216 research outputs found
Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning: Beyond the Flatlands
No full textThis book explores the potential of multimedia to enrich and transform the planning field. By ‘multimedia’ the authors refer to the combination of multiple contents (both traditional and digital: texts, still images, animations, audio and video productions) and interactive platforms (offline interactive cd roms, online websites and forums, digital environments) which are opening up new possibilities in planning practice, pedagogy and research. The authors document the ways in which multimedia can expand the language of planning and the creativity of planners; can evoke the lived experience (the spirit, memories, desires) of the mongrel cities of the 21st century by engaging with stories and storytelling; and can help democratize planning processes. The diverse contributions demonstrate multimedia’s potential for layered, complex and open-ended representations of urban life; for enabling multiple forms of voice, participation and empowerment; for stimulating dialogue and influencing policy; for nurturing community engagement and community development; for expanding the horizons of qualitative and quantitative research; and for transformative learning experiences. The book conveys an excitement about the ways in which multimedia can be used by activists, immigrant and indigenous communities, planning scholars and educators, wherever urban policy and planning strategies are being debated and communities are struggling to shape, improve or protect their life spaces. But the authors go beyond enthusiasm for the new, incorporating a critical stance about the power relations embedded in these new information and communication technologies; raising questions about audience and political intentions; and outlining ethical dilemmas around authorship and ownership, collaborative processes, and the politics of voice. Leonie Sandercock is the author of eleven books, including Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities (1998) and Cosmopolis 2: Mongrel Cities of the 21st Century (2003). The latter won the Paul Davidoff Award for best book from the American Collegiate Schools of Planning. She also received the Dale Prize for community engagement (2005) and the BMW Award for Intercultural Learning (2007). Giovanni Attili is the recipient of the G. Ferraro Award for Best Urban Planning PhD Thesis in Italy in 2005. He is co-editor of Storie di Citta (2007) and author of La citta dei migranti (2008), and co-author, with Leonie Sandercock, of the book and DVD package Where Strangers become Neighbours: Integrating Immigrants in Vancouver, Canada (2009)
Ras GTPase-activating protein-binding protein 1
No full textauthor: Annika Leonie Franzmann, BScMasterarbeit University of Innsbruck 2023Arbeit gesperr
Ras GTPase-activating protein-binding protein 1
No full textauthor: Annika Leonie Franzmann, BScMasterarbeit University of Innsbruck 2023Arbeit gesperr
Beyond values : how feminist foreign policy serves strategic interests
No full textauthor: Leonie Stamm, research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)In partnership with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftun
Communicating change in international organizations : raising awareness about headquarters' blind spots
No full textAuthor Leonie MiddelbergMasterarbeit Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 2024Arbeit nach Ablauf der Sperre auf den öffentlichen PCs in den Bibliotheken der JKU+Medizin abrufba
Religious life in Normandy, 1050-1300: space, gender and social pressure
No full textThe religious life was central to Norman society in the middle ages. Professed religious and the clergy did not and could not live in isolation; the support of the laity was vital to their existence. How these different groups used sacred space was central to this relationship.Here, fascinating new light is shed on the reality of religious life in Normandy. The author uses ideas about space and gender to examine the social pressures arising from such interaction around four main themes: display, reception and intrusion, enclosure and the family. The study is grounded in the discussion of a wide range of sources, including architecture, chronicles and visitation records, from communities of monks and nuns, hospitals and the parish, allowing the people, rather than the institutions, to come to the fore. Contents:
Introduction 1) Display
2) Reception and Intrusion
3) Enclosure
4) Family
5) Conclusio
Investigating Understanding
No full textWith a fresh and innovative perspective, Leonie Kirchhoff introduces an interdisciplinary xamination of literary understanding, drawing upon cognitive, educational, and literary studies. At the heart of the study is a fascinating exploration of explanatory annotations written by university students, providing valuable insights into the complexities of understanding poetry in general and the timeless verses of Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 43” in particular. The students’ annotations serve as a distinctive methodological tool, en abling the author to critically evaluate the existing research on understanding as presented by the three fields of study. Through this rigorous exploration, the author maps and reflects on long-term hermeneutic processes. This scholarly work provides a unique contribution to the field and offers an essential resource for academics, researchers, and scholars seeking a deeper understanding of the intricate processes involved in literary understanding
Die aanspreeklikheid van kopers van bates uit 'n insolvente boedel vir die omgewingsaanspreeklikheid van die insolvente verkoper: Lesse van die VSA
No full textWhere the environmental law and the insolvency law come up against each other in a
given situation, a heated debate still continues over whether and to what extent the debtor
can and should be able to fulfil its obligations to clean up, remedy, avoid, limit injury, to
pay for the costs thereof or to pay for past harms to the environment. How do the provisions
of the insolvency law and the Insolvency Act affect or influence a debtor’s environmental
obligations? How do the provisions of the environmental laws affect or influence
the provisions of the Insolvency Act? The reality is that the mere prospect of possible
“survivor” environmental liabilities may frustrate a company’s successful business rescue
or substantially reduce and delay the creditors’ recovery in the event of liquidation or
sequestration. Should there be huge environmental obligations linked to the property, the
trustee or liquidator would simply not be able to sell it. In this investigation, the liability
of purchasers of property (ie successors in property), where expensive environmental
obligations exist in respect of the asset concerned, is discussed. In American insolvency
law, section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code is applied to block successor liability, including
the liability for environmental obligations. After an analysis of some American cases in
this area, it is recommended that the same principle be applied in South Africa, but due to
the fact that this is about circumstances and injuries that affect and harm the lives and
health of people – people that in the present-day conditions of modern industrialisation
cannot protect themselves – very strict requirements, as well as possible restrictions,
should be built into the process. Finally, factors which in the opinion of the author are
essentially non-negotiable for a fair conduct of the legal position are formulate
Book review: living with hacktivism - from conflict to symbiosis by Vasileios Karagiannopoulos
No full textConvictions of politically-motivated hackers - so-called 'hacktivists' - have hit the headlines in recent years. Living with Hacktivism: From Conflict to Symbiosis offers one of the first legal and regulatory analyses of this evolving phenomena. Author Vasileios Karagiannopoulos attentively guides the reader through the shortcomings of the contemporary legislative cybercrime and cyberterrorism landscape, focusing specifically on the USA and UK. Although Leonie Maria Tanczer would have hoped to see a stronger engagement with the work of ‘hackademics’, the publication is an important contribution to the evolving body of cybercrime literature
Jakob von Uexküll’s Umwelt theory in literary analysis on the example of Leonie Swann’s detective story “Three Bags Full”
No full textThis master’s thesis with the title JAKOB VON UEXKÜLL’S UMWELT THEORY IN LITERARY ANALYSIS ON THE EXAMPLE OF LEONIE SWANN’S DETECTIVE STORY ”THREE BAGS FULL” uses the Umwelt theory of Jakob von Uexküll (1864-1944) for the analysis of animals in fiction. As the text example it uses the novel “Three Bags Full” by German author Leonie Swann (*1975). The aim of the thesis is to establish a shift in the analysis of animals in fiction. Instead of treating animals as replacements for human characters or as mere symbols, a focus on animals as own entities with a real, biological exemplar is aimed at.
The thesis starts with an introduction to the text example and its author. The text example is then placed into the literary canon. In addition it shows the signification sheep have received through literary history and demonstrates the problem that sheep have lost their animal character.
Following field of zoosemiotics is briefly introduced as is the biologist Jakob von Uexküll. His Umwelt concept is subsequently explain in more detail and its application in and contribution to literary analysis presented.
Concluding the analyses the novel “Three Bags Full” using von Uexküll’s theory is conducted in order to show the real animal character of the sheep in the novel. The claim that the author deliberately chose to write about real-life animals is proven. Additionally the functionality of Umwelt theory to provide humans with a balanced, meaningful tool to investigate animals in art is provided
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