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The Production of Knowledge of Normativity in the Age of the Printing Press
This volume explores the production of knowledge of normativity in the age of early modern globalisation by looking at an extraordinarily pragmatic and normative book: Manual de Confessores, by the Spanish canon law professor Martín de Azpilcueta (1492-1586). Intertwining expertise, methods, and questions of legal history and book history, this book follows the actors and analyses the factors involved in the production, circulation, and use of the Manual, both in printed and manuscript forms, in the territories of the early modern Iberian Empires and of the Catholic Church. It convincingly illustrates the different dynamics related to the materiality of this object that contributed to “glocal” knowledge production. Contributors are: Samuel Barbosa, Manuela Bragagnolo, Christiane Birr, Luisa Stella de Oliveira Coutinho Silva, Byron Ellsworth Hamann, Idalia García Aguilar, Pedro Guibovich Pérez, Natalia Maillard Álvarez, César Manrique Figueroa, Stuart M. McManus, Yoshimi Orii, David Rex Galindo, Airton Ribeiro, and Pedro Rueda Ramírez.
Long Road to Obsolescence
In the nineteenth century American Presbyterians were among the many Western denominations that sent missionaries to countries around the world. They established foreign Missions as bases in those lands with the intention of starting indigenous churches there. Although the Mission structures were designed to function like scaffolding during the construction of a building, to be removed when the building is complete, the Presbyterian Mission structure in Brazil remained in place for 126 years, long after the Brazilian Presbyterian Church it founded became independent and self-supporting. It was the last of the Presbyterian Missions in the world to be dissolved. The story told here documents the contributions made by North American Presbyterians in Brazil and tackles the missiological question of just why it remained in place so long, and whether it should have.
Corruption, Empire and Colonialism in the Modern Era
Answering the calls made to overcome methodological nationalism, this volume is the first examination of the links between corruption and imperial rule in the modern world. It does so through a set of original studies that examine the multi-layered nature of corruption in four different empires (Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and France) and their possessions in Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa. It offers a key read for scholars interested in the fields of corruption, colonialism/empire and global history. The chapters ‘Introduction: Corruption, Empire and Colonialism in the Modern Era: Towards a Global Perspective’, ‘“Corrupt and rapacious”: Colonial Spanish-American past through the eyes of early nineteenth century contemporaries. A contribution from the history of emotions’, and ‘Colonial Normativity? Corruption in the Dutch-Indonesian Relationship in the Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Centuries’ are Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
Coercion and Wage Labour
Coercion and Wage Labour presents novel histories of people who experienced physical, social, political or cultural compulsion in the course of paid work. Broad in scope, the chapters examine diverse areas of work including textile production, war industries, civil service and domestic labour, in contexts from the Middle Ages to the present day. They demonstrate that wages have consistently shaped working people’s experiences, and failed to protect workers from coercion. Instead, wages emerge as versatile tools to bind, control, and exploit workers. Remuneration mirrors the distribution of power in labour relations, often separating employers physically and emotionally from their employees...
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on New Media Art
New media has been gaining importance in the academic world as well as the artistic world through the concept of new media art. As the connections between art and communication technologies grow and further embrace a wide range of concepts, interpretations, and applications, the number of disciplines that will be touched will likewise continue to expand. Multidisciplinary Perspectives on New Media Art is a collection of innovative research on the methods and intersections between new media, artistic practices, and digital technologies. While highlighting topics including audience relationship, digital art, and computer animation, this book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, high-level art students, and art professionals.
Modern Big Data Architectures
Provides an up-to-date analysis of big data and multi-agent systems The term Big Data refers to the cases, where data sets are too large or too complex for traditional data-processing software. With the spread of new concepts such as Edge Computing or the Internet of Things, production, processing and consumption of this data becomes more and more distributed. As a result, applications increasingly require multiple agents that can work together. A multi-agent system (MAS) is a self-organized computer system that comprises multiple intelligent agents interacting to solve problems that are beyond the capacities of individual agents. Modern Big Data Architectures examines modern concepts and ar...
Blockchain-based Internet of Things
This book presents an overview of the blockchain-based Internet of Things systems, along with the opportunities, challenges, and solutions in diverse fields such as business, education, agriculture, and healthcare. It discusses scalability, security, layers, threats, and countermeasures in blockchain-based Internet of Things network. Elaborates on the opportunities presented by combining blockchain with artificial intelligence on the Internet of Things systems in the management of food systems, and drug supply chains Explains the management of computationally intensive tasks in blockchain-based Internet of Things through the development of lightweight protocols Presents various applications in fields including logistics and the supply chain, automobile industry, smart housing, shared economy, and agriculture Provides insights into blockchain-based Internet of Things systems, along with their features, vulnerabilities, and architectural flaws The text is primarily written for graduate students, and academic researchers working in the fields of computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, and information technology
Assessing COVID-19 and Other Pandemics and Epidemics using Computational Modelling and Data Analysis
This book comprehensively covers the topic of COVID-19 and other pandemics and epidemics data analytics using computational modelling. Biomedical and Health Informatics is an emerging field of research at the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care. The new era of pandemics and epidemics bring tremendous opportunities and challenges due to the plentiful and easily available medical data allowing for further analysis. The aim of pandemics and epidemics research is to ensure high-quality, efficient healthcare, better treatment and quality of life by efficiently analyzing the abundant medical, and healthcare data including patient’s data, electronic health recor...
Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Education: Enhancing Teaching Practices for Future Learning
The education sector faces unprecedented challenges, from rapidly evolving technologies to diverse learner needs, placing immense pressure on educators to adapt and innovate. Traditional teaching methods need help to keep pace with the demands of modern education, leading to gaps in personalized learning and student engagement. Ethical concerns surrounding AI integration in education remain a significant hurdle, requiring careful navigation and responsible implementation. Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Education: Enhancing Teaching Practices for Future Learning offers a comprehensive solution by exploring how AI can address these challenges and revolutionize education. Through a collection of insightful contributions, it provides practical strategies for integrating AI into teaching practices, empowering educators to personalize learning experiences and enhance student engagement. By examining AI ethics and responsible education, the book equips educators with the knowledge needed to navigate the ethical complexities of AI integration.
SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region
This volume provides an overview of the ways sustainable development issues as a whole, and the SDGs in particular, are perceived and practiced in a variety of countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region. It also discusses the extent to which its many socio-economic problems hinder progresses towards the pursuit of a sustainable future, and documents successful experiences from across the region. This book is part of the "100 papers to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative".
