Digital Context Research Articles

From a Private Archive to a Public Museum

This paper describes a curator’s personal experience in a museum of art with several “auxiliary” archives of museum collections, in which various photographic objects are the most numerous. The paper underlines the issue of experts’ unpreparedness within museum institutions for managing and preserving photographic material, which is especially challenging when it exists in a heterogenous documentation cluster that has been reassembled multiple times. In an effort to preserve the conceptual integrity of the new/old archive, which will as much as possible mirror all earlier uses, interventions, manipulations, etc. of the material, as a sign of its pre- and post-acquisition biography (Edwards, Morton), and equally the history of the museum, it has been resorted to a top-to-bottom archival description that will reach the level of each individual item. In this way, the archival imperative of acknowledging the provenance and original order is not being betrayed, while at the same time we are ensuring the visibility of each individual photograph, which is described both as a document and as an artifact. Taking into consideration the fact that this kind of approach is not universally applicable, all of its recognized benefits and inherent limitations are presented. Finally, the paper briefly discusses the challenges of applying the same approach to a digital context.

Development of Human Resources in the Region: Cognitive Modeling

The study substantiates the importance of studying the problem of human resource development in the context of the digital transformation of the economy at the regional level. The conducted scientometric analysis made it possible to identify key thematic clusters of research on this issue and show that the digital context is combined with issues of human health, competencies, government intervention, and management issues. With this in mind, the factors affecting human resource development in the region are determined based on the use of quantitative and qualitative analysis methods. This made it possible to build a cognitive map reflecting the relationship of human resources as a concept with other components of the socio-economic system at the meso-level. The analysis of the cognitive map allowed us to conclude that the system is unstable to disturbances in combination with its structural stability. Based on the study of the mutual influence of the peaks and the development of an experiment plan, cognitive modeling of the development of human resources in the region was implemented. The study presents two scenarios of the development of events, which show that the presented cognitive model can be used to develop strategies for the development of human resources as it allows us to identify the most significant factors for determining effective regulatory influences.

The Role of Organizational Unlearning in Manufacturing Firms’ Sustainable Digital Innovation: The Mechanism of Strategic Flexibility and Organizational Slack

This study explores the underlying mechanisms of achieving sustainable digital innovation in the context of manufacturing companies. Building on the perspective of organizational unlearning, we propose that organizational unlearning could disrupt current innovation routines and positively relate to the sustainability of digital innovation, the features of which are self-referential improvement and iterative scalability. This study conducted a questionnaire survey of 274 Chinese manufacturing companies and used SmartPLS 4.0 to analyze the data. Drawing insights from data analysis results, this study discovers that organizational-level unlearning is able to make digital innovation achievable and sustainable. In addition, this study articulates the partial mediation mechanism of strategic flexibility and organizational slack. The findings unearth the utility of organizational unlearning to manufacturing companies in the digital context, contribute to the emerging literature on digital innovation by introducing organizational unlearning as a new theoretical perspective for introducing digital transformation, and offer managerial insights to help manufacturing companies leverage organizational unlearning proactively to release its long-term benefits.

RESHAPING THE FUTURE OF WORK: NAVIGATING THE IMPACTS OF LIFELONG LEARNING AND DIGITAL COMPETENCES IN THE ERA OF 5.0 INDUSTRY

Technological advancements and changes in the labor market require workers to continuously enhance their skills. Lifelong learning becomes a necessity in reality, and proposals in developed countries for returning to college after graduation open up new opportunities for acquiring new knowledge. Digital literacy, communication skills with both humans and robots, and understanding complex problems may become key skills for the 21st century. Jobs in the fields of medicine and technological innovation are expected to be in high demand. Furthermore, the digitization of society requires an increase in digital competences. These competences encompass not only computer literacy but also readiness for collaboration, quick problem-solving, and understanding of social relationships in a digital context. The paper “Lifelong Learning and Digital Competences in the Era of Industry 5.0: Keys to Success in the Future of Work” highlights the importance of continuous education and the development of skills necessary in the modern work environment, which is increasingly shifting towards Industry 5.0 and digital transformation.

НЕОМЕНТАЛЬНОСТЬ «КУЛЬТУРЫ ОТМЕНЫ» VS ТРАДИЦИОННЫЕ КУЛЬТУРА И ЦЕННОСТИ

The article, devoted to topical issues not only from a spiritual and moral point of view, but also acquiring special significance in modern geopolitical coordinates, presents an analysis of a process that has very deep historical roots. They show that the practice of denying ideas objectionable to a certain circle of people and persons producing these ideas leads back to the time of the history of the Ancient World, where it was embodied in actions of ostracism and proscriptions. More recent history has added to this series. This practice has acquired new characteristics in the digital context, when thanks to the Internet, the condemners have both new means of condemnation and the opportunity to go unpunished for a long time for often unsubstantiated accusations of objectionable people. The article examines in detail the reasons for the "cancellation culture" as a reflection of "neomoral", also shows the circumstances that contribute to its own "cancellation".

THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE CHANGES CAUSED BY TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA

This research discusses language change as a result of the influence of social media. In an increasingly advanced digital era, social media has become one of the primary communication tools for individuals worldwide. This study utilizes descriptive and comparative analysis methods to explore the influence of social media on language change. Firstly, the research identifies grammar, syntax, and vocabulary changes due to social media usage. Then, the study compares the language used in traditional communication with that used in social media communication. The findings of this research indicate significant language changes due to the use of social media. There is an increase in the use of abbreviations, emoticons, and distinctive terms specific to social media that affect the way humans communicate in a digital context. Additionally, casual writing styles, non-formal language use, and the adaptation of foreign words have become characteristics of social media communication. These language changes can have both positive and negative impacts. On the positive side, social media has enabled faster and more efficient communication between individuals across the globe. Using a more casual and non-formal language can also strengthen social bonds among social media users. However, on the other hand, these language changes can also pose challenges to understanding and communication between different generations or in formal contexts.

Entrepreneurship in the age of the digital economy.

Entrepreneurship in the age of the digital economy.

Analisis Hukum dan Syariah dalam Budaya Digital

This research aims to examine the legal and Sharia challenges in the context of digital culture. The research method used is literature analysis and literature review. In this study, it was found that the development of digital technology has significant implications for the fields of law and Sharia, especially in the context of digital culture. Some of the challenges faced include issues of privacy, data security, validity of online transactions, as well as ethical and moral issues in the use of digital technology. The research results show that law and Sharia must continue to evolve to cope with the rapid changes in digital culture. This involves a deep understanding of the principles of law and Sharia and their application in the digital context. Furthermore, it is important for legal and Sharia practitioners to address emerging challenges in the digital culture, including engaging in collaborations among legal, Sharia, and technology experts to tackle complex issues. This research contributes to the understanding of legal and Sharia challenges in the digital culture and provides a basis for policy-making and relevant regulatory development to address the rapidly changing digital culture. This research is expected to provide guidance and direction for legal, Sharia, and technology practitioners in navigating the evolving digital culture

The Toy Brick as a Communicative Device for Amplifying Children’s Voices in Research

The Toy Brick as a Communicative Device for Amplifying Children’s Voices in Research

Digital technology usage, strategic flexibility, and business model innovation in traditional manufacturing firms: The moderating role of the institutional environment

This paper investigates how digital technology can be used to facilitate business model innovation in manufacturing firms. Building on organizational adaptation theory and institutional theory, this study examines the impact of digital technology usage on business model innovation, the mediating role of strategic flexibility, and the moderating role of the institutional environment, including policy support and regulatory turbulence. The results based on a sample of 236 traditional manufacturing firms show that there is a significant association between digital technology usage and business model innovation in which strategic flexibility plays a mediating role. The institutional environment has a dual role in this association: policy support strengthens the impact of digital technology usage on strategic flexibility, but regulatory turbulence weakens it. The findings enrich the existing research on the mechanisms and boundary conditions of digitally driven business model innovation and support manufacturing business model innovation in the digital context.

It Wasn’t All Zoom and Gloom: Teacher and Student Experiences of Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Irish Post-Primary School

Research into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on educational institutions in Ireland has primarily focused on third-level courses and initial teacher education programmes. Little research has captured the experiences of practising post-primary teachers and their students as they made the transition to online learning. This study begins by examining the digital context of post-primary education in Ireland prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, paying particular attention to ICT policies and their recommendations. Following this, the importance of schools as more than a centre for curriculum delivery is examined, as well as the potential challenges adolescents face in non-face-to-face contexts. In total, 49 teachers and 130 students participated in the study by completing online surveys about their online learning experiences. The findings indicate that although teachers felt underprepared, many benefits to online learning were identified, especially around assessment and the provision of asynchronous content. Students enjoyed elements of online learning but felt overwhelmed and isolated.

Upgrading new product development performance in digital context: a configuration analysis based on fsQCA

ABSTRACT New product development (NPD) is necessary for enterprises’ growth and the maintenance of competitive advantage. Although previous studies have explored the multiple antecedents of NPD performance, most of them consider the effect of antecedents in isolation, neglecting their interdependence. Drawing on complexity theory, the study presents a configuration model that combines six antecedents based on the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework. The results of fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) show that digital technology application, product innovation, functional coordination, user participation, peer competition and environmental turbulence need to combine with each other in order to produce high NPD performance. The combination of product innovation, functional coordination and user participation plays an important role in NPD. The complementary effects of digital technology application, product innovation, functional coordination and user participation on NPD performance are demonstrated.

Developing an urban streetscape indexing based on visual complexity and self-organizing map

Streetscape examinations in the digital context offer a wealth of geospatial data and application support for urban informatization, facilitating a more scientific and efficient comprehension of the city image. Currently, digital investigations on streetscapes predominantly emphasize object-based parsing rather than perception-based parsing. Furthermore, there is a notable absence of a comprehensive analytical framework specifically designed to urban visual environments. Consequently, the accurate recognition and effective management of the city image have been limited. Therefore, this study parses streetscapes from the perspective of their visual perception, and accordingly develops a digital urban streetscape indexing to analyze urban visual environments. Specifically, the streetscape is decoded into multi-characteristic visual complexity including texture, shape, and color, which derive a three-dimensional dataset. The dataset is then fed into a machine learning technique, a self-organizing map (SOM), for synthetic training, resulting in an indexing that sheds light on the interconnections between the visual characteristics, the streetscape, and its geo-distribution, thereby enabling a multifaceted analysis of the urban visual environment. Three relevant applications of the proposed indexing are subsequently demonstrated. This study indicates that the streetscape can be parsed by multi-characteristic visual complexity of texture, shape, and color; based on this, the developed indexing can function as a digital system that facilitates streetscape management and exploration. The theoretical and technical contributions of this study can support the sustainable development of city image within the digital context.

Collaboratively Reimagining Spaces Through Socially-Engaged Creative Practices

In November-December 2022, Khoj, a not-for-profit contemporary arts organization based in New Delhi, India, presented a bilingual exhibition (Hindi and English), “Threading the Horizon: Propositions on Worldmaking through Socially Engaged Art Practice”. The stimulus for this paper comes from the encounter with the fourteen research-driven, community-based projects curated at the gallery. In particular, I explore ‘the how and why’ of five artists/activists and their three projects – how they intervene in the everyday experience of negotiating violence through invisibilities, rights, inequality, and leisure by women and gendered others in the capital city, how the projects in the gallery act as sites of conversation and reflection, and why is it significant to delve into the everyday urban and digital context in which these projects unfold. The artists’/activists’ site-specific placemaking interventions are characterized by transformative processes that emerge from their close, long-term engagement, dialogue, and collaboration with participating communities and other artists/curators/designers. The first project is 5 Bigha Zameen (1 Acre Land) by the architect and artist/activist Swati Janu in collaboration with the Social Design Collaborative. The year-long project, based in Yamuna Khadar, Delhi, sought to actively support the women farmers’ rights to lives and livelihoods on the floodplains of the Yamuna River. Fursat ki Fizayen (Spaces for Leisure) by the spatial design practitioners Divya Chopra and Rwitee Mandal emerged from the leisure experience of women in Madanpur Khadar, an urban village in South Delhi. Rarely seen occupying public spaces for leisure, women reclaimed a small terrace to sit and have tea together – women whose lives were occupied mainly by household responsibilities and work outside. The third community-based project is Aao, Jagah Banaye! (Come, Let’s Make Space!) by the co-founders of City Sabha, Saleha Sapra and Riddhi T. Batra. It sought to empower informal women vendor groups in Raghubir Nagar, New Delhi, facing spatial injustice in an everyday context riddled with deeply-entrenched patriarchy. Drawing on de Certeau’s understanding of “the procedures of everyday creativity” and a Lefebvrian framework to look at spaces, the qualitative study examines women’s (artists/activists’ and the communities’) endeavours to (i) resiliently (re)imagine Delhi as an urban setting; (ii) (re)claim public spaces for leisure, and (iii) (re)configure real and online spaces (on Instagram) through the entanglements of socially engaged creative practices with quotidian experiences. The paper emphasizes the complex power relations between the artists/activists and their communities/collaborators, the bonds of care and compassion formed in and through the projects, and how they can carry forward during the various production, curation and exhibition processes. It raises the following questions: (i) How can tracing the artists/activists’ entangled praxis with diverse everyday environments and the alternative production of urban/rural, physical/online spaces and imaginaries help us expand our understanding of socially engaged creative practices? (ii) How may the artists/activists pay attention to their human collaborators and the non-human environment to create more inclusive projects, develop nuanced ways to strengthen their voices, and share their collective ideas and experiences?

Technology-Assisted Reading Instruction for English Language Learners: A Methodological Review

Purpose By methodologically reviewing the literature on Technology-Assisted Reading Instruction (TARI) for English Language Learners (ELLs) in K-12 settings, this study aims to advance the knowledge of TARI research and guide future research directions. Design/Approach/Methods This study examines 32 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2000 and 2020. Each article was analyzed for research objectives, reading skills, learner demographics and contexts, theoretical frameworks, research designs, and outcomes. Findings A review of the literature reveals a strong focus on evaluating the efficacy of TARI through summative assessments, but limited attention to learners’ literacy practices and interactive engagement in digital contexts. Additionally, there is a marked lack of alternative approaches to assessing the effectiveness of technology in promoting ELLs’ reading progression and a continued emphasis on developing traditional literacy over multimodal literacy. TARI can enhance reading motivation, foster collaborative learning, provide scaffolding, improve reading performance, and expand semiotic resources. Originality/Value As one of the first comprehensive methodological reviews of TARI, this study elucidates ELL reading education in the era of multiliteracy. Results have implications for technology-mediated education, which expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gig workers, critical visuality and humour in a digital context: The graphic representation of riders as a form of social criticism

This article studies social perceptions of gig work and its conditions through the lenses of visual humour created and shared in digital environments. Food delivery services have thrived in cities, and riders – gig workers associated with such services – have become popular urban figures, easily recognisable through light means of transport and backpacks. These iconic elements have spread to forms of visual humour like memes and cartoons in social media. We aim to analyse the depiction of food delivery services and riders through graphic humour in digital environments, and its role as critical stances of gig work conditions. We draw from the literature on gig work, as well as critical humour in the workplace, approaching the phenomenon from the perspective of critical visualities and the memetic qualities of digital visual humour. Thus, we have conducted an analysis of rider memes, and carried out a focus group with Spanish cartoonists to better understand each form. From our analysis, we have observed that a) memes showcase less explicit critical stances but reflect a shared understanding of the hurdles associated to rider work; b) cartoons place riders in a contextualised, wider critique of platform economy and capitalism; c) while most graphic humour on riders takes an external, observational position, there is also an ‘inner look’ to the rider work, emphasising the promises and deceptions associated with the gig economy.

Spirituality and digitality

Digitization is ambivalent: on the one hand, it offers enormous opportunities for freedom, networking, and communication; on the other hand, digitization is associated with subjectification, constraints, and pressure to capitalize. This has an impact on spirituality in the public sphere. It develops great dynamics, is promising, and yet remains problematic. The present research, of theoretical-bibliographical bias, starts from the reality of digitization as a challenge for theology. It then works on contours of Christian spirituality and its relationship with the digital context. Finally, it proposes a critical discussion on the subject.

The digitalisation of consumption and its geographies

AbstractAs consumer cultures become increasingly digital and the digital/data has become more commodified, geographers have turned their attention to researching the ways in which consumption spaces, socialities and subjectivities are (re)produced by the digitalisation of everyday life. This article investigates the relationships between the digital and geographies of consumption based on a close reading of recent studies on the promises, possibilities, challenges, and flaws of the intersections of the digital and consumption in geography. It connects the digitalisation of consumption with the tradition of mapping and doing geographies of consumption that is concerned with the social life of thing, and opens a conversation on how subjectivities, spatialities, and socialities of consumption are reproduced by the changes in digital spaces and practices in the mundane. This article also points to the potential of a ‘follow the digital’ approach for establishing a dynamic and multi‐sited understanding of geographies of consumption in the digital context.

Knowledge seeking and anonymity in digital work settings

AbstractResearch SummaryEmployees often need knowledge from colleagues to complete tasks successfully. With distributed and remote work becoming more common, organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies, such as organizational platforms, to support members' knowledge exchange. We study factors that hinder employees from seeking knowledge from others on such platforms. We argue that individuals' seeking decisions depend on expected social‐psychological costs and economic considerations and posit that both can be muted by anonymizing seekers. In two experiments, we test our conjectures and find that both types of expected costs reduce knowledge seeking. Social‐psychological costs decrease individuals' knowledge seeking, while adding economic costs further reduces seeking. Moreover, in digital settings, female knowledge seekers are more sensitive to their identity being known than males and thus benefit more from anonymity.Managerial SummaryDistributed and remote work arrangements, often subsumed under the label “new work”, often rely on digital technologies to enable the exchange of relevant knowledge among colleagues. For example, in the US, two‐thirds of S&P 500 firms already maintain some form of digital platform for knowledge exchange, although with mixed success. Employees may avoid seeking knowledge on these platforms both for social‐psychological (a fear of appearing incompetent to their peers) and economic (fear of suffering career consequences) reasons. In a series of (lab and vignette) experiments, we show that both can reduce knowledge seeking and that these implicit costs can be minimized especially in digital contexts through anonymity (to minimize social‐psychological consequences) and separating knowledge seeking platforms by hierarchical levels (to minimize potential economic consequences).

A school-wide digital programme has context specific impacts on self-regulation but not social skills

It is assumed that digital tools with ubiquitous classroom use have affordances for student agency and a range of social skills. However, few studies have explored the generalised impact of everyday digital classrooms on self-regulation and empathy, perspective taking and prosocial skills. Ten and 11 year old students’ ( n = 115) ratings of self-regulation, social skills and personality were examined in relationship to school-wide practices and instructional foci in two groups of schools ( n = 9) involved in a digital innovation serving low-SES culturally diverse communities. In an early adopting group, students had received a high dosage of three or 4 years of 1:1 digital pedagogy, and in a later adopting group of schools, students had received a low dosage of only 6 months . This natural experiment revealed a context specific effect where high dosage students rated their regulation in digital contexts higher, but not in more general non-digital contexts. However, personality scores particularly those related to self-regulation, were higher for the high dosage students. There were no differences in social skills. The differences were related to the strong focus in the digital innovation on aspects of self-regulation. There was less focus on social skills in the digital innovation. More deliberate teacher augmentation and instructional designs for social skills may be required to capitalise on the affordances of digital tools. School-wide practices, while necessary may not be sufficient to enable the generalisation of skills without this deliberate teacher focus.