Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Gosden
Keyword(s):  
Traditional View ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Geographical Locations ◽  
New Framework ◽  
The Way

Prehistory covers the period of some four million years before the start of written history, when our earliest ancestors, the Australopithecines, existed in Africa. Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction invites us to think about who we are by considering who we have been. There have been many archaeological discoveries over the last ten years, with a new framework for prehistory emerging. Greater understanding of Chinese and central Asian prehistory shows Eurasian prehistory in a different light, changing the traditional view of human progress around the invention of agriculture and development of cities. This VSI explores the new landscape of our prehistory, considering the way the different geographical locations weave together.

scholarly journals Scrum: A new framework applied to education

Eduweb ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Antonieta Kuz
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Agile Methodologies ◽  
Full Development ◽  
New Framework ◽  
The Way

The digital transformation entails the inclusion and development of agile methodologies that allow adapting the way of working to the conditions of the project, achieving flexibility to the specific circumstances of the environment by working collaboratively. The extrapolation of Scrum to education pursues a purely practical and experiential learning, with the aim of achieving the full development of its autonomy, abilities and skills. Consequently, the objective pursued by this article is to highlight the different topics that are considered when working with Scrum and presenting one example of the application of agile methodologies in the classroom eduScrum.

Traveling Policies: Hijacked in Central Asia

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iveta Silova
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
National Boundaries ◽  
The Way

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asian education reform discourses have become increasingly similar to distinctive Western policy discourses traveling globally across national boundaries. Tracing the trajectory of ‘traveling policies' in Central Asia, this article discusses the way Western education discourses have been hybridized in the encounter with collectivist and centralist cultures within post-socialist environments in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. In the context of international aid relationships, the article considers different motivations and driving forces for reforms, the way pre-Soviet and Soviet traditions are affirmed within the reforms, as well as how these reforms speak back to Western reform agenda. Emphasizing the historical legacy of Soviet centralist traditions, this article reveals how traveling policies have been ‘hijacked’ by local policy makers and used for their own purposes nationally.

Minority Nations and Self-determination: A Proposal for the Regulation of Sovereignty Processes

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 402-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Significant Challenge ◽  
The Core ◽  
Constitutional System ◽  
New Framework ◽  
The Way

Basque and Catalan demands for legitimising political accommodation, solely on the basis of the democratic will of their residents, poses a significant challenge to the Spanish constitutional system. The core of the debate in this kind of conflict revolves around the so-called “right to decide” which commonly finds its expression in the capacity to hold a referendum over sovereignty matters. The path opened by Quebec, Scotland and other minority nations are considered by some to constitute evidence of the democratic need to include this right as a new accommodation formula. Incorporating a “sovereigntist proceeding” into the legal system(s) may pave the way to a new framework aimed at solving the significant constitutional problems that exist in Spain and other countries. I suggest that such a procedure could be incorporated and regulated in the existing legal systems and provide some guidelines that could be adopted when drafting the aforementioned regulation.

scholarly journals Embryological Models in Ancient Philosophy

Phronesis ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin Henry
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Philosophy ◽  
Traditional View ◽  
Special Model ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Biological Development ◽  
Self Organisation ◽  
Contemporary Technology ◽  
The Way

AbstractHistorically embryogenesis has been among the most philosophically intriguing phenomena. In this paper I focus on one aspect of biological development that was particularly perplexing to the ancients: self-organisation. For many ancients, the fact that an organism determines the important features of its own development required a special model for understanding how this was possible. This was especially true for Aristotle, Alexander, and Simplicius, who all looked to contemporary technology to supply that model. However, they did not all agree on what kind of device should be used. In this paper I explore the way these ancients made use of technology as a model for the developing embryo. I argue that their di ff erent choices of device reveal fundamental di ff erences in the way each thinker understood the nature of biological development itself. In the fi nal section of the paper I challenge the traditional view (dating back to Alexander's interpretation of Aristotle) that the use of automata in GA can simply be read o ff from their use in the de motu.

The Establishment of the Virtual Performance Space in Rock

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALLAN F. MOORE ◽  
RUTH DOCKWRAY
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Sound Sources ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Performance Space ◽  
Temporal Continuity ◽  
Music Recordings ◽  
Geographical Locations ◽  
The Way

AbstractAnalysis of the spatial elements of popular music recordings can be made by way of the ‘sound-box’, a concept that acknowledges the way sound sources are perceived to exist in four dimensions: laterality, register, prominence, and temporal continuity. By late 1972 producers working across a range of styles and in different geographical locations had adopted a normative positioning of sound sources across these dimensions. In 1965 no such norm existed. This article contextualizes the notion of the sound-box within academic discourse on popular music and explores the methodology employed by a research project that addressed the gradual coming-into-existence of the norm, which the project defined as the diagonal mix. A taxonomy of types of mix is offered, and a chronology of the adoption of the diagonal mix in rock is presented.

scholarly journals Problem of Ideology in Biblical Studies

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Randall Reed
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Social World ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Traditional View ◽  
Ideological Criticism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ideological Space ◽  
Marxist Tradition ◽  
Explicit Discussion ◽  
The Way

The issue of ideology is one which is still in need of discussion in biblical studies. In this article I will map the way that the various strains of social approaches to New Testament have started to address this issue, though often indirectly. I will then move to an explicit discussion of the issue making reference to the Marxist tradition focusing on Marx, Althusser and Žižek. I will argue that rather than the more traditional view which focuses on a non-ideological space like science, a better approach is one championed by Žižek which looks for gaps and cracks in the social world which then lend themselves to ideological criticism.

Genomics: A Very Short Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Archibald
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Human Genome ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
The Future ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Genetic Makeup ◽  
Society Today ◽  
Personalize Medicine ◽  
The Way

Genomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism’s complete genetic makeup has changed the way science is done and the questions that can be asked of it. Genomics: A Very Short Introduction explores the science of genomics and its rapidly expanding toolbox. Sequencing a human genome can now take only a few days and those of simple bacteria and viruses, a matter of hours. The resulting sequences can be used to better understand our biology in health and disease and to ‘personalize’ medicine. This VSI explains the implications for science and society today and in the future.

Logic: A Very Short Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Priest
Keyword(s):  
Decision Theory ◽  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Formal Logic ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Existence Of God ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Technical Terms ◽  
The Way

Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. Logic: A Very Short Introduction shows how wrong this conception is. It explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability and decision theory. Along the way, the basics of formal logic are explained in simple, non-technical terms, showing that logic is a powerful and exciting part of modern philosophy. It also covers the subjects of algorithms and axioms, and proofs in mathematics.

scholarly journals Friends, Fellows, and Foes: A New Framework for Studying Relational Peace

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Söderström ◽  
Malin Åkebo ◽  
Anna K Jarstad
Keyword(s):  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Relational View ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Relational Concept ◽  
Peace And War ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Multiple Interactions ◽  
New Framework ◽  
The Way

Abstract In this article, we suggest that taking a relational view of peace seriously is a fruitful avenue for expanding current theoretical frameworks surrounding peace as a concept. Paving the way for such an approach, this article conducts a review of the literature that takes on peace as a relational concept. We then return to how a relationship is conceptualized, before turning to how such components would be further defined in order to specify relational peace. Based on this framework, we argue that a peaceful relationship entails deliberation, non-domination, and cooperation between the actors in the dyad; the actors involved recognize and trust each other and believe that the relationship is either one between legitimate fellows or one between friends. The article clarifies the methodological implications of studying peace in this manner. It also demonstrates some of the advantages of this approach, as it shows how peace and war can coexist in webs of multiple interactions, and the importance of studying relations, and how actors understand these relationships, as a way of studying varieties of peace.

A Privacy Agreement Negotiation Model in B2C E-Commerce Transactions

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Murthy V. Rallapalli
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Negotiation Model ◽  
Privacy Model ◽  
The Web ◽  
New Framework ◽  
The Way

This article presents an alternate approach to effectively address the way privacy agreements are initiated through web services. In this new framework, the consumer and the service provider can mutually negotiate on the privacy terms. It contains a privacy model in which the transaction takes place after a negotiation between the service provider and the web user is completed. In addition, this framework would support various negotiation levels of the agreement lifecycle which is an important aspect of the dynamic environment of a B2C e-commerce scenario. A third party trusted agency and a privacy filter are included to handle privacy information of the web user. The author seeks to raise awareness of the issues surrounding privacy transactions and the potential ongoing impact to both service providers and clients as the use of web services accelerates.

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