When the lights (don’t) go out: disrupting the hyperreal at the Basel Fasnacht in 2020

The development of learners’ geographical thinking about climate change rests upon teachers’ role as curriculum makers in engaging the context of learning. The topic is inherently complex, and the literature has shown that students have confused beliefs about the phenomenon, positive strong opinions on its mitigation, and admitting that the issue is a difficult and overwhelming matter that is beyond the capacity and control of a young person. Using Singapore as a case study, this chapter examines challenges for teachers attempting to execute a curriculum centred on developing geographical thinking for climate change as a key topic in secondary school geography.

The purpose of this special issue is to consider a number of contemporary issues related to coastal and marine governance in the UK. This is a particularly pertinent geographical question at this time, as coastal and marine spaces are at the forefront of a number of important challenges for the UK, and governance structures are a key influence on how these issues can be tackled (McFadden 2007). The first and most obvious issue is climate change, the impacts of which are likely to be felt at the coast before anywhere else, perhaps through increased flood severity and frequency, increased erosion, and greater land instability. Second, the UK’s coastal spaces are under immense socioeconomic pressure for development and exploitation, for tourism, port infrastructure, residential development, and more recently, for environmental mitigation schemes, managed realignment sites, and compensatory habitat. Third, is the changing pattern of the use of the UK’s marine environment, including a reduction in fishing activity and an expansion of both the offshore renewable energy and cruise tourism sectors. These challenges form the context for the central question of this special issue: how to establish an effective governance framework for the UK’s coastal and marine environment.

The present study examined the effects of using Google Maps as geospatial technology on undergraduate university students’ achievements, geographical thinking, and map reading skills. The study also determined student experiences and subject teacher opinions regarding intervention. The study followed a case study research method. A total of forty-five undergraduate university students of B.A-B.Ed. Integrated course and one geography subject teacher participated in a seven-hour Google Maps integrated Geography of Asia course. Accordingly, data was collected from the study participants. Consequently, one group quasi-experimental design was used to differentiate between students’ pre and post-test results of achievements, geographical thinking, and map reading skills. Furthermore, interviews were conducted to explore students’ experiences and teachers’ opinions on using Google Maps in the Geography of Asia course. Self-made student achievement tests, Geographical thinking tests, Map reading skill tests, and student and teacher interviews were used as data collection instruments. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze quantitative data. Interviews were analyzed by thematic content analysis. The study reveals a significant effect of Google Maps on students’ achievement, geographical thinking, and map reading skills. Students’ positive experiences and teachers’ opinions about Google Maps will suggest that teachers use geospatial technologies in geography teaching.

Cooperative relaying in wireless networks is strongly affected by the way that the source and relays are incentivized. However, existing studies have not paid enough attention to the influence of negotiation power of the involved parties. In this paper, two incentive mechanisms for cooperative relaying are proposed, wherein the source possesses different degrees of negotiation power. One mechanism is for the source with strong negotiation power posting a series of take-it-or- leave-it contract offers for the relays while the relays are not entitled to negotiate the counteroffers, and the other mechanism is for the source with weak negotiation power while the relays confer substantial negotiation power, i.e., are capable of doing business with the source by crafting more profitable deals. The relay selection rules, the optimal amounts of relaying service, and the optimal rewards for the relays, are derived for the proposed mechanisms, respectively. A distributed algorithm is further proposed to iteratively obtain the optimal solution for the second mechanism. A case study is also presented to show the influence of negotiation power on the behaviors of the participants and the efficiency and distribution of profits. Numerical results are provided to verify the theoretical analyses of the proposed mechanisms.

How humans behave with emerging technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic?

An increasingly important field of research within multilingualism and sociolinguistics, Family Language Policy (FLP) investigates the explicit and overt planning of language use within the home and among family members. However the diverse range of different family units and contexts around the globe necessitates a similarly diverse range of research perspectives which are not yet represented within the field. Tackling this problem head on, this volume expands the scope of families in FLP research. Bringing together contributors and case studies from every continent, this essential reference broadens lines of inquiry by investigating language practices and ideologies in previously under-researched families. Seeking to better reflect contemporary influences on FLP processes, chapters use innovative methodologies, including digital ethnographies and autoethnography, to explore diverse family configurations (adoptive, LGBTQ+, and single parent), modalities (digital communication and signed languages), and speakers and contexts (adult learners, Indigenous contexts, and new speakers). Bringing to light the dynamic, fluid nature of family and kinship as well as the important role that multilingualism plays in family members’ negotiation of power, agency, and identity construction, Diversifying Family Language Policy is a state-of-the-art reference to contemporary theoretical, methodological and ethical advances in the field of family language policy.

The article presents two case studies—the 2017 and 2022 elections and subsequent post‐election protests in Kibera, one of the largest informal settlements in Nairobi. Diverging from the dominant narratives surrounding urban protests in sub‐Saharan Africa, which often concentrates on structural causes, security issues, and violent aspects categorising these events as riots, this paper offers an alternative perspective. It provides an in‐depth analysis of the protests within a broader socio‐cultural context, highlighting the role of humour and playfulness, thereby pointing out elements of resistance existing beyond the traditionally recognised forms of protesting. Drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of carnival, the study interprets the elections in Kibera as a festival, challenging the established hierarchies in Nairobi through its grotesque character. The festival thus represents an integral part of the culture of the postcolony, where people from the lower strata of society mock and ridicule the officialdom of the postcolonial state.

Despite his numerous attempts to dismiss and distance himself from postmodernism, Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) is repeatedly hailed, often pejoratively, as its “high priest.” Described as a nihilistic “philosopher of ends” and a “theorist of eschatologies,” there is much about Baudrillard's work that aligns it with postmodernism and its rejection of truth, reality, and metanarratives. However, this characterization glosses over his significant contributions to social and cultural theory and his intellectual standing as a theorist of consumer culture, media and communication, techno‐culture, and everyday life. Baudrillard's work resonates across the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and his original and provocative analyses are a point of reference for disciplines as diverse as photography, design studies, human geography, fine and digital arts, media studies, international relations, cultural studies, and sociology.

Abstract: This article explores the reception in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries of the Scottish Jacobean poet Alexander Montgomerie (c. 1550–1598), especially his dream vision The Cherrie and the Slae . Whereas Montgomerie has long been recognised as the pre-eminent voice of Scottish Jacobean poetry based on his style, formal mastery, and generic versatility, from the later seventeenth century onwards, readers, editors, and especially poetic imitators such as G. G. of S, John Wilson, and Alexander Ross, turned to The Cherrie and the Slae because it enabled localisations of its fictional landscapes across a variety of real-world Scottish places. This reception history is underpinned by a turn in what Charles Withers has called 'geographical thinking'. By way of a case study, this article also serves to draw attention to the importance of place and space studies for premodern Scottish literatures.

Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is a challenging process, defined by stakeholder engagement and underpinned by knowledge on the integrated behaviour of coastal systems. While significant advancements in ICZM have been made, a range of difficult and important questions about ‘integration’ remain to be explored. This paper discusses opportunities for addressing such challenges of integration through the application of geographical thinking to understanding and managing coastal environments. It focuses on geographical traditions on systems thinking, the process‐based nature of geographic research and geographical contributions to conceptualising place and our relationships to it. Using UK‐based case studies the paper explores integration challenges from three different coastal contexts and management perspectives, examining: adaptation through managed realignment in a local community, integrated flood risk management in London and the Thames Estuary and enhancing the ‘socially just’ nature of coastal management. The case‐study discussion highlights the importance of ‘geographical thought’ to improving the integrative basis of strategies for managing complex coastal environments. This paper argues that ‘thinking geographically’ is one logical vehicle for increasing our understanding of, and providing solutions to, barriers which limit progress towards greater ‘integration’ in coastal management. Geography is dynamic, plural and based on the recognition that reality is contested and as such geographical ideas could add considerably to emerging cross‐disciplinary knowledge on the interactions and interdependencies of behaviours within coastal systems.

Fine-grain mobility data empirically quantify the propensity for human mixing to be indoors across the US and improve understanding of the relationship between the physical environment and infection risk in light of global change.

Fine-grain mobility data empirically quantify the propensity for human mixing to be indoors across the US and improve understanding of the relationship between the physical environment and infection risk in light of global change.

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic has been considered being over, yet it remains to leave global traces of reaction including in America. This study aims at investigating Anti-Asian Sentiments in Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS)’ Tweet and Press Release. Basing upon the curiosity of how the that particular sentiment spread in America and the reaction toward it from the perspective of the Asian. This study applies a qualitative method relying upon the data taken from an officially transcribed texts of short press the release video by Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS)’ in YouTube as display in the White House website and Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS)’ tweets posted to support Stop Asian Hate Movement. The analysis employs Huckin's Critical Discourse Analysis theory The results show that sentiment frames emerge in the forms of the violent attacks, discrimination, and the degradation of self-esteem. The existence of such sentiments has encouraged some reactions namely the awareness of Asian identity, the awareness of the rise of hate crimes, and the awareness of of supporting Stop Asian Hate movement. These findings implies that the BTS expressions language can act as an instrument of advocacy, power of negotiation, and expression of ideology. Thus, this study is significant for further studies on text analysis and rhetoric expressions, and cultural studies in general.

espanolLa politica europea de energia lleva varios anos en primera linea de actuacion de la UE. Su incorporacion al Tratado de Lisboa, asi como su relacion estrecha con otras politicas de la UE tales como competencia, mercado interior, tecnologia o medio ambiente, han convertido a la energia en un actor principal en lo que respecta a la accion y legislacion europeas y hay que mencionar las politicas y actuacion en el campo internacional, incluida la ayuda al desarrollo. No debe olvidarse en este contexto el transporte como gran consumidor de energia y uno de los mayores responsables de emision de gases de efecto invernadero. Tampoco hay que dejar de lado la tecnologia como tal. Las tres dimensiones de la politica de energia, competitividad, sostenibilidad y seguridad de abastecimiento, estan al mismo nivel de importancia, pero el equilibrio que se establezca entre las tres necesita decisiones politicas cuidadosas, que no suponen necesariamente alcanzar los optimos individuales de manera separada. La dimension exterior habria de anadirse a las tres anteriores. La UE persigue ejercer un cierto liderazgo mundial en relacion con sus objetivos para los horizontes 2020 y 2050. EnglishEuropean energy policy has been at the forefront of EU action for several years now. Its inclusion in the Lisbon Treaty, as well as its connection with other key EU policies such as competition, internal market, technology or environment, has made energy a major player in terms of EU action and legislation, let alone in its international policies and action including development aid. Transport as a major energy user - and greenhouse gas emitter - should not be forgotten in this context. Neither should technology as such. The three pillars of energy policy, that is to say competitiveness, sustainability, and security of supply are on an equal footing, but the balance to be struck between them requires delicate political set-offs, which means that the optimum objective for each of them separately is unlikely to be attainable. A pillar on external relations should also be added to the former three. The EU pursues exert world leadership in view of its 2020 and 2050 objectives.

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to find outpublic perception of Polda Metro Jaya's performance regarding policing actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, knowing how Kapolda Metro Jaya manages the Instagram account @kapoldametrojaya as one of the strategy implementations in carrying out public communication strategies related to policing actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, getting answers to the need Polri's strategy in managing the COVID-19 pandemic by paying attention to public communication strategies. Method: The research method in this study uses a qualitative method which seeks to explain social phenomena from the perspective of perceived barriers which are one of the causes of the lack of community participation to prevent the spread of COVID-19. and using case study research. This research is based on the type of case study, including the type of exploratory case study research. Using the case study method, researchers will explore Polda Metro Jaya's communication strategy in managing public perceptions regarding overcoming the Covid-19 Pandemic through research on Polda Metro Jaya's Instagram account. In this research, the case study method was carried out using a qualitative approach which discussed improving the image of the Police. This research focuses on the Instagram account of the Metro Jaya Police Chief as the highest ranking officer in the Metro Jaya Police, DKI Jakarta and this research focuses on the Metro Jaya Police Chief's digital communication strategy process. So the approach in this research uses a more qualitative and comprehensive case study to describe the police's self-image for the sake of a humanist communication strategy. Primary data sources are objects observed directly in the field and data obtained through interviewed informants. In this research, informants came from police institutions, community leaders, local government and academics. This data is also accompanied by photo, image and map data to complement the primary data. Secondary data sources are documents or written sources in general. Secondary data is obtained from research results, journals, the internet and matters related to data needs. This secondary data is useful for researchers to understand more deeply the problem that is the object of research. Researchers try to attend and interact with informants as intensively as possible on various occasions, such as routine monthly activities involving key informants, jointly carrying out activities at the research location, and participating in other activities. This was done because in accordance with the research method used, the data collection process was carried out in a natural setting (natural conditions). The data was collected through participant observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. Results and conclusion: Based on the literature review and analysis carried out, Polda Metro Jaya's policing actions in the COVID-19 pandemic era made a significant contribution to overcoming COVID-19. in the Jakarta area and surrounding areas. The interaction between the community and Polda Metro Jaya has built "trust" and narrowed the communication gap due to social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Polri communication meta-typology strategy has advantages, as it can be better adapted to address the needs and concerns of different segments of the population and to facilitate the implementation of recommended behaviors that can help the Polri in managing crises. Research implications: It is hoped that this research will have scientific implications and when planning and implementing communication strategies, it will be taken into consideration by National Police agencies, especially Regional Police Chiefs or prospective Regional Police Chiefs, Police Chiefs or prospective Police Chiefs throughout Indonesia to improve effective communication strategies in managing public perception, so that policing performance Regional units obtain strong legitimacy from the community in carrying out police duties and functions. Thus, this research will be useful for managers of the National Police organization in understanding the importance of optimizing communication strategies aimed at managing public perception. Originality/value: This research explores the Communication Strategy of the Metro Jaya Police Chief's Instagram Account as a fundamental typology of the Indonesian National Police that supports a humanist approach to public communication. In this research, researchers conducted interviews with several sources within Polda Metro Jaya, Police Headquarters, as well as several non-police sources of information. Apart from that, interviews were also conducted with the Head of the Police Public Relations Division, non-Police personnel who volunteered to work to support the implementation of police strategies.