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Introduction to Food Justice and the Built Environment
No full textThe need for the comingling of theory and practice in food justice is particularly striking in the context of the built environment, where reactive policies without a theoretical framework and theories which do not take into account the surprises found in application have both failed many times in the past. Shane Epting calls for transdisciplinary collaboration to find paths toward food justice
The morality of urban mobility: technology and philosophy of the city Philosophy, technology and society./ Shane Epting ; foreword by Lewis Gordon.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."Shane Epting illustrates that the problem of "moral prioritization" rests at the heart of problems with city transportation systems. To overcome such challenges, he develops a multitiered assessment system that shows how to evaluate complicated affairs in urban mobility"--The Road Ahead -- Moving and Thinking -- Thinking, Moving, and Parts -- Moving, Parts, and Morality -- The Pathway to Moral Ordering -- Moral Prioritization in Urban Mobility -- Love, Respect, and Urban Mobility -- Moving, Thinking, and Cooperating -- Moral Ordering and Worthwhile Goals -- Thinking, Moving, and the Future.1 online resource (xii, 173 pages)
#kalasatama: Discursive Views of the Helsinki Landscape Through the Virtual Window
No full textThe article explores the relationship between the user, smartphone, and landscape as part of everyday social practices, proposing that the screen and camera of the smartphone co-constructs our understanding of the landscape. Focusing on encounters with the Helsinki landscape through the practice of making, sharing, and viewing images I examine the relationship between user—smartphone—landscape in understanding the new Helsinki landscape. I look at these landscapes in the context of the changes wrought on the Helsinki skyline by the construction of the tall towers at Kalasatama. Kalasatama is a suburb to the east of Helsinki’s city centre. It was previously an industrial area with a small port and is currently being developed as both a commercial and residential space. I argue that the perception of these landscapes can be seen as co-constructed through the practices of making, sharing, and viewing images, as they have become embedded into the everyday through a state of perpetual connectivity. Using postphenomenology and philosophy of technology I reflect upon the place of the smartphone in the phenomena of experience and the embeddedness of image-making within contemporary social practices.Peer reviewe
Exploring the Duality of Urban Living Through the Aesthetics of the Nighttime City
No full textResearch in the emerging area of the philosophy of the city has blossomed significantly in the last decade. One research strand is urban lighting, which offers several insights into how cities appear, focusing on a range of issues. This paper aims to contribute to this conversation by interrogating what it means to have a city that functions 24 hours a day. In turn, the author fleshes out the view that we can almost say that two cities exist within the exact location but opts to examine the differences between the daytime and the nighttime city instead. This process helps identify a few issues that arise when a municipality exists with such a duality at play. This paper concludes with some suggestions for dealing with these affairs
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Ethics in transportation innovation: the case of neighborhood electric vehicles and municipal partnerships
Get PDFPurposeIn recent years, mobility startup companies providing on-demand rides using small neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) have operated in numerous cities with minimal regulation. At the same time, however, they have partnered with some municipalities, providing services to improve existing transportation infrastructure in some cases and entirely replacing it in other instances. While these partnerships seem straightforward, a few ethical issues require investigation. The purpose of this study is to flesh them out. It provides insights into how these mobility companies, municipalities and residents can work together to develop morally oriented practices that will not take the missteps of previous transportation companies.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a customized mixed methods approach. It uses theoretical tools from academic philosophy, empirical data from academic fields and existing policy measures.FindingsThis study reveals dimensions of the ethical issues relevant to municipal partnerships that can guide cities in implementing NEVs into existing transportation networks.Research limitations/implicationsThe study concerns an emerging area, meaning that relying on several cases of how NEVs impact communities is inherently impossible.Originality/valueThis study is the first to address the ethical dimensions of small electric vehicles in the neighborhood. It will benefit municipalities and startups by helping them enter mutually beneficial partnerships
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