international study
During summer 2014, the Toronto-based iSquare team and eleven international collaborators (shown below) launched a project to explore visual conceptions of information worldwide. Participants implemented the iSquare protocol to collect drawings of information from their classrooms. Altogether, the far flung team generated 541 "international iSquares" and is now conducting visual content analysis to characterize the drawings. Findings will be reported at conferences and in journals of information studies in 2016.
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videos from our international collaborators
At the midway point of the project (November 2015), our international collaborators in Brazil, Finland, France, Iran/Malaysia, Russia, and Taiwan produced videos to describe their experiences. An edited, 11-minute compilation can be seen, at left. (Video editing and subtitles are by Bridgette Kelly and Stephanie Power.)
Here, you can also watch the individual 3-minute videos from Brazil (Mr. Lucas Almeida & Ms. Adriana Carla Silva de Oliveira), Finland (Dr. Isto Huvila), France (Dr. Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan), Iran/Malaysia (Ms. Zohre Dehghani), Russia (Dr. Galina Olzoeva), and Taiwan (Dr. Tien-I Tsai). |
Australia (Tasmania)
Dr. Leonie Ellis
Deputy Head of School and Graduate Research Coordinator School of Engineering and ICT Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology University of Tasmania Hobart, Tasmania |
Brazil
Mr. Lucas Almeida & Ms. Adriana Carla Silva de Oliveira
Program in Information Science Federal University of Paraíba João Pessoa, Brazil See the video by Lucas and Adriana. |
Canada
Dr. Jenna Hartel & the iSquare Team
Faculty of Information University of Toronto Toronto, Canada |
Croatia
Dr. Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic
Department of Information Sciences University J. J. Strossmayer Osijek, Croatia |
ENGLAND
Dr. Andrew Cox and Melanie Benson
Information School University of Sheffield Sheffield, England |
finlandDr. Isto Huvila
Information Studies School of Business and Economics Åbo Akademi University, Finland See the video by Dr. Huvila. |
FranceDr. Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan
School of Communication & Journalism Aix-Marseille University, France See the video by Dr. Ibekwe-SanJuan |
Ghana
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iran & Malaysia
Ms. Zohre Dehghani
Medical Informatics Department Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan, Iran Faculty of Computer Science and Technology Technology University of Malaya Kuala Lampur, Malaysia See the video by Zohre. |
russia
Dr. Galina Olzoeva
Department of Library and Information Resources The East Siberian Academy of Culture and Arts Ulan-Ude, Russia See the video by Dr. Olzoeva. |
Taiwan
Dr. Tien-I Tsai
Department of Library and Information Science National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan See the video by Dr. Tsai. |