Kalakriti Archives: Rare maps reveal how India's cartography evolved over centuries In the 1580s, the adventurous son of a Dutch innkeeper found himself on a ship sailing from Lisbon to India. Newly employed by the archbishop of Goa, Jan Huygen van Linschoten was headed to the capital of the Estado da India Portuguesa—the Portuguese State of India—from where the European power almost completely controlled trade with the subcontinent. Decades after Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to the subcontinent, the Portuguese colonial empire kept its navigation intelligence a national secret and reaped the rewards, leaving the British and the Dutch desperate to learn how to traverse the long and treacherous journey themselves. As an assistant to the archbishop, van Linschoten spent five years in Goa, learning all about its inhabitants, culture, and local life, besides the structure of the Portuguese empire and how it controlled the region. Published in 1596, the book was an instant best-seller and was soon translated into English. A dying art Plan of Pondichéry (1741)
VertigO - la revue électronique en sciences de l'environnement Actor–network theory Broadly speaking, ANT is a constructivist approach in that it avoids essentialist explanations of events or innovations (e.g. explaining a successful theory by understanding the combinations and interactions of elements that make it successful, rather than saying it is “true” and the others are “false”). However, it is distinguished from many other STS and sociological network theories for its distinct material-semiotic approach. Background and context[edit] ANT appears to reflect many of the preoccupations of French post-structuralism, and in particular a concern with non-foundational and multiple material-semiotic relations. At the same time, it was much more firmly embedded in English-language academic traditions than most post-structuralist-influenced approaches. Its grounding in (predominantly English) science and technology studies was reflected in an intense commitment to the development of theory through qualitative empirical case-studies. A material-semiotic method[edit]
Interactive: When Do Americans Leave For Work? JavaScript required for interaction.<br /><img src=" In a continued dig into commute data from the American Community Survey (We already saw mode of transportation.), the map above shows when people leave home for work. Do we get anything interesting even though it's just one facet of the commute to work? As you'd expect, many commuters leave home between 7:00am and 8:00am. This surprised me. In contrast, commuters are more spread out between 7:00am and 8:30am in other areas. Still, fairly normal. Look at commuting rates during the late night and early morning hours. LaGrange county in Indiana, known for its large Amish population, also has many leave for work during the midnight to 4:59am time slot. There are early-risers everywhere but only a handful of counties where most leave between 6:00am and 6:29am.
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blog: Empowering Social Influence With Mark Granovetter Hearing the phrase "Social Networking" immediately brings to mind applications such as Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn. Depending on where in the world you're reading this post you may identify with a slightly different set of social networks - Friendster is still alive and now hugely popular in Asia, as well as Hi5, Bebo, Orkut, and Mixi (Japan's biggest social network). The diversity of social networks has a rich history that encompasses some of the best Use Cases of what to do, and what not to do when building successful online communities. Each network began their approach to building their online communities from slightly different directions - specific regional or cultural communities (Mixi), common social (MySpace), collegiate social (Facebook), professional social (LinkedIn), sub-networks (Ning) etc. Over the years many of them have expanded to overlap each other to some degree. But VCs and investors are all still asking the same questions. Enter Social Influence: Empowerment
L'opéra au cinéma : vers une démocratisation du « bel canto » / Musiques - Concerts Les initiatives des salles de cinéma Pathé live : le Metropolitan Opera de New York en direct Depuis 2008, Pathé Live (anciennement Ciel ecran) diffuse en direct les opéras du Metropolitan Opera de New York (MET) par satellite. Elle retransmet les oeuvres dans plus de 100 salles en France (cinémas mais aussi scènes nationales et municipales). Cette programmation, même si elle reste minoritaire par rapport à celle des films, rencontre une réelle curiosité et un succès certain. Par exemple, La Traviata de Verdi avec Nathalie Dessay, donnée au MET et diffusée le 14 avril dernier a rassemblé le même soir 34 000 spectateurs. Viva l'opéra ! En province et dans les cinémas indépendants Le réseau CGR propose la rediffusion en direct et en différé des opéras du Royal Opera House de Londres. Du côté des cinémas indépendants, quelques belles initiatives qui valent le détour, dans une ambiance plus intime. Voir aussi la programmation de MK2 :
7,000 APIs: Twice as Many as This Time Last Year The ProgrammableWeb directory has hit lucky API number 7,000. It’s been a short three months since 6,000 APIs, as the API universe continues to expand rapidly. How rapidly? The Last 1,000 APIs There are a lot of APIs, sure, but what categories do they fall into? Perhaps most surprising about the APIs added to ProgrammableWeb over the last three months is how many financial and enterprise APIs we’ve seen. Everyone Can Have an API APIs are not just for companies anymore. If a mobile app does anything interesting, it likely needs to contact an API. API management company 3Scale (a ProgrammableWeb sponsor) added a freemium API service in May. If you’re a developer that’s looking to become an API provider, you have many options. Everyone Can Be a Developer There have been a number of mashup creation engines over the years. Webshell takes a similar approach, referring to itself as the API of APIs (it’s not the only one). Where Do We Go From Here?
Institution Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : Institution, sur le Wiktionnaire Le terme institution (institutum in.), du latin instituo (instituer, établir), désigne une structure d'origine coutumière ou légale, faite d'un ensemble de règles tourné vers une fin, qui participe à l'organisation de la société ou de l'État.