Essays about: "performance ethnography"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words performance ethnography.

  1. 16. Migration, Remittances and Education: A Review of the Educational Performance of Left-behind Children in Rural China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Keqin Zhu; [2015]
    Keywords : Parental migration; Rural-urban; China; Remittance; Left-behind children; Educational performance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The massive rural-urban population flow has been proceeding in China for decades ever since the 1980s. Millions of labor migrants move to industrialized cities for a better future for themselves, as well as their families. The increasing amount of migrants has led to the phenomenon of the “left-behind”. READ MORE

  3. 17. An Analysis of Minorities in the Workplace

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Maiko Shibuta; [2012]
    Keywords : interaction; micro sociology; stigma; dramaturgy; workplace; Goffman; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research stems from questions regarding people's relationships in the workplace, especially questions from the perspectives of minorities, such as cultural, visual, religious, and sexual minorities. The motive in pursuing this topic is illustrated by a few episodes about people whom I encountered in my life. READ MORE

  4. 18. Dysfunctional aspects of Software Development : An analysis of how lip-service, deception and organisational politics may side-track the result of well-intended methodologies

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation

    Author : Mikael Gislen; [2012]
    Keywords : Agile Software Development; Computer Supported Cooperative Work; Cultural Studies; Ethnography; Global Software Development; Human Computer Interaction; Information Systems; Internal Politics; ISO 9000; Micro Economics; Participatory Design; Psychology; Quality Systems; Software Engineering; Software Process; Software Quality; TickIT; The Human Role In Software Development;

    Abstract : This paper tries to identify and understand the human social obstacles for developing quality software. These include lip-service, cutting corners, deception and effects of internal politics. These obstacles can undermine the good intentions behind the software methodologies. READ MORE

  5. 19. The art of saving life : Interaction of the initial trauma care system from a cognitive science persepctive

    University essay from Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Gro Dahlbom; [2011]
    Keywords : ethnography; medical imaging; radiology; trauma; emergency care; cognitive science; distributed cognition; etnografi; medicinsk bildbehandling; radiologi; trauma; akutvård; kognitionsvetenskap; distribuerad kognition;

    Abstract : Trauma care is the treatment of patients with injuries caused by external forces, for instance car crashes, assaults or fall accidents. These urgent patients typically arrive at the hospital’s Emergency Department, where they are treated by an interdisciplinary team of physicians and nurses, who collaborate to identify and address life-threatening injuries. READ MORE

  6. 20. Concentration ability in Ethiopian classrooms : a study of salutogenic factors and how they affect children’s ability focusing in lessons

    University essay from HLK, Ämnesforskning

    Author : Birgitta Ramstrand Efraim; [2010]
    Keywords : Salutogenic factors; Ethnography; Concentration ability disability; Expectations; Collective learning processes; Khat; Ethiopia;

    Abstract : This is an ethnographic study, highlighting protecting factors for children‘s ability to focus. Schools must do its very best for children, increasing their possibilities to concentrate, since this has a significant impact on both school performance and social interaction. Schools have limited resources. READ MORE