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Remaking place relations for social‐ecological restoration: Reflections on placemaking in South Africa

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological restoration is an ongoing relational process involving interconnected reciprocal social and biophysical interactions that shift and change over time and space. Conceptual literature proposes that placemaking can deepen and enhance the understanding and implementation of social‐ecological restoration processes as part of broader ...
Ancois de Villiers, Karen J. Esler, Jessica Cockburn, Marja Spierenburg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

EEG Study of the Uncanny Valley Phenomenon

This dataset contains the EEG recordings of 30 participants in a study conducted by the IT University of Copenhagen brAIn lab, designed to investigate the origins of the Uncanny Valley phenomenon.
Play, Culture, and AI, Dixen, Laurits, IT University of Copenhagen, Burelli, Paolo; id_orcid, Hristova, Mihaela, Højrup Vinther, Emil, Creative AI Lab, Digital Design, brAIn lab, The Maritime Hub   +9 more
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Silent Halls

Press Start, 2019
“What is a ghost?” “An emotion, a terrible moment condemned to repeat itself over and over…” -The Devil’s Backbone (Del Toro, 2001) This paper analyses P.T.(Kojima Productions, 2014), a playable teaser made to demo a planned instalment within the ...
Anna Maria Kalinowski
doaj  

What Do We Mean When We Say Epistemic Agency? How Considering Multiple Facets of Epistemic Cognition Can Clarify a Murky Theoretical Construct

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Opening space for students to help shape knowledge building practices in the classroom—that is, epistemic agency—is necessary to achieve a variety of goals held by the science education community. As such, many scholars have explored how students might be positioned with, perceive, and take up epistemic agency.
Brie A. Bradshaw, Andrew Elby, Ryan L. Stowe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Hero's Journey to Systemic Change: Developing Expertise in Agricultural Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Experts in rural development and agrarian change wield considerable influence over programme design and delivery, directing resources and shaping trajectories towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet the pathways through which such expertise develops remain under‐examined. This study examines the journey to expertise among experts
Kirt Hainzer, Caitlin Finlayson, Nicholas Harrigan, Andrew McGregor, Katharine McKinnon, Van Touch, Ariane Utomo, Brian R. Cook   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour Applied to the Mediating Influence of Habit on Recycling Behaviour in South African Townships

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recycling rates in South African townships remain critically low, undermining progress towards sustainable development and the transition to a circular economy. This study applies the theory of interpersonal behaviour (TIP) to examine how recycling habits mediate the relationship between key drivers—past behaviour, environmental concern ...
Thomas Dobbelstein, K. Mercy Makhitha
wiley   +1 more source

Unnatural Causes: Cryptocurrencies, Carbon Credits, and the rise of Neoliberalism from Below

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Klima is a carbon‐backed cryptocurrency running as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). In 2021, it had accumulated 9 million metric tons of digital carbon credits and reached a market value of more than US$1 billion. In 2023, its treasury stored twice as many carbon credits, but its spot price was a tiny fraction compared to 2021 ...
Riccardo De Cristano, Alexander Paulsson
wiley   +1 more source

Uncanny Monkeys in Ancient Chinese Literature: An Analysis of Narratives from the Taiping Guangji 太平广记

The uncanny in pre-modern Chinese literature often emerges through encounters with supernatural beings that challenge human perception and disrupt the boundaries between the familiar and the unknown. The zhiguai 志怪 (“accounts of the strange”) and chuanqi
Giovanni Ruscica
core  

Deviation from typical organic voices best explains a vocal uncanny valley

Computers in Human Behavior Reports
The uncanny valley describes the negative evaluation of near humanlike artificial entities. Previous research with synthetic and real voices failed to find an uncanny valley of voices. This may have been due to an incomplete selection of stimuli.
Alexander Diel, Michael Lewis
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic framing of novel ideas: How contestation shapes the evolution of novelty

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurs use strategic framing to gain support for their novel ventures, products, and services. A key challenge entrepreneurs face is that audiences often contest frames that introduce novel ideas, especially when these ideas disrupt audiences' mental and business models.
Janina Klein, Elco van Burg, Christine Moser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source