Cultural Technology

Homo algorithmus viral selection framework

Digital ecosystems have transformed human behavior at a scale and speed without evolutionary precedent. Yet the theoretical frameworks available to study this transformation remain fragmented: cultural critics document attention capture and cognitive change; media scholars analyze platform effects and algorithmic incentives; evolutionary biologists’ study cultural transmission. No existing framework integrates these levels into a falsifiable, empirically operational model of how digital environments generate systematic variation in human behavioral and cognitive profiles.

This manuscript proposes such a framework. We introduce a taxonomic architecture identifying four phenotypic varieties of cultural-technological adaptation — Homo algorithmus digitalis (interface adaptation), connectus (social network adaptation), metricus (quantification adaptation), and viralis (virality adaptation) — grounded in ecological niche theory, cultural evolution research, and fifteen falsifiable hypotheses with specified effect sizes, power estimates, and measurement protocols.

The framework's central theoretical contribution is the formalization of viral selection as a differential reinforcement regime: a mechanism through which algorithmic reward architectures systematically favor stable user–algorithm interaction patterns that maximize engagement metrics, generating population-level convergence in cognitive and behavioral strategies. The unit of selection is specified precisely — neither individual users nor content in isolation, but the iterated behavioral profiles through which humans and algorithmic environments co-constitute each other over time. Four empirical conditions that would falsify this principle are stated explicitly, following Hull's (1980) criteria for operational selectionist frameworks.

Fifteen falsifiable hypotheses are organized in a three-tier validation hierarchy: structural hypotheses (H8, H9, H1) that must be confirmed before variety-specific predictions (H2–H14) can be meaningfully tested, followed by the "Happy in Hell" Paradox (H15) and Cognitive Displacement Spiral: Systemic Feedback Without Natural Brake (H16)— the framework's most conceptually distinctive prediction, documenting dissociation between hedonic reward and eudaimonic wellbeing in high-phenotypic-score individuals.

The taxonomy is situated within 2.4 million years of Homo evolutionary history, addresses WEIRD bias with a concrete comparative research proposal, and maintains throughout the distinction between culturally induced phenotypic plasticity and genetic speciation.

This is not a descriptive typology. It is a falsifiable theoretical program with an actionable research agenda for the next decade of work on human-algorithm coevolution, digital wellbeing, and accelerated cultural selection.

In Qur'an, Surah 70:4, a time relation is described in which one "day" for angelic beings corresponds to fifty thousand years for humans. In this study, we interpret this statement as a physically testable proportionality between proper time (τ) and coordinate time (t) within the frameworks of Special Relativity (SR) and General Relativity (GR). We compute the corresponding Lorentz factor (γ = 50,000) and derive the velocity required for such extreme time dilation. Because massless particles experience no proper time (τ = 0) [6], [10], we show that such entities cannot be photons or any other massless form of radiation. Furthermore, it is established that the value of this factor does not require the conversion of time units, as it simply represents the ratio between proper time and coordinate time The model instead implies ultrarelativistic beings with extremely small but non-zero rest mass, allowing them to possess proper time while moving at velocities extremely close to the speed of light. We additionally examine alternative interpretations involving gravitational time dilation and strongly curved or higher-dimensional spacetime scenarios. To our knowledge, this study provides the first explicit derivation of γ, velocity, and rest-mass implications based on the time-scaling described in Qur'an, Surah 70:4. It is: "A Lorentz Factor Model for Entities with Extended Proper-Time Scaling"

Version 201025 Zusammenfassung Die heutige Wellenvorstellung in der Physik gründet auf einem historischen Irrtum und einer logischen Inkonsistenz. Der Irrtum bestünde im Verlust des physikalischen Trägers der Wellen, nachdem der sogenannte Äther nach dem Michelson-Morley-Experiment verworfen worden sei. Die Inkonsistenz läge in der Einführung der sogenannten Welle-Teilchen-Dualität, mit der die widersprüchlichen Beobachtungen von Interferenz und Quantenabsorption nebeneinander bestehen durften, ohne dass ein kausaler Zusammenhang angegeben würde. Beide Brüche hätten vermieden werden können, wenn man den Raum als physikalische Substanz begriffen hätte-ausdehnungsfähig, strukturierbar und fähig, Energiezustände zu tragen.

Our article maps the well-being of the adoption and use of digital technologies in museums in China. Digital technologies used here are termed 'cultural technology' in top-level national policies for the creative cultural industry, with culture and heritage at the core of all such activities. Our investigation aims to understand the present state of adoption and use of cultural technologies with the goal of identifying limitations so as to provide a roadmap for the informed design and development of museum-based digital exhibits that are appropriate for visitors. Whilst our study is focused on China's museums, our evaluation model and lessons learned can be used as comparative studies for museums globally. This highlights the novelty of our article, for the scale of which we carried out our evaluation has never been conducted before. We travelled 22 sites over 15 cities and collected over 800 samples of data. We evaluated 36 digital systems used by over 800 visitors and observed how users interacted and engaged with the systems with a record of 21 variables related to the length of interaction, engagement, quality of contents and types of systems, age groups, sexes, and the number of participants and whether they were individuals or in groups. Our investigation revealed important findings in both digital systems and visitor engagement.

This paper aims to highlight the immunitary role of practices within Peter Sloterdijk's philosophy and Norbert Elias's sociological theory of the civilizing process. Starting from a theoretical perspective, I will outline some point of affinity between the immunitary aim of what Sloterdijk calls "anthropotechnics" and the development of customs and manners described by Elias. In both cases a general tendency towards the reduction of uncertainty, unpredictability, risks of harm by violence or sudden and violent death, will be found within the inner core of habitual, repeated actions. It will be clear, in fact, that the increase in human interdependence and social differentiation, with their reduction of immediacy, theorized by Elias, describe something quite similar to what Sloterdijk sketches as the anthropological need to distance from the immediate pressure of reality expressed in the building of habits and institutions.

L'articolo si propone di sottolineare il ruolo immunitario delle pratiche nella filosofia di Peter Sloterdijk e nella teoria sociologica del processo di civilizzazione delineata da Norbert Elias. Partendo da un punto di vista teorico, si tratterà di evidenziare alcuni punti di affinità, una certa "aria di famiglia", tra lo scopo immunitario di ciò che Sloterdijk chiama "antropotecniche" e lo sviluppo di costumi e maniere descritto da Elias. In entrambi i casi, all'interno del nucleo di azioni abituali ripetute, sarà riscontrata una tendenza generale alla riduzione dell'incertezza, dell'imprevedibilità, del rischio di danno derivante da violenza o di morte violenta e improvvisa. Si chiarirà infatti come le teorie di Elias circa l'incremento dell'interdipendenza e della differenziazione sociale nei rapporti umani, con la loro conseguente riduzione dell'immediatezza, descrivano qualcosa di piuttosto simile a ciò che Sloterdijk abbozza nei termini di bisogno antropologico di distanza dall'immediata pressione della realtà espressa nella costituzione di abitudini e istituzioni.

This article explores the evolution of militarism through the lives of six influential military leaders; Sun Tzu, Scipio Africanus, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ōmura Masujirō, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and General George S. Patton, tracing how their actions and philosophies shaped a concept that continues to defy easy definition. Spanning over two thousand years and three continents, the narrative reveals militarism as a fluid but persistent system, shaped by each era's fears, ambitions, and cultural contexts, yet grounded in constants such as the monopoly on force, hierarchical control, charismatic leadership, technological dependence, and fear-based justification. From Sun Tzu's cerebral strategies to Patton's mechanized campaigns, militarism emerges not simply as policy or ideology, but as a cultural technology, a structured language of power used to preserve order or assert dominance. By following its syncretic evolution, the article offers a nuanced working definition and invites a deeper reflection on militarism's enduring presence in human history.

Digital representation and organization of legacy data plays a crucial role in the diffusion, use, and understanding of data stored in old publications, archives, and museums. An interesting case study comes from data of potteries discovered in ancient rural territories of Eastern Sicily, as the majority of legacy data for this research area exists in the form of old maps and paper catalogues: to make these datasets available at a global level, innovative digital technologies are needed. The Semantic Web offers well established methodologies and tools to semantically model application domains and to integrate data, making them global entities available on the Web. In this contribution, we present OntoCeramic 2.0, an OWL 2 (Web Ontology Language 2) ontology storing archaeological data from the plain of Catania regarding ancient potteries, and whose taxonomy refines and extends OntoCeramic 1.0, an ontology for the classification of ancient ceramics defined in a previous work by some of the authors. OntoCeramic 2.0, constructed according to the standard CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM), represents and integrates new survey and legacy data on ancient pottery stored in the archives of Heritage Superintendence of Syracuse and Catania, in the Regional Technical Office of Sicily, and in the State Archives of Palermo and Catania. We gratefully acknowledge support by "Università degli Studi di Catania, Piano della ricerca 2016/2018 Linea di intervento 2".

This deliverable D3.1 provides an overview of data models, ontologies, controlled vocabularies, and formats adopted in both humanities research and cultural heritage. Over 130 resources have been compiled/gathered from a number of sources, primarily from the insights of the four major research infrastructures involved in ATRIUM: ARIADNE, CLARIN, DARIAH, and OPERAS. These resources have been assessed for their relevance to ATRIUM, focusing on their maturity, community adoption and interoperability. Based on this assessment, 40 resources have been described in more detail in the document. The full list of gathered resources is available in Appendix A.

This overview should serve as a basis for improving the discoverability and (semantic) interoperability of cultural heritage resources and research objects.

Τούρτας, Α. (2025) ‘Τα ψηφιακά μέσα’, in Α. Χουρμουζιάδη (επιμ.) Τριδιάστατη Πολυμεσική Εκθεσιακή Αφήγηση. Μεθοδολογία σχεδιασμού. Μυτιλήνη: Museolab - Εργαστήριο Μουσειολογίας Τμήμα Πολιτισμικής Τεχνολογίας & Επικοινωνίας Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου, σελ. 151–168.

Στην παρούσα εργασία θα ερευνηθεί η σημασία της αξιοποίησης των βιομηχανικών κτιρίων τηςΛέσβου, λαμβάνοντας ως μελέτη περίπτωσης το Μουσείο Βρανά στον Παππάδο της Γέρας.Στόχος της μελέτης αυτής είναι να δείξει τον τρόπο και την σημασία των κτισμάτων ησυγκροτημάτων, τα οποία λειτούργησαν ως ελαιοτριβεία, σαπωνοποιία και βυρσοδεψία τον19ο και 20ο αιώνα στο εν λόγω νησί, με βάση το σπουδαίο προϊόν της ελιάς και πως αυτά θαμπορούσαν σήμερα να αποτελέσουν στοιχεία πολιτιστικής επιχειρηματικότητας και πόλο λέξηςεσωτερικού και εξωτερικού τουρισμού. Βιομηχανικά κτίρια με σπουδαία αρχιτεκτονική, ταοποία κατά το παρελθόν αποτέλεσαν ζωντανό και χρηστικό σημείο του τόπου,επαναχρησιμοποιούνται λειτουργικά και συμβάλλουν στη βιωσιμότητα των λεσβιακών χωριώνκαι την περαιτέρω ενίσχυση της τοπικής οικονομίας.
Το Ελαιοτριβείο - Μουσείο Βρανά αποτελεί δείγμα ενός από τα Αρχαιότερα ΑτμοκίνηταΕλαιοτριβεία της Λέσβου, το οποίο άνηκε στην οικογένεια του Νομπελίστα ποιητή ΟδυσσέαΕλύτη και οι εργασίες αναστήλωσης του ολοκληρώθηκαν το 2009. Μετα την ανακαίνιση, τονπροαύλιο χώρο του μουσείου κοσμούν εκθέματα του 19ου και 20ου αιώνα από τα οποία οεπισκέπτης έχει τη δυνατότητα να ζήσει μια εμπειρία στον χρόνο ενώ τον εσωτερικό χώροαποτελεί ένα πλήρες λειτουργικό ελαιοτριβείο του 19ου , έργα του Θεόφιλου ενώ παράλληλαυπάρχουν αίθουσες, οι οποίες φιλοξενούν εκθέσεις, διαλέξεις, συνέδρια, συναυλίες. Τοσυγκεκριμένο αρχιτεκτονικό και βιομηχανικό μνημείο της Λέσβου αποτελεί πολιτιστικήκληρονομιά και παράδειγμα πολιτιστικής επιχειρηματικότητας κυρίως την τελευταία διετία μεσυναυλίες επωνύμων και με την πραγματοποίηση διεθνούς συνεδρίου με επίκεντρο την «ελιά»,που βοήθησε στην προβολή της περιοχής και κυρίως στην ενίσχυση της τοπικής οικονομίας και ανάπτυξης.

The construction of the Short Perimeter Road of Patras constitutes a public work of prime significance, not only because it reduced traffic congestion in the city center, but also because it enriched the archaeological and cultural map of Patras. This paper aims at discussing briefly the main antiquities that have been discovered in the framework of this project, which have resulted in new important data concerning the public water supply system from the Roman to the Ottoman era, and have also clarified the limits and character of the ancient city towards the east and southeast of the Castle of Patras.

Έννοιεςορισμοί 1.1 Περί ανάπτυξης 1.2. Η έννοια της τοπικής ανάπτυξης 1.3. Η πολιτιστική διάσταση της τοπικής ανάπτυξης 1.4. Η έννοια της πολιτιστικής πολιτικής και φορείς άσκησής της 1.5. Οι Οργανισμοί Τοπικής Αυτοδιοίκησης ως Φορέας Άσκησης Πολιτιστικής Πολιτικής 1.6. Βασικοί ρόλοι και λειτουργίες των ΟΤΑ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ 2ο ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΣ, ΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΠΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΤΗΤΑ 2.1. Η έννοια της επικοινωνίας -βασικά στοιχεία 2.2. Σχέση μεταξύ πολιτισμού και επικοινωνίας στη σύγχρονη εποχή 2.3. Η επικοινωνία ως μέσο βιωσιμότητας των πολιτιστικών οργανισμών 2.4. Επικοινωνία και Τοπική Δημοσιότητα 2 Ο ΜΕΡΟΣ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ 3ο ΒΑΡΣΑΜΙΔΟΥ ΛΥΔΙΑ -Η ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΚΗΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΟΤΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΤΟΠΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ

The construction of the Short Perimeter Road of Patras constitutes a public work of prime significance, not only because it reduced traffic congestion in the city center, but also because it enriched the archaeological and cultural map of Patras. This paper aims at discussing briefly the main antiquities that have been discovered in the framework of this project, which have resulted in new important data concerning the public water supply system from the Roman to the Ottoman era, and have also clarified the limits and character of the ancient city towards the east and southeast of the Castle of Patras.

Digital transformation is often hindered for cultural heritage institutions operating in rural areas, due to factors including lack of digital literacy and/or digital readiness, limited capacity, underfunding and remoteness. The typology of these institutions varies, involving e.g. community-run folklore museums, cultural sites maintained by local associations, permanent thematic collections founded by collectors in their place of origin and enterprise initiatives showcasing historical information of local goods production within gallery settings. Due to their special traits and underlying factors, cultural heritage institutions operating in the periphery may remain outside the reach of central heritage infrastructures, such as aggregators of digital heritage content, and may fail to benefit from digital strategies and services.
The paper describes the development of the “AegeanA” digital infrastructure for cultural heritage management in the region of the North Aegean, Greece, with the objective of overcoming those barriers by connecting with cultural heritage institutions across the region and supporting the wider sharing of their collections in open- access and semantically enriched ways. AegeanA is a digital repository and collection system for cultural heritage operating at the regional level, offering a single point of access for larger volumes of digital cultural heritage content previously dispersed in remote, offline or outdated databases. The paper discusses key concepts related to the project on digitisation, innovation and sustainability in the cultural heritage field, highlighting the impact of regional development. Next, the framework and methodology of the digital infrastructure development is presented, and results are discussed in the context of user analysis, protocols of collaboration and technical
infrastructure development. It particularly focuses on the backend development for achieving interoperability between the open- source system of AegeanA and the aggregator of digital heritage content of the National Documentation Centre in Greece. The paper further discusses the challenges and benefits of the project, in the context of digital heritage management and regional development.

Cite as: Ziku, M., Teneketzis, A., Alexandridis, G., Christodoulou, Y., Konstantakis, M., Drosopoulos, A., Dritsas, E., Siolas, G., Paximadis, K., Rousaki, F., & Caridakis , G. (2024). Digital Cultural Heritage Management for Local Heritage: Overcoming Barriers to Accessibility with Regional Digital Infrastructures. Journal of Integrated Information Management, 9(1), 20–29. https://doi.org/10.26265/jiim.v9i1.38585

Cultural Heritage (CH) (In the context of this paper, we consider cultural heritage built tangible cultural heritage, such as buildings or monuments.) is an important source of identity for humankind and needs to be conserved for future generations. Climate change (CC) will morph the environmental landscape, thus leading to climate stress imposed on CH. Experts from different domains, including, but not limited to, material scientists, conservators and managers of cultural heritage collaborate to find out how CC affects CH and how potentially harmful impacts can be mitigated. To find and understand correlations and effects of different factors, researchers collect and analyse vast amounts of data. Still, experts often cannot exchange or make efficient use of data since it often is unstructured, incompatible, or its plain existence is simply unknown. This article introduces means to achieve consent about available knowledge, to exploit synergy effects through the combination of avail...

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HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Marque de l'échange et échange de la marque. Essai de biographie culturelle appliquée au tatouage samoan, Cahier du CAP, n°2, Modèles et modalités de la transmission culturelle

Tattooing is a stressor that could have adaptive benefits. Previous research indicates that endocrine and immune systems adjust to the stress of modern electric tattooing over lifetime experience, but it is unclear how these systems react to traditional hand-tap tattooing. The objective of this study was to explore how the body responds to this intense cultural stressor through examining traditional tattooing in Samoa, where saliva samples were collected throughout the first day from a Samoan man receiving the tattoo. Morning elevations and diurnal profiles of cortisol, C-reactive protein (CRP), secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA), and bacteria killing activity (BKA) are described, and comparison is made between these data and a previous study including hand-tap and electric tattooing. Peaks in the diurnal cortisol slope correspond with anticipation of beginning an important tattoo, tattooing activity, and evening pain as stress-related analgesia diminishes and inflammation rises. Peaks in CRP levels may reflect normal moment-to-moment changes in salivary excretion. sIgA and BKA fluctuate similarly to one another throughout the day of tattooing. There were no significant differences in average pain ratings or biomarker levels between the two tattooing styles. Exploring tattooing and endocrine function is important to understanding how culture interacts with endocrine and immune function.

Tattooing has become a prominent form of body modification worldwide since the 20 th century, leading to a revival of traditional hand-tap techniques, especially those from Samoa. The Samoan traditional pe'a (male tattoo) and malu (female) are distinctive, as they are administered by hand-tap tools in open-air bungalows and are to be completed in a short period of time, usually 1-2 days for the malu and a week to a month for the pe'a. This study involved systematically collecting saliva samples from participants undergoing traditional Samoan tattooing practices facilitated by Sulu'ape Tatau in Apia, Samoa. The Sulu'ape Tatau lineage is recognized as a prominent representative of the Su'a Guild, which holds significant cultural and historical importance within the realm of Samoan tatau. This study characterizes the physiological responses to tatau by analyzing biomarkers such as cortisol, secretory immunoglobulin A, and C-reactive protein. Given the constraints on healthcare resources in Samoa, understanding these physiological responses provides insight into how cultural practices like tatau may enhance biological resilience against health challenges.

“Κατά τις τελευταίες δεκαετίες, οι τεχνολογίες της ψηφιοποίησης δημιούργησαν νέες δυνατότητες αλλά και νέες προκλήσεις στο πεδίο των ιστορικών σπουδών. Στην εργασία σας, να αναλύσετε τις ιδιαιτερότητες των ψηφιακών αρχείων, των ψηφιακών πηγών και τεκμηρίων με έμφαση στις πρακτικές της ιστορικής έρευνας (διάσωση, εντοπισμός, προσδιορισμός, πρόσβαση, εξακρίβωση, έλεγχος κ.ά.).
Να εντοπίσετε και να αναλύσετε μία ψηφιοποιημένη πηγή (π.χ. κείμενο, φωτογραφία, κινηματογραφική ταινία, ντοκιμαντέρ) γύρω από την ιστορική περίοδο της Μεταπολίτευσης, λαμβάνοντας υπ’ όψιν το ψηφιακό περιβάλλον στο οποίο ανήκει ή εντάσσεται (π.χ. βάση δεδομένων, επιστημονικός ιστότοπος, ιστότοπος αρχειακού φορέα) αλλά και το ευρύτερο απόθεμα πηγών για την μελέτη της περιόδου.”

El present treball pretén abordar, des d'un punt de vista etnogràfic, l'estudi d'un sistema tecnològic així com de la seva organització socioeconòmica. La seva raó última, a partir del material que aquí es presenta i amb posteriors investigacions, està en avaluar el potencial que per l'anàlisi etnològica tenen els estudis particulars sobre processos tècnics i formes d'organització de la producció. La nostra proposta està en desenvolupar l'estudi intensiu d'un procediment d'obtenció de sal a partir d'una font d'aigua salada en les seves vessants tècnica i social. Partint, doncs, d'una explícita intenció etnogràfica, s'estudia l'explotació salinera de Gerri de la Sal (Pallars Sobirà) en el marc temporal aproximat deIs darrers cent anys. El cas de Gerri apareix com a idoni per establir les correspondències entre tècnica i organització social en presentar la primera vessant una certa invariabilitat al llarg del període delimitat, contràriament del que passa amb la segona on el canvi és la seva característica més significativa.

The Physicist and the Philosopher lässt die historische Auseinandersetzung zwischen Einstein und Bergson ebenso wie die vielfältigen wissenschaftlichen, kulturellen, religiösen und politischen Debatten, die ihr vorhergingen und die ihr folgen sollten, lebendig und in den Details nachvollziehbar werden. Das Buch ist in vier Teile gegliedert, wobei der erste Teil die unmittelbaren Zusammenhänge der Begegnung anschaulich macht. Einstein war am 28. Marz in Paris eingetroffen, sein Besuch, zu dem er schließlich von Walther Rathenau gedrängt wurde, sollte ausdrecklich der Normalisierung der Beziehungen zwischen Deutschen und Franzosen dienen. Einstein hielt vier Vorlesungen eber Physik am Collège de France, bevor er am 6. April an der Sorbonne im Rahmen einer Diskussionsveranstaltung auf eine gut halbstendige Intervention Bergsons, der mehr oder weniger unwillig zu dieser gedrängt wurde, mit einigen wenigen markanten Sätzen antwortete.

Silk is a particularly important material in European history. Its trade has facilitated the growth of new economic centres, stimulated the development of innovative weaving techniques, and allowed the creation of exceptional objects. While many institutions specialise in its conservation, this fragile Cultural Heritage is under threat. In this article, we explain the methodology used by the Horizon 2020 SILKNOW project to better promote these Cultural Heritage collections. We present the CIDOC CRM-based data model that we designed for the creation of a Knowledge Graph. We also present the methodology used to integrate, in the data model, the annotations generated by the analysis of texts and images. Finally, we present the SIlKNOW extension, designed to model the complex semantics describing the production process of silk fabrics.

The report reflects the second stage of the definition of the Standardisation Survival Kit (SSK). On the basis of the various user scenarios presented in Deliverable 4.1, where each stage of the research process has been annotated according to the actual standards that are actually needed in order to fulfil the research task, we present here a systematic review of the activities that have to be carried out to provide support to researchers in using, but also contributing to, these standards. All PARTHENOS deliverables are available at: http://www.parthenos-project.eu/resources/projects-deliverables

The present report reflects the second stage of the definition of the Standardisation Survival Kit (SSK) within Work Package 4 of the PARTHENOS project. On the basis of the various user scenarios presented in Deliverable 4.1, where each stage of the research process has been annotated according to the actual standards that are actually needed in order to fulfill the research task, we present here a systematic review of the activities that have to be carried out to provide support to researchers in using, but also contributing to, these standards.

ABSTRACT Farm (or "useful") animals have not shared in the increased general interest in animals that has come to be known in the social sciences and humanities as the animal turn. On the contrary, interest in farm animals seems to be waning, and this is also happening in ethnology-anthropology-the discipline that has traditionally shown the most interest in them of all these disciplines. This article analyses the genealogy, circumstances and causes of the historical process of the gradual marginalisation, exclusion and displacement of farm animals in affluent Western societies and pays particular attention to this development in anthropology.

As a contribution to the much debated problem of ritual efficacy, this article aims to present a technological approach to ritual theory. In most scholarly studies of ritual, analyses of the material setting are avoided in favour of a focus on symbolic expression, cultural representations, or embodied cognition. Here a close look at the interplay between substances, sounds, smells, elementary actions on matter and supernatural forces shows that there is a blending phenomenon between myth, rite and technique at the early stages of the preparatory phases as well as during the ritual action itself. The central part played by technical actions and interaction with matter in the ritual of Samoan tattooing is a case study for a technological approach to ritual efficacy.

The present report reflects the second stage of the definition of the Standardisation Survival Kit (SSK) within Work Package 4 of the PARTHENOS project. On the basis of the various user scenarios presented in Deliverable 4.1, where each stage of the research process has been annotated according to the actual standards that are actually needed in order to fulfill the research task, we present here a systematic review of the activities that have to be carried out to provide support to researchers in using, but also contributing to, these standards.

The present report reflects the second stage of the definition of the Standardisation Survival Kit (SSK) within Work Package 4 of the PARTHENOS project. On the basis of the various user scenarios presented in Deliverable 4.1, where each stage of the research process has been annotated according to the actual standards that are actually needed in order to fulfill the research task, we present here a systematic review of the activities that have to be carried out to provide support to researchers in using, but also contributing to, these standards.

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The transfer of images from one medium to another and their diffusion far beyond Pacific islands communities changes their mode of reception and the way they mediate social relationships. In this context, the question of iconic power also brings up a range of other controversial issues among tattoo practitioners and tattoo wearers. The most contentious one relates to the economy of images and the professional ethics ruling the circulation, appropriation, and copying of images.

As a contribution to the much debated problem of ritual efficacy, this article aims to present a technological approach to ritual theory. In most scholarly studies of ritual, analyses of the material setting are avoided in favour of a focus on symbolic expression, cultural representations, or embodied cognition. Here a close look at the interplay between substances, sounds, smells, elementary actions on matter and supernatural forces shows that there is a blending phenomenon between myth, rite and technique at the early stages of the preparatory phases as well as during the ritual action itself. The central part played by technical actions and interaction with matter in the ritual of Samoan tattooing is a case study for a technological approach to ritual efficacy.

L'"intelligence artificielle" telle que nous la concevons aujourd'hui se concentre sur l'apprentissage automatique, par lequel un programme isolé évolue pour prendre des décisions de plus en plus "correctes" en fonction d'un objectif prédéfini. Son mythe se nourrit de l'idéologie du self-made-man, que les plus grand investisseurs du domaine prennent pour un modèle d'intelligence. Malgré le potentiel créatif de l'IA, son imaginaire demeure dans l'orbite de systèmes de pensée établis qu'elle contribue à figer. Pour y échapper, nous avons besoin de perspectives plus larges. Cet essai soutient que l'IA n'est pas une invention récente, mais plutôt la continuation d'une longue tradition de création de systèmes artificiels qui médient notre relation au monde. Son histoire commence avec l'apparition même du langage, et elle se matérialise dans l'écriture et dans le tissu urbain antique. André Ourednik redéfinit l'IA comme l'ensemble des systèmes symboliques et fonctionnels qui méditent notre rapport à l'incontrôlable, à l'innommable, à l'insaisissable, en d'autres mots: à la nature. Reliant les tablettes de lois de la cité d'Ur, les méganombres védiques, les automates du 19e, la cybernétique et les algorithmes génératifs, voici l'histoire de l'autonomie croissante des dispositifs de pensée. Quel sera le rôle futur des humains dans leurs créations? Une intelligence artificielle qui échappe au contrôle humain redevient-elle "nature"? Avec quelles conséquences? L'IA peut-elle nous aider dans nos relations aux êtres vivants et à notre propre subjectivité?

The present report reflects the second stage of the definition of the Standardisation Survival Kit (SSK) within Work Package 4 of the PARTHENOS project. On the basis of the various user scenarios presented in Deliverable 4.1, where each stage of the research process has been annotated according to the actual standards that are actually needed in order to fulfill the research task, we present here a systematic review of the activities that have to be carried out to provide support to researchers in using, but also contributing to, these standards.

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