4,213 research outputs found
The Cultural Transmission and Evolution of Folk Narratives
No full textFolk narratives—such as fairy tales, legends, and fables—are products of tradition, rather than individual authors. As they get passed on from person to person and from generation to generation new variants evolve, some of which catch on and generate new traditions, while others soon fade into extinction. Folklorists have long been interested in documenting and reconstructing these processes, but have often been stymied by the limitations of the folklore record. Cultural Evolution has brought powerful new concepts and methods to investigate the transmission histories of folk narratives, from comparative phylogenetic analyses of the relationships among similar tales from different cultures, to experimental studies of how stories mutate and evolve through oral transmission. This chapter reviews these contributions and considers prospects for future research into the cultural evolution of folk narrative traditions
On-load Tap Changer Diagnosis on High-Voltage Power Transformers using Dynamic Resistance Measurements
No full textHigh-voltage transformers have tap changers to regulate the voltage in the high-voltage network when the load changes. Those tap changers are subject to different degradation mechanisms and need regular maintenance. Various defects, like contact degradation, often remain undetected and the probability of maintenance errors cannot be neglected. Preventive diagnosis of dynamic resistance can be used to determine the contact condition and to check the basic function of the tap changer. This can guarantee that the high-voltage transformer can be put back into operation safely after maintenance. In addition, the information obtained can be used for condition-based maintenance. The research of Jur Erbrink elaborates on the condition assessment of tap changers using dynamic resistance measurements. He describes in his thesis the different ways in which the measurements can be performed and how this influences the measurement results. In particular it was emphasized that the dynamic resistance measurements at a lower the test current are more sensitive for long term aging effects. It is also investigated which defects can be detected and how the results can be interpreted.High Voltage Technology and ManagementElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Towards an archaeology of pedagogy: learning, teaching and the generation of material culture traditions
No full textIn this article we seek to build on efforts to apply the insights of social learning theory to interpret patterns of continuity and change in the archaeological record. This literature suggests that stable and often highly arbitrary material culture traditions are likely to be founded on our biologically evolved capacity for imitation. However, it has recently been argued that the latter may be insufficient to explain the long-term maintenance of complex and difficult-to-master skills, such as those required to produce stone tools, pots, textiles and other cognitively opaque cultural forms. To ensure that these skills are accurately transferred to the next generation, adults must actively guide and control the learning activities of their children, a mode of transmission that can be labelled 'pedagogy'. The importance of pedagogy has often been overlooked in the theoretical and empirical literature on craft learning, a fact that can probably be attributed to an unnecessarily narrow conception of teaching that equates it with explicit linguistic instruction. Using ethnographic data gathered from detailed case studies, we characterize pedagogy in the context of craft apprenticeships as involving the gradual scaffolding of skill in a novice through demonstration, intervention and collaboration. Although these processes cannot be directly observed in the archaeological record, they can sometimes be inferred through the detailed reconstruction of operational chains in past technologies. The evidence we present suggests that pedagogy has played an essential role in securing the faithful transmission of skills across generations, and should be regarded as the central mechanism through which long-term and stable material culture traditions are propagated and maintained
Public Programs at The New York Public Library.
No full textAmong the varied programs offered by the Library during the Spring, a series of lectures, Fables: From Aesop to La Fontaine, gets a page of recognition. The series is done by Marcel M. Gutwirth. It is meant to support and coincide with the Library's La Fontaine: The Power of Fables exhibition, co-curated by Paul LeClerc. The booklet features eight outstandingly-reproduced engravings by J.J. Grandville, including the cover engraving of the two high-society goats unable to pass through the doorway at the same time.Paul LeClerc
Kamloops, the hub
No full textPublished by the Kamloops Secondary Resource Centre with the co-operation of the Kamloops Secondary School Art and Commerce Department. Contains historic essays with the following chapter titles: Stkamlu-leps-mux - The People of the Confluence; Cumcloops; Fur Trading Days; The Old Saint - A Biography of Mr. Captian Saint Paul, Chief of the Shuswap Indians; Education comes to Kamloops; Principals of the Kamloops Schools 1886-1959. J.J. Morse was a former teacher.Not peer reviewedHistoric bookletCumcloop
PHB metabolism and N-removal in sequencing batch granular sludge reactors
No full textApplied Science
Kamloops, the hub
No full textPublished by the Kamloops Secondary Resource Centre with the co-operation of the Kamloops Secondary School Art and Commerce Department. Contains historic essays with the following chapter titles: Stkamlu-leps-mux - The People of the Confluence; Cumcloops; Fur Trading Days; The Old Saint - A Biography of Mr. Captian Saint Paul, Chief of the Shuswap Indians; Education comes to Kamloops; Principals of the Kamloops Schools 1886-1959. J.J. Morse was a former teacher.Not peer reviewedHistoric bookletCumcloop
Eddies and currents: A review of Upstream, anyone? A critical reply to J.J. Fellows’ Downstream of the experts, by Raphael Sassower
No full textJill Fellows responds to Raphael Sassower's review 'Upstream, anyone? A critical reply to J.J. Fellows’ Downstream of the Experts.'Final article published
WILLIAM KENRICK, "PREFACE TO ELOISA BY J.J. ROUSSEAU" (1761)
No full textELOISA : BY J.J. ROUSSEAU, PREFACE By the Translator [William Kenrick], 4 vols. London : Griffiths, Becket and De Hondt, 1761. Read the French translation Download the bilingual version of the text (pdf) William Kenrick (1729/30-1779) was a typical eighteenth-century hackwriter. He is the author of verse satires and plays (some of which were successful), he was a contributor to and editor of several periodicals, he gave public lectures on Shakespeare, he is the author of a dictionary of the E..
WILLIAM KENRICK, "PREFACE TO ELOISA BY J.J. ROUSSEAU" (1761)
No full textELOISA : BY J.J. ROUSSEAU, PREFACE By the Translator [William Kenrick], 4 vols. London : Griffiths, Becket and De Hondt, 1761. Read the French translation Download the bilingual version of the text (pdf) William Kenrick (1729/30-1779) was a typical eighteenth-century hackwriter. He is the author of verse satires and plays (some of which were successful), he was a contributor to and editor of several periodicals, he gave public lectures on Shakespeare, he is the author of a dictionary of the E..
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