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Creativity, Society, and the Role of Socially Engaged Art in Higher Arts Education
No full textThis interdisciplinary book explores socially engaged art as a subject of study and its relevance in higher arts education institutions' third mission—giving back to society and engaging with the community—to build a sustainable higher arts education for the future. Drawing on data from two large-scale EU-funded projects—supplemented by interviews, educational document analysis, and secondary data—this book explores emerging trends in the arts sector and the role of arts universities in cross-sector collaboration, innovation, and actions towards social and environmental responsibility. Chapters posit theoretical analysis, case studies and practically orientated examples from countries including the United States, Ghana, Indonesia, and from across Europe to explore the growing demands for the positive societal impact of higher arts education. Located at the interface between the sociology of higher arts education and community engagement, the book explores a richness of international contexts including activism, churches, refugee work, eldercare, gender politics, prisons and many others. This timely volume responds to the urgent need to investigate the full potential of socially engaged art in higher arts education. As such, it will appeal foremost to scholars, researchers, postgraduate students, and teachers in higher arts education and the sociology of education. Practitioners working in arts curriculum design, university-society partnerships, and those focused on creating inclusive and respectful spaces in higher arts education and research, will also find the volume of use
Betriebskonzepte für Batteriespeichersysteme in hochausgelasteten Übertragungsnetzen
No full textGegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit sind simulative Untersuchungen im Zeitbereich zum Einfluss verschiedener Betriebskonzepte für (Groß-)Batteriespeicher auf die Systemstabilität des deutschen Übertragungsnetzes. Die (Groß-)Batteriespeicher werden hierbei als sogenannte „Netzbooster“ als Punkt-zu-Punkt-System sowie als systemische Netzbooster berücksichtigt. Die Arbeit liefert einen Überblick über das Prinzip des bisher angewandten präventiven Netzengpassmanagements, die zugehörigen Prozesse in der Netzbetriebsplanung und im Echtzeitsystembetrieb, sowie die Funktionsweise des kurativen Netzengpassmanagements inklusive des Netzbooster-Konzepts. Zusätzlich werden die in der Literatur bekannten Auswirkungen der Höherauslastung auf die Systemstabilität dargestellt und die Möglichkeit einer betrieblichen Stabilitätsbewertung im Rahmen eines Dynamic Stability Assessment-Prozesses aufgezeigt. Die betrachteten Betriebskonzepte umfassen den Einsatz als netzentlastende Maßnahme in Sinne eines kurativen Netzengpassmanagements, den Einsatz als netzstabilisierende Maßnahme durch die Bereitstellung verschiedener Systemdienstleistungen sowie den gleichzeitigen Einsatz als netzstabilisierende und netzentlastende Maßnahme in Form von kombinierten Betriebskonzepten. Mittels Zeitbereichssimulationen im Mitsystem werden auf der Grundlage eines dynamischen Übertragungsnetzmodells für Kontinentaleuropa verschiedene Betriebskonzepte für (Groß-)Batteriespeicher untersucht. Die dafür verwendeten dynamischen Betriebsmittel- und Regelungsmodelle für die verschiedenen Netzkomponenten sowie die dazu notwendigen Modellierungsschritte werden erläutert. Die netzseitige Regelung der (Groß-)Batteriespeichersysteme wird dabei sowohl als netzfolgende Regelung sowie als netzbildende Regelung abgebildet. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen insbesondere den Mehrwert von Multi-Use-Konzepten für (Groß-)Batteriespeichersysteme in Form einer kombinierten Betriebsweise. Die verschiedenen Betriebskonzepte der Netzbooster-Anlagen (kurativ entlastend und/oder stabilisierend) werden mittels Stabilitätsindikatoren im Rahmen eines beispielhaften Dynamic Stability Assessment-Prozesses bewertet. Auf dieser Grundlage werden Handlungsempfehlungen zum optimalen Betriebskonzept einer Netzbooster-Anlage passend zu einer vorliegenden Netzsituation abgeleitet
Confianças e medos na Europa contemporânea: redes, asilo e minorias
No full textThe book “Confidence and fears in contemporary Europe: networks, asylum and minorities” is in the scope of anthropic risks, in the social domain. Starting from a European scale, it presents eight case studies, carried out by authors from different areas (European Studies, International Relations, Law, Security, Geopolitics, etc.), in an interdisciplinary approach. The aim is to reflect and stimulate debate on the topic of mobility and (in)security, from the point of view of migration and migration policies, networks, borders, energy, minorities, geopolitics.
This is a current and highly relevant topic, which is on the agenda of political speeches and public opinion. We hope to contribute to an enlightened and scientifically based debate, which may prove useful in elucidate political agents, academia and society in general.PublishedA obra “Confianças e medos na Europa contemporânea: redes, asilo e minorias” enquadra-se no âmbito dos riscos antrópicos, de domínio social. Partindo da escala europeia, apresenta oito estudos de casos, realizados por autores de diversas áreas (Estudos Europeus, Relações Internacionais, Direito, Segurança, Geopolítica, etc), numa lógica interdisciplinar. Pretende-se refletir e estimular o debate sobre o tema da mobilidade e da (in)segurança, do ponto de vista das migrações e das políticas migratórias, das redes, das fronteiras, da energia, das minorias, da geopolítica.
Trata-se de uma temática atual e de grande relevância, que está na ordem do dia dos discursos políticos e da opinião pública. Espera-se, desta forma, contribuir para o debate esclarecido e cientificamente fundamentado, que possa vir a ser útil no elucidação dos agentes políticos, da academia e da sociedade em geral
Algorithmic Regimes
No full textAlgorithms have risen to become one, if not the central technology for producing, circulating, and evaluating knowledge in multiple societal arenas. In this book, scholars from the social sciences, humanities, and computer science argue that this shift has, and will continue to have, profound implications for how knowledge is produced and what and whose knowledge is valued and deemed valid. To attend to this fundamental change, the authors propose the concept of algorithmic regimes and demonstrate how they transform the epistemological, methodological, and political foundations of knowledge production, sensemaking, and decision-making in contemporary societies. Across sixteen chapters, the volume offers a diverse collection of contributions along three perspectives on algorithmic regimes: the methods necessary to research and design algorithmic regimes, the ways in which algorithmic regimes reconfigure sociotechnical interactions, and the politics engrained in algorithmic regimes
Entre o mundo Atlântico e a Ásia: Os governantes do império português (1643-1763)
No full textThis book analyzes the appointment formats, selection criteria, and social profiles of the governors of Paraíba (America), São Tomé (Africa), and Damão (Asia) between 1643 and 1763. These actors were key agents in maintaining Portuguese authority in different parts of the vast overseas empire, and the decision-making process for their appointment was of singular importance to the Portuguese Crown. The central question to be addressed is whether the recruitment models for these officials were similar in the Atlantic world and in Asia. To carry out the research, prosopographic methodology and global and comparative history approaches were adopted, and the historical sources used correspond predominantly to the documentary collections preserved in the Overseas Historical Archive (codices and individual manuscripts) and in the National Archive of Torre do Tombo (Chancelleries, General Register of Mercies, Qualifications of military orders and the Holy Office), in addition to consultations with members of the kingdom's Council of State, scattered across various collections.PublishedNeste livro analisam-se os formatos de provimento, os critérios de seleção e os perfis sociais dos governantes da Paraíba (América), de São Tomé (África) e de Damão (Ásia), entre 1643 e 1763. Estes atores eram agentes fundamentais para a manutenção da autoridade portuguesa em diferentes espaços do vasto império ultramarino, e o processo decisório da sua nomeação era de singular importância para a Coroa portuguesa. A questão central que se pretende resolver consiste em indagar se os modelos de recrutamento desses oficiais foram semelhantes no mundo Atlântico e na Ásia. Para a execução da pesquisa, foram adotadas a metodologia prosopográfica e as abordagens da história global e comparada, e as fontes históricas utilizadas correspondem, predominantemente, aos núcleos documentais conservados no Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (códices e manuscritos avulsos) e no Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (Chancelarias, Registo Geral de Mercês, Habilitações das ordens militares e do Santo Ofício), além das consultas aos membros do Conselho de Estado do reino, dispersas em variados acervos
Proceedings of the 10th International S.I.I.V. Arena Renato Lamberti, Napoli, Italy, 21st November 2025
No full textThe S.I.I.V. Arena is a forum for discussion where Ph.D. students and young scholars from various universities present their research on topics of particular interest to the Scientific Disciplinary Sector CEAR-03/A “Roads, Railways and Airports.” The 10th International S.I.I.V. Arena will take place in Naples on 21 November 2025, within the framework of the XX S.I.I.V. National Meeting: "Strade, Ferrovie e Aeroporti." The purpose of this volume is to collect the most innovative research in the field, presented during the 10th International S.I.I.V. Arena, with a focus on key issues such as digitalization, pavement materials and safety.Publishe
Estudios sobre Ciencias Administrativas en el marco de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
No full textStudies on Administrative Sciences within the Framework of the Sustainable Development Goals offers a valuable contribution to the discussion on sustainability from perspectives seldom explored in academic literature—administration, economics, and accounting. The work brings together original research that examines, through an interdisciplinary lens, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set forth in the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Rather than following the numerical order of the SDGs, the volume organizes its chapters by thematic areas, allowing readers to identify connections between global challenges and local realities.
Ultimately, this compilation invites plural dialogue, critical reflection, and collective action, demonstrating that the SDGs can only be achieved through collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches.PublishedLa compilación Estudios sobre Ciencias Administrativas en el marco de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible constituye una valiosa contribución al debate sobre la sostenibilidad desde enfoques poco explorados en la literatura: la administración, la economía y la contabilidad.
La obra se articula alrededor de investigaciones inéditas que abordan, de manera interdisciplinar, los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (ODS) planteados en la Agenda 2030 de la ONU. Su estructura no sigue el orden numérico de los ODS, sino que organiza los capítulos según áreas
temáticas, lo que facilita identificar conexiones entre problemas globales y realidades locales.
En suma, se trata de una obra que invita al diálogo plural, a la reflexión crítica y a la acción colectiva, mostrando que los ODS solo pueden alcanzarse mediante enfoques interdisciplinarios y colaborativos
Chapter Il ruolo culturale delle Piattaforme Digitali per l’esperienza del patrimonio museale
No full textThe here collected contributions relating to the 46th International Conference of the Representation Disciplines Teachers, organized jointly by Sapienza University of Rome, Roma Tre University, and San Raffaele Roma University, aim to offer the scientific community a reflection on the theoretical and methodological aspects related to the concept of èkphrasis, a term that, in the field of representation, concerns descriptive, analogical, and digital activities that generate new knowledge in several areas of application. The Conference aims to place at the center of the discussion an interpretation of the concept of research that, without neglecting an idea of study, protection, and enhancement of environmental and cultural heritage, focuses on the needs of contemporary society and its possible developments, making use of innovative theoretical, methodological, and operational activities, including those characterized by an interdisciplinary approach. According to this interpretation, research can also be seen as a foreshadowing of the definition and testing of experimental proposals aimed at exploring new areas of investigation: this opens up imaginative and utopian perspectives in the relationship between the sciences, the arts, and the disciplines that contribute to common goals, through the experimentation of methods, techniques, and languages for conceiving, prefiguring, designing, and representing
The Romano-British villa and prehistoric settlement at Low Ham, Somerset
No full textThis full publication of the Roman villa at Low Ham, Somerset (UK), brings together for the first time multiple pieces of research undertaken at the site over the past 80 years. Originally discovered in 1945 and famous for its Dido and Aeneas mosaic, work by H S L Dewar and C A Ralegh Radford revealed substantial sections of what is now known to be a large courtyard villa. R H Leech carried out landscape and aerial research in the 1970s, and having conferred with the original excavators, began a publication project. Successive geophysical surveys by Historic England in the early 2000s led to further excavation work in 2018, supervised by D Roberts. This volume contains a review of structural findings from the 1940s, the detailed stratigraphic sequence revealed in 2018, and specialist reports on the findings from both campaigns. It puts forward an integrated narrative of the villa structure, contextualises both the Roman and the newly discovered prehistoric archaeology, and includes a synthesis of the material culture and environmental evidence. The authors demonstrate the development of Low Ham from an unenclosed Middle to Late Iron Age settlement, through early Roman enclosure, to the establishment and development of one of the most elaborate and extensive 4th-century AD villas in Britannia
Costa Rican Technical and Vocational Education and Training
No full textDie berufliche Bildung in Costa Rica hat durch laufende Reformen, Umstrukturierungs- und Anpassungsprozesse an sozialer, politischer und wirtschaftlicher Relevanz gewonnen. Die Förderung und Konsolidierung des costaricanischen Berufsbildungssystems sowie die Etablierung einer entsprechenden Forschungsdisziplin stehen im Mittelpunkt der internationalen Zusammenarbeit, insbesondere zwischen Costa Rica und Deutschland. Der vorliegende Sammelband gibt einen umfassenden Einblick in das costaricanische Berufsbildungssystem und die damit verbundene Forschung, indem er deskriptive und empirische Studien zusammenführt, die von dualen Ausbildungsmodellen über die Verknüpfung von Bildungs- und Beschäftigungssystem bis hin zu Lehr-Lernprozessen im costaricanischen Berufsbildungssystem reichen. Das Buch leistet ein wichtigen Beitrag zum akademischen Diskurs und zum Forschungsbedarf im Bereich der beruflichen Bildung in Costa Rica.; Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Costa Rica has gained significant social, political, and economic relevance as a result of ongoing reforms, restructuring, and adaptation processes. The promotion and consolidation of the Costa Rican TVET system, as well as the establishment of a corresponding research discipline, have been central to international cooperation, particularly between Costa Rica and Germany. This volume provides a comprehensive insight into the Costa Rican TVET system and its related research by bringing together descriptive and empirical studies ranging from dual apprenticeship models, the linkage between the education and employment system to teaching-learning processes in the Costa Rican TVET system. The book is an important contribution to the academic discourse and the research needs for vocational education in Costa Rica