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Agrifood is a significant component of the Italian economy: alone it is worth about 4% of GDP; innovation and development of many complementary supply chains (foodtech, food equipment, mechanics) are driven by its products and processes. Together with food, an articulated economy grows that includes catering, hospitality and services. The fortunes of national food are linked to its association with tradition. Its future, however, depends on its ability to project these values into a tumultuously changing world. The environmental emergency, changes in demand, the restructuring of distribution channels, new geographies of consumption and production, the threats and opportunities posed by new technologies: around these ‘breaking’ points, agrifood companies will have to review their processes and strategies, their way of relating to markets and production and territorial ecosystems. The book analyses the challenges facing food companies and maps out possible trajectories of development and innovation.

Gordon Jephtas (1943–92) was born into an impoverished, coloured, single-parent family in South Africa. He began piano lessons after being intrigued by the harmonium player at the local church. In his teens he worked as an accompanist with the amateur coloured opera group “Eoan” in Cape Town, then moved to Europe to further his studies. His first big break came in 1972 when the Zurich Opera House appointed him to assist the conductor Nello Santi. Jephtas thereafter established an international reputation as a vocal coach of Italian opera, and Switzerland provided him with a liberal environment where he was free to express his sexuality. Both there and later in the USA, Jephtas worked with the biggest names in the opera world, from Renata Tebaldi to Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé and Luciano Pavarotti. He always longed to be accepted back in South Africa, but his attempts to return culminated each time in disaster because talent and experience meant little in a land where “whiteness” trumped everything. An official offer to be made an “honorary white” merely intensified his inner turmoil. Back in the USA, Jephtas’s professional success was tempered by private misfortune. He died in New York in 1992. This book examines the life and career of Gordon Jephtas through the letters that he wrote home to May Abrahamse, a coloured singer with whom he had worked since his teens. They reveal in unique detail the life and achievements of a remarkable musician, but also the psychological damage wrought upon him by apartheid. Jephtas provides a fascinating case study of a gifted South African abroad, struggling with issues of race and sexuality at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2022, held in Hamburg, Germany, in May 2022. The 36 regular papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 129 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: haptic science; haptic technology; and haptic applications.

Dieses Open-Access-Buch zeigt, wie Kommunen in Zeiten multipler Krisen durch zukunftsorientierte Entwicklungsstrategien und engagiertes Umsetzen zu Innovationsmotoren und Hoffnungsträgern für eine positive Transformation werden können. Die globalen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit – von der Klimakrise über geopolitische Spannungen bis hin zu wirtschaftlichen Unsicherheiten – sind in den Städten und Gemeinden unmittelbar spürbar. Die Verantwortlichen stehen vor der schwierigen Aufgabe, Lösungen zu entwickeln und gemeinsam mit den Menschen umzusetzen, die ökologisch tragfähig, ökonomisch sinnvoll und sozial gerecht sind und dabei eine Verwaltungskultur zu etablieren, die Kooperation und Gestaltungsfreude fördert. Dieses Werk stellt innovative Ansätze und bewährte Strategien vor, mit denen Kommunen ihre Schlüsselrolle in der Transformation wahrnehmen können. Beispiele aus dem kommunalen Alltag zeigen, wie der Wandel mit Begeisterung und Freude gestaltet werden kann. Das Buch soll Mut machen, einladen, bestärken und inspirieren. Der Inhalt WHY – Warum kommunale Nachhaltigkeit ein Zukunftstreiber ist WHAT – Handlungs- und Gestaltungsfelder der Nachhaltigkeit WHO – Akteure kommunaler Nachhaltigkeit HOW – Instrumente und Prozesse

Im Juni 1976 wurde die Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft gegründet. Fünf Jahrzehnte hat sie seitdem als diskursive Kraft in Deutschland gewirkt und viele Reformimpulse gegeben. Ihre Absicht, die Gesellschaft durch Kultur zu demokratisieren, ist auf eine breite Resonanz gestoßen und auch ihr Ansatz der konzeptbasierten Kulturpolitik ist allgemein akzeptiert. Die Beiträger*innen beschreiben im »Jahrbuch für Kulturpolitik« zum 50. Jubiläum der Kulturpolitischen Gesellschaft die Diskursgeschichte des Verbands in fünf Dekadenschritten und sparen dabei die gesellschaftlichen Hintergründe nicht aus – ein Überblick über die Kulturpolitikgeschichte in Deutschland, deren Aufarbeitung erst in den Kinderschuhen steckt.

Advancing U.S. Latino Entrepreneurship examines business formation and success among Latinos by identifying arrangements that enhance entrepreneurship and by understanding the sociopolitical contexts that shape entrepreneurial trajectories. While it is well known that Latinos make up one of the largest and fastest growing populations in the U.S., Latino-owned businesses are now outpacing this population growth and the startup business growth of all other demographic groups in the country. The institutional arrangements shaping business formation are no level playing field. Minority entrepreneurs face racism and sexism, but structural barriers are not the only obstacles that matter; there are agentic barriers and coethnics present challenges as well as support to each other. Yet minorities engage in business formation, and in doing so, change institutional arrangements by transforming the attitudes of society and the practices of policymakers. The economic future of the country is tied to the prospects of Latinos forming and growing business. The diversity of Latino experience constitutes an economic resource for those interested in forming businesses that appeal to native-born citizens and fellow immigrants alike, ranging from local to national to international markets. This book makes a substantial contribution to the literature on entrepreneurship and wealth creation by focusing on Latinos, a population vastly understudied on these topics, by describing processes and outcomes for Latino entrepreneurs. Unfairly, the dominant story of Latinos—especially Mexican Americans—is that of dispossession and its consequences. Advancing U.S. Latino Entrepreneurship makes clear the undiminished ambitions of Latinos as well as the transformative relationships among people, their practices, and the political context in which they operate. The reality of Latino entrepreneurs demands new attention and focus.

An antidote to mathematical rigor mortis, teaching how to guess answers without needing a proof or an exact calculation.In problem solving, as in street fighting, rules are for fools: do whatever works—don't just stand there! Yet we often fear an unjustified leap even though it may land us on a correct result. Traditional mathematics teaching is largely about solving exactly stated problems exactly, yet life often hands us partly defined problems needing only moderately accurate solutions. This engaging book is an antidote to the rigor mortis brought on by too much mathematical rigor, teaching us how to guess answers without needing a proof or an exact calculation.In Street-Fighting Mathematics, Sanjoy Mahajan builds, sharpens, and demonstrates tools for educated guessing and down-and-dirty, opportunistic problem solving across diverse fields of knowledge—from mathematics to management. Mahajan describes six tools: dimensional analysis, easy cases, lumping, picture proofs, successive approximation, and reasoning by analogy. Illustrating each tool with numerous examples, he carefully separates the tool—the general principle—from the particular application so that the reader can most easily grasp the tool itself to use on problems of particular interest. Street-Fighting Mathematics grew out of a short course taught by the author at MIT for students ranging from first-year undergraduates to graduate students ready for careers in physics, mathematics, management, electrical engineering, computer science, and biology. They benefited from an approach that avoided rigor and taught them how to use mathematics to solve real problems.Street-Fighting Mathematics will appear in print and online under a Creative Commons Noncommercial Share Alike license.

Begabungs- und Leistungsfrderung als Kernaufgabe in Schulen und im Unterricht verankern: Das ist Ziel von Leistung macht Schul (LemaS). Aus der Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaft und Schulen und daraus resultierenden Forschungsergebnissen sind drei Publikationen entstanden, die die konkreten Ergebnisse und wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse aus der ersten Frderphase der Bund-Lnder-Initiative Leistung macht Schule prsentieren. Der Band stellt Wirkungen und Nutzen der gemeinsam mit den Schulen entwickelten und erprobten Produkte vor und informiert ber Erkenntnisse aus der LemaS-Forschung sowie ber die Arbeit in der Initiative.Teil 1 enthlt verbund bergreifende Erkenntnisse und Impulse aus den letzten fnf Jahren und Ergebnisse aus den verbundbergreifenden Erhebungen. Im zweiten Teil werden die Produkte mit Fallbeispielen und Erfahrungsberichten aus den Schulen vorgestellt, die das Innovationspotenzial von LemaS aufzeigen. Teil 3 gibt einen Ausblick auf die Transferphase, an der ab Juli 2023 bis zu 1.000 weitere Schulen bundesweit beteiligt sind.Der Band ist fr Forschende und Studierende aus den Bereichen Begabungsforschung, Bildungsforschung, Lehrerbildung, Psychologie und Pdagogik interessant, aber auch fr Multiplikator:innen und neue LemaS-Schulen, Lander und Landesinstitute.

It is estimated that literally billions of residents in urban and peri-urban areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America are served by onsite sanitation systems (e.g. various types of latrines and septic tanks). Until recently, the management of faecal sludge from these onsite systems has been grossly neglected, partially as a result of them being considered temporary solutions until sewer-based systems could be implemented. However, the perception of onsite or decentralized sanitation technologies for urban areas is gradually changing, and is increasingly being considered as long-term, sustainable options in urban areas, especially in low- and middle-income countries that lack sewer infrastructures. This is the first book dedicated to faecal sludge management. It compiles the current state of knowledge of the rapidly evolving field of faecal sludge management, and presents an integrated approach that includes technology, management, and planning based on Sandecs 20 years of experience in the field. Faecal Sludge Management: Systems Approach for Implementation and Operation addresses the organization of the entire faecal sludge management service chain, from the collection and transport of sludge, and the current state of knowledge of treatment options, to the final end use or disposal of treated sludge. The book also presents important factors to consider when evaluating and upscaling new treatment technology options. The book is designed for undergraduate and graduate students, and engineers and practitioners in the field who have some basic knowledge of environmental and/or wastewater engineering.

The construction practices we employ in our daily life in European societies today were shaped by major changes in the past, such as the introduction and dissemination of Portland cement and reinforced concrete, a development that constitutes a fundamental chapter in the history of construction in the 19th and 20th centuries. Such changes were boosted by several innovations in the fields of applied mathematics, chemistry and physics. They involved patents licensing, optimization of materials production and machinery. There were new legislative frameworks, a specific knowledge transfer within a network of actors and the transformation of hierarchical frameworks. Written by international specialists, this two-part book is centred on case studies from the UK, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Italy. The first part explores the mutual international influence between these countries and their intrinsic characteristics in this field, resulting from each nation’s particular economic, social, political, cultural and technological conditions. The second part focuses on the history of public works companies. Capable of carrying out both private works and major infrastructures, these players exemplify the technological and business advances that the construction sector has experienced over the last two centuries. This book is a must-read for researchers on contemporary construction history in Europe. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Create Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-ND) license.

As smartphones mediate more of our activities, they are changing our relationship with meaning. To a teenager, for example a “conversation” is just as likely to refer to an exchange of text messages as it is a face-to-face discussion. Meanwhile, Facebook has redefined what friendship means, Snapchat what a memory means, etc. The kinds of changes smartphones bring are happening at rapid pace: TikTok reached a billion users in just over three years, whereas it took the telephone 75 years to reach a tenth of that number of people. Meaningful Technologies: How Digital Metaphors Change the Way We Think and Live by Eric Chown and Fernando Nascimento offers systematic reconsideration of the ways in which digital technologies impact our lives both individually and collectively. Metaphors aren’t just a clever way to describe technology, they are also changing the way we think. When we click on a picture of a shopping cart it connects a complex set of technologies to represent a simple idea that we’re all familiar with. A heart icon under a photo is understood as an easy way to express appreciation. We aren’t required to understand how technology works, just how we interact with it. The ambiguity of metaphors, and the complexity of technology can also hide important realities about what is being described. “The cloud,” for example, actually consists of very real data centers, which consume huge amounts of natural resources to keep running. Meanwhile, pressing that heart icon on a photo is a signal to the artificial intelligences running in your app that you want to see more things like that photo and that it should adjust what it knows about you accordingly. There is a constant feedback loop between us and the digital technologies we use. We are constantly using them and they are changing us through their usage. Meaningful Technologies focuses on this loop from the perspectives of hermeneutic philosophy and cognitive science. Through the former, the authors examine meaning and how it changes over time. Through the latter, they gain understanding of how this feedback loop impacts individuals, especially in terms of learning and attention. Chown and Nascimento argue that, on the one hand, apps have a kind of agency never before possible in a technology, but also that, armed with a critical framework for examining such apps, we can regain some of our own agency. This book will appeal to scholars of digital media digital and computational studies, and those interested in issues related to ethical impacts of digital technologies.

This book addresses a persistent gap in the political ethics literature: The disconnect between political ethics as a theoretical discipline and the ethical dilemmas that politicians face in political practice. It highlights how elected officials navigate ethical challenges in their representative roles, providing readers with an accessible view of the ethical landscape that underpins political decision-making. The book features a novel integration of ethical theory and political practice. Through extensive interviews with Swedish parliamentarians, the book captures how politicians reason about key aspects of political ethics—including transparency, honesty and compromise—as well as their views on virtues, vices and the most challenging political dilemmas. By examining ethical challenges from parliamentarians’ own perspectives, the book reveals under-theorized aspects of political ethics and introduces new analytical categories, such as perceived powerlessness, dual ethical spheres and the role of judgment in everyday decisions. In doing so, it tackles foundational challenges in political ethics and opens pathways for normative analysis, primarily in offering an empirical basis for discussions on whether this is indeed how politicians ought to reason about political ethics. The Everyday Ethics of Politics will appeal to researchers and graduate students working in ethics, political philosophy and political theory. By integrating empirical and theoretical approaches in the social sciences, the book also speaks to a broader academic audience interested in methodological integration. Most importantly, it aims to engage citizens and politicians who are concerned with the health of representative democratic governance.

German radicals of the 1960s announced the death of literature. For them, literature both past and present, as well as conventional discussions of literary issues, had lost its meaning. In The Institution of Criticism, Peter Uwe Hohendahl explores the implications of this crisis from a Marxist perspective and attempts to define the tasks and responsibilities of criticism in advanced capitalist societies. Hohendahl takes a close look at the social history of literary criticism in Germany since the eighteenth century. Drawing on the tradition of the Frankfurt School and on Jürgen Habermas’s concept of the public sphere, Hohendahl sheds light on some of the important political and social forces that shape literature and culture. The Institution of Criticism is made up of seven essays originally published in German and a long theoretical introduction written by the author with English-language readers in mind. This book conveys the rich possibilities of the German perspective for those who employ American and French critical techniques and for students of contemporary critical theory. ; German radicals of the 1960s announced the death of literature. For them, literature both past and present, as well as conventional discussions of literary issues, had lost its meaning. In The Institution of Criticism, Peter Uwe Hohendahl explores the implications of this crisis from a Marxist perspective and attempts to define the tasks and responsibilities of criticism in advanced capitalist societies. Hohendahl takes a close look at the social history of literary criticism in Germany since the eighteenth century. Drawing on the tradition of the Frankfurt School and on Jürgen Habermas's concept of the public sphere, Hohendahl sheds light on some of the important political and social forces that shape literature and culture. The Institution of Criticism is made up of seven essays originally published in German and a long theoretical introduction written by the author with English-language readers in mind. This book conveys the rich possibilities of the German perspective for those who employ American and French critical techniques and for students of contemporary critical theory.

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Mit außer(hoch)schulischen Partnern gesellschaftliche Probleme lösen: Das ist der Kerngedanke von Transfer in den Geistes-, Gesellschafts- und Bildungswissenschaften. Dieses Buch bündelt Best Practices und gibt Impulse für diese »Third Mission«. Als BMBF-geförderte »Innovative Hochschule« hat die Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg in den Sektoren »Interkulturelle Bildung«, »Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung«, »Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung« und »MINT-Bildung« bildungswissenschaftliche Innovationen u.a. mit Unternehmen und Kommunen erprobt und weiterentwickelt. Für eine Stärkung des Netzwerkmanagements, von Open Science und Social Media sowie von Innovations- und Gründungsberatung hat sie zudem ein Transferzentrum gegründet.