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On the Maximal Quantity of Processed Information in the Physical Eschatological Context

open access: yes, 2001
An estimate of the maximal informational content available to advanced extraterrestrial or future (post)human civilizations is presented. It is shown that the fundamental thermodynamical considerations may lead to a quantitative estimate of the largest ...
Cirkovic, Milan M., Radujkov, Marina
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A topological exploration of convergence/divergence of human‐mediated and algorithmically mediated pedagogy

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
We explore a topological model that situates teachers' agency as a constituent element within the convergent and divergent dynamics at the intersection of human‐mediated and algorithmically mediated pedagogies. Ubiquitous AI in education is designed to simulate, emulate and automate human processes and behaviours through datafication.
Keith Turvey, Norbert Pachler
wiley   +1 more source

Re-writing the Bhabhian “Mimic Man”: Akin, the Posthuman Other in Octavia Butler’s Adulthood Rites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Cultural critics have sought to define the term posthuman1 as primarily a condition that does away with hierarchical forms of power and control. It recognizes a transformation of the human species into a subject position that moves from an oppositional ...
Nanda, Aparajita
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‘I like to dance with the flowers!’: Exploring the possibilities for biodiverse futures in an urban forest school

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the ways in which ‘forest school’, an educational approach where children engage in creative and play based activities in a ‘natural’ environment, can contribute towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) by promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and by helping address biodiversity loss. Drawing on data
Hannah Hogarth
wiley   +1 more source

Past the Human: Narrative Ontologies and Ontological Stories

open access: yesRelations, 2016
Our existence, the existence of our species and its cognitive evolution, is far from being pure and confined within secure margins. Starting from mitochondria and all the way up, the human is constantly mixed with the nonhuman.
Serenella Iovino   +2 more
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Autoscopic Space: Re-thinking the Limits Between Self and Self-Image [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
open access journalAn experimental installation project of my own making, the diplorasis, aims to re-think the human sensorium by considering the bodily perceptual boundaries that are induced by visual media processes.
Themistokleous, George
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Parent Perspectives of Digital Media for Learning at Home

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children use digital media for a range of different reasons, including communication, play and learning. For some children, learning with digital media might involve structured activities, but for others, learning might occur using digital media as part of everyday life.
Amanda Levido   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Tale of Two Sophias: A Proposal for Critical Posthuman Youth Work, and Why We Need It

open access: yesYouth, 2023
This paper begins by recounting a tale of two Sophias: a humanoid robot and an ‘illegal’ baby immigrant. The tale of two Sophias locates my initial ideas for reflecting on how critical posthumanism might contribute to youth work theory and practice.
Maria Pisani
doaj   +1 more source

Narrating(−)Life – In Lieu of an Introduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
‘Narrating life’ – this phrase warrants some investigation. Who is the ‘agency’ or the ‘subject’ in this phrase, ‘narrating’ or ‘life’? Who, or what, is narrating life?
Herbrechter, Stefan
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Asian Roboticism: Connecting Mechanized Labor to the Automation of Work [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This article reconsiders the present-day automation of work and its transformation of who we are as humans. What has been missing from this important conversation are the social meanings surrounding Asian roboticism or how Asians have already been ...
Bui, Long
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