In 1432, poet John Lydgate was commissioned to commemorate the triumphal entry of Henry VI to London. Setting the scene, Lydgate wrote of ‘this Citee with laude, pris, and glorie/For joye moustred lyke the sonne beem’.1 He described the participants in this civic muster in terms of their clothing: the mayor in red velvet, the sheriffs and aldermen in scarlet furred …
This book is the outcome of a joint experiment—an experimental exercise in university–industry relationship building between our institutions: BMW and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU). To be sure, our institutions have always had good and trusting relationships between individual experts—long before our time in leadership roles. People at BMW and FAU have been in…
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Norway is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit Oslo; Norway's cultural capital, hike glacier-strewn high country, or simply hope to catch the elusive Northern Lights -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Norway a…
Everyday streets are both the most used and the most undervalued of cities’ public spaces. They constitute the inclusive backbone of urban life – the chief civic amenity – though they are challenged by optimisation processes. Everyday streets are as profuse, rich and complex as the people who use them; they are …
“There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution, and this is a book about it” (Shapin 1996, 1). So began Stephen Shapin’s The Scientific Revolution, a work, con-cise and smart, that embodied an approach to the history of science termed “the social construction of science.” Shapin argued that if we are going to talk about a “scientific revolution,” then we need to see it not …
This open access proceedings presents new approaches to Machine Learning for Cyber-Physical Systems, experiences and visions. It contains some selected papers from the international Conference ML4CPS – Machine Learning for Cyber-Physical Systems, which was held in Hamburg (Germany), March 29th to 31st, 2023. Cyber-physical systems are characterized by their ability to adapt and to learn: They…
The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverishe…
What is a family? The essays gathered here explore disparate family histories in early modern Japan, attending variously to the samurai elite, agrarian villagers, urban merchants, communities of outcastes, and the circles surrounding priests, artists, and scholars. They draw on diverse sources—from population registers and legal documents to personal letters and diaries, from genealogies and …
The cultural practices of hip-hop have been among people's favorite forms of popular culture for decades. Due to this popularity, rap, breaking, graffiti, beatboxing and other practices have entered the field of education. At the intersection of hip-hop and music education, scholars, artists, and educators cooperate in this volume to investigate topics such as representations of gangsta rap in …
Globalization is a topic that is frequently in the news, with the economic andsociopolitical impacts of globalization often receiving a considerable mediacoverage. By contrast the effects of globalization on education and curricula receivefar less attention. Nonetheless, the potential impacts of globalization on education areof international interest, and some have argued that competition betwe…
Anyone who’s had an argument about politics with a friend may walk away wondering how this friend could possibly hold the beliefs they do. A few self-reflective people might even wonder about their own political beliefs after such an argument. This book is about the reasons that people have, and could have, for political beliefs: the evidence they might draw on, the psychological sources of t…
Caroline Barron leads the field on medieval London and her work on its politics, governance, economy and fabric has greatly enhanced our understanding of the late medieval city. It is, however, her interest in and enthusiasm for the men and women who lived and worked in, or were visitors to, the capital, and her ability to inspire that interest and enthusiasm …
With a multi-perspective approach and transdisciplinary methods (humanities and sciences), this book offers an in-depth and systematic study of hand-drawn and hand-coloured maps from East Asia. Map colouring provides an insight into past societies, landscapes and territories. Colour is an important key to a more precise understanding of the map’s content, purposes and uses; moreover, colours …
The present publication constitutes the Proceedings of Session 7 of the ‘Creation of landscapes VI’ workshop, hosted by the CAU Kiel in 2019. The session was entitled ‘Mediterranean Connections – how the sea links people and transforms identities’. With our focus on the linkage of people, this volume can be understood as a contribution to recent network research. But network research,…
One of the many exhortations to children to help with the war effort was issued by the Ministry of Information in 1941; its opening paragraph is our opening quotation and its title, which we have borrowed for this book, is ‘You Can Help Your Country’. In the book, we address a neglected topic that is, nevertheless, a part of the history of childhood in twentieth-cent…
Countries around the world attempt to increase the human capital of their citizens. Currently, education constitutes a large share of the economy in developed countries. The average expenditure on primary and secondary education institutions is about 3.5% of GDP in OECD countries (OECD, 2016). Moreover, investment in education has large implications for economic development, democratic institut…
In all the talk about the Paris Agreement, reached at the twenty-first Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in 2015, it is sometimes forgotten that the world’s political leaders have held negotiations about climate change at the highest possible level for at least three decades. Many have known about …
ased on the words and experiences of the people involved, this book tells the story of the community arts movement in the UK, and, through a series of essays, assesses its influence on present day participatory arts practices. Part I offers the first comprehensive account of the movement, its history, rationale and modes of working in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; Part II bring…
Before the beginning of the New-making, the All-father Father alone had being. Through ages there was nothing else except black darkness. In the beginning of the New-making, the All-father Father thought outward in space, and mists were created and up-lifted. Thus through his knowledge he made himself the Sun who was thus created and is the great Father. The dark spaces brightened with lig…
During these first days of his life his home was in the heart of a great windfall where Gray Wolf, his blind mother, had found a safe nest for his babyhood, and to which Kazan, her mate, came only now and then, his eyes gleaming like strange balls of greenish fire in the darkness. It was Kazan's eyes that gave to Baree his first impression of something existing away from his mother's side, …
Cold winter lay deep in the Canadian wilderness. Over it the moon was rising, like a red pulsating ball, lighting up the vast white silence of the night in a shimmering glow. Not a sound broke the stillness of the desolation. It was too late for the life of day, too early for the nocturnal roamings and voices of the creatures of the night. Like the basin of a great amphitheater the frozen …
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Mempelajari kebudayaan masa lalu tidak harus dengan berkutat di perpustakaan ditemani buku-buku tebal berdebu. Kartu pos bisa mengenalkan kekayaan tradisi masa silam dengan cara yang ringan dan menyenangkan. Kartu pos yang terbuat dari foto-foto menarik di masanya merekam sejarah-sejarah kecil yang kerap dianggap remeh-temeh. Di antaranya sebut saja busana pengantin, perhiasan yang dipakai…
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KATA SEPUR biasanya diartikan sebagai kereta api, namun arti sejatinya berbeda. Kata ini berasal dari kosakata Belanda spoor yang berarti jalur dengan dua rel yang harus dilintasi kendaraan rel. Kata ini sebenarnya lebih mengacu pada infra struktur rel daripada lokomotif dan gerbong. Dalam Sepoer Oeap di Djawa Tempo Doeloe, melalui koleksi kartu pos kuno, penulis membahas jaringan rel yang per…
Masa sekitar pergantian abad ke-19 hingga pertengahan abad ke-20 merupakan zaman emas untuk kartu pos. Demikian juga yang terjadi di Nusantara. Pada masa itu, saat telepon masih belum umum digunakan atau dianggap terlalu mahal, kartu pos merupakan media korespondensi terpenting untuk kalangan yang bisa baca tulis. Banyak penerbit swasta mengedarkan beraneka macam kartu pos bergambar yang menari…
Mempelajari kebudayaan masa lalu tidak harus dengan berkutat di perpustakaan ditemani buku-buku tebal berdebu. Kartu pos bisa mengenalkan kekayaan tradisi masa silam dengan cara yang ringan dan menyenangkan. Kartu pos yang terbuat dari foto-foto menarik di masanya merekam sejarah-sejarah kecil yang kerap dianggap remeh-temeh. Di antaranya sebut saja busana pengantin, perhiasan yang dipakai…
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