Technology And Culture

Purpose: This study investigates the financial impact and wellbeing of Bangladesh's hand-knitted Jamdani sarees and the lifestyles of their weavers in evolving market conditions. Design/methodology/approach: Conducted from March to July 2024, with a follow-up during Eid ul-Fitr 2025, the research emphasizes innovative design and market adaptation. Findings: Jamdani sarees are vital for weavers' livelihoods and serve as significant cultural symbols. The introduction of eco-friendly designs can enhance market appeal and attract conscious consumers, positively influencing weaver well-being and social welfare. Practical implications: Key recommendations include improving living standards for weavers, promoting asset accumulation and allocation, ensuring the disbursement of wealth free from financial repression, balancing tradition with smallscale mechanization, and providing necessary training and financial resources. Originality/value: A strategic policy framework is essential for uplifting weavers, encouraging export participation in global trade, and promoting sustainable practices. With the right support, the Jamdani sector can significantly boost Bangladesh's economy, benefiting both artisans and the broader community.

Raising Arizona's Dams does not neatly fit into the class-and-community or labor-process genres of labor history, but nonetheless by tackling a difficult project in an innovative way this book may suggest new themes and new methods for writing about workers in locations outside industrial cities. The book was funded in part by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as the result of public concern about the negative environmental impact of the $4 billion Central Arizona Project. The bureau responded to concern in the early 1980s that adding 60 feet to the height of Roosevelt Dam, located 60 miles east of Phoenix, would destroy historical and archaeological evidence by commissioning a research study on the threatened sites. This book, focusing on the historic dam construction camps that the new dam project threatened to obliterate, thus took shape as an interdisciplinary effort of public historians, local archivists, and historical archaeologists.

This essay explores the convergence of music, artificial intelligence, and space exploration as a new symbolic language for humanity’s cosmic presence. From the Voyager Golden Record to AI-assisted missions and Romania’s contributions to ESA projects, the text traces a cultural and technological arc in which sound, code, and cognition become instruments of interstellar dialogue. The International Space Station is presented as a site of sonic intimacy, where music reaffirms human identity in zero gravity. Ultimately, the essay proposes a “code of the stars” — a fusion of algorithmic precision and human wonder — as the key to deciphering the Universe.

Illustrationen visar den översiktliga vegetationsinventeringen som gjordes i juni 2011 av Boel Persson och Anna Jakobsson, SLU Alnarp. Graden av fuktighet visas med olika tätt dragna snedstreckade linjer. En yta på 57x130 meter undersöktes och karaktärsväxterna noterades. Illustration: Anna Jakobsson. v Sammandrag av Del II: Arkeologisk undersökning med georadar Undersökningen med georadar visar ett flertal strukturer på olika djup i Stora Trädgården. Strukturerna har bland annat tolkats till att utgöra dammar, trädgårdsgångar, murar och dräneringskanaler. Det är också möjligt att se hur mycket jord som lagts på under olika tidsperioder. Resultatet av undersökningen med georadar kompletterar arkiv-och kartstudierna och samspelar/bekräftar vegetationsinventeringen så till vida att ett par ytor med konstaterade dammstrukturer (se blåa markeringar i bilden på nästa sida) är bevuxna av fuktälskande växter. De ytor med strukturer som visar dränering stämmer också med vegetationsinventeringen, där dräneringar syns leda ifrån ytorna med extra fuktälskande växter. Eftersom georadarinformationen går ner så långt som 2,5 meter under marken kan inte flygbilder ge riktigt lika mycket information, men flygbilder tagna på sommaren eller tidig vår, kan komplettera bilden av åtminstone den första metern under mark. Tekniken för georadarundersökningarna har blivit mer och mer noggrann de senaste 10 åren och mätdistanserna har blivit kortare, vilket leder till att träffsäkerheten (sannolikheten att hitta strukturer) är större idag än den har varit tidigare. Denna andra del av rapporten återfinns under fliken markerad med en romersk tvåa, på sidan 95. Sammandrag av Del III: Trädgårdsarkeologisk analys I en vidare tolkning av trädgårdens historia hade resultaten från arkivstudierna, vegetationsinventeringen och georadarundersökningen inte kunnat stå var för sig. Projektet har visat att de verkligen kompletterar varandra. I fortsatta undersökningar kommer både georadarundersökningen och arkivstudierna vara viktiga för att veta var det är lämpligt att eventuellt utföra arkeologiska ut-eller provgrävningar på Tomarp. De dammar som återfunnits med hjälp av georadar ligger på ungefär samma avstånd som i Burmans avbildning från slutet av 1600-talet, men inte helt. De kanaler som arkivmaterialet talar om kan skymtas, men de ligger troligtvis utanför georadarbilden. En igenlagd damm kan synas tydligare än en som har fått stå kvar och rasa ihop, så därför kan antalet dammar ha varit ännu fler än de som syns i georadarresultaten. En grävning skulle kunna ge tydligare besked på placering och konstruktion av dammarna. Några planteringsgropar har inte återfunnits, trots att hela ytan tidigare var planterad med träd. Även växtligheten på platsen skulle kunna bestämmas tydligare med hjälp av provgrävningar och olika fröoch pollenanalyser. Förslagsvis kan ett eventuellt fortsatt projekt handla om att göra provtagningar (provgrävningar i form av "jordprovsborrningar") i det som troligen varit dammar, för att studera lagerstrukturer och leta efter rester av växtmaterial (fröer). Denna sista del av rapporten ligger under fliken markerad med en romersk trea. vi Bilden visar vegetationsinventeringen och georadarresultaten tillsammans. Röd linje markerar den georadarundersökta ytan, blå linjer markerar dammar, heldragna svarta linjer markerar murar, grön linje ett cementrör, bruna linjer utgör troligtvis trädgårdsgångar, orangea linjer utgör svårdefinierbara strukturer som troligtvis är dräneringar, gula markeringar visar svårdefinierbara strukturer som kan ha varit dammar vid någon tidpunkt. Illustration: Anders Biwall, RAÄ. The image shows the vegetation survey and the results from the ground penetrating radar at once. The red line is the radar survey area, blue lines are ponds, black continuous lines are walls, the green line is a cement pipe, brown lines are probably garden paths, orange lines are structures which probably are drainage, yellow markings are probably ponds, but are hard to define. vii I Bilden till vänster är georadarresultaten inlagda ovanpå en Fält-Karta öfver Trackterna emellan Betjane Å och Skogen Södra Åsen, från 1804. Illustration: Anders Biwall, RAÄ. Bilden till vänster visar georadarresultaten inlagda ovanpå en karta från Lantmäterimyndigheternas arkiv 1888. Illustration: Anders Biwall, RAÄ. viii Tack till

The choice of programming language for introductory course is very important for future development of Information Technology (IT) professionals. Even though a large number of programming languages have been developed over the years, there is still not yet a consensus for suitable programming language for introductory course. Thus, choosing appropriate programming language for introductory course is still demanding. This paper critically analyzes the desirable features of Java programming language making it suitable as a choice for first programming course. The analysis was carried out through a detailed research and evaluation of information from secondary sources. The internet search engine was adequately employed to access journal papers from both national and international sources. The study enables computer educators and students to understand the trendy features of Java programming language, its popularity in industry and its suitability for introductory course based on select...

How does one follow the excellent statement just given by Paulette Pierson Mathy? First, I must say I share with her the warmth of looking into the audience and seeing so many familiar faces, people one has known and worked with over these past many years.

Just as the iPhone relies on the invention of both the Nokia and the first invented telephone before it, our current cultural and literary epoch relies on the history of both postmodernism and modernism. While much of recent literary criticism exclusively charts the legacies of modernism, this thesis argues that postmodernism has also been absorbed into contemporary literature. Tom McCarthy, Claudia Rankine and Stephen Sexton are names synonymous with the revival of modernist styles in contemporary literature, yet their adoption of modernist modes contain intertextual networks, and the playful and ironic self-awareness of literary postmodernism. These postmodern aspects become clear through their shared thematic links and representations of technology. When faced with technological change, literature reinvigorates itself by revisiting the past. The modernists called to “make it new” by returning to the old. Literary postmodernism returned to the past through parody and literary allu...

El presente artículo expone un recorrido sobre el papel desarrollado por José García Silvestre, su familia y otras personalidades como Mariano Camacho, en la industria espartera ciezana. El desarrollo colectivo, la inversión económica y la innovación tecnológica permitieron la mecanización del trabajo del esparto, convirtiendo a Cieza en el primer centro manufacturero a nivel nacional. La crisis del sector a mediados del siglo XX provocaría su desaparición, teniendo un uso testimonial en la actualidad. Gracias a la investigación y recuperación del patrimonio ligado al esparto es posible conocer este capítulo de la historia industrial de Cieza, especialmente a partir del estudio de patentes, archivos y documentos que nos permiten comprender la trascendencia que llegaría a tener esta bra, incluso en el panorama internacional.

La presencia de la mujer en los más diversos ámbitos laborales es un hecho sobradamente constatado. Aun así, todavía quedan muchas facetas desconocidas de las mismas que pueden arrojar luz sobre su verdadero papel en oficios y saberes hasta ahora poco estudiados o silenciados. Nuestro objetivo es contribuir a los trabajos de investigación que ponen en tela de juicio los tópicos y estereotipos transmitidos respecto a su ausencia en campos tradicionalmente masculinos. Uno de los fines de la historiografía actual es recuperar la presencia de la mujer en el conjunto de las actividades de la sociedad y revisar datos sobre su influencia, ya que si bien es cierto que hay parcelas donde la presencia femenina es casi testimonial, en otras ha sido sistemáticamente silenciada o sus éxitos no se ha valorado de la misma forma que el de los hombres. En este caso concreto nuestro hilo conductor será la mujer en el mundo del esparto. Nuestro objetivo es demostrar que no fueron simple mano de obra no cualificada, sino que por sus acciones influyeron en aspectos significativos que trataremos de contextualizar, tanto en el ámbito local como global. Creemos que es importante recopilar documentos, testimonios y noticias que de forma rigurosa vayan aportando datos para conformar una visión real del desarrollo social, cultural y laboral del conjunto de la sociedad. De todos es conocido el papel que la sociedad le ha tenido reservado a la mujer. Es justo decir que ha habido excepciones, pero la gran mayoría no podía ir contra corriente, ya que ni siquiera la ley le reconocía derechos tan básicos como educación o el trabajo, por no hablar de las tradiciones y la propia familia. Sus destinos variaban dependiendo de la clase social a la que pertenecieran, así las más acomodadas recibían cierta educación orientada a su futura función de esposa y madre ejemplar, el "ángel del hogar". Las más desfavorecidas debían ayudar XI Congreso virtual sobre Historia de las Mujeres (15 al 31 de octubre de 2019). Comunicaciones -133 -

An apparatus perfotransmisor Vázquez" the title the telegraph transmitting device that José Vázquez Miranda, head of the telegraph of Cieza invent in 1921. A device, invented and developed in Cieza, which would improve the speed of telegraph transmission, saving the time required for its operation and making sure the transmission of written telegraphed. In addition, Vázquez Miranda with his invention introduce an innovation relating to quality control in telegraphic communications.

Artículo que aborda el origen del Chan, ser sobre natural de la tradición oral de la zona del bajío, quien tiene una función de protector y regulador social en torno al agua. El texto intenta explicar sus orígenes y describir algunas características con base en los relatos orales, fuentes escritas y otros casos en la región.

Libro que condesa la historia local de la comunidad de Amazcala, El Marqués, Querétaro en cuatro pequeños artículos. Es un recorrido histórico de los primeros asentamientos hasta la conformación de colonias peri urbanizadas por efectos de la industrialización y la urbanización propias del siglo XX.

La investigación estuvo a cargo de Miguel Ángel Muñoz García, Morel Luna Morales y Juan Ángel Salinas Chávez.

Artículos: Juan Ángel Salinas Chávez

This essay examines Frank Herbert’s Dune series as a philosophical exploration of innovation and survival in times of collapse. Through a close reading of aphorisms and narrative strategies in Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse Dune, it argues that Herbert offers not fixed answers but adaptive modes of thought. His figures—Leto II, the Bene Gesserit, the Honored Matres—embody distinct forms of intelligence, each navigating risk, memory, and complexity in different ways. The essay draws connections between Herbert’s vision and contemporary theories of innovation and epistemic flexibility, especially those of Adam Grant and Weiss & Legrand. It emphasizes Herbert’s rejection of static norms and institutional inertia, proposing instead a situated, plural, and responsive intelligence. Rather than predicting collapse, Herbert invites us to think within it—treating fiction as a training ground for cognitive resilience and ethical experimentation in an age of uncertainty.

Historians have tended to analyze maintenance as an intrinsically local activity, something very unlike the development of large technological systems. This article challenges this historiographic dichotomy by examining efforts to construct a global infrastructure for maintaining computer security. In the mid-1990s, as the internet rapidly grew, commercialized and internationalized, a small community of computer security incident responders sought to scale up their system of coordination, which had been based on interpersonal trust, by developing trusted infrastructure that could facilitate the worldwide coordination of incident response work. This entailed developing not only professional standards, but also institutions for embodying and maintaining those standards in working infrastructure. While some elements of this infrastructure became truly global, others remained regionally bounded. We argue that this boundedness resulted not from the intrinsically local nature of maintenance, but from the historical process of infrastructure development, which was shaped by regionallybased trust networks, institutions, and needs. In the mid-1990s, many of cyberspace's hidden workers confronted a dilemma. As the Internet grew rapidly, transforming from a research infrastructure to a system for government operations, commercial transactions, and much more, a stream of viruses, worms, and hacks also grew. Com-NOTE: THESE ARE UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOFS. NO IMAGES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED.

The founding figures, advocates and engineers of the early Space Age are frequently hailed as 'fathers', 'forebears', 'prophets', 'pioneers', 'visionaries' and 'heroes', employing hagiographic, gendered and indiscriminate tropes that lack analytical value. Inspired by persona and celebrity studies, this introduction proposes an alternative approach to comprehend the historical significance and historiographical prominence attributed to global 'rocket stars' in Sri Lanka, China, India, East and West Germany, and Cuba.

This MA thesis explores the evolution of the modern mythology surrounding unidentified
flying objects (UFOs) and their cultural, political, and social implications, particularly in the context
of the Cold War era in the United States. Beginning with the late 1940s, it traces the origins of
modern UFO fascination to the post-World War II period, marked by heightened political tensions,
the Red Scare, and anti-communist paranoia. The author examines the role of key figures such as
Richard Sharpe Shaver, whose supposedly true tales of underground alien civilizations influenced
the notion of malevolent hidden extraterrestial enemy in fiction, and Kenneth Arnold, whose 1947
sighting popularized the term "flying saucer," in the early days of UFO culture in the US. The paper
also delves into the emergence of "contactees," individuals who claimed direct communication with
extraterrestrial beings, and their impact on UFO culture. Figures like George Adamski and Howard
Menger are discussed, alongside their messages of peace and warnings about nuclear warfare,
which resonated with Cold War anxieties. The thesis further explores the intersection of UFO
narratives with government distrust, conspiracy theories, and the rise of the "men in black" trope,
reflecting broader societal fears of surveillance and control. By analyzing the cultural and historical
context of UFO sightings and the individuals who propagated these stories, the study argues that the
UFO phenomenon is not merely a fringe belief but a reflection of deeper societal anxieties and the
human desire for unity in the face of existential threats and doubt of government’s true intentions.
The thesis concludes that UFO tales serve as a modern folk tales and myths, blending science
fiction, spirituality, and political commentary, and continue to captivate public imagination.

ABSTRACT. We live in a bubble-the bubble of "contemporaneity". It is often claimed that "everything is cyclical", as taste and fashion recycle elements from the past, presenting them as "original". However, this is largely an illusion. Contemporaneity has a distinct starting point: the 1950s. What appears to be a transgenerational community sharing cultural references and cultivating a global collective memory is, in fact, the illusory effect of a «homogeneous, empty time» (Benjamin). In this article, I diagnose the contours of what I call "the Bubble" and the risks it entails, critically examining the role of technical reproducibility in the (mis)formation of memory. I argue that both individual and collective memory are shaped by the economic forces and neoliberal ideology of global capitalism, leading to what Stiegler termed «symbolic misery»-the collective impoverishment and homogenization of taste, alongside the «modulation of affects» (Deleuze). These processes are facilitated by two key mechanisms: the encapsulation of experience via technical means (prosthetic memory) and the restriction of experience through the controlled distribution of cultural objects (e.g., algorithms). Thus, the bubble of contemporaneity emerges not only as a cultural phenomenon but also as an instrument of control and standardization within late capitalism.

Dans un marché où les entreprises québécoises recherchent efficacité, flexibilité et rapidité, les unités de bureau en conteneur se présentent comme une alternative moderne aux constructions traditionnelles. Alliant mobilité, économie et durabilité, elles répondent parfaitement aux réalités du climat et du territoire québécois. Voici un tour d'horizon des principaux avantages à choisir une telle solution pour votre prochain espace de travail.

Shortly before the end of his life, Cornelius Castoriadis turned to radical political ecology, which he seemed to consider the only way to de-colonize the technicist, capitalist imaginary (imaginaire), into which the totality of modern philosophy and praxis is, to use a Heideggerian concept, (heteronomously) being-thrown. Castoriadis' critique of the capitalist imaginary, the imaginary of the unlimited extension of rational mastery, is in a state of eclectic affinity with the unsurpassed critique of the autonomous Technique by the French theologian and sociologist Jacques Ellul. Ellul had highlighted the necessity of demythologizing the spirit of technicism since the 1940s, when he was working on the uncontrollability of modern technology, which in his work is depicted as the societal manifestation of the Ge-stell. The Weberian ideal type of formal rationality runs through the critique of both thinkers. For Ellul, technology, or technique, is intrinsically rational. However, when technique is in contact with social and cultural milieus which belong to a nontechnical formation and organization, paradoxes and irrationalities are inevitable. In turn, Castoriadis emphasizes the irrationality and autonomy that characterize the modern sphere of techno-science, which leads, with mathematical precision, to the ecological, and also the anthropological, destruction of the Anthropos. Therein lies the central problem of modernity's technology. Is there a way out? Castoriadis envisions the foundation of a true democracy, nowhere near theocratic, which, nonetheless, must learn to limit itself politically and technologically. Ellul, on the other hand, highlights the ethics of non-power, an essentially spiritual and idealistic attitude that Hans Jonas will adopt a few years later, talking about the heuristics of fear.

What kind of conversation do I want to have with Juan Sánchez one hundred years after the U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico, which is to say, after the U.S. colonization of Puerto Ricans ("here" and "there")? I want to have the kind of conversation that will go to the core of what I think is the most important statement in Juan's work, namely: his desire to draw the links between artistic expression and the struggle against the results of colonial rule. You see, after one hundred years of U.S. domination, Juan's graphic images continually remind us of why it is still necessary to resist the consequences of this same domination.

Even though the concept of metaverse is very old as a word, it is the name of a technology culture that has recently become widespread. Note: It is a technology culture, not technology. Briefly; We can define it as the name we give to the act of experiencing the internet experience we live on traditional platforms on multiplayer platforms (environments). We can describe it as the embodiment of the concept we call surfing the Internet...

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El uso difundido del término "ideología woke" o "políticas de la identidad" tiende hoy a encapsular una serie de problemas que han sido constitutivos del pensamiento político y social de fines del siglo XX hasta la actualidad. Luego de la caída del Muro de Berlín, la intensificación de demandas en torno al reconocimiento de las diferencias parece haber desplazado el eje de los debates hacia un foco "identitarista" o "culturalista". Visto en retrospectiva, es indudable que se trató de un fenómeno que expresó una transformación del capitalismo neoliberal, donde la globalización fue la bandera enarbolada que prometía la utopía del multiculturalismo y, con ella, la posibilidad de que no haya más vida política que la que entraña ser percibido en la "diferencia".

how the word "sensibility" became what Clifford Geertz calls a "buzz word" that pervaded the thought of the late eighteenth century in ways not prompted by Enlightenment thought? Like passion in the seventeenth century, sensibility as a creative stimulus prompted writers, painters, and composers to explore the potential of human experience not only beyond the usually established social norms, but beyond the previously imagined potential of humanity. In fact, Corneille and Racine had already created such super-humans on the stage. Why did it take natural philosophers and novelists so long?

This research paper seeks to investigate and categorize previous studies to understand better the role of energy generation technology in promoting sustainable development of a country country. The primary aim of this review is to identify and emphasize key issues related to energy sustainability. The study employs a systematic review approach, drawing on academic publications from the Web of Science and Scopus database. The analysis reveals five key issues: the nexus between energy generation and greenhouse gas emissions, energy generation and employment, the impact of energy generation and land use intensity, the association between energy generation and water footprint, and the nexus between energy generation and human health. This study delves into the theoretical dimensions of research concerning the interplay between energy sustainability and various aspects of energy generation technologies. Furthermore, it contributes to the existing body of knowledge concerning Sustainable Development Goal 7, with the overarching goal of enhancing both human well-being and economic prosperity through advancements in energy generation technologies. The study comprehensively explores the subject matter, offering an in-depth analysis of energy sustainability. Its unique contribution lies in its extensive examination of multiple facets of energy sustainability, making it a significant addition to the field of research.

“…In the classic mise-en-scène, at remote, deserted locations, country roads or woodland at nights: UFO sightings reflect our yearning of what may lay beyond, romanticized impresses of more civilized lives, of wonder, imagination, anticipation and the unknown - all at once in opposition with incredulity, suspicion and doubt.”

This paper examines the player piano from a media-materialistic perspective, exploring how its technological features and functions (such as piano rolls and interfaces) interacted with discursive imaginations and cultural practices related to the body in the first three decades of the twentieth century. I reconstruct how the player piano responded to emerging concepts of machine time and visions of machine-like bodies that were circulating across various social domains, including the sciences, the Fordist sphere of labor, pedagogy and the arts. The era’s focus on standardizing, measuring, and recording time through machines and automation technologies sparked debates on how the human body could meaningfully co-exist within a world increasingly shaped by the rhythm and precision of machines. By looking at the production of piano rolls and practices of playing the player piano, I discuss how this mechanical instrument had significant implications for the relationship between human bodies and machines in music. The player piano not only reflected a world that became increasingly governed by machine logic. It also generated unique aesthetic effects, endowing machines with meanings that could not be found elsewhere.

DURING 1917-20, Russian society underwent massive upheavals un paralleled since the Time of Troubles three centuries earlier. Ił was an era of revolution, of terror, of starvation, of epidemics, and of that harshest of conflicts, civiI war. In February 1917, the tsarist govem ment disintegrated and a duma-based provisional govemment ruled until the Bolsheviks seized controI in November. From 1918 to 1920, civiI war raged, sharpened by foreign intervention and a trade em bargo, until ended by the ruthless autarkie mobiIization of war com munism. Economically, the country deteriorated from bad to worse. ParalIeling industry, electricity production dropped sharply in 1918-20 and did not regain prerevolutionary levels until the mid-1920S.

Jonathan Coopersmith teaches the history of technology and European history at Texas A&M University. He was an IREXer in Moscow in 1985-86 where, as an Azerbaijani explained to him, he must be a CIA spy because why else would an American learn Russian and live in the Soviet Union if not to spy on it. He originally delivered this essay as an address at a conference on "Intelligentsia: Russian and Soviet Science on the World Stage, 1860-1960" at the University of Georgia, Athens, in October 2004. He thanks Michael Gordin, Paul Josephson, Sonja Schmidt, and Asif Siddiqi for their comments toward revising it for publication.

To decrease the expenditure of non - renewable resources we have to approach towards a renewable energy system which utilizes the energy wasted by us. To utilize the solar energy accumulated during the daytime, this concept is introduced. This implementation of Heat Exchanger will provide an added advantage to the other conventional solar radiation collectors. These heat exchangers will be in the form of metallic pipes embedded inside the roof during its construction. They will be distributed in a regular pattern such that we get maximum rate of heat transfer. The proposed work is concerned with the procedures for the setup of this system and to analyze its performance. In the technical section heat transfer rates are calculated which determine the temperature upto which water will be heated in this system. Many previous researchers have proposed equivalent concept but most of them have done experiments on a particular portion of the roof by using metal reinforced concrete collector...