Language as commodity [[electronic resource] ] : global structures, local marketplaces / / edited by Peter K.W. Tan and Rani Rubdy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458779203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-87357-1; 9786612873577; 1-4411-2398-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RubdyRani; TanPeter K. W
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetti: Language and languages - Economic aspects; Language and languages - Political aspects; Language and culture; Language spread; Communication, International; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Peter K.W. Tan and Rani Rubdy -- Dimensions of globalization and applied linguistics / Paul Bruthiaux -- Linguistic instrumentalism in Singapore / Lionel Wee -- The commodification of Malay : trading in futures / Lubna Alsagoff -- Beyond linguistic instrumentalism : the place of Singlish in Singapore / Chng Huang Hoon -- Linguistic pragmatism, globalization and the impact on the patterns of input in Singaporean Chinese homes / Ng Bee Chin -- Anatomies of linguistic commodification : the case of English in the Philippines vis-a-vis other languages in the multilingual marketplace / T. Ruanni F. Tupas -- The English language as a commodity in Malaysia : the view through the medium-of-instruction debate / Peter K.W. Tan -- English in India : the privilege and privileging of social class / Rani Rubdy -- Negotiating language value in multilingual China / Agnes S.L. Lam and Wenfeng Wang -- Language policy, vernacular education and language economics in postcolonial Africa / Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu ; -- On the appropriateness of the metaphor of LOSS / David Block -- The commoditization of English and the Bologna process : global products and services, exchange mechanisms and trans-national labour / Michael Singh and Jinghe Han.
• Sommario/riassunto: Throughout human history, languages have been in competition with each other. As the world becomes more globalized, this trend increases. It affects the decision-making of those in positions of power and determines macro language policies and planning. Often decisions about language (or dialects or language variety) are related to usefulness - defined in terms of their pragmatic and commercial currency or their value as symbols of socio-cultural identity. Languages can be modes of entry into coveted social hierarchies or strongholds of religious, historical, technological and political power

Nuclear security [[electronic resource] ] : federal and state action needed to improve security of sealed radioactive sources : report to the ranking minority member, Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate / / United States General Accounting Office

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910692179503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. General Accounting Office, , [2003]
• Soggetti: Radioactive substances - United States - Safety measures; Nuclear facilities - Security measures - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 14, 2003).; "August 2003."; Paper version available from: General Accounting Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.; "GAO-03-804."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.

Design, gestaltung, formativita : philosophies of making / / Patricia Ribault (editor)

• Record Nr.: UNISA996552360103316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Basel : , : Birkhäuser, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9783035622447
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Classificazione: LH 79540
• Disciplina: 153.35
• Soggetti: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Design, Gestaltung, Formatività. An Introduction -- Giving Form -- Estetica. Teoria della formatività. Preface to the 1988 edition, followed by "The Specification of Art" -- Formativity: A Philosophy of Making -- Gestaltung: A Process of Transformation of Forms as the Dynamic of Creativity -- Form in the Sphere of Design -- First There Is Form. Some Critical Remarks About the Belief That Form Follows Function -- No Deviation, No Life. Fine Arts and Symmetry -- Bricology: An Anthropology of Making Art -- The Threshold of Invention. Design Processes in Light of Some Methods of Projection -- From Gestalt to Gestaltung. A Conversation with Giovanni Anceschi -- From Invisible Design to Post-Optimal Objects. Interface Design and Discourses of Dematerialization since circa 1960 -- The Will to Engineer. Synthetic Biology and the Escalation of Zoëpolitics -- Buckminster Fuller: In Praise of the Imperfect -- The Design Turn 2.0 -- Form Given -- From the Invention of Manufacturing Processes to the Discovery of Matter -- Toward an Archaeology of Hanro's Design Processes of Underwear Production in the 1930s -- The Discreet Charm of Typography -- Acting Things. Choreographing the Everyday -- In Formation &amp -- amp -- Information in Living Material -- Rethinking the Materials Paradigm. Toward an Active Understanding of Gestaltung -- The Bark Project. Combining Science and Design to Elaborate New Models of Production for the Design Industry -- In the Flow. Incorporating the Formative Forces of Fluid Matter -- Designing ; Openness. An Approach to Integrate Active Material Behavior into Digital Design Practice -- To Build a Fish. Structuring Space and Material in Skeletons -- The Role of Mechanics in the Growth and Modeling of Biological Materials -- Expansions and Imperfections. Experiments on a Self-Morphing Lattice.; Attempts at Explementation. Combining Material and Symbolic Operations in Art and Design Research -- Afterword -- Biographies -- Image Credits -- Acknowledgments.
• Sommario/riassunto: Was haben die Schaffensprozesse eines Neurochirurgen und einer Malerin gemeinsam? Mithilfe der Definitionen von „Design“, „Gestaltung“ und „Formatività“ wirft dieses Buch ein neues Licht auf die Entstehungs- und Entwicklungsprozesse der materiellen Welt.TheoretikerInnen aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen hinterfragen die etablierten Prozesse der Formgebung, während KünstlerInnen, DesignerInnen, IngenieurInnen und WissenschaftlerInnen ihre kreativen Prozesse vorstellen. Die Leserschaft erhält einen Überblick über das Spektrum an „Philosophien des Gestaltens“ und ist eingeladen über das eigene Schaffen, dessen Möglichkeiten und die damit verbundene Verantwortung der Umwelt gegenüber nachzudenken und ins Handeln zu kommen – nie war es dringlicher, eine neue Beziehung zwischen Materie und Form herzustellen. • Diskussion und Erweiterung der Definitionen von „Design“, „Gestaltung“ und „Formatività“• Führende internationale TheoretikerInnen äußern sich zum Verhältnis von Materie und Form• Sammlung von neuen sowie erstmals ins Englische übersetzte Schlüsseltexte zum Thema; What do the work processes of a neurosurgeon and a painter have in common? Applying the notions of “Design”, “Gestaltung”, and “Formatività”, this book sheds new light on processes of formation and transformation in the material world we live in.Scholars from the fields of history, philosophy, psychology, media, and cultural studies question established processes of giving form, while artists, designers, engineers, and scientists describe their creative processes. This book provides its readers with an overview of the spectrum of “philosophies of making” and invites them to reflect on their own creative process, its possibilities, and associated responsibilities to the environment, and ultimately to express these in action. There has never been a more urgent need to develop a new relationship between matter and form. • Discussing and expanding the definitions of “Design”, “Gestaltung”, and “Formatività”• Leading international theorists write about the relationship between matter and form• A collection of new texts and first English translation of key texts