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Fake games: On dark and deceptive representations of non-actual games
No full textThis paper provides an introduction to fake games. Based on the concept of fictional games, or non-actual games that are presented to be imagined, I define fake games as non-actual games that are presented with the intention to trigger false beliefs in the existence of the game or its presented mechanics and story. First, I clarify the notion of fake games by comparing it to fictional games. I discuss how some representations of non-existent games blur the boundaries between fiction and lies. Such games are not clearly embedded within works of fiction and are presented without a clear context to help readers decide whether they should believe or imagine the game to exist. I discuss games that are represented through fake/fictional gameplay, paraludic material, or metaludic material. Lastly, I clarify the potential purposes fake games can serve. I distinguish darkly designed fake game representations from deceptively designed ones. The former have the intention of deceiving people into making certain decisions. Fake game advertisements, for example, aim to trick people into downloading mobile games that lack the features showcased in the ad. Deceptively designed fake game representations, on the other hand, deceive players with the aim of giving rise to aesthetically valuable experiences. Players’ false beliefs could, for example, give rise to interesting emotional responses
The state of Native representation in videogames
No full textThis commentary examines the state of Native representation in videogames from a Native perspective. Also, this commentary offers examples of Native Representation in Videogames from 1971 to 2025. Furthermore, I provide decolonizing and indigenizing examples of Natives in videogames. The paper also contains recommendations for further research and suggests good practices for videogame developers to facilitate design of positive Native representation as a decolonizing practice of indigeneity. This commentary closes with a call for positive representation, as seen in Never Alone (Upper One Games, 2014), the first videogame made by an indigenous-owned videogame studio
Consonant clusters and rhotic variation in Costa Rican Spanish
No full textThis study examines the phonetic realization of consonant clusters involving the alveolar tap (/Cɾ/ and /ɾC/) in Costa Rican Spanish, a variety known for rhotic variation. It addresses two main questions: (1) What factors contribute to phonetic variation in these clusters (e.g., syllable structure, place of articulation, voicing)? (2) What affects the transition time between consonants? Results show greater rhotic variation in heterosyllabic clusters and homorganic environments (e.g., /kaɾne/ → [kaɻne]). Consonant transition durations are longer in tautosyllabic clusters than in heterosyllabic clusters. An interesting finding is that intensity measures indicate that the tap is more constricted in heterosyllabic /ɾ.C/ clusters and less so in tautosyllabic /Cɾ/ clusters. These findings challenge traditional views of lenition based on strong (onset) vs. weak (coda) positions; I suggest a coarticulatory explanation.Este estudio examina la realización fonética de los grupos consonánticos que involucran la consonante vibrante simple alveolar (/Cɾ/ y /ɾC/) en el español de Costa Rica, una variedad conocida por su variación fonética en las róticas. Se abordan dos preguntas principales: (1) ¿Qué factores contribuyen a la variación fonética en estos grupos (por ejemplo, estructura silábica, punto de articulación, sonoridad)? (2) ¿Qué afecta el tiempo de transición entre consonantes? Los resultados muestran una mayor variación rótica en los grupos heterosilábicos y en entornos homorgánicos (por ejemplo, /kaɾne/ → [kaɻne]). Las duraciones de transición consonántica también son mayores en los grupos homorgánicos. Un hallazgo interesante es que las medidas de intensidad indican que el tap es más constreñido en los grupos heterosilábicos /ɾ.C/ y menos en los tautosilábicos /Cɾ/. Estos hallazgos cuestionan las visiones tradicionales de la lenición basadas en posiciones fuertes (ataque) vs. débiles (coda); para esto, sugiero una explicación coarticulatoria
Un uso escasamente documentado de \u27haber de + infinitivo\u27 en la historia del español: El valor de aspecto inminencial
No full textHaber de + infinitivo se considera tradicionalmente una perífrasis modal de necesidad deóntica, obligación atenuada y epistémica, además de temporal prospectiva (Blas Arroyo & Schulte 2017; Garachana & Hernández Díaz 2017; RAE/ASALE 2025: 28.6ñ-r). En este trabajo ampliamos la perspectiva documentando y analizando los orígenes del uso de la perífrasis para marcar lo que llamaremos aspecto inminencial inconcluso (AII), que denota eventos que estuvieron a punto de ocurrir, pero no ocurrieron (“action narrowly averted”, Kuteva 1998: 120). Este valor cuenta con un reconocimiento muy marginal en los estudios y repertorios gramaticales del español como parte de su gama de significados. A partir del CNDHE y CORDE, demostramos que el valor de AII de la perífrasis nace en el siglo XV, en el que se documentan los primeros ejemplos en los que este valor es incuestionable. Las ocurrencias se suceden durante los siglos XVI y XVII, alcanzando su momento de máximo esplendor en el XVIII, fecha a partir de la cual se inicia su declive. Durante el XIX y el XX todavía se localizan muestras esporádicas, pero en la época actual podemos considerarlo un uso desaparecido, prueba de ello es que los hablantes ya no reconocen este valor (Sinner & Dowah 2020). Planteamos la hipótesis de que el valor de AII es resultado de un proceso de gramaticalización en el que el valor de futuro (del pasado) de la perífrasis reinterpretado, primero, como una situación (aún) no realizada y, después, como una situación inminente que no llega a actualizarse (Bauman 2016).Haber de + infinitivo se considera tradicionalmente una perífrasis modal de necesidad deóntica, obligación atenuada y epistémica, además de temporal prospectiva. En este trabajo ampliamos la perspectiva documentando y analizando los orígenes del uso de la perífrasis para marcar lo que llamaremos aspecto inminencial inconcluso (AII), que denota eventos que estuvieron a punto de ocurrir, pero no ocurrieron (“action narrowly averted”, Kuteva 1998: 120). Este valor cuenta con un reconocimiento marginal en los estudios y repertorios gramaticales del español como parte de su gama de significados. A partir del CNDHE y CORDE, demostramos que el valor de AII de la perífrasis con el auxiliar en pretérito perfecto simple nace en el siglo XV, en el que se documentan los primeros ejemplos en los que este valor es incuestionable. Las ocurrencias se suceden durante los siglos XVI y XVII, alcanzando su momento de máximo esplendor en el XVIII, fecha a partir de la cual se inicia su declive. Durante el XIX y el XX todavía se localizan muestras esporádicas, pero en la época actual podemos considerarlo un uso desaparecido, prueba de ello es que los hablantes ya no reconocen este valor (Sinner & Dowah 2020). Planteamos la hipótesis de que el valor de AII es resultado de un proceso de gramaticalización en el que el valor de futuro (del pasado) de la perífrasis se reinterpreta, primero, como una situación (aún) no realizada y, después, como una situación inminente que no llega a actualizarse (Bauman 2016)
The Paradox of Collaborative Value: Creation Without Ownership
No full textSamarbeid mellom universitet og praksisfelt er avgjørende for å sikre kvalitet i sykepleierutdanningen. Studien undersøker hvordan mellomledere, praksisveiledere og prosjektdeltakere opplever deltakelse i et samarbeidsprosjekt mellom sykehus og universitet. Studien har et kvalitativt og utforskende design. Data ble samlet inn gjennom fokusgruppeintervjuer med praksisveiledere og mellomledere, samt prosjektdeltakeres refleksjonsnotater. Analysen ble gjennomført som praktisk tematisk analyse (PTA) hvor fem hovedtemaer ble identifisert: prosjektinvolvering, kommunikasjon, likeverdighet, ledelse og organisering/system. Studien viser høy motivasjon og opplevd verdi i gjennomføringsfasen, men også utfordringer knyttet til manglende ledelsesforankring, uklare roller og svak kommunikasjon. Samarbeidet oppleves som meningsfullt, men preges av ulik forståelse og mål mellom aktørene. Tidlig involvering og tydelig rolleavklaring fremheves som avgjørende for eierskap og implementering. Relasjonell kapasitet varierer mellom nivåene i organisasjonene. Deltakelse i samarbeidsprosjektet oppleves som verdifullt, men bærekraftig implementering forutsetter sterkere eierskap, ledelsesinvolvering, bedre kommunikasjon og tydeligere struktur i oppstartsfasen.Collaboration between universities and the field of practice is crucial to quality in nursing education. This study investigates middle-managers, practice-supervisors, and project participants experience participation in a collaborative project between hospitals and universities. The study has qualitative and exploratory design. Data was collected through focus groups and reflection notes. Analysis was conducted as a practical thematic analysis and five themes were identified: project involvement, communication, equality, leadership, and organisation/system. Results indicate motivation and value in the implementation phase, challenges related to lack of management support, unclear roles, and weak communication. Collaboration is perceived as meaningful but characterized by differences in understanding and goals between the actors. Early involvement and clear role clarification are emphasized as crucial for ownership and implementation. Relational capacity varies in and between organizations. Participation is perceived as valuable, sustainable implementation requires stronger ownership, management involvement, better communication, and a clearer structure in the start-up phase
A Voice from the Taiga: Yuri Vella and the ecopoetics of resistance
No full textThis article explores the life and poetic production of Yuri Vella (1948–2013), Forest Nenets poet, reindeer herder, and activist. Emerging from a community deeply affected by Soviet assimilation and the ecological devastation caused by oil exploitation in Western Siberia, Vella’s writings constitute both a literary expression and political act of resistance. Drawing on Scott Bryson’s definition of ecopoetry and through close readings of selected works, the paper identifies three defining attributes in Vella’s texts: devotion to the land and its creatures, humility in human–nonhuman relations, and skepticism toward hyperrationality and technological excess. Vella’s ecopoetry is thus multidimensional: lyrical in its devotion to the taiga, testimonial in its documentation of environmental destruction by the oil industry LUKoil, and militant in its call for ethical responsibility. By personifying landscapes and reindeer, evoking ancestral knowledge, and contrasting the millennial rhythms of nature with the “temporary” values of modernity, his work transforms poetry into a space of ethical reflection and cultural survival. Ultimately, Vella’s voice transcends the boundaries of the Forest Nenets community, offering a universal warning about ecological catastrophe and affirming the necessity of safeguarding both indigenous cultures and the natural world they protect
Adverb position in heritage and L2 Spanish-English code-switching
No full textThis study examines adverbs in intraclausal code-switching among late L2 Spanish bilinguals and heritage speakers of Spanish. Spanish allows adverbs pre-verbally and post-verbally, while English restricts adverbs to pre-verbal position. Previous research has shown that the language of the adverb predicts acceptability in code-switching contexts, with English adverbs allowed only pre-verbally and Spanish adverbs allowed in both positions. This study extends this work to L2 bilinguals, an understudied group in terms of code-switching acquisition. Using a written acceptability judgment task, 73 bilinguals rated code-switching stimuli involving verb-adverb switches, as well as monolingual versions of those sentences. Results showed that all groups preferred pre-verbal adverbs in English, regardless of whether the sentence was switched or completely in English. As for Spanish, participants accepted complement-type adverbs in either position, while specifier-type adverbs patterned like English, being accepted only preverbally. Crucially, there were no significant differences found between the heritage speakers and the two bilingual groups, which varied in terms of L2 Spanish proficiency. These findings suggest that the language of the adverb drives acceptability, and that all bilingual groups follow similar structural constraints. Thus, the acquisition context (heritage vs. L2) does not significantly impact adverb positioning in Spanish-English code-switching
Una tipología del género gramatical en el Iberorromance Occidental
No full textBased on previous work that examines noun form and gender in Spanish and Asturian, this paper extends a DM account of grammatical gender and noun derivation to Portuguese and Galician. The aim is to shed light on how we might question the relation between noun form and gender in general. Secondary to this goal is to bring more awareness to linguistic phenomena to West Iberian languages, many of which are minoritized. This framework is further motivated by Kramer’s (2015) analysis of the morphosyntax of gender. She analyzes multiple languages within this framework, giving rise to more possibilities to adopt a more typological perspective. This paper’s claim is that West Iberian nouns can be organized into three form classes marked mainly by -e/-Ø, -a, -o/-u, depending on the language. Both feminine and masculine nouns are organized across these three classes and can end in any of these word markers. Issues arise when there are apparent mismatches between form and gender (cf. manof ‘hand’ or mapam ‘map’ in Spanish), and these cases are also explainable through the rule-based insertion of word markers onto theme nodes, either in the context of roots or the gender feature found on n. This paper shows that through DM we can further link West Iberian languages under one theory by grammatical gender and noun form. While the present study is merely a starting point, future work must be done to account for microvariation in these languages and incorporate languages from other regions of West Iberia.Este artículo se basa en investigaciones previas sobre el género y la forma del sustantivo en el español y el asturiano. Estos análisis se extienden al género gramatical y la derivación nominal del portugués europeo y del gallego a través del DM. Mientras se pretende arrojar luz en la relación entre la morfología nominal y el género en general, también se enfoca en representar las lenguas del iberorromance occidental. Este marco teórico es motivado por el análisis de Kramer (2015) sobre la morfosintaxis del género, el cual considera cuestiones similares en varias lenguas. Así, se abrió un camino a considerar lo mismo desde una perspectiva tipológica dentro del Ibérico Occidental. Lo que aporta este artículo es que hay tres clases temáticas para los sustantivos del iberorromance occidental, las susodichas marcadas por -e/-Ø, -a, -o/-u, dependiendo de la lengua. Tanto los sustantivos femeninos como los masculinos terminan en cualquier marcador y son de las tres clases. La aparente incompatibilidad entre forma nominal y género (cf. manof ‘hand’ or mapam ‘map’ en español), se puede explicar por la inserción fonológica de los marcadores y por reglas contextuales. Por último, este artículo demuestra que, a través del DM y bajo una misma teoría, las lenguas iberorromances occidentales tienen más en común considerando las características compartidas del género gramatical y cómo se ve el sustantivo. Sin embargo, hay más camino que forjar para contar con la microvariación y las lengas distintas que se encuentran en la región occidental de la Península Ibérica.
Current state of open source research data management systems
No full textWe will explore the current landscape of open-source research data management systems, focusing on platforms such as Invenio and Hyrax. Our workshop will enable users to interact with Invenio RDM and Samvera Hyrax data repositories. We will together walk through core features that are most frequently requested by researchers and research data administrators. These include:
- Flexible importers and exporters to facilitate the large-scale ingestion and sharing of research data—both in terms of individual experiment size and volume of experiments. - Customizable workflows to support data review and publication processes. - Version control to track changes and maintain data integrity. - Granular authorization and authentication mechanisms to manage access rights. - Support for persistent identifiers - Metadata capture using a variety of metadata schemas. - Advanced search capabilities and the ability to view data directly within the system.
We will also delve into emerging, nuanced features that are becoming increasingly important in modern research workflows, such as:
- Offline data capture and seamless integration with the central data management system. - Support for archiving data not intended for publication, along with intuitive interfaces for managing such content. - Soft-delete functionality, where deleted data is moved to a temporary bin and later reviewed for either permanent archival or tombstoning. - Need for external data reviews, with strict access controls - enabled by repository-native support of Notify protocols and signposting, enhancing collaboration with external agencies and systems.
Finally, we will discuss the shortcomings of current research data management systems, including:
- Scalability challenges, such as limited support for diverse storage backends and declining performance with increased user and data volume. - Lack of versatile data viewers, especially for complex or domain-specific data types. - Insufficient emphasis on user experience (UX) across interfaces. - Limited integration of AI capabilities to assist in metadata extraction, data understanding, and intelligent presentation to end users. - A narrow focus on data storage and access, without sufficient support for data analysis and reproducibility. Current systems often manage only the data that has already been used for analysis, rather than assisting with the analytical process itself. Future systems will need to support rich metadata capture around data acquisition systems and analysis methods, and provide tools that facilitate replication and validation of research results
Grassroots networks can help implement and harmonize open research efforts
No full textGrassroots networks are peer-led, bottom-up initiatives that can drive meaningful change in research reform. Norwegian Reproducibility Network (NORRN), a nation-wide initiative after the model from similar networks around the world, is an example of a grassroots network where a community of researchers works together towards more transparent, rigorous and robust research. By connecting with other researchers, librarians and research support staff across Norwegian universities and colleges as well as various stakeholders, including higher-education institutions and research funders, NORRN aims to help implement and harmonize open and reproducible research efforts across the country. In this paper, we describe the origins, mission, and structure of NORRN and similar networks, as well as successes, challenges and future directions of NORRN’s efforts that show a critical role of grassroots initiatives in supporting research improvement