Association
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Video · Bill of Rights Institute Civic life needs places. Parks, squares, commons, libraries, sidewalks, and other shared spaces create… Read more.
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Op-ed · The Hill · 2026 What can Dolly Parton teach us about citizenship? This piece looks beyond electoral politics… Read more.
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Essay/Response · Liberty Matters · 2023 Civic formation begins long before a civics course. This response considers childhood, play, family,… Read more.
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Essay · Liberty Matters · 2023 Tocqueville called association the “mother science” of democracy. This essay asks what that might… Read more.
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Halloween is one of the increasingly rare occasions when Americans walk out their front doors and encounter the people who… Read more.
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Methods
- Weekly field observations along fixed routes.
- Short interviews using a consistent guide.
- Sensor readings checked at the start of each session.
- Cleaning decisions documented as a changelog.
- Processing: normalized timestamps; flagged gaps; spot-checked outliers.
- Limits: some missing intervals during battery replacement.
Data & Ethics
Data
Upon request, sensitive locations have been removed from the public files. License: CC BY 4.0 for shared materials.
Ethics
Consent protocols used where applicable.
Contact
fieldnoteslab@ucc.ie
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