scholarly journals For an anthropology of historians

Ethnologies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-73
Author(s):  
Van Troi Tran ◽  
Patrick-Michel Noël
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Know How ◽  
Anthropology Of Science ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Basket Weaving

The cliché is still lively: historians, as is well known, tend to portray themselves as craftsmen or artisans, mastering a practical know-how learned patiently through hands-on experience with dusty documents, and showing a conspicuous disdain towards theory and abstractions. This image deserves closer scrutiny. It is interesting that despite this insistence on the craftlike image of the profession, there seems to be a lack of ethnographic investigations of historians at work that would precisely pay attention to the craftiness of history and the multiple practicalities of doing history across different contexts. The idea that historians just do what they do sounds simple enough, but as is the case with any “craft,” from basket weaving to hunting in the rainforest, it is hardly self-evident, either technically or sociologically. To be sure, there are plenty of biographies, autobiographies, “ego-histories,” methodological primers and epistemological essays that tackle and debate the problems of the working historian, but these reflexive narratives remain essentially vertical. Taking our cue from some of the recent developments in science studies and the anthropology of science, we would like to propose in this article a program for a horizontal study of historians, that would be independent of their own reflexive discourse and symmetric in its explanations, and that would be attentive to the varieties of their existence and their becoming in a community of practice.

scholarly journals Recent developments of ion sources for life-science studies at the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (invited)

2016 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 02C107 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kitagawa ◽  
A. G. Drentje ◽  
T. Fujita ◽  
M. Muramatsu ◽  
K. Fukushima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Science ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Ion Sources ◽  
Recent Developments

Are We Prepared for Tomorrow’s Health Challenges?

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (S4) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Angela Z. Monson ◽  
George E. Hardy ◽  
Ed Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Know How ◽  
Complete Ignorance ◽  
Hands On

Thank you so much for the invitation to be here with you. It is always a pleasure to be with people who understand, believe in, and know the importance of public health. Those of us who work in the legislative arena know how infrequent it is to have dialogue and conversation with people who really have a good, tangible, hands-on working knowledge of health care, and particularly of public health.The notion of public health is an interesting one. It will range—if you talk to people in the legislature or out of the legislature—from just complete ignorance to total unawareness of what we mean by the words “public health.” When you talk to individuals like us in this room, we find a mixture of definitions, a mixture of understandings, and a mixture of appreciation as to what public health really is.

Lab Development for Delivering Information Systems Courses Online at Small Campuses

2012 ◽  
pp. 246-266
Author(s):  
Li Chao
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Network Management ◽  
Quality Teaching ◽  
Computer Lab ◽  
Know How ◽  
Limited Budget ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Software And Hardware

In this case study, you will encounter some of the issues of lab development for delivering lab-based information systems courses online. Many small campuses have very limited budget or no budget at all for the computer lab specifically designed for information systems majors. Sometimes, even with new computers purchased, very few people know how to set them up for lab-based information systems (IS) courses. What are the software and hardware requirements for getting the lab online? How much will it cost? Where can you find resources for the lab development? To ensure quality teaching on IS-related topics, you have to deal with these issues. This case study will discuss how to create a lab that allows students to get hands-on practice for courses such as network management or database processing online with a shoestring budget.

Forschung und Innovation – Wer gewinnt die Zukunft?

2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaus Schweickart
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Industrial Country ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Future ◽  
Recent Developments

AbstractResearch, innovation and know-how - these are the resources necessary for the long-term sustainability of our economic system. The strive for such knowhow should not stop at the recent developments in the IT, biotech and nanotech sectors. Other countries, in particular emerging markets like India, China and Korea, are already ahead of us in this respect. They move fast from imitation to innovation. Once, Germany was a leading industrial country in the biotech sector. Compared to other leading industrial countries, Germany may seem quite innovative still, but it will have to put in much more effort to remain competitive in the future.

Up the Creek with a Paddle

1998 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 456-460
Author(s):  
Mikel Haug
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Level ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Know How ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Practical Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Class

Do I have to know how to do any math for geography?” Although Luke was hoping to find a niche where he needed as little mathematics as possible, his question brought to mind all the practical mathematics that I had used in college geography projects. I was motivated to develop an extended hands-on project for my eighth-grade mathematics classes in which they were to determine the probability that a local creek would flood. This project can be easily adapted to almost any secondary-level mathematics class.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL DEMONSTRATION METHODS AND VIDEO LEARNING ON HAND WASHING ON KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF HOUSEWIVES

NSC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 13-27
Author(s):  
Winda Triana ◽  
Ervon Verza ◽  
Pahrur Razi
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Experimental Method ◽  
Hand Washing ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Public ◽  
Know How ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Demonstration Video

Introduction: Efforts to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases through hands can be prevented by washing hands. It is especially emphasized on mothers with toddlers. However, many mothers do not know how to wash their hands using soap correctly and adequately. This study aims to analyze the effect of the emotional demonstration method and video media on how to wash hands on the knowledge and skills of homemakers. Materials and Methods: This research is a quasi-experimental method, with a two-group design pretest-posttest approach involving 40 participants, conducted in September-October 2020 in Penyengat Olak Village. The research sample was divided into two groups, 20 participants received the emo demo method, and 20 other participants received videos. Results: The results showed an increase in mothers' knowledge and skills after receiving an education using the emotional demonstration method and video media and statistically showed significant results (<0.05). Conclusion: Therefore, this educational media is highly recommended as a method of educating the public about good and correct hand washing. Keyword: Wash-hands, Education media, Emotional demonstration, video learning, knowledge, skill

scholarly journals International school for radiation measurements in Asia

2020 ◽  
Vol 225 ◽  
pp. 10004
Author(s):  
Masaharu Nomachi ◽  
Hai Vo Hong
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Students ◽  
Radiation Measurement ◽  
Medical Apparatus ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Radiation Science ◽  
Radiation Measurements

Radiation measurement is a key technology for various sciences. The education of radiation science is demanding in Southeast Asian countries. We are collaborating with Universities in Southeast Asia. Hands-on exercise is important. However, it was not so easy to provide enough number of setups. Recent developments change the situation. The granularity of detectors in particle physics and medical apparatus is increasing. It means detector unit becomes smaller and less expensive. We are developing setups for radiation measurement exercises based on those new developments. Those system is portable to carry. In Osaka University, we are organizing schools for radiation measurements inviting Southeast Asian students. In addition, we are organizing schools in Southeast Asia. Compact system helps us to carry.

Engaging Post-LTTE Sri Lanka

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
M. Mayilvaganan
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Post War

India’s role in Sri Lanka assumes more significance now than before, with the end of war and devolution of power sharing in limbo. While the LTTE is wiped out militarily and isolated internationally, the existing militarisation in Jaffna with war crime charges at UN and awaiting political solution in limbo, Sri Lanka demands India’s attention. The call for India’s greater engagement with Sri Lanka had resurfaced domestically with a demand from Tamil Nadu parties urging India to play a more proactive role pertaining to rebuilding and sustaining peace in post-war Sri Lanka, and in ending assault on Indian fisherman at Palk Strait. On other hand, the fostering of ties between Sri Lanka and Pakistan and China push for more primed hands-on role from the point of view of India’s long-term strategic interest. There is, therefore, a need to have a re-look of India’s policy options towards Sri Lanka in light of recent developments.

The “bander’s grip”: Reading zones of human–shorebird contact

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 732-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny R Isaacs
Keyword(s):  
Animal Studies ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Critical Animal Studies ◽  
Feminist Science ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Conservation Research ◽  
Colonial Histories ◽  
Nonhuman Agency

This article applies Mary Louise Pratt’s “contact” perspective within a multispecies ethnography of conservation encounters on the Delaware Bay. Using critical insights from decolonial feminist science studies, environmental geography, and critical animal studies, the article deconstructs technoscientific environmental knowledge production within a more-than-human contact zone. The tools, technologies, and “conspicuous innocence” of hands-on shorebird conservation research practices are described. Re-inscribing nonhuman agency and colonial histories of place, it argues that certain elements of conservation research may be fairly read as “violent” expressions of “animality/coloniality” and “anti-conquest.” It concludes by offering some harm reduction strategies for improving conservation and critical environment studies.

scholarly journals User Satisfaction in Augmented Reality-Based Training Using Microsoft HoloLens

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Xue ◽  
Puneet Sharma ◽  
Fridolin Wild
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Smart Glasses ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Computer Knowledge ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Microsoft Hololens ◽  
Factor Interactions ◽  
Positive Effect

With the recent developments in augmented reality (AR) technologies comes an increased interest in the use of smart glasses for hands-on training. Whether this interest is turned into market success or not depends at the least on whether the interaction with smart AR glasses satisfies users, an aspect of AR use that so far has received little attention. With this contribution, we seek to change this. The objective of the article, therefore, is to investigate user satisfaction in AR applied to three cases of practical use. User satisfaction of AR can be broken down into satisfaction with the interaction and satisfaction with the delivery device. A total of 142 participants from three different industrial sectors contributed to this study, namely, aeronautics, medicine, and astronautics. In our analysis, we investigated the influence of different factors, such as age, gender, level of education, level of Internet knowledge, and the roles of the participants in the different sectors. Even though users were not familiar with the smart glasses, results show that general computer knowledge has a positive effect on user satisfaction. Further analysis using two-factor interactions shows that there is no significant interaction between the different factors and user satisfaction. The results of the study affirm that the questionnaires developed for user satisfaction of smart glasses and the AR application performed well, but leave room for improvement.

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