Situated

  1. Migrant construction workers faced precarity but still found meaning
    Study of African migrant construction workers in Portugal examining how meaningful work persists despite precarious employment, structural barriers, and inadequate labor protections through.
  2. Murui-Muina use language differences to mark subgroup identity
    Ethnographic study of how Murui-Muina speakers in the Colombian Amazon use lexical contrasts to sustain four ethnolinguistic subgroups, challenging conventional definitions of language.
  3. German CMH workers balance physical health with mental health priorities
    Qualitative analysis of how German community mental health workers understand and address physical health, identifying five professional logics shaping integrated care
  4. Participatory AI & Social Justice
    Panel analysis of participatory AI's limits in promoting social justice, examining tensions between localized knowledge production and AI system scalability.
  5. Volunteer Moderation as Situated Civic Labor in Local Information Infrastructures
    Research on volunteer moderators of local online groups reveals how they sustain community information infrastructure through interpretive civic labor and contextual knowledge.
  6. Older adults still faced interaction challenges with voice assistants
    Month-long in-home study examining how older adults interact with voice assistants, revealing persistent challenges despite LLM integration and proposing design considerations.
  7. Politics should be rigorous, problem-driven, and cross-disciplinary
    Explore how a PPE graduate developed a rigorous political science methodology emphasizing temporal and spatial analysis over behavioural paradigms, bridging humanities and social sciences through.
  8. Informal science learning is shaped by place, people, and culture
    Explore thirteen theoretical frameworks for informal science learning in museums and outdoor spaces, examining place-based, person-oriented, and sociocultural dimensions for effective educational.
  9. Matatu access conflicts with Nairobi Expressway infrastructure
    Study examines tensions between Nairobi's matatu informal transport and Chinese-backed Expressway, revealing how foreign infrastructure reshapes mobility and excludes indigenous systems.
  10. Metadiscourse use differed in two dissertation disciplines
    Comparative study of metadiscourse in dissertation discussion chapters reveals discipline-specific rhetorical patterns in applied linguistics and sociology, with implications for doctoral writing.
  11. Affectivity shapes mathematical communication in parent–child technology interactions
    Qualitative study examining affectivity as constitutive communication in parent-child mathematics interactions with multitouch technology, analyzing embodied engagement and affective flows.
  12. Hardware Reincarnation: the Electronic Vape Synth and Other Upstream Salvaged Circuit
    Studio methodology exploring salvaged electronics as design materials through disassembly, prototyping, and synthesis practices situated within transnational traditions of resourceful making.
  13. Network Analysis and Trend Analysis of Urban Loneliness Studies: A Scientometric Approach
    Scientometric analysis of 310 articles reveals research trends, network structures, and knowledge gaps in urban loneliness studies using bibliometric methods and VOSviewer.