This open access book uses Finland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as an empirical case in order to study the emergence, shaping and renewal of a nation through histories of experience and emotions. It revolves around the following questions: What kinds of experiences have engendered national mobilization and feelings of national belonging? How have political and societal conflicts tu…
This book contains the joint proceedings of the Winter School of Hakodate (WSH) 2011 held in Hakodate, Japan, March 15–16, 2011, and the 6th International Workshop on Natural Computing (6th IWNC) held in Tokyo, Japan, March 28–30, 2012, organized by the Special Interest Group of Natural Computing (SIG-NAC), the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI). This volume compiles refere…
This open access book brings together contributions from an internationally diverse group of scholars to celebrate Taner Akçam’s role as the first Turkish intellectual to publicly recognize the Armenian Genocide. As a researcher, lecturer, and mentor to a new generation of scholars, Akçam has led the effort to utilize previously unknown, ignored, or under-studied sources, whether in Turkish…
This open access book offers the first in-depth study of the history and current debates surrounding electronic cigarettes comparing the UK, US and Australia. Since their introduction, e-cigarettes have been the subject of much public, media and regulatory attention, with discussion centring on whether these devices encourage or discourage smoking. This study delves into the history of policyma…
Carl Patsch (*1865 in Kovač/Böhmen, †1945 in Wien) ist einer der Begründer der balkanrömischen Provinzialarchäologie. Im von der k.u.k. Monarchie besetzten und verwalteten Bosnien-Herzegowina diente er der Forschung und Wissenschaftspolitik als Kustos am Bosnisch-Herzegowinischen Landesmuseum (Zemaljski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine) und als Gründungsdirektor des Bosnisch-Herzegowinischen I…
In this open access book, Mikael Hård tells a story of how people around the world challenged the production techniques and products brought by globalization. Retaining their autonomy and freedom, creative individuals selectively adopted or rejected modern gadgets, tools, and machines. In standard historical narratives, globalization is portrayed as an unstoppable force that flattens all obsta…
Historicizing both emotions and politics, this open access book argues that the historical work of emotion is most clearly understood in terms of the dynamics of institutionalization. This is shown in twelve case studies that focus on decisive moments in European and US history from 1800 until today. Each case study clarifies how emotions were central to people’s political engagement and its …
This open access book collects the historical and medial perspectives of a systematic and epistemological analysis of the complicated, multifaceted relationship between model and mathematics, ranging from, for example, the physical mathematical models of the 19th century to the simulation and digital modelling of the 21st century. The aim of this anthology is to showcase the status of the mathe…
Diese Open-Access-Publikation bietet zu Beginn einen Einblick in die Grundlagen der modellbasierten Systementwicklung. Dabei analysiert die Publikation aktuell bestehende methodische Defizite in der Automotive System-on-Chip (SoC) Entwicklung. Anschließend beschreibt die Publikation, eine neue modellbasierte Entwicklungsmethode, mit deren Hilfe es ermöglicht wird die wachsenden Herausforderun…
Guru Sekolah dan Model Nordik meneliti kekhasan budaya profesi guru Nordik dan pelatihan guru dibandingkan dengan contoh-contoh dari Eropa dan Amerika Utara. Buku ini mengeksplorasi konsep 'budaya guru' ini sebagai berbagai dimensi identitas profesional, pola rekrutmen, status sosial, nilai, dan pengetahuan guru. Buku ini mempertimbangkan bagaimana latar belakang sosial budaya guru Nordik dan p…