Humanities & Social Sciences

Subjectivity is a central concept in film theory, philosophy and cultural studies. It was also a key term in the reception of the Nouvelle Vague film movement in France and Italy from the start of 1945. This timely volume explores the ways in which the concept of subjectivity has made its way into film theory, history, practice and criticism, as well as the confrontations of the subject with this rapidly changing medium.Contributors to this timely study include Francesco Casetti, Gregory Currie, Marina Grzinic, Maria Klonaris and Katerina Thomadaki, Jacinto Lageira, José Moure, Pere Salabert, Céline Scemama, Karl Sierek, Vivian Sobchack, and Pierre Taminiaux. Their illuminating essays are a testimony to their profound involvement in the subjectivity debate, enriching our perception of film history and our understanding of the medium.

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is increasingly recognized as an attractive alternative to national court proceedings, especially in international business relations. This open access book focuses on ADR mechanisms in one specific geographical region: the Western Balkans. This region comprises Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Serbia. Although these countries generally have legal frameworks for ADR mechanisms in place, they remain largely underutilised in practice. Promoting ADR mechanisms in the countries of the Western Balkans could make them more attractive to foreign investors, thereby fostering economic growth. Additionally, the effective implementation of ADR mechanisms could have spill-over effects on national judiciaries, thereby increasing domestic rule of law standards. This would be highly beneficial for the Western Balkan countries, most of which are still aspiring to become Member States of the European Union (EU). To achieve this, they are required to promote the use of ADR mechanisms and align their legal frameworks with EU standards. Against this background, this book aims to explore the trends and challenges of ADR in the Western Balkans. The different chapters primarily focus on international commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration, and mediation. Some chapters address systemic challenges, such as capacity building and dispute prevention, which extend to the entire region. Others offer country-specific analyses of particular national framework. While some chapters adopt the perspective of international or EU law, others remain at the national level. Collectively, the wide diversity in topics and perspectives provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and challenges of ADR mechanisms in the Western Balkan.

This essay addresses intersections of gender and genre by exploring the complex ways in which the Book of Margery Kempe draws on other devotional texts, particularly those of Hilton and Rolle, on the lives of holy women, and on Kempe's own social and cultural contexts, in order to shape a unique type of life-writing. Attention is paid to the multi-modal sensory quality of Kempe's visionary experience, and to the privileging of voice across the book. Topics addressed include the ways in which affective and cognitive combine in Kempe's experience, the difficulty of placing inner experience, the paradoxes inherent in attempting to express the ineffable, and the radical quality of her attempt to write an inner life.

The main and diversity antennas of modern cellular user equipment are integrated into the chassis of the device. Due to the limited space inside the device and high complexity of front-end electronics, the integrated antennas have small form factor, which leads to low radiation efficiency and high mismatch losses. The performance of the antennas is optimized with aperture tuning techniques. Commercial aperture tuners in modern cellular user equipment are based on high-voltage RF switches in bulk- or SOI-CMOS technologies. The focus of this research is put on the analysis of the second and third order nonlinear products caused by the RF switch, the influence of the substrate capacitance and the hardware characterization of antenna tuning ICs. Additionally, the functionality of the RF switch is extended and novel RF switch-based tuning ICs in CMOS technologies are investigated. All theoretical findings are verified either with measurements of the designed ICs or on the application level using a hardware demonstrator.

For some, Jean Grenier is an intriguing philosopher and essayist, for others he is primarily the madter of Albert Camus. A prolific writer, he worked as a teacher until his retirement in 1968, holding posts in Egypt and Italy as well as France, and was for much of his career therefore away from the centre of French literary and philosophical life: away, in fact, from the limelight. It was his memoirs of and correspondence with Camus which brought him into late prominence. Garfitt's study presents a faithful picture of a little-known figure who, in his life and in his writing, was constantly expressing and resolving, with a greater or lesser degree of success, man's basic problems of freedom and choice in a puzzling contingent existence. This book, originally published in paperback in 1983 under the ISBN 978-0-900547-87-4, was made Open Access in 2024 as part of the MHRA Revivals programme.

"Using a range of social science methods and drawing on the sociology of the body, biomedicine and technology, Haddow invites readers of ‘Embodiment and everyday cyborgs’ to consider whether they might prefer organs from other humans or non-human animals (known as xenotransplantation), or implantable ‘cybernetic’ technologies to replace their own? In discovering that individuals have a very clear preference for human organs but not for the non-human, Haddow suggests that the inside of our bodies may be more important to our sense of identity than may have previously been thought. Whereas organs from other (once) living bodies can contaminate the body of the recipient (simultaneously altering subjectivity so they inherit traits e.g. gender), cybernetic technology is acclimatised to and becomes part of the body and subjectivity. In organ transplantation the organ has the potential to alter subjectivity – whereas with cybernetic technology it does not alter identity but is incorporated into existing subjectivity. Technologies are clean from previous organic fleshy associations and although they may malfunction or cause infection, they do not alter identity in the way that an organ might. Yet, we are arguably creating a 21st-century identity crisis through an increasing reliance on cybernetic technologies such as implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) creating new forms of ‘un-health’ and a new category of patient called ‘everyday cyborgs’ who have to develop strategies to incorporate device alienation as well as reinserting human agency over ICD activation. "

Inhalt 1 Einleitung 11 Komik und Lächerlichkeit: eine unergründliche Differenz? 22 Aufbau und methodisches Vorgehen 35 2 Zum theoretischen Spannungsverhältnis von Komischem und Politischem 41 Das Komische als performatives Grenzphänomen 43 Überlegenheit, Inkongruenz und Entlastung: Die drei großen Erklärungsansätze der Komik- und Lachtheorie 46 Zur Ausdifferenzierung von Lächerlichem und Komischen ein theoriegeschichtlicher Abriss 53 Platon und Aristoteles: Die Komödie als Zähmung des Lächerlichen 56 Thomas Hobbes: Die politische Verwerfung des Komischen 75 Shaftesbury: Die Probe des Lächerlichen und Humor als sensus communis 86 Zwischenfazit: Die komische Differenz als ‚Paradigma der Modernitätserfahrung‘? 103 3 Ein unvollendetes Projekt zwischen Karneval und Kulturindustrie: Zur Theorie des Komischen nach und mit Michail Bachtin und Theodor W. Adorno 124 Michael Bachtin: Die frühneuzeitliche Lachkultur als Modell einer Karnevalisierung des Politischen 127 Theodor W. Adorno: „Das Kollektiv der Lacher parodiert die Menschheit“ – Vom falschen Lachen in der falschen Gesellschaft ..... 149 4 Humor und Hegemonie: Zum theatralen Gefüge des Lächerlichen 170 Wie viel Karneval steckt im ‚Theater‘ der Migration? Ethnischer Humor als ambivalentes Politikum 173 „Ein Lehrstück über Rassismus“ – Im Grenzgebiet von Theater von Alltagsrassismus 190 Angst und Empörung: Exkurs zur affektiven Ökonomie rassistischer Komik 207 Wi(e)der ein Lob der Ironie: Über die falschen Freunde des Komischen 227 „Ick bin ein Obama“ – Das Risiko der Lächerlichkeit und die Chance des Komischen 244 5 Konflikt und Gemeinschaft: Komische Situationen im Postmigrantischen Theater 263 Verrücktes Blut: Die Ironie eines Erfolgsstücks 267 (K)ein Beitrag zur Integrationsdebatte: Verrücktes Blut als Verwirrspiel mit der „Kanakenselbsthassnummer“ 271 „Lachen ist hier Kriegsführung“ – Über asymmetrische Lachkollektive 280 Common Ground: Zwischen komischer Vergemeinschaftung und dezentrierter Solidarität 292 Zwei Außenseiter zwischen den Fronten: Orit Nahmias und Niels Bormann als komische Strukturfiguren in Common Ground 294 Humor ohne Hegemonie? Zwischen Tabubruch und Entlastung des deutschen Gedächtnistheaters 309 6 Regel und Ausnahme: Komische Darstellungsstrategien als Suspension des Politischen 100 Populismus im Theater: Jilet Ayse Am Königsweg 324 „Na, gar nicht so schlecht für ein’ Kanaken, wa?“ Ein satirischer Fremdkörper in Am Königsweg 336 Politik als Farce? Zur politischen Beurteilung von Idil Baydars Gastauftritt 347 Wiederholung als Unterbrechung: Playblack 360 Eine kritische Hommage an die Wiederholungschleifen der Kulturindustrie 362 „Ein bisschen Spaß muss sein“? 375 7 Fazit 386 Literatur 395 Aufführungsverzeichnis 427 Abbildungen 428

»Event« und »Edutainment« spielen eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle bei der Vermittlungsarbeit in Museen. Diese ist heute mehr denn je in Veranstaltungsprogramme eingebunden, die das Publikum unterhaltsam bilden und zugleich neue Besucherschichten für das Museum interessieren sollen. Damit stellt sich auch die Frage, was Museumsprogramme von den Angeboten der Freizeitparks unterscheidet und welche Wünsche Besucherinnen und Besucher heute an die Museen richten. Fachleute aus Museen, Freizeiteinrichtungen sowie aus Forschung und Kulturpolitik, die sich im Herbst 2003 im Haus der Geschichte in Bonn trafen, nehmen zu diesen grundlegenden Fragen nach neuen Aufgaben für das Museum der Gegenwart Stellung. Eine Dokumentation der Arbeitsgruppen in Bonner Museen und der Praxisbeiträge eines Ideenmarktes zum Thema runden den Band ab.

Wie läuft kreatives Arbeiten ab? Was bedeutet Kreativität für den Arbeitsalltag und wie wird in komplexen Organisationen Kreativität verankert? Am Beispiel der Arbeitspraxis in der Werbeindustrie rekonstruiert Hannes Krämer die Entdeckung, Formierung und Stabilisierung kreativer Produkte en détail. Hierbei zeichnet er ethnografisch die Entstehung eines Werbeprodukts anhand prägender Stationen nach und schließt so eine systematische Leerstelle: den Einblick in die konkrete Praxis künstlerisch-kreativer Arbeit in zeitgenössischen Ökonomien. Kreativarbeit erscheint demnach nicht vordergründig als mythische Tätigkeit, sondern als Ensemble kreativer Routinen.

The paper illustrates the strategies of a “communicated epigraphy” to the public, adopted in the Sapienza University of Rome project Compitare per via: itineraria epigrafici digitali nella Roma medievale (XI-XV secolo), for which I am the Scientific Director. Using new tools (including the “exploded digital cast”), the micro-stories entrusted to the stone will be read, to trace thematic epigraphic itineraries aimed at recreating the same mechanisms of communicative effectiveness of the past time on the modern user, in order to overcome the well-known dichotomy between epigraphy used as main medium of communication in the ancient world and epigraphy hardly intelligible to the modern eye and which must therefore be “communicated”.

The here collected contributions relating to the 46th International Conference of the Representation Disciplines Teachers, organized jointly by Sapienza University of Rome, Roma Tre University, and San Raffaele Roma University, aim to offer the scientific community a reflection on the theoretical and methodological aspects related to the concept of èkphrasis, a term that, in the field of representation, concerns descriptive, analogical, and digital activities that generate new knowledge in several areas of application. The Conference aims to place at the center of the discussion an interpretation of the concept of research that, without neglecting an idea of study, protection, and enhancement of environmental and cultural heritage, focuses on the needs of contemporary society and its possible developments, making use of innovative theoretical, methodological, and operational activities, including those characterized by an interdisciplinary approach. According to this interpretation, research can also be seen as a foreshadowing of the definition and testing of experimental proposals aimed at exploring new areas of investigation: this opens up imaginative and utopian perspectives in the relationship between the sciences, the arts, and the disciplines that contribute to common goals, through the experimentation of methods, techniques, and languages for conceiving, prefiguring, designing, and representing.

social research & statistics; psychological methodology

This book is the third production from the ESREA Gender network and, once more, an opportunity to let the readers discover, or to know more, for a better understanding of questions related to gender and adult learning. It shows how researchers can be deeply involved in this specific field of adult education. The notion of informal learning has already been treated as a chapter in the 2003s book, but it becomes central and relevant in this new book considering the growing complexity of our society. Readership: Educational Researchers and their students

This edited volume explores conceptual and practical challenges in measuring well-being. Given the bewildering array of measures available and ambiguity regarding when and how to measure particular aspects of well-being, knowledge in the field can be difficult to reconcile. Representing numerous disciplines including psychology, economics, sociology, statistics, public health, theology, and philosophy, contributors consider the philosophical and theological traditions on happiness, well-being, and the good life, as well as recent empirical research on well-being and its measurement. Leveraging insights across diverse disciplines, they explore how research can help make sense of the proliferation of different measures and concepts while also proposing new ideas to advance the field. Some chapters engage with philosophical and theological traditions on happiness, well-being, and the good life; some evaluate recent empirical research on well-being and consider how measurement requirements may vary by context and purpose; and others more explicitly integrate methods and synthesize knowledge across disciplines. The final section offers a lively dialogue about a set of recommendations for measuring well-being derived from a consensus of the contributors. Collectively, the chapters provide insight into how scholars might engage beyond disciplinary boundaries and contribute to advances in conceptualizing and measuring well-being. Bringing together work from across often siloed disciplines will provide important insight regarding how people can transcend unhealthy patterns of both individual behavior and social organization in order to pursue the good life and build better societies.

Im 21. Jahrhundert sehen die Verfassungen zahlreicher lateinamerikanischer Staaten indigene Rechte auf territoriale Autonomie vor. Während viele Studien im Forschungsfeld diese Rechte vorwiegend als Anerkennung bestehender indigener Organisationsformen interpretieren, weist Michael Fackler auf den Veränderungsdruck hin, den staatliche Autonomievorstellungen beinhalten. Zu diesem Zweck untersucht er die Umsetzung indigener Autonomierechte in Bolivien. Seine detaillierte Ethnographie fokussiert auf Spannungen und Konflikte in der Aneignung rechtlicher Normsetzungen durch die lokale indigene Bevölkerung und legt die Vielschichtigkeit der Konstruktion staatlich-sanktionierter Autonomie offen.