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A Pedagogy of Its Own: Building a UX Research Program
(Practicing Anthropology, 2021) Rodwell, Elizabeth A.
While there is insufficient scholarly literature on UX pedagogy in general, there is a particular lack of work on how to construct a UX Research degree program, rather than one in UX Design. Therefore, this article examines what the requirements for such a program would be, the impediments to building it, and whether a distinct program emphasizing research is necessary. Based on my experience working as a UX Researcher and as an Assistant Professor teaching UX/Applied Anthropology, I argue that the industry would benefit from interdisciplinary UX Research programs that harness the strengths of several departments to teach the skill set involved in this role.
The machine without the ghost: Early interactive television in Japan
(Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 2021-01-29) Rodwell, Elizabeth A.
This article is part of an ongoing ethnography of the Japanese television industry focusing on its attempts to experiment with live, interactive content that was manipulable via smart devices, laptops, and remote controls. Based on 18 months of fieldwork in the Japanese television industry in four major TV network offices and two production companies, it also incorporates interviews with more than 30 broadcast company employees. I use two case studies of early interactive television programming to discuss the strategies producers have used to create community and promote identification among audiences of these shows: ‘Arashi Feat. You’ was a live music event that courted a large audience through the involvement of a massively popular boy band and promoted the idea of ‘turning viewers into users’ by allowing them to play musical instruments along with the band. ‘The Last Award’ allowed participants to submit and evaluate each other’s videos live through a dedicated user interface. Through these examples, I argue that participation alters the nature of television spectacle and results in changes to the way producers address and inscribe audiences as cocreators of content. The rhetoric used by interactive television accordingly defaults to ‘we’ and ‘us’ and features accessible and relatable celebrities as surrogates for the audience.
‘Breaking Bread with the Dead’: W. H. Auden, Seamus Heaney and Yeats’s legacy
(2007-05-14) Connolly, Sally
A postprint version of ‘Breaking Bread with the Dead’: W. H. Auden, Seamus Heaney and Yeats’s legacy, by Sally Connolly, published in Yeats Annual 17 (2007).
Review of Letter from an Unknown Woman by Stefan Zweig
(2000-11-24) Connolly, Sally
A review of Letter from an Unknown Woman by Stefan Zweig published in The Times Literary Supplement
Review of Consequences by U. A. Fanthorpe
(2001-04-13) Connolly, Sally
A review of Consequences by U. A. Fanthorpe published in The Times Literary Supplement
Review of Pictures of You by Matt Thorne
(2001-09-21) Connolly, Sally
A review of Pictures of You by Matt Thorne published in The Times Literary Supplement
Review of Mr Strangelove, by Ed Sikov
(2002-10-18) Connolly, Sally
A review of Mr Strangelove, by Ed Sikov published in The Times Literary Supplement
Review of Madonna: An Intimate Biography by J. Randy Taraborrelli
(2001-07-27) Connolly, Sally
A review of Madonna: An Intimate Biography by J. Randy Taraborrelli published in The Times Literary Supplement
An Excerpt from Grief and Meter: Elegies for Poets After Auden
(2016-11-09) Connolly, Sally
The elegizing of poets is one of the oldest and most enduring traditions in English poetry. Many of the most influential and best-known poems in the language—such as Milton’s "Lycidas," Shelley’s "Adonais," and Auden’s "In Memory of W. B. Yeats"—are elegies for poets. In Grief and Meter, Sally Connolly offers the first book to focus on these poems and the role they play as a specific subgenre of elegy, establishing a genealogy of poetry that traces the dynamics of influence and inheritance in twentieth- and twenty-first-century poetry. She identifies a distinctive and significant Anglo-American line of descent that resonates in these poems, with British poets often elegizing American ones, yet rarely the other way around. Further, she reveals how these poems function as a means of mediating, effecting, and tracing transatlantic poetic exchanges. The author frames elegies for poets as a chain of commemoration and inheritance, each link independent, but when seen as part of the "golden chain," signifying a larger purpose and having a correspondingly greater strength. Grief and Meter provides a compelling account of how and why these poems are imbued with such power and significance.
Review of Dying Modern: A Meditation on Elegy, by Diana Fuss
(2013-04-26) Connolly, Sally
A review of Dying Modern: A Meditation on Elegy, by Diana Fuss published in The Times Literary Supplement
An Excerpt from Ranches of Isolation: Transatlantic Poetics
(2018-10-26) Connolly, Sally
An excerpt from Ranches of Isolation: Transatlantic Poetics by Sally Connolly, published by Madhat Press
Review of The Bluebird Café by Rebecca Smith
(2001-05-04) Connolly, Sally
A review of The Bluebird Café by Rebecca Smith published in The Times Literary Supplement
Review of All the Rage by Paul Magrs
(2001-08-17) Connolly, Sally
A review of All the Rage by Paul Magrs published in The Times Literary Supplement
Review of The Oxford Handbook of Poetry, Ed. Karen Weisman (Oxford University Press) and The Elegies of Ted Hughes by Edward Hadley (Palgrave Macmillan)
(2011-03-25) Connolly, Sally
A review of The Oxford Handbook of Poetry, Ed. Karen Weisman (Oxford University Press) and The Elegies of Ted Hughes by Edward Hadley (Palgrave Macmillan) published in The Times Literary Supplement
Co-Production for Equitable Governance in Community Climate Adaptation: Neighborhood Resilience in Houston, Texas
(2024-03-28) Munenzon, Dalia
As urban areas grapple with the pressing impacts of climate change, fostering community-level resilience becomes imperative. Co-production, emphasizing active stakeholder engagement, offers a pathway to robust, equitable, and inclusive adaptation strategies. This article delves into the co-production processes within neighborhood resilience planning in Houston, Texas, revealing how collaboration between communities, planners, and municipal leaders can address climate vulnerabilities and support disadvantaged groups. Through an empirical analysis of three Houston neighborhoods, the study evaluates co-production’s role in promoting neighborhood-scale adaptive capacity and reshaping power dynamics to advance equity and environmental justice. The results highlight the significance of local institutions and the necessity of municipal commitment to co-production efforts. The study contributes actionable insights on the application of co-production in neighborhood climate adaptation, emphasizing the need for direct municipal engagement to implement transformative spatial projects and rebalance governance frameworks for effective climate action.
A Virtual Linked Data Study Group: Our Experiences and Perspectives
(2024-02-15) Crane, Jill; Hood, Martha; Pappas, Jodene; Ramirez, Ada Laura; Vandale, Susan
At the University of Houston Libraries in 2018, a virtual Linked Data Study Group took root and grew to include a total of seven librarians from multiple institutions across the country. This presentation highlights a collaborative model for learning and professional growth in technical services.
Resource Sharing with Born Digital Music Materials
(2024-02-16) Martin, Leonard, Jr.; Nichols, Maurine
This lighting talk presentation discusses how UH Libraries' Acquisitions and Resource Sharing (ARS) and Resource Management and Metadata (RMM) departments collaborated on the acquisitions and description of a digital born music resources. This presentation discusses the challenges and successes of acquiring and describing a digital born music score, a documentary film issued as a USB thumb drive, and a sound recording issued as a CD with a digital download code. The presentation concludes by discussing controlled digital lending (CDL) opportunities on the horizon at UH Libraries.
A Computational Mapping of Online News Deserts on African News Websites
(2023-09-28) Madrid-Morales, Dani; Rodríguez-Amat, Joan Ramon; Lindner, Peggy
To date, the study of news deserts, geographic spaces lacking local news and information, has largely focused on countries in the Global North, particularly the United States, and has predominantly been interested in the causes and consequences of the disappearance of local media outlets (e.g., newspapers and TV stations) to the social fabric of a community. In this article, we extend the concept of “news deserts” by drawing on literature on the geography of news in Africa, where information voids have long been documented but have not been studied within the conceptual framework of news deserts. Using computational tools, we analyse a sample of 519,004 news articles published in English or French by news websites in 39 African countries. We offer evidence of the existence of online news deserts at two levels: at a continental level (i.e., some countries/regions are hardly ever covered by online media of other African countries) and at a domestic level (i.e., online news media of a given country seldom cover large areas of the said country). This article contributes to the study of news deserts by (a) examining a continent that has not been featured in previous research, (b) testing a methodological approach that employs computational tools to study news geographies online, and (c) exploring the flexibility of the term and its applicability to different media ecosystems.
Images, An Overview
(Elsevier, 2023-06-23) Jones, Jerrell
Images have been historical records since the advent of photography. High-resolution photography laid the groundwork for the digitization process known today and has continued to bolster the cultural heritage sector. An overview of images in the context of library and information science (LIS) is a story of how libraries have adopted aspects of the commercial image production environment, expensive digitization equipment, and considerable information technology infrastructure to provide image resources to their users. This entry discusses images in the LIS field and considers the concepts, tools, and best practices that surround the prevalence of images as primary sources.
Structured Narrative Literature Review Template
(2022-11) Williamson, Katherine; Reilly, Michele; Thompson, Santi
The “Structured Narrative Literature Review Template” was developed by Katherine Williamson, Michele Reilly, and Santi Thompson in November 2022. It is intended to be discipline-agnostic but has been primarily used for research in Library and Information Science domains. Other researchers are free to use/repurpose this template. The authors are making this template available via an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. This template replaces a previous version, titled “Literature Review Template”, found here: https://hdl.handle.net/10657/12663.

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