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This paper addresses recent developments within the social shaping perspective, specifically the forward-looking and political dimensions of intervening in processes of innovation. With a focus on the concept of 'temporary spaces' as an analytical framework we present a study of a case on participatory innovation concerned with indoor climate practices in the building sector. Based on an analysis of the travel and uptake of narratives derived from field studies in industrial and research environments, we discuss the role of intermediaries such as ethnographic provocations concerning user practices in the staging of these temporary spaces. While the direct uptake of qualitative knowledge on user practice in the engineering worlds of indoor climate is limited, the paper highlights the role of staging temporary spaces and intermediary objects in collaboration with stakeholders as a way of reframing conceptions of indoor climate practices.

Design Anthropology: Practices, Perspectives and Potentials - Ton Otto (Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark), Rachel Charlotte Smith (Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark) and Wendy Gunn (Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark)Section One: Concepts, Methods and PracticesThe Social Life of Concepts in Design Anthropology - Adam Drazin (Institute of Anthropology, University College London, UK)Transforming Knowledge-pieces into Design Concepts: Creative Montage at Design Workshops - Mette Kjaersgaard (Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark)Tools and Movements of Engagement: Design Anthropology as a Particular Style of Knowing - Kyle Kilbourn (Institute of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark)Section Two: The Materiality of DesignDesigning by Doing: Building Bridges in the Highlands of Borneo - Ian J. Ewart, (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK) Anatomical Design: Making and Using Three-dimensional Models of the Human Body - Elizabeth Hallam (Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen, UK and School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford UK)Designing Heritage for a Digital Culture - Rachel Charlotte Smith (Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark)Section Three: The Temporality of DesignFrom Description to Correspondence: Anthropology in Real Time Caroline Gatt and Tim Ingold (Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen, UK)Conceptions of Innovation and Practice(S) of Inhabiting Indoor Climate - Wendy Gunn (Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark) and Christian Clausen (Spire, University of Southern Denmark, and Danish Technical University) Ethnographies of the Possible - Joachim Halse (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design)Section Four: The Relationality of DesignGenerating 'Publics' Through Design Research - Brendon Clark (Interactive Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)Bridging Disciplines and Sectors: An Industry-academic Partnership in Design Anthropology - Christina Wasson and Crysta Metcalf (Department of Anthropology, University of North Texas and Motorola Mobility Inc., USA) Decolonizing Design Innovation: Design Anthropology, Critical Anthropology and Indigenous Knowledge - Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall (Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)EpilogueEthnography and Design, Ethnography in Design--

Reference laboratories are vital for disease control and interpreting the complexities and impact of emerging pathogens. The role of these centralized facilities extends beyond routine screening capabilities to provide rapid, specific, and accurate diagnoses, advanced data analysis, consultation services, and sophisticated disease surveillance and monitoring. Within the Australasian region, the Public Health Virology Laboratory (PHV), Forensic and Scientific Services, Department of Health, Queensland Government, Australia, and the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR), New Zealand (NZ) perform specialised reference testing and surveillance for dengue viruses (DENVs) and other emerging arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), including chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Zika virus (ZIKV). With a focus on DENV, we review the reference testing performed by PHV (2005 to 2017) and ESR (2008 to 2017). We also describe how the evolution and expansion of reference-based methodologies and the adoption of new technologies have provided the critical elements of preparedness and early detection that complement frontline public health control efforts and limit the spread of arboviruses within Australasia.

Most arguments for a rediscovery of the body and the senses hinge on a critique of "visualism" in our globalized, technified society. This approach has led to a lack of actual research on the processes of visual "enskillment." Providing a comprehensive spectrum of case studies in relevant contexts, this volume raises the issue of the rehabilitation of vision and contextualizes vision in the contemporary debate on the construction of local knowledge vs. the hegemony of the socio-technical network. By maintaining an ethnographic approach, the book provides practical examples that are both accessible to undergraduate students and informative for an academic audience