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View article: Normativity and the principle of materiality: A view from digital anthropology
Normativity and the principle of materiality: A view from digital anthropology Open
As with all material culture, the digital is a constitutive part of what makes us human. Social order is itself premised on a material order, making it impossible to become human other than through socialising within a material world of cu…
View article: Experimental measurement and a physical interpretation of quantum shadow enumerators
Experimental measurement and a physical interpretation of quantum shadow enumerators Open
Throughout its history, the theory of quantum error correction has heavily benefited from translating classical concepts into the quantum setting. In particular, classical notions of weight enumerators, which relate to the performance of a…
View article: The maturing of anthropology
The maturing of anthropology Open
As anthropology reaches maturity, its contributions are likely to grow. This is because the discipline's practitioners, in writing parochial ethnography, can link a respect for individual difference to our understanding of global humanity.…
View article: Life Purpose in the Age of the Smartphone: Reflections from Comparative Anthropology
Life Purpose in the Age of the Smartphone: Reflections from Comparative Anthropology Open
In this paper, we investigate whether there exists in different societies something analogous to the idea of ‘life purpose.’ Drawing on examples from across the entire range of ASSA project field sites, the paper is organised as a spectrum…
View article: Introduction: Comparative Insights from the ASSA Project
Introduction: Comparative Insights from the ASSA Project Open
This introduction provides a basic description of the Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing (ASSA) project, including the project’s range of field sites, methods, and ethics. I compare this project with prior comparative studies in …
View article: John and the Revelator
John and the Revelator Open
diaries (including unconventional spelling/grammar) with a touch of magical realism.John Flowers treks across the western frontier from the Dakota Territory to Texas, hoping to escape the ghost of his murdered partner and a gang of cowboys…
View article: Grandparenting as the resolution of kinship as experience
Grandparenting as the resolution of kinship as experience Open
This article argues that a population of relatively affluent retired people in a small Irish town have employed the possibilities of grandparenting to resolve many of the tensions of contemporary kinship. This includes the tension between …
View article: Natural Language Processing as a Predictor of Mortality in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Natural Language Processing as a Predictor of Mortality in Intensive Care Unit Patients Open
Background: Artificial intelligence, specifically machine learning, has led to a series of medical publications in recent years. Several studies have used physiologic parameters with machine learning algorithms to derive robust clinical pr…
View article: Introduction: Smartphone-based visual normativity: Approaches from digital anthropology and communication studies
Introduction: Smartphone-based visual normativity: Approaches from digital anthropology and communication studies Open
In this special issue, we would like to take this opportunity to demonstrate the value and strength of a conversation between digital anthropology and communication studies around the topic of visual communication and the use of the smartp…
View article: The Global Smartphone
The Global Smartphone Open
Introduction 1 2. What people say about smartphones 27 3.The smartphone in context 55 4. From apps to everyday life 79 5. Perpetual Opportunism 6. Crafting 7. Age and smartphones 8.The heart of the smartphone: LINE, WeChat and WhatsApp 9.
View article: Greats: Learning Strategies of Master Forensic Psychiatrists
Greats: Learning Strategies of Master Forensic Psychiatrists Open
For forensic psychiatry to thrive as a profession, practitioners need to be committed to intentional, continuous learning and development throughout their careers. However, carving their way through the challenges of practice and finding r…
View article: A theory of a theory of the smartphone
A theory of a theory of the smartphone Open
This article addresses the consequences of theory in social science. It suggests that theory has become fetishized and contributes to class differentiation as most people are excluded from its increasingly obfuscating form. Fetishism impli…
View article: Making things matter
Making things matter Open
In this chapter, the authors aim to demonstrate how a trajectory towards making things matter is not simply aspirational but is actually something they can hope to realise and that could drive material culture studies and digital anthropol…
View article: Relational professional identity: How do pharmacy students see themselves in relation to others?
Relational professional identity: How do pharmacy students see themselves in relation to others? Open
Background: As the pharmacy profession moves towards patient-centred care, pharmacy schools have updated their curricula to prepare students for a full scope of practice. A critical objective of the new curricula is the professional social…
View article: AGEING WITH SMARTPHONES ‘FROM BELOW’: INSIGHTS FROM JAPAN, UGANDA, AL-QUDS AND IRELAND
AGEING WITH SMARTPHONES ‘FROM BELOW’: INSIGHTS FROM JAPAN, UGANDA, AL-QUDS AND IRELAND Open
AGEING WITH SMARTPHONES ‘FROM BELOW’: INSIGHTS FROM JAPAN, UGANDA, AL-QUDS AND IRELAND This session examines new ways to theorize the smartphone, based on a comparative study of smartphone use amongst older people in four different fieldsi…
View article: How can anthropological research impact the populations it studies? Six steps for creating inclusivity and accessibility with ethnographic monographs
How can anthropological research impact the populations it studies? Six steps for creating inclusivity and accessibility with ethnographic monographs Open
The ethnographic monograph is the primary medium for communicating anthropological research. However, they have traditionally only been read mainly by anthropologists in metropolitan universities. Professor Daniel Miller highlights the pro…
View article: Repealing Ireland's Eighth Amendment: abortion rights and democracy today
Repealing Ireland's Eighth Amendment: abortion rights and democracy today Open
In 2018, the Irish public voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which since 1983 banned abortion in the country. While this was a watershed moment in Irish history, it was not unconnected to wider discussions now …