Springer Proceedings in Humanities and Social Sciences – serie

This edited book collects a selection of the best papers submitted for the Artificial Creativity: Looking at the Future of Digital Culture meeting held in Milan, Italy in June of 2024.

This book presents the proceedings of the 11th edition of Topical Issues of Linguistics and Teaching Methods in Business and Professional Communication (TILTM 2024), held at RUDN University, which present a diverse collection of studies in applied linguistics and specialized language training. This book brings together research on a wide range of topics, including innovative approaches to language teaching, virtual reality technologies, business English in the context of global transformations, and corpus-based methods for generating foreign language learning materials. The book interests scholars and practitioners engaged in language globalization, business discourse analysis, professional communication, and the integration of technology in linguistics and education.

This book presents one of the two collections of papers from the 12th International Conference on Tourism and Hospitality (ICT 2023), hosted by Jinan University, China, from November 3 to 5, 2023. Delving into the subject with a blend of scholarly rigor and practical insight, it provides a fresh outlook on how digital intelligence is reshaping the tourism landscape. Through the lens of interdisciplinary exploration, this book showcases pioneering strategies and real-world case studies, bridging the gap between demand and supply, and illuminating the path toward a more interconnected and intelligent future for the tourism sector. Its contents introduce emerging topics such as virtual reality tourism, cyber pilgrimage, smart tourism city construction, and large language models, tailored to cater to the needs of researchers, practitioners, and students alike.

This open access book, stemming from the biennial Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia conference, confronts numerous contemporary issues in the Southeast Asia region, under the banner of the 2022 theme “Managing Disruption, Developing Resilience for a Better Southeast Asia.” Providing a platform for discussion and collaboration in the fields of sociology, education, population studies, cultural studies, public health, international relations, and other humanities and social science disciplines, the range of interdisciplinary chapters focus their critical analyses vis-à-vis the interpellation of economic, social, historical, artistic, cultural, religious, and political viewpoints. Organized into three sections, the first looks at new models of economic development, the challenges to education quality, the labor market in the digital era, and the demographic changes and critical issues facing both the young and elderly in the region. The second examines disasters as a future challenge for risk management, understandings of contemporary society and culture, the digital humanities, social development in the time of COVID-19, and identities in relation to religion, minorities, and social harmony. The final section addresses diaspora, migration, the region in the pandemic, citizenship and human security, democracy, and human rights, as well as foreign policy, diplomacy, and state sovereignty in Southeast Asia. As ASEAN comes of age, there has never been a more compelling need to provide region-based perspectives to complement the deepening economic, social, and cultural integration in the region.  For scholars working on Southeast Asia, “area” matters in geopolitical, economic, intellectual, institutional, social, cultural, and affective terms, and so this book transports the study of Southeast Asia from the periphery to the center, so as to enable scholars who live in and research the region to bring their research to a global readership. Relevant to scholars, public intellectuals, policy-makers, and activists working in all areas of the social sciences and humanities, this comprehensive book presents the very latest research on, and from, Southeast Asia.

This book explores the intersection of art, design, and technology, revealing how new technological innovations are transforming creative practices and opening up new artistic expressions.

It is organized into four parts and covers Innovative Pedagogical Practices for Technology Enhanced Learning, Technology, Society and Industry in Higher Education, STEM Education and Cultural Studies, Gender Studies and Sustainability in Higher Education.

This book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Best Innovative Teaching Strategies (ICOBITS) at BITS Pilani on Feb 9-11, 2023. It brings together global academicians, researchers, and industry experts to delve into innovative teaching-learning practices. Meticulously selected and reviewed by professionals, the proceedings offer cross-cutting perspectives and strategies in education and creative learning. It is organized into four parts and covers Innovative Pedagogical Practices for Technology Enhanced Learning, Technology, Society and Industry in Higher Education, STEM Education and Cultural Studies, Gender Studies and Sustainability in Higher Education. It provides insights into assessment tools for effectively evaluating the efficiency of teaching methods. Part one explores ICT, digital classrooms, metaverse-based teaching, gamification, and AI-ML-based practices. Part two delves into the humanistic approach in technical education, social networking as an educational tool, and outcome-based assessment needs. Part three addresses future educators' requirements through multidisciplinary collaboration in STEM education. Part four discusses gender equity, structured social inclusion and cultural skills in teaching-learning practices. This book is a valuable resource for academicians, researchers, policymakers, administrators, technocrats, and developers actively engaged in education technology across disciplines such as Engineering, Sciences, Management, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

This book is a collection of the best scientific research presented during the First International Conference of Indonesian Medical and Health Professions Education (INA-MHPE Conference 2022) hosted by the Departments of Medicine, Health Professions Education, and Bioethics in the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing at the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia. The conference was held in co-operation with the co-hosts of Department of Medical Education at Universitas Indonesia (UI) and the Medical Education Unit in the Faculty of Medicine at Universitas Airlangga (UA), who will host the forthcoming INA-MHPEC in 2024 and 2026, respectively. This collection presents selected papers presented by health professionals and bioethicists from these leading institutions in Indonesia, focusing on the theme of character building in the context of health education for medical professionals in the twenty-first century. It considers effective learning strategies for character building, appropriate methods of character assessment, means of assessing and improving the learning environment in the community, clinics, university classes and hospitals, and addresses the role of the healthcare educator in providing resources, program evaluations, and effective medical management to support the development of healthcare professionals’ characters, and their modus operandi, in the future. The book is relevant to medical and public health professionals in Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and beyond.