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A Cyborg's Father
No full textWhen his daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as an infant and became dependent on technology to stay alive, Dave Brennan set off in search of a vision: what does it mean to live as a cyborg? And how might he best help his daughter navigate the relationship between machine and flesh? Beginning with a line plucked from Donna Haraway’s “A Cyborg Manifesto” — “Their fathers, after all, are inessential” — A Cyborg’s Father blends memoiristic poetic fragments with lyric essays that look toward music and literature by women artists who have embraced the technological as a metaphorical or literal means of investigating and owning their experience as women. Traversing the intersecting paths of feminism, chronic illness, disability studies, transhumanism, interdependence, and more, this is the tale of a father whose greatest hope is to be rendered inessential
Chapter 7 Visual Perception in Dante's Commedia According to the Early Commentaries (1320–1400)
No full textDante’s Visions: Crossing Sights on Natural Philosophy, Theory of Vision, and Medicine in the Divine Comedy and Beyond offers a fascinating insight into Dante’s engagement with the science of his time, particularly with visual perception and neurological disorders. The relationship between the soul and the body and the bond between human beings and their natural environment were significant areas of interest in the medieval world. In Dante’s Divine Comedy, as well as in his Vita Nuova and Convivio, these connections are enhanced to the fullest, expressing feelings and sensations, pain and ecstasy, and physical and spiritual passions under exceptional psychological and environmental stimuli. Based on the research of a multidisciplinary group of scholars – including experts in Dante, the culture and history of medieval literature and philosophy, historians of science, neuroscientists, and specialists in vision and visual illusions – this book explores the poet’s psychophysical descriptions of sense perception, the theory of vision, optical illusions and deceptions of sight, neurological phenomena, and the anatomy and physiology of the human nervous system. It highlights the Aristotelian sources of his scientific culture and the influence of the Arabic sciences on their dissemination in the Western world. In addition to illustrating the cultural background of a poetic genius, with specific reference to the rich scientific reflections in Italy at Dante’s time, this book brings out the many opportunities for future research at the intersection of science and literature in the past
Lahore in Motion
No full textLahore in Motion provides a portrait of the Pakistani metropolis by tracing the path of the city's first metro rail corridor. Construction for this major piece of public infrastructure began in 2015 and, over subsequent years, the nascent ‘Orange Line’ rapidly reconfigured Lahore’s urban landscape – displacing residents and slicing through existing structures along its route, all while offering Lahoris the promise of ‘world-class’ public transportation. The volume collects stories from a series of walks along the metro’s 27-kilometre path, bringing together a wide variety of authors – including academics and activists, architects and artists – to reflect on the relationship between urban change and belonging in a historic city.
Each chapter is organised around a particular station on the metro, but the volume moves far beyond the neighbourhoods shadowed by the train’s elevated track. Contributors navigate the friction generated by the Orange Line’s construction and reflect on how this project of connection both responds to and produces fragmentation in the urban environment. The book brings together critical insights on the politics of infrastructure in South Asia and the desires and dispossessions fuelling projects of development in the Global South, assessing how they unevenly inflect the intimate rhythms of everyday life in one of the world’s most populous cities.
Praise for Lahore in Motion
‘This brilliant collection of essays written by a stellar bunch of academics and practitioners is a critical addition to the expanding knowledge frontier on infrastructure and cities in Pakistan. Anchored in the mega-infrastructure project the Orange Line, the stories unfold at multiple scales and bring to life the contradictory effects of infrastructure's longstanding promise of a better urban future.’
Nausheen Anwar, author of Infrastructure Redux: Crisis, Progress in Industrial Pakistan and Beyond
‘A lovely, mind-boggling tapestry of a book. Lahore in Motion gives us sharp, short glimpses into how Lahore lives, dies, plays, goes to work, prays, celebrates, resists and surrenders. Intimate forays into how a city reinvents itself, struggles to breathe and remembers that other imagined Lahore of legends.’
Mohammed Hanif, author of Rebel English Academy
‘Unfolding the personal and neighbourhood frictions lived along the Orange Line, a sensitive, accessible and scholarly portrait of contemporary city life emerges in these pages as a choir of discordant voices ruminate on the practical and symbolic logics of urban infrastructure.’
Caroline Knowles, author of Serious Money: Walking Plutocratic London
‘A compelling journey with electric insights about Lahore’s old and new geographies one metro station at a time. Each author provides an intricate and personal gateway into the city to muse and reflect on how people live, aspire and remember.’
Rashmi Sadana, author of The Moving City: Scenes from the Delhi Metro and the Social Life of Infrastructur
Portfolioarbeit in der Grundschule
No full textDieses Open-AccesBuch thematisiert Portfolioarbeit in einer inklusionsorientierten Grundschule im Rahmen der luxemburgischen Bildungsreform und unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der komplexen Mehrsprachigkeitssituation des Großherzogtums. Das Portfolio wurde als wichtiges Instrument zur Implementierung eines Kompetenzmodells und einer neuen Leistungsbeurteilung angedacht und sollte nicht nur dem Lernen der Kinder, sondern auch der Unterrichtsentwicklung dienen. So geht die Studie der Frage nach, wie sich Lernen im Rahmen der Portfolioarbeit bei Kindern zu Beginn des Schriftspracherwerbs in einer inklusionsorientierten Grundschule gestaltet. Spezifischer fragt sie nach der Nutzung sowie der Deutung des Portfolios seitens der Kinder, der Lehrpersonen sowie der Eltern. Die Arbeit entwickelt und belegt die These, dass die Portfolioarbeit im Kontext der luxemburgischen Schulreform in der Praxis dem Antagonismus zwischen Inklusion und Kompetenzstandardisierung ausgesetzt ist. Weiter beleuchtet sie die Auswirkungen dieses systeminhärenten Widerspruchs auf den unterschiedlichen Ebenen. So beschreibt und analysiert sie die Umsetzung der Portfolioarbeit auf der Ebene des Lernens des Kindes, der Unterrichtsgestaltung, der Schule sowie der Bildungspolitik
Introduction to Quantum Computing for Business
No full textHow will businesses use quantum technology in the future? What problems will a quantum computer solve? How long will it take before these devices become commercially relevant? With the first generation of quantum computers on the horizon, understanding their impact is more relevant than ever. Luckily, you don’t need a physics degree to understand the functionality of these computers – just like you don’t need to know how a transistor works to excel in conventional it. This book is the perfect introduction to the opportunities and threats of quantum technologies. It equips you with the necessary knowledge to join cutting-edge discussions and make strategic decisions
The Digitalisation of Anti-Corruption in Brazil
No full textThis book investigates how digital technologies, such as social media and artificial intelligence, can contribute to combatting corruption in Brazil. Brazil, with its long history of scandals and abundant empirical data on digital media usage, serves as a perfect case study to trace the development of bottom-up and top-down digital anti-corruption technologies and their main features. This book highlights the connections between anti-corruption reforms and the rapid implementation of innovative solutions, primarily developed by tech-savvy public officials and citizens committed to anti-corruption efforts. The book draws on interviews with experts, activists and civil servants, as well as open-source materials and social media data to identify key actors, their practices, challenges and limitations of anti-corruption technologies. The result is a thorough analysis of the process of digitalisation of anti-corruption in Brazil, with a theoretical framework which can also be applied to other countries. The book introduces the concept of “integrity techies” to encompass social and political actors who develop and facilitate anti-corruption technologies, and discusses different outcomes and issues associated with digital innovation in anti-corruption. This book will be a key resource for students, researchers and practitioners interested in technologies and development in Brazil and Latin America, as well as corruption and anti-corruption studies more broadly
Hochschullehre gemeinsam voranbringen
No full textDas Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Weiterentwicklung der Hochschullehre durch kollegialen Austausch zwischen Lehrenden und stellt das Konzept der Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) in den Mittelpunkt. Das Konzept basiert auf dem Ansatz der Communities of Practice und betont die Bedeutung sozialer Beziehungen für das Lernen und die Lehrentwicklung. Es bringt Lehrende zusammen, die sich mit ähnlichen Herausforderungen auseinandersetzen, und fördert so nachhaltige Veränderungsprozesse an Hochschulen.Grundlage des Buches ist ein von der Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre gefördertes Projekt an der Europa-Universität Viadrina zur Etablierung von Kooperationsgruppen zur Digitalisierung der Lehre nach dem FLC-Prinzip. Ziel ist es, das Konzept der Faculty Learning Communities für die deutschsprachige Hochschuldidaktik zugänglich zu machen und Interessierten praktische Anregungen zur Umsetzung zu geben. Es werden sowohl theoretische Grundlagen als auch Ergebnisse der qualitativen Begleitforschung beschrieben und durch Praxisbeispiele und Materialien ergänzt. Durch die Einbeziehung von Erfahrungen aus den USA wird eine erweiterte Perspektive auf die Umsetzung des Konzepts ermöglicht
Verwaltungsentscheidungen durch Künstliche Intelligenz
No full textDas vorliegende Open-Access-Buch untersucht die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen und Implikationen des Einsatzes von KI-Systemen in der Verwaltung. In Zeiten disruptiver technologischer Fortschritte stellt sich die Frage, ob und wie Künstliche Intelligenz in der öffentlichen Verwaltung eingesetzt werden kann. Durch eine umfassende Analyse bestehender Regelungen und der rechtlichen Diskussion zeigt die Arbeit auf, ob KI-Systeme im Verwaltungsverfahren eingesetzt werden können. Damit neben dem Fortgang des wissenschaftlichen Diskurses eine Hilfestellung für die Praxis erreicht wird, fokussiert sich die Arbeit insbesondere auf die verwaltungsrechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen
Advances in Cultural Tourism Research
No full textThis open access book pertains to the "International Conference on Cultural Tourism Advances," held on June 27 and 28, 2023, at KU Leuven, Belgium. It focuses on advancing understanding of the sustainable development potential of cultural tourism by examining successful policy interventions, emerging cultural tourism trends, advancements in visitor management systems, new business and governance models, and the opportunities arising from ICT in the twenty-first century. This book presents recent key advances and their significant outcomes in the domain of European Cultural Tourism
Chancen und Grenzen im Digitalwirtschaftsrecht
No full textDigitalization is profoundly transforming the economy; law; and society: Platform models dominate the sharing economy; raising issues of taxation and fundamental rights. Submitting anonymous data protection complaints presents challenges for authorities; as shown by the EFTA decision. Criminal law must adapt to the Metaverse. Artificial intelligence is reshaping HR processes and poses copyright questions; especially in the arts. Public transport is evolving with new mobility services; which require legal clarification – particularly to benefit rural areas. The volume deals with the issues of our time in a practical way and at the highest level