Digital humanities

New technologies have provided the humanities with new ways of visualising, connecting and interpreting data. Open call for papers for a monograph on digital humanities. Deadline for submission: 17 November 2023.

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Canons

The canons of beauty have changed over time, as well as the way we capture beauty.

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The new Metode monograph analyses the relationship between beauty and nature

The new Metode monograph analyses the relationship between beauty and nature from different scientific perspectives.

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Conferences and goals

COP27 is this week. The Eyedropper makes us think about climate conferences and their goals

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Happy living

A recent study points out that the happy living salary is around the 60,000€ per year.

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Utility

Utility

And what is this useful for? A new cartoon in Ferran Martín's The Eyedropper about the usefulness of science.

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Public Understanding of Science

Public engagement as rhetoric, persuasion as practice

Some scholars nowadays use «public engagement» as an umbrella term for old and new forms of interaction between science and publics.

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The [ir]rational species?

Humans have a series of biases, including survivorship bias. Some of them seem to be adaptive, and others, limitations in our ability to assimilate information.

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The last day of the volcano

On 13 December 2021, the eruptive activity of the volcano of La Palma came to an end. Since before the eruption, science was essential to manage the crisis.

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The problem

Ferran Martin's eyedropper talks about the problem with research contracts in science

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