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2. Are sciences essential and humanities elective? Disentangling competing claims for humanities’ research public value.
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Olmos-Peñuela, Julia, Benneworth, Paul, and Castro-Martínez, Elena
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ARTS -- Research ,HUMANITIES research ,POLICY discourse ,EMPIRICAL research ,ART & state - Abstract
Recent policy discourse suggests that arts and humanities research is seen as being less useful to society than other disciplines, notably in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The paper explores how this assumption’s construction has been built and whether it is based upon an unfair prejudice: we argue for a prima facie case to answer in assuming that arts and humanities research’s lower societal value. We identify a set of claims circulating in policy circles regarding science, technology, engineering and mathematics research and arts and humanities research’s differences. We find two groups: arts and humanities research is less useful than science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and arts and humanities research is merely differently useful. We argue that empirical analysis is necessary to disentangle which ones are true to assess whether policy-making is being based on rational and evidence-based claims. We argue that debates about public research value should recognise that humanities have different (but equally valid) kinds of societal value. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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3. Methodological commons: arts and humanities e-Science fundamentals.
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Sheila Anderson
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HUMANITIES , *HUMANISM , *RESEARCH , *INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics) , *ARTS - Abstract
The application of e-Science technologies to disciplines in the arts and humanities raises major questions as to how those technologies can be most usefully exploited, what tools and infrastructures are needed for that exploitation, and what new research approaches can be generated. This paper reviews a number of activities in the UK and Europe in the last 5 years which have sought to address these questions through processes of experimentation and targeted infrastructure development. In the UK, the AHeSSC (Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre) has played a coordinating role for seven projects funded by the Arts and Humanities e-Science Initiative. In Europe, DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) has sought to develop a deeper understanding of research information and communication in the arts and humanities, and to inform the development of e-infrastructures accordingly. Both sets of activity have indicated a common requirement: to construct a framework which consistently describes the methods and functions of scholarly activity which underlie digital arts and humanities research, and the relationships between them. Such a ‘methodological commons’ has been formulated in the field of the digital humanities. This paper describes the application of this approach to arts and humanities e-Science, with reference to the early work of DARIAH and AHeSSC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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4. How Did I Get to Princess Margaret? (And How Did I Get Her to the World Wide Web?).
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Jones, Kip
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ARTS ,HUMANITIES ,HUMANISM ,CULTURE ,SOCIAL science research ,RESEARCH - Abstract
The paper explores the growing use of tools from the arts and humanities for investigation and dissemination of social science research. Emerging spaces for knowledge transfer, such as the World Wide Web, are explored as outlets for "performative social science". Questions of ethnics and questions of evaluation which emerge from performative social science and the use of new technologies are discussed. Contemporary thinking in aesthetics is explored to answer questions of evaluation. The use of the Internet for productions is proposed as supporting the collective elaboration of meaning supported by Relational Aesthetics. One solution to the ethical problem of performing the narrations of others is the use of the writer's own story as autoethnography. The author queries autoethnography's tendency to tell "sad" stories and proposes an amusing story, exemplified by "The One about Princess Margaret" (see Appendix). The conclusion is reached that the free and open environment of the Internet sidelines the usual tediousness of academic publishing and begins to explore new answers to questions posed about the evaluation and ethics of performative social science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
5. Collaboration in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia.
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Haddow, Gaby, Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia), and Willson, Michele
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EDUCATIONAL cooperation ,AUTHORSHIP collaboration ,HUMANITIES ,ARTS ,SOCIAL sciences ,RESEARCH - Abstract
This paper reports on the first large-scale quantitative investigation into collaboration, demonstrated in co-authorship, by Australian humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) researchers. Web of Science data were extracted for Australian HASS publications, with a focus on the softer social sciences, over the period 2004 - 2013. The findings show that collaboration has increased over the last ten years, with strong intra-region collaboration concentrated on the east coast of Australia. International collaboration occurred most frequently with English speaking countries at vast distances from Australia. On average, fields in the social sciences collaborated at higher rates and attracted higher citations than humanities fields, but co-authorship of any kind was likely to increase citation rates. The results provide a snapshot of collaboration by Australian HASS authors in this time period and can be used as a benchmark to explore collaboration patterns in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
6. The construction of the Taiwan Humanities Citation Index.
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INDEXES ,HUMANITIES ,ARTS ,RESEARCH - Abstract
The Taiwan Humanities Citation Index (THCI) is Taiwan's effort to construct a search, research, and evaluation tool for research in the arts and humanities. This article describes the design, framework, features, and policies and rules of the THCI. Citation analysis has been regarded as a systematic way to investigate research developments and trends. Since the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) indexes mostly English journals, the THCI could become an auxiliary citation index of the A&HCI for Taiwanese researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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7. Phenomenography and elearning in art and design
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Souleles, Nicos and Σουλελές, Νίκος
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Humanities ,Research ,Methodology ,Arts ,Internet in education ,Art and design - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on how phenomenography was used as part of an extensive study in the under-researched area of elearning in art and design in Higher Education (HE). The purpose of the original study was to identify the perceptions and practices of lecturers in undergraduate art and design disciplines, as well as the unique characteristics and challenges of the sector vis-à-vis elearning. In this paper, references are made to some of the limited studies of elearning and ICT implementation in art and design. This highlights the need for further research and supports the position adopted by this paper that phenomenography is ideally suited for under-researched areas of investigation. The paper refers to some of the research outcomes in the context of reflecting upon and elaborating on the research methodology per se and the challenges and benefits of using phenomenography to investigate elearning in art and design. Consistently with the phenomenographic approach to research, the original study pursued a second-order perspective, i.e. through a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews the research dealt with people’s experiences of aspects of the world. Subsequently, the paper addresses the main tenets and critiques of the research methodology and the overall process it entails. It addresses how phenomenography facilitates the identification, description and categorization of perceptions and practices for the creation of a final outcome space that is manifested as a topology of inter-related categories or groupings of the perceptions and practices identified through semi-structured interviews. The paper elaborates on the main qualitative and quantitative critiques of phenomenography, as well as issues of validity and objectivity. The latter entails dealing with the concept of bracketing and the relationship between the researcher and the process of acquiring and interpreting the data through phenomenographic methods. Finally, this paper concludes that the contribution of phenomenography was invaluable in revealing the spectrum of challenges vis-à-vis elearning in art and design, and in opening up this specific area of study to further research.
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- 2012
8. VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION IN CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS.
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Ferran-Ferrer, Núria
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SCIENCE projects ,VOLUNTEERS ,RESEARCH ,LITERATURE reviews ,EDUCATION - Abstract
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- 2015
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9. Die Infrastruktur-Angebote von DARIAH-DE und TextGrid The digital infrastructures DARIAH-DE and TextGrid Les offres d'infrastructure de DARIAH-DE et de TextGrid.
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Blümm, Mirjam, Funk, Stefan E., and Söring, Sibylle
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HUMANITIES ,ARTS ,DIGITAL technology ,DIGITAL media ,RESPIRATORY agents - Abstract
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- 2015
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10. Interdisciplinary Research Seminars in the Arts and Humanities at Montana State University.
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Young, Gregory
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SEMINARS ,ARTS ,HUMANITIES ,MUSIC education ,RESEARCH ,UNDERGRADUATES - Abstract
The article describes interdisciplinary research seminars in the arts and humanities at Montana State University that combine music with humanities or other art forms. It discusses the context for undergraduate research at the university, as well as course guidelines and learning outcomes. According to the article, the seminars give undergraduates opportunities to conduct original research on academic pathways and provide professors an opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in other disciplines. Topics of the seminars include music and economics, music and literature, and music and sculpture.
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- 2008
11. Balancing Agendas.
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Griffin, Gabriele
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RESEARCH ,HUMANITIES ,BOMBERS (Terrorists) - Abstract
Taking as its starting point the European Commission's agenda for promoting collaborative, interdisciplinary research that includes the Humanities as well as the Social Sciences, this article argues that arts and humanities research needs greater integration into that research agenda and more, as well as more imaginative and incentivizing, funding and support. Utilizing the issue of the London bombers as an example, the article indicates that the Arts and Humanities can provide both insights into and perspectives on the challenges Europe faces in the 21st century. It suggests that a trans-disciplinary approach to research issues is required that is, inter alia, best supported by the establishment of advanced interdisciplinary research institutes that include the Humanities and Social Sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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12. Are sciences essential and humanities elective? Disentangling competing claims for humanities’ research public value
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Elena Castro-Martínez, Julia Olmos-Peñuela, Paul Stephen Benneworth, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, and Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
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Value (ethics) ,Visual Arts and Performing Arts ,Research policy ,METIS-306185 ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Research ,Public value ,Public policy ,Arts ,The arts ,Education ,Humanities ,Prima facie ,Digital humanities ,Value judgment ,IR-92385 ,ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS ,Societal value ,Sociology ,Prejudice ,media_common - Abstract
[EN] Recent policy discourse suggests that arts and humanities research is seen as being less useful to society than other disciplines, notably in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The paper explores how this assumption s construction has been built and whether it is based upon an unfair prejudice: we argue for a prima facie case to answer in assuming that arts and humanities research s lower societal value. We identify a set of claims circulating in policy circles regarding science, technology, engineering and math- ematics research and arts and humanities research s differences. We find two groups: arts and humanities research is less useful than science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and arts and humanities research is merely differently useful. We argue that empirical analysis is necessary to disentangle which ones are true to assess whether policy-making is being based on rational and evidence-based claims. We argue that debates about public research value should recognise that humanities have different (but equally valid) kinds of societal value., This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education, which funded the PhD research fellowship of Julia Olmos Peñuela through the F.P.U program [AP2007- 01850]. The research fellowship took place in the framework of the HERAVALUE project, Measuring the public value of arts and humanities research, financially supported by the HERA Joint Research Programme, cofunded by AHRC, AKA, DASTI, ETF, FNR, FWF, HAZU, IRCHSS, MHEST, NWO, RANNIS, RCN, VR and The European Community FP7 2007-2013, under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities programme. The authors would like to thank the editors and two anonymous referees for their invaluable comments. Any errors or omissions remain the authors’ responsibilitie
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- 2015
13. Applying qualitative content analysis to study online support communities
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Panayiotis Zaphiris, Ulrike Pfeil, and Ζαφείρης, Παναγιώτης
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Knowledge management ,People with disabilities ,Computer Networks and Communications ,business.industry ,Online participation ,Universal design ,Research ,Communication ,Content analysis (Communication) ,Methodology ,Quality control ,Arts ,Special needs ,Context (language use) ,Online community ,Popularity ,Variety (cybernetics) ,Human-Computer Interaction ,Humanities ,Sociology ,Older people ,Set (psychology) ,business ,Software ,Information Systems - Abstract
With the increasing popularity of online support communities for people with disabilities and older people, the research domain of online communities is gaining more and more research potential in the area of inclusive design. There are many studies that investigate social interactions within online communities. However, researchers seem to apply a variety of different methods in very different ways. This makes it often difficult to decide on the appropriate method. In order to provide guidance to researchers in the area of inclusive design, this paper reviews past research in this area and presents a self-contained methodology that is based on qualitative content analysis for studying social interactions in online support communities for people with special needs. A case study from an online community for older people is presented in order to set the theory into context.
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- 2010
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