Between The Material And The Possible
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Between The Material And The Possible
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Author : Bassam El Baroni
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2022-08-23
Between The Material And The Possible written by Bassam El Baroni and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-23 with Art categories.
The revisioning of our infrastructural futures, local and global relationalities, and historical and political legacies. Forming a comprehensive picture of the multiple processes, regulations, institutions, technologies, networks, and operations that we have come to understand as the distributed infrastructural arena in which we act, yield, and plot is a perennial challenge. Over the past decade, a growing number of artists, theorists, curators, and researchers have moved from “institutional critique” to “infrastructural critique,” or toward “infrastructural speculation,” in which they explore the potential of creative infrastructure-related visions and scenarios. In attempts to counter the impasse of “the cancelled future,” art has immersed itself in systemic critiques and propositional thinking, addressing major challenges, such as the rampant financialization of the economy and runaway climate change. From questions around space settlements to the possibility of repurposing blockchain infrastructures and financial instruments for redistributive purposes, and from the diagrammatic potential of infrastructural thinking in artistic practices to scenario planning and economic strategizing, this collection of new essays brings together critical analysis from a broad group of contributors engaged in the revisioning of our infrastructural futures. Their interrogations span local and global relationalities, historical and political legacies, as well as future-oriented infrastructural hypotheses.
The Selected Works Of John W Cahn
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Author : W. Craig Carter
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-10-28
The Selected Works Of John W Cahn written by W. Craig Carter and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book represents a collection of 30 selected papers from the work of John W. Cahn. Dr. Cahn is Senior Fellow at the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and is widely recognized as a founder of modern theory and thought in materials science. The range of his research included kinetics and mechanisms of metallurgical phase changes, surfaces, interfaces, defects, quasicrystals, thermodynamics, and other areas impacting the fundamental understanding of materials science. Each paper includes a 2-4 page review of the impact and historical perspective of the work. This is an important collection for students, instructors, and scientists interested in materials science.
Proceedings Of The Annual Convention
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Author : National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900
Proceedings Of The Annual Convention written by National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900 with Agricultural education categories.
Philosophy Of Physics
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Author : Lawrence Sklar
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2018-03-05
Philosophy Of Physics written by Lawrence Sklar and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-05 with Science categories.
This book focuses on the most important questions of philosophy of physics, offering a sufficiently concise and clear treatment of the issues to lead the interested reader through the sometimes labyrinthian paths taken by the central debates.
Geometric Possibility
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Author : Gordon Belot
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2011-04-28
Geometric Possibility written by Gordon Belot and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-28 with Science categories.
Relationalism about space is a venerable doctrine that is enjoying renewed attention among philosophers and physicists. Relationalists deny that space is ontologically prior to matter and seek to ground all claims about the structure of space in facts about actual and possible configurations of matter. Thus, many relationalists maintain that to say that space is infinite is to say that certain sorts of infinite arrays of material points are possible (even if, in fact, the world contains only a finite amount of matter). Gordon Belot investigates the distinctive notion of geometric possibility that relationalists rely upon. He examines the prospects for adapting to the geometric case the standard philosophical accounts of the related notion of physical possibility, with particular emphasis on Humean, primitivist, and necessitarian accounts of physical and geometric possibility. This contribution to the debate concerning the nature of space will be of interest not only to philosophers and metaphysicians concerned with space and time, but also to those interested in laws of nature, modal notions, or more general issues in ontology.
The Market For Mesoamerica
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Author : Cara G. Tremain
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2024-01-09
The Market For Mesoamerica written by Cara G. Tremain and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-09 with Social Science categories.
Discussions on the illicit trafficking of precolonial cultural heritage items Pre-Columbian artifacts are among the most popular items on the international antiquities market, yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to monitor these items as public, private, and digital sales proliferate. This timely volume explores past, current, and future policies and trends concerning the sales and illicit movement of artifacts from Mesoamerica to museums and private collections. Informed by the fields of anthropology, economics, law, and criminology, contributors critically analyze practices of research and collecting in Central American countries. They assess the circulation of looted and forged artifacts on the art market and in museums and examine government and institutional policies aimed at fighting trafficking. They also ask if and how scholars can use materials removed from their context to interpret the past. The theft of cultural heritage items from their places of origin is a topic of intense contemporary discussion, and The Market for Mesoamerica updates our knowledge of this issue by presenting undocumented and illicit antiquities within a regional and global context. Through discussion of transparency, accountability, and ethical practice, this volume ultimately considers how antiquities can be protected and studied through effective policy and professional practice. Contributors: Cara G. Tremain | Donna Yates | Martin Berger | Allison Davis | James Doyle | Rosemary Joyce | Nancy L. Kelker | Guido Krempel | Christina Luke | Sofia Paredes Maury | Adam Sellen A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase
The Evaluation And Measurement Of Library Services
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Author : Joseph R. Matthews
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2017-10-27
The Evaluation And Measurement Of Library Services written by Joseph R. Matthews and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This guide provides library directors, managers, and administrators in all types of libraries with complete and up-to-date instructions on how to evaluate library services in order to improve them. It's a fact: today's libraries must evaluate their services in order to find ways to better serve patrons and prove their value to their communities. In this greatly updated and expanded edition of Matthews' seminal text, you'll discover a breadth of tools that can be used to evaluate any library service, including newer tools designed to measure customer and patron outcomes. The book offers practical advice backed by solid research on virtually every aspect of evaluation, including quantitative and qualitative tools, data analysis, and specific recommendations for measuring individual services, such as technical services and reference and interlibrary loan. New chapters give readers effective ways to evaluate critical aspects of their libraries such as automated systems, physical space, staff, performance management frameworks, eBooks, social media, and information literacy. The author explains how broader and more robust adoption of evaluation techniques will help library managers combine traditional internal measurements, such as circulation and reference transactions, with more customer-centric metrics that reflect how well patrons feel they are served and how satisfied they are with the library. By applying this comprehensive strategy, readers will gain the ability to form a truer picture of their library's value to its stakeholders and patrons.
Architectural Humanities In Progress
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Author : Bagoes Wiryomartono
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-02-02
Architectural Humanities In Progress written by Bagoes Wiryomartono and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-02 with Philosophy categories.
This monograph brings three branches of philosophy together: epistemology, ethics and aesthetics. It assesses the built environment as a case study from a phenomenological perspective. Under the notion of phenomenology, this study understands the built environment as the hermeneutical phenomenon of being in the life-world that is experienced by people within the socio-cultural and historical context of habitation. Hermeneutically, the built environment as a phenomenon is contextually interwoven with other phenomena within the socio-cultural, historical, and environmental network. Phenomenologically speaking, the task of the study is to excavate, listen to, unfold, divulge, and reconstruct the socio-culturally, environmentally, and historically constructed relationship between people and their built environment that build, develop, and elaborate the system of knowledge, ethics, and aesthetics. By and large, its nature and findings are theoretical and interdisciplinary, so it will be of interest not only for philosophers, but also to scholars studying urban development and anthropology.
The Social Psychology Of Organizational Behavior
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Author : Leigh L. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2003
The Social Psychology Of Organizational Behavior written by Leigh L. Thompson and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Business & Economics categories.
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Stone Artefact Production And Exchange Among The Lesser Antilles
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Author : Sebastiaan Knippenberg
language : en
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2007
Stone Artefact Production And Exchange Among The Lesser Antilles written by Sebastiaan Knippenberg and has been published by Amsterdam University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Social Science categories.
This archaeological study reconstructs Pre-Columbian exchange networks in the Lesser Antilles based on lithic artefact distributions among the different islands.