1,041 research outputs found
Sensing Collectives: Aesthetic and Political Practices Intertwined
Are aesthetics and politics really two different things? The book takes a new look at how they intertwine, by turning from theory to practice. Case studies trace how sensory experiences are created and how collective interests are shaped. They investigate how aesthetics and politics are entangled, both in building and disrupting collective orders, in governance and innovation. This ranges from populist rallies and artistic activism over alternative lifestyles and consumer culture to corporate PR and governmental policies. Authors are academics and artists. The result is a new mapping of the intermingling and co-constitution of aesthetics and politics in engagements with collective orders
Modern meat: the next generation of meat from cells
Modern Meat is the first textbook on cultivated meat, with contributions from over 100 experts within the cultivated meat community.
The Sections of Modern Meat comprise 5 broad categories of cultivated meat: Context, Impact, Science, Society, and World.
The 19 chapters of Modern Meat, spread across these 5 sections, provide detailed entries on cultivated meat. They extensively tour a range of topics including the impact of cultivated meat on humans and animals, the bioprocess of cultivated meat production, how cultivated meat may become a food option in Space and on Mars, and how cultivated meat may impact the economy, culture, and tradition of Asia
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Alternative Power: The Politics of Denmark\u27s Renewable Energy Transition
Global climate change is one of the defining political challenges and opportunities of the current era. Experts widely agree that technical means already exist for making the necessary transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy; the obstacles to doing so are primarily political. Careful observers also recognize that this period of transition creates an opening for political innovation and development. How can the political will be generated to take action to prevent climate catastrophe? And what will the process of transitioning mean for the political systems that have been built on cheap and abundant oil? Political scientists have largely ignored technological development as a lever for political development, or feared that technology could only be a force of domination. Yet renewable energy enthusiasts have often seen democratizing potential in these technologies. What can be accomplished politically by building a wind turbine? As countries like Denmark accumulate decades of experience with renewable energy, it is becoming possible to give such questions close empirical consideration. Denmark generates more of its electricity from renewable sources, and has been doing so longer, than any other industrialized nation, making it a uniquely valuable case for studying an advanced renewable energy transition in progress. This dissertation draws on novel qualitative and quantitative data to present the first comprehensive history of Denmarkâs energy transition from its roots in the 1970s until the present, aiming to explain how this tiny nation emerged as the worldâs leading wind power producer, and assess whether this process has yielded any democratic dividends. The multi-method analysis sheds new light on internal dynamics of Denmarkâs energy transition, and, more generally, on late-stage evolutionary processes in mature technological systems. Many studies have shown an interest in the Danish case, which is usually presented as a relatively unqualified success story, but few have provided the empirical resolution to identify these complicating factors. This dissertation employs an explanatory strategy adapted from the ecological sciences to construct a more holistic and integrative portrait, resulting in a more thorough and accurate account of how Denmark jumped out to such a significant lead in the energy transition, and why that momentum might be flagging today, with implications for other countries hoping to chart a path toward a sustainable future
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Sonic heritage: listening to the past
History is so often told through objects, images and photographs, but the potential of sounds to reveal place and space is often neglected. Our research project âSonic Palimpsestâ1 explores the potential of sound to evoke impressions and new understandings of the past, to embrace the sonic as a tool to understand what was, in a way that can complement and add to our predominant visual understandings. Our work includes the expansion of the Oral History archives held at Chatham Dockyard to include womenâs voices and experiences, and the creation of sonic works to engage the public with their heritage. Our research highlights the social and cultural value of oral history and field recordings in the transmission of knowledge to both researchers and the public. Together these recordings document how buildings and spaces within the dockyard were used and experienced by those who worked there. We can begin to understand the social and cultural roles of these buildings within the community, both past and present
Dreaming of Nuclear Futures: History, Toxicity, Panic, and Motherhood in Contemporary Pro-Nuclear Advocacy
Senior project submitted to the Division of Social Studies of Bard College. Enjoy
Disinformation and Fact-Checking in Contemporary Society
Funded by the European Media and Information Fund and research project PID2022-142755OB-I00
Security Analysis: A Critical Thinking Approach
Security Analysis: A Critical-Thinking Approach is for anyone desiring to learn techniques for generating the best answers to complex questions and best solutions to complex problems. It furnishes current and future analysts in national security, homeland security, law enforcement, and corporate security an alternative, comprehensive process for conducting both intelligence analysis and policy analysis. The target audience is upper-division undergraduate students and new graduate students, along with entry-level practitioner trainees. The book centers on a Security Analysis Critical-Thinking Framework that synthesizes critical-thinking and existing analytic techniques. Ample examples are provided to assist readers in comprehending the material. Newly created material includes techniques for analyzing beliefs and political cultures. The book also functions as an introduction to Foreign Policy and Security Studies.https://encompass.eku.edu/ekuopen/1005/thumbnail.jp
Maximising the effectiveness of soil erosion reducing cover crops through plant trait analysis
Soil erosion is a global issue, but particularly severe in Mediterranean hillside orchards due to the semi-arid climate, topography, climate change, and farming practices. Seasonal, annual cover crops successfully control soil erosion in orchards, this thesis used plant traits to determine effective cover species, as this not been previously considered. Ten species, native to Spain and previously used as erosion-reducing cover crops, were assessed for above and below ground plant traits, infiltration and evapotranspiration. Brachypodium distachyon, Bromus rubens, Medicago sativa and Silene vulgaris showed the most promise for erosion control. In a field trial in Cordoba, Spain, these species revealed no nutrient competition between cover crops and tree crops but, the high carbon:nitrogen ratio and high nitrogen (N) content of the cover crops could increase soil N. A mesocosm trial was conducted using rainfall simulation to determine the runoff and soil loss from monocultures and a mix of Brachypodium distachyon, Medicago sativa and Silene vulgaris. All the vegetated plots significantly reduced soil loss compared to the bare plots, furthermore M. sativa had a dominant impact on the mix. Despite the knowledge that plants reduce soil loss, few tree crop farmers use vegetation cover. A survey and interviews were conducted to understand this practice, while most of the respondents used cover crops, they believed that lack of knowledge about sustainable soil management was a key barrier to the use of vegetation cover. In conclusion, plant traits analysis provided vital information about the potential impact of species on soil erosion. However, the interactions of the species within mixes, and in the field, needs to be taken into consideration before widespread use. Any Mediterranean plant cover is better than none to prevent soil loss, which is a severe and urgent issue in Spain, therefore a clear transfer of information to farmers is vital
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