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Concept as method : ethnography in a posthumanist world
No full textThis chapter introduces reflections on using concept as method in organisation and management research. Inspired by Gherardi's (2019) provocation on whether, in the context of posthumanist research, we ‘need’ gender any longer, this chapter aims at illustrating how materialities and meanings are constituted in knowledge production. In mobilising Barad' (2007) and Lenz Taguchi's (2012, 2017) theorising, I illustrate the doing of concept as method in the analysis of a piece of ethnographic work with researchers in a pharmacological institute. This is part of a larger study aimed at understanding gendering processes in innovation. In the analysis presented here, the researcher’s body and the material-discursive setting of the encounter with the interviewees and participants show the transcorporeal performance of sexual differences at work. This chapter aims at providing readers with a practical example of what a material-discursive focused approach to analysing gender dynamics in doing ethnographic work might entail
ChatGPT-Based Learning And Reading Assistant (C-LARA): Second Report
No full textChatGPT-based Learning And Reading Assistant (C-LARA – pronounced “Clara”) is an AIbasedplatform which allows users to create multimodal texts designed to improve reading skillsin second languages. GPT-4/ChatGPT-4 is central to the project: as well as being the corelanguage processing component, it has in collaboration with a human partner developed thegreater part of the codebase.Following on from the initial progress report, released in July 2023, we focus on new workcarried out during the period August 2023 – March 2024. The platform is far more usable. CLARAis now packaged with a wizard-style interface (“Simple C-LARA”) that allows the nonexpertuser to create a complete illustrated multimodal text by entering a prompt and approvingdefault choices a few times, and the software is deployed on a fast dedicated server maintained bythe University of South Australia. Other substantial new pieces of functionality are support for“phonetic texts”, where words are automatically divided up into units associated with phoneticvalues; “reading histories”, which support the combination of several texts into a single virtualdocument; and the social network, rudimentary in the first version, which now includes supportfor friending, an update feed, and email alerts.To investigate the AI’s abilities as a language processor, we present an experiment where wecreated six texts for each of five languages, using the same prompts for each language, andevaluated the accuracy of the language processing. We also give the results when some of theexperiments were repeated five months later with a newer version of GPT-4, in the case ofEnglish revealing a dramatic reduction in error rates. A small questionnaire-based study probesusers’ subjective views of C-LARA projects they have created: in general, people are pleasedwith the results, to the extent that they are often sharing them.With regard to GPT-4/ChatGPT-4’s software engineer role, we present a breakdown of thevarious modules and functionalities, indicating the AI’s contribution. It is capable of writing thesimpler modules on its own or with minimal human assistance, and only had serious problemswith a small number of top-level functionalities, in particular “Simple C-LARA”, which directlyor indirectly involved most of the codebase.We describe initial use cases, including trialling of C-LARA in a school classroom, integratingit into the experimental CALL platform Basm, and creating multimodal texts in the Oceaniclanguages Drehu and Iaai. A short section summarises our policy on ethical issues concerningthe crediting of the AI as an author. The appendices present examples illustrating use of theSimple C-LARA and Advanced C-LARA versions of the platform, list functionalities and codefiles, and reproduce conversations with the AI about various aspects of the project
On the knowledge making enterprise in OMT : the significance of reflexivity and diffraction
No full textReflexivity is often considered fundamental for the ‘production’ of responsible and ethical ethnographic work. Through reflexivity one can account as a researcher and author of the ethnographic practice, and acknowledge one’s responsibilities in knowledge-making and the impact this work has on others. Yet, it has been suggested that same practice has a darker side, as it tends to ‘overshadowing participants’, producing a ‘warped narcissism’, and ‘self-indulgence’. We explore these argumentative positions on reflexivity in ethnography, and clarify that the premise of a “narcissism” critique is an ontology of separateness that the concept embeds. We suggest and illustrate empirically how an ontology of inseparability of participants and researchers, such as one engrained in diffraction, can contribute in extricating narcissist tendencies of those ethnographic works weighting more on the left side of the “Self-Other” continuum. Our theoretical contribution is to elaborate a framework enabling a politically responsible ethnographic practice, which takes differences as methodological premise for grasping a phenomenon
Letter from The Dominguez Estate Company to Mr. B. Lara, November 24, 1943
No full textInforming Mr. Lara of the change in acreage on his lease with an attached statement
Book Review: The Organization of Craft Work: Identities, Meanings, and Materiality (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)
No full textCraft is a labour of love underpinned by an ethos of community, care, family and economic alternatives. This is a true but incomplete description of craft work. After reading the volume, The Organization of Craft Work: Identities, Meanings, and Materiality, edited by Bell, Mangia, Taylor and Toraldo, the rose-coloured picture of the artisanal laboratory, underpinned by notes of cinnamon scents and woollen fabrics, that I had constructed in my mind (almost) disappeared. This is not a warning against reading this book. On the contrary, the volume wrapped me up in an Orwellian aesthetic enthusiasm. A remarkable feature of the book is that it stirs one’s fascination and interest because of the topics discussed – from inebriating brews and wines to tasteful sushi – and also for its choice of rhythm: undulating between the nostalgia of a glorious past and utopias of a future that might not come to be. This rhythm shows an outward thinking that can reach organization studies scholars beyond the boundaries of craft. The rosy image of the workshop fades in light of the force of the political project that the book encapsulates, pushing its readers towards reimagining the kind of society they might strive towards
Does Lara Croft Ware Fake Polygons
No full textAn analysis of the role of gender in the 1996 video game, Tomb Raider , using multiple theoretical approaches to discuss issues of gender roles and gender identity. The author argues that prior to Tomb Raider, popular games revolved around a male protagonist, but with the introduction of Lara Croft, the gaming world has changed. The article explores the implications of the female protagonist in Tomb Raider, characterizing Lara Croft as a techno-puppet to the male-gaze, a drag queen, a dominatrix, and a powerful feminist role model. Artistic and creative game patches provide an “opportunity for feminists to influence the formation of new computer game gender configurations”
Organizational multi-sited ethnography : challenges and strategies in management research
No full textMulti-sited ethnography has emerged as an alternative way of doing ethnographic work, specifically targeting spatially and temporally delocalized phenomena. Multi-sited ethnography has been used to trace phenomena in migration, feminist, and science and technology studies. Despite its diffusion in many research areas, its use by management scholars has been limited, and considerations on reflexivity, and on the emerging issues related to the use of multi-sited ethnography in organizations, widely marginalized. The article first contributes in proposing insights on an promising method for management research; it clarifies its origins and the extent of its practice for exploring organizational phenomena, as well as its differences with other methodological approaches. Moreover, the article extends contemporary engagements with multi-sited ethnography in organizations, by offering insights on issues on reflexivity and identity deriving from the use of the method. Throughout the analysis of material collected in a multi-sited ethnographic study involving two R&D organizations, problems emerging in doing multi-sited ethnography across different organizations, and the related strategies for overcoming them are explored. The data is considered in light of performativity theories, primarily drawing on the works of Judith Butler, and Karen Barad
. 1062 Año 22 (2023) enero. El Tlacuache
No full textLa importancia del tema de la Epifanía en México, se manifiesta no solo en las festividades, sino en los programas pictóricos conventuales e incluso en la dedicatoria de los mismos, tal es el caso de los conventos agustinos del Meztitlán, en Hidalgo, y el de Huatlatlahuca, en Puebla. Retablos y una producción prolífica de cuadros representan la escena desde la segunda mitad del siglo XVI, siguiendo los modelos fijados en Europa a través de los grabados, con adaptaciones que se integran el contexto del Nuevo Mundo.- Epifanía la adoración de los Reyes Magos por Noel Serrano Aguirre y Mitzi de Lara Duarte.Mónica Morales, Pintura de los Reyes, Morelos. "Memoria Restauración", 2019.De Benavente, T. de (Motolinía), Historia de los Indios de la Nueva España, Sánchez García. D. (ed.),Barcelona, Herederos de Juan Gil, 1914, Trat. I, cap. 13.
El Auto de los Reyes Magos, también conocido como Representación de los Reyes Magos, es una primitiva pieza dramática toledana que conmemora la visita de unos magos en la Epifanía; esta fue escrita probablemente en el siglo XII según se deduce de la letra. Obtenido de https://emad.defensa.gob.es/
Museo Nacional del Virreinato. Anónimo. S.XVII Óleo sobre tela. Mediateca INAH.
Página 21. Epifanía de la Virgen /Catedral de Morelia
Pitacua , S. XVIII – renovado en el S. XIX
Doing and undoing gender in innovation : femininities and masculinities in innovation processes
No full textDespite the rising interest in the intertwining of individuals, organisations and institutions in innovation research, scant attention has been paid to the ways that their relations produce and reproduce specific gender dynamics throughout the innovation process. Innovation research has been characterised by a gender blindness that conceals the gendered nature of innovation processes. This article draws on the material collected through an ethnographic investigation conducted in two research organisations to illustrate how innovation processes are gendered when specific forms of masculinities and femininities are constructed, enacted and resisted by men and women. This article contributes towards developing a gendered understanding of innovation by introducing the term ‘positions of displacement’ to signal the fluidity and messiness of doings and undoings of femininities and masculinities through innovation practices
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