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Information actors beyond modernity and coloniality in times of climate change:A comparative design ethnography on the making of monitors for sustainable futures in Curaçao and Amsterdam, between 2019-2022
In his dissertation, Mr. Goilo developed a cutting-edge theoretical framework for an Anthropology of Information. This study compares information in the context of modernity in Amsterdam and coloniality in Curaçao through the making process of monitors and develops five ways to understand how information can act towards sustainable futures. The research also discusses how the two contexts, that is modernity and coloniality, have been in informational symbiosis for centuries which is producing negative informational side effects within the age of the Anthropocene. By exploring the modernity-coloniality symbiosis of information, the author explains how scholars, policymakers, and data-analysts can act through historical and structural roots of contemporary global inequities related to the production and distribution of information. Ultimately, the five theses propose conditions towards the collective production of knowledge towards a more sustainable planet
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
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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
The Cinematic Daydream as a Tool of Political Emancipation: Plus-de-Jouir, Aufhebung and the Parallax
In this research, we will start by expo- sing the paradox of âsurplus enjoymentâ (the Lacanian plus-de-jouir), showing that its parallax structure of lack and excess is also applicable to the pheno- menon of (surplus) repression. Linking his concept with the Hegelian Aufhebung, understood as a âfailed negation of negationâ or a ânegation of negationâ as failure, we will focus in detail on the central example illustrating our theoretical positions, which is Iciar Bollainâs film Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain). In analyzing its narrative structures that address the neocolonial reality, we will tend to approach indirectly, by reading the medium of cinematic narration, the âneocolonial question.
Optimising EvoFIT by Reducing the Number of Faces Shown during Composite Construction
The creation of EvoFIT facial composite images enables perpetrators of crime to be identified and subsequently detained. It is therefore important to ensure that the composite construction procedure is optimised to create the most recognisable images possible. During the creation of a facial composite, eyewitnesses view and compare many images of facial shapes and textures to select those which best resemble the perpetrator. However, viewing many images may overwhelm witness working memory, resulting in cognitive overload and resultant memory capacity and decisionmaking deficits. Yet, there is currently no literature exploring the impact of cognitive load during composite construction. This thesis aims to bridge this gap in the literature by investigating the impact of cognitive load during EvoFIT construction and to investigate the importance of face Shape and Texture for composite construction to further optimise the construction procedure.
In five experiments, composite images created using different population sizes to manipulate the cognitive load during the construction procedure were assessed for likeness through composite naming and likeness ratings. The results demonstrated that reducing cognitive load during the construction procedure by decreasing the population size and, therefore, displaying fewer face images to participants, was beneficial for composite likeness. Moreover, reducing the population size for selection of the face shape was particularly important, indicating that face Shape plays a more important role than face Texture in the creation of a recognisable EvoFIT facial composite. Overall, this thesis demonstrates the benefits of reducing cognitive load during EvoFIT composite construction, particularly for selection of the face shape, and develops a theoretically informed construction procedure to increase the number of criminals identified through EvoFIT facial composites
Explorar performance com Apollo Federation
The growing tendency in cloud-hosted computing and availability supported a shift in soft ware architecture to better take advantage of such technological advancements. As Mono lithic Architecture started evolving and maturing, businesses grew their dependency on soft ware solutions which motivated the shift into Microservice Architecture.
The same shift is comparable with the evolution of Monolithic GraphQL solutions which,
through its growth and evolution, also required a way forward in solving some of its bot tleneck issues. One of the alternatives, already chosen and proven by some enterprises, is
GraphQL Federation. Due to its nobility, there is still a lack of knowledge and testing on
the performance of GraphQL Federation architecture and what techniques such as caching
strategies, batching and execution strategies impact it.
This thesis aims to answer this lack of knowledge by first contextualizing the different as pects of GraphQL and GraphQL Federation and investigating the available and documented
enterprise scenarios to extract best practices and to better understand how to prepare such
performance evaluation.
Next, multiple alternatives underwent the Analytic Hierarchy Process to choose the best
way to develop a scenario to enable the performance analysis in a standard and structured
way. Following this, the alternative base solutions were analysed and compared to deter mine the best fit for the current thesis. Functional and non-functional requirements were
collected along with the rest of the design exercise to enhance the solution to be tested for
performance.
Finally, after the required development and implementation work was documented, the so lution was tested following the Goal Question Metric methodology and utilizing tools such
as JMeter, Prometheus and Grafana to collect and visualize the performance data. It was
possible to conclude that indeed different caching, batching and execution strategies have
an impact on the GraphQL Federation solution. These impacts do shift between positive
(improvements in performance) and negative (performance hindered by strategy) for the
different tested strategies.A tendĂȘncia de crescimento da computação cloud-hosted apoiou uma mudança na arquite tura do software para tirar maior proveito desses avanços tecnolĂłgicos. Com a evolução
e amadurecimento das arquiteturas monolĂticas, as empresas aumentaram sua dependĂȘncia
nas soluçÔes software que motivou a mudança e adoção de arquiteturas de micro serviços.
O mesmo se verificou com a evolução das soluçÔes monolĂticas GraphQL que, com o seu
crescimento e evolução, também requeriam soluçÔes para resolver algumas das suas novas
complexidades. Uma das alternativas de resolução, jĂĄ aplicado e provado na indĂșstria, Ă©
o GraphQL Federation. Devido ao seu recente lançamento, ainda não existe um conhecimento sólido na performance de uma arquitetura de GraphQL Federation e que técnicas
como estratégias de caching, batching e execution tem impacto sobre a mesma.
Esta tese tem como intuito responder a esta falha de conhecimento através de, primeira mente, contextualizar os diferentes aspetos de GraphQL e GraphQL Federations com a
investigação de casos de aplicação na indĂșstria, para a extração de boas prĂĄticas e compreender o necessĂĄrio ao desenvolvimento de uma avaliação de performance.
De seguida, mĂșltiplas alternativas foram sujeitas ao Analytic Hierarchy Process para escolher
a melhor forma de desenvolver um cenårio/solução necessåria a uma anålise de performance
normalizada e estruturada. Com isto em mente, as duas soluçÔes base foram analisadas
e comparadas para determinar a mais adequada a esta tese. Requisitos funcionais e nĂŁo funcionais foram recolhidos, assim como todo o restante exercĂcio de design necessĂĄrio ao
desenvolvimento da solução para testes de performance.
Finalmente, apĂłs a fase de desenvolvimento ser concluĂda e devidamente documentada, a
solução foi testada seguindo a metodologia Goal Question Metric, e aplicando ferramentas
como JMeter, Prometheus e Grafana para recolher e visualizar os dados de performance.
Foi possĂvel concluir que, de facto, as diferentes estratĂ©gias de caching, batching e execution
tem impacto numa solução GraphQL Federation. Tais impactos variam entre positivos (com
melhorias em termos de performance) e negatives (performance afetada por estratégias) para
as diferentes estratégias testadas
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Deeper in the pyramid: Share of throat
âMilkâ explores our relationship with milk and its place in politics, society and culture. It considers how milk has come to be seen as so central to perceptions of nutrition and âgood healthâ in the UK. The choices we make about milk are personal. But it is also a highly politicised liquid that has been used to exert power as well as provide care.
The exhibition brings together over 100 objects, including items used in farming and infant feeding, historical advertising, public health posters, and contemporary artworks.
âMilkâ includes new artistic commissions by Danielle Dean, Jess Dobkin and Ilana Harris-Babou, as well as a new documentary by Leo Hallam Dawson on UK dairy farming and a 2023 iteration of Melanie Jackson and Esther Leslieâs project âDeeper in the Pyramidâ. This installation is part of a long-standing body of collaborative work interrogating milkâs networks of exploitation and care. Human and non-human milkâs multiple technological forms as liquid, solid, powder and foam are expressed through different media. These include the liquid crystal of the screen, digital animation , ceramic clay, language and lactones. The ceramic sculptures draw on milkâs molecular formations, its poured, extruded, and bodily forms, and the vessels that have contained it across time and place. The book allows us to create our own journey of exploration through this spiralling and far-reaching substance
The born-digital in future digital scholarly editing and publishing
Editorial scholarship is once again in a state of upheaval. Digital scholarly editing, for all it has achieved, has not accommodated the increasingly digital nature of cultural production and consumption. The theories and practices of digital scholarly editing need to better account for born-digital cultural materials like social media content, digital fiction, and video games. This paper discusses the state-of-the-art in digital scholarly editing, and advocates for future forms of digital scholarly editing and publishing suited to the born-digital
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