VALIDITY CENTERED DESIGN FOR THE DOMAIN OF ENGAGED COLLABORATIVE DISCOURSE IN COMPUTER CONFERENCING Man C. Xin Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology Doctor of Philosophy This dissertation represents an effort to bring theory, measurement, and technology together in the analysis of engaged collaborative discourse in computer conferencing. The methodology applied is based on valid...

Muslims living in the Indonesian archipelago have long placed considerable importance on their travels to and communications with what they saw as intellectual centers for the study of Islam. I trace some of the effects of these “intellectual pilgrimages” to Mecca, Cairo, and elsewhere on Indonesian deliberations about Islam, particularly concerning Islamic law. I argue that these references to...

This article questions and contextualizes the emergence of a discourse of intellectual property rights in Māori society. It is argued that Māori claims regarding intellectual property function primarily to demarcate ethnic boundaries between Māori and non-Māori. Māori consider the reinforcement of ethnic boundaries necessary since they experience their society and distinctive way of life as end...

The urge to theorize has been a driving force of Western intellectual tradition. It underlies academic discourse, giving the scientific enterprise its vitality. Without systematic theorizing, much of contemporary culture, particularly technology, would be virtually unthinkable. This book chapter is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/97

How might one begin to comment on a paper of this scope and ambition? Allow me, firstly, to start this commentary by expressing my gratitude for the opportunity to comment on such a seminal work. This paper is seminal not necessarily in terms of its content as such but, more importantly, in terms of its form. It is in the bold and obviously risky step of proposing an intellectual framework for ...

The urge to theorize has been a driving force of Western intellectual tradition. It underlies academic discourse, giving the scientific enterprise its vitality. Without systematic theorizing much of contemporary culture, particularly technology, would be virtually unthinkable. Disciplines Communication This book chapter is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/296