Thoughts on an Algorithmic Practice

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190226992.013.36 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Warren Burt

Keyword(s):

Social Context ◽

Social Contact ◽

Music Video ◽

Economic Sustainability ◽

The Social ◽

The Creation

In this chapter, the composer of algorithmic compositions discusses in detail the creation and application of a range of nondeterministic processes to his own music, video, and verbal composition. In particular, the chapter discusses the more intuitive use of these processes over the last decade or so, and its relation to increasing involvement with improvisation. After considering three particular works and the resources chosen for them (some of music, some of text and some of procedures or formulations with overpowering diversity), the chapter concludes with a discussion of the social context of a contemporary algorithmic musician, and its lack of direct social contact and of economic sustainability.

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Waiting for the Right One: The Role of Social Proximity and Location in the Decision to Use Cannabis for the First Time

Journal of Drug Issues ◽

10.1177/0022042618788835 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 625-644 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Martin Bouchard ◽

Krysta L. Dawson ◽

Morena Anamali

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Social Context ◽

Social Contact ◽

Factors Associated ◽

The Social ◽

Canadian City ◽

The Right ◽

First Time ◽

Do So

The study examines the social context of a cannabis offer, an outcome rarely examined in research on substance use. Drawing from a survey conducted among 15-year-old students in a mid-sized Canadian city, we examine (a) the differences between three types of users (immediate, late, and nonusers) and (b) the factors associated with accepting a cannabis offer more quickly. The findings show that 40% of the sample received an offer, that 25% of those who accept an offer do so on the first occasion, and that among the others, it takes up to seven offers before accepting. The social context of the offer distinguishes between the types of users, and offers are accepted more quickly when adolescents are first offered by a close social contact, and when the offer occurs in familiar settings. The study also identifies a type of nonuser, those who are exposed to drugs but decide not to participate.

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Introduction

Meaningful Inefficiencies ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190870140.003.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Eric Gordon ◽

Gabriel Mugar

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Social Context ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Research Methodology ◽

New Technologies ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Digital Culture ◽

The Social ◽

The Creation

The introduction introduces the concept of civic design and the social context from which it arises. Civic designers are practitioners working within public-serving organizations (government, news, and civil society), many of which are experiencing pressure to adopt new technologies and be responsive to a digital culture. These practitioners are pushing up against pressures to incorporate digital technologies for enhanced efficiency in order to build trust and forge new relationships with a plurality of publics. Each is engaging in the creation of meaningful inefficiencies, which is the intentional design of less efficient over more efficient means of achieving some ends. The introduction describes the conceptual framework surrounding these practices and explains the research methodology. Finally, each of the book’s chapters is introduced.

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