consultations and advisory groups have traditionally been held face-to-face; however, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a shift towards online research involvement as an alternative. This paper will examine our experience of conducting online expert advisory groups with young people (aged 14-24) with lived experience of depression and describe challenges and adaptations that need to be considered in order to make the events safe and accessible. Based on our own reflections of the process and feedback from young people taking part, we highlight the grouping of young people, facilitating pre-session nerves, intergroup communication and accessibility of online engagement. Young peoples’ reflections on the value of the advisory groups are also discussed. We conclude by offering suggestions, based on our reflections, for future online research consultations.

scholarly journals Methods and models in the quest for the historical Jesus: Historical criticism and/or social scientific criticism

2002 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andries Van Aarde
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Historical Jesus ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
Level Of Abstraction ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
High Level

In this article a distinction is made between social scientific criticism and historiography. Historiography describes what is unrepeatable, specific and particular. Social scientific criticism is to some extent a phenomenological approach. On a high level of abstraction, it focuses on ideal types. The historiographical quest for Jesus is about the plausibility of a continuity or a discontinuity existing between the Jesus of history and the Jesus of faith. This approach has been broadened by the interdisciplinary application of the results of archaeological, sociohistorical, and cultural anthropological studies of the world of the historical  Jesus. But it does not mean that historical-critical research as such is now dismissed. The aim of the article is to argue that social scientific criticism can complement a historical-critical analysis.

Drawing on knowledge: Visual narrative analysis for critical environment and development research

2020 ◽  
pp. 251484862097534
Author(s):  
Gregory L Simon ◽  
Bryan Wee ◽  
Deepti Chatti ◽  
Emily Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Visual Narrative ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Visual Narratives ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
Everyday Realities ◽  
Development Discourses

Counter-narratives to dominant development discourses are made possible using research methods designed to elicit marginalized voices. In this article, we propose a new analytical framework called the interpretive schema for drawings for analyzing visual narratives. The interpretive schema for drawings consists of five themes or interpretive lenses ( scale, centrality, inclusion, connections, and relationality) that were generated from maps of fuelwood collection in rural India. We suggest that the interpretive schema reflects and animates a range of spatialities that are central to geographic studies of human–environment dynamics. Using the interpretive schema for drawings in this way enables us to emphasize emic socio-spatial perspectives, and offers a critical research avenue through which everyday realities can be represented, understood, and validated. While other image-based research approaches, critical cartographies and participatory mapping exercises may encourage the expression of alternative knowledges, our proposed interpretive schema for drawing presents a specific set of guidelines for interpreting and making sense of visual narratives through explicit socio-spatial analysis.

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