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“Vet du ka som er en kombinasjon?”: Dei tidlege språkvala til tre barn i fleirdialektale miljø
No full textThe research question addressed in this article is how the mothers’ dialect, the dialects of the rest of the family and in the local area, and perceptions of standard dialect influence children’s early linguistic choices. The article explores the speech patterns of three children over time and discusses the reasons behind the linguistic choices they make. Additionally, it investigates the prosodic dialect features in the children’s speech and the development of these patterns. The first participants in this project are the two girls named Sol and Snø, whose everyday interactions were recorded from ages 2;2 to 4;6. The third participant is Måne, Sol’s younger brother, whose speech was recorded from ages 1;9 to 2;9. Furthermore, the mothers of these children have contributed with observational data. As the mother of Sol and Måne, I had the opportunity to continuously collect data, while Snø’s data was gathered at three separate points with approximately a year between them. Based on this dataset, we can observe that all the children have features from their mothers’ dialect, but it varies to what degree and for how long the features are maintained. Factors as input from grandparents and older siblings, and periods of absence from kindergarten seem to influence the children’s speech. Additionally, moving to the father’s local area plays a crucial role in Snø’s language development. It is also evident that all three informants, regardless of the dialects by which they are surrounded, at different points in time orient themselves toward a form of standard dialect, perhaps experienced though roleplay and from reading aloud. In conclusion, this article explores the linguistic choices made by these children and discusses how the choices might reflect the status of the different agents of language socialization.Forskingsspørsmålet denne artikkelen tek opp, er korleis morsdialekta, dialektene i familien og i nærområdet og ei oppfatning av standardtalemål kan påverke barn sine tidlege språkval. Artikkelen utforskar talemåla til tre barn over tid og diskuterer årsakene til språkvala dei gjer. I tillegg blir dei prosodiske draga og utviklinga av desse i talemåla til barna undersøkte. Dei to første informantane er jentene Sol og Snø, som det har blitt tatt opptak av i kvardagslege situasjonar då dei var 2;2–4;6 år. Den tredje informanten er Måne, veslebroren til Sol, som det har blitt tatt opptak av då han var 1;9–2;9 år. I tillegg har mødrene til barna bidratt med observasjonsdata. Som mor til Sol og Måne har eg hatt moglegheita til å samle inn data kontinuerleg, medan datamaterialet av Snø har blitt innhenta på tre tidspunkt med om lag eit års mellomrom. Ein kan høyre at alle tre barna har trekk frå morsdialekta, men det varierer i kor stor grad og kor lenge trekka blir bevarte. Faktorar som innputt frå besteforeldre og eldre sysken og periodar med fråvær frå barnehage, verkar å gje utslag på barna sine talemål. I tillegg er flytting til fars heimstad avgjerande for språkutviklinga til Snø. Vi kan også sjå at alle tre informantane, uavhengig av dialektene dei høyrer rundt seg, på ulike tidspunkt orienterer seg mot ei form for standardtalemål, kanskje formidla gjennom leik og lesing. Denne artikkelen kartlegg altså språkvala til desse barna og diskuterer korleis dei kan vere eit uttrykk for styrkeforholda mellom dei ulike agentane for språksosialisering
Praksisveiledernes stemme som grunnlag for utvikling av veiledermodell for sykepleiestudenter i kommunehelsetjenesten.
No full textHigh-quality supervision during clinical placements is essential for nursing students’ learning process. At the same time, the municipal healthcare service faces increasing challenges related to nurse recruitment, which may limit access to qualified practice supervisors. This highlights the need for sustainable supervision models that support student learning while being feasible within the time constraints of clinical practice. To explore which factors supervisors themselves consider critical for effective supervision and should be included in such a model, we conducted focus group interviews with experienced practice supervisors. The results showed that organizational factors, frameworks and resources, as well as relational aspects within the supervision context, play an important role.Høy kvalitet på veiledning i praksisperioder er avgjørende for sykepleierstudentenes læringsprosess. Samtidig står kommunehelsetjenesten overfor økende utfordringer knyttet til rekruttering av sykepleiere, noe som kan begrense tilgangen på kvalifiserte praksisveiledere. Dette aktualiserer behovet for bærekraftige veiledermodeller som både ivaretar studentenes læring og er tidsmessig gjennomførbare for veilederne. For å utforske hvilke faktorer veiledere selv anser som kritiske for god veiledning og som bør inngå i en ny veiledermodell, gjennomførte vi fokusgruppeintervjuer med erfarne praksisveiledere. Resultatene viste at faktorer i organisasjonen, rammer og ressurser samt relasjonelle forhold i veiledersituasjon har betydning
Decolonial Reflections on Mapuche Wisdom and Sensory Thinking
No full textGjennom en etnografisk studie bidrar artikkelen til samtalen om dekolonial filosofi ved å fremme en dialog mellom urfolks erfaringsbaserte kunnskapsformer og vestlig filosofi som likeverdige tilnærminger til verden. Analysen tar utgangspunkt i mapuche urfolk i Patagonia (Argentina og Chile) og deres begreper rakizuam (sansende tenkning) og kimün (visdom). Det argumenteres for at urfolks onto-epistemologier ikke bør betraktes som kuriositeter, men som verdifulle bidrag til vestlig tenkning. Den dominerende filosofiske kanon kunne utvilsomt sett annerledes ut dersom den hadde omfavnet flere av de alternative perspektiver som, innenfor vestlig filosofi selv, har utviklet forståelser av verden nært beslektet med urfolks helhetlige perspektiver.Through an ethnographic study, the article contributes to the conversation on decolonial philosophy by promoting a dialogue between Indigenous experiential knowledge forms and Western philosophy as equally valid approaches to understanding the world. The analysis is based on the Mapuche people of Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) and their concepts of rakizuam (sensory thinking) and kimün (wisdom). It is argued that Indigenous onto-epistemologies should not be regarded as curiosities, but as valuable contributions to Western thought. The dominant philosophical canon would undoubtedly look different had it embraced more of the alternative perspectives that, even within Western philosophy itself, have developed understandings of the world closely related to Indigenous holistic perspectives
The Development of Basque Subject Pronoun Expression in Bilingual School-Age Children
No full textAcquiring full mastery of the pragmatic constraints regulating null/overt pronominal subjects in null subject languages like Basque is a prolonged and cognitively taxing process because pronominal distribution is pragmatically conditioned in discourse. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the acquisition of subject pronoun expression (henceforth, SPE) by school-age Basque-speaking children because Basque has a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun (bera) with a different pronominal feature configuration than traditional pronouns in other languages, which may impact how SPE is acquired. Therefore, we report on a study investigating the acquisition and development of the personal pronoun bera in 88 Basque-Spanish bilingual children (ages 6-12) and adults, using an oral pronoun elicitation task where null subjects and the overt pronoun bera were elicited in same- and switch-reference contexts. Findings indicate that bilingual children follow a U-shaped developmental trajectory in same-reference contexts in Basque, which favor null subjects, but a linear developmental trajectory in switch-reference contexts, which favor bera. These findings are consistent with previous work on the same Basque-Spanish bilinguals who participated in the present study tested in Spanish and age-matched Spanish monolinguals (Etxebarria & Montrul 2025), who showed parallel and age-appropriate developmental trajectories. Results revealed that null subjects encode strong referential continuity properties in Basque. However, bera seems to have more flexible referential discontinuity properties than traditional third-person pronouns, likely due to its intrinsic feature composition and referential properties. These results also support the conclusion that pronoun distribution is variable in null subject languages (Giannakou 2018; Otheguy & Shin 2022; Etxebarria & Montrul 2025)
Who Edits Reality? The Politics and Pragmatics of Scholarly Infrastructure
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This paper argues that digital scholarly infrastructures, such as bibliographic databases and text corpora, are not neutral representations of reality but constructed models shaped by pragmatic, methodological choices. This is particularly critical in the "closing world" of proprietary platforms like Scopus and Web of Science, which present biased commercial products as objective scholarly tools. Through a critical discussion, this paper unpacks how unexamined decisions regarding operationalisation, standardisation, representativeness, and balance can distort our understanding of a scholarly field. In contrast, the paper highlights collaborative, open data ecosystems that leverage standardisation and interoperability. Ultimately, we argue that fostering a multiplicity of open, auditable models is essential to challenge the monolithic power of commercial actors, democratize research, and achieve genuine data sovereignty
Opening peer review in Algerian universities: Survey of The Faculty at The Institute of Library Science and Documentation – University AbulKacem SaadAllah- University of Algiers II
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Peer review has been a cornerstone of science since the first academic journals back in the mid-17th century. The amount of knowledge produced in those early days did not warrant a strict implementation as what was to be published surpassed journal capacity to absorb. Fast forward some three centuries later, the situation changed wholly and (thanks to the successive information overloads), space to publish shrunk drastically and there was to be a filter both quantitative and qualitative to choose what to publish. Having been described as “the linchpin about which the whole business is pivoted “ (Ziman 1966), peer review has been subject to endless critics and has yielded an abundant literature. From sexist, biased, unreliable to prone to manipulation and countless other “accusations”, peer review has been at the centre of a myriad of cases where science and good behaviour did not go hand in hand. The main reason for the situation was (and still is in most cases) the secrecy in which the process is done. Shielded from accountancy, the expert could act as he (or she) pleases and come out unscathed. With the Internet and its proclivity to openness, the idea of opening the process became a reality and was seen as a remedy, an antidote to the previously stated ills. Numerous sites (such as Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, F. 1000, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Biology Direct, etc …) used different approaches opening the process with mixed result. In this presentation, we will conduct a survey at The Institute of Library Science and Archive - University of Algiers II to see what does the faculty knows, thinks and how it approaches the process. In an Institute specializing wholly in Library Science and its adjunct fields, it would be interesting to see what does its faculty know and think of the process. This will be done by a questionnaire that will explore different aspects of a process that is not only new but also mysterious for many. The different experiments having been all launched and tested in The Global North, our presentation will try to analyze what researchers from a Global South country know and understand in a new (and revolutionary) process that thrives to open itself but also open new horizons to researchers in need to participate, be known, be seen by the whole community worldwide and not be confined to a role of being judged versus a role of being a judge in a world that is trying to be as inclusive as possible
Systemic Research on Open Science in Europe: Insights from the SCIROS Network
No full textThe SCIROS project (Strategic Collaboration for Interdisciplinary Research on Open Science) is a direct response to pressing needs expressed by the humanities and social sciences (SSH) community, identified through surveys and interviews conducted within projects of OPERAS, European research infrastructure supporting scholarly communication in SSH (e.g., in OPERAS-P, OPERAS-PL, DIAMAS, PALOMERA). These investigations revealed a significant empirical gap in the discourse on Open Science (OS), limiting robust arguments for its usefulness and impact. SCIROS aims to fill this gap by creating an international research network to systematically study OS in SSH, fostering durable cooperation through researcher exchanges, joint publications, and international and local events.
Research is structured around three pillars:
Theory of Open Science (TOS):Analyses the epistemological and ethical foundations of OS in SSH. It addresses questions about the institutional and normative assumptions shaping OS advocacy, and how these influence academic freedom and knowledge production. Methods include interdisciplinary conceptual analysis and critical reflection.
Practice of Open Science (POS):Explores how OS principles are enacted in SSH, with a focus on open peer review, multilingual publishing, and research assessment reform. It examines challenges and opportunities in applying FAIR and CARE principles in SSH contexts, using case studies, co-writing sprints, and stakeholder interviews.
Infrastructure of Open Science (IOS):Investigates the sustainability, governance, and user engagement strategies of Open Research Infrastructures (ORIs). Drawing on recent research (Fecher et al., 2021; Mounier & Dumas Primbault, 2023), IOS conducts surveys to assess Customer & User Engagement (CUE) practices, aiming to repair gaps in research infrastructures and enhance their competitiveness and long-term sustainability.
This poster presents the joint research network we are building across seven European countries – Poland, Italy, Portugal, Luxembourg, France, Finland and Germany, as part of the SCIROS project. It showcases our collaborative efforts to study Open Science through interdisciplinary research, researcher exchanges, and shared activities. Together, we aim to address key challenges and advance sustainable, transparent, and interconnected research infrastructures
Approaches for data management, collaboration and co-ownership in sámi engineering science
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The Sámi Parliament suggests the extension of the verdde tradition as a guiding strategy for collaboration within Sámi communities and between Sámi communities and non-Sámi institutions. An important mission for researchers and engineers within academia is to explore what this means for engineering science from a Sámi perspective. This impacts the models for technological research and the management of data within this research. While CARE and SODA principles outline generic guidelines for research ethics, they lack specifics regarding technological research.
The development of drone technology in reindeer husbandry is one example of engineering research that requires a multitude of data, which carries associated risks if managed improperly. Large-scale industrial and infrastructure projects in the Arctic, as well as tourism-based businesses, could benefit from such data but simultaneously pose an existential threat to reindeer husbandry. It has been shown that Sámi communities are skeptical of scientific research in general and do not necessarily trust institutions handling sensitive data. This skepticism can, in part, be attributed to the historical mistreatment of Indigenous people by majority-society institutions, including academia.
We believe that collaboration based on mutual dependence and mutual benefit, in line with the verdde tradition, could serve as a key building block for research collaboration as well as data management. Our proposal is a dual data-governance model:
The local reindeer herding district -the siida, retains ownership of raw data. Universities act as verdde partners, assisting with processing, analysis, and archiving, but under conditions agreed upon by the herders themselves. Any open-access publication would use preprocessed data that the community approves. The approach can be adapted to different contexts
Editorial introduction
No full textEditorial introduction to the 2025 thematic volume "Communities and collaborations"
Unpacking an obfuscated female protagonist: The use of mise-en-scène in minimalist videogame narrative through social semiotics
No full textThis paper explores the portrayal of an obfuscated female protagonist in the minimalist videogame Unpacking, which narrates its story entirely through its mise-en-scène. Adopting a social semiotics approach, the study delves into how the socially constructed elements of the game\u27s mise-en-scène assist players in ‘unpacking’ the protagonist\u27s identity and narrative. Unpacking introduces a novel approach to ludonarratology by intentionally omitting the direct presence of the protagonist, instead focusing on the spaces and objects that players interact with. As players progress through the protagonist\u27s life, these spaces and objects become laden with social significance, creating a shared history between the player and the protagonist. The game diverges from traditional storytelling methods, offering an environment where the story is pieced together through the objects unpacked in each new space the protagonist inhabits. These objects serve as signifiers of her memories, aspirations, and life stages, evolving beyond mere gameplay elements into artefacts that shape her life story. A significant aspect of this paper is its discussion of the novel portrayal of a female protagonist who is omitted from visual representation. Rather than focusing on her physical appearance, the game emphasises unearthing her identity through gameplay, allowing players to discover who she is. The game exemplifies how minimalist narrative techniques, rooted in social semiotics, can foster rich and engaging storytelling experiences. By omitting a visible protagonist, Unpacking allows players to explore and interpret the narrative through the spaces and objects they encounter and the connections they establish between them. This article\u27s significance lies in its examination of Unpacking as a case study for understanding how minimalist narrative techniques can effectively convey a complex and emotionally resonant story through unconventional means