Crafting a critical technical practice

In recent years, the category of practice-based research has become an essential component of discourse around public funding and evaluation of the arts in British higher education. When included under the umbrella of public policy concerned with the creative industries", technology researchers often find themselves collaborating with artists who consider their own participation to be a form of practice-based research. We are conducting a study under the Creator Digital Economies project asking whether technologists, themselves, should be considered as engaging in practice-based research, whether this occurs in collaborative situations, or even as a component of their own personal research [1]

Reflections on the nature of interaction

The paper discusses aspects of digital art from the point of view of the notion of observable human - computer interaction. The use of the word interaction is reviewed and alternative approaches to describing the concept explored. In particular, a systems view is taken and contrasted with an action/response model. A refined view of such interactions is proposed in which artwork and audience are said to influence one another

Beyond computable numbers revisited

This paper reviews the crucial influence that Alan Turing has had on art and, in particular on the development of the Generative Arts and the employment of automata in the making of art. The paper briefly reviews the concept of using automata in art and the extension of the basic idea to include interaction. The paper revisits an earlier argument and homage to Turing and brings it up to date

James E. Edmonds to Major & Mrs. J. E. Edmonds (2 April 1900)

Discusses schedule change; weekend happenings, church and social life; club elections, including his appointment as toast-master for an upcoming 50th anniversary occasion; asks about home affairs, particularly the river; announces plans to possible go to Kosciusko to represent the school in an event.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/edmonds/1063/thumbnail.jp

James E. Edmonds to Major & Mrs. J. E. Edmonds (November 1897)

Discusses encounter with the Chancellor regarding his 26-hour course load; housing, landlady, and life with his roommates; romantic interest that knows Cousin Annie; asks his parents to return home for dinner with Cousin Cerce.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/edmonds/1037/thumbnail.jp

James E. Edmonds to Major & Mrs. J. E. Edmonds (26 February 1900)

Remarks on the end of second semester exams; describes law work and remarks on its ease; describes a party with classmates that ended badly for a friend; expresses desire to take lessons; outlines expenses.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/edmonds/1059/thumbnail.jp

James E. Edmonds to Major & Mrs. J. E. Edmonds (April 1897)

Announces plans to return home and take exams the following year due to the high water at home; discusses law department society and fraternity life; his thoughts on returning home and its affect on his academic and campus life; his new suit and acknowledges receipt of $25.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/edmonds/1032/thumbnail.jp

Status of woodland caribou in western north America

A review of current population size and trends of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in seven jurisdictions in western North America shows a wide range of situations. A total maximum population estimate of woodland caribou west of the Ontario/Manitoba border is 61 090. Of 44 herds or populations described in this review: 14 are stable; two are stable to slightly decreasing; four are decreasing; four are increasing; and 22 are of unknown status. Caribou are classified as a threatened species in Alberta and as an endangered species in Washington/Idaho. The decline of caribou in North America following settlement (Bergerud, 1974) has continued along the southern edge of woodland caribou distribution. Direct loss of habitat to logging, mines and dams continued throughout the I960s, 1970s and 1980s. The secondary effects of these habitat changes, (i.e. increased roads leading to increased hunting and poaching, and increased early succession habitat leading to increased alternate prey/predator densities) has led in some cases to the total loss or decreased size of local herds. Three ecotypes of woodland caribou are described and their relative distribution delineated. These ecotypes live under different environmental conditions and require different inventory and management approaches. Woodland caribou herds in northern B.C., Yukon and N.W.T. generally are of good numbers and viable (stable or increasing), and management primarily is directed at regulating human harvest and natural predation to prevent, herd declines. Land use activities such as logging or energy development are not extensive. Managers in southern caribou ranges stress the need for a better understanding of caribou population stability within mixed prey/predator regimes; how habitat changes (eg. through logging) affect these regimes; and how to develop effective land use guidelines for resource extraction that can sustian caribou populations and maintain resource industries. Caribou managers have suggested that herds may be priorized for research and management efforts. Unstable, remnant populations may be left to their own fate. The limited research dollars available and difficult management decisions should be applied to caribou herds that are apparently sustainable and provide the greatest potential for long-term viability