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Needful Structures
How do humans, their needs, and technology interact in society? Marcel Siegler explores the dialectical relationship between human needs and desires, the demands and requirements of the built world, and the forms of organization that hold both humans and the built world together. He argues that complex societal constellations emerge from the actions individuals perform with the technological means at hand to satisfy their needs and desires in the short and long run. Based on a novel, complementary reading of French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, the study develops a conceptual framework for analyzing the intricate machinations of sociotechnical systems from a perspective on situated human-technology interaction.
What Art Does
The question of what and how artworks mean things is conventionally satisfied by appealing to literature from either philosophy of art or philosophy of language. This book offers an alternative by positioning art as a type of meaning-making tool whose function can only be understood through the application of the philosophy of technology.
Maintenance and Philosophy of Technology
What can we learn about the nature of technology by studying practices of maintenance and repair? This volume addresses this question by bringing together scholarship from philosophers of technology working at the forefront of this emerging and exciting topic. The chapters in this volume explore how attending to maintenance and repair can challenge and complement existing ways of thinking about technology focused on use and design and introduce new philosophical perspectives on the relationship between technology, time and human practice. They examine the significance of maintenance and repair practices at different scales in relation to a diverse range of philosophical traditions and a wide...
Gesundheit in regionaler Verantwortung
Die „Gesundheitsregion“ steigert sich zu einer Leitmetapher für integrierte Versorgung sowie für gesunde und soziale Lebensräume. Damit ist sie zugleich ein Mosaik aus durchaus verschiedenen Ebenen, Akteuren und Logiken, die jetzt in Richtung Netzwerk aufbrechen. Der Band versammelt heterogene Einblicke und illustriert damit das eigensinnige Gebilde „Gesundheitsregion“ mitsamt seiner Gestaltungsebenen („Areas“) und Diskursplätze („Arenas“).
Directory of American Agriculture
Includes state Soil Conservation Service and Extension Service offices, and a list of colleges of agriculture at Land Grant Universities.
Collagen as a Food
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