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Narrative Tools for Games : Focalization, Granularity, and the Mode of Narration in Games
2015
This article looks at three narratological concepts—focalization, granularity, and the mode of narration—and explores how these concepts apply to games. It is shown how these concepts can be used as tools for creating meaning-effects, which are understood here as cognitive responses from the player. Focalization is shown to have a hybrid form in games. This article also explores the different types of narrators and granularities in games, and how these three concepts can be used to create meaning-effects. This is done by discussing examples from several games, for example, Assassin’s Creed III, Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas, and Civilization.
Neutral experts or passionate participants? Renegotiating expertise and the right to act in Finnish participatory social policy
2018
This article examines a case of participatory social policy in which former beneficiaries were invited as ‘experts-by-experience’ into Finnish social welfare organisations. It combines a governmentality perspective with the analytical tools of the sociology of engagements to explore as what the projects’ participants are engaged, and how the differing demands made on their ways of being are made to appear as legitimate. The article shows how different definitions of expertise are used to steer the participants’ forms of engagement, and how these definitions appear valid only within a specific frame of justifying civic participation. It concludes that the participants’ expertise is defined i…
Global and local interactions in football : the changing field of professional football stadiums in Finland and Hungary in the 2000s
2018
This article aims to increase understanding of the global-local contexts in football by exploring the changing field of professional football stadiums in Finland and Hungary in the 2000s. More specifically, the cases of two clubs, HJK (Finland) and Ferencvárosi TC (Hungary) are studied. We employ concepts of sport and globalization. The research data consist of semi-structured expert interviews with Finnish and Hungarian football practitioners, media and club documents, and data from observation. The results suggest that interactions of global and local forces are reflected in the development and operation of stadiums. On the one hand, international and national governing bodies have streng…
Social transmission in the wild can reduce predation pressure on novel prey signals
2021
Funder: Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Finnish Cultural Foundation); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003125
Tutkimusmatka pienyrittäjän työvalmiuksien ytimeen : kirjallisuuteen ja DACUM-analyysiin perustuva kartoitus
2007
This study examines the occupational competence and attitudes that small business entrepreneurs consider essential to their work. Small business entrepreneurs were given an opportunity to express their views in small focus groups of peer entrepreneurs. Consensus opinions formulated by the groups were then meticulously documented. The results expose the very core or soul of entrepreneurial competence and attitudes by determining what small business entrepreneurs feel they must be able to do. Acknowledgement and acceptance of tacit knowledge as part of one's competence and attitudes would introduce a systematic approach to the recording of such knowledge and enable its transfer to co-workers …
Teachers as frontline agents of integration: Finnish physical education students’ reflections on intercultural encounters
2018
Background and purpose: This article focuses on how future Physical Education and Dance teachers may be better prepared to work in increasingly diverse education environments. It also discusses how tertiary institutions might address issues of social inclusion and cultural pluralism within their programmes, courses and assignments. The authors critically reflect on an experiential learning intervention in Jyväskylä, Finland, in which trainee PE teachers facilitated kinaesthetic language-learning workshops for asylum seekers. The applied use of physical education and dance in this context was aimed at providing a distinct opportunity to consider a PE teacher’s professional competence and rol…
Valsts sociālās apdrošināšanas aģentūras informācijas sistēmas darbu vadības apakšsistēmas izstrāde
2022
Maģistra darbā tiek pētīts, kas ir darbu vadības sistēma, kādu darbu vadības sistēmu nepieciešams ieviest VSAA (Valsts sociālās apdrošināšanas aģentūra) informācijas sistēmā, kādas programmēšanas valodas tiek izmantotas šīs sistēmas izstrādē un uzturēšanā, kas ir sistēmanalīze un transformācijas rīks, kas tulko no PL/SQL programmēšanas valodas uz VSAA standartizēto sistēmanalīzes valodu. Darbā tiek apskatīti trīs rīki, kurus izmanto VSAA informācijas sistēmas uzturēšanā un izstrādē, kā arī divi rīki, kuri tika ieviesti kopā ar darbu vadības apakšsistēmas izstrādi. Darba prakstiskajā daļā tiek izstrādāta lietotāju saskarne izmantojot aprakstītos rīkus un izpētīta tās funkcionalitāte, kā arī …
Sporta un aktīvās atpūtas centra informatīvā sistēma
2016
“Sporta un aktīvās atpūtas centra informatīvā sistēma” ir tīmekļa vietne, kas nodrošina inventāra un pakalpojumu iznomāšanu klientam. Sistēmas lietotājiem (darbiniekiem) ir iespējams reģistrēt jaunus klientus un darbiniekus, pievienot pakalpojumus, klasifikatorus, inventāra informāciju, nomas informāciju, kā arī labot ievadītos datus. Ir iespējams arī veikt pasūtījumus noliktavai un iznomāt pakalpojumus klientiem. Apskatīt inventāra, klientu, inventāra nomas, pakalpojumu, rēķinu, pasūtījumu, darbinieku, klasifikatoru sarakstus, iespējams arī apskatīt, katru detalizētāk. Darba mērķis ir SAACIS izveide un dokumentācijas izveidošana. Projekts realizēts pēc iteratīvā modeļa principa. Programmēš…
DevOps-kehittäjän osaamisprofiili IT-alalla
2015
Kandidaatintutkielmassa käsitellään DevOpsia ja sitä, minkälaista osaaamista DevOpsina toimivalta vaaditaan. DevOps on IT-alalla uusi työtehtävä, jossa sama työntekijä hoitaa sekä kehittämiseen että operointiin liittyvät tehtävät. DevOpsin avulla kommunikaatio työntekijöiden välillä paranee ja kaikki työskentelevät paremmin samaa tavoitetta kohti. Tämän uudenalaisen järjestelyn avulla pystytään muun muassa tuottamaan järjestelmiä nopeammin ja parempilaatuisena. Osaamisella taas viitataan yksilön kykyihin suoriutua hänelle annetuista tehtävistä. Tutkielman lopussa kirjallisuuden perusteella tehtyä määritelmää DevOpsilta vaadittavasta osaamisesta verrataan työpaikkailmoituksissa haettaviin om…
From athletic talent development to dual career development? A case study in a Finnish high performance sports environment
2020
The focus of dual career (DC) research has shifted from exploring individual experiences within Athletic Talent Development Environments (ATDEs) toward understanding the impact of the environment and the broader cultural context on individuals’ developmental trajectories in Dual Career Development Environments (DCDEs). To comply with national and EU recommendations for socially responsible elite sport, many successful ATDEs list DC as one of their primary values and advertise themselves as DCDEs in order to attract more athletes. The present study aimed to evaluate whether and how a talent development environment for youth athletes in Finland has transformed from an ATDE to DCDE by explorin…