Lessons in “Bad Love”: Film Noir and the Rise of the American Oil Regime in Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour (1945)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
MATTHEW PANGBORN
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Film Noir ◽  
Oil Consumption ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Affective Dimension

This article examines Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour (1945) as an example of film noir's exploration of the affective dimension of early oil-regime America. Drawing on the work of energy-humanities scholars, the article finds the film, and by extension the genre, providing a much-needed ground-level perspective on the efforts of industry and government to stimulate oil consumption by creating desires in a public struggling with the inherent paradoxes of new technologies, foremost among them the car. The automobile gave rise to “automobility,” seemingly an expansion of democratic freedoms, yet that new way of life also entrapped its participants within destructive habits of consumption involving an entire suite of beliefs, practices, habits, and other technologies. These features of the new life, in turn, were understood within a racialized narrative of whiteness to be productive rather than extractive habits. The shadowy and fated network to which film noir gestures, the article thus argues, is not some abstract metaphysical contemplation or generalized conclusion on a period of war, but a felt recognition of the ways the rapidly expanding network of extraction, distribution, and consumption was compelling Americans to remake their lives in dramatic ways that felt beyond their control.

Cooperation between a Distance Teaching University and an On-Campus University

2013 ◽  
pp. 115-123
Author(s):  
Louise Bertrand
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Classroom Learning ◽  
Dual Mode

There are more and more reasons for combining distance learning with classroom learning, not only because of the availability of new technologies but also because of the changes they induce in the student’s relationship to knowledge and in their way of life. Nonetheless, there are few instances of dual-mode universities being created by combining a distance university with an on-campus university. This chapter relates the experience of merging a distance university (TELUQ) with an on-campus university (UQAM), the reasons behind the fusion, and the lessons learned from the experience.

Exploring Healthy Connection

2018 ◽  
pp. 171-187
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Bonds ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Health Related

Virtual social connection has become a way of life for many people. The continued implementation of new technologies in social interaction presents an ever-escalating need for researchers and practitioners to understand the implications of mediated interaction and virtual communities on human health and wellbeing. Accordingly, this chapter presents research on the salience of communication and social bonds in relation to human health and wellbeing, explores ways in which individual as well as relational health and wellbeing are affected by the use of social network sites, and argues a case for research on the health-related functions of expressive narratives in virtual settings such as online social networks. Considerations and future directions for research of these issues conclude this chapter.

Prediction of Gas Transport Through Ground and Atmosphere to Determine the Ability of Airborne Leak Detection Methods to Detect Pin-Hole Leaks From Buried Gas Pipelines

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. K. Botros ◽  
C. J. Ennis ◽  
J. Zhou ◽  
B. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Gas Transport ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Leak Detection ◽  
Leak Rate ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Solution Techniques

New technologies for airborne detection of gas pipeline leaks have been introduced to the pipeline industry and have undergone several field-testing attempts. These technologies are based on an airborne detection device mounted on a small aircraft flying along the right of way (ROW) of the pipeline. It is proposed that during initial commissioning of the pipeline, leak testing is performed by first pressurizing the pipeline section with natural gas, and then launching an airborne leak detection aircraft to fly along the ROW in multiple passes. A delay between the completion of the pipe section pressurization and the launching of the leak detection aircraft is required in order to establish a discernable concentration of methane in the atmosphere. This ‘wait time’ includes the time required for the leak to penetrate upwards through the backfill to the ground surface and to subsequently diffuse into the atmosphere. Accuracy and reliability of these technologies clearly depend on the leak rate (i.e. leak hole size and line pressure), the depth and properties of the backfill, atmospheric conditions, prevailing wind speed and direction, and the properties of air including diffusion parameters of natural gas into air. Additionally, the accuracy of these airborne methods also depends on the altitude at which the aircraft is flying along the pipeline ROW and the degree of offset of the flight path from the centerline of the ROW. The present paper outlines the fundamental governing equations and solution techniques to predict the temporal-spatial-dependent diffusion of gas leakage from a pinhole into the ground. The mechanism of the gas transport through the ground, whether it is advective or diffusive, is dependent on the Pe´clet number, which is predominantly driven by the leak rate. Likewise, the fundamental governing equations along with solution techniques to predict the diffusion of the breakthrough flux of gas at the ground level into the atmosphere are formulated. Results of the time for the gas to break through at ground level, the concentration and gas flux at ground level, and the vertical and lateral concentration profiles of the gas in the atmosphere are all presented to facilitate assessment of the sensitivity of the airborne leak detection methods to the different ground and atmospheric parameters for a given leak rate at a given source depth.

scholarly journals La ciudad elevada de Le Corbusier

ZARCH ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Zaparaín Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Key Words ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Effective Combination ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías

Muchas de las imágenes con las que Le Corbusier construyó su paisaje urbano procedían de las infraestructuras elevadas. Estas le aportaron dos visiones novedosas: se sustituía al tradicional observador a ras de suelo por la vista de pájaro y se superaba el estatismo de la perspectiva focal con un travelling dinámico desde el automóvil. Para conseguirlo, tomó prestada de la ingeniería civil la idea de crear una plataforma sobre pilotis, en la que disponer los edificios y las calles. Empleó la superposición de usos que permitía esa sección como instrumento urbanístico para zonificar y separar las circulaciones de lo habitacional. Esa plataforma, que al principio se limitaba al nivel inferior, evolucionó inspirándose en autopistas y puentes para definir algunos recursos plásticos que luego fueron imprescindibles en su arquitectura, como el viaducto habitado o la rampa, siempre asociados al movimiento y con dimensión territorial. De este análisis se desprende la habilidad corbuseriana para traducir las nuevas tecnologías a formas verdaderamente abstractas, su versatilidad para usar a diversas escalas los mismos elementos, la fidelidad a sus sistemas característicos y la capacidad para generar grandes iconos de la modernidad mediante la eficaz combinación propagandística de imágenes, gráficos y eslóganes. Palabras clave: Le Corbusier, ciudad, infraestructuras, circulaciones, viaductos Many of the images used by Le Corbusier to depict his urban landscape are from the high ways and bridges. This allowed him to change the traditional point of view in two ways: replacing the traditional observer at ground level by the bird's eye and changing the statism of the focal perspective which was replaced with a dynamic traveling from the car. To do this, he borrowed from civil engineering the idea of ​​creating a platform of pilotis, and to putting up the buildings and the streets. He used the superposition of uses that allowed that section as an urban planning instrument to zoning and separate the circulations of the housing. This platform, which at first was limited to the lower level, evolved inspired by motorways and bridges to define some plastic resources that were then essential in its architecture, such as the inhabited viaduct or ramp, always associated with movement and territorial dimension. This analysis reveals the ability of Le Corbusier to translate new technologies into truly abstract forms, his versatility to use the same elements at different scales, his fidelity to their characteristic systems and his ability to generate great icons of modernity through the effective combination of propaganda, images, graphics and slogans. Key words: Le Corbusier, city, road infrastructure, circulation, viaduct

scholarly journals The Energy Efficiency Gap in Turkish Maritime Transportation

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-106
Author(s):  
Olgun Konur ◽  
Murat Bayraktar ◽  
Murat Pamik ◽  
Barış Kuleyin ◽  
Mustafa Nuran
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Maritime Transportation ◽  
Fuel Oil ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Oil Consumption ◽  
Energy Efficiency Gap ◽  
Efficiency Gap

Abstract The Turkish Merchant Shipping Industry has recently witnessed an increasing awareness of the importance to minimize environmental pollution and fuel oil consumption. Together with certain non-governmental organizations and media concerns about environmental protection, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has been strict on controlling undesirable effects on the environment and, consequently, forcing shipping companies to minimize their emissions. Besides, today’s highly advanced technology companies over the world have developed various innovative systems that can be utilized to minimize carbon emission, thus giving assurance to relevant investors that their investments are most likely to turn out well with a considerable financial gain in the short or long term. Despite all such favorable developments, in a general look, shipping companies seem reluctant in making use of technologies providing efficiency in energy consumption. This reluctance has eventually brought about the term “Energy Efficiency Gap”. This research conducts a questionnaire, created by Acciaro et al. [1], among the shipping companies in Turkey. 20 respondent companies, who represent 26 percent of the Turkish owned merchant marine fleet of over 1000 gross tonnage in terms of deadweight cargo capacity, participated in the research. The Pearson correlation analysis was used, and interpretations were made according to the obtained statistical values. The aim of the research was to identify reasons and points restraining the use of new technologies regarding energy efficiency, as well as to develop proposals for the innovators in this field about how to overcome this handicap concerning technical and managerial aspects of gaining energy efficiency.

Understanding ICT

2013 ◽  
pp. 224-247
Author(s):  
Nazmunnessa Mahtab ◽  
Nehal Mahtab
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Poor Women ◽  
Ict For Development ◽  
Poor Rural Women

This chapter focuses on how e-Governance empowers women, specifically poor rural women. ICT for Development emerged as a new area of work in the mid-1990s at a time when the potential of new technologies was starting to be better understood. In poor countries, particularly rural women in Bangladesh, access to ICTs is still a faraway reality for the vast majority of these women as they are further removed from the information age, as they are unaware of the demonstrated benefit from ICTs to address ground-level development challenges. The barriers they face pose greater problems for the poor rural women, who are more likely to be illiterate, not know English, and lack opportunities for training in computer skills. Access to ICT can enable women to gain a stronger voice in their government and at the global level. ICT also offers women flexibility in time and space and can be of particular value to women who face social isolation, especially the women in the rural areas in Bangladesh. To represent the use of ICT, this chapter focuses on the use of “Mobile Phone” by the rural women of Bangladesh and how the use of mobile phones have helped in empowering rural poor women in Bangladesh.

5. The suburbanization of American culture

2018 ◽  
pp. 84-104
Author(s):  
Eric Avila
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
American Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
Film Noir ◽  
Pop Art ◽  
Rock And Roll ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Automobile Culture

After World War II, the United States emerged as the world’s dominant superpower, inaugurating a golden age of prosperity and abundance. Depression and war were over, affording time to enjoy the comforts of domestic normalcy. Yet the cultural record of that moment belied the cause for optimism. “The suburbanization of American culture” describes how postwar American culture registered a new set of spatial and racial tensions and codified a new suburban way of life. It considers Hollywood’s film noir genre; the soaring popularity of television in the 1950s; the development of shopping malls and theme parks; the increasing automobile culture; the rise of pop art and rock and roll; and the American youth radicalized by the Vietnam War.

scholarly journals The Construction of Identity in Digital Space

2018 ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragana Deh ◽  
Danica Glođović
Keyword(s):  
Second Life ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Factor ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Virtual Level ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The Individual

The construction of personality and its development through time is influenced by many factors, and as particularly important from the aspect of this essay, we would stress the social factor as well as the influence of digital space and existence: the participation of the individual in the digital world. The emergence of new technologies and the acceleration of the pace of life significantly contributes to the construction of identities in digital space, based on a number of influences, such as: the possibility of a ‘second life’, i.e. different presentation of oneself (of life) at the virtual level, an increase of social desirability, changing the perception of oneself and access to new acquaintances and experiences, and knowledge and information and selection of personal data. Digital identity opens the possibility of abuse and consequences. These include the circumstances of insufficient protection of privacy, discovery and illegal use of permanently memorized data in meta-media society and digital space, especially on social networks, and the possibility of manipulating and controlling the identity of another as well as the possibility of placement multiple identities, which brings questions the legitimacy of data. In addition to the fact that digital space has opened up possibilities for changing the way of life in all spheres, it seems that the most pronounced influence (both at the level of quality and quantity) is particularly visible on the changes in the design of the personal identity of the individual. Article received: March 23, 2018; Article accepted: April 10, 2018; Published online: September 15, 2018; Preliminary report – Short CommunicationsHow to cite this article: Deg, Dragana, Danica Glođović. "The Construction of Identity in Digital Space." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies 16 (2018): 101−111. doi: 10.25038/am.v0i16.257

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATION OF HORIZONTAL WELLS WITH MULTISTAGE FORMATION HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS IN THE FIELDS OPERATED BY GASPROMNEFT-NNG

2016 ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
A. A. Kononenko ◽  
K. A. Kononenko
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Economic Problem ◽  
Oil Consumption ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Continuous Growth

The characteristic feature of the present-day development of oil industry of Russia is a transition of many developed fields to a stage of declining production of hydrocarbon raw materials. At a continuous growth of oil consumption the mineral resources are exhausted which determines a need in solving the major economic problem formulated in the document «Power strategy of Russia for the period till 2030», i.e. ensuring high volumes of oil and gas production and increase of the oil recovery factor by 35-37 %. Currently, search for and development of new technologies and implementation of advanced methods of enhanced oil recovery will lead to improvement of the efficiency of the Russian energy sector, in particular, the fields developed by JSC «Gazpromneft-NNG».

scholarly journals Improvement of transport for the “Healthy Cities” planning

2018 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 01022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Mottaeva
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Healthy City ◽  
The Road ◽  
Air Pollutions ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
And Behavior

The article considers the idea of the "healthy city", which includes transport as one of the factors, influencing health of the urban environment of dwelling. The facts on the influence of air pollutions, noise and the road accidents on the ecological situation in the cities, on the way of life and behavior of people, their physical and mental health are analyzed in the article. According to the author, it is necessary to reduce harmful effects during construction of transport infrastructure as well as during housing construction by the means of new technologies, construction and insulating materials, competent city planning, proper placement and development of transport infrastructure. Besides, the author points out the considerable potential benefits of the use of motorless vehicles, such as bicycles, or refusal of transport in favor of pedestrian movement for the environment, for health and social wellbeing of people. That in turn will demand modernization of transport infrastructure of the cities.

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