1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793633303321

Autore

Hulme Alison

Titolo

A brief history of thrift / Alison Hulme

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

1-5261-2885-3

1-5261-4672-X

1-5261-2884-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 140 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Manchester scholarship online

Disciplina

332.024

Soggetti

Social history

Consumption (Economics)

Thriftiness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-137) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Towards a theory of thrift -- Religious thrift : Puritans, Quakers and Methodists -- Individualist thrift : Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Smiles and -- Victorian moralism -- Spiritual thrift : simplicity, sensuality and politics in -- Henry Thoreau -- Nationalist thrift : making do, rationing and nostalgic austerity -- Consumer thrift : Keynes, consumer rights and the new -- thrifty consumers -- Ecological thrift : frugality, de- growth and Voluntary Simplicity -- Conclusion : Thoreau in the city.

Sommario/riassunto

This book surveys 'thrift' through its moral, religious, ethical, political, spiritual and philosophical expressions, focussing in on key moments such as the early Puritans and Post-war rationing, and key characters such as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Smiles and Henry Thoreau. The relationships between thrift and frugality, mindfulness, sustainability, and alternative consumption practices are explained, and connections made between myriad conceptions of thrift and contemporary concerns for how consumer cultures impact scarce resources, wealth distribution, and the Anthropocene. Ultimately, the book returns the reader to an understanding of thrift as it was originally used - to 'thrive' - and attempts to re-cast thrift in more collective, economically



egalitarian terms, reclaiming it as a genuinely resistant practice.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910845095403321

Autore

Følstad Asbjø

Titolo

Chatbot Research and Design : 7th International Workshop, CONVERSATIONS 2023, Oslo, Norway, November 22–23, 2023, Revised Selected Papers / / edited by Asbjørn Følstad, Theo Araujo, Symeon Papadopoulos, Effie L.-C. Law, Ewa Luger, Morten Goodwin, Sebastian Hobert, Petter Bae Brandtzaeg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

9783031549755

3031549759

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 1611-3349 ; ; 14524

Altri autori (Persone)

AraujoTheo

PapadopoulosSymeon

LawEffie L. -C

LugerEwa

GoodwinMorten

HobertSebastian

BrandtzaegPetter Bae

Disciplina

006.35

Soggetti

Natural language processing (Computer science)

Logic programming

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Computer networks

Information storage and retrieval systems

Computer programming

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Logic in AI

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Computer Communication Networks

Information Storage and Retrieval

Programming Techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Design, CONVERSATIONS 2023, which was held during November 2023. The 12 regular papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. They were organized in following topical sections: Understanding and Enhancing Conversational Interactions, LLM-driven Conversational Design and Analysis, Ethical Perspectives and Bias, Complementing Perspectives.