Bin ich jetzt drin? Neue Versuche, über das „junge" Medium Internet zu schreiben. […] [Sammelrezension]

Sammelrezension von: 1. Virtuelle Gruppen - Udo Thiedecke [Hrsg.]. 2. Soziales im Netz - Caja Thimm [Hrsg.]. 3. Online Research - Batinic/ Werner/ Graf/ Bandillas. 4. Computerstile - Achim Buhl [Hrsg.]

The Politics of "Actor-Network Theory"

This text discusses controversies surrounding theoretical, practical, and political implications of "actor-network theory" ("ANT"). Since its inception around 1980, "ANT" has been applied in an immense number of empirical studies, both within and outside the field of science and technology studies. But it was also rejected as radical chic without substance and/or as theoretically and politically unacceptable in perhaps as many instances as it was accepted. Implicit in both the application and critique of "ANT" is the assumption that it can be treated as a "black-boxed" set of notions and rules containing certain strengths and weaknesses. Proposing to treat black-boxed "ANT" as useful provocation, I discuss what this kind of "ANT" can and cannot do for me in my own empirical research on energy efficiency in buildings. In the second part of the text I turn from "black boxed" and well-defined "ANT" to "ANT in the making". In recent and ongoing work Bruno Latour, John Law, Annemarie Mol, Vicky Singleton, and others (in alphabetic order) answer to critiques of "ANT"s" political implications. The authors share an interest in the development of a non-essentialist foundation of politics, which neither turns into crude functionalism nor into hollow relativism. Concluding this text, two of the proposals made here, "political ecology" and "ontological politics", are compared and discussed in the context of my own research

Households on the rebound

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Powerhouse Kjørbo. Evaluation of construction process and early use phase

The financial system is a complex part of every country which governs its entire economic operations. It is comprised of many different units which are often intertwined. Financial institutions are a part of the financial system. They are companies that offer different financial services to their users. They purchase financial claims from deficient spending units and sell them with different characteristics to surplus spending units. Some of them include: commercial banks, mutual funds, private pension funds, life insurance companies, money market funds, governmentsponsored enterprises, government pension funds, finance companies, casualty insurance companies, savings institutions and credit unions. After the Croatian independence there has been a rapid development of the financial market and financial institutions. However, the economic crisis which happened in 2007 affected Croatia as well, and we have experienced a massive fall in liquidity and decline of the capital market. Today we have many different financial institutions in Croatia, however, there are still many areas which need improvements. The Croatian banking system is still dominant compared to the private sector, and in the future we need to improve the efficiency of the capital market, cooperation on the global and national level, remove restrictions and further adapt to EU standards. Croatian financial institutions are regulated by the Croatian National Bank, the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA) and the Ministry of Finance

PENGARUH PEMBANGUNAN BANDARA INTERNASIONAL JAWA BARAT (BIJB) DAN KERTAJATI AEROCITY TERHADAP HARGA LAHAN DI KAWASAN BANDARA KABUPATEN MAJALENGKA

Kabupaten Majalengka merupakan salah satu kabupaten di Provinsi Jawa Barat yang sedang mengalamai pembangunan. Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah Kabupaten Majalengka tahun 2011 menyebutkanbahwa, akan dibangun Bandara Internasional Jawa Barat (BIJB) dan Kertajati Aerocity, yang dibangun di Kabupaten Majalengka bagian Utara, yaitu lebih tepatnya di Kecamatan Kertajati yang dibanguan di 5 desa yaitu, Desa Kertajati, Kertasari, Bantarjati, Sukakerta, dan Sukamulya. Adanya pembangunan dua mega proyek tersebut menyebabkan permintaan lahan untuk kegiatan non pertanian menjadi meningkat. Selain Kecamatan Kertajati yang mengalami pembangunan, dua kecamatan lainnya yang menjadi wilayah pendukung adanya bandara mengalami perubahan dan permintaan lahan non pertanian yang meningkat yaitu, Kecamatan Jatitujuh dan Kecamatan Ligung. Sehubungan dengan fenomena ini memberikan dampak perkembangan harga lahan dengan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhinya. Rumusan penelitian ini adalah: 1) bagaimanakah rencana pola tata ruang di Kawasan Bandara? 2) Bagaimanakah pola perkembangan harga lahan di Kawasan Bandara? 3) Faktor dominan apakah yang mempengaruhi perkembangan harga lahan di Kawasan Bandara?. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode desktiptif. Jumlah sampel manusia sebanyak 100 kepala keluarga dengan sampel wilayahnya tiga kecamatan yaitu, Kertajati, Jatitujuh, dan Ligung. Teknik pengolahan datanya adalah, analisis desktiptif, presentase (%), dan regresi linier berganda. Berdasarkan RTRW Kabupaten Majalengka, lahan yang dibutuhkan untuk kedua mega proyek tersebut seluas 5.000 Ha, untuk bandara seluas 1.800 Ha dan untuk aerocity seluas 3.200 Ha. Peruntukan wilayah untuk pembangunan tersebut adalah, kawasan bandara dan aerocity yaitu di Kecamatan Kaertajati, untuk kawasn perumahan dan jasa yaitu di Kecamatan Jatitujuh, dan untuk kawasan industri yaitu di Kecamatan Ligung. Wilayah yang mengalami perkembangan yang signifikan adalah Kecamatan Jatitujuh dengan pola perkembangannya mengikuti kebijakan pemerintah yaitu, peruntukan wilayah, jarak, aksesibilitas, dan penggunaan lahan. Faktor yang mempengaruhi perkembangan harga lahan adalah, jarak, lokasi, matapencaharian, kepadatan penduduk, penggunaan lahan, aksesibilitas, dan kebijakan pemrintah, dengan jumlah pengaruhnya adalah sebanyak 52,9%. Sedangkan faktor yang paling mempengaruhi perkembangan harga lahan di Kawasan Bandara adalah kebijakan pemerintah yang bernilai 0,439 nilai tingkatannya ketika variabel lain konstan. ---------- Majalengka Regency is one of regencies in West Java province that are experiencing development. According to the Spatial Plan (RTRW) Majalengka district in 2011 that will be constructed International Airport West Java (BIJB) and Kertajati Aerocity, which was built in Majalengka northern part, which is in District Kertajati built in five villages, namely, Village Kertajati, Kertasari , Bantarjati, Sukakerta, and Sukamulya. The construction of two mega projects led to demand for land for non-agricultural activities be increased. In addition to experiencing the District Kertajati development, two other districts, an area supporting the airports are changing and demand for non-agricultural land increased, namely, District and Sub-district Jatitujuh Ligung. In connection with this phenomenon impact on the price development of land with the factors that influence it. The purpose of this study are: 1) how the spatial patterns in the plan service area? 2) How does the pattern of land price developments in the area of service? 3) The dominant factors that influence the development of the price of land in the airport area ?. The method used in this research is descriptive method. Number of human samples as many as 100 families to sample the region three districts namely, Kertajati, Jatitujuh, and Ligung. Data processing techniques are, descriptive analysis, the percentage (%), and multiple linear regression. Based Spatial Majalengka district, land needed for the mega project of 5,000 hectares, covering an area of 1,800 hectares for the airport and for Aerocity an area of 3,200 Ha. The development designation for the region is, the area of the airport and Aerocity which is in District Kaertajati, housing and services for the region which is in District Jatitujuh, and to the industrial area which is in District Ligung. Areas experiencing significant development is the District Jatitujuh development, 56 times more than the previous price, the pattern of development following the government policy, namely, the designation of the area, distance, accessibility, and use of land. Factors affecting the development of the price of land is, distance, location, livelihoods, population density, land use, accessibility, and government policies, the number of its influence is as much as 52.9%. While the factors that most influence the development of the price of land in the airport area is government policy that is worth 0.439 level value when the other variables constant

PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN PUISI BERTEMA PERJUANGAN UNTUK MENGUATKAN NILAI-NILAI NASIONALISME DALAM PENDIDIKAN KEWARGANEGARAAN : PTK tentang Penggunaan Media Pembelajaran Puisi Bertema Perjuangan dalam Pembelajaran PPKn di Kelas VII A SMP Laboratorium Percontohan UPI Bandung

Nilai nasionalisme merupakan salah satu nilai yang harus dimiliki oleh siswa. Pembinaan nilai nasionalisme itu dikembangkan melalui pembelajaran Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan (PPKn) di sekolah. Media pembelajaran merupakan salah satu alat untuk merangsang semangat kebangsaan mereka. Namun kondisi di sekolah, media yang digunakan guru dalam pembelajaran itu kurang bervariasi dan kurang menggugah para siswa, sehingga pembinaan kompetensi sikap nasionalisme siswa masih kurang optimum. Oleh karena itu, untuk mencapai penguatan nilai-nilai nasionalisme siswa dalam pembelajaran PPKn, digunakanlah media pembelajaran puisi bertema perjuangan, khususnya dalam materi berkomitmen terhadap Pancasila sebagai dasar negara. Penelitian dilakukan di kelas VII A SMP Laboratorium Percontohan UPI Bandung melalui metode penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK). Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah observasi, wawancara, studi dokumentasi, studi kepustakaan, dan catatan lapangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan penguatan nilai-nilai nasionalisme siswa pada pembelajaran PPKn melalui tiga siklus pembelajaran. Hasil memperlihatkan sikap belajar siswa yang tinggi, disiplin, saling toleransi dan menghargai teman, serta hormat dan santun kepada guru. Terlihat deskripsi siswa dalam mengutamakan kepentingan kelompok daripada kepentingan pribadi, berani tampil ke depan kelas dan makin berani mengemukakan pendapat. Seiring dengan itu, perkembangan kognitif dan keterampilan mereka terlihat dari berkomunikasi dalam kelompok dan kelas di sekolah. Kesimpulannya, media puisi bertema perjuangan dapat dijadikan sebagai salah satu alternatif media pembelajaran yang dapat digunakan guru Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan dalam peningkatan kualitas proses pembelajaran, guna menguatkan nilai-nilai nasionalisme siswa di sekolah. Maka seyogyanya media puisi bertema perjuangan terus dikembangkan dalam pembelajaran Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaran di sekolah. Kata kunci: Media, pembelajaran, puisi perjuangan, nasionalisme. Nationalism is one of many values that must be possessed by students. Development of nationalism is developed through civic education in school. Instructional media is one of tools to stimulate their national spirit. Nevertheless, the conditions in school, the media used by teachers in teaching are less varied and evocative over the students, so student’s competency over nationalism is still less optimum. Therefore, the use of struggle themed poetry is to achieve the reinforcement of student’s nationalism in civic education, especially in part to commit to Pancasila as national principle. The research conducted in JHS UPI Bandung Laboratory Schools class VII A through Classroom Action Research Method. The data collection techniques that used are observation, interviews, documentation studies, literature studies, and field notes. The research results show reinforcement of student’s nationalism in civic education through three cycles of learning. The results show high students learning attitude, discipline, tolerance, respect and well behaved over fellow students and teachers. Students prioritize their group rather than their personal interest, they are able to appear in front of the class, and express their opinions. Along with that, their skills and cognitive development are visible from the way they communicate in groups and class in school. The conclusion is the media struggle themed poetry can be used as an alternative media that can be used by civics teachers to improve the quality of learning process, also reinforces the student’s nationalism in school. Accordingly, the struggle themed poetry media continue to be developed in civic education in school. Keywords: Media, Learning, Struggle Poetry, Nationalism

User evaluation of vacuum insulation in clay blocks

This is an early user test of vacuum insulation embedded in clay blocks, a solution developed within ZEB. The product is in an early stage of its development and is not taken into use in any building projects yet. Therefore, the evaluation is not based on experiences but on expectations towards this product. In this exploration we have conducted twelve telephone interviews with representatives from different parts of the building industry. The main results are: There is general agreement that vacuum insulation will be interesting and attractive for the market. Some find thick walls problematic, but others indicated that there exist aesthetic and practical reasons to prefer thick walls. Vacuum insulation may therefore be especially important for renovation projects and new buildings where the site costs are high. Vacuum insulation in clay blocks seems like a reasonable combination to most of the informants. But there was also a demand for vacuum insulation for wood constructions in combination with thinner and lighter materials. According to our informants, to make vacuum insulation a central building product in the future, a great degree of material flexibility will clearly be important. For future promotion of a product with vacuum insulation, it is also important to convince the market that it is robust enough, and show calculation examples on how the product may be more profitable when used where the site prices are high. The environmental impact of vacuum insulation matters to some of our informants, and a clear plan for pre-separation at source is asked for.© Copyright SINTEF Academic Press and Norwegian University of Science and Technology 201

User evaluations of energy efficient buildings. The interplay of buildings and users in seven European case studies

© Copyright SINTEF Academic Press and Norwegian University of Science and Technology 201

Universality in phase boundary slopes for spin glasses on self dual lattices

We study the effects of disorder on the slope of the disorder--temperature phase boundary near the Onsager point (Tc = 2.269...) in spin-glass models. So far, studies have focused on marginal or irrelevant cases of disorder. Using duality arguments, as well as exact Pfaffian techniques we reproduce these analytical estimates. In addition, we obtain different estimates for spin-glass models on hierarchical lattices where the effects of disorder are relevant. We show that the phase-boundary slope near the Onsager point can be used to probe for the relevance of disorder effects.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure