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The number of travellers along the information superhighway is increasing at a rate of 10 percent a month. How will this communications revolution affect our culture and society? Pierre Lévy shows how the unfettered exchange of ideas in cyberspace has the potential to liberate us from the social and political hierarchies that have stood in the way of mankind's advancement.Anthropologist, historian, sociologist, and philosopher, Lévy writes with a depth of scholarship and imaginative insight rare among media critics. At once a profound historical analysis of the development of human culture and a blueprint for the future, Collective Intelligence is a visionary work.

A clear explanation and provocative look at the impact of new technologies on world society.Needing guidance and seeking insight, the Council of Europe approached Pierre LÉvy, one of the world’s most important and well-respected theorists of digital culture, for a report on the state (and, frankly, the nature) of cyberspace. The result is this extraordinary document, a perfectly lucid and accessible description of cyberspace-from infrastructure to practical applications-along with an inspired, far-reaching exploration of its ramifications. A window on the digital world for the technologically timid, the book also offers a brilliant vision of the philosophical and social realities and possibilities of cyberspace for the adept and novice alike.In an overview, LÉvy discusses the distinguishing features of cyberspace and cyberculture from anthropological, philosophical, cultural, and sociological points of view. An optimist about the future potential of cyberspace, he eloquently argues that technology-and specifically the infrastructure of cyberspace, the Internet-can have a transformative effect on global society. Some of the issues he takes up are new art forms; changes in relationships to knowledge, education, and training; the preservation of linguistic and cultural differences; the emergence and implications of collective intelligence; the problems of social exclusion; and the impact of new technology on the city and democracy in general. In considerable detail, LÉvy describes the ways in which cyberspace will help promote the growth of democracy, primarily through the participation of individuals or groups. His analysis is enlivened by his own personal impressions of cyberculture-garnered from bulletin boards, mailing lists, virtual reality demonstrations, and simulations. Immediate in its details, visionary in its scope, deeply informed yet free of unnecessary technical language, Cyberculture is the book we require in our digital age.

The new digital media offers us an unprecedented memory capacity, an ubiquitous communication channel and a growing computing power. How can we exploit this medium to augment our personal and social cognitive processes at the service of human development? Combining a deep knowledge of humanities and social sciences as well as a real familiarity with computer science issues, this book explains the collaborative construction of a global hypercortex coordinated by a computable metalanguage. By recognizing fully the symbolic and social nature of human cognition, we could transform our current opaque global brain into a reflexive collective intelligence.

The inspiration for Old, a Blinding Edge Pictures production, directed and produced by two-time Oscar nominee M. Night Shyamalan, from his screenplay based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters. It’s a perfect beach day, or so thought the family, young couple, a few tourists, and a refugee who all end up in the same secluded, idyllic cove filled with rock pools and sandy shore, encircled by green, densely vegetated cliffs. But this utopia hides a dark secret. First there is the dead body of a woman found floating in the crystal-clear water. Then there is the odd fact that all the children are aging rapidly. Soon everybody is growing older—every half hour—and there doesn’t seem to be any way out of the cove. Levy’s dramatic storytelling works seamlessly with Peeters’s sinister art to create a profoundly disturbing and fantastical mystery.Praise for Sandcastle:“Sandcastle truly inspired my film Old. It is a profound mystery sci-fi graphic novel that is illustrated so beautifully and with such humanity. Its theme of ageing had me thinking about my parents and children, and how quickly it all goes by. From the moment I read this, I was changed.” – M. Night Shyamalan“Begins like a murder mystery, continues like an episode of The Twilight Zone, and finishes with a kind of existentialism that wouldn’t be out of place in a Von Trier film.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review“By turns touching, frightening, and strangely believable. It’s a low-key SF gem with heart.” – SFX Magazine“Peeters and Lévy convey some profound, if profoundly unsubtle, truths about the human condition. Weighty stuff, expertly told.” —The Comics Bulletin“Maximally eerie, unsettling.” – Booklist

Qu''est-ce que la cyberculture ? Quel mouvement social et culturel se cache derrière ce phénomène technique ? Peut-on parler d''un nouveau rapport au savoir ? Quelles mutations la cyberculture entraîne-t-elle dans l''éducation et dans la formation ? Quelles sont les nouvelles formes artistiques liées aux ordinateurs et aux réseaux ? Comment le développement du cyberespace affecte-t-il l''urbain et l''organisation du territoire ? Quelles sont, en un mot, les implications culturelles des nouvelles technologies ? De la numérisation à la navigation, en passant par la mémoire, la programmation, les logiciels, la réalité virtuelle, le multimédia, l''interactivité, le courrier électronique, etc., ce livre clair, complet et accessible aux non-spécialistes, se veut une présentation des nouvelles technologies, de leur usage et de leurs enjeux. Philosophe, Pierre Lévy est professeur à l''université de Paris-VIII (département hypermédia). Il a notamment publié L''intelligence collective (1994) et Qu''est-ce que le virtuel ? (1995).

« La grande aventure du monde contemporain n’est plus celle de pays, de nations, de religions ; c’est celle de l’humanité. Après tant d’efforts, voici enfin venue l’unification de l’humanité : ce n’est pas un empire, une religion conquérante, une idéologie, ce sont des images, des chansons, le commerce, l’argent, la science, la technique, les voyages, les mélanges, Internet, un processus collectif et multiforme qui pousse de partout. J’ai tenté dans ce livre de discerner l’unité du courant qui nous portait et de donner un nom à ce processus : l’expansion de la conscience. » P. L. Pierre Lévy Philosophe, professeur à l’Université de Québec, Pierre Lévy est notamment l’auteur de Cyberculture, de Qu’est-ce que le virtuel ?, de L’Intelligence collective et de Les Technologies de l’intelligence.

The proceedings gather a selection of refereed papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research 2018 (KEER 2018), which was held in Kuching, Malaysia from 19 to 22 March 2018. The contributions address the latest advances in and innovative applications of Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research. The subjects include:Kansei, Emotion and GamesKansei, Emotion and Computing Kansei, Emotion and Wellbeing / Quality of LifeKansei, Emotion and DesignKansei, Emotion and Health / ErgonomicsKansei, Emotion and Multidisciplinary FieldsKansei, Emotion and CultureKansei, Emotion and Social computingKansei, Emotion and EvaluationKansei, Emotion and User ExperienceThe book offers a valuable resource for all graduate students, experienced researchers and industrial practitioners interested in the fields of user experience/usability, engineering design, human factors, quality management, product development and design.

The proceedings gather a selection of refereed papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research 2018 (KEER 2018), which was held in Kuching, Malaysia from 19 to 22 March 2018.

 

The contributions address the latest advances in and innovative applications of Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research. The subjects include:

Kansei, Emotion and Games Kansei, Emotion and Computing Kansei, Emotion and Wellbeing / Quality of Life Kansei, Emotion and Design Kansei, Emotion and Health / Ergonomics Kansei, Emotion and Multidisciplinary Fields Kansei, Emotion and Culture Kansei, Emotion and Social computing Kansei, Emotion and Evaluation Kansei, Emotion and User Experience

The book offers a valuable resource for all graduate students, experienced researchers and industrial practitioners interested in the fields of user experience/usability, engineering design, human factors, quality management, product development and design.

This book gathers a selection of refereed papers presented at the 8th International Conference on Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research 2020 (KEER 2020), which was held in Tokyo, Japan, 7–9 September 2020. The contributions address the latest advances in and innovative applications of Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research and related topics. This book caters researchers and graduate students in the field of design, art, Kansei engineering, and other engineering fields, psychology, physiology, and education.