You are the controller: the ubiquitous interface and interactive digital media art installations

This is the Proceedings Book of the 2nd Interface Politics International Conference (After Post-Truth) organised at BAU College of Design in Barcelona which includes most of papers and keynotes held during the conference that took place in BAU, HANGAR and MACBA on 29, 29 and 30 of November 2018. The conference was organized by GREDITS (Research Group in Design and Social Transformation) with the contribution of HANGAR, MACBA and Artnodes Journal which published a special issue on the Conference. // Interface Politics is an International Conference originally created by GREDITS / BAU in 2016 with the aim of analyzing and discussing the role of interfaces as a communicational and linguistic mechanism, and as a device with political, commercial and labor agency. An interface can be defined as a communication system that serves to translate physical realities into technical languages and viceversa, or to make compatible different technical languages. // The second Conference was devoted to explore the relationships between interfaces and the Post-Truth regime

Un bit más cerca del pasado: la tridimensionalización de una ceremonia inca en el valle Calchaquí norte (Salta, Argentina)

[EN] Like other expansive polities, the expansion of the Inca empire across the highlands and lowlands of South America is not only a history of trade and warfare, but also of mesmerizing public performances that yielded new and memorable experiences. During highly ritualized public celebratory events, the local polities gained first-hand access to the imperial liturgy, which was vital to promote and legitimate the Inca cosmology across the newly acquired lands. Especially in the last 20 years, new technologies, an ever-growing corpus of archaeological data, as well as increasing hardware capacity and software development, make it possible to emulate the scenes that people got to witness during the Inca public events, at a home computer scale and without complex and expensive equipment. Furthermore, it prompts us to test and apply new tools and academic dissemination techniques, perhaps more suitable to current technologies and means of knowledge storage and circulation. This article presents the process of building a three-dimensional (3D) model that, on the one hand, combines historical, ethnographic, and archaeological data with Geographic Information System (GIS) datasets; on the other hand, it uses detailed architectural analysis and astronomical measurements. The objective is to yield renders that accurately display the atmospheric and lighting conditions prevailing when the site was inhabited. We will offer a detailed description of all methods, techniques, equipment, and software used to create the model and the parameters for rendering the images. The authors intend to exemplify how 3D modelling goes well beyond the 3D model as a product in itself; it becomes a fundamental tool that encouraged us to test new variables and discuss new interpretations about this settlement. Results indicate that its builders designed these settlement's Inca compounds to show off the imperial capabilities and constructive proficiency, to convey exceptional, memorable experiences to its residents and visitors, and to stage explicit links between the imperial representatives and some fundamental procreative components of the Andean cosmos. In doing so, Guitián's plaza served to stage and communicate the privileged role the imperial representatives claimed to have in a broader cosmological scheme.[ES] Al igual que otras políticas expansivas, la expansión del imperio Inca a través de las tierras altas y bajas de Sudamérica, además de ser una historia de comercio y conflictos armados, lo es también de espectáculos públicos cautivantes que introdujeron experiencias nuevas  y memorables. Durante celebraciones públicas altamente ritualizadas, las autoridades locales tuvieron acceso de primera mano a la liturgia imperial, lo que fue vital para promover y legitimar la cosmología Inca en los territorios anexados. En los últimos 20 años en particular, las nuevas tecnologías, un corpus cada vez mayor de datos arqueológicos, y el aumento de la capacidad de hardware y el desarrollo de software hacen posible emular las escenas que la gente presenció durante las ceremonias públicas Inca; ello es posible sin equipos complejos y costosos (basta con un ordenador doméstico). Todo ello nos impulsa a probar y aplicar nuevas herramientas y técnicas de difusión académica, quizás más adecuadas a las tecnologías y medios actuales de almacenamiento y circulación del conocimiento. Este artículo presenta el proceso de construcción de un modelo tridimensional (3D) que combina datos históricos, etnográficos y arqueológicos con conjuntos de datos en Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), análisis arquitectónicos detallados y mediciones astronómicas; todo ello tiene el objetivo de lograr renders que contemplen adecuadamente las condiciones atmosféricas y de iluminación que prevalecían cuando el sitio estaba habitado. Se ofrecerán detalles completos de todos los métodos, técnicas, equipos y programas informáticos utilizados para crear dicho modelo y los parámetros de renderización de las imágenes que presentaremos. Este estudio ejemplifica cómo el modelado 3D va mucho más allá del modelo final como producto en sí mismo: se convierte en parte fundamental de un proceso interpretativo que nos obligó a probar nuevas variables y discutir nuevas interpretaciones. Los resultados indican que los constructores de los recintos Inca de este asentamiento lo hicieron tanto para ostentar su destreza constructiva, destacarse en el paisaje local, transmitir experiencias excepcionales y memorables a sus residentes y visitantes, como para escenificar vínculos explícitos entre los representantes imperiales y algunos componentes procreativos fundamentales del cosmos andino. Consecuentemente, la plaza de Guitián servía para escenificar y comunicar el papel privilegiado de los representantes imperiales en un esquema cosmológico más amplio.The results presented in this paper have been gathered through various fieldworks funded by the Heinz Grant for Latin American Archaeology, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (International Collaborative Research Grant), and the National Scientific and Technical Research Council from Argentina (doctoral and postdoctoral research scholarships). 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The semiotic theory of A.J. Greimas in mainstream organization theory and organization research

The purpose of this paper is to consider the reception of the semiotic theory of A.J. Greimas in mainstream organization theory and organization research. “Mainstream organization theory” and “mainstream organization research” comprise a domain with publications entirely in English in higher-impact journals with a characteristically substantial attraction of citations to the published works. This delineation of the “mainstream” indicates no apology, but, on the contrary, suggests criticism towards the prevailing hegemonic dominance with inequalities between national languages, cultures, and cultural and linguistic regions of the world (Meriläinen et al. 2008; Tietze and Dick 2013). The quantitative character of established impact indicators of academic research further adds to the hegemony. This paper considers the reception of the theory from an extensive rather than an intensive point of view. For instance, the paper does not try to catch authors for skewed reception of the theory of Greimas, ignorance of the theoretical context of the borrowed elements, simplification verging towards vulgarization, or misunderstanding. The paper asks two research questions: 1. How has the theory of Greimas been received in mainstream organization theory and organization research? 2. Has mainstream organization theory and organization research left opportunities offered by the theory of Greimas unexploited as concerns the reception of this theory?Peer reviewe

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Data has been an integrated part of daily life and it is important for students to be able to read data in its many representations. Therefore, there is a need for suitable teaching and learning approach to support students in learning how to read data, such as Realistic Mathematics Education (RME). The aim of this study is to discover whether RME is effective enough in supporting students by comparing students’ ability in reading data before and after the learning process. The data in this study was analyzed from the pretest and posttest result of 28 fifth grader of Jebed 3 Primary School in Pemalang, Central java. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, paired-sample t test, Cohen’s d effect size, and also normalized change. The study found that RME lesson can support students to be able to read data. Most students have the ability to read the data, but several students still have difficulties in making comparison and making further calculation to read between the data. Additionally, some students also had difficulty in perceiving the symbols representation in pictogram, and also in calculate numbers

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[ES] En octubre de 1991 Enric Miralles conoció su primera promoción de estudiantes de la Staedelschule. Éramos un grupo de doce alumnos internacionales seleccionados por el profesor Peter Cook para pasar un año trabajando sobre diferentes temas elegidos por nosotros mismos, en torno a un proyecto común. Poco antes de que comenzara el semestre, Cook regresó a Londres como decano de la Bartlett School of Architecture y fue Miralles el elegido como profesor de este grupo de estudiantes de arquitectura. El siguiente texto relata la experiencia de un aprendizaje único acontecido ese año.[EN] October of 1991 Enric Miralles met his first class at the Staedelschule. We were a group of twelve international students selected by Professor Peter Cook to spend a year working on topics of our choice around a common project. Shortly before the semester began, Cook returned to London as the Dean of the Bartlett School of Architecture and Miralles was chosen as the Professor of the Architecture class. The following text presents a glance at the unique learning experience of that year.Spellman, C. (2020). Instrumentos de reflexión. EN BLANCO. Revista de Arquitectura. 12(29):146-150. https://doi.org/10.4995/eb.2020.14386OJS146150122

Neural correlates of diverse navigational strategies

Insects have evolved diverse and remarkable strategies for navigating in various ecologies all over the world. In particular, central place foragers, such as bees and ants, have become renowned for their fascinating navigational capabilities. At the heart of insect navigation lies a brain area known as the central complex (CX). Functionally, the CX integrates world-centric sensory information with self-motion cues to generate an internal map of angular position. It plays a role in driving motor commands and has been suggested as the neural substrate for encoding travel direction as well as navigational vectors theorized to be involved during path integration. Interestingly, the CX appears to have been highly anatomically conserved, even across insect species that diverged hundreds of millions of years ago. The conserved nature of the CX stands in juxtaposition to the fascinating diversity of insect behavior. How does a highly conserved brain area give rise to such diverse navigational behavior? Using block-face electron microscopy combined with neuron segmentation and synapse annotation, I analyzed CX circuits in six species of bees and ants: the honeybee, the bumblebee (Paper 1), the sweat bee, the army ant, the desert ant, and the bull ant. Our data suggests that there are core circuits that have been exceptionally well preserved across evolutionary time. Namely, the head direction circuit (Paper 2) which contains neurons that share total numbers, projectivity, and connectivity motifs from flies to bees and ants. In contrast, inputs from sensory areas vary to a much larger degree. Our data suggests that the relative contribution of parallel input pathways depends strongly on the information available in the habitat of a species. Also variable are the circuits that encode self-motion, something which is fundamental for building navigationally relevant internal representations (Paper 3). Altogether, these neuroanatomical maps provide the framework for future functional and modeling studies that seek to understand how sensory information is transformed into behavioral decisions within the context of navigation

The branding of female authorship in the Enlightenment:A paratextual and iconographical study of a European best-seller, Les Journées amusantes by Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez

As revisionist studies have recently shown in the wake of Gérard Genette’s Seuils (1987), editorial paratexts in translated works, such as prefaces and illustrations, are valuable documents for capturing the ideological parameters which early modern publishers and translators had to skilfully exploit to promote their work. A case in point is the little known yet important eighteenth-century collection of framed-novelle Les Journées amusantes (1722–31) by Madeleine-Angélique Poisson de Gomez (1684–1776). Through the lens of intertextuality and intericonicity, this article offers a two-part analysis of the paratextual material (verbal and visual) contained in the foreign editions of this work. It evaluates the strategies which ‘image-makers’ used to ensure the legitimacy of a text which was originally written by a woman. In particular, it highlights transnational instances of dialogic interplay and cultural transfer, allowing for a better understanding of the female writer’s status across Europe and revealing the cultural and pedagogical parts which translators, publishers and engravers played in the formation of eighteenth-century European readerships

Delineating hurricane vulnerable populations in Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Since settlement first began, equality issues between different social classes have been evident in the location of where residents settled in New Orleans. This research seeks to answer the question: What socioeconomic indicators are prevalent in the areas most-at-risk to flooding which could inhabit populations least able to evacuate? I will use Census 2000 block group data from the socioeconomic sample data (SF3) collected in 2000, along with other economic and GIS data from the New Orleans region to statistically represent the distribution of risk by selecting indicators predicted to be in flood zones from a classification tree analysis. Then, the results are shown in a spatial manner to identify the location of the most vulnerable people to a hurricane based on a set of indicators. The ADvanced CIRCulation Model (ADCIRC) hurricane storm surge modeling (1) Hurricane Pam and (2) Hurricane Pam—85 percent strength, two hurricane disaster exercises, hurricane probability estimates, and resampled LIDAR elevation data will be used as the base maps to characterize the areas that will flood first during a hurricane. The overlaying of the physical and social layers will identify the most socioeconomically vulnerable people in the first-to-flood areas to show where evacuation planning is essential. Recommendations for successfully evacuating residents are then discussed

Imagining Unequals, Imagining Equals: Concepts of Equality in History and Law

Why did "equality" become prominent in European societies based on hierarchy during the Enlightenment? What does »equality« imply for societies, politics, or legal systems? The contributors to this volume draw on various historical case studies, from visionary practices in revolutionary France and the collection of data on the poor in 19th-century Germany, to claims raised under the minority regime of the League of Nations and the anti-discrimination politics of the UN and India. The dynamics of universalizing equality are contrasted with a concept asserting that equality must be limited to and by order. The contributions thus explore concepts of equality from the perspectives of history and law and show that practices of comparing were essential when it came to imagining others as equal, fighting discrimination, or scandalizing social inequalities