Cosmologies, Truth Regimes, and the State in Southeast Asia

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Day ◽  
Craig J. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
The State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cable Tv ◽  
Middle Classes ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
The Past ◽  
Knowledge Formation

It has been said that post-capitalist society is a ‘knowledge society.’ Certainly the revolution in information technology has made the issue of knowledge production controversial and topical. Southeast Asian societies, while they may not be post-capitalist, have a thirst for knowledge as their capitalist classes become more complex and search for solutions to their problems. These problems of the middle classes are not only commercial, professional, and political, but also personal, psychological, and familial. Cable TV, satellite services, CD-ROM, the Internet, and so forth, sensitize us to the production, formatting, transmission, and reception of knowledge not only in our own age but also in the past. Since early times the state has been both shaped by and involved itself in the processes of knowledge formation and dissemination.

Alvar Aalto: An Anthill Under the Undulating Sky. A Critical View of Finnish Networking

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Marco Bruno
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Architectural Theory ◽  
Critical View ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Personal Accounts ◽  
The Many ◽  
Growing Network

The many speculative writings found in Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's notes show an interesting array of information about the construction of a knowledge society, and the formation of networks, in which sharing and exchanging new knowledge among different bodies of architectural agencies become possible. These notes reveal insightful remarks, his personal accounts on the Internet and the growing Network Society that could be regarded as pioneering scholarly engagements, which still further stimulate new and profoundly articulated reflections in architectural theory. At the same time, these notes also encourage further scholarly studies on the possible relationships between time and space on philosophical grounds. With respect to his writings, one can summarize Aalto's contribution under three major headings: the future is nestled in the past; often what is sought is located in the unthinkable; and of many, Alvar Aalto will never cease to be new, unexpected and innovative in his design thinking methods and procedures.

Between Tradition and Innovation in ICT and Teaching

2008 ◽  
pp. 456-463
Author(s):  
Antonio Cartelli
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Past

During the past few decades, the expanded use of PCs and the Internet introduced many changes in human activities and cooperated in the transformation process leading from the industrial society to the knowledge society.

Between Tradition and Innovation in ICT and Teaching

2011 ◽  
pp. 159-165
Author(s):  
Antonio Cartelli
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Past

During the past few decades, the expanded use of PCs and the Internet introduced many changes in human activities and cooperated in the transformation process leading from the industrial society to the knowledge society.

Lost spectacle: Media consumption by Kashmiri youth in the absence of cinema halls

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gowhar Farooq
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Media Culture ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
Compact Disk ◽  
Global Media ◽  
Cable Tv ◽  
Childhood And Youth ◽  
The Media ◽  
Compact Disks

Hardline militants forced the cinema halls in Kashmir into closure in 1989. As heavy militarization ensued, several spaces, including cinema halls, were transformed into structures where people, especially young men, were detained and tortured by soldiers and militia. The generations born after the 1980s, therefore, grew up in a cinema-less, militarized world. In the absence of functional cinema halls, they, for years, relied on the state broadcaster for movies and media. Later – although under tremendous threat from extremists – a network of local cable TV operators, who functioned without licences, provided some succour. They were followed by pirate video-cassette and compact-disk parlours that provided people with a means to stay connected to movie culture. And, while the scene changed with the arrival of satellite TV, computers and later the internet, which connected the youth of the region to the larger global media culture, the absence of cinema persists. This article aims to explore how youth, born after the 1980s, associate with cinema halls of Kashmir and what the loss of the cinema viewing culture means to them. To this end, I intend to look into cinema culture before the 1990s and the politics around the closure of cinema halls. The article will also put into perspective the arrival of satellite TV and the circulation of pirated video cassettes, compact disks and videos of the funerals of rebels that were filmed and circulated by rental shops. These practices and processes, which shaped the childhood and youth of several generations in Kashmir, offer insights into the media consumption and the role the state and its apparatuses have in shaping the youth in a conflict-ridden and militarized region of the Global South.

scholarly journals Cloud Computing Implementation Level in Portuguese Companies

2016 ◽  
pp. 1675-1693
Author(s):  
Osvaldo Ferreira ◽  
Fernando Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
The State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
Service Models ◽  
Implementation Level

The Information Technology (IT) has suffered many advances in recent years due to the development of new hardware and software solutions. These major changes have been noted in recent times in how we interact with applications and services in IT. Cloud computing provides services and applications over the Internet with the promise of infinite capacity and service models of “pay-as-you-go”. In this chapter we describe the main characteristics of Cloud computing, future expectations and analyzes the state of knowledge and implementation in Portuguese companies.

scholarly journals Una propuesta para administrar las TIC en el COBAY Valladolid

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-56
Author(s):  
Jesús Antonio Santos Tejero ◽  
Juan Pablo Ucán Pech
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Academic Support ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
The State ◽  
Network Services ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Network Area ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Effective Use

El uso efectivo de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) en la educación permite hacer que la enseñanza sea más fácil y rápida para los estudiantes. En este artículo, se presenta una propuesta de diseño e implementación de servicios de red para administrar los recursos tecnológicos que ofrece el Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Yucatán (COBAY), Valladolid, con esta propuesta la meta es la mejora y ampliación de los servicios de red disponibles en el mismo plantel. El COBAY, Plantel 10 ubicado en Valladolid Yucatán, es una institución educativa que imparte educación de nivel medio superior y cuenta con una infraestructura que incluye el uso de las TIC, sin embargo, específicamente en el área de redes, carece de los servicios que permitan optimizar los equipos y los recursos de red disponibles en el plantel, como la distribución y uso de Internet, así como de aplicaciones de apoyo a la docencia. The effective use of Information Technology and Communications (ITC) in education makes teaching easier and faster for students. In this article, is presented a proposal of design and implementation of network services to manage technological resources offered by the college of bachelors in the state of Yucatán (COBAY) in Valladolid city, the goal with this proposal is the improvement and expansion of network services available on the Campus. El COBAY 10th campus located in Valladolid Yucatan, is an educational institution that provides mid-level education and it has an infrastructure that includes the use of ITC, however specifically on the network area, it has not enough services that allow to optimize the network services on the equipment available on the campus including the distribution and use of the internet and academic support.

Platformization, panentertainment and piracy: What the fast-changing Chinese mediasphere tells us about technology, policy and the state

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shujen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Past ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
Moving Media ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
National Information ◽  
Platform Economy

The recent rise of media platforms in China is in line with China’s ‘going out’ policy of the past two decades, as well as with the Internet Plus and other state sponsored national information technology-related initiatives. The intellectual property-centred pan entertainment strategy further signals a change in the platforms’ content production, distribution and reception. The spin-off driven, derivative platform culture means content, and intellectual property, have become the front and centre of this new digital economy. This article examines the fast-moving media and cultural ecosystem in China in relation to the state, globalization, technology and piracy. More specifically, it looks at platform/distribution in the context of convergence while investigates questions of online piracy and copyright enforcements. This article concludes that China’s global ambition, coupled with its copyright-centred platform economy, marks a historical moment in which China transitions from being a copyright violator to a copyright enforcer.

The ARRA Websites through the Lens of Digital Accountability and Citizen Engagement

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ernita Joaquin ◽  
Thomas J. Greitens
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Services ◽  
The State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Citizen Engagement ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Digital Democracy ◽  
Modern Information

Modern information technology offers new ways of fulfilling democracy’s goals. Various public services are now more efficiently facilitated through the Internet. Online information, particularly in regard to budgetary matters makes governments visible and open. Efforts remain inadequate, however, in harnessing electronic means to foster greater links between governments and citizens. In this chapter we argue that performance-based government accountability should accompany efforts to increase citizen engagement. We explore this area using a recent, intergovernmental arena of e-governance: the state websites for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). We find that states are better at including engagement data than at demonstrating performance-based accountability. At the end of the chapter we suggest enhancing e-governance relationships through a dialogue on performance and sustaining digital democracy, including its intergovernmental aspects.

scholarly journals State Sphere Shift into Public Sphere: E-Musrenbang Surabaya City

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-403
Author(s):  
Eddy Christijanto
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
The State ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

This research was conducted to find out how a space formed by the government (state sphere) has the potential to turn into a public sphere which is deliberative because of the involvement of information technology. This research was carried out on the use of information technology in the implementation of electronic development planning meetings (E-musrenbang) in the City of Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. This research was conducted qualitatively using a critical approach. The data processed and analyzed were obtained from community leaders in four villages in Surabaya. As a result, this study shows that the internet has provided opportunities for people to make the state sphere as a public sphere where people can act further and more freely as citizens to voice their aspirations, opinions, and ideas. As such, indirectly the participation of the community to be involved in regional development can be pushed to a higher level.

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