Testing iPad in the field: use of a relational database in garbological research
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F49777513%3A23330%2F13%3A43922047" target="_blank" >RIV/49777513:23330/13:43922047 - isvavai.cz</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Testing iPad in the field: use of a relational database in garbological research
Original language description
Recording thousands of entries during field research poses a challenge to any field researcher. Contemporary handheld computers offer affordable solutions, which can resolve this challenge. In this paper, we test the iPad tablet computer and FileMaker Godatabase to conduct garbological research carried out in West Bohemia (Czech Republic). Garbological research based on the collection of data about human waste requires not only efficient tools for recording a vast number of individual garbage items onthe spot but also integration of multiple analytical levels in a database. Our research was aimed at household waste to illuminate consumption patterns and mobility of humans and things in contemporary Central European settings. The iPad was used to collect textual and visual data and integrate these in a relational database. We describe our methodology and experience with this kind of technology. The iPad and FileMaker Go proved to be well suited to challenging field conditions in the l
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0135" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0135: New Technologies for Research of Contemporary and Past Societies</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Anthropologie (International Journal of the Science of Man)
ISSN
0323-1119
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Volume of the periodical
51
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
421-430
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