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Feminist Philosophy of Time
No full textIf philosophy of time could benefit from a feminist intervention, then this exploratory chapter serves to highlight two potential starting points. The first concerns the recent burgeoning of experimental philosophy on time and how we understand it. Here I highlight gender data gaps, and the benefits and challenges of experimental philosophy. The second turns to tropes in storytelling about time, and how we make use of them, focussing in particular on the philosophy of time travel. Central to both sections is how we access and gather data about folk intuitions in the philosophy of time
Different coasts for different folks: Place-based community values and experience mediate social acceptability of low-trophic aquaculture
Full text linkThe expansion of low-trophic aquaculture (shellfish and sea plants) is limited in many regions by a fragmented regulatory process that is difficult for smallholder farmers to navigate. Small-scale Aquaculture Development Areas (ADAs) can remove some of this regulatory burden by establishing pre-approved zones for aquaculture development; however, an understanding of local support for low-trophic aquaculture is needed to understand the potential of ADAs. A survey was used to solicit information about community support for shellfish and sea plant aquaculture in Pictou County, a coastal area of Nova Scotia, Canada. Participants had a positive impression of low-trophic aquaculture, but residents in one coastal area reported greater perceived negative impacts on the recreational use and enjoyment of coastal areas and views, while residents in another coastal area reported a higher level of support for shellfish aquaculture. In general, participants also valued community involvement in aquaculture management, local ownership of farms, and community benefits from the presence of farms. Results suggest that top-down communication is unlikely to play a significant role in acceptability. Instead, experience of low trophic aquaculture and place-based values are important for understanding social acceptability. Community involvement in the development of ADAs and the distribution of benefits from farming could support trust in ADAs and social licence for low-trophic aquaculture
Independent Review of the Liquor Licensing System in Northern Ireland including the Surrender Principle
Full text linkUnderstanding Curriculum Making by teachers: implications for policy as text and as practice
Full text linkRecent debates in curriculum studies have focused on the role of teachers as active curriculum makers. In this chapter, we argue for a more systemic approach to curriculum making as social practice. Our particular focus is on micro and nano curriculum making by teachers, that is curriculum making in schools and classrooms respectively, as curricular programmes are developed and enacted into practice. In making sense of these complex practices, we draw upon a theoretical typology for understanding and analysing curriculum making across different sites within education systems, and an ecological understanding of teacher agency. We apply these theoretical insights to the analysis of various influences on micro/nano curriculum, emerging from a range of recent empirical studies in five European education systems. In undertaking this analysis, we challenge prevalent notions of curriculum making as a linear process of delivery or implementation, instead seeking to understand it as interpretation and enactment across sites by multiple social actors, and tracing the multiple and dynamic connection
The Antarctic Ice Sheet and sea level: contemporary changes and future projections
Full text linkAntarctica holds Earth’s largest ice sheet, which is slowly shrinking in response to climate warming. Over the coming decades to centuries, the loss of ice will likely continue and accelerate, potentially contributing several metres to global sea level rise. How fast and how much the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) will continue to shrink is subject to “deep uncertainty”, which includes how rapid deglaciation can be triggered by feedback related to fracturing processes and vulnerabilities with regions grounded below sea level. In this chapter, we review our understanding of the key processes and potential feedback that can accelerate AIS retreat, and summarise its recent changes. We discuss future projections and what is understood by deep uncertainty in this context and then examine the consequences of AIS loss on global and regional sea level change. We close with a brief discussion of future research directions that will reduce gaps in our understanding of key ice-sheet processes and how these processes contribute to ice-sheet evolution, risks of rapid ice loss and implications for the research and planning needed to adapt to a changing sea level and climate
Regenerative Approaches and Environmental Law: Beyond Sustainability?
Full text linkIntroduction: In this chapter, we explore the implications of regenerative approaches for environmental law – approaches that, in essence, involve the regeneration and restoration of nature. First, we analyze the relationship between regenerative and sustainability approaches. Second, we consider current instantiations of regenerative approaches in environmental law, focusing on the European Union (EU) Soil Health Law and the EU Nature Restoration Law. Third, we examine the regulation of corporate regenerative claims. Finally, we consider whether a new regenerative principle of environmental law may be emerging. We argue there might be advantages to such a principle, but that there are also barriers to consider
Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice
Full text linkThis chapter places the theory of care poverty in the context of other theories of care and provides an overview of the conflicts inherent in these theories, including the idea of ‘social citizenship’ – the right to access resources to meet needs, in this case care needs. Ideas about care poverty are used to offer a theoretical way of synthesising previous conflicting theories of care, testing this against kinship versus formal care provision. The chapter concludes that the concept of care poverty enables us to talk about the need for care as a social right, to reframe our thinking away from vulnerabilities and needs and towards a more emancipatory approach to care provision. As well as ontological power, the concept also has political power. The care poverty theory needs to be empirically tested and there is work to be done in comparative social policy to examine the ideas, institutions and actors that exacerbate and alleviate care poverty
The Pain of Thinking at Light Speed: Posthuman Play as Response to “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
No full textSearching for solutions to the coming extinction brought on by the anthropocene, some turn their attention to increasingly powerful computation. Billionaires, transhumanists but also James Lovelock write of technological salvation as a solution to climate destruction. In contrast to this, apocalyptic science fiction warns against placing too much faith in supercomputers. Harlan Ellison’s short story “I have no Mouth and I Must Scream” serves as a starting point for discussing digital technologies in and after the Anthropocene. I suggest – with reference to both Ellison’s short story and the videogame inspired by it – that supercomputation is unlikely to be a viable solution to humanity’s extinction. Thinking as a supercomputer, looking for answers at light speed, the solution would emerge, as in Ellison’s work, that humanity is already doomed. Instead, embracing a rejection of standard of duration and experience, I champion an emphasis on the possibility, necessity, and unique power of play and making ‘odd kin’ in the face of a computationally unavoidable Armageddon
Novel Perspectives on Status in Global Politics
Full text linkThis thematic issue advances debates on status in international relations (IR) by integrating novel empirical research with innovative theoretical perspectives. It moves beyond traditional power‐centric views, highlighting the social and relational dimensions of status‐seeking as a diplomatic and foreign policy practice. The contributions explore, for instance, how states pursue status through cooperation, adherence to international norms, and strategic identity management. By examining diverse cases, including non‐traditional status‐seekers, this collection of contributions underscores the multifaceted nature of status‐seeking, involving both material and ideational factors, and enriches the literature on status in IR, offering new insights into the complex dynamics of international hierarchy and state behaviour. In this editorial, we highlight the main findings and give an outlook on the overarching contribution to IR research
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