Anthropologists Are Talking – About the Anthropocene

Are orals worth talking about?

'Would you tell me please, which way I should go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care where,' said Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat. (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Lewis Carroll) In this issue, Wass et al. report a study of the reliability of the oral component of the Royal College of General Pract...

Health System Resilience: What Are We Talking About? A Scoping Review Mapping Characteristics and Keywords

Background Health systems are based on 6 functions that need to work together at all times to effectively deliver safe and quality health services. These functions are vulnerable to shocks and changes; if a health system is unable to withstand the pressure from a shock, it may cease to function or collapse. The concept of resilience has been introduced with the goal of strengthening healt...

"Sudden death"--what are we talking about?

Whose Art Are We Talking About?

Jeannette Pols and Tamar Sharon kindly reviewed my case study of the art of living with technology as an engagement with technomoral change. I am indebted to them for their careful reading and critical suggestions to further elaborate the project. In my response I focus on the question whose art we are talking about, while further elucidating the reflexivity addressed in my essay. I conclude wi...

Content analysis: What are they talking about?

Quantitative content analysis is increasingly used to surpass surface level analyses in computer-supported collaborative learning (e.g., counting messages), but critical reXection on accepted practice has generally not been reported. A review of CSCL conference proceedings revealed a general vagueness in deWnitions of units of analysis. In general, arguments for choosing a unit were lacking and...