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Artificial Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law
No full textThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This insightful book examines the use of advanced technology, specifically artificial intelligence (AI), both as a tool in the hands of terrorists and as a powerful security counter-measure. It sheds light on the legal issues arising from the presence of AI in national security matters and identifies how AI can be regulated in this sensitive field.Publishe
Creative Technologies Education
No full textThis book is a groundbreaking exploration of how to empower students as innovative creators in an increasingly technology-driven world.
With rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence and other technologies reshaping society, this text champions the critical role of creativity in education, explaining how teachers can equip learners with skills for the future workplace and foster their enjoyment of learning through design. Bridging theory and practice, this collaborative work synthesises global research to provide actionable strategies for teachers. From multimedia and game design to Augmented Reality, robotics, 3D fabrication and more, it offers practical insights into how students can use cutting-edge technologies to design, invent, and solve problems creatively. The constructively sequenced and interconnected chapters feature evidence-based principles and real-world vignettes across all levels of schooling.
Written by a team of academic experts, this open-access resource is a must-read for educators, researchers, and anyone passionate about unlocking the creative potential of the next generation using technology
Designing through Planetary Breakdown
No full textIn an era of profound environmental and geopolitical uncertainty, Designing through Planetary Breakdown offers fresh perspectives on design’s evolving role in the face of planetary change. This unique collection emphasises practices and perspectives at the edges of conventional design, encompassing craft, material knowledge, repair, manual skills, creative practice and non-professional design, to reveal how design can address urgent challenges in grounded, hands-on ways.
Structured into two sections – Skills and Capacities, and Care and Generative Practices – the chapters cover a rich range of topics examining both traditional and emerging approaches to making, caring and maintaining. Readers will find reflections on community-led adaptive urban heat strategies in Western Sydney, First Nations’ perspectives on design labour, repair-led design education initiatives, and the ethical and social dimensions of global supply chains. The book journeys through a wide range of empirical examples, including from Cuba, Indonesia, Spain and Australia, offering insights into generative transformations of materials and technologies. It demonstrates how design, expanded beyond the traditional professional confines, can foster practical responses to global issues.
Designing through Planetary Breakdown is ideal for scholars, students, designers and craftspeople across design studies, design anthropology, repair and discard studies, craft studies and more broadly in the humanities and social sciences. Practical and deeply social, this collection offers a call to action: a guide for all hands to shape a future not just of survival, but of regeneration and collective action.
The Introduction and Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license
Race andEnvironmental Justice in the Era of Climate Change and COVID-19
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Abstract English* (max. 3 sentences) Informed by the transdisciplinary research in social and environmental justice, Race and Environmental Justice in the Era of Climate Change and COVID-19 is both a scholarly contribution to the ongoing discourse and a form of activism for environmental, climate, and health justice. Using race and indigeneity as an analytical lens, the book explores how justice in the era of climate change and COVID-19 is envisioned, depicted, and achieved, illustrating the wide health and safety gap between individuals, communities, and even nations living under different environmental conditions, but also moving beyond the human toward justice for all. Race and Environmental Justice in the Era of Climate Change and COVID-19 is a scholarly endeavor to foreground the voices from world communities, provide solutions to environmental and health crises, and restore justice for all.Race and Environmental Justice in the Era of Climate Change and COVID-19 ist ein wissenschaftlicher Beitrag zum laufenden Diskurs und eine Form des Aktivismus für Umwelt-, Klima- und Gesundheitsgerechtigkeit, der von der transdisziplinären Forschung im Bereich der sozialen und ökologischen Gerechtigkeit geprägt ist. Unter Verwendung von Ethnie und Indigenität als analytische Linse untersucht das Buch wie Gerechtigkeit im Zeitalter von Klimawandel und COVID-19 gedacht, dargestellt und erreicht wird und veranschaulicht die große Kluft in Bezug auf Gesundheit und Sicherheit zwischen Menschen, Gemeinschaften und sogar Nationen, die unter verschiedenen Umweltbedingungen leben, aber auch über das Menschliche hinaus in Richtung Gerechtigkeit für alle. Race and Environmental Justice in the Era of Climate Change and COVID-19 ist ein wissenschaftliches Unterfangen, das die Stimmen von Weltgemeinschaften in den Vordergrund stellt, Lösungen für Umwelt- und Gesundheitskrisen bietet und Gerechtigkeit für alle wiederherstellt
„Welche Kompetenzen soll die Schule von heute für die Gesellschaft von morgen vermitteln?“
No full textPublishedDer achte Band der Herausgeberreihe „Dortmunder Symposium der Empirischen Bildungsforschung“ widmet sich dem Thema, welche Kompetenzen für die zukünftige Gesellschaft relevant sind und wie es Schule gelingen kann, diese zu vermitteln. Vor dem Hintergrund des gesellschaftlichen Wandels und der zunehmenden Bedeutung von Digitalität und Künstlicher Intelligenz für zukünftiges gesellschaftliches Zusammenleben adressiert dieser Band aktuelle zentrale Fragen der Bildungsforschung. Die Beiträge dieses Buches beleuchten diese Frage einerseits aus der Perspektive unterschiedlicher Disziplinen der Empirischen Bildungsforschung und stellen zum anderen aktuelle Forschungsbefunde zu ausgewählten Zukunftskompetenzen dar. Die sich daraus ergebenden Implikationen für die Schule von heute werden in den Beiträgen beleuchtet und diskutiert
Herkünfte erzählen
No full textOrigins have shaped contemporary literature. This volume is the first to take this into account from a cross-genre and intermedial perspective. It examines narratives of pluralized origins, the intersectional dissolution of their form-aesthetic boundaries leading to experiences of multidimensional vulnerability, attempts at upward class mobility, utopian consciousness, and dreams of the potential to be different
Philipp von Stosch: Collecting, Drawing, Studying and Publishing Engraved Gems
No full textThis book, published with two online appendices, highlights and discusses critically a facet of Stosch that stands in sharp contrast to the dense negative mythology of him as a spy, hoarder and libertine which for a long time obscured and undermined the true nature of his accomplishments as a serious antiquarian, collector, patron and scholar. The rediscovery and careful study of a substantial part of Stosch’s vast Paper Museum of Gems, previously considered lost, have made this thorough reassessment possible. Numerous artists, including Pier Leone Ghezzi, Girolamo Odam, Bernard Picart, Antonio Maria Zanetti, Theodorus Netscher, Markus Tuscher, Johann Justin Preißler, Georg Martin Preißler, Georg Abraham Nagel and Johann Adam Schweickart, worked for Stosch on the faithful documentation of an astonishing number of engraved gems. Made for a variety of purposes, the drawings testify to Stosch’s crucial role in the creation and transfer of knowledge that contributed to the transformation of eighteenth-century antiquarianism and revolutionised the study of gems
Musikkfagets kompleksitet og bredde – nye praksiser i et sammensatt samfunn
No full textThe anthology The Complexity and Wide Scope of Music Education encompasses diverse perspectives on music education in primary school. It reflects on how LK20 has revitalized music as a school subject, emphasizing students' creativity, cultural understanding, and identity development. The articles explore topics ranging from programming and digital music pedagogy to intersectional perspectives and gender perspectives in music education. It also addresses Sámi music traditions and avant-garde teaching methods. Combining theory and practice, the anthology examines the impact of the digital society on learning and communication, offering a comprehensive view of the transformative role of music education. Targeting researchers, student teachers, and music educators, it provides insights to tackle the challenges and opportunities in a diverse educational landscape.Antologien Musikkfagets kompleksitet og bredde – nye praksiser i et sammensatt samfunn presenterer et mangfold av perspektiver på musikkundervisning i grunnskolen. Den reflekterer over hvordan LK20 har fornyet musikkfaget, med vekt på elevenes kreativitet, kulturforståelse og identitetsutvikling. Artiklene utforsker blant annet programmering og digital musikkdidaktikk til interseksjonelle perspektiver og kjønnsperspektiver i musikkfaget. Boken tar også opp samiske musikktradisjoner og avantgardistiske undervisningsmetoder. Med bidrag som dekker både teori og praksis, adresserer antologien det digitale samfunnets innvirkning på læring og kommunikasjon, og skaper et helhetlig bilde av musikkfagetstransformative rolle i skolen. Målgruppen inkluderer forskere, lærerstudenter og musikklærere, som vil finne inspirasjon til å møte utfordringene og mulighetene i et mangfoldig læringslandskap
Complex Systems with Artificial Intelligence
No full textThe presence of artificial intelligence has become so significant that it is imperative to examine how it will shape our future. With the aid of machines equipped with intelligence, the systems will be able to function without human intervention. Humans will play a secondary role in the complex future governed by intelligent machines. Over two sections, this book aims to examine this new ecosystem of complex systems powered by artificial intelligence. It covers a wide range of topics, including social and multi-agent technological systems, decision-making strategies, human-machine interaction and legislation, computational and biological intelligence, networks and deep learning, as well as other topics related to the impact of artificial intelligence on the science of complex systems
Élevages et pâturages sous tension — Nouveaux regards sur les territoires méditerranéens et tropicaux
No full textFaced with the many challenges of the 21st century, livestock farming in Mediterranean and tropical zones is under considerable pressure. Contested in some areas, weakened by unstable markets and climate change, ruminant breeders suffer from the pressure exerted on pastures by other land users. Yet grazing livestock maintains deep-rooted links with the land, helping to forge its identity. Through twelve case studies, this book sheds light on these tensions in a variety of contexts, from Reunion Island to Corsica, via Minervois, India, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Chad, Tunisia and Amazonia. Using innovative methods, the book offers a fresh look at the links between livestock farming and territories. First, it presents tools for assessing the multiple roles of livestock farming. It then proposes grids for analyzing modes of governance in this activity. Finally, it shows how research can support local players in the transition to sustainable and equitable resource management. Aimed at professionals and researchers alike, this book provides keys for reading and acting on the controversies that are shaking up the world of livestock farming