Author: Camille Roman File Type: pdf this book gathers together for the first time influential essays from the fields of psychoanalysis, anthropology, linguistics, and literary criticism and theory that have sparked the debate about language and gender since the turn of century.

Author: Jesper Aagaard File Type: pdf This edited volume is the first publication to tackle the issue of researching human-technology relations from a methodological postphenomenological perspective. While the traditional phenomenology of the 20th century, with figures like Husserl, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, provided valuable insights into the formal structures of essence, being and embodiment, etc. their mode of philosophizing mostly involved abstract pure thinking. Although rooted in this tradition, the postphenomenological approach to the study of human-technology relations emphasizes the empirical turn and interdisciplinary work in the field of philosophy and reaches out to other disciplines like anthropology, education, media studies, and science and technology studies (STS). The contributors discuss what it means for the field of postphenomenology to be empirically based and what kind of methodology is required in order for researchers to go out and study human-technology relations in this perspective. In many disciplines, methodology refers to the analytical approach taken e.g. the analytical concepts you employ to make an analysis in postphenomenology, these might include concepts such as multistability, variation, or mediation. In a discipline like anthropology, it also refers to reflections over the methods researchers use to approach an empirical field. Methods can include interviews of different kinds, participant observations, surveys, and auto-ethnography. Furthermore, methodology can include ethical issues tied to doing research in an empirical field. These practical aspects are not separate from, but rather connected to, theoretical approaches. This book ties together the methods, ethics, and theories of postphenomenology in a groundbreaking volume on methodology. With postphenomenological studies of education, digital media, biohacking, health, robotics, and skateboarding as points of reference, the authors of this volume, in twelve chapters, provide new perspectives on what a comprehensive postphenomenological research methodology must consist of.Contributors include Don Ihde & Catherine Adams & Ciano Aydin & Lasse Blond & Michael Funk & Moa Petersen & Michel Puech & Tobias Rohl & Robert Rosenberger & Kasper Schilin & Fernando Secomandi & Arun Kumar Tripathi & Joni Turville **Review This book shows how postphenomenology can significantly contribute to understanding and engaging with many of the technologies shaping our contemporary society, i.e. robotics, self-tracking technologies and educational tools. Combining case studies with thorough methodological reflections, the authors seek to make their postphenomenological research transparent and valuable to other scholars wanting inspiration and hands-on insight on how to do postphenomenological research. The book will be helpful in extending the already strong research community of postphenomenology. (Sren Riis, Roskilde University) This anthology offers a compelling review and critical assessment of the current state of play in postphenomenological methodology. This book is a must for anyone interested in human-technology relations. (Lambros Malafouris, Keble College, University of Oxford) The most engaging texts present readers with the opportunity to learn and be inspired. This offering does just that. The edited volume connects with a wide range of scholars and disciplines to lay out a methodology and framework that invites participation in empirical postphenomenological research. Several clearly defined sections address a variety of technologies. Diverse and multidisciplinary ideas bring value and force to conversations around techno-human relations. This is a significant and well-written contribution to an ever-growing collection of literature on postphenomenology. (Stacey Irwin, Millersville University) About the Author Jesper Aagaard is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences at Aarhus University.Jan Kyrre Berg Friis is course manager of theory of science at Copenhagen University.Jessica Sorenson is research assistant at the Future, Technology, Culture, and Learning program at Aarhus University.Oliver Tafdrup is doctoral fellow at the Future, Technology, Culture, and Learning program at Aarhus University.Cathrine Hasse is professor of cultural anthropology and learning at Aarhus University.

Author: Walter A. Goffart File Type: pdf The episcopal biographies, saints lives, charters, and poems known collectively as the Le Mans forgeries are an intricate puzzle that has occupied critics of medieval sources ever since the seventeenth century without yielding a generally acceptable solution. The persistent mystery has lain in the fact that, though the contents are obviously tendentious, the date of composition has seemed to be virtually contemporary with the events described. By solving the mystery of the date of composition, Walter Goffart unmasks the full extent of the forgers deception and goes on to present the forgeries in their true guise--as the effort of a cathedral cleric, in the reign of Charles the Bald (840-877), to rewrite the law of church property in such a way as to vindicate for the bishopric of Le Mans the ownership of all church lands in the diocese. On the basis of extensive manuscript study, Goffart delves deeply intoall textual problems raised by the forgeries and related writings. He disentangles the order of composition and authoritatively pronounces on the authenticity of the eighty-four Le Mans charters. Most of all, he insists that the forgeries are an essay on church property and its law and indicates their importance for the study of Carolingian and ecclesiastical institutions.

Author: Chris Murray File Type: pdf Unknown Conflicts of the Second World War Forgotten Fronts is a collection of chapters dealing with various overlooked aspects of the Second World War. The aim is to give greater depth and context to the war by introducing new stories about regions of the world and elements of the war rarely considered. These chapters represent new discussions on previously undeveloped narratives that help to expand our understanding of the interconnectedness of the war. It also provides an expanded view of the war as a mosaic of overlapping conflicts rather than a two-sided affair between massive alliance structures. The Second World War saw revolutions, civil wars, social upheaval, subversion, and major geopolitical policy shifts that do not fit neatly into the Allied vs. Axis 19391945 paradigm. This aim is to connect the unseen dots from around the globe that influenced the big turning points we think we know well but have really only a superficial understanding of and in so doing shed new light on the scope and influence of the war.