Traditional Space Research Articles

ROLE OF MEDIA AND SOCIAL NETWORKS IN PROMOTING THE POSITION OF AFGHAN WOMEN’

This research endeavours to explore and identify the impact of media and social networks on advancing the position of Afghan women during the final year of Ashraf Ghani's presidency, prior to the Taliban's resurgence. Employing a qualitative approach, this study utilizes semi-structured interviews for data collection, and theme analysis is applied for data interpretation. The research focuses on educated women, social activists, and users of Afghan social networks as the target population. Sampling is conducted through targeted and snowball methods, resulting in 15 interviews until theoretical saturation is achieved. The findings of the study reveal divergent perspectives, categorized into two main patterns of thought: agreement and disagreement, regarding the role of media in promoting the status of Afghan women. Supporters of media's positive role highlight themes such as "leaving the traditional space," "reducing social isolation," and "modelling and identification." They advocate for the positive influence of media in enhancing the status of women. Conversely, opponent’s present themes such as the "Pathology of Media Activities," "Intra-Media Challenges," and "Causes of Media Failure," expressing scepticism about the effectiveness of media in promoting women's social eminence. The research also uncovers a noteworthy conflict between traditional religious media and secular media in Afghanistan concerning women's issues. This conflict is indicative of a virtual battle between traditional and modern media outlets in the representation of women's positions. The findings illuminate the complex landscape in which Afghanistan's media landscape operates, revealing the struggles and challenges faced in shaping public perception and discourse on the status of women. In conclusion, this research provides valuable insights into the nuanced interplay between media, social networks, and the position of Afghan women. The contrasting viewpoints and conflicts within the media landscape underscore the complexity of the societal discourse surrounding women's roles and the challenges faced in leveraging media for positive societal change.

Biomimetic Design of a New Semi-Rigid Spatial Mesh Antenna Reflector.

The reflective surface accuracy (RSA) of traditional space mesh antennas typically ranges from 0.2 to 6 mmRMS. To improve the RSA, an active control scheme can be employed, although it presents challenges in determining the installation position of the actuator. In this study, we propose a novel design for a semi-rigid cable mesh that combines rigid members and a flexible woven mesh, drawing inspiration from both rigid ribbed antennas and biomimicry. Initially, we investigate the planar mesh topology of spider webs and determine the bionic cable surface's mesh topology based on the existing hexagonal meshing method, with RSA serving as the evaluation criterion. Subsequently, through motion simulations and careful observation, we establish the offset angle as the key design parameter for the bionic mesh and complete the design of the bionic cable mesh accordingly. Finally, by analyzing the impact of the node quantity on RSA, we determine a layout scheme for the flexible woven mesh with a variable number of nodes, ultimately settling for 26 nodes. Our results demonstrate that the inclusion of numerous rigid components on the bionic cable mesh surface offers viable installation positions for the actuator of the space mesh antenna. The reflector accuracy achieved is 0.196 mmRMS, slightly surpassing the lower limit of reflector accuracy observed in most traditional space-space mesh antennas. This design presents a fresh research perspective on combining active control schemes with reflective surfaces, offering the potential to enhance the RSA of traditional rigid rib antennas to a certain extent.

Unequal access to cultural ecosystem services of green spaces within the city of Rome – A spatial social media-based analysis

This groundbreaking study sheds new light on the unequal distribution of cultural ecosystem services (CES) within Rome's urban green spaces (UGS). Employing a novel methodology, we assess UGS quality through georeferenced social media data from Twitter, evaluate the green cover of UGS, and assess accessibility to these spaces using network analysis in a GIS environment. This unique methodology allows us to unveil marked disparities in both UGS accessibility and the provision of CES. Unlike traditional approaches, our analysis provides a more nuanced understanding of UGS quality and accessibility. Our findings reveal areas with high UGS accessibility, yet limited CES provision. These insights are crucial for targeted urban planning interventions, advocating for a more equitable distribution of UGS benefits. This research challenges traditional green space planning with a focus on green space availability. Importantly, our study goes further by identifying specific disadvantaged areas, offering valuable insights for promoting equity in urban areas, emphasizing the importance of UGS quality and accessibility. Thereby, this research provides a foundation for a more nuanced, equal, and quality-driven approach to UGS planning.

Optimization Design of Public Space in Huizhou Traditional Villages

In the renovation of public activity spaces in traditional villages in Huizhou, preserving the existing architectural style while combining the vitality of space use provides new perspectives for promoting rural development and the needs of villagers' lives. Research on the public space in Qinghua Town, Wuyuan County, analyzes the characteristics and role of traditional public space, and summarizes its status quo, dilemma and design strategy under the contemporary problem of rural hollowing out. Further, through the design practice of Qinghua Town, we will explore how to diversify the public space of traditional villages in the context of rural revitalization.

Robust adaptive dynamic surface control of high-order strict feedback systems based on fully actuated system approach

In this study, the authors propose a robust adaptive dynamic surface control method by using the fully actuated system approach for high-order strict-feedback systems (SFSs) with parameter uncertainty and disturbance. Each subsystem of the SFSs is a high-order system with a full actuation structure. In contrast to the traditional first-order state space method, the proposed control method directly treats each high-order subsystem as a whole without transforming it into a first-order system, which is a concise and efficient treatment. By introducing a series of first-order low-pass filters in each step of the design, the high-order derivatives of the virtual control law are obtained, and the complex and multiple derivation operations are transformed into simple algebraic operations. Adaptive control and robust control are combined to address parameter uncertainty and external disturbances in the system. The Lyapunov stability theory is utilised to demonstrate that all signals in the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded. The system output can effectively track the desired reference signal under specific constraints, and the tracking error can be adjusted by tweaking the parameters to converge to a sufficiently small neighbourhood around zero. Ultimately, the efficiency of the proposed control method is validated through simulations on a flexible joint manipulator system.

Indoor functional subspace division from point clouds based on graph neural network

Indoor scenes are closely related to human life and contain rich geometric and semantic information. Dividing indoor spaces from data is crucial for multiple applications, such as navigation and digital twins. However, achieving this task is challenging. Traditional indoor space division methods only represent buildings, floors, and rooms to some extent, lacking semantic descriptions of indoor elements and their spatial arrangements. To divide an indoor space more finely, a novel indoor space subdivision method is proposed in this paper. Our method leverages the flexible space subdivision framework (FSS) to categorize indoor space into free navigation subspace, object subspace, and functional subspace. To define functional subspaces, we present a taxonomy for the spatial layout patterns of common indoor elements (like tables, chairs, ceilings, walls, floors, etc.). Then, we introduce scene graphs to represent indoor 3D scenes, where each node represents an indoor element and each edge encodes the spatial relationship between the elements. Finally, a node classification network is proposed to segment indoor scene into subspaces and predicts their (semantic) functions. We select 9 buildings of Matterport3D and 6 areas in S3DIS and merge them to form our dataset for training and testing our method. Experiments yield good results with up to 90.42% accuracy and 85.28% F1-scores in overall space subdivision. Moreover, compared with the various graph node classification networks, our method has achieved the best performance in indoor space subdivisions.

مختبر مادّة التربية التّشكيليّة فضاء للتّدريس والتّجريب ومطيّة للتّواصل والإبداع في المدارس التونسية

The paper aims to highlight the problem of the space of teaching the subject of plastic arts in Tunisian schools and its engineering structure. In addition, it intends to identify differences between technical practices at the applied stage based on several variables related to the Learning workshop and to explore possible answers to the whole range of questions associated with research. Besides it tries to discover the different teaching and learning methodology based on the study space variable and the study share laboratory space which provided research comparison through the observation and corresponding mechanism during field visits and defined the features of the space dedicated to the exercise of a formative activity. The results of the research revealed the inadequacy of applied technical practice in the plastic arts when associated with the school’s traditional space and classroom for success and creative take-off when changing the features of the learning space to match the laboratory’s specifications. The research underscored the importance of changing the school’s engineering and technical specialty hall to become a predominant, capable of accommodating experimental exploratory curriculum stages in plastic activity from observation and mediation to experimentation and retraining.

ҚАЗАҚ ФӘЛСАФАСЫНДАҒЫ КЕҢІСТІК ПЕН УАҚЫТ ФИЛОСОФИЯСЫН БАСҚА ХАЛЫҚТАРДЫҢ ФИЛОСОФИЯЛЫҚ ДӘСТҮРЛЕРІМЕН САЛЫСТЫРМАЛЫ ТАЛДАУ

The philosophy of space and time represents an important direction in philosophical research, enriching the understanding of the nature of time and space in the context of the cultural, historical, and philosophical traditions of various peoples. This article conducts a comparative analysis of the philosophy of space and time in the Kazakh philosophical tradition with the philosophical traditions of other nations, such as Chinese and Greek. The article emphasizes the relevance of studying this topic in the modern world, where rapid technological progress, climate change, globalization, and cultural diversity present us with new challenges and changes. The philosophy of space and time contributes to a deep understanding of the impact of these changes on our perception of the world. The analysis of the philosophical views of Kazakh philosophy, based on nomadic culture, Islam, and historical factors, reveals the unique features of this philosophical tradition. A comparison with Chinese and Greek philosophy highlights similarities and differences in the understanding of time and space, enriching the philosophical dialogue between cultures. Furthermore, the analysis of the influence of cultural and historical factors on the formation of the philosophy of space and time in Kazakhstan underscores the importance of these factors in shaping philosophical traditions. Thus, this article calls for the continued study of the philosophy of space and time in the modern world to better understand the challenges and changes we face and to develop deeper and more balanced approaches to addressing them.

Motivations to Participate in Gaming and Esports: An Exploratory Study on The Influence of Participant Gender

The rapid growth of gaming and esports since 2015 demands an investigation of the habits of those who consume and engage with (i.e., participate, view, attend events) this emerging space. As previous research has suggested, women and men may engage with video games for different reasons, and to better understand this occurrence, the current study addresses whether their gaming and esports participation motivations vary. As a result, this exploratory study employed a survey design with a previously validated scale used to measure motivation differences between men and women for traditional sport and exercise spaces. In addition, insights from Hamari and Sjöblom study were used to construct the survey instrument and adapt it to gaming environments. The researchers used an exploratory factor analysis to examine the data and determine preliminary factors relating to esports and gaming motivations. Additionally, gender differences were also assessed. Implications for the gaming industry are discussed as well as future research directions.

Cardinality rough neighborhoods with applications

<p>Rough set theory serves as an effective method for managing complicated real-world data. Through rough approximation operators, it discerns both confirmed and possible data attainable through subsets. Earlier studies have presented several rough approximation models, drawing inspiration from neighborhood systems aimed at enhancing accuracy degree and satisfying the axioms of traditional approximation spaces (TAS) that were initiated by Pawlak. This article proposes an easy method to deal with information systems in most cases, wherein it introduces a new forming of generalized approximation spaces, namely, cardinality rough neighborhoods. It is defined depending on the cardinal number of the $ \mathcal{N}_\sigma $-neighborhoods of elements that are established under an arbitrary relation. Their main features are investigated and the connections between them, as well as their relationships with the preceding kinds of neighborhood systems, are uncovered with the aid of some examples. Then, novel rough set paradigms induced by cardinality rough neighborhoods are displayed that satisfy most properties of Pawlak's paradigm. Next, a topological method to study these paradigms is provided, wherein this method produces approximation operators similar to the given paradigms in six cases that are proved. Additionally, both paradigms in a practical example concerning books and the authors who authored them or participated in their authorship are applied. To illuminate the need for the current concepts, we elaborate on their advantages from different views. Finally, a summary of the obtained results and relationships and suggestions for some forthcoming work are offered.</p>

(In)Subordinate Planning: A Decolonial Tool for Marginalized Urban Areas

The city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) has various socially and historically marginalized areas, such as peripheral neighborhoods and favelas, which lack traditional leisure and cultural spaces. These areas are often seen as subaltern, neglected by the state, and not sufficiently contemplated in public policies. Consequently, local inhabitants frequently have to come up with improvised solutions, using their own resources to design and build sociocultural spaces. While much has been written about the practice of self-building in favelas, not enough research has been done from the urban planning/urban studies perspective pairing this practice with the decolonial theory hailing from South America. This article aims to frame the collective self-building of sociocultural spaces in favelas as a type of “insubordinate planning.” The concept of “insubordinate planning” is suggested here as part of a broader decolonial toolbox, regularly used by marginalized urban communities to persist and ensure their right to the city. To illustrate the connection between self-building, sociocultural spaces, insubordinate planning, and decolonial theory, the case study of the Sitiê Park in the Vidigal Favela is presented. This study was conducted through ethnography for a year and proves that decolonial principles are intrinsic to favela dwellers when it comes to building persistent spaces.

Feasibility and effectiveness study of applying a hallucinogen harm reduction and integration model to a mindfulness thinking intervention using virtual reality: A randomized controlled trial.

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a virtual reality (VR) program designed and developed based on the hallucinogenic harm reduction and integration (PHRI) clinical model could be more effective in guiding positive thinking training, improving positive thinking awareness and ability, and, to some extent, facilitating personal efficacy and emotional state compared to a traditional VR program that places users in a virtual natural ecological environment to guide positive thinking training. We also sought to understand the factors that may influence the effectiveness of VR interventions and user experience. Seventy-six randomly recruited participants were divided into a control group and an experimental group of 38 participants, each according to a random number table, and were trained in VR meditation for eight weeks. The experimental group used a PHRI-based mindfulness program, while the control group used a traditional mindfulness meditation program. We used The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale and the PAD emotional three-dimensional scale to assess the level of state mindfulness and changes in the emotional state before and at the end of the experiment. The Immersive Tendencies Questionnaire measured the user's sense of presence and immersion in the virtual environment. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaires and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) were used at the baseline assessment stage before and at the 4-week follow-up after the experiment to assess the change in trait mindfulness levels due to the mindfulness training. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaires and the DASS-21 were used to assess changes in mindfulness and mental health trait levels. At the end of the experiment, the MMSQ score was significantly lower in the control group than in the experimental group, while the ITQ score was significantly higher than in the experimental group, and both scores were statistically significant (p < 0.05). In the follow-up assessment four weeks after the end of the experiment, the FFMQ-15 score and the DASS-21 were significantly and statistically higher in the experimental group than in the control group (p < 0.05). Since the scores of the PAD scale did not obey a normal distribution, we used the Wilcoxon signed-rank test to assess the results, which proved that the experimental group had higher levels of emotional activation and arousal. The VR positive thinking program developed based on PHRI can significantly increase the positive thinking state and emotional arousal and activation of the general population participants but does not directly lead to the growth of positive emotions. Moreover, this detached psychedelic scene brings users a weaker sense of presence and presence than traditional natural space scenes. Furthermore, it does not bring any intense simulator motion sickness symptoms. These findings suggest that VR programs developed based on PHRI have a more positive facilitation effect on the positive state and that this increase lasts longer than conventional VR-positive programs.

Artificial intelligence empowering museum space layout design: Insights from China.

The floor plan layout of museum exhibition spaces is the skeleton network of the museum, which determines the internal circulation and spatial form of the museum. This paper studies the method and practice of using artificial intelligence technology to assist in the space design of exhibition halls in urban cultural museums. First, it introduces the limitations of traditional space design methods for exhibition halls in urban cultural museums and the superiority and application prospects of the CGAN (conditional generative adversarial network) model in space design. Second, the principle and training process of the CGAN model are explained in detail, and the experimental results and analysis are given. By learning 100 floor plans of exhibition halls of urban culture museums, the CGAN model can generate a new floor plan design for an exhibition hall, which provides a new idea and innovative method for this design task. Finally, the limitations and future research directions of the CGAN model in the space design of urban cultural museum exhibition halls are discussed. The study shows that using the CGAN model to learn the floor plans of exhibition halls of urban cultural museums can effectively improve the innovation and practicability of space design and has the following advantages: (1) It can quickly generate a large number of exhibition hall floor plans, shorten the design cycle, and improve design efficiency. (2) The generated floor plan designs of the exhibition hall are diverse and personalized, meeting the design requirements of different scenarios and needs. (3) The method promotes the deep integration of space design and artificial intelligence technology and provides new possibilities and ideas for space design. These conclusions provide new ideas and methods for the space design of exhibition halls of urban cultural museums and provide a reference and inspiration for space design and intelligent applications in other fields, such as office space design, home decoration space design, landscape space design, and historical arcade and building renovation design.

Investigating The Transient Thermal Aeraulic Conditions of The ‘Sabat’ Space in Traditional Mediterranean Cities

Cities are already experiencing the effect of climate change on their seasonal conditions, especially in the Mediterranean region where significant temperature increases are being observed. Walkability is an essential factor influenced by the global warming impacts and could significantly reshape the course of its magnitude. The current study is a part of a large research investigating the influence of transient thermal aeraulic conditions of ‘Sabat’ space, a traditional urban in-between space, on pedestrians’ walking experience in Mediterranean cities. The aim is to investigate the potential of Sabat in supporting a positive walking experience. The novel ‘thermal walk’ method was carried out to capture the dynamic pedestrian sensations, simultaneously, with mobile micrometeorological within two preselected walking routes in Algiers’ Casbah. This paper reports the mobile meteorological measurement of the ‘Casbah walk’ with the aim of exploring the potential of Sabat in generating transient thermal aeraulic conditions. The measurement campaigns were carried out for five days in late December (2022). The campaigns involved a total of 16 assessment points of covered (Sabat) and non-covered stops using a set of portable weather station TESTO 480. Results revealed the potential of Sabat in generating transient thermal aeraulic conditions within the street, and the significance of air temperature and shade in channeling wind inside Sabats. Air temperature, mean radiant temperature and relative humidity significantly differ between Sabats and non-covered spaces. The wind speed recorded the largest variation. Important spatial transitions may result in abrupt thermal aeraulic transients. Although current results are limited to warm winter conditions, findings contribute to a better understanding of the use of shade and wind patterns in mitigating prolonged heat exposure and highlight the potential of Sabat space, a traditional sustainable device, in creating restorative conditions for walking activity.

Revitalizing a Traditional Market Space in Ile-Ife, Nigeria: An Analysis of Environmental Quality Indicators and Policy Implications

Traditional market settings in Nigeria have been observed to be poor in environmental quality and less conducive for human physical and economic wellbeing. The physical conditions of the markets have been used to draw conclusions in livability of the space. Policy options to revitalize the overall environmental quality of market spaces require users’ inputs. The study, therefore, examined the environmental quality of a traditional market space in Nigeria, specifically focusing on Odo-Ogbe in Ile-Ife, and explored the potential for policy interventions to revitalize the market. The study was carried out among everyday users of the market. Information obtained through questionnaire administration was the users’ socio-economic backgrounds and twenty-three variables having social, economic and environmental characteristics. Physical observation was also carried out for an all-inclusive environment assessment of the market. Using systematic random and purposive sampling techniques, 119 market users were selected for the survey. Results showed that, the majority of the users were married (64.7%), females (74.8%), who had one form of educational qualification or the other (89.9%). Using an index tagged “Users’ Environmental Quality Index” (UEQI), sixteen environmental quality indicators were rated to be important. Among these were “availability of electricity (UEQI=4.68)”, “availability of water (UEQI=4.52)”, and “clean and healthy environment (UEQI=4.18)”. The study recommended that the government concerned with city administration should pull financial and human resources together to provide facilities and services related to users’ environmental quality indicator data for effective revitalization of the market space.

Accessibility of Virtual Museum Spaces in the 21st Century in Turkey

Museums, which are the embodiment of art, exhibition, culture, and science, have started to offer virtual space experiences as well as traditional physical space experiences in recent years. In addition to the development of technology, the pandemic, which started in 2019 and affected the whole world, has also been effective in accelerating the transformation of museums from physical space to virtual space. The increasing use of virtual museums directly concerns different user groups in terms of accessibility. In a physical museum experience, solutions that appeal to different types of users are generally produced. Thanks to these solutions, an individual with any disability can be included in the space with all senses such as sight, touch, smell, and hearing during a museum visit, while the lack of inclusion of all senses in the virtual space experience causes the experience to be more limited. This study discusses this limitation in terms of accessibility. How can the virtual space experience be more accessible for different types of users? Can different solutions be offered to all user groups for a better understanding of the space and the art product? These questions constitute the research questions of this study. In this context, this study aims to examine how accessible virtual museums are. The study has conducted this inquiry through 59 virtual museums in Turkey. As a method, virtual museums were classified and tabulated in terms of their accessibility levels in line with their characteristics. It was concluded that there are deficiencies in the experience of different types of users and various suggestions were made in terms of virtual accessibility.

Dimensionality reduction of rotor fault dataset based on joint embedding of multi-class graphs

Traditional dimensionality reduction techniques usually rely on a single or a limited number of similar graphs for graph embedding, which limits their ability to extract more information about the internal structure of the data. To address this problem, this study proposes a rotor fault dataset dimensionality reduction algorithm based on multi-class graph joint embedding (MCGJE). The algorithm first overcomes the defect that the traditional feature space cannot take both local and global information into account by constructing local and global median feature line graphs; secondly, based on the graph embedding framework, the algorithm also constructs a hypergraph structure for inscribing complex multivariate relationships between high-dimensional data in the feature space, which in turn enables it to contain more fault information. Finally, we conducted two different rotor fault simulation experiments. The results show that the MCGJE-based algorithm has robust dimensionality reduction capability and can significantly improve the accuracy of fault identification.

Conceptosphere of cultural mediatisation

The purpose of the article is to clarify the essence of the concept of "mediatisation of culture" in the modern context, to analyse the range of its conceptual sphere and its impact on the socio-cultural space of Ukraine. Research methodology. To achieve this goal, a number of research methods were used. Thus, to consider the interaction of cultures in the traditional space of communication and the space of social networks, the method of comparative analysis was used. To identify the mechanisms of formation of cultural boundaries, as well as their overcoming, the method of analysing open sources of information which are information resources on the Internet was applied. For qualitative and quantitative study of documents characterising the modern content of the concept of "mediatisation of culture", analytical synthesis was used. The method of theoretical generalisation allowed summarising the data obtained in the course of the study. The scientific novelty of the study is due to the need for new scientific views on the processes that shape and characterise the mediatisation of the cultural sphere of our time. An attempt to do this by defining a number of related concepts, united by the concept of conceptosphere, is qualitatively new. This study, which is comprehensive, takes into account the changes taking place in the cultural environment under the influence of the media. It takes into account their role in shaping the modern socio-cultural space of Ukraine, especially in the context of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine. Conclusions. The study examines the concept of "mediatisation of culture" in the modern context and its impact on the socio-cultural space of Ukraine. The work takes into account important changes in the cultural environment caused by the influence of the media, in particular their role in shaping the modern socio-cultural space of Ukraine. Keywords: mediatisation of culture, conceptosphere, concepts, concept, modern media technologies, mass media, social networks, socio-cultural space of Ukraine, cultural environment, cultural freedom, media spaces.

Research on Hail Mechanism Features Based on Dual-Polarization Radar Data

Hail is a type of severe convective weather disaster characterized by abundant water vapor and strong updrafts, resulting in intense and high reflectivity echoes in hail clouds, often accompanied by an overhanging form. Although hail research has made great progress, it is still challenging to achieve accurate identification of hail. Compared with traditional radar, dual-polarization radar can output a variety of polarization parameters and provide information about the shape and phase of precipitation particles, which is conducive to the identification of hail particles. In this study, dual-polarization radar data are used to explore more hail features from various perspectives, starting with the morphological characteristics of hail clouds and using common feature extraction methods in the field of image processing. A comprehensive approach to high-dimensional features is developed. Using machine learning methods, hail identification models are constructed in both the traditional mechanism feature space and the new feature space constructed in this study. Experimental results strongly confirm the significant effectiveness of the five-dimensional new mechanism features developed in this paper for hail identification.

Challenging the Status Quo in Secondary Literature Classrooms: A review of Challenging Traditional Classroom Spaces with YA Literature: Students in Community as Course Co‐designers

AbstractThis paper reviews the book Challenging Traditional Classroom Spaces with YA Literature: Students in Community as Course Co‐Designers by Ricki Ginsberg (2022). Published amid increasingly contentious censoring of teachers' autonomy and students' rights to read in many districts across the United States, this book is a timely call for educators to rethink traditional curriculum choices and pedagogical approaches in the secondary literature classroom. Ginsberg makes a strong case for privileging engaging and relevant texts utilizing YA literature and centering students and their voices in communities of practice in the classroom. She offers a wide range of approaches to make this book relevant for teachers across the spectrum of autonomy, including impactful additions to existing curriculum for those in more constrained environments and a blueprint for a stand‐alone YA literature course for those with more flexibility. Geared toward an audience of secondary literature teachers with many practical pedagogical considerations and suggestions, the solid theoretical base makes this book a useful read for literacy researchers and administrators interested in promoting student‐centered pedagogical methods, leveraging meaningful communities of practice in classroom settings, and reaping the benefits of YA literature with secondary students.