674 research outputs found
Dietrich Schwanitz: "Der Campus" : writing in the creative latitude of systems theory
No full text„Schwanitz verstehen Schwanitz mit Schwanitz lesen“: So lautet das Motto der vorliegenden Arbeit. Im Zentrum steht die Auseinandersetzung mit Dietrich Schwanitz satirischem Roman „Der Campus“. Die Handlung kreist um den fiktiven Charakter des Starsoziologen Hanno Hackmann, der durch eine geschickt eingefädelte Intrige privat und öffentlich zu Fall gebracht wird.Dietrich Schwanitz, Professor für Anglistik und engagierter Vertreter der Systemtheorie, verfasste den Roman nur wenige Jahre, nachdem er seine literaturtheoretische Studie über „Systemtheorie und Literatur“ veröffentlicht hatte. Dies legt die Vermutung nahe, dass der Autor bei der Konzeption des „Campus“ seine eigene (Literatur-)Theorie auf die (Schreib-)Praxis angewandt hat.Die vorliegende Arbeit unternimmt den Versuch, vor dem Hintergrund der für Schwanitz so bedeutsamen Systemtheorie das Gefüge des Romans nach den Prinzipien der kognitiven Hermeneutik zu erfassen. In der Analyse ausgewählter Beispiele wird die Textbeschaffenheit des Romans mit den für den Autor zentralen Interessens-, Wissens- und Forschungskontexten in Verbindung gebracht.Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass Schwanitz die Systemtheorie als eine zentrale Inspirationsquelle für den „Campus“ nutzt. Zahlreiche inhaltliche Parallelen belegen die enge Bindung der Schwanitzschen Literaturtheorie an den wenig später veröffentlichten Roman. Im kreativen Spiel mit dem systemtheoretischen Differenzbegriff entdeckt der Autor zudem das komische Potential der Systemtheorie. Schwanitz versteht die Literatur als System. Systeme können ihre Umwelt nur mithilfe ihrer systemeigenen Differenzen beobachten; im Roman geschieht dies über die sprachlich vermittelte Darstellung von Bewusstseins- und Kommunikationsprozessen.According to the motto “reading Schwanitz understanding Schwanitz”, the primary focus of this paper is on the satirical novel by Dietrich Schwanitz entitled “Der Campus”, which tells the story of the fictional character Hanno Hackmann, a renowned sociologist, who faces full consequences, when an intrigue undermines not only his professional but also his private existence.Dietrich Schwanitz worked as an English professor und was deeply passionate about Niklas Luhmann's systems theory. Just a few years before publishing the “Campus”, the author wrote his own theory of literature entitled “Systemtheorie und Literatur”. As a consequence, it seems obvious, that the structure of the “Campus” follows the criteria of Schwanitz own literary theory.For this reason, the aim of this thesis is to analyse the text of the novel based on the authors literary theory following a cognitive-hermeneutical approach. Therefore, on the basis of text examples an attempt is made to connect the central motifs and the overall structure of the novel to Schwanitz own cosmos of ideas.However, the results show that the systems theory serves as an important source of inspiration for the author. What is more, numerous examples prove a close relationship between Schwanitz literary theory and the “Campus”, which was published soon afterwards. Moreover, by playing with the system-theoretical concept of difference, the author discovers the funny side of Luhmanns systems theory. To sum up: Schwanitz perceives literature as a system. While systems are only able to observe its environment by its own system-specific differentiation, the same process happens in the “Campus” on a linguistic level by showing processes of consciousness and communication.vorgelegt von Julia Katharina MaderZusammenfassungen auf Deutsch und EnglischAbweichender Titel laut Übersetzung des Verfassers/der VerfasserinMasterarbeit Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz 2019 21.46
Dietrich Schwanitz: "Der Campus" : writing in the creative latitude of systems theory
No full text„Schwanitz verstehen Schwanitz mit Schwanitz lesen“: So lautet das Motto der vorliegenden Arbeit. Im Zentrum steht die Auseinandersetzung mit Dietrich Schwanitz satirischem Roman „Der Campus“. Die Handlung kreist um den fiktiven Charakter des Starsoziologen Hanno Hackmann, der durch eine geschickt eingefädelte Intrige privat und öffentlich zu Fall gebracht wird.Dietrich Schwanitz, Professor für Anglistik und engagierter Vertreter der Systemtheorie, verfasste den Roman nur wenige Jahre, nachdem er seine literaturtheoretische Studie über „Systemtheorie und Literatur“ veröffentlicht hatte. Dies legt die Vermutung nahe, dass der Autor bei der Konzeption des „Campus“ seine eigene (Literatur-)Theorie auf die (Schreib-)Praxis angewandt hat.Die vorliegende Arbeit unternimmt den Versuch, vor dem Hintergrund der für Schwanitz so bedeutsamen Systemtheorie das Gefüge des Romans nach den Prinzipien der kognitiven Hermeneutik zu erfassen. In der Analyse ausgewählter Beispiele wird die Textbeschaffenheit des Romans mit den für den Autor zentralen Interessens-, Wissens- und Forschungskontexten in Verbindung gebracht.Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass Schwanitz die Systemtheorie als eine zentrale Inspirationsquelle für den „Campus“ nutzt. Zahlreiche inhaltliche Parallelen belegen die enge Bindung der Schwanitzschen Literaturtheorie an den wenig später veröffentlichten Roman. Im kreativen Spiel mit dem systemtheoretischen Differenzbegriff entdeckt der Autor zudem das komische Potential der Systemtheorie. Schwanitz versteht die Literatur als System. Systeme können ihre Umwelt nur mithilfe ihrer systemeigenen Differenzen beobachten; im Roman geschieht dies über die sprachlich vermittelte Darstellung von Bewusstseins- und Kommunikationsprozessen.According to the motto “reading Schwanitz understanding Schwanitz”, the primary focus of this paper is on the satirical novel by Dietrich Schwanitz entitled “Der Campus”, which tells the story of the fictional character Hanno Hackmann, a renowned sociologist, who faces full consequences, when an intrigue undermines not only his professional but also his private existence.Dietrich Schwanitz worked as an English professor und was deeply passionate about Niklas Luhmann's systems theory. Just a few years before publishing the “Campus”, the author wrote his own theory of literature entitled “Systemtheorie und Literatur”. As a consequence, it seems obvious, that the structure of the “Campus” follows the criteria of Schwanitz own literary theory.For this reason, the aim of this thesis is to analyse the text of the novel based on the authors literary theory following a cognitive-hermeneutical approach. Therefore, on the basis of text examples an attempt is made to connect the central motifs and the overall structure of the novel to Schwanitz own cosmos of ideas.However, the results show that the systems theory serves as an important source of inspiration for the author. What is more, numerous examples prove a close relationship between Schwanitz literary theory and the “Campus”, which was published soon afterwards. Moreover, by playing with the system-theoretical concept of difference, the author discovers the funny side of Luhmanns systems theory. To sum up: Schwanitz perceives literature as a system. While systems are only able to observe its environment by its own system-specific differentiation, the same process happens in the “Campus” on a linguistic level by showing processes of consciousness and communication.vorgelegt von Julia Katharina MaderZusammenfassungen auf Deutsch und EnglischAbweichender Titel laut Übersetzung des Verfassers/der VerfasserinMasterarbeit Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz 2019 21.46
Enhancing Impact Testing of Protective Polymer-based Foams According to EN 913 for Application in Sports Area
No full textThis paper shows preliminary results of a research aimed to improve passive safety of gymnastic equipments. To assess the impact attenuation performances of protective devices, mainly realized with polymer-based foams, impact testing standards are applied. Due to lack of criticism about test procedures and analysis of experimental results, the choice of the most safe device is not trivial. The first part of the paper shows the main impact testing procedures provided by international standards and defined for gymnastic equipments and playground area. In accordance to these standards the main impact attenuation performances for passive safety assessment are defined. The second part of the paper shows first experimental results obtained using new testing apparatus developed at the Sports Equipment and Technology Lab of Chemnitz University of Technology. Impact attenuation performances of two protective devices realised with polymer-based foams are analysed. The parameter of theoretical drop height is introduced to compare experimental results collected in our laboratory with others previously collected in an accredited laboratory. The comparison of test standards reveals a lack of specification in EN 913. Finally, new experimental sessions are planned to optimize material and architecture of polymer based foams used as protective device in order to easily assess passive safety improvement for gymnastic equipment
Scandal on campus. Dietrich Schwanitz reads Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory
No full textNiklas Luhmann (1927–1998) is one of the most distinguished sociologists of the twentieth cen-tury and the author of systems theory, which to a great extent has been accommodated into lin-guistics. Dietrich Schwanitz (1940–2004), an anglicist, is one of the most interesting interpreters of Luhmann on the basis of literary studies. Schwanitz is also known as a writer and author of the novel Campus (Der Campus, 1995). The main character, a sociologist, Hanno Hackmann, is wrongly accused of the sexual harassment and rape of a student. His reckless romance is exploited by various people in the university milieu to achieve their own goals. In fact, these people are, however, only the representatives of various social systems, especially politics and the media. Striving for re-election, the university rector needs this matter for his campaign, and the media are only interested in a scandalous story to be exploited for some time. Social communication does not reflect reality, and, at the same time, can be described as based on the “reduction of complexi-ty” (“Komplexitätsreduktion”). This is one of the most important concepts in Niklas Luhmann’s work. It turns out that systems theory provides the specific key to interpret the novel
Dietrich Schwanitz: Bildung. Alles, was man wissen muss. Frankfurt a. M.: Eichborn 1999. 540 S. Manfred Fuhrmann: Der europäische Bildungskanon des bürgerlichen Zeitalters. Frankfurt a. M./Leipzig: Insel 1999. 220 S. [Rezension]
No full textSammelrezension von: Schwanitz, Dietrich: Bildung; Fuhrmann, Manfred: Der europäische Bildungskanon des bürgerlichen Zeitalter
Toward a New Approach for Passive Safety Assessment of Gymnastic Equipment
No full textPurpose: Aim of the paper is to propose a new approach for the assessment of passive safety of gymnastic
equipment that allows technicians to optimize the choice of protection devices.
Design/methodology/approach: According to different standard procedures, EN 913 and EN 1177 with an
additional control on the acceleration parameter, experimental tests on polymer foam materials were performed
using cylindrical and hemispherical missiles connected to a flexible impact testing apparatus realized at
Chemnitz University of Technology.
Findings: Impact tests carried out using cylindrical and hemispherical missiles have shown, for the same impact
energy, different acceleration peak values, always greater for hemispherical missile than cylindrical one. So
considering EN 913 procedure, the severity of head impacts, in term of acceleration peak can be underestimated
when a cylindrical missile is used. For this reason to correctly assess the head injuries is necessary to take into
account in addition to the acceleration peak value, also HIC parameter.
Research limitations/implications: The research described in the paper was carried out taking into account
only the human head impacts (the most severe injuries) and not other parts of the human body.
Practical implications: The new approach proposed in the paper can be useful for the choice of the protective devices
to improve the passive safety of gymnastic equipment. It represents a starting point to define new standards.
Originality/value: On the base of experimental tests, the authors show that the safety threshold of peak
acceleration defined in the EN913 standard is poor. For this reason it is necessary to modify the current
standards, in order to guarantee an adequate passive safety and to allow the technicians to optimize the choice
of protection devices on the base of impact absorption properties, that are evaluated using all together the
parameters: acceleration peak, drop height and Head Injury Criterion (HIC)
Improving Passive Safety of Sports Equipment through Experimental Testing of New Protection Devices
No full textClippings from The progress advance. Vol. 82 no. 36 (1980 March 13)
No full textHeadline: Old Farm Book has 1980 Values! Obituaries: Earl S. Sturm, Martin Edward Schwanitz, Robert O. Klin
The Instrumented Running Shoe
No full textAbstractThe aim of this study was to proof a sensor concept dedicated to overcome severe limitations of laboratory-based research on running footwear. Therefore, the heel part of a commercial running shoe was equipped with five Hall-Effect sensors and the same number of permanent magnets. Due to a specific calibration routine, it was possible to calculate the local deformation of the midsole during heel strike at each of the five positions from the sensor output voltage. The proof of concept was performed by conducting running trials in a laboratory test set-up. The so obtained deformation related variables were correlated to established kinetic and kinematic parameters
Lessons learned in the alliance for sports engineering education (a4see), an erasmus+ project
No full textGreen Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Emerging MaterialsResearch Funding Nationa
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