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This thesis navigates the complex landscape of cultural heritage digitization in Finland, focusing on standardization and preservation challenges. Examining technological advancements and industry collaborations, the research adopts a case study approach, partnering with Tietoa Oy and the Finnish Heritage Agency. The study explores the guiding principles for cultural heritage digitization, emphasizing the importance of site selection, preservation considerations, and the impact of technology development. An analysis of digitization projects, particularly the Ainola Artist Homes, reveals the evolving influence of equipment, technology, and techniques on digital model fidelity. As a contribution to the ongoing discourse, this thesis aims to provide nuanced insights into the challenges of standardization in cultural heritage digitization, offering a perspective that aligns with the ever-changing demands of the field. Tämä opinnäytetyö tarkastelee kulttuuriperinnön digitointia Suomessa, keskittyen standardointiin ja säilyttämisen haasteisiin. Tutkimus hyödyntää tapaustutkimusta yhteistyössä Tietoa Oy:n ja Museoviraston kanssa. Tutkimus syventyy kulttuuriperinnön digitoinnin ohjaaviin periaatteisiin, korostaen esinevalintaa, säilyttämisen näkökohtia ja teknologian kehityksen vaikutusta. Analyyttinen tarkastelu digitointiprojekteista, erityisesti taiteilija koti Ainola-projektista, paljastaa laitteiden, teknologian ja menetelmien kehityksen vaikutukset digitaalisten mallien laatuun. Osana jatkuvaa keskustelua tämä opinnäytetyö pyrkii tarjoamaan hienovaraisen näkemyksen standardoinnin haasteisiin kulttuuriperinnön digitalisoinnissa, tarjoten näkökulman, joka mukautuu alati muuttuviin vaatimuksiin alalla.

Aprovada per resolució de la Presidència de l'Institut Municipal del Paisatge Urbà i la Qualitat de Vida de 08-01-2024

Climate change challenges countries around the world, and news media are key to the public’s awareness and perception of it. But how are news media approaching climate change across countries? With the problem of climate change and its solution being global, it is key to determine whether differences in climate change news reports exist and what they are across countries. This study employs supervised machine learning to uncover topical and terminological differences between newspaper articles on climate change. An original dataset of climate change articles is presented, originating from 7 newspapers and 3 countries across the world, and published in English during 26 Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). Three aspects are used to discriminate between articles, being (1) countries, (2) political orientations, and (3) COP meetings. Our results reveal differences with regard to how newspaper articles approach climate change globally. Specifically, climate change-related terminology of left-oriented newspapers is more prevalent compared to their right-oriented counterparts. Also, over the years, newspapers’ climate change-related terminology has evolved to convey a greater sense of urgency. Python, 3 BeautifulSoup, 4 scikit-learn, 0.24.2

Cultures in Mediterranean climate zones (MCZs) around the world have long been reliant on groundwater and springs as freshwater sources. While their ecology and cultural sustainability are recognized as critically important, inter-relationships between springs and culture in MCZs has received little attention. Here we augmented a global literature review with case studies in MCZ cultural landscapes to examine the intensity of cultural and socio-economic impacts on springs ecohydrogeology. MCZs are often oriented on the west and southern coasts in tectonically active landscapes, which control aquifer structure, the prevalence of westerly winds, and aridity, and generally expose associated habitats to harsh, afternoon sunlight. Cultural appreciation and appropriation of springs ranges widely, from their use as subsitence supplies to profound traditions, such as Greco-Roman nymphs, and Asian and Abrahamic spiritual cleansing and baptism. Commoditization of water resources for agriculture, industry (e.g., mining, water bottling, geothermal resorts), and urban needs is placing ever-increasing, non-sustainable demands on aquifers and springs. When economic values approach or exceed cultural values, these irreplaceable aquatic resources are degraded and lost. Sustainable stewardship of springs and the aquifers that support them are a little-recognized, but central conservation challenge for modern society facing global climate changes.

Annotated full-text of national-level general election manifestos at a natural-sentence level of 42 political parties from Germany, Ireland, and the UK from 1970-2021. This repository aims to provide clean and accurate (as much as possible) full-text versions of election manifestos to facilitate all scholarly research for which parties’ election manifestos are relevant. More details on the structure of the dataset is found in the accompanying release note.

Intra-tooth or sequential stable isotope analyses are nowadays widely implemented in zooarchaeological research. Sequential isotopic analyses have been mainly restricted to the mineral fraction of the enamel, while a wider implementation in dentine collagen has been generally eluded, despite conforming an essential organic compound for paleodietary studies. In high-crowned teeth, dentine grows oblique to the vertical axis of growth and some challenges arise when trying to isolate dentine increments during a sequential sampling. Previous sampling strategies slice the whole dentine thickness and provide sequences where isotopic variation is largely attenuated. In this study, we show a new proposal for performing carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of dentine collagen which better fits dentine's growth. We implemented it in mandibular second molars of an experimental modern sheep flock. Our sampling largely reduces the isotopic "damping" of previous approaches and provides short time-span samples. Sequential 813C values obtained in dentine tissue yielded similar resolution to those obtained in enamel tissue of the same individuals. This proposal, especially suitable for caprine and other bovid species, broadens the implementation of dentine collagen signatures in the field of stable isotope analyses in zooarchaeology.

Aprovat entre l'Ajuntament de Barcelona i l'Editorial Efadós, SL el 29-12-2023.

Aprovades per resolució de la Regidora del Districte de Sant Andreu de 22-12-2023

[eng] The aim of this dissertation is to provide a theoretical framework where the double significance of Disability Justice artistic practices aesthetic and political can be accounted for , and to show the emancipatory and coalitional potential of DJ as a place for collective liberation that interlaces social justice movements in solidarity and care bonds . To do so, the thesis elaborates on the intersections between Pragmatist politics and ethics, and the artistic practices that are flourishing in the discipline of Access Art, which constitutes a central territory of activism for Disability Justice. This connection revolves around a recovery of embodiment, which is paradigmatically exemplified by an attention to the sense of touch. Therefore, three steps are performed . In the first one, we undertake an archaeology of touch which shows how Western philosophy has been shaped by an Ocularcentric conception of knowledge and culture that has led to a tactile amnesia which is used to reinforce ableist structures that leaven on visual learners behind in many territories, and emphatically in museums. From this, we argue that paying attention to embodiment and touch constitutes a shift of standpoint with deep philosophical implications, which entails restructuring the sensory regimes ordering how we inhabit the world. Secondly, the ten Disability Justice principles are presented as the guiding regulations that establish how this reordering of the world is performed in Access Art practices. The function of each principle is examined in relation to precedent theoretical frameworks that come from Feminist Pragmatism and Critical Theory’s ideas of community, interdependence and care. Thirdly, a series of case studies built around the key work of Car men Papalia in Access Arts are narrated to show how different practitioners deploy reorganizational tactics that aim at transformative justice actions by way of revolting everyday ways of sensing, saliently redirecting our attention to the broad senses of touch. This thesis is framed in a broader project arguing that building bridges between the principles of Disability Justice and the tenets of critical Pragmatist theoretical frameworks provides a bidirectional enrichment for both fields: for Disability Justice activists and artists, existing frameworks provide a tradition in relation to which they can make sense of their praxis; and for the Pragmatist scholars, it enlivens the discipline by proving it useful to analyze and take charge of current oppressions, as w ell as affording a new standpoint from which new aspects become salient when we revisit classical texts.