Indigenizing Intellectual Property: Tribally-Based Definition and Protections for Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Resources.

Ph.D. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2018

Sounding the reef: comparative acoustemologies of underwater noise pollution / Pejling af revet: komparativ akustemologi af undersøisk støjforurening

Matthew Buttacavoli studied the development and detection of the category of underwater noise pollution in the Great Barrier Reef. He examined the phenomenon using a multi-species ethnographic approach. He found that bodily affordances and species’ boundaries that make sensing underwater noise difficult, can be overcome through technology and skilled practice. [Extract from Danish abstract] Denne afhandling vælger en etnografisk strategi til at undersøge, hvordan interesserede lyttere forsøger at opfatte og rekonstruere det akustiske havmiljø. Observation og interviews af deltagere sættes sammen med optagelse og kreative metoder for at kortlægge de (ufuldkomne) måder, hvorpå lyttere (herunder forfatteren) forsøger at forstå havskabningers lydverdener. I fokus er de lyttemetoder, der blev udviklet af dykkere, havforskere, akustikere og interesseorganisationer

Solution Sales Process Blueprinting (SSPB): A visual representation of value creating activities in sales process implementation

The dynamism and the increasing competition in the B2B market environment has forced many manufacturing organizations to transform their selling orientation and practices from purely product oriented sales to solution selling in order to maintain their competitive positions and adapt to the continuously changing customer’s needs. The transformation necessitates major changes within the organizations and also in its interactions with customers, most noticeably the sales process. Although, firms’ transition to solution providers is not a new phenomenon in sales literature, studies focusing on the changes in the sales process are fragmented. Additionally, most of the studies depicting the sales process have mainly concentrated on the different selling activities without incorporating the actors that are involved in the process, or visualizing the different customer touch-points, which are important in order to develop broader understanding of the firm selling practices and for identifying sources of opportunities. Therefore, by utilizing a process mapping techniques, known as blueprinting, this study contributes to existing knowledge by developing a sales process framework that visualizes different activities and customer touch-points in the sales process as well as actors carrying out those activities. A qualitative research method in the form of face-to-face interviews was utilized for collecting data from 8 Finnish manufacturing firms that are currently undergoing transitions to solution providers. Data analysis was carried out through a combination of within-case and cross-case analyses. The results show that firms are interacting with customers not only during the sales phase of the process, but also during manufacturing and post sales delivery to acquire and disseminate new information. However, the process blueprint that was developed in the research reveals the need for improvements in the firms’ sales process design, in order to better integrate the service function into the selling phase and to enhance the opportunities for post sales customer support.fi=Opinnäytetyö kokotekstinä PDF-muodossa.|en=Thesis fulltext in PDF format.|sv=Lärdomsprov tillgängligt som fulltext i PDF-format

La sperimentazione animale sui social media: lo stato attuale e una proposta di linee guida

Questa tesi analizza la comunicazione scientifica sul tema della ricerca con sperimentazione animale e pone particolare attenzione ai social media e a come su di essi venga veicolato il tema della sperimentazione animale. Nonostante l'esistenza di linee guida come il Concordat on Openness on Animal Research e l'impegno delle istituzioni italiane ed europee che si occupano di ricerca sugli animali, questo argomento rimane ancora piuttosto polarizzato, soprattutto di fronte al pubblico generalista. La tesi analizza N profili social di altrettante organizzazioni guardando al modo di comunicare la ricerca e approfondisce la tematica con interviste qualitative a rappresnetanti privilegiati. Da questa analisi verrà prodotto un documento con delle linee guida per la comunicazione della ricerca su animali nei canali social.This thesis analyzes scientific communication on the subject of research with animal experimentation and pays particular attention to social media and how the theme of animal experimentation is conveyed on them. Despite the existence of guidelines such as the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research and the commitment of Italian and European institutions that deal with animal research, this topic still remains rather polarized, especially in front of the general public. The thesis analyzes N social profiles of as many organizations looking at the way of communicating the research and deepens the issue with qualitative interviews with privileged representatives. From this analysis a document will be produced with guidelines for communicating research on animals in social channels

Exploring Intercultural Factors in International Pilot-Air Traffic Controller Communications

This workshop aims to present results from exploratory research that investigates culturally influenced factors arising from international radiotelephony communications as well as pilots’ and ATCOs’ perceptions of their threat to aviation safety. The final goal is to generate a taxonomy of intercultural factors that can be used as a tool to improve intercultural communications within the aviation community. Based on research data, workshop participants will rate the importance of some of the identified factors as safety issues, consider possibilities to incorporate them into training activities, and discuss strategies to address these issues in terms of testing and policy change

Exploring Intercultural Factors in International Pilot-Air Traffic Controller Communications

This workshop aims to present results from exploratory research that investigates culturally influenced factors arising from international radiotelephony communications as well as pilots’ and ATCOs’ perceptions of their threat to aviation safety. The final goal is to generate a taxonomy of intercultural factors that can be used as a tool to improve intercultural communications within the aviation community. Based on research data, workshop participants will rate the importance of some of the identified factors as safety issues, consider possibilities to incorporate them into training activities, and discuss strategies to address these issues in terms of testing and policy change

Politeness Strategies in Cross-Cultural Thesis Supervision Sessions: L1 Speakers of Javanese and L1 Speakers of Minangkabaunese

This study investigated the politeness strategies employed by Javanese and Minangkabaunese speaking students from Indonesia in thesis supervision sessions with their L1 English speaker supervisors, in an Australian context. The data were examined using the ‘nextness’ procedure of conversation analysis, and analysed using an integrated analytic approach and Brown and Levinson’s politeness theory. The findings showed that there were commonalities and differences in the politeness strategies used due to the nature of their L1s