Locating haunting: a ghost-hunter's guide

Un-Haunting From the Ghost We Killed: IS Research and Education in the Post-Industrial Economy

The field of management emerged in response to the challenges of the industrial age that is now coming to an end. Since its inception, the information systems (IS) research community has argued that the information technology will bring fundamental challenges to the forces that underpin the way we organize our work. The IS discipline played a significant role in bringing the end of the industri...

Pleistocene Extinctions: Haunting the Survivors

For many years, the megafaunal extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene have been assumed to have affected only those species that became extinct. However, recent analyses show that the surviving species may also have experienced losses in terms of genetic and ecological diversity.

Utilizing Amerindian Hunters' Descriptions to Guide the Production of a Vegetation Map

Describing vegetation types is critical for managing natural resources and assessing ecosystem risk. Vegetation maps are historically produced by “Western experts,” often ignoring local-level groups critical to resource management. Indigenous hunters, as resource managers, have strong connections to their landscapes and their descriptions of vegetation within their homelands can be useful in th...

Inquiring Rock Hunters

The Inquiring Rock Hunters project is an example of Citizen Inquiry. Adult citizens designed and ran their own investigations in geology, through the online platform called nQuire, while collaborating with scientists. Analysis of the investigations shows patterns of collaboration and mentoring between novice, intermediate and expert geologists, however further work is needed to create a self-su...

Hunters of Nemrik