Humanities & Social Sciences

Why is it that, throughout their history, humans have repeatedly taken on the task of developing writing systems? Inventing Writing offers an array of conceptual tools for answering this question. In it, Pierre Déléage explores a series of cases involving the invention and use of writing systems by indigenous North American societies. Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, a number of prophetic and shamanic movements developed original inscription techniques to ensure the transmission of ceremonial discourses. Examining these sources, the author formulates an innovative hypothesis: All of these invented writing systems can be defined as intended to transcribe specific ritual discourses within the institutional frameworks that governed their transmission and recitation. By focusing on the pragmatic functions of these North American scripts in their ritual contexts, Déléage allows us to rethink the problem of the invention of writing beyond the confines of evolutionary approaches that have classically focused on the great phonographic scripts of human history (Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Chinese, and Maya) and have never been able deal with selective writing systems on their own terms. Déléage’s approach offers a novel and promising argument for uncoupling the origin of writing from the genesis of the state, an association that many specialists in the field have long made.

This book is Open Access under a CC BY licence. This book, LNCS 11429, is part III of the proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019, held as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019. It's a special volume on the occasion of the 25 year anniversary of TACAS.

George Orwell was one of the most significant literary figures on the left in the twentieth century. While titles such as 1984, Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia are still rightly regarded as modern classics, his own politics are less well understood. Hope Lies in the Proles offers a sympathetic yet critical account of Orwell's political thinking and its continued significance today. John Newsinger explores various aspects of Orwell's politics, detailing Orwell's attempts to change working-class consciousness, considering whether his attitude towards the working class was romantic, realistic or patronising - or all three at different times. He also asks whether Orwell's anti-fascism was eclipsed by his criticism of the Soviet Union, and explores his ambivalent relationship with the Labour Party. Newsinger also breaks important new ground regarding Orwell's shifting views on the USA, and his relationship with the progressive Left and feminism.

Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals. The responses of some populist leaders have received much public attention, as they denied the severity of the public health crisis, denigrated experts and data, looked for scapegoats, encouraged protests, questioned the legitimacy of liberal institutions, spread false information, and fueled conspiracies. But how widespread are those particular reactions? How much variation is there? What explains the variation that does exist? This volume considers these questions through critical analysis of countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, by leading experts with deep knowledge of their respective cases. Some chapters focus on populist parties, others on charismatic populist leaders. Some countries examined are democracies, others autocracies. Some populists are left wing, others right wing. Some populists are in government, others in opposition. This variation allows for a panoramic consideration of factors that systematically influence or mediate populist responses to the pandemic. The book thus makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the intersection between two of the most pressing social and political challenges of our time. The book will be of interest to all those researching populism, extremism, and political parties and those more broadly interested in political science, public policy, sociology, communications, and economics.

The question of how the law can deal with the problem of internet security is addressed in this volume. Starting with the fact that the internet is structurally insecure, the author finds that the uncertainty this causes must be countered with legal means, particularly when it comes to controlling information about weak spots. Hannfried Leisterer’s study examines whether and to what extent information management law can contribute to ensuring internet security.

Changes are taking place in mountain regions due to global warming, drought, ­heavy precipitation and intensive land use. Research into changes on a detailed scale is possible thanks to the development of automated near and remote sensing techniques. However, data acquisition, validation and analysis are a major challenge in these areas. The 5th edition of the international Sensing Mountains 2024 Summer School brings together international early career scientists and experienced experts from engineering, geosciences and environmental sciences. The interdisciplinary framework of the summer school creates a creative space for exchange and learning new concepts to explore the current dynamics of environmental processes in mountains. In Gebirgsregionen finden Veränderungen aufgrund von Klimaerwärmung, Trockenheit, Starkniederschlägen und intensiver Landnutzung statt. Die Erforschung von Veränderungen auf detailliertem Maßstab ist dank der Entwicklung von automatisierten Nah- und Fernerkundungstechniken möglich. Datenerfassung, -validierung und -analyse stellen in diesen Gebieten jedoch eine große Herausforderung dar. Die 5. Ausgabe der internationalen Sensing Mountains 2024 Sommerschule bringt internationale Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen und erfahrene Expert:innen aus technischen, Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften zusammen. Der interdisziplinäre Rahmen der Sommerschule schafft einen kreativen Raum für den Austausch und das Erlernen neuer Konzepte zur Erforschung der aktuellen Dynamik natürlicher Prozesse in Gebirgen.

Architecture

Transitionen und Übergänge sind im Bildungsbereich strukturell verankert und können Bildungsbiografien in besonderer Weise prägen. Der Band nimmt diese Prozesse entlang zentraler Lebens- und Bildungsphasen in den Blick. Die Beiträge zu Transitionen im Kleinkindalter und in der frühen Kindheit eröffnen pädagogische, diagnostische und kooperative Perspektiven auf frühe Übergänge. Die Beiträge zum Schulalter fokussieren Unterstützungs-, Selektions- und Transformationsprozesse, während die Beiträge zum jungen Erwachsenenalter biografische, institutionelle und technologische Perspektiven zusammenführen. Auf diese Weise entsteht ein differenzierter Blick auf Übergänge als subjektiv bedeutsame, institutionell gerahmte und pädagogisch zu gestaltende Prozesse. Der Sammelband bietet damit vielfältige Impulse für sonderpädagogische und inklusionspädagogische Forschung, Praxis und Professionalisierung.

This paper discuss the production of international textiles in statesponsored manufactures in Sweden-Finland between 1740 and 1810. The data set is based on the general summaries of manufacture output collected by municipal authorities during this period. The summaries include annual data on the production of the most important wool and silk textiles, wool and silk knitwear, as well as cotton and linen textiles. More specifically the paper analyze the type of fashion that was produced in Swedish textile manufactures during the period and how international influences affected the Swedish product range. In a subsequent forthcoming investigation I will discuss what the change in the Swedish textile production range towards the end of the eighteenth century says about Swedish and Nordic textile fashion in a European and international context.

This volume studies the profile of one of the most important figures of 16th-century Florence, Giovan Battista Gelli, highlighting some less studied aspects: not only was Gelli deeply interested in figurative art, attested in several works of his, he can also be considered one of the protagonists of the vivid debates on Dante.

Volume 1 of this revised and updated edition provides an accessible and practical introduction to the first gauge theory included in the Standard Model of particle physics: quantum electrodynamics (QED).The book includes self-contained presentations of electromagnetism as a gauge theory as well as relativistic quantum mechanics. It provides a uniqu

Media, as is prominently emphasised by the meta-process of mediatisation, are driving social change and have permeated everyday life. Mediality has inscribed itself into human thought and action and transformed it through digitalisation. Against the background of this social diagnosis, the relationship between media and pedagogy appears to be an all-encompassing and now indissoluble one, which is reflected not only in media pedagogy, but also in other approaches to academic pedagogy. This anthology therefore brings together various pedagogical approaches to media, examines them from the perspective of both reflection and action science and relates them exemplarily to the fields of media pedagogy, educational science, adult education and philosophy. The anthology is also a commemorative publication and was launched on the occasion of the retirement of Prof Dr Johannes Fromme, who headed the Chair of Media and Adult Education at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. The book is primarily aimed at researchers in the fields of media education and adult education as well as students on educational science and media-related degree programmes.; Medien, das wird durch den Metaprozess der Mediatisierung prominent hervorgehoben, treiben den gesellschaftlichen Wandel an und haben den gesamten Alltag durchdrungen. Medialität hat sich in das menschliche Denken bzw. Handeln eingeschrieben und dasselbe gerade durch die Digitalisierung transformiert. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser gesellschaftlichen Diagnose erscheint das Verhältnis von Medien und Pädagogik ein allumfassendes und mittlerweile unauflösbares zu sein, das nicht nur in der Medienpädagogik, sondern ebenso in anderen Zugängen der akademischen Pädagogik reflektiert wird. Der Sammelband vereinigt von daher verschiedene pädagogische Spielarten im Zusammenhang mit Medien, beleuchtet diesen sowohl in reflexions- wie handlungswissenschaftlicher Perspektive und bezieht diese exemplarisch auf die Bereiche Medienpädagogik, Bildungswissenschaft, Erwachsenenbildung und Philosophie. Der Sammelband ist zugleich Festschrift und wurde anlässlich der Pensionierung von Prof. Dr. Johannes Fromme auf den Weg gebracht, der den Lehrstuhl für Medien- und Erwachsenenbildung der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg geleitet hat. Das Buch richtet sich vornehmlich an Forschende in den Bereichen Medienpädagogik und Erwachsenenbildung sowie Studierende aus bildungswissenschaftlichen und medienbezogenen Studiengängen.

French agriculture is undergoing a profound restructuring of its forms of work, with the emergence of new practices, organizations, and professional figures. These plural and heterogeneous transformations remain largely underexplored. This book sheds light on the diversity of ongoing changes through concrete situations: the development of collective farms, the growing dissociation between land, capital, and labor, the impacts of agroecology and robotization, and the reconfiguration of work collectives around short food supply chains. It also reveals new types of agricultural workers, whether they are neo-farmers from outside the agricultural sector, seasonal and posted workers, volunteers, and even the active role of animals in livestock systems. Based on an interdisciplinary approach and field-based research, the book offers an original perspective on agricultural work. It differs from analyses focused on employment or legal status by addressing work as it is actually experienced and organized. It renews the debate on agricultural changes by highlighting forms of work that are often invisible and by questioning the sustainability of current models. This work is the result of a collective effort supported by INRAE’s Sciences for Action and Transitions (ACT) division. This book is intended for researchers, teachers, students, as well as professionals and agricultural development practitioners interested in the dynamics of agricultural work.

Gegenwartsliteratur: Ein germanistisches Jahrbuch/ A German Studies Yearbook was founded in 2002 by Mike Lützeler (Washington University, St. Louis) and is currently edited by Friederike Eigler (Georgetown University). It is one of the premier international publication venues in the field of German Studies, presenting original research in both German and English for scholars across the globe. Each volume of the yearbook comprises articles covering aspects of contemporary German-language literature from the 1990s onwards, a cluster of articles on an annual special topic reflecting current discourses in the discipline, and a book review section. Recent topics include "Disability Studies" (2022), "Gedächtnis–Autofiktion–Archive" (2023), and "Utopia–Dystopia–Climate Fiction" (2024). Contributions to the special topic are by invitation only while articles on any topic can be submitted for consideration year-round. Contributions are accepted in English or German and undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review prior to acceptance for publication. In light of transnational trends in contemporary German language literature, the international profile of Gegenwartsliteratur is the ideal forum for the academic study of this body of literature. Internationaler Beirat/International Advisory Board Sylvie Arlaud, Universitat Sorbonne (Frankreich) Anne Fuchs, University of Dublin (Irland) Eleni Georgopoulou, Aristoteles Universitat, Thessaloniki (Griechenland) Eva Horn, Universitat Wien (Osterreich) Brigitte Jirku, Universitat de Valencia (Spanien) David Kim, University of California at Los Angeles (USA) Priscilla Layne, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA) Tomasz Małyszek, Universitat Wrocław (Polen) Caroline Schaumann, Emory University (USA) Carlos Spoerhase, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (Deutschland) Lynn Wolff, Michigan State University (USA) Zhuang Wei, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (China)

This book uses current data to show how the employment situation in the social sector has developed in recent years and what impact the Corona pandemic is having on social institutions in comparison to other sectors.