325 research outputs found
Braune, Ines & Rohde, Achim (dir.), Dossier "Area Studies", Middle East - Topics & Arguments [en ligne], 2015, n°4
No full textFull Issue View or download the full issue Full Issue Table of Contents Editorial Critical Area Studies Ines Braune, Achim Rohde, 5-11 PDF Anti/Thesis Crossroads Studies: From Spatial Containers to Studying the Mobile Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Katja Mielke, 13-19 PDF Comparative Area Studies and Middle East Politics after the Arab Uprisings André Bank, 20-27 PDF Meta Shifting Epistemologies in Area Studies: From Space to Scale Claudia Derichs, 29-36 PDF Focus Comparing What to What? Intersecti..
Evolutionäre Robotik, Organic Computing und Künstliches Leben
No full textRohde M. Evolutionäre Robotik, Organic Computing und Künstliches Leben. In: Stephan A, Walter S, eds. Handbuch Kognitionswissenschaft. Metzler; 2013: 180-183
About the relationship between science and policy. Why a difference exists between the (educational) sience and the trade union of education and science
No full textDer Beitrag ist eine Antwort auf einen vorherigen Artikel von Dieter Wunder, dem ehemaligen Vorsitzenden der Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW). "In Heft 2/06 hatte Dieter Wunder die Deutung zurückgewiesen, die Achim Leschinsky in der Zeitschrift für Pädagogik für \u27das Scheitern des Deutschen Bildungsrates\u27 formuliert hatte. In seiner Replik erläutert Leschinsky seine Position, dass zwischen Wissenschaft und Politik eine Differenz besteht, die nicht ignoriert werden darf." (DIPF/Orig./So)In number 2/06 of this journal Dieter Wunder rejected the interpretation which Achim Leschinsky (in Zeitschrift für Pädagogik) had formulated concerning the "failure" of the German educational council. In his reply the author explains his position that between science and policy a difference exists which must not be ignored. (DIPF/Orig.
Panel Discussion: "Re-Configurations: History, Memory and Transformation Processes: Middle East Area Studies in Marburg"
No full text© Re-Configurations As part of the Public Program of the EUME Summer Academy at the EGE in Rabat, Panelists Rachid Ouissa, Achim Rohde, Amira Augustin and Christoph Schwarz (all Philipps University of Marburg) introduce and discuss the Re-Configurations network at the Philipps University of Marburg. The discussion will take place today on Tuesday September 2 at 4:00pm-5:30pm in the library on the 1st floor of the EG
Arab Higher Education and Research post–2011. An Interview with Sari Hanafi
No full textThe upheavals of 2011 and subsequent developments in the MENA region have had substantial effects on universities and research centers within Arab world and in other neighboring countries where similar developments are taking shape (security issues, stricter political control/lesser levels of political control and repression, changing levels of funding, changing focus of donors etc.). META had the opportunity to talk with Sari Hanafi about the repercussions of these developments for scholarly work within the MENA region.Sari Hanafi is currently a Professor of Sociology and chair of the department of sociology, anthropology and media studies at the American University of Beirut. He is also the editor of Idafat: the Arab Journal of Sociology (Arabic). He is the Vice President of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and Vice President of the board of the Arab Council of Social Science. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on the political and economic sociology of the Palestinian diaspora and refugees; sociology of migration; transnationalism; politics of scientific research; civil society and elite formation and transitional justice. His last book is Arab Research and Knowledge Society: New Critical Perspective (with R. Arvanitis) (in Arabic, Beirut: CAUS and forthcoming in English with Routledge)
Doing Glocality: Area Studies in Marburg
No full textBy Achim Rohde Hidden in a long drawn green valley in the lovely North-Hessian town of Marburg, in a region sometimes ironically termed “Hessian Siberia”, the Phillips-University Marburg is turning into a hotspot of area studies in Germany since the establishment of its Centre for Near and Middle East Studies (CNMS) in 2006. © Re-Configurations As part of the centre’s efforts at strengthening its research profile, the research network “Re-Configurations. History, Remembrance and Transformati..
Doing Glocality: Area Studies in Marburg
No full textBy Achim Rohde Hidden in a long drawn green valley in the lovely North-Hessian town of Marburg, in a region sometimes ironically termed “Hessian Siberia”, the Phillips-University Marburg is turning into a hotspot of area studies in Germany since the establishment of its Centre for Near and Middle East Studies (CNMS) in 2006. © Re-Configurations As part of the centre’s efforts at strengthening its research profile, the research network “Re-Configurations. History, Remembrance and Transformati..
Fair Use
No full textZum Ausgleich des Interessenkonfliktes zwischen Urheberrechtsinhaber und Werknutzer haben sich im internationalen Vergleich zwei grundlegend unterschiedliche Regelungstechniken entwickelt. Das eine Modell – dessen prominentester und wirtschaftlich bedeutendster Vertreter die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika sind – versucht den Interessenausgleich dadurch zu erreichen, dass einem umfassend gewährten Urheberrecht eine ebenso offene Schrankengeneralklausel gegenübergestellt wird. Der zweite, traditionell in den kontinentaleuropäischen Rechtsordnungen vorzufindende und auch in das deutsche Urheberrechtsgesetz übernommene Typus sieht dagegen einen abschließenden Katalog von Einzelausnahmen vor. Achim Förster widmet sich den Rechtssetzungsmöglichkeiten bei der Ausgestaltung urheberrechtlicher Schranken und stellt hierzu die Fair Use-Doktrin des US-amerikanischen Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 107) dem Schrankenkatalog des deutschen Urheberrechtsgesetzes (§§ 44a ff. UrhG) gegenüber. Er vergleicht Herkunft, Funktion und Handhabung der Schrankensysteme und untersucht deren Verwurzelung im Verfassungsrecht und in der Urheberrechtstheorie. Aus inter- und supranationaler Sicht stellt er die Frage, welche konkreten Vorgaben sich aus dem Völker- und Europarecht für die Ausgestaltung der nationalen Urheberrechtsschranken ableiten lassen. Der Autor wendet die so gewonnenen Erkenntnisse auf die aktuelle Diskussion zur Flexibilisierung des Schrankenkataloges an und bewertet die rechtspolitischen Optionen des deutschen Gesetzgebers.Addressing the different legislative approaches to copyright limitations, Achim Förster compares the wide scope of the U.S. fair use doctrine (17 U.S.C. § 107) with the German set of explicitly enumerated statutory exceptions. He assesses the major criteria for deciding whether or not certain uses are permitted under U.S. or German copyright law and addresses the question of why these criteria have emerged as a characteristic feature of each system. In addition, the author deals with the influence of international and European law on national copyright legislation and in conclusion makes a contribution to the German discussion on copyright reform
Blow me down:A new perspective on Aloe dichotoma mortality from windthrow
No full textBackgroundWindthrow, the uprooting of trees during storms associated with strong winds, is a well-established cause of mortality in temperate regions of the world, often with large ecological consequences. However, this phenomenon has received little attention within arid regions and is not well documented in southern Africa. Slow rates of post-disturbance recovery and projected increases in extreme weather events in arid areas mean that windthrow could be more common and have bigger impacts on these ecosystems in the future. This is of concern due to slow rates of post-disturbance recovery in arid systems and projected increases in extreme weather events in these areas. This study investigated the spatial pattern, magnitude and likely causes of windthrown mortality in relation to other forms of mortality in Aloe dichotoma, an iconic arid-adapted arborescent succulent and southern Africa climate change indicator species.ResultsWe found that windthrown mortality was greatest within the equatorward summer rainfall zone (SRZ) of its distribution (mean = 31%, n = 11), and was derived almost exclusively from the larger adult age class. A logistic modelling exercise indicated that windthrown mortality was strongly associated with greater amounts of warm season (summer) rainfall in the SRZ, higher wind speeds, and leptosols. A statistically significant interaction term between higher summer rainfall and wind speeds further increased the odds of being windthrown. While these results would benefit from improvements in the resolution of wind and substrate data, they do support the hypothesised mechanism for windthrow in A. dichotoma. This involves powerful storm gusts associated with either the current or subsequent rainfall event, heavy convective rainfall, and an associated increase in soil malleability. Shallow rooting depths in gravel-rich soils and an inflexible, top-heavy canopy structure make individuals especially prone to windthrown mortality during storms.ConclusionsResults highlight the importance of this previously unrecognised form of mortality in A. dichotoma, especially since it seems to disproportionately affect reproductively mature adult individuals in an infrequently recruiting species. Smaller, more geographically isolated and adult dominated populations in the summer rainfall zone are likely to be more vulnerable to localised extinction due to windthrow events.<br/
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