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UNINA9910480302003321 |
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Autore |
Kowal Emma |
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Trapped in the gap : doing good in indigenous Australia / / Emma Kowal |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : berghahn, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1-78238-604-1 |
1-78238-600-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 pages) |
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Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions - 21st century |
Aboriginal Australians - Services for |
Aboriginal Australians - Ethnic identity |
White people - Australia - Attitudes |
Race awareness - Australia |
Electronic books. |
Australia Race relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Chapter 1 Studying 'Good' ; Chapter 2 The Culture of White Anti-racism ; Chapter 3 Tiwi 'Long Grassers' ; Chapter 4 Welcome to Country ; Chapter 5 Mutual Recognition ; Chapter 6 White Stigma ; Conclusion; References; Index |
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In Australia, a 'tribe' of white, middle-class, progressive professionals is actively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people. This book explores what happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to help without harming. 'White anti-racists' find themselves trapped by endless ambiguities, contradictions, and double binds -- a microcosm of the broader dilemmas of postcolonial societies. These dilemmas are fueled by tension between the twin desires of equality and difference: to make Indigenous people statistically the same as non-Indigenous people (to 'close the gap') |
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while simultaneously maintaining their 'cultural' distinctiveness. This tension lies at the heart of failed development efforts in Indigenous communities, ethnic minority populations and the global South. This book explains why doing good is so hard, and how it could be done differently. |
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UNINA9910299049303321 |
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Autore |
Ferreira Paulo |
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Distributed Context-Aware Systems / / by Paulo Ferreira, Pedro Alves |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
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[1st ed. 2014.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (80 p.) |
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SpringerBriefs in Computer Science, , 2191-5768 |
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Computer networks |
Computer Communication Networks |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Introduction -- Taxonomy -- Systems -- Privacy -- Conclusions. |
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Context-aware systems aim to deliver a rich user experience by taking into account the current user context (location, time, activity, etc.), possibly captured without his intervention. For example, cell phones are now able to continuously update a user’s location while, at the same time, users execute an increasing amount of activities online, where their actions may be easily captured (e.g. login in a web application) without user consent. In the last decade, this topic has seen numerous developments that demonstrate its relevance and usefulness. The trend was accelerated with the widespread availability of powerful mobile devices (e.g. smartphones) that include a myriad of sensors which enable applications to capture the user context. However, there are several challenges that must be addressed; we focus on scalability (large number of context aware messages) and privacy (personal data that may be propagated). This book is organized in five chapters starting with an introduction to the theme raising the most |
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important challenges. Then, chapter two presents several important definitions (establishing a common ground for the following chapters) and taxonomy. These are important to chapter three which describes some of the most relevant distributed context-aware systems that can be classified according to the taxonomy. Privacy is addressed in chapter four and chapter five presents some important conclusions. The audience for this book is wide; researchers, students and professionals interested in the areas addressed will find the most relevant information regarding scalability and privacy in distributed context-aware systems. |
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