This paper analyses H(igh) tone shift and spreading in Koshikijima Japanese, a highly endangered language spoken in the south of Japan. It is a moraic language as opposed to a syllabic one where an H tone is placed on a certain mora by counting the number of moras from the end of the word. However, this moraic principle is often violated if the H tone is assigned by rule to the second, i.e. non...

Many theories of religion tend toward a naturalistic, sociological, Durkheimian framework. While these theories have pointed out important dimensions of religious experience, they risk reducing the human experience of religion to a purely social or psychological phenomenon, without taking seriously the claims of religious adherents themselves. How can we begin to work toward a unique theory of ...

Paper maps are a proven means for navigating in unfamiliar environments, however, they do not prevent people from getting lost or taking unwanted detours. A well-known issue is interpreting the map’s geocentric content, which is known to become prone to errors when the map is not aligned to the environment. In this paper we report our investigation of providing a cue about the destination’s loc...

This article studies ways in which the Slow Food movement creates spaces for political action and elaboratesnew normative systems, imagining new forms of economy. Taking quality consumption and production,respect for the environment, and the rights of small producers as its core aims, this movement has todaybecome an actor in the larger debates concerning the problematics of food, a...

The new mobile networked environments ask for more investigation in order to explain users’ behaviour and users’ low demand for mobile data services. A field study, conducted in the territory of Greece, researched the use of a specific mobile data services platform, called here as Service A trying to identify how users experience place before deciding to use mobile data services. The findings o...

Collaboration is acknowledged as a key element of learning. Thus, it is valuable to develop Information and Communication Technology applications that, being implemented on proper devices, can support collaborative learning. Large multi-touch displays appear to encourage collaboration by offering users a shared environment to act upon. However, little knowledge is available on the actual influe...

Many existing localization systems generate location predictions, but fail to report how accurate the predictions are. This paper explores the effect of revealing the error of location predictions to the end-user in a location finding field study. We report findings obtained under four different error visualization conditions and show significant benefit in revealing the error of location predi...

The traditional use of signs has failed to overcome the problem of wayfinding in hospitals. As wayfinding problems are clearly linked to healthcare outcomes there is need to find a more integrated approach to solving the problem. In this paper it is shown that it is possible to embed forms of knowledge that make it easier for people to find their way with little need for signs. Evidence from li...

This paper discusses the contribution of aerodynamic techniques to record phonetic data in the field. New tools allow using automatic calibrations procedures as well as quantifying data in a reliable way. This permits addressing research questions such as patterns of variations of phenomena. Analytic methods show how to interpret data from physical principles and integrate those in adequate mod...