Author: Tom Özden-Schilling Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 1478027665 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 179
Book Description
In The Ends of Research Tom Özden-Schilling explores the afterlives of several research initiatives that emerged in the wake of the “War in the Woods,” a period of anti-logging blockades in Canada in the late twentieth century. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among neighboring communities of White environmental scientists and First Nations mapmakers in northwest British Columbia, Özden-Schilling examines these researchers’ lasting investments and the ways they struggle to continue their work long after the loss of government funding. He charts their use of planning documents, Indigenous territory maps, land use plots, reports, and other documents that help them not only to survive institutional restructuring but to hold on to the practices that they hope will enable future researchers to continue their work. He also shows how their lives and aspirations shape and are shaped by decades-long battles over resource extraction and Indigenous land claims. By focusing on researchers’ experiences and personal attachments, Özden-Schilling illustrates the complex relationships between researchers and rural histories of conservation, environmental conflict, resource extraction, and the long-term legacies of scientific research.
Author: Gerald T. Hebenstreit Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9401736189 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 283
Book Description
This volume, derived from the 1999 International Tsunami Symposium, presents a unique look at the state of tsunami research at the end of the 20th century. It displays recent progress both in data recovery and reconstructions of historical tsunamis and in detail examination of recent disasters. It shows the tsunami community using both traditional methods of data gathering - searching archives and attempting to simulate past events - and integrating modern technologies - side-scan sonar, GPS, global communications, supercomputers - in the quest to understand tsunamis and improve mankind's ability to mitigate the disastrous consequences of these unpredictable and unstoppable events. It chronicles recent advances in mitigation efforts while illuminating the continuing need for increased efforts. The papers range from descriptive texts for the non-specialists to fairly technical discussions for those familiar with tsunami research. Audience: This book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students involved in natural hazards research, physical oceanography, seismology, environmental impact assessment and risk assessment.
Author: Boaventura de Sousa Santos Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 147800200X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 367
Book Description
In The End of the Cognitive Empire Boaventura de Sousa Santos further develops his concept of the "epistemologies of the South," in which he outlines a theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical framework for challenging the dominance of Eurocentric thought. As a collection of knowledges born of and anchored in the experiences of marginalized peoples who actively resist capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy, epistemologies of the South represent those forms of knowledge that are generally discredited, erased, and ignored by dominant cultures of the global North. Noting the declining efficacy of established social and political solutions to combat inequality and discrimination, Santos suggests that global justice can only come about through an epistemological shift that guarantees cognitive justice. Such a shift would create new, alternative strategies for political mobilization and activism and give oppressed social groups the means through which to represent the world as their own and in their own terms.
Author: Chen, Jianwen “Wendy” Publisher: IGI Global ISBN: 1522507604 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 531
Book Description
Cloud computing has become integrated into all sectors, from business to quotidian life. Since it has revolutionized modern computing, there is a need for updated research related to the architecture and frameworks necessary to maintain its efficiency. The Handbook of Research on End-to-End Cloud Computing Architecture Design provides architectural design and implementation studies on cloud computing from an end-to-end approach, including the latest industrial works and extensive research studies of cloud computing. This handbook enumerates deep dive and systemic studies of cloud computing from architecture to implementation. This book is a comprehensive publication ideal for programmers, IT professionals, students, researchers, and engineers.
Author: Fabrizio Caccavale Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030345076 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 248
Book Description
This book presents the main achievements of the EuRoC (European Robotics Challenges) project, which ran from 1st January,2014 to 30th June 2018 and was funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme. It describes not only the scientific and technological achievements of the project, but also the potential of the comparative challenge approach in robotics for knowledge advancement and technology transfer.
Author: Fredricka Reisman Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 100919917X Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 403
Book Description
It is often difficult to translate the findings of creativity and motivation researchers into language or activities that benefit end users. This is the problem driving the need for translational research, and this book fills the gap. It translates creativity and motivation research into language that teachers and their students, corporate trainers and their employees, and students' families or caregivers can immediately understand. Instructional modules and lesson plans provide readers with opportunities to network, give feedback, suggest new research needs, and access free assessments. Additional resources and opportunities for readers are available through the Freddie Reisman Center for Translational Research in Creativity and Motivation.
Author: Commonwealth Institute of Entomology Publisher: ISBN: Category : Entomology Languages : en Pages : 592
Book Description
Publishes international original research papers on: Agricultural entomology; medical and veterinary entomology (human and animal health); biological control; stored products entomology; natural resource management.
Author: Tom Özden-Schilling Publisher: ISBN: 9781478025535 Category : NATURE Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among neighboring communities of White environmental scientists and First Nations mapmakers in Canada, Tom Özden-Schilling explores the legacies of scientific research that emerged in the wake a period of anti-logging blockades in the late twentieth century.
Author: Tom Özden-Schilling
Author: Gerald T. Hebenstreit
Author: Douglas R. Rammer
Author: Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Author: Chen, Jianwen “Wendy”
Author: Fabrizio Caccavale
Author: Fredricka Reisman
Author: Commonwealth Institute of Entomology
Author: Tom Özden-Schilling
Author: