Interdisciplinary essays on music psychology that integrate scientific, humanistic, and artistic ways of knowing in transformative ways. Researchers using scientific methods and approaches to advance our understanding of music and musicality have not yet grappled with some of the perils that humanistic fields concentrating on music have long articulated. In this edited volume, established and e…
"Argues that what makes AI socially relevant and useful is not intelligence at all but something even more human: communication. If machines are going to improve their ability to address ever more important human issues, it will not be because they have learned to think like people, but because we have learned to communicate with them"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Using original data and mixed methods, the book offers a comprehensive study on the spread of transnational sustainability certification in China's agri-food supply chains"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Based on a multi-sited ethnography among schools and activist groups in India and South Africa, this study offers an exploration of education practices in the context of impoverished, marginal communities where environmental crises intersect with colonial and racist histories and unsustainable presents"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Includes index."A comprehensive insider's account of the discovery of gravitational waves, including insights on the physics theory and the critical LIGO technology that made it possible"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An engaging look at how we think about data in our everyday lives, from shopping for an appliance to stepping on a scale to cooking rice in another country"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
The power of art and design to create a life worth living: designs, inventions, and artworks from the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan. This book shows how refugees use art and design to transform their living environments, restoring humanity within circumstances that seem aimed at depriving them of it. Featuring more than twenty projects created by Syrian refugees at the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jord…
"Explores how the British telecom system shaped late social democracy and early neoliberalism"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Original take on the history of socialist Bulgaria, examined through the prism of computers to make broader claims about political, economic, intelligence, social, and cultural life in Bulgaria, and by extension, the Soviet bloc and state socialism in general"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"This is a story of profound urban change over decades of time in a symbolic space celebrated as a worldwide phenomenon. Drawing on the history, sociology, and political economy of the place, Times Square Remade examines, twenty years later, how the public-private transformation of 42nd Street at Times Square impacted the entertainment district and adjacent neighborhoods, particularly Hell's Ki…