How children lost the right to roam in four generations | Daily Mail Online
âșhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-462091/How-children-lost-right-roam-generations.html
Even if he wanted to play outdoors, none of his friends strays from their home or garden unsupervised.
The contrast between Edward and Georgeâs childhoods is highlighted in a report which warns that the mental health of 21st-century children is at risk because they are missing out on the exposure to the natural world enjoyed by past generations.
The report says the change in attitudes is reflected in four generations of the Thomas family in Sheffield.
The oldest member, George, was allowed to roam for six miles from home unaccompanied when he was eight.
His home was tiny and crowded and he spent most of his time outside, playing games and making dens.
Mr Thomas, who went on to become a carpenter, has never lost some of the habits picked up as a child and, aged 88, is still a keen walker.
His son-in-law, Jack Hattersley, 63, was also given freedom to roam.
He was aged eight in 1950, and was allowed to walk for about one mile on his own to the local woods. Again, he walked to school and never travelled by car.
]]>Dean Trotman joins Sumo Digital as commercial director
â»https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-22-dean-trotman-joins-sumo-digital-as-commercial-director
Former Sega exec joins Sheffield-based games developer
#Jobs
]]>Le #Royaume-Uni veut diviser par deux le nombre dâĂ©tudiants Ă©trangers
La secrĂ©taire dâĂ©tat Ă lâintĂ©rieur aurait pris la dĂ©cision de diminuer de moitiĂ© les visas dĂ©livrĂ©s aux Ă©trangers pour Ă©tudier au Royaume-Uni. Les universitĂ©s anglaises montent au crĂ©neau.
En octobre, Amber Rudd, la secrĂ©taire dâĂ©tat Ă lâintĂ©rieur du parti conservateur au pouvoir, avait prĂ©dit de plus grandes difficultĂ©s pour dĂ©livrer des visas aux Ă©tudiants Ă©trangers, mais le raz-de-marĂ©e risque dâĂȘtre encore plus violent que prĂ©vu. Selon le Guardian, de 300.000 par an aujourdâhui, le nombre dâĂ©trangers dans les facs anglaises devrait passer Ă 170.000 sous la gouvernance de Theresa May, lâactuelle PremiĂšre Ministre.
Les Ă©tudiants internationaux rapportent pourtant prĂšs de onze milliards de livres (13 Mds âŹ) par an Ă lâĂ©tat, dâaprĂšs le journal anglais. Selon le dirigeant de lâune des plus grandes universitĂ©s du pays, restĂ© anonyme, « cette mesure est insensĂ©e, la politique va Ă lâencontre de lâĂ©conomie ». Colin Riordan, le vice-prĂ©sident de lâUniversitĂ© de Cardiff, confirme : « Couper les quotas dâĂ©tudiants Ă©trangers semble ĂȘtre le seul moyen que le gouvernement a trouvĂ© pour limiter lâimmigration. Mais les problĂšmes constatĂ©s par la population sur le sujet des migrants ne proviennent pas du tout des Ă©tudiants internationaux ».
ExpulsĂ© parce quâil ne connaĂźt pas le vice-prĂ©sident de sa fac
M. Riordan a mĂȘme rendu publiques quelques situations ahurissantes dans lesquelles des Ă©tudiants Ă©trangers se sont rĂ©cemment retrouvĂ©s :
â Lâun dâentre eux nâa pas eu son visa parce quâil ne connaissait pas les horaires dâouverture de la bibliothĂšque universitaire.
â Un autre a Ă©tĂ© exclu pour ne pas avoir su donner le nom du vice-prĂ©sident de la fac dans laquelle il Ă©tait.
Sir Keith Burnett, de lâuniversitĂ© de Sheffield, pourtant un proche de Theresa May, ajoute : « Les Ă©tudiants internationaux doivent se sentir les bienvenus chez nous ! Nos universitĂ©s sont influentes justement parce quâelles sont rĂ©putĂ©es Ă lâinternational ».
Amber Rudd, la secrĂ©taire dâĂ©tat Ă lâIntĂ©rieur, avait prĂ©cisĂ© en octobre que les meilleurs Ă©tudiants continueraient Ă affluer, mais que ceux issus dâĂ©tablissements moins huppĂ©s auraient plus de mal. Elle a encore tenu Ă prĂ©ciser : « Nous voulons simplement rendre le systĂšme plus sĂ©lectif pour favoriser les meilleures universitĂ©s, leur permettre de recruter les meilleurs. Les Anglais ont clairement votĂ© pour un plus grand contrĂŽle de lâimmigration, donc les universitĂ©s doivent aussi faire leur part ». Le conflit continue, outre-Manche, entre personnalitĂ©s politiques et directeurs dâuniversitĂ©s.
â»https://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/article/le-royaume-uni-veut-diviser-par-deux-le-nombre-d-etudiants-etrange
#université #UK #Angleterre #étudiants_étrangers
... Alors que la #France, elle, veut augmenter le nombre dâĂ©tudiants Ă©trangers (avec une technique, celle de lâaugmentation des #frais_universitaires, Ă©videmment discutable, mais bon...)
On en discute ici :
âșhttps://seenthis.net/messages/739889
Apologists for Assad working in British universities | News | The Times
â»https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/apologists-for-assad-working-in-british-universities-2f72hw29m
Senior British academics are spreading pro-Assad disinformation and conspiracy theories promoted by Russia, The Times can reveal.
They are founders of a self-styled Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media (SPM) and hold posts at universities including Edinburgh, Sheffield and Leicester.
Members of the group, which includes four professors, have been spreading the slur, repeated by the Russian ambassador to Britain yesterday, that the White Helmets civilian volunteer force has fabricated video evidence of attacks by President Assad, who is backed by the Kremlin.
Bien que datant dâavril dernier, cela me paraĂźt mĂ©riter une petite mention. En France les moyens de pression sont tout de mĂȘme un poil plus subtils.
]]>De mystérieux microbes teintent le Groenland de rose, accélérant la fonte des glaces | National Geographic
â»https://www.nationalgeographic.fr/environnement/de-mysterieux-microbes-teintent-le-groenland-de-rose-accelerant-l
â»http://www.nationalgeographic.fr/sites/france/files/styles/desktop/public/01_antarctic_snow_algae_acaciajohnson_16.adapt_.1900.1.jpg?itok=G
« Ces algues sont des organismes photosynthĂ©tiques qui produisent des molĂ©cules qui les protĂšgent du soleil. En Ă©tĂ©, en #Arctique, elles restent au-dessus de lâhorizon jusquâĂ 24 heures par jour », explique M. Tranter.
La surface plus foncĂ©e abaisse son « albĂ©do » ou sa capacitĂ© Ă reflĂ©ter la lumiĂšre du soleil dans lâespace, ce qui entraĂźne une plus grande absorption de lumiĂšre et une plus grande fonte des glaces.
Comme les algues se propagent sur de plus grandes surfaces de la calotte glaciaire, leurs effets ne devraient ĂȘtre que plus Ă©tendus, ce qui entraĂźnera une fonte encore plus importante. Une Ă©tude rĂ©cente a rĂ©vĂ©lĂ© que la prolifĂ©ration des algues pouvait contribuer Ă faire fondre jusquâĂ 13 % de glace en plus au cours dâune saison.
« Câest un cercle vicieux, comme cela arrive souvent avec le changement climatique », explique Joseph Cook, chercheur sur les glaciers Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Sheffield au Royaume-Uni et membre de lâĂ©quipe Black and Bloom. « Plus de chaleur signifie plus dâeau de fonte et une plus grande surface dans laquelle les algues peuvent se dĂ©velopper, ce qui rend la glace plus foncĂ©e et plus encline Ă fondre. »
#climat #fonteâdesâglaces (pas seulement arctique) #algues
]]>National Videogame Museum: Bringing the past, present, and future of games to the wider public
â»https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-27-national-videogame-museum-bringing-the-past-present-and-fu
Museum director Iain Simons discusses fitting video games into the cultural context of Sheffieldâs rich industrial history
]]>National Videogame Museum re-opens in new Sheffield venue on November 24th
â»https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-15-national-videogame-museum-re-opens-in-new-sheffield-locati
UK archive and celebration of video games has nearly finished its move from previous Nottingham location
]]>Blackpool activists jailed for anti-fracking protest
Three environmental activists are believed to be the first people to receive jail sentences for an anti-fracking protest in the UK.
Simon Roscoe Blevins, 26, and Richard Roberts, 36, were given 16 months in prison and Richard Loizou, 31, got 15 months on Wednesday after being convicted of causing a public nuisance by a jury at Preston crown court in August. Another defendant, Julian Brock, 47, was given a 12-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to the same offence.
The four men were charged after taking part in a four-day direct action protest that blocked a convoy of trucks carrying drilling equipment from entering the Preston New Road fracking site near Blackpool.
A barrister for one of the men told Preston crown court that they would become the first environmental activists to receive jail sentences for staging a protest in the UK since the mass trespass on Kinder Scout in the Peak District in 1932, which marked the beginning of the right-to-roam movement. Activists have previously been given jail sentences for charges related to their protests, like breaking injunctions and contempt of court.
At approximately 8am on Tuesday 25 July 2017, as seven lorries containing drilling equipment attempted to approach the site, Roberts, a piano restorer from London, got through a police cordon and climbed on top of the first lorry, bringing the convoy to a standstill. Loizou, a teacher from Devon, climbed on to the cab of the last lorry.
At about 3.18pm, Blevins, a soil scientist from Sheffield, also climbed on to one of the lorries. In the early hours of the following morning, Brock, from Torquay, also climbed on to a lorry in the convoy.
Fellow protesters threw blankets, food and water up to the men as they camped out on the vehicles. Loizou came down on 27 July at 5.10am after 45 hours. Blevins did the same at 4.45pm on 28 July, having spent just over 73 hours on his lorry. Roberts descended at 8.13pm the same day, after 84 hours. Brock did not climb down from his lorry until 29 July at 11.35am, after an estimated 76 hours.
The site near Preston New Road has been a focal point for protests since the government overturned a decision by Lancashire county council and gave the energy firm Cuadrilla consent to extract shale gas at two wells on the site in October 2016. More than 300 protesters have been arrested since Cuadrilla began constructing a fracking pad at the site in January 2017.
The company has said fracking is likely to start within the next few weeks, confirming on Monday that 28 lorries had brought fracking equipment to the site.
Sentencing the men, the judge, Robert Altham, said he thought the three men posed a risk of reoffending and could not be rehabilitated as âeach of them remains motivated by an unswerving confidence that they are rightâ. He added: âEven at their trial they felt justified by their actions. Given the disruption caused in this case, only immediate custody can achieve sufficient punishment.â
He said that while the defendants were motivated by a serious concern for the environment, they saw the public as ânecessary and justified collateral damageâ.
Members of the menâs families sitting in the public gallery burst into tears when the verdicts were read out. They sang a song described as a ânative tribal song of powerâ and blew kisses to them as they were led out of the dock.
Speaking for the prosecution, Craig MacGregor said the police argued that the demonstration resulted in significant travel disruption, causing the road to be closed initially until a contraflow was established. Police said local residents had had their lives disrupted and local businesses suffered a loss of trade. MacGregor said lorry drivers were told to stay with their cabs and were unable to return home. He said the protest had cost the police ÂŁ12,000 and Cuadrilla approximately ÂŁ50,000.
Kirsty Brimelow QC, the head of the international human rights team at Doughty St Chambers, representing Roberts on a pro-bono basis, told the judge it had been a peaceful and political protest. She said the right to freedom of speech went beyond âsimply standing and shoutingâ and extended to non-violent direct action.
Brimelow said the fact that central government had overturned the local council to reject Cuadrillaâs fracking application demonstrated that âpolitical process has been exhaustedâ. She added that âthere has been no environmental protester sentenced to jail since 1932â.
âIt is relevant that there is a huge amount of scientific study that points to the damage of increasing climate emissions,â she said, referencing intergovernmental climate panel findings that climate change would displace 75 million people by 2035 and lead to the extinction of one in four species by 2050.
Speaking outside the courts after the sentencing, Blevinsâ mother, Rosalind Blevins, said: âWe are all absolutely devastated by the sentences they have received. My son, like the others, was protesting against fracking because of his deep concern about climate change, which would more appropriately be called climate chaos ⊠I am proud of him and of them for standing up for what is so, so important for all of us.â
Charity criticises British army campaign to recruit under-18s | UK news | The Guardian
â»https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/charity-criticises-british-army-campaign-to-recruit-under-18s
The campaign includes beautifully produced 30-second films showing fictional scenes of young soldiers in various training and combat situations helping and supporting each other, facing difficult challenges with camaraderie and good humour. The films were disseminated via social media, television and cinema.
A briefing campaign document seen by the Guardian in the summer spelled out that the key audience was 16- to 24-year-old âC2DEsâ â marketing speak for the lowest three social and economic groups.
The document also made it clear that while the campaign was UK-wide, there were âup-weightsâ to cities in northern England including Manchester and Sheffield, and to Birmingham, Belfast and Cardiff.
]]>The Stick Is an Unsung Hero of Human Evolution - Issue 56: Perspective
â»http://nautil.us/issue/56/perspective/the-stick-is-an-unsung-hero-of-human-evolution
In April 1997, at the snooker world championship held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, Ronnie OâSullivan stepped up to the table to play a frame in what was expected to be a routine victory in his first-round match against Mick Price. What happened in the next 5 minutes and 20 seconds sent shock waves through the world of snooker and ripples of respect through the wider world of professional sport. To the uninitiated, there is a sequence of 36 balls that must be potted in order to achieve the highest score possible in a frame: 147âwhat aficionados call a âmaximum break.â Up until 1997, this had been achieved in official competition snooker on a handful of occasions, in a sport that had effectively turned professional in the late 1960s. It was only a matter of time before the gifted (...)
]]>Aux Ătats-Unis : les trajets domicile-travail pour tracer les mĂ©garĂ©gions
â»http://veillecarto2-0.fr/veille-2/outils-2-0-veille-2/aux-etats-unis-trajets-domicile-travail-tracer-megaregions
Garrett Dash Nelson du Dartmouth College et Alasdair Rae de lâuniversitĂ© de Sheffield proposent un redĂ©coupage des Etats-Unis basĂ© sur les migrations domicile-travail. Leur travail se base Ă lâĂ©chelle des Ăźlots de recensements (census tract) sur plus de 4 millions de dĂ©placements. Ceux-ci sont infĂ©rieurs ou Ă©gaux Ă 160km.
Le but est, Ă partir de ces rĂ©seaux, de tracer le territoire des « mĂ©garĂ©gions ». Une mĂ©garĂ©gion est, aux Ătats-Unis, une rĂ©gion qui dĂ©passe les limites administratives des Ătats et qui regroupe autour dâun centre mĂ©tropolitain une orbite de villes plus petites.
#états-unis #mobilité #circulation #visualisation #cartographie
]]>MEET THE FEMALE CODERS PUSHING ELECTRONIC MUSIC INTO THE FUTURE
â»http://mixmag.net/feature/female-coders-algorave
Earlier this summer, I was given the pleasure of attending a female-focused live coding workshop at No Bounds festival in Sheffield. A small group of women sat on laptops in a stripped-back, whitewashed room on the top floor of Trafalgar Warehouse. Dorien Schampaert and Lucy Cheesman began the session with a classic installation party, guiding us with fairly simple instructions on how to run coding software Supercollider and Ixi Lang on our systems.
As a woman who has never attempted coding before, the language was all pretty alien to myself and others around me. This language barrier was quickly broken by Dorien, a music teacher at the University of Leeds, as she explained how she first got into the Algorave scene in a similar beginners coding workshop. The emphasis on the workshop as female-orientated was a reminder that as a girl, throughout my school years I was hardly encouraged to choose I.C.T as an option or career pathway, and I still recall how these classes strangely manifested as “male” rather than “female” subjects.
The Algorave scene is a progressive movement that places emphasis on live improvisation and spontaneous electronic sounds. Iâve attended many live electronic performances that have left me in awe of the artist surrounded by intimidating synthersiser setups, but there is something endearing about the minimalism of live coding. Samples and songs can be made by simple codes that the artist writes into their coding provider of choice. There are numerous coding languages that can be learnt: Python, TidalCycles, Supercollier and Ixi Lang, but as a beginner I felt comfortable starting out on Ixi Lang due to its unambiguous instructions. Coding is an accessible platform for anyone interested in making electronic beats of any genre, and itâs an exciting and unpredictable way of producing audio. As well as enabling the user to create sounds immediately from their laptop, sounds made on Ixi Lang can be recorded and transferred into programs such as Ableton, or recorded samples can be transferred back into the coding software. Itâs easy to see why live coding communities and Algoraves are getting more and more popular.
â»https://soundcloud.com/norahlo/drone-bolge-iii
â»https://soundcloud.com/belisha-beacon-beats/live-at-access-space-sheffield
]]>âWeeping Naziâ Christopher Cantwell went from Libertarian to Fascistâand Heâs Not Alone | Alternet
â»http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/weeping-nazi-christopher-cantwell-went-libertarian-fascist-and-hes-not-alo
Sheffield traced the paleo-libertarian movement â which is essentially a merging of free-market fundamentalism and far-right cultural populism â back to the âanarcho-capitalistâ economist Murray Rothbard, who is famous for, among other things, advocating child labor and claiming that parents should have the legal right ânot to feed [their] child [and] allow it to die.â Rothbard was a co-founder of the Koch-funded think tank Cato Institute, and later the Ludwig von Mises Institute, which âenabled the fledgling [libertarian] movement to establish affinity with the neo-Confederate Lost Cause movement.â
âTo solve the problem that few Americans are interested in small government,â Sheffield explained, âRothbard argued that libertarians needed to align themselves with people they might not like much in order to expand their numbers.â These people included Evangelical Christians and neo-Confederates (i.e., white supremacists) who despised the federal government â especially after it stepped in to defend the civil rights of oppressed African-Americans in the South during the 1960s.
Paleo-libertarianism was, in other words, a thoroughly reactionary ideology that combined the very worst aspects of both libertarianism and right-wing populism. This makes it distinct from the broader libertarian movement, which tends to be more socially liberal or at least socially tolerant. The âalt-rightâ was an outgrowth of this unholy alliance.
This âsurvival of the fittestâ mentality ended up driving Cantwell into outright fascism and white supremacy as he began espousing a pseudoscientific racialist worldview. Many of the white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville no doubt followed a similar path.
It has long been common knowledge that the libertarian movement in America is dominated by young white males. A 2013 survey from Public Religion Research Institute found that, compared to the general population, âlibertarians are significantly more likely to be non-Hispanic white, male, and young.â Nearly all libertarians, the researchers write, âare non-Hispanic whites (94%), more than two-thirds (68%) are men, and more than 6-in-10 (62%) are under the age of 50.â It hardly needs to be pointed out that the âalt-rightâ is also overwhelmingly white, male and young.
What this reveals is that young white males are far more susceptible to reactionary thinking. This is not surprising in itself. The explicit (or implicit) aim of any reactionary movement or ideology is to restore society to some golden age of the past. Needless to say, it is much easier for white men to romanticize history than it is for women, people of color or LGBTQ people.
]]>#Philippa_Willitts : Personne nâa fondamentalement « droit » Ă des rapports sexuels, mĂȘme pas les personnes handicapĂ©es
â»http://tradfem.wordpress.com/2017/05/07/philippa-willitts-personne-na-fondamentalement-%E2%80%89droit%E2%
Les dĂ©bats concernant lâindustrie du sexe ne sont jamais trĂšs Ă©loignĂ©s de la vigilance dâune fĂ©ministe, et un des arguments qui retient toujours mon attention veut que la prostitution doive ĂȘtre lĂ©galisĂ©e, car, sans des « travailleuses du sexe », ces pauvres, misĂ©rables personnes handicapĂ©es nâauraient jamais de rapports sexuels.
Des gens nâayant jamais manifestĂ© le moindre intĂ©rĂȘt pour faire campagne contre la rĂ©duction des prestations dâinvaliditĂ© ou pour lâaccessibilitĂ© des locaux se montrent soudain prĂ©occupĂ©s par notre « droit » Ă des rapports sexuels ? Câest malhonnĂȘte, et cette rhĂ©torique cache un prĂ©jugĂ© validiste pas trĂšs subtil.
La prĂ©supposition que personne ne voudrait jamais avoir par choix personnel des rapports sexuels avec une personne handicapĂ©e est non seulement inexacte mais offensante. Une vision infantilisĂ©e des personnes handicapĂ©es contribue aussi Ă lâidĂ©e quâavoir des rapports sexuels avec lâun ou lâune dâentre nous est mal ou bizarre, ajoutant au stigmate et aux prĂ©jugĂ©s qui limitent nos vies.
Dans lâenvironnement mĂ©diatique actuel, nous sommes dĂ©jĂ dĂ©peint/e/s comme des profiteurs/ses paresseux/ses. Dans les films, nous sommes les courageuses sources dâinspiration qui existent pour motiver les autres Ă lâaction en les culpabilisant Ă la pensĂ©e du caractĂšre affreux de nos vies. Et dans le domaine mĂ©dical, câest nous-mĂȘmes qui sommes le problĂšme, avec nos corps et nos esprits bancals nĂ©cessitant des traitements onĂ©reux que la sĂ©curitĂ© sociale peut ĂȘtre rĂ©ticente Ă nous rembourser.
Donc ce nâest pas une surprise si les personnes non handicapĂ©es ne savent quoi penser de nous. Si elles en pincent pour une personne handicapĂ©e, des questions Ă savoir si cette personne se briserait pendant un rapport sexuel (indice : communiquez), ou si le rapport sexuel leur fait mal (indice : communiquez), entre autres dilemmes, peuvent crĂ©er des obstacles que beaucoup de personnes perçoivent comme trop difficiles Ă affronter. En effet, quelque 70 % des Britanniques « nâenvisageraient pas » dâavoir de rapports sexuels avec une personne handicapĂ©e, dâaprĂšs un sondage de lâObserver.
Traduction : #Tradfem
Version originale : â»http://www.feministcurrent.com/2014/04/23/nobodys-entitled-to-sex-including-disabled-people/channel=f2c2e22a36aac24&origin=http://www.feministcurrent.com:80
Philippa Willitts est une Ă©crivaine indĂ©pendante fĂ©ministe et handicapĂ©e, qui vit Ă Sheffield. Elle a Ă©crit pour The Guardian, The Independent, The New Statesman et les sites dâactualitĂ©s de Channel 4, et fait partie de la collective du blogue The F-Word. Suivez-la sur le rĂ©seau Twitter Ă @PhilippaWrites.
#prostitution #handicap #assistante_sexuelle
The Sheffield Tape Archive is a Post-Punk Demo Treasure Trove « Bandcamp Daily
â»https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/02/28/sheffield-tape-archive-feature
In the late 1970s, Sheffieldâthe former industrial powerhouse in the North of Englandâwas a city in a state of flux. It was still defined by its manufacturing industry, one that churned out masses of steel and coal. Tall brutalist concrete buildings towered over the cityâs skyline, drawing comparisons to Fritz Langâs Metropolis. âSheffield was bleak, colorless and derelict,â Jane Wilson of Iâm So Hollow remembers, but it would soon become a city defined by its colorful musical output. Despite pockets of crumbling desolation and dreariness, Sheffield began to birth a cultural movement rooted in glamour, Dadaism and futuristic sounds that were both a contrast to, and a representation of, its surroundings. The music took many forms around this period, some groups harnessing the momentum of punk and distilling it into wiry and urgent post-punk, others reimagining the industrial force of the steel mills, whilst others went about creating a template for a new type of electronic music through synthesizer experimentations, tape loops and cavernous plunges into territories unknown.
]]>Nick Hedges
The people behind the pictures: Search begins to find children raised in Englandâs 1960s slums
â»http://stories.shelter.org.uk
â»http://scotland.shelter.org.uk
“Shelter commissioned photographer Nick Hedges to capture images, over a period of three years from 1968, of some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the UK, to help expose the appalling state of housing that was âhomeâ to large sections of the working class. Hedges took photos in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow and other locations.To mark 50 years since its founding, Shelter has been holding a series of exhibitions in UK cities, including Sheffield, Birmingham and Manchester, displaying the pictures taken by Hedges. These photographs entitled âMake Life Worth Livingâ had not seen by the public until 2014, to protect the anonymity of their subjects. They were first displayed at Londonâs Science Museum.”
England
â»http://england.shelter.org.uk/shelter_50
Scottland
â»http://www.shelterscotland.org/lifeworthliving
From Leeds to London: portraits of English cities in the 1970s â in pictures
â»https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/jul/28/fading-england-1970s-snapshot-people-and-places-in-pictures
Peter Mitchell worked as a truck driver in Leeds in the 1970s, photographing the city during his rounds. These fascinating portraits of factories and small shop owners in Yorkshire and London are found on his website Strangely Familiar
â»http://strangelyfamiliar.co.uk
photographs: © Peter Mitchell/RRB Publishing/Neutral Grey
A Conversation That Bridges Divides
In the last of our Brexit Aftermath series, Ralph Hancock explains how he and a team of volunteers turned an English-language conversation club into a living link between refugees and the local community.
The Father of Modern Metal - Issue 36: Aging
â»http://nautil.us/issue/36/aging/the-father-of-modern-metal
Sometime in 1882, a skinny, dark-haired, 11-year-old boy named Harry Brearley entered a steelworks for the first time. A shy kidâhe was scared of the dark, and a picky eaterâhe was also curious, and the industrial revolution in Sheffield, England, offered much in the way of amusements. He enjoyed wandering around townâhe later called himself a Sheffield Street Arabâwatching road builders, bricklayers, painters, coal deliverers, butchers, and grinders. He was drawn especially to workshops; if he couldnât see in a shop window, he would knock on the door and offer to run an errand for the privilege of watching whatever work was going on inside. Factories were even more appealing, and he had learned to gain access by delivering, or pretending to deliver, lunch or dinner to an employee. Once (...)
]]>Bertrand Belin Ă Tourcoing : « Lâimpression de franchir un cap Ă chaque concert » - La Voix du Nord
â»http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/bertrand-belin-a-tourcoing-l-impression-de-franchir-ia19b0n3184576
Auteur dâun cinquiĂšme album intitulĂ© « Cap Waller », lâĂ©lĂ©gant et subtil Bertrand Belin retrouve ce vendredi soir la scĂšne du Grand Mix, quâil connaĂźt bien, entourĂ© de quatre musiciens. La promesse dâune belle rencontre.
Pour votre prĂ©cĂ©dent album, « Parcs », vous aviez travaillĂ© en rĂ©sidence au Grand Mix, en 2013. Que vous reste-t-il de cette expĂ©rience ?
« On avait rarement eu, jusquâalors, des conditions de travail aussi bonnes. En plus dâĂȘtre une salle trĂšs bien Ă©quipĂ©e et confortable, le Grand Mix est trĂšs bien animĂ© par lâĂ©quipe qui y travaille. Le souvenir qui sâest fixĂ© dans ma mĂ©moire est celui de Tourcoing sous la neige. Il avait beaucoup neigĂ© cette semaine-lĂ . Cela donne Ă lâensemble de ce sĂ©jour un caractĂšre fĂ©erique. »
« Cap Waller », comme votre prĂ©cĂ©dent album, a Ă©tĂ© enregistrĂ© Ă Sheffield, en Angleterre. Pourquoi ĂȘtre retournĂ© lĂ -bas ?
« Pour le dĂ©placement, lâaventure humaine, pour se retrouver dans un pays Ă©tranger oĂč lâon parle une autre langue. Ăa dĂ©place dâautant nos habitudes et ça dĂ©joue nos codes et nos mĂ©thodes, si on en a. Cet environnement nouveau reproduit sur moi une forme de curiositĂ©, dâappĂ©tit et en mĂȘme temps de concentration. Et puis on y est retournĂ© pour le studio, parce que la musique y rĂ©sonne bien, et surtout pour Mark Sheridan, qui a rĂ©alisĂ© le disque, devenu un ami depuis lâexpĂ©rience de Parcs. »
Trouvez-vous des points communs Ă Sheffield, Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, les villes du Nord ?
« Oui, indĂ©niablement. Ce sont des villes qui ont vĂ©cu la mĂȘme histoire rĂ©cente, industrielle : le dĂ©mantĂšlement de la sidĂ©rurgie, le dĂ©placement de lâexploitation miniĂšre, la mise Ă la marge dâun nombre croissant dâinfrastructures, dâusines et tout ce qui va avec. Dans la petite pĂ©riphĂ©rie de Sheffield, tout a Ă©tĂ© cariĂ© pendant des dizaines dâannĂ©es. Mais câest aujourdâhui une ville qui sâest reconstruite en sâappuyant sur les universitĂ©s et le monde Ă©tudiant. Ă ce titre-lĂ , il y a des points communs avec des villes comme Lille et ses environs⊠»
Cap Waller est un lieu qui nâexiste pas. Que dĂ©signe-t-il ?
« Ce disque, tout simplement. AprĂšs, il Ă©voque ce quâun cap Ă©voque : le passage dâun Ă©tat Ă un autre, dâun ocĂ©an Ă un autre. Câest une façon de voir enjamber, de voir passer quelque chose. »
Waller est aussi une rĂ©fĂ©rence Ă un musicienâŠ
« Câest le nom dâun musicien chanteur de Sheffield, Hugues Waller, quâon a dĂ©couvert lĂ -bas, avec les musiciens. On Ă©tait vraiment en admiration devant la profondeur de ses interprĂ©tations et de son chant. Il se trouve un peu hommagĂ© dans ce titre. »
Vous étiez-vous fixé un cap particulier pour ce nouvel album ?
« Non, pas vraiment, Ă part aller de lâavant. »
Et aujourdâhui, avez-vous lâimpression dâavoir franchi un nouveau cap ?
« Chaque jour, jâai lâimpression dâavoir franchi un nouveau cap. Bien sĂ»r, câest toujours un Ă©vĂ©nement dâĂȘtre face Ă un nouveau disque dont on ne savait rien un an avant. Mais jâai surtout lâimpression de franchir un cap Ă chaque fois que je fais un concert. »
Vendredi 27 novembre, Ă 20 h, au Grand Mix, 5, place Notre-Dame Ă Tourcoing. 19/16 âŹ.
]]>Suspects detained across Europe in anti-terror operation | World news | The Guardian
â»http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/12/suspects-detained-across-europe-in-anti-terror-operation
European law enforcement authorities say they have broken up a Norway-based recruitment ring that sent fighters to Iraq and Syria.
Officials have issued arrest warrants for 17 people in half a dozen European countries and the Middle East.
The UKâs north-east counter-terrorism unit said four men had been arrested in Britain in connection with the operation, which has been led by Italian authorities. The four were aged 32, 33, 38 and 52, and were held at addresses in Hull, Derby, Birmingham and Sheffield respectively.
]]>Noel Sharkey : « Lorsque des machines rĂ©pondront Ă des algorithmes secrets, personne ne pourra prĂ©dire lâissue dâun conflit »
â»http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2015/08/03/noel-sharkey-lorsque-des-machines-repondront-a-des-algorithmes-secrets-perso
Noel Sharkey, professeur Ă©mĂ©rite dâintelligence artificielle et de robotique de lâuniversitĂ© britannique de Sheffield, est prĂ©sident de lâInternational Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC). Il rĂ©pond Ă nos questions dans le cadre des commĂ©morations de la premiĂšre bombe nuclĂ©aire ayant explosĂ© sur la ville dâHiroshima, le 6 aoĂ»t 1945.
Le 16 juillet 1945, Ă lâissue du premier essai nuclĂ©aire grandeur nature, dit « Trinity », au Nouveau-Mexique, le physicien amĂ©ricain Kenneth Bainbridge, responsable du tir, a dĂ©clarĂ© Ă Robert Oppenheimer, patron du projet « Manhattan » : « Maintenant nous sommes tous des fils de putes » (« Now we are all sons of bitches »). Dans votre discipline, avez-vous le sentiment que ce moment oĂč les chercheurs pourraient avoir la mĂȘme rĂ©vĂ©lation a Ă©tĂ© atteint ?
Il existe une inquiĂ©tude considĂ©rable, et grandissante, autour de lâautomatisation totale. Ce moment prĂ©cis oĂč toute activitĂ© ou travail humain sera rĂ©alisĂ© par des machines. Pour ce faire, celles-ci nâont dâailleurs pas besoin de devenir super-intelligentes, comme certains le suggĂšrent.
Nous sommes Ă un moment-clĂ© oĂč nous assistons Ă une convergence de diffĂ©rentes technologies : le big data, le « machine learning », la vitesse de calcul, la robotique et lâInternet. Et nous semblons nous diriger inexorablement vers ce point imaginaire. Un certain nombre de livres et rapports rĂ©cents analysent minutieusement les pertes dâemplois actuelles et le possible chĂŽmage de masse dans un avenir pas si lointain. La vraie question est de savoir quel niveau de contrĂŽle nous, humains, sommes prĂȘts Ă cĂ©der aux machines.
La plus grande prĂ©occupation de cette derniĂšre dĂ©cennie est la direction prise afin de donner aux machines le pouvoir de dĂ©cider de tuer en temps de guerre. Les robots tueurs ou les systĂšmes dâarmes autonomes sont conçus pour rechercher et trouver des cibles, puis les attaquer avec violence, sans que soit nĂ©cessaire une quelconque surveillance humaine. Ces robots ne sont pas des humanoĂŻdes Ă lâimage du personnage de science-fiction Terminator, mais de plus traditionnels tanks, sous-marins, avions de chasse et hĂ©licoptĂšres de combat. La finalitĂ© Ă atteindre est lâautomatisation totale pour pouvoir tuer en temps de guerre, du moins pour ceux qui possĂšdent cette technologie. Câest peut-ĂȘtre la plus grave menace sur la sĂ©curitĂ© mondiale qui fait de nous tous des « fils de putes ».
3- Quel pourrait ĂȘtre lâimpact dâun « Hiroshima » dans votre discipline ?
Lâautomatisation totale de la guerre apporte tant de problĂšmes Ă lâhumanitĂ© quâon pourrait la considĂ©rer comme quelque chose de pire quâHiroshima, en pensant simplement au fait que ces systĂšmes dâarmes autonomes peuvent ĂȘtre Ă©quipĂ©s dâarmes nuclĂ©aires.
Il suffirait quâune nation dĂ©cide dâatteindre ce point dâautomatisation pour que dâautres suivent rapidement, entraĂźnant une prolifĂ©ration massive et une nouvelle course aux armements. Lâutilisation dâarmes autonomes facilite lâentrĂ©e dans un conflit et pourrait facilement crĂ©er des conflits accidentels quâaucun humain ne pourrait arrĂȘter. Certaines nations ont dĂ©jĂ discutĂ© ensemble de lâutilisation dâessaims de robots tueurs afin de multiplier la force dĂ©ployĂ©e.
Lâun des impacts les plus dangereux de cette automatisation est la rapiditĂ© dâaction de plus en plus forte quâelle procure. Les conseillers militaires disent dĂ©jĂ que la guerre est en train de devenir trop rapide pour que les humains rĂ©agissent ou prennent des dĂ©cisions. Ces pourparlers actuels ouvrent la voie Ă une automatisation complĂšte en laissant de cĂŽtĂ© un point important : lorsque des essaims de machines rĂ©pondront Ă des algorithmes secrets, personne ne pourra prĂ©dire lâissue dâun conflit et lâimpact sur le monde civil.
4- AprĂšs 1945, les physiciens, notamment Einstein, ont engagĂ© une rĂ©flexion Ă©thique sur leurs propres travaux. Votre discipline a-t-elle fait de mĂȘme ?
On sent grandir, chez les roboticiens et chercheurs en intelligence artificielle, une volontĂ© dâexaminer les problĂšmes Ă©thiques qui peuvent dĂ©couler dâune utilisation de leurs travaux.
Les grandes organisations professionnelles prennent conscience des problĂšmes potentiels futurs liĂ©s aux systĂšmes dâarmes autonomes. Certaines consultent et sondent leurs membres. La protestation grandit.
5- Pensez-vous quâil soit nĂ©cessaire que le public prenne conscience des enjeux liĂ©s Ă vos travaux ?
Cette prise de conscience est nĂ©cessaire. Dâailleurs, elle a dĂ©jĂ commencĂ©. Nous sommes plusieurs Ă avoir Ă©crit pour des publications nationales (magazines, journaux), Ă avoir donnĂ© des interviews... Cette campagne de sensibilisation pour arrĂȘter les robots tueurs rencontre un intĂ©rĂȘt croissant de la part du public. Les citoyens ont un pouvoir et ils doivent lâutiliser pour arrĂȘter ces dĂ©veloppements moralement odieux.
7- Pensez-vous à des mesures précises pour prévenir de nouveaux Hiroshima ?
Oui. Je fais partie de la direction dâune grande campagne internationale pour arrĂȘter les robots tueurs. Elle rassemble 54 organisations non gouvernementales de 26 pays ainsi quâun certain nombre de Prix Nobel de la paix. Nous venons de travailler Ă lâOrganisation des Nations unies pendant deux annĂ©es et demie afin dâobtenir un nouvel outil juridique contraignant et international. Ceci pour interdire le dĂ©veloppement, les essais et la production de systĂšmes dâarmes autonomes. La France nous a apportĂ© une aide trĂšs utile, les progrĂšs sont lĂ mais il reste encore un long chemin Ă parcourir.
Cependant, il est difficile de penser Ă la maniĂšre dâĂ©viter lâautomatisation complĂšte qui rendra superflu le travail humain. Câest quelque chose Ă envisager ensemble. La question concerne le degrĂ© et les limites du pouvoir que nous voulons cĂ©der aux machines, sans perdre les formidables avantages quâapporte la technologie.
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]]>Entretien / La trajectoire néolibérale de deux villes industrielles britanniques, Manchester et Sheffield Entretien croisé avec Vincent Beal et Max Rousseau : Urbanités
â»http://www.revue-urbanites.fr/la-trajectoire-neoliberale-de-deux-villes-industrielles-britanniques
Vincent BĂAL est maĂźtre de confĂ©rences en sociologie Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Strasbourg (UMR 7363 SAGE). vbeal@unistra.fr
Max ROUSSEAU est chargĂ© de recherche au CIRAD (UMR 5281 ART-Dev), actuellement dĂ©tachĂ© Ă lâInstitut national dâAmĂ©nagement et dâUrbanisme de Rabat (Maroc). max.rousseau@cirad.fr
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VOUS TRAVAILLEZ RESPECTIVEMENT SUR LES VILLES DE MANCHESTER ET SHEFFIELD. POURQUOI CE CHOIX ? DE QUOI SONT-ELLES POUR VOUS REPRĂSENTATIVES, PAR RAPPORT AUX AUTRES VILLES BRITANNIQUES ?
Max ROUSSEAU (MR) : Sheffield est un cas dâĂ©tude passionnant parce que la ville comportait lâune des proportions les plus Ă©levĂ©es dâouvriers en Occident pendant la pĂ©riode industrielle, durant laquelle elle Ă©tait dâailleurs surnommĂ©e « la ville la plus prolĂ©taire dâEurope ». Câest donc une ville parfaitement adaptĂ©e Ă une analyse en termes dâĂ©conomie politique urbaine, parce quâil sâagissait dâune ville archĂ©typale du fordisme, non seulement en raison de sa forte proportion dâouvriers, mais aussi du fait de sa spĂ©cialisation industrielle (la sidĂ©rurgie) et enfin en raison de la prĂ©cocitĂ© de sa conversion au travaillisme, un systĂšme politique parfaitement organisĂ© au niveau municipal, avec un Ă©troit contrĂŽle exercĂ© par la base militante sur les Ă©lus du conseil municipal. La ville respectait Ă©galement pleinement la division du travail rĂ©gissant la rĂ©gulation urbaine sous lâĂšre fordiste : au patronat, la responsabilitĂ© du dĂ©veloppement local ; Ă la municipalitĂ©, la prise en charge de la consommation collective. Enfin, lâĂ©volution du capitalisme Ă Sheffield est relativement simple Ă comprendre, en raison de lâarchi-domination historique de deux branches : la sidĂ©rurgie dâune part, la coutellerie de lâautre, avec un patronat trĂšs ancrĂ© dans son territoire. ArchĂ©typale du fordisme, la ville lâest ensuite, Ă©videmment, des difficultĂ©s rencontrĂ©es par les espaces dâindustrie lourde Ă se reconvertir sous lâĂšre post-fordiste. Au moment de la fermeture des usines, ce bastion du travaillisme a dâabord briĂšvement envisagĂ© une autre voie : câest la parenthĂšse fascinante de la Nouvelle gauche urbaine, durant lequel de jeunes Ă©lus appartenant Ă lâaile gauche du parti travailliste et issus des quartiers les plus touchĂ©s par la rĂ©cession finissent par devenir majoritaires au sein du conseil. Câest une pĂ©riode, au dĂ©but des annĂ©es 1980, durant laquelle des Ă©lus locaux, confrontĂ©s Ă une grave crise Ă©conomique et sociale, tentent de mettre en Ćuvre de nombreuses mesures progressistes et innovantes : politiques de formation des chĂŽmeurs et de gratuitĂ© des transports publics, soutien au dĂ©veloppement de coopĂ©ratives ouvriĂšres, promotion de la participation, etc. Sheffield constitue lâune des villes oĂč le mouvement est le plus ambitieux et la ville devient le symbole de la contestation au thatchĂ©risme, gagnant par exemple les surnoms de « Red Sheffield » ou de « Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire ». Toutefois, dĂ©jĂ perdante Ă©conomiquement et socialement, la ville a fini par perdre la bataille politique contre le gouvernement central au moment de lâintroduction du « rate capping », un systĂšme plafonnant le budget des autoritĂ©s locales, les privant ainsi de leurs leviers dâaction
#urban_matter #royaume-uni #villes #agglomeration #reclaim_the_street #espaces_publics
]]>Comment on a interdit aux enfants de marcher
âșhttp://www.terraeco.net/Comment-on-a-interdit-aux-enfants,56622.html
Pourquoi marchent-ils si peu ? Parce quâon leur interdit ! Le mĂ©decin britannique William Bird lâa montrĂ© en suivant une famille, la famille Thomas, qui vit et marche depuis quatre gĂ©nĂ©rations dans la mĂȘme ville de Sheffield, dans le nord de lâAngleterre. En 2007, il a publiĂ© une carte sur laquelle on peut voir le rayon des dĂ©placements autorisĂ©s Ă lâĂąge de 8 ans se rĂ©duire au fil des quatre gĂ©nĂ©rations. Source : Terra eco
]]>Migration Governance - The Prospects for International Migration Governance (MIGPROSP) project
â»http://www.migrationgovernance.org/#1
signalé par @cdb_77 (pour changer)
Project
Perspectives sur les migrations internationales (MIGPROSP) est un projet de cinq ans financĂ© par une bourse du Conseil europĂ©en de la recherche dĂ©cernĂ©e au professeur Andrew Geddes du dĂ©partement de science politique a lâUniversitĂ© de Sheffield.
AprĂšs le jackpot en tant que sponsor avec lâAtletico et le FC Porto, le demi succĂšs avec le RC Lens, Hafiz Mammadov sâattaque au plus gros championnat europĂ©en avec le rachat dâune vieille dame anglaise, Sheffield.
â»https://www.bakchich.info/sport/2014/06/04/foot-business-apres-le-qatar-l-azerbaidjan-63407
une histoire de mecs sympathiques
Le vendeur nâest pas un inconnu. Milan Mandaric a un temps Ă©tĂ© prĂ©sident de Charleroi en Belgique, de lâOGC Nice en France avant dâaller quĂ©rir fortune en Angleterre Ă Portsmouth (avec Arkadi Gaydamak) puis Leicester City avant dâenfin arriver Ă Sheffield
Ă voir ensuite si les objectifs seront atteints...
A lâimage du Qatar, les AzĂ©r[baĂŻdjanais] achĂštent de lâinfluence
]]>Douze cartes qui vont vous surprendre - Le nouvel Observateur
â»http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/2014/05/04/douze-cartes-vont-surprendre-251928
Des gĂ©ographes de lâUniversitĂ© de Sheffield, en angleterre, et Mark Newman, de lâUniversitĂ© du Michigan ont dĂ©veloppĂ© un site formidable, Worldmapper, sur lequels ils proposent une sĂ©rie de cartes du monde, oĂč chaque territoire est redimensionnĂ© en fonction de telles ou telles donnĂ©es.
Le site compte maintenant prÚs de 700 cartes. Nous en avons retenu douze, particuliÚrement édifiantes. Les données sur lesquelles elles ont été construites datent dans la plupart des cas des années 2000.
1 Lâutilisation dâinternet
2 La population mondiale
3 La population française
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Collectifs de robots : il faut faire simple ! - Physorg
â»http://alireailleurs.tumblr.com/post/83293397830
Depuis longtemps les chercheurs en #robotique explorent la piste des “essaims” (swarms) de robots. Il sâagit de crĂ©er un ensemble de machines trĂšs simples mais qui, en sâassemblant, sont capable de gĂ©nĂ©rer des comportements complexes. Mais malheureusement, câest cette idĂ©e de “simple” qui est parfois⊠bien compliquĂ©e Ă rĂ©aliser ! Une Ă©quipe du Centre de robotique de Sheffield (UniversitĂ© dâingĂ©nierie) a justement rĂ©ussi Ă fabriquer de tels robots “simplissimes” : pas de mĂ©moire, pas de calcul Ă faire, et en tout et pour tout un seul capteur, et trĂšs peu dâinformations en provenance de lâenvironnement. Ces robot sont nĂ©anmoins en mesure de sâagrĂ©ger et former un groupe. Selon Physorg, des machines aussi basiques pourraient ĂȘtre fortement miniaturisĂ©es, mĂȘme jusquâĂ lâĂ©chelle du nanomĂštre. Reste Ă savoir si ces robots (...)
]]>The utopian estate thatâs been left to die
â»http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/the-camera-eye/2014/mar/05/park-hill-sheffield-utopian-estate-left-to-die
It was meant to be the future, a place where milk floats would trundle up âstreets in the skyâ. But despite being Grade II listed, Sheffieldâs Park Hill, a brutalist post-war estate, has all but gone to rack and ruin. David Sillitoe captures its eerie expanses
Au Royaume-Uni, les autoritĂ©s sont-elles en train « dâexternaliser » leur boulot en demandant aux universitĂ©s de surveiller les Ă©tudiants Ă©trangers ?
Nick Megoran de lâuniversitĂ© deNewcastle sâinterroge :
My university introduced an attendance monitoring programme last September. My understanding is that this was a response to demands from the UK Border Agency that universities should be able to confirm that non-EU students on student visas are actually participating and attending, and concern that failure to demonstrate this could make it hard to grant visas. For my department this has involved a paper register passed round all lectures and seminars. This information is then collated by administrative staff.
The university is currently devising a strategy for the next academic year.
Elsewhere, How have your universities responded? Have you run registers of all students at all lectures, seminars? If not, what have you done? I for one would find this information useful as our university discusses how to move forwards.
And I am also interested in what resistance and critical reflection there has been. Has there been open debate, boycotts by staff or students, genuine consultation, etc? Has the data been used in other ways, for example passed to tutors for pastoral care to spot students in difficulty?
David Gibbs de lâuniversitĂ© de Hull prĂ©cise :
This is fairly common, here the University asks all students to sign in once a week, but doesnât check the detail for each and every seminar/lecture etc. Iâm not certain how this plays with overseas students, but canât imagine that it exactly makes you feel very welcome! The University had a UKBA visit last year and I think this system passed their scrutiny, but only just.
Andrew Burridge de lâuniversitĂ© de Durham :
Itâs something that needs to be critically addressed (and resisted!), but that seems to have been largely ignored (though I hope there are examples to prove me wrong on this).
I found this article useful as background to what the UKBA expects:
â»http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/jul/16/ukba-student-inspections-university-preparation
Walter Nicholls de lâuniversitĂ© dâAmsterdam :
So, academics in the UK are supposed to help play a role in enforcing national borders? What happens if a non-EU student drops from the program? Are you supposed to report them to the police? I think this sets a very bad precedence. It should be made an “issue” by critical members of staff.
Eric Nolund de lâuniversitĂ© de Sheffield
At Sheffield the university set a certain number of âcontact pointsâ per semester and left it to individual departments to decide what they are and implement, then report back to the university. All students are monitored for this purpose, and the university administration sorts out whoâs of interest to UKBA. This was in part due to concerns raised over singling out international students and student-teacher trust. There were lots of heated discussions in various quarters about every aspect of our being deputised by UKBA, but at the end of the day, no compliance in UKBA eyes, no international students at our institution.
Marijn Nieuwenhuis de lâuniversitĂ© de Warwick
I do not think that it is purely a student issue, non-EU staff is also affected, e.g.:
â»http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=422529&c=1
Jon Swords de lâuniversity de Northumbria :
It isnât just UKBA who want attendance data.
I spent three hours last week in attendance meetings with students the university deemed to have not engaged enough (e.g. Missed two consecutive lectures on a module which is monitored). I followed up with our support team about the reasons for this regime, and they said it wasnât just UKBA who wanted the data, the Students Loan Company wante it too. Supposedly they can stop payments if a studens fails to properly engage with their degree.
SiobhĂĄn McGrath de lâuniversitĂ© de Lancaster :
We have also been told that as of this year we need to take attendance at all lectures and that this is explicitly because of UKBA compliance. I am very uncomfortable with this practice for a number of reasons, not least because of the logical conclusion of the practice - that someone might get deported based partially on the fact that I reported their non-attendance. And, yes, it sends the message that students should turn up in order to be âcountedâ rather than because they think they might learn something, which I find damaging.
Et enfin, Keith Spiller de lâOpen University
I have done some tentative work on this and have found for the most pressing issue is for universities to maintain their âTrusted partnerâ status with the UK border agency. Bogus colleges and not wanting to be the next London Met. haunt a lot of this. In fact, my questions to some university administration staff were met with a frosty reception â it could jeopardize the âtrustedâ status I was told!
Of interest, to me at least, is the increasing pressure being applied to âwatchâ students and others. Have a look the Prevent Strategy (2011) Universities, as well as City councils, schools, etc are encouraged to spot âriskyâ behaviours and people. As mentioned by other contributors, this does put into question the pastoral role of teacher, tutors etc..
If interested, I did a postcast relating to this and asked postgrad students about their feelings of having to report and be watched.
â»http://www.open.ac.uk/researchcentres/osrc/podcasts/migration
]]>Autechre : Exai - foxylounge
âșhttp://www.foxylounge.com/Autechre-Exai
En 2013, Exai, le dernier album dâAutechre nous prouve une fois de plus, aprĂšs la sortie de lâexcellent Oversteps en 2010, que dĂ©cidĂ©ment la musique du duo de Sheffield nâa pas pris une ride. Contrairement Ă celle dâautres piliers de lâIDM warpienne des annĂ©es 90 comme Aphex Twin ou Squarepusher dont la musique parait aujourdâhui relativement datĂ©e et vieillote.
Les autorités locales, qui regardaient jusque là avec le plus grand mépris la cohorte de chevelus à guitare attirée par cette industrie musicale, envisagent désormais celle-ci comme un formidable atout touristique pour la région.
Jimmy Johnson raconte Ă ce propos dans un entretien accordĂ© Ă Sebstian Danchin : « Les studios fonctionnaient nuit et jour, et tous ces bons chrĂ©tiens Ă©taient persuadĂ©s quâon faisait des partouzes. La police de Sheffield est mĂȘme venue une fois nous demander si on avait lâautorisation dâorganiser des bals, en entendant de la musique qui sortait des bĂątiments. On les a fait entrer pour leur montrer que personne ne dansait et ils ont Ă©tĂ© tout Ă©tonnĂ©s de voir quâon rĂ©alisait des enregistrements. »
Cette attitude ne saurait toutefois surprendre dans cette rĂ©gion rĂ©culĂ©e de lâAlabama connue pour lâimplacable sĂ©grĂ©gation raciale quây subirent les noirs jusquâĂ une date rĂ©cente. Les Ă©vangĂ©listes locaux Ă©taient en outre parvenus Ă interdire la consommation dâalcool dans les comtĂ©s dont dĂ©pendent les Shoals (de 1955 Ă 1982 !).
Muscle Shoals : lâautre capitale de la soul sudiste 2 : Ă©panouissement et dĂ©clin.
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Muscle Shoals : lâautre capitale de la soul sudiste 1 (Samarra)
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La rĂ©gion des Shoals se situe dans le nord-est de lâAlbama, aux confins du Tennessee et du Mississippi. Quatre agglomĂ©rations, Florence, Tuscumbia, Sheffield et Muscle Shoals y furent Ă©difiĂ©es le long du Tennessee. La zone reste enclavĂ©e tout au long du XIX° siĂšcle, jusquâĂ la canalisation de la Tennessee River en 1911. Cinq ans plus tard, un barrage, le Wilson Dam, permet de produire de lâĂ©lectricitĂ© et dâattirer de nouvelles activitĂ©s (production de nitrates). En 1932, dans le cadre du New Deal, F.D. Roosevelt sĂ©lectionne les Shoals pour sa politique de grands travaux pilotĂ©e par la Tennessee Valley Authority. Cette derniĂšre y prĂ©voit la construction de 16 nouveaux barrages ; autant dâĂ©quipements qui attirent dans la dĂ©cennie suivante de nouvelles industries dĂ©sireuses de profiter dâune Ă©lectricitĂ© bon marchĂ© (textile, aluminium...). Les Shoals se trouvent en plein coeur de la Bible belt. Le puritanisme ambiant explique le vote dâune loi de 1955 dĂ©crĂ©tant « secs » les comtĂ©s de la rĂ©gion (Lauderdale et Cobert). Jusquâen 1982, cette prohibition locale empĂȘche lâorganisation de concerts live par les clubs et les bars, privant les musiciens du coin de nombreuses scĂšnes potentielles. (...) Source : (...)
]]>Avec les robots guerriers, la guerre va changer de visage - LeMonde.fr
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Ce haut gradĂ© invite Ă relire les ouvrages de science-fiction qui nous ont alertĂ©s sur les dangers de la dĂ©shumanisation. « Tout ce qui dĂ©shumanise la guerre est une abomination », ajoute-t-il. Une fois les robots mis au point pour tuer de façon autonome, « les barriĂšres morales tomberont si nous sommes menacĂ©s. Or, Ă lâarrivĂ©e, câest le soldat qui devra gĂ©rer les consĂ©quences des actes du chien de guerre quâon lui aura donnĂ© ».
Les robots pulvĂ©risent les lois de la guerre, avertit NoĂ«l Sharkey, professeur dâintelligence artificielle Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Sheffield (Royaume-Uni). « Les robots, mĂȘme capables de discriminer une cible, nâont pas de bon sens. Ils sont incapables dâappliquer les rĂšgles de proportionnalitĂ© de lâusage de la force. Ils ne sont pas responsables, souligne-t-il. Avec des drones qui volent Ă Mach 22 comme on les expĂ©rimente, les ĂȘtres humains ne peuvent plus ĂȘtre dans la boucle pour prendre des dĂ©cisions ! »
Les militaires soulĂšvent de trĂšs nombreuses questions Ă©thiques. « Si on attaque mon robot, vais-je tirer dans la foule pour le dĂ©fendre ?, questionne le gĂ©nĂ©ral Yakovleff. Va-t-on bĂątir des escadrons de la mort de robots pour dĂ©truire ceux du camp adverse en se disant que si un homme reste Ă proximitĂ©, on tirera aussi ? »
]]>Prison Valley « Interactive Movies
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It is a great project, very inspiring, very well made, and that why it received many prizes, among them World Press Photo (Amsterdam), AIB (England), Visa pour lâimage (RFI), Sheffield (England), Film Festival Bellaria (Italy), and others.
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