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Natural disasters remind us of the capricious power of Nature. This
book questions the way that modern science and technology are
represented as the means to liberate human beings from the
arbitrary natural imposition of forces beyond our control. Modern
science is implicated in a societal gamble on the construction of a
technological society to replace the natural world with a
supposedly better artificial one. The author questions the
rationality of this societal gamble and its implications for our
lives.
Charged with ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, availability,
and delivery of all forms of an entity's information, Information
Assurance (IA) professionals require a fundamental understanding of
a wide range of specializations, including digital forensics, fraud
examination, systems engineering, security risk management,
privacy, and compliance. Establishing this understanding and
keeping it up to date requires a resource with coverage as diverse
as the field it covers. Filling this need, the Encyclopedia of
Information Assurance presents an up-to-date collection of
peer-reviewed articles and references written by authorities in
their fields. From risk management and privacy to auditing and
compliance, the encyclopedia's four volumes provide comprehensive
coverage of the key topics related to information assurance. This
complete IA resource: Supplies the understanding needed to help
prevent the misuse of sensitive information Explains how to
maintain the integrity of critical systems Details effective tools,
techniques, and methods for protecting personal and corporate data
against the latest threats Provides valuable examples, case
studies, and discussions on how to address common and emerging IA
challenges Placing the wisdom of leading researchers and
practitioners at your fingertips, this authoritative reference
provides the knowledge and insight needed to avoid common pitfalls
and stay one step ahead of evolving threats. Also Available
OnlineThis Taylor & Francis encyclopedia is also available
through online subscription, offering a variety of extra benefits
for researchers, students, and librarians, including: Citation
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Based on oral histories with African American activists and
community leaders, Life and Death in the Delta explores the civil
rights movement in several Mississippi communities in the context
of the region's history of white supremacy, racial oppression, and
African American cultural vitality. Terrorism, black poverty, and
economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and
social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the Twentieth
Century. This work reveals the impact of that oppression, and of
African American traditions of community service and leadership in
the lives of women and men who became activists. The result is a
sweeping history, told through the voices of ordinary people, of
how the civil rights movement operated on a local level: the
circumstances that made it thrive, the problems it faced, and the
dangers participants encountered on a daily basis.
This provocative and critical work addresses the question of why
scientific realists and positivists consider experimental physics
to be a natural and empirical science. Taking insights from
contemporary science studies, continental philosophy, and the
history of physics, this book describes and analyses the
metaphysical presuppositions that underwrite the technological use
of experimental apparatus and instruments to explore, model, and
understand nature. By revealing this metaphysical foundation, the
author questions whether experimental physics is a natural and
empirical science at all.
In recent years, a pronounced transformation of human attention has
been taking place. From the epidemic diagnoses of ADHD to the
calculable metrics of the 'attention economy, ' a groundswell of
discourses have intensified scrutiny on attention as a social
problem that cuts across psychology, economics, art and design,
media technology, popular culture, and the experience of everyday
life. Kenneth Rogers takes the vital first step in the project of
mapping out the complex of power relations that surround and
support the proliferating technologies, knowledge systems, and
social practices of attention. By unfolding the dramatic historical
development of attention's successive disappearance, return, and
transformation within formal scientific knowledge, he arrives at a
better understanding how the vestiges of political power deeply
inform the rise of new attention technologies and the pervasive
social and cultural uses of attention in today's society.
Taking insights from the philosophy of science and technology,
theories of participatory democracy and Critical Theory, the author
tackles and explores how democratic participation in scientific
research and technological innovation could be possible, as a
deliberative means of improving the rational basis for the
development of modern society.
Named for a goddess, epicenter of the first democracy, birthplace
of tragic and comic theatre, locus of the major philosophical
schools, artistically in the vanguard for centuries, ancient Athens
looms large in contemporary study of the ancient world. This
Companion is a comprehensive introduction the city, its topography
and monuments, inhabitants and cultural institutions, religious
rituals and politics. Chapters link the religious, cultural, and
political institutions of Athens to the physical locales in which
they took place. Discussion of the urban plan, with its streets,
gates, walls, and public and private buildings, provides readers
with a thorough understanding of how the city operated and what
people saw, heard, smelled, and tasted as they flowed through it.
Drawing on the latest scholarship, as well as excavation
discoveries at the Agora, sanctuaries, and cemeteries, the
Companion explores how the city was planned, how it functioned, and
how it was transformed from a democratic polis into a Roman city.
Named for a goddess, epicenter of the first democracy, birthplace
of tragic and comic theatre, locus of the major philosophical
schools, artistically in the vanguard for centuries, ancient Athens
looms large in contemporary study of the ancient world. This
Companion is a comprehensive introduction the city, its topography
and monuments, inhabitants and cultural institutions, religious
rituals and politics. Chapters link the religious, cultural, and
political institutions of Athens to the physical locales in which
they took place. Discussion of the urban plan, with its streets,
gates, walls, and public and private buildings, provides readers
with a thorough understanding of how the city operated and what
people saw, heard, smelled, and tasted as they flowed through it.
Drawing on the latest scholarship, as well as excavation
discoveries at the Agora, sanctuaries, and cemeteries, the
Companion explores how the city was planned, how it functioned, and
how it was transformed from a democratic polis into a Roman city.
Over the past two decades in the United States, a profound
reorientation of human attention has taken shape. This book
addresses the recent cultural anxiety about attention as a way of
negotiating a crisis of the self that is increasingly managed,
mediated, and controlled by technologies.
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Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime - 4th International Conference, ICDF2C 2012, Lafayette, IN, USA, October 25-26, 2012, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Marcus K. Rogers, Kathryn C Seigfried-Spellar
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This book contains a selection of thoroughly refereed and revised
papers from the Fourth International ICST Conference on Digital
Forensics and Cyber Crime, ICDF2C 2012, held in October 2012 in
Lafayette, Indiana, USA. The 20 papers in this volume are grouped
in the following topical sections: cloud investigation; malware;
behavioral; law; mobile device forensics; and cybercrime
investigations.
This book contains a selection of thoroughly refereed and revised
papers from the Third International ICST Conference on Digital
Forensics and Cyber Crime, ICDF2C 2011, held October 26-28 in
Dublin, Ireland. The field of digital forensics is becoming
increasingly important for law enforcement, network security, and
information assurance. It is a multidisciplinary area that
encompasses a number of fields, including law, computer science,
finance, networking, data mining, and criminal justice. The 24
papers in this volume cover a variety of topics ranging from
tactics of cyber crime investigations to digital forensic
education, network forensics, and the use of formal methods in
digital investigations. There is a large section addressing
forensics of mobile digital devices.
Based on oral histories with African American activists and
community leaders, Life and Death in the Delta explores the civil
rights movement in several Mississippi communities in the context
of the region's history of white supremacy, racial oppression, and
African American cultural vitality. Terrorism, black poverty, and
economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and
social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the Twentieth
Century. This work reveals the impact of that oppression, and of
African American traditions of community service and leadership in
the lives of women and men who became activists. The result is a
sweeping history, told through the voices of ordinary people, of
how the civil rights movement operated on a local level: the
circumstances that made it thrive, the problems it faced, and the
dangers participants encountered on a daily basis.
This provocative and critical work addresses the question of why
scientific realists and positivists consider experimental physics
to be a natural and empirical science. Taking insights from
contemporary science studies, continental philosophy, and the
history of physics, this book describes and analyses the
metaphysical presuppositions that underwrite the technological use
of experimental apparatus and instruments to explore, model, and
understand nature. By revealing this metaphysical foundation, the
author questions whether experimental physics is a natural and
empirical science at all.
Taking insights from the philosophy of science and technology,
theories of participatory democracy and Critical Theory, the author
tackles and explores how democratic participation in scientific
research and technological innovation could be possible, as a
deliberative means of improving the rational basis for the
development of modern society.
This book questions the way that modern science and technology are
considered able to liberate society from the erratic forces of
nature. Modern science is implicated in a gamble on a technological
society that will replace the natural world with a 'better' one.
The author questions the rationality of this gamble and its
implications for our lives.
Using the format of the original "Through Children's Literature"
series of titles, Dr. Rogers expands the original series focus by
discussing how instruction today and the use of integrated
children's literature is "Shaped by the Standards." Arranged around
the national standards strands in Geography, this title includes an
introduction that explains the strands and the standards and
includes 2-4 lesson plans for each strand. The author identifies
and explains the performance expectations and provide literature
text sets for each strand. Graphic organizers and other supporting
materials are included within the chapters. Grades K-4.
Combining practical, student-centered activities with an
annotated bibliography of more than 160 children's books, this
guide models ways for classroom teachers to teach geography through
children's literature. Chapters based on the five themes of the
Geographic Standards present a variety of activities that teach
students important geographic concepts. The extensive bibliography
provides summaries of books, suggested teaching activities, and
cross-references to other books; a list of teacher resources is
also included. Attractive line drawings accompany the
conversational text. Anyone looking for an effective way to teach
geography at the elementary level will want this book and middle
and high school educators will find useful extensions for older
students. The work offers a great way to integrate geography into
the curriculum.
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