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Multilokalität als Handlungssituation: Lokale Identifikation, Kosmopolitismus und ortsbezogenes Handeln unter Mobilitätsbedingungen (Forschung und Entwicklung in der Analytischen Soziologie)
by Knut PetzoldZunehmende Mobilisierungsanforderungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt machen das Pendeln zwischen Wohnorten erforderlich. Dieses auch als Multilokalität bezeichnete Phänomen ermöglicht die Analyse des Verhältnisses von Mobilität und lokalen Bezügen. Knut Petzold verbindet die Konzepte der lokalen Identifikation und des Kosmopolitismus mit handlungs- und einstellungstheoretischen sowie sozialpsychologischen Elementen, wobei Konsum und Engagement als ortsbezogene Handlungen berücksichtigt werden. Anhand der Daten einer Online-Erhebung überprüft der Autor ein Modell zur Entstehung und Wirkung von lokaler Identifikation und Kosmopolitismus bei individueller Mobilität.
Multimedia Communications, Services and Security: 6th International Conference, MCSS 2013, Krakow, Poland, June 6-7, 2013. Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #368)
by Andrzej Dziech Andrzej CzyzewskiThis volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Multimedia Communications, Services and Security, MCSS 2013, held in Krakow, Poland, in June 2013. The 27 full papers included in the volume were selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover various topics related to multimedia technology and its application to public safety problems.
Multimodal Pattern Recognition of Social Signals in Human-Computer-Interaction: First IAPR TC3 Workshop, MPRSS 2012, Tsukuba, Japan, November 11, 2012, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #7742)
by Friedhelm Schwenker Stefan Scherer Louis-Philippe MorencyThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the First IAPR TC3 Workshop on Pattern Recognition of Social Signals in Human-Computer-Interaction (MPRSS2012), held in Tsukuba, Japan in November 2012, in collaboration with the NLGD Festival of Games. The 21 revised papers presented during the workshop cover topics on facial expression recognition, audiovisual emotion recognition, multimodal Information fusion architectures, learning from unlabeled and partially labeled data, learning of time series, companion technologies and robotics.
Multinational Companies and Domestic Firms in Europe: Comparing Wages, Working Conditions and Industrial Relations
by K. Tijdens D. Gregory Maarten van KlaverenThe Social Effects of FDI on Multinational Companies and Domestic Firms compares and contrasts wages, working conditions and industrial relations processes in multinational and domestic companies. This book is an effort to map the social effects of FDI in a number of EU member states, in relation to the prevailing patterns of internationalization.
Multiple Access Communications: 6th International Workshop, MACOM 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania, December 16-17, 2013, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #8310)
by Magnus Jonsson Alexey Vinel Boris Bellalta Marina Ninoslav Dimitrova Desislava Dieter FiemsThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Multiple Access Communications, MACOM 2013, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, in December 2013. The 16 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. They describe the latest advancements in the field of multiple access communications with an emphasis on OFDM techniques, channel coding, spectrum management, medium access control protocols and different aspects of wireless access networks.
Music and Human-Computer Interaction (Springer Series on Cultural Computing)
by Simon Holland, Katie Wilkie, Paul Mulholland and Allan SeagoThis agenda-setting book presents state of the art research in Music and Human-Computer Interaction (also known as ‘Music Interaction’). Music Interaction research is at an exciting and formative stage. Topics discussed include interactive music systems, digital and virtual musical instruments, theories, methodologies and technologies for Music Interaction. Musical activities covered include composition, performance, improvisation, analysis, live coding, and collaborative music making. Innovative approaches to existing musical activities are explored, as well as tools that make new kinds of musical activity possible. Music and Human-Computer Interaction is stimulating reading for professionals and enthusiasts alike: researchers, musicians, interactive music system designers, music software developers, educators, and those seeking deeper involvement in music interaction. It presents the very latest research, discusses fundamental ideas, and identifies key issues and directions for future work.
Music Business and the Experience Economy: The Australasian Case
by Peter Tschmuck, Philip L. Pearce and Steven CampbellMusic Business and the Experience Economy is the first book on the music business in Australasia from an academic perspective. In a cross-disciplinary approach, the contributions deal with a wide-range of topics concerning the production, distribution and consumption of music in the digital age. The interrelationship of legal, aesthetic and economic aspects in the production of music in Australasia is also highlighted as well as the emergence of new business models, the role of P2P file sharing, and the live music sector. In addition, the impact of the digital revolution on music experience and valuation, the role of music for tourism and for branding, and last but not least the developments of higher music education, are discussed from different perspectives.
The Music History Classroom
by James A. DavisThe Music History Classroom brings together essays written by recognized and experienced teachers to assist in the design, implementation, and revision of college-level music history courses. This includes the traditional music history survey for music majors, but the materials presented here are applicable to other music history courses for music majors and general education students alike, including period classes, composer or repertory courses, and special topics classes and seminars. The authors bring current thought on the scholarship of teaching and learning together with practical experience into the unique environment of the music history classroom. While many of the issues confronting teachers in other disciplines are pertinent to music history classes, this collection addresses the unique nature of musical materials and the challenges involved in negotiating between historical information, complex technical musical issues, and the aesthetics of performing and listening. This single volume provides a systematic outline of practical teaching advice on all facets of music history pedagogy, including course design, classroom technology, listening and writing assignments, and more. The Music History Classroom presents the 'nuts-and-bolts' of teaching music history suitable for graduate students, junior faculty, and seasoned teachers alike.
The Music History Classroom
by James A. DavisThe Music History Classroom brings together essays written by recognized and experienced teachers to assist in the design, implementation, and revision of college-level music history courses. This includes the traditional music history survey for music majors, but the materials presented here are applicable to other music history courses for music majors and general education students alike, including period classes, composer or repertory courses, and special topics classes and seminars. The authors bring current thought on the scholarship of teaching and learning together with practical experience into the unique environment of the music history classroom. While many of the issues confronting teachers in other disciplines are pertinent to music history classes, this collection addresses the unique nature of musical materials and the challenges involved in negotiating between historical information, complex technical musical issues, and the aesthetics of performing and listening. This single volume provides a systematic outline of practical teaching advice on all facets of music history pedagogy, including course design, classroom technology, listening and writing assignments, and more. The Music History Classroom presents the 'nuts-and-bolts' of teaching music history suitable for graduate students, junior faculty, and seasoned teachers alike.
Muslim Britain: Communities under Pressure
by Tahir AbbasThis edited collection is a cogent exploration of how the events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terror have impacted on the lived experiences of British South Asian Muslims in a number of important spheres, namely, religious and ethnic identity, citizenship, Islamophobia, gender and education, radicalism, media and political representation. The contributors to this volume are specialists in the fields of sociology, social geography, anthropology, theology and law. Each of the chapters explores the positions of South Asian Muslims from different analytical perspectives based on various methodological approaches. A number of the chapters carry primary empirical analysis, therefore making this one of the most pertinent compilations in this field. Other contributions are more discursive, providing valuable polemics on the current positions of British South Asian Muslims.
Muslim-Christian Dialogue in Post-Colonial Northern Nigeria: The Challenges of Inclusive Cultural and Religious Pluralism (Christianities of the World)
by M. IwuchukwuIwuchukwu examines the perennial conflicts in different parts of northern Nigeria and why they are popularly called Muslim-Christian clashes. Specifically, he examines the immediate and remote factors that are responsible for the conflicts.
Muslim Ethiopia: The Christian Legacy, Identity Politics, and Islamic Reformism
by Terje ØstebøDrawing on international and multidisciplinary expertise, this pioneering edited collection analyzing Islam in contemporary Ethiopia challenges the popular notion of a 'Christian Ethiopia' imagined as the century-old, never colonized Abyssinia, isolated in the highlands and dominated by Orthodox Christianity.
Muslim Secular Democracy: Voices from Within
by Lily Zubaidah RahimThe book offers a nuanced and innovative analyses of the emergence of an inclusive secular democratic state paradigm which incorporates the sacred within the framework of secular democracy in the Muslim World.
Muslims and the New Information and Communication Technologies: Notes from an Emerging and Infinite Field (Muslims in Global Societies Series #7)
by Thomas Hoffmann and Göran LarssonThis volume deals with the so-called new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and their interrelationship with Muslims and the interpretation of Islam. This volume taps into what has been labelled Media Studies 2.0, which has been characterized by an intensified focus on everyday meanings and ‘lay’ users – in contrast to earlier emphases on experts or self-acclaimed experts. This lay adoption of ICT and the subsequent digital ‘literacy’ is not least noticeable among Muslim communities. According to some global estimates, one in ten internet users is a Muslim. This volume offers an ethnography of ICT in Muslim communities. The contributors to this volume also demonstrate a new kind of moderation with regard to more sweeping and avant-gardistic claims, which have characterized the study of ICT previously. This moderation has been combined with a keen attention to the empirical material but also deliberations on new quantitative and qualitative approaches to ICT, Muslims and Islam, for instance the digital challenges and changes wrought on the Qur’an, Islam’s sacred scripture. As such this volume will also be relevant for people interested in the study of ICT and the blooming field of digital humanities. Scholars of Islam and the Islamic world have always be engaged and entangled in their object of study. The developments within ICT have also affected how scholars take part in and influence public Islamic and academic discussions. This complicated issue provides basis for a number of meta-reflexive studies in this volume. It will be essential for students and scholars within Islamic studies but will also be of interest for anthropologists, sociologists and others with a humanistic interest in ICT, religion and Islam.
Mütter in Führungspositionen: Die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf (Soziale Analysen und Interventionen #2)
by Verena SchillyDie Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf – ein vieldiskutiertes Thema, immer noch besonders für Frauen. Sie wollen berufstätig sein und werden als Fachkräfte dringend gebraucht. Mit Blick auf den demografischen Wandel sollen sie jedoch auch ihre Mutterrolle nicht vergessen. Als Lösung des Vereinbarkeitsproblems wird politisch der Ausbau der Kinderbetreuungsplätze proklamiert. Doch was wollen die Frauen selbst?Diese qualitative Studie mit Müttern in Führungspositionen ermöglicht einen breiteren Blick auf die Thematik– weg von der derzeit einseitig geführten Debatte um einzelne Rahmenbedingungen. Es wird nicht nur die Frage nach der Organisation des Alltags gestellt, vielmehr wird nach Ursachen und Einflussfaktoren auf den Wunsch nach Kindern und Karriere gefragt. Die Studie macht die Vielschichtigkeit des Themas deutlich und zeigt, dass der Ausbau der Betreuungsmöglichkeiten alleine nicht alle Hindernisse beseitigen kann. Vielmehr treten Themen wie die gesellschaftliche Toleranz verschiedener Lebensmodelle sowie das Bedürfnis nach Anerkennung in den Vordergrund. Es wird deutlich wie Zwänge der Leistungsgesellschaft verhindern, dass die Frauen eine freie Entscheidung für ihr persönliches Lebensmodell treffen.Dieses Buch ist sowohl für die Wissenschaft als auch in der Praxis eine Anregung, die Problematik der Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf in ihrer gesamten Komplexität zu betrachten.
Myth of Universal Human Rights: Its Origin, History, and Explanation, Along with a More Humane Way
by David N. StamosIn this groundbreaking and provocative new book, philosopher of science David N. Stamos challenges the current conceptions of human rights, and argues that the existence of universal human rights is a modern myth. Using an evolutionary analysis to support his claims, Stamos traces the origin of the myth from the English Levellers of 1640s London to our modern day. Theoretical defenses of the belief in human rights are critically examined, including defenses of nonconsensus concepts. In the final chapter Stamos develops a method of naturalized normative ethics, which he then applies to topics routinely dealt with in terms of human rights. In all of this Stamos hopes to show that there is a better way of dealing with matters of ethics and justice, a way that involves applying the whole of our evolved moral being, rather than only parts of it, and that is fiction-free.
Myth of Universal Human Rights: Its Origin, History, and Explanation, Along with a More Humane Way
by David N. StamosIn this groundbreaking and provocative new book, philosopher of science David N. Stamos challenges the current conceptions of human rights, and argues that the existence of universal human rights is a modern myth. Using an evolutionary analysis to support his claims, Stamos traces the origin of the myth from the English Levellers of 1640s London to our modern day. Theoretical defenses of the belief in human rights are critically examined, including defenses of nonconsensus concepts. In the final chapter Stamos develops a method of naturalized normative ethics, which he then applies to topics routinely dealt with in terms of human rights. In all of this Stamos hopes to show that there is a better way of dealing with matters of ethics and justice, a way that involves applying the whole of our evolved moral being, rather than only parts of it, and that is fiction-free.
Myth, Representation, and Identity: An Ethnography of Memory in Lipsi, Greece
by M. PapachristophorouLipsi forms a modern construction that has disconnected from its past. Recently, the community has formed a collective identity reconstructed from fragments of collective memory. This book is an ethnographic account of the mythology proposed by the community and examines how history and collective memory tightly interconnect.
Nachhaltigkeit in der Wirtschaftskommunikation (Europäische Kulturen in der Wirtschaftskommunikation #24)
by Martin Nielsen Iris Rittenhofer Marianne Grove Ditlevsen Sophie Esmann Andersen Irene PollachNachhaltigkeit ist ein Schlüsselbegriff der heutigen Gesellschaft. Er durchzieht unternehmerische, soziale, umweltbezogene, ökonomische, politische und viele andere Diskurse. Die AutorInnen beleuchten Schnittstellen von Nachhaltigkeit und Kommunikation. Aus der Sicht unterschiedlicher Perspektiven und Disziplinen wie der Linguistik, Wirtschafts- und Unternehmenskommunikation, Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Soziologie oder des Marketing werden Prinzipien, Phänomene und Fallbeispiele von Nachhaltigkeit in der Kommunikation dargestellt und diskutiert.
The Nation State and Beyond: Governing Globalization Processes in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context)
by Isabella Löhr and Roland WenzlhuemerThe history of globalization is anything but a no-frills affair that moves smoothly along a clear-cut, unidirectional path of development, eventually leading to seamless global integration. Accordingly, scholarship in the social sciences has increasingly argued against equating the history of globalization processes and transcultural entanglements with the master narrative of the gradual homogenization of the world. Examining the shifting patterns of global connections has, therefore, become the main challenge for all those who seek to understand the past, the present and the future of modern societies. And this challenge includes finding a place for the nation state. The studies presented here argue that looking at the nation state from the perspective of global entanglements opens the door for its interpretation as a dynamic and multi-layered structure that takes part in globalization processes and plays various and at times even contradictory roles at the same time.
Nation-States and Nationalisms: Organization, Ideology and Solidarity (Political Sociology)
by Sinisa MalesevicDespite many predictions made over the last two hundred years that nation-states and nationalism are transient phenomena that will eventually fade away, the historical record and contemporary events show otherwise. Nationalism still remains the most popular, potent and resilient ideological discourse and the nation-state the only legitimate mode of territorial rule. This innovative and concise book provides an in-depth analysis of the processes involved in the emergence, formation, expansion and transformation of nation-states and nationalisms as they are understood today. Sinisa Malesevic examines the historical predecessors of nation-states (from hunting and gathering bands, through city-states, to modernizing empires) and explores the historical rise of organizational and ideological powers that eventually gave birth to the modern nation-state. The book also investigates the ways in which nationalist ideologies were able to envelop the microcosm of family, kin, residential and friendship networks. Other important topics covered along the way include: the relationships between nationalism and violence; the routine character of nationalist experience; and the impacts of globalization and religious revivals on the transformation of nationalisms and nation-states. This insightful analysis of nationalisms and nation-states through time and space will appeal to scholars and students in sociology, politics, history, anthropology, international relations and geography.
A Nation with the Soul of a Church: How Christian Proclamation Has Shaped American History
by O. C. Jr. James DunklyFrom the very beginning, religious leaders have influenced the course of American history—sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. This book examines those Christian sermons that set or changed the course of the nation.What did 18th-century preacher Jonathan Edwards really mean to convey with is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon? What Southern minister did most to encourage secession of the Southern states from the Union? And why does Martin Luther King Jr. need to be remembered for more than his "I Have a Dream" speech? This book examines the sermons that have shaped American history from the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the Obama administration. It provides extended biographical treatments of those who preached them, thereby providing readers with the historical context of the sermon, an explanation of what made these orations so effective, and an understanding of the role of religion in American history.Author O.C. Edwards Jr. supplies insightful and interesting coverage of Christian preachers and sermons that will engage anyone interested in America's religious or social history. The book addresses the religious philosophies and speeches of individuals such as William Sloan Coffin Jr., Russell Conwell, Charles Coughlin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Billy Graham, Anne Hutchinson, Martin Luther King Jr., Patricia Merchant, John Winthrop, and Jeremiah Wright.
A Nation with the Soul of a Church: How Christian Proclamation Has Shaped American History
by O. C. Jr. James DunklyFrom the very beginning, religious leaders have influenced the course of American history—sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. This book examines those Christian sermons that set or changed the course of the nation.What did 18th-century preacher Jonathan Edwards really mean to convey with is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon? What Southern minister did most to encourage secession of the Southern states from the Union? And why does Martin Luther King Jr. need to be remembered for more than his "I Have a Dream" speech? This book examines the sermons that have shaped American history from the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the Obama administration. It provides extended biographical treatments of those who preached them, thereby providing readers with the historical context of the sermon, an explanation of what made these orations so effective, and an understanding of the role of religion in American history.Author O.C. Edwards Jr. supplies insightful and interesting coverage of Christian preachers and sermons that will engage anyone interested in America's religious or social history. The book addresses the religious philosophies and speeches of individuals such as William Sloan Coffin Jr., Russell Conwell, Charles Coughlin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Billy Graham, Anne Hutchinson, Martin Luther King Jr., Patricia Merchant, John Winthrop, and Jeremiah Wright.
National 4 & 5 Modern Studies: Social issues in the United Kingdom (PDF)
by Paul Creaney Alison Elliott Frank CooneyExam Board: SQA Level: National 4 & 5 Subject: History First Teaching: September 2013 First Exam: June 2014 Endorsed by SQA The complete resource, developed by top subject experts for the latest syllabus outlines. - Ensure understanding with questions for each topic throughout - Cover the new content areas and specified skills - Engage students with a full-colour, accessible format This is an up-to-date resources for the National 4 & 5 syllabus outlines offered by the Scottish Qualifications Authority for examination from 2014 onwards. Social Issues in the United Kingdom ensures that students are fully briefed on the relevant topic areas for exam preparation and analyses: - the causes and impact of social inequalities on individuals and communities - the causes and impacts of crime - government responses to these issues
National Myths: Constructed Pasts, Contested Presents
by Gerard Bouchard Gérard BouchardNational myths are now seriously questioned in a number of societies. In the West, for instance, a number of factors have combined to destabilise the symbolic foundation of nations and collective identities. As a result, the diagnosis of a deep cultural crisis has become commonplace. Indeed, who today has not heard about the erosion of common values or the undermining of social cohesion? But to efficiently address this issue, do we know enough about the nature and role of myths in modern and postmodern societies? Against this background, National Myths: Constructed Pasts, Contested Presents relies on a sample of nations from around the world and seeks to highlight the functioning of national myths, both as representations that make sense of a collectivity, and as socially grounded tools used in a web of power relations. The collection draws together contributions from international experts to examine the present state of national myths, and their fate in today’s rapidly-changing society. Can – or must – nations do without the sort of overarching symbolic configurations that national myths provide? If so, how to rethink the fabrics and the future of our societies? This book will appeal to students and scholars interested in sociology, national, identity and memory studies, myths, shared beliefs, or collective imaginaries.