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Of kin and system: Rights of nature and the UN search for Earth jurisprudence

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 820-834, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Since 2009, the United Nations programme on Harmony with Nature has sought a new philosophy of global environmental governance known as Earth jurisprudence. This paper examines how Harmony with Nature has advanced Earth jurisprudence to unite Indigenous legal traditions, rights of nature, and mounting evidence from Earth system science ...
Jeremy. J. Schmidt
wiley   +1 more source

Modern Philosophy and Origen

open access: yesModern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 204-219, April 2022., 2022
Abstract This essay asks in what ways modern (i.e. twentieth‐century) philosophy can either make use of Origen or inform our reading of him. It argues in the first section that the predominantly exegetic method of Origen makes it difficult for analytic philosophy to accommodate his reasoning.
Mark J. Edwards
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing definitions of data and information in data protection law and machine learning: A useful way forward to meaningfully regulate algorithms?

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 156-176, January 2022., 2022
Abstract The notion of information is central to data protection law, and to algorithms/machine learning. This centrality gives the impressions that algorithms are just yet another data processing operation to be regulated. A more careful analysis reveals a number of issues.
Raphaël Gellert
wiley   +1 more source

SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING FOR ASSESSING THE SPATIOTEMPORAL CHANGES OF THE ECOLOGICAL STATE OF THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN ARMENIA [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023
Proper management and monitoring of the ecological condition of natural feeders are crucial for both the economy and natural environments. Armenia is no exception, and addressing this issue requires comprehensive studies combining traditional methods ...
G. Ayvazyan, S. Asmaryan
doaj   +1 more source

Powerful knowledge, transformations and Didaktik/curriculum thinking

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 47, Issue 6, Page 1652-1674, December 2021., 2021
From the vantage point of knowledge transformations entailed in curriculum making, this article seeks to contribute to a rethinking of the concept of powerful knowledge. It makes a case for linking the teaching of content knowledge to the development of human powers (understanding, ways of thinking, capabilities and dispositions) by way of knowledge ...
Zongyi Deng
wiley   +1 more source

Machine Learning-Based Modeling of Air Temperature in the Complex Environment of Yerevan City, Armenia

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2023
Machine learning (ML) was used to assess and predict urban air temperature (Tair) considering the complexity of the terrain features in Yerevan (Armenia). The estimation was performed based on the Partial Least-Squares Regression (PLSR) model with a high
Garegin Tepanosyan   +7 more
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On the Politics of Evolutionary Thought

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Volume 112, Issue 5, Page 532-535, December 2021., 2021
Abstract This commentary on Elvin Wyly's paper, ‘The Evolution of Geographic Thought’, aims at stimulating a reflection on the possibilities offered by the politics of evolutionary thought as envisaged in the paper and its use by critical scholars. Through the analysis of the paper's ambivalences towards the politics of evolution and its history, the ...
Cesare Di Feliciantonio
wiley   +1 more source

THE NATURE OF NATURE: INTERPRETATIONS OF TEILHARD DE CHARDIN'S ECOLOGICAL ESCHATOLOGICAL VIEWS

open access: yesZygon®, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 335-351, June 2021., 2021
Abstract In the writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the word “nature” occurs more than a thousand times, though this term is not listed in the Teilhard Lexicon by Siôn Cowell. A qualitative analysis of nature throughout Teilhard's writings produced 13 distinct definitions that can be summarized into five categories; nature can be an inherent way of
Libby Osgood
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of the Model of Noosphere-Aesthetic Education of Primary School Students by Means of Regional Culture [PDF]

open access: yesARPHA Proceedings, 2020
The relevance of the problem of noosphere-aesthetic education of primary school students is due to the need for their entry into noosphere-cultural space of the region which affects the formation of humanistic attitude of students to all life on the ...
Alexandra Zh. Ovchinnikova   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Mercury soil contents and associated ecological and health risks in kindergartens and functional areas of the city of Vanadzor (Armenia)

open access: yesGeography, Environment, Sustainability, 2019
Mercury is a widespread environmental pollutant becoming a crucial health concern as a result of natural and anthropogenic releases. Understanding Hg distribution pattern between different functional urban areas is needed for urban pollution control and ...
Lilit Sahakyan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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