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Humanities and Sustainability from Glocal Perspectives Towards Future Earth: Proceedings of IGU Thematic Conference 2022, India (Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences)
by Manish Kumar Pankaj Kumar Subhash Anand Dinesh Kumar Tripathi Naresh Kumar VermaThis book presents selected papers from the International Geographical Union (IGU) Thematic Conference 2022, which was held at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, India, November 24–25, 2022. The theme of the conference was Sustainability, Future Earth, and Humanities: Opportunities and Challenges. Focusing on the humanities, the book shares advanced research and innovative approaches that illuminate significant discoveries concerning integrated glocal (global-local) perspectives on sustainability. The integration of humanities and glocal perspectives has become crucial to ensure a sustainable future for our planet. To achieve a thriving future, it is essential to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and human values, while acknowledging the interconnectedness of local and global dynamics. The humanities contribute a distinct dimension to sustainability by offering cultural, ethical, and historical insights. Glocal perspectives, on the other hand, underscore the interdependence of our planet's ecosystems and human societies. They advocate for a dual focus on local contexts and global implications, recognizing that environmental challenges such as climate change, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and pollution manifest differently in various regions due to diverse socio-economic, political, and cultural factors. The integration of the humanities and sustainability encourages a transformative shift towards more ethical and responsible behavior, fostering a sense of stewardship for the environment. The book includes a wide range of topics, focusing extensively on the potential contributions of humanities towards the goal of long-term sustainability. The topics covered in this book encompass in-depth analyses of various subjects, such as environment and society, social dynamics, human development, urban landscape dynamics, rural-urban inequality, gender inequality, gender-environment relationships, entrepreneurship, public health, COVID-19 management and its spatiotemporal aspects, and geopolitics, among others. The book discusses both global and local perspectives on these important issues. Consequently, the knowledge and innovation presented in the book make a substantial academic contribution and facilitate to achieve sustainability, both at local and global levels.
Humanity 2.0
by Steve FullerDeveloping directly from Fuller's recent book Humanity 2. 0 , this is the first book to seriously consider what a 'post-' or 'trans'-' human state of being might mean for who we think we are, how we live, what we believe and what we aim to be.
Humanity Driven AI: Productivity, Well-being, Sustainability and Partnership
by Fang Chen Jianlong ZhouArtificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the world around us, and it is changing the way people are living, working, and entertaining. As a result, demands for understanding how AI functions to achieve and enhance human goals from basic needs to high level well-being (whilst maintaining human health) are increasing. This edited book systematically investigates how AI facilitates enhancing human needs in the digital age, and reports on the state-of-the-art advances in theories, techniques, and applications of humanity driven AI. Consisting of five parts, it covers the fundamentals of AI and humanity, AI for productivity, AI for well-being, AI for sustainability, and human-AI partnership. Humanity Driven AI creates an important opportunity to not only promote AI techniques from a humanity perspective, but also to invent novel AI applications to benefit humanity. It aims to serve as the dedicated source for the theories, methodologies, and applications on humanity driven AI, establishing state-of-the-art research, and providing a ground-breaking book for graduate students, research professionals, and AI practitioners.
Humanity In-Between and Beyond (Integrated Science #16)
by Monika MichałowskaThis volume discusses the definitional problems and conceptual strategies involved in defining the human. By crossing the boundaries of disciplines and themes, it offers a transdisciplinary platform for exploring the new ideas of the human and adjusting to the dynamic in which we are plunged. The emerging cyborgs and transhumans call for an urgent reconsideration of humans as individuals and collectives. The identity of the human in the 21st century eludes definitions underpinned by simplifying and simplified dichotomies. Affecting all the spheres of life, the discoveries and achievements of recent decades have challenged the bipolar categorizations of human/nonhuman and human/machine, real/virtual and thus opened the door to transdisciplinary considerations. Ours is a new world where the boundaries of normality and abnormality, a legacy of the long history of philosophy, medicine, and science need dismantling. We are now on our way to re-examine, re-understand, and re-describe what normal-abnormal, human-nonhuman, and I-we-they mean. We find ourselves facing what resembles the liminal stage of a global ritual, a stage of being in-between—between the old anthropocentric order and a new position of blurred boundaries. The volume addresses philosophical, bioethical, sociological, and cognitive approaches developed to transcend the binaries of human-nonhuman, natural-artificial, individual-collective, and real-virtual.
Humanity and Uncontrollability: Reflections on Hartmut Rosa’s Critical Theory
by Simon SusenFocusing on the work of Hartmut Rosa, this book provides an in-depth account of the extent to which we, as humans, are obliged to face up to the uncontrollability of the world. Rosa is widely regarded as one of the most original contemporary European social theorists. Along with the concepts of ‘acceleration’, ‘alienation’, and ‘resonance’, the notion of ‘uncontrollability’ [Unverfügbarkeit] ranks among the most important reference points in Rosa’s critical theory, especially in his recent work. It is no accident, then, that – following his extensive inquiries into ‘acceleration’ and ‘alienation’ and the publication of his magnum opus on ‘resonance’ – Rosa has found it necessary to offer a brief, but powerful, account of the place occupied by the concept of ‘uncontrollability’ in his critical theory. The first half of this book comprises a detailed outline of Rosa’s central arguments on ‘uncontrollability’, before moving, in the second half, to a thorough assessment of the most significant limitations of his approach. This book will appeal to students and scholars of the social sciences and humanities – particularly to those interested in social theory, social philosophy, and the history of ideas.
Humanity and the Enemy: How Ethics Can Rid Politics of Violence
by Bruno GullìThe book questions the concept of "the enemy," beginning with Carl Schmitt's famous notion that politics is the relationship of friend and enemy and that humanity is not a political concept. This book deconstructs this notion and views humanity at the center of a type of politics based on ethics.
Humanity in Psychology: The Intellectual Legacy of Pina Boggi Cavallo (Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences)
by Giuseppina Marsico Luca TateoThis book is aimed at appreciating and further developing the work of Pina Boggi Cavallo. She was a scholar that fully embodied the spirit of the first cognitive revolution in psychology, whose ideal was to consider human being in its totality. The focus of scientific investigation in her work, were the processes of thought, as connected to the affective and ethical dimensions, the social construction of the developing Self within the real context of its making.The book is organized in three sections:Sowing: the selected works of Pina Boggi Cavallo translated in English;Fertilizing: invited commentaries which develop the ideas of Pina Boggi Cavallo in the current and future scientific landscape;Cultivating: invited chapters by international scholars, including some who collaborated with her.
Humanity's Last Stand: Confronting Global Catastrophe
by Mark SchullerAre we as a species headed towards extinction? As our economic system renders our planet increasingly inhospitable to human life, powerful individuals fight over limited resources, and racist reaction to migration strains the social fabric of many countries. How can we retain our humanity in the midst of these life-and-death struggles? Humanity’s Last Stand dares to ask these big questions, exploring the interconnections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia, and white supremacy. As it unearths how capitalism was born from plantation slavery and the slaughter of Indigenous people, it also invites us to imagine life after capitalism. The book teaches its readers how to cultivate an anthropological imagination, a mindset that remains attentive to local differences even as it identifies global patterns of inequality and racism. Surveying the struggles of disenfranchised peoples around the globe from frontline communities affected by climate change, to #BlackLivesMatter activists, to Indigenous water protectors, to migrant communities facing increasing hostility, anthropologist Mark Schuller argues that we must develop radical empathy in order to move beyond simply identifying as “allies” and start acting as “accomplices.” Bringing together the insights of anthropologists and activists from many cultures, this timely study shows us how to stand together and work toward a more inclusive vision of humanity before it’s too late. More information and instructor resources (https://humanityslaststand.org)
Humanitzar l'educació: La vida ens dona una oportunitat per repensar l'educació
by César BonaLa vida ens dona una oportunidad per repensar l'educació. La situació que hem viscut ha mostrat les febleses del sistema educatiu i ha posat de manifest que es troba molt lluny de la realitat. S'ha revelat la inflexibilitat del currículum, que cal adaptar-lo a la realitat, i no a l'inrevés. Els verbs que s'han sentit més aquests mesos quan es parlava d'educació són "avaluar" i "examinar", i el que hem d'analitzar és el sistema. Així que, en lloc de buscar diferents respostes a les preguntes de sempre, potser hem de canviar les preguntes: quines eines necessiten els nens i les nenes? Quines mancances trobem en l'educació que hem rebut?Servirà el que hem viscut per reflexionar o tornarem a l'educació prepandèmia com si no hagués passat res? Hem d'aprofitar aquest moment per replantejar-nos l'educació que volem: si hi ha alguna cosa clara és que tot comença en l'educació.
Humanitäre Arbeit, sozialer Wandel und menschliches Verhalten: Mitgefühl für den Wandel
by Cornelia C. WaltherDieses Buch basiert auf der Auffassung, dass die menschliche Existenz aus dem Zusammenspiel von vier Dimensionen resultiert: Geist, Herz, Körper und Seele, die ihren Ausdruck in Gedanken, Emotionen, Empfindungen und Bestrebungen finden. Durch die Verbindung von Theorie und Praxis, einschließlich der persönlichen Erfahrungen, die der Autor während seiner zwei Jahrzehnte währenden humanitären Arbeit in Notstandsgebieten gemacht hat, zielt das Buch darauf ab, den Leser zum Verstehen (Gedanken), Fühlen (Emotionen) und Erleben (Empfindungen) zu bringen und ihm den Wunsch zu vermitteln, Teil eines Paradigmenwechsels zu sein, der auf einen lokalen und globalen Wandel abzielt (Bestreben). Es wird eine Methodik vorgestellt, mit der das Zusammenspiel zwischen dem Einzelnen und den Institutionen und Gesellschaften, in denen er arbeitet, seine Familie aufzieht und seine Träume verfolgt, optimiert werden kann. Darüber hinaus wird versucht, den Zweck wieder in den Mittelpunkt des täglichen Lebens und der humanitären Institutionen zu stellen. Die zentrale Botschaft des Buches lautet, dass eine bessere Welt nicht abstrakt und abstrus ist und auch nicht sein sollte, sondern dass sie in den Händen eines jeden liegt.
Humanität beruflicher Teilhabe im Zeichen der Inklusion
by Vanessa KubekDas System der beruflichen Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderungen befindet sich in einem tiefgreifenden Umbruch, der insbesondere von den Schlagwörtern Inklusion und Teilhabe gekennzeichnet ist. Die Qualität der Rehabilitationsleistung hingegen tritt in der öffentlichen Diskussion in den Hintergrund. Jedoch geht es zentral um die Frage: Was ist gute Arbeit für Menschen mit Behinderungen? Das arbeitswissenschaftliche Verständnis von humaner Arbeit bietet einen wichtigen Anknüpfungspunkt. Vanessa Kubek greift das Konzept der humanen Arbeit auf, passt es an normative Zielsetzungen wie Inklusion, Selbstbestimmung und Teilhabe an und ergänzt es um die Sichtweise von Menschen mit Behinderungen. Auf diesem Wege entwickelt sie ein Leitbild "Humane berufliche Teilhabe" sowie Kriterien zur Analyse und Bewertung von Arbeitsplätzen.
Humanizar la educación: La vida nos está dando una oportunidad para repensar la educación
by César BonaLa vida nos está dando una oportunidad para humanizar la educación. La situación que hemos vivido ha mostrado los descosidos del sistema educativo y ha puesto de manifiesto lo alejado que este se halla de la realidad. Se ha desvelado la inflexibilidad del currículo: es este el que ha de adaptarse a la realidad, no al revés. Estos meses, al hablar de educación, los verbos que más se han escuchado han sido examinar y evaluar. Es la vida la que nos está poniendo a prueba, y lo que tenemos que evaluar es el sistema. Así que, en lugar de buscar diferentes respuestas a las preguntas de siempre, quizá debamos cambiar las preguntas: ¿qué herramientas necesitan los niños y las niñas? ¿Qué carencias encontramos en la educación que hemos recibido? ¿Servirá lo que hemos vivido para reflexionar o volveremos a la educación prepandemia como si nada hubiera pasado? Tenemos que aprovechar este momento para replantearnos la educación que queremos: si hay algo que está claro, es que todo comienza en la educación. Los lectores comentan...«César aporta autenticidad.» «Inspirador.» «Muestra que otra educación es posible.» «Altamente recomendable si quieres encontrar una razón o muchas para ser maestro.» «Contagia las ganas de trabajar mejor.» «Simplemente increíble.» «Totalmente recomendado a todos aquellos que trabajamos en el mundo educativo.» «Te hace reflexionar.»
Humanizing Education in the 3rd Millennium (SpringerBriefs in Education)
by R. Scott Webster Timo Airaksinen Poonam Batra Margarita KozhevnikovaThis book proposes some insights and ideas into how education might be humanized. The chapters inform, provoke, and guide further inquiries into imagining and actualizing human education. It presents the view that education should be primarily understood as human education, which offers universal good for the entire planet. It centres around the significant values that make life, in a holistic sense, meaningful, worthwhile, and socially just. It discusses the fundamental idea that human education is the key to peace, individual and social freedoms, social justice and harmony, fraternity and happiness all over the world, and how educational ideals and methods must be reconsidered to achieve this end.This book originates from an international conference and round-table, “Human Education in the 3rd Millennium,” in July 2019 in Dharamsala, India.
Humanizing the Economy: Co-operatives in the Age of Capital
by John RestakisHow the largest social movement in history is making the world a better place.At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic societies, the spread of this system is failing to meet even the most basic needs of billions of individuals around the world. Moreover, the entrenchment of this free market system is undermining the foundations of healthy societies, caring communities, and personal wellbeing.Humanizing the Economy shows how co-operative models for economic and social development can create a more equitable, just, and humane future. With over 800 million members in 85 countries and a long history linking economic to social values, the co-operative movement is the most powerful grassroots movement in the world. Its future as an alternative to corporate capitalism is explored through a wide range of real-world examples including:Emilia Romagna's co-operative economy of in Northern ItalyArgentina's recovered factory movementJapan's consumer and health co-operativesHighlighting the hopes and struggles of everyday people seeking to make their world a better place, Humanizing the Economy is essential reading for anyone who cares about the reform of economics, globalization, and social justice.John Restakis has been active in the co-op movement for 15 years. He is the Executive Director of the BC Co-operative Association and has been a consultant for co-op development projects in Africa and Asia. A pioneering researcher on co-operative economies, he writes and lectures on economic democracy and the role of co-operatives in humanizing economies.
Humanizing the High-Rise City: Podiums, Plazas, Parks, Pedestrian Networks, and Public Art
by Kheir Al-KodmanyThe transformative power of urban design in shaping our experiences within high-rise cities takes center stage in Humanizing the High-Rise City: Podiums, Plazas, Parks, Pedestrian Networks, and Public Art. This captivating exploration delves into the art of turning towering skyscraper cities into vibrant havens that foster human connection, celebrate culture, and build communities. Unveiling the secrets behind the creation of urban spaces, from dynamic plazas that encourage social interaction to tranquil parks that infuse life into steel and glass, the book unfolds a narrative that resonates with the innate rhythms of humanity. Examining 20 major high-rise cities worldwide (including Chicago, New York City, Dubai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore, among others), synthesizing extensive literature, and enriched with over 200 photographs, this book showcases projects seamlessly weaving nature, art, and connectivity into the urban fabric. These endeavors craft environments that enhance well-being and instill a profound sense of belonging amid the challenges of urban density. As the global landscape increasingly tilts toward vertical living, this book serves as a guiding light, illuminating the path to a heightened and enriched experience of high-rise urban living. This book will be useful to practitioners and students of architecture, urban planning, and urban design interested in improving high-rise cities.
Humanizing the Web
by Harri Oinas-Kukkonen Henry Oinas-KukkonenOffers a vivid description of the ongoing transformation of the web into something that is widely recognized and that will have an enormous impact on how people work and live their lives in the future. Presents concepts that will help readers understand why the web evolved as it did, what is going on right now, and what will happen next.
Humankapitalbeiträge zur internationalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit: Arabische Bildungs- und Wissenssysteme im Vergleich (Internationale Berufsbildungsforschung)
by Gerald Braun Melanie BrüchnerAls integraler Bestandteil der Weltgesellschaft ist die arabische Staatengemeinschaft in den kommenden Jahrzehnten mit präzedenzlosen Herausforderungen, aber auch Chancen konfrontiert. Die globalen ökonomischen Herausforderungen haben gemeinsam, dass sie nachhaltige und substantielle Investitionen in die „Ressource“ Mensch erfordern. In von Wissen getriebenen Ökonomien muss das Bildungs- und Erziehungswesen jene Kompetenzen produzieren, die notwendig sind, um in einer wissensbasierten Weltökonomie zu reüssieren. Humankapitalbeiträge gewinnen somit nicht nur für die internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit einer Volkswirtschaft an überragender Bedeutung – sie werden zugleich zum universalen Zugangskriterium für wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe. Die Publikation arbeitet mit Hilfe eines bildungsökonomisch adaptierten Diamant-Modells von Michael Porter den Beitrag nationaler Bildungs- und Wissenssysteme zur internationalen Leistungs- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit arabischer Länder heraus, positioniert und vergleicht sie.
Humankind: A Hopeful History
by Rutger Bregman<P><P>If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest. <P><P>But what if it isn't true? International bestseller Rutger Bregman provides new perspective on the past 200,000 years of human history, setting out to prove that we are hardwired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. In fact this instinct has a firm evolutionary basis going back to the beginning of Homo sapiens. <P><P>From the real-life Lord of the Flies to the solidarity in the aftermath of the Blitz, the hidden flaws in the Stanford prison experiment to the true story of twin brothers on opposite sides who helped Mandela end apartheid, Bregman shows us that believing in human generosity and collaboration isn't merely optimistic---it's realistic. <P><P>Moreover, it has huge implications for how society functions. When we think the worst of people, it brings out the worst in our politics and economics. But if we believe in the reality of humanity's kindness and altruism, it will form the foundation for achieving true change in society, a case that Bregman makes convincingly with his signature wit, refreshing frankness, and memorable storytelling. <P><P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Humanness and Dehumanization
by Paul G. Bain Jeroen Vaes Jacques-Philippe LeyensWhat does it mean to be human? Why do people dehumanize others (and sometimes themselves)? These questions have only recently begun to be investigated in earnest within psychology. This volume presents the latest thinking about these and related questions from research leaders in the field of humanness and dehumanization in social psychology and related disciplines. Contributions provide new insights into the history of dehumanization, its different types, and new theories are proposed for when and why dehumanization occurs. While people’s views about what humanness is, and who has it, have long been known as important in understanding ethnic conflict, contributors demonstrate its relevance in other domains, including medical practice, policing, gender relations, and our relationship with the natural environment. Cultural differences and similarities in beliefs about humanness are explored, along with strategies to overcome dehumanization. In highlighting emerging ideas and theoretical perspectives, describing current theoretical issues and controversies and ways to resolve them, and in extending research to new areas, this volume will influence research on humanness and dehumanization for many years.
Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know that Brilliant Machines Never Will
by Geoff ColvinIn the dawning age of brilliant machines, what will people do better than computers?It's easy to imagine a frightening future in which technology takes over the jobs that we now get paid to do, working more accurately and for barely any cost. Computers can already perform surgery, drive vehicles, write articles and do intricate legal work, so what hope will there be for tomorrow's workforce?Drawing on a wealth of research, Geoff Colvin uncovers the skills that will be in great demand as technology advances - and how they can be developed. In this new machine age, we shouldn't try to beat computers at what they can do. We'll lose that contest. Instead we must look to unlikely places, learn from the best, and cultivate the human abilities that make us unique.
Humans and Cyber Security: How Organisations Can Enhance Resilience Through Human Factors
by Amanda WiddowsonCyber security incidents are often attributed to “human error”. The discipline of human factors recognises the importance of identifying organisational root causes, rather than focusing on individual actions or behaviours. Humans and Cyber Security: How Organisations Can Enhance Resilience Through Human Factors delivers an applied approach to capturing and mitigating the risk of the human element in cyber security and proposes that it is easier to change organisational practices than it is individual behaviour.This book identifies undesirable behaviours and practices, then analyses why they occur, and finally, offers mitigating actions. Models of behavioural motivations will be discussed alongside individual vulnerabilities. Organisational vulnerabilities will form the main focus of an applied approach to capturing and mitigating the risk of the human element in cyber security. It concludes with recommended processes that involve talking to a range of individuals across the organization. Backed up with practical materials to facilitate data collection, applied examples and mitigating strategies to address known human vulnerabilities, this book offers the reader a complete view of understanding and preventing cyber security breaches.The solutions in this book will appeal to students and professionals of human factors, security, informational technology, human resources and business management.
Humans and Devices in Medical Contexts: Case Studies from Japan (Health, Technology and Society)
by Susanne Brucksch Kaori SasakiThis book explores the ways in which socio-technical settings in medical contexts find varying articulations in a specific locale. Focusing on Japan, it consists of nine case studies on topics concerning: experiences with radiation in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Fukushima; patient security, end-of-life and high-tech medicine in hospitals; innovation and diffusion of medical technology; and the engineering and evaluating of novel devices in clinical trials. The individual chapters situate humans and devices in medical settings in their given semantic, pragmatic, institutional and historical context. A highly interdisciplinary approach offers deep insights beyond the manifold findings of each case study, thereby enriching academic discussions on socio-technical settings in medical contexts amongst affiliated disciplines. This volume will be of broad interest to scholars, practitioners, policy makers and students from various disciplines, including Science and Technology Studies (STS), medical humanities, social sciences, ethics and law, business and innovation studies, as well as biomedical engineering, medicine and public health.
Humans and the Environment: Understanding This Complex Relationship
by Adrian James TanThis introduction to sociology examines the complex relationship between humans and the environment and how this relationship changes over time, with technology as the catalyst.
Humans at Work: The Art and Practice of Creating the Hybrid Workplace
by Anna Tavis Stela LupushorIs your organization strategically prepared for the digital and distributed workplace?Technology, data analytics and artificial intelligence already impact how people work and engage with organizations. A dispersed workforce, greater transparency, social change, generational shift and value chain disruptions are driving new behaviors and expectations from the workplace. Together, these trends are shaping a new era of distributed and digitally enabled network of workers where the work comes to workers instead of the workers going to work. In Humans at Work, employee and workplace experience experts Anna Tavis and Stela Lupushor advocate for the adoption of human-centric practices as a critical and necessary part of adapting work and workplaces to the future of work. Outlining the four factors (digitization of work, distributed workplaces, organizational redesign and changing workforce) driving the dramatic changes in the workplace, each chapter provides examples of how innovative companies are building workplace infrastructure and reshaping norms, serving new markets and adopting new technologies. Filled with examples from both start-ups and established companies, Humans at Work is the workplace leader's guide to building a workplace that creates market value by making work more human.
Humans, Computers and Wizards: Human (Simulated) Computer Interaction
by Nigel Gilbert Robin Wooffitt Norman Fraser Scott McGlashanUsing data taken from a major European Union funded project on speech understanding, the SunDial project, this book considers current perspectives on human computer interaction and argues for the value of an approach taken from sociology which is based on conversation analysis.