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Author : Tom Graves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0946551308
Author : Tom Graves
Publisher : Gateway Books (GB)
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Technology
ISBN : 0946551642
Author : Douglas Kellner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783658317904
As we enter a new millennium, it is clear that we are in the midst of one of the most dramatic technological revolutions in history that is changing everything from the ways that we work, communicate, participate in politics, and spend our leisure time. The technological revolution centers on computer, information, communication, and multimedia technologies, is often interpreted as the beginnings of a knowledge or information society, and therefore ascribes technologies a central role in every aspect of life. This Great Transformation poses tremendous challenges to critical social theorists, citizens, and educators to rethink their basic tenets, to deploy the media in creative and productive ways, and to restructure the workplace, social institutions, and schooling to respond constructively and progressively to the technological and social changes that we are now experiencing.
Author : Peter Lamarque,Stein Haugom Olsen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781119222491
For over fifty years, philosophers working within the broader remit of analytic philosophy have developed and refined a substantial body of work in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, curating a core foundation of scholarship which offers rigor and clarity on matters of profound and perennial interest relating to art and all forms of aesthetic appreciation. Now in its second edition and thoroughly revised, Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art—The Analytic Tradition: An Anthology captures this legacy in a comprehensive introduction to the core philosophical questions and conversations in aesthetics. Through 57 key essays selected by leading scholars Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen, this anthology collects modern classics as well as new contributions on essential topics such as the identification and ontology of art, interpretation, values of art, art and knowledge, and fiction and the imagination. New to this edition are selections which treat aesthetic experience more widely, including essays on the aesthetics of nature and aesthetics in everyday life. Other carefully-chosen pieces analyze the practice and experience of specific art forms in greater detail, including painting, photography, film, literature, music, and popular art such as comics. This bestselling collection is an essential resource for students and scholars of aesthetics, designed to foster a foundational understanding of both long-standing and contemporary topics in the field.
Author : Mohan Munasinghe
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781483101101
Computers and Informatics in Developing Countries is a collection of papers documenting the conference of the Expert Group on Computers and Informatics for Development which investigates how the international scientific and development community can assist developing countries in using computer and informatics technology to promote progress and growth. The papers address the need for developing countries to formulate and apply computer and informatics policies for development, as well as the role of an International Centre for Computers and Informatics (ICCI) should play in the development process. The ICCI should be based on the network principle that links other regional and national computer centers. The advantages of the network principle are lower startup costs, avoidance of setting up a large organization, and localized services of needs. An international organization similar to ICCI can accelerate Third World developmental efforts following the identification of needs of developing countries as regards computer and informatics, setting of clear objectives of ICCI, and meeting with potential donors. The collection is suitable for heads of both non-government agencies and government departments involved in international aid, education, or development, and also to administrators of educational institutions and philanthropic organizations.
Author : Alfred Gell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000324464
The Art of Anthropology collects together the most influential of Gell's writings, which span the past two decades, with a new introductory chapter written by Gell. The essays vividly demonstrate Gell's theoretical and empirical interests and his distinctive contribution to several key areas of current anthropological enquiry. A central theme of the essays is Gel's highly original exploration of diagrammatic imagery as the site where social relations and cognitive processes converge and crystallise. Gell tracks this imagery across studies of tribal market transactions, dance forms, the iconicity of language and his most recent and groundbreaking analyses of artworks.Written with Gell's characteristic fluidity and grace and generously illustrated with Gell's original drawings and diagrams, the book will interest art historians, sociologists and geographers no less than anthropologists, challenging, as it does, established ideas about exchange, representation, aesthetics, cognition and spatial and temporal processes.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1360 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Technology and state
ISBN : UCAL:B4127914
Author : Wesley W. Ellis
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506494951
What happens when we stop thinking of young people as projects and recognize them for who they are, here and now? Wesley Ellis exposes the insidious impact of developmental psychology upon youth ministry and practice, arguing instead for a theological anthropology of youth that can help us see all people--including adolescents--as uniquely created in the image of God. Propelled by the conviction that ministry requires us to see youth as beings rather than becomings, Ellis demonstrates how we can reorient our vision toward ministry that prioritizes relationship and inclusion over rigid developmental frameworks. A veteran youth minister across multiple denominations, Ellis knows his subject deeply as both practitioner and theologian. Youth beyond the Developmental Lens mines personal accounts, the biblical narrative, and a vast array of theological expertise to release readers from restrictive assumptions that have long bound youth ministry. Ellis's finely tuned pastoral sensibilities bring all these elements into focus, helping us understand ministry as relational and all humans as part of God's story. Rostered ministers, lay leaders, and others engaged with youth will find an antidote to anxiety about the future of the church. Ellis reminds us that God is here already. Our call is simply to be.
Author : Mark Crossley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137611598
This rigorous yet accessible collection demystifies the principles of intermediality whilst examining its place in 21st century theatrical practice. Bringing together chapters and case studies from top thinkers in the field, this book clarifies the key theoretical ideas and practical impacts of intermediality while encouraging students to experiment with it in their own practical work. Offering an engaging insight into one of the most dominant trends in contemporary theatre, this is essential reading for students of theatre, performance and media studies.
Author : Frank Schalow
Publisher : Springer
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319669427
This book addresses an epidemic that has developed on a global scale, and, which under the heading of “addiction,” presents a new narrative about the travails of the human predicament. The book introduces phenomenological motifs, such as desire, embodiment, and temporality, to uncover the existential roots of addiction, and develops Martin Heidegger’s insights into technology to uncover the challenge of becoming a self within the impulsiveness and depersonalization of our digital age. By charting a new path of philosophical inquiry, the book allows a pervasive, cultural phenomenon, ordinarily reserved to psychology, to speak as a referendum about the danger which technology poses to us on a daily basis. In this regard, addiction ceases to be merely a clinical malady, and instead becomes a “signpost” to exposing a hidden danger posed by the assimilation of our culture within a technological framework.
Author : Jean Lassègue
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030429058
This book presents the transformation of Cassirer’s transcendental point of view. At an early stage, Cassirer was confronted with a scientific crisis triggered by the emergence of various forms of objective knowledge, such as the plurality of geometric axiom systems and non-Euclidean geometry in relativistic physics. He finally developed a solution to the problematic unity of objective knowledge by replacing the overarching notion of objectivity with that of forms of objectification. This led him to consider the notion of “symbolic forms” as the driving force in the objectification process. This concept would become instrumental in demonstrating that the objective and human sciences are not adversaries; they merely differ in their modes of semiotic construction. These modes cannot be summarized in a fixed list of symbolic forms but operate transversally, at a level where Cassirer distinguishes between three specific operators: Expression, Evocation and Objectification. The last part of the book investigates how the relationships between these three operators stabilize specific symbolic forms. Four of these forms are then studied as examples: Myth and Ritual, Language, Scientific Knowledge, and Technology.
Author : Ishaan Bhola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1980877521
We are standing at the inflection point of a massive paradigm shift in computing. This disruptive technological advancement is Augmented Reality, a technology which is set to revolutionise the very foundations of how we perceive reality. We as humans are about to get certain super powers which will make us as powerful as the wizards from sci-fi and fantasy stories. We will be able to see dragons flying around, conjure up distant planets or change the terrain of our house's interiors with a wave of hand. AR will change the way how we do shopping, how we talk to each other and how we consume or create new content. So it becomes imperative to understand what Augmented Reality is, its history and how it works. This book will also provide you a birds eye view of whats happening in the world of AR tech driven by large known giants like Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft and new players like Snapchat and new upcoming startups. A whole new wave of a technology which is nothing short of magic is coming towards us and it is upto us how we would want to ride it.
Author : Aboul Ella Hassanien,Roheet Bhatnagar,Nour Eldeen M. Khalifa,Mohamed Hamed N. Taha
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030245139
This unique book discusses a selection of highly relevant topics in the Social Internet of Things (SIoT), including blockchain, fog computing and data fusion. It also presents numerous SIoT-related applications in fields such as agriculture, health care, education and security, allowing researchers and industry practitioners to gain a better understanding of the Social Internet of Things
Author : Sílvio Manuel Brito
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781789859096
What is super creativity? From the simple creation of a meal to the most sophisticated artificial intelligence system, the human brain is capable of responding to the most diverse challenges and problems in increasingly creative and innovative ways. This book is an attempt to define super creativity by examining creativity in humans, machines, and human-machine interactions. Organized into three sections, the volume covers such topics as increasing personal creativity, the impact of artificial intelligence and digital devices, and the interaction of humans and machines in fields such as healthcare and economics.
Author : Rebekah Rousi,Jaana Leikas,Pertti Saariluoma
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030534837
Understanding emotions is becoming ever more valuable in design, both in terms of what people prefer as well as in relation to how they behave in relation to it. Approaches to conceptualising emotions in technology design, how emotions can be operationalised and how they can be measured are paramount to ascertaining the core principles of design. Emotions in Technology Design: From Experience to Ethics provides a multi-dimensional approach to studying, designing and comprehending emotions in design. It presents emotions as understood through basic human-technology research, applied design practice, culture and aesthetics, ethical approaches to emotional design, and ethics as a cultural framework for emotions in design experience. Core elements running through the book are: cognitive science – cognitive-affective theories of emotions (i.e., Appraisal); culture – the ways in which our minds are trained to recognise, respond to and influence design; and ethics – a deep cultural framework of interpretations of good versus evil. This ethical understanding brings culture and cognition together to form genuine emotional experience. This book is essential reading for designers, technology developers, HCI and cognitive science scholars, educators and students (at both undergraduate and graduate levels) in terms of emotional design methods and tools, systematic measurement of emotion in design experience, cultural theory underpinning how emotions operate in the production and interaction of design, and how ethics influence basic (primal) and higher level emotional reactions. The broader scope equips design practitioners, developers and scholars with that ‘something more’ in terms of understanding how emotional experience of technology can be positioned in relation to cultural discourse and ethics.