Empirical Accounting Seminars: Elephants in the Room

Elephants in the Music Room

In this introduction to the forum Quirk Historicism, the editors describe the recent tendency of music scholars, in the wake of New Historicism, to avail themselves of objets trouvés and historical micronarratives for interpretation. Representations 132. Fall 2015 © The Regents of the University of California. ISSN 0734-6018, electronic ISSN 1533-855X, pages 61–78. All rights reserved. Direct r...

Retraining the Elephants in the Room.

Stem cell research: elephants in the room.

The degree to which these elephants are disruptive to the steady advancement of the adult stem cell field will become clear with time. In some ways they enliven the discourse, but in many ways they interfere with efficient progress. Naming these elephants is a first step toward dealing with them. If we remain aware of these issues when evaluating new research, we are less likely to make careles...

Cost Accounting in the Operating Room

One of the problems in dealing with the above scenario is the lack of timely, accurate cost data upon which to base any decisions. Cost information is inadequate in many hospital departments, but the place where the lack of accurate cost data is most evident is often the Operating Room. The Surgery department is the leader in medical supply usage for the entire hospital. Decisions are made here...

Empirical Phenomenology : A Qualitative Research Approach ( The Cologne Seminars )

This paper introduces the philosophical foundation and practical application of empirical phenomenology in social research. The approach of empirical phenomenology builds upon the phenomenology of the philosophers Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger and the sociologist Alfred Schütz, but considers how their more philosophical and theoretical insights can be used in empirical research. It aims a...