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Imagining Indigenous AI
Authors: Lewis Jason Edward 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
The trajectory that artificial intelligence (AI) research and development is currently following recapitulates the extractive, exploitative, and environmentally excessive tendencies that characterize the evolution of mass technologies since the Industrial Revolution. If we are to keep AI from becoming yet another tool for imposing an impoverished understanding of the good life upon us all, we must look to ontologies and epistemologies that grow from roots different to those of the current mainstream. This chapter describes a series of conversations and resulting future imaginaries aimed at articulating a different trajectory for AI that is founded in Indigenous perspectives and provides tools to critically reconstruct our assumptions to centre computational technologies that enable abundance.
Engineering Robots with Heart in Japan
Authors: Katsuno Hirofumi , White Daniel 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Japanese narratives of artificial intelligence (AI) and robots have long been characterized as the cultural antithesis to their anglophone counterparts. According to this model, whereas in the West intelligent machines signify a threat to humanity, in Japan machines are partners to humans. Such shorthand cultural distinctions circulating in anglophone imaginaries can feed back into robotics design practices in Japan. This phenomenon is especially prevalent within emotion-based AI research, where Japanese roboticists cite animacy as a distinctively ‘Japanese’ component of robotics design that fosters human–robot intimacy. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Japan, this chapter analyses imaginaries of animacy among Japanese roboticists and animacy’s role in generating intimacy between humans and companion robots. It argues that, while an emphasis on emotionality in Japanese AI narratives challenges distinctions between reason and emotion in anglophone AI research, the complex cultural politics of these distinctions also challenges simplified notions of ‘culture’ in AI research more broadly.
Artificial Intelligence in Chinese Science Fiction
Authors: Wu Yan 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the core themes of current Chinese science fiction (SF). Its emergence can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770–221 bce). Chinese AI-related SF of the twentieth century can be divided into three stages: Stage I—AI-peripheral fiction, Stage II—quasi-AI fiction, and Stage III—AI fiction. In the Mao era (1949–1976), Stage I stories were the most common, with Stage II just beginning to emerge. Stage II fiction then dominated the period between the end of the Cultural Revolution and the early Deng Xiaoping era (1977–1982), when Stage III novels started to appear in largish numbers. There is no strong link between SF and the development of AI technology in China in the twentieth century. Throughout this period, AI novels aimed at children serve a didactic purpose, and they adopt a humorous attitude towards the future development of mechanical intelligence.
Algorithm of the Soul
Authors: Zhang Feng 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
As artificial intelligence (AI) has fundamentally changed technology and daily life in the past decade, portrayals of AI in Chinese science fiction (SF) have also seen seismic changes. On the one hand, young authors are aware that the ‘soul’ of AI comes, to a large extent, from machine learning algorithms, and, as a result, their works often highlight the existence and implementation of algorithms, lending credibility to their portrayals of AI. On the other hand, these authors prefer to focus on the conflicts and contradictions in emotions, ethics, and morality caused by AI systems that penetrate into human life. If previous AI-themed SF was like a distant robot fable, recent AI narratives assume contemporary and practical significance. This chapter focuses on exploring AI-themed SF by several young Chinese authors to delve into the breakthroughs and achievements in AI narratives.
Institutional Complexity and Political Agency in Polycentric Governance
Authors: Zelli Fariborz , Gerrits Lasse , Möller Ina , Widerberg Oscar 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
This chapter addresses the ways in which the complexity of global governance enables or constrains political agency. An increasingly complex global institutional system—with its growing level of unpredictability and uncertainties—challenges some of the classical institutionalist tenets in respect of conditions of power and agency. For instance, the capacities of central governance institutions and their key actors to shape other actors’ preferences and to bind them by lowering transaction costs may be significantly undermined by a growing number of institutional alternatives in their environment. This chapter therefore suggests that institutional complexity should be acknowledged theoretically as a structural characteristic inherent to polycentric global governance, which alters spaces for political agency. We hold that the ability to use these spaces depends inter alia upon core organizational and epistemic qualities of political actors. These include, for example, a central position or brokerage function in a policy network, or a relatively generalist and flexible knowledge of the governance system in question. Such qualities may serve different actors in attaining and upholding meaningful political agency under a state of complexity. With a view to the three core themes of this volume, we argue that these qualities may facilitate new forms of power (e.g. nodal power in a network), techniques (e.g. forum-shopping amongst institutional alternatives) and legitimacy (e.g. peer or mutual accountability) for navigating unpredictable and uncertain institutional systems. Examples from global environmental governance will be used to illustrate how these qualities are enacted.
Historical and Scientific Background to the Problem of Sea-Dumped Chemical Weapons
Authors: Dawson Grant 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
It is necessary to understand the scientific research efforts that have been conducted over the past several decades, as well as the nature and extent of the effects of sea-dumped chemical weapons upon the marine environment, in order to ground a discussion of the legal frameworks that may apply to the remediation of sea-dumped chemical weapons. The scope of the problem is a quintessential transboundary question, as the Ocean knows no geo-political boundaries. The effects of sea-dumped chemical weapons also cut across different sectors in the use of the Ocean, such as the fishing industry, oil and natural gas exploration, transportation of goods, port services, aquaculture, and tourism. The recent results of scientific research projects have now led to the scientifically proven conclusion, at least in the Baltic Sea, that the degradation of sea-dumped chemical weapons is adversely affecting the marine environment. The research experiments have necessarily been conducted on a site-by-site basis. Although further research is needed, the work in this area conducted over decades has demonstrated environmental harm and thus activates the legal machinery applicable to the protection of the marine environment.
Itinerary—Cartography—Census
Authors: Hindle Steve 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Explains the nature, origins, and significance of the ‘census-type listing’ of households which forms the basis of the study, noting that it lay at the heart of a much larger seigneurial investigation of social and economic resources; discusses the relationship between the census and the manorial survey; summarizes the findings of the census and outlines the occupational structure of the village; explains the motivation for the survey and the census and outlines the working methods of the manorial jury who collected, compiled, and certified the information; offers a prosopography of the jurors and justifies a historiographical approach to the survey from the perspective of the jurors themselves (laterally, moving through the village) rather than from that of the landlord (vertically, looking down upon it).
The Mill on the Wem
Authors: Hindle Steve 
Published: June 2023

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A study of the village miller, Henry Clay, who was a newcomer to Chilvers Coton, having arrived from Tamworth only four years before the census was taken; reconstructs the social relations of production in milling and flour-making, and identifies Clay’s client base; analyses Clay’s role as a farmer holding furlongs in the common field system and his role as overseer of the poor; argues that the village miller occupied a unique and ambiguous position in the local community, looming large in its social imaginary as lecher and fraudster yet remaining indispensable to the mediation of its subsistence; describes the fate of the Clay family and of the mill which he rented.
‘A House in Two Parts’ in Griff
Authors: Hindle Steve 
Published: June 2023

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A study of the yeoman farmer and juror Henry Beighton III, the third generation of a family of substantial farmers; traces the rise and fall of the Beighton dynasty, putting this yeoman family in the context of other middling households in the parish; discusses the investment strategies (in land and in coalmining enterprise) used by the family and the status, wealth, and material culture that they accrued; argues that the fortunes of the family reached their apogee at about the time of the death of Beighton’s father in 1695, and explains their decline through the interrelated experience of sexual scandal and debt in the first few decades of the eighteenth century; notes the scientific and cartographic achievements of the fourth generation of the family, the engineer and Fellow of the Royal Society, Henry Beighton IV, but emphasizes that even these successes could not save the dynasty from financial failure and the destruction of their reputation.
A ‘Middling Farm’ in The Woodland
Authors: Hindle Steve 
Published: June 2023

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A study of Thomas Nash, carpenter, one of three architectural woodworkers in the parish; emphasizes his role as a building craftsman, eventually becoming the master carpenter on the Arbury estate, employed on the stable block, in Arbury Hall itself, and across Newdigate holdings throughout the parish; characterizes his tragic personal life, especially the death of his first wife, his remarriage to a much younger bride, and the loss of their two infant children; reconstructs his widow’s miserable experience of widowhood; compares the inventory of Nash’s movable goods with the probate account his widow drew up as she put his affairs in order and settled his debts; emphasizes her downward social mobility, falling on the poor rate and being required to wear the parish badge; notes that her daughter eventually entered the parish workhouse, built in 1722, and characterizes the welfare regime there, comparing it with the circumstances so movingly described by George Eliot in Scenes of Clerical Life (set in a fictionalized version of Chilvers Coton) over a century later.
Introduction
Authors: Shortslef Emily 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
The Drama of Complaint elaborates the ethical thinking performed in and through scenes of complaint in five of Shakespeare’s tragedies, and in five corresponding poetic forms of complaint prolific in early modern literary discourse. This introduction provides the background for this argument by showing why forms of complaint were so well suited to serve as ethical provocations in Shakespeare’s tragedies. Drawing on examples from prose romances, narrative and lyric poetry, religious writing, and plays, it offers an overview of early modern forms of complaint and explains this book’s taxonomy of existential, judicial, spectral, female, and deathbed complaint. It shows the connections between complaint and the genre of tragedy, and establishes that poetic forms of complaint were imbricated with normative forms of ethical thought. Finally, its chapter summaries suggest how King Lear, Richard III, Hamlet, Richard II, and Othello experiment both with these forms and the conventional ways of thinking they represent.
Being Single in Georgian England
Authors: Harris Amy 
Published: June 2023

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Being Single in Georgian England is the first book-length exploration of what family life looked like, and how it was experienced, when viewed from the perspective of unmarried and childless family members. Using a micro-historical approach, the book covers three generations of the famous musical and abolitionist Sharp family. The abundance of records the Sharps produced and preserved reveals how single family members influenced the household economy, marital decisions, childrearing practices, and conceptions about lineage and genealogy. It also highlights the importance of childhood relationships; siblinghood; socializing patterns not centered on the marriage market; communal decision-making; and the experience of aunting and uncling. In the process it offers fresh insight into Granville Sharp, the famous anti-slavery activist as well as the philanthropic activities of his sisters and brothers.
Growing Up Sharp
Authors: Harris Amy 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
The Sharp siblings were born into a world built on hierarchies, but the family culture they inherited had a more nuanced approach to childrearing. Their parents encouraged horizontal connections to siblings and cousins while also maintaining gender and birth order hierarchies. Infant and child mortality further shaped those hierarchies, and the ways gender governed the siblings’ futures. As part of their family culture, the siblings inherited religious and charitable ideals and valued the labor it took to maintain relationships with kin across space and time. In the process, they established their own committed relationships and collective identity. Childhood closeness had long-term effects. Despite the brothers leaving their childhood home for schooling or training, they did not leave behind family relationships or expectations. Letters and long visits, encouraged by their parents, kept the siblings embedded in one another’s lives. Their shared childhood experiences influenced how they imagined domestic life in later years, laying the foundation for how they would negotiate household governance in the future.
To Marry or Not to Marry
Authors: Harris Amy 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Marriage and courtship were as much communal decisions as they were expressions of individual emotional and material desires. Of the eight Sharp siblings who survived to adulthood, three never married, one did not remarry after being widowed young, and three of the remaining four married after age 30. Eighteenth-century household governance, and the gendered authority of housekeeper or householder that came with it, was usually connected to marriage for women and men. The Sharps’ late marriages, or lack of marriage, reveal other ways gendered domestic power was enacted and enjoyed. Their experience also reveals another layer of family interaction undergirding marital choices. The dynamic processes within their family of origin produced both a set of relationships and a process by which individuals made decisions. Ultimately, this diminished the importance of marriage in crafting Sharp adult identities.
Aunting and Uncling
Authors: Harris Amy 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Aunting and uncling were familial relations most people participated in, even if they were also parents. Aunts and uncles interacted directly with nieces and nephews and in concert with parents, but they were not merely surrogate parents. Throughout the second half of the Sharp siblings’ lives, being aunts and uncles was an essential element of family interactions. Similar to parenting, aunting and uncling were shaped by social class and gender, but they held fewer expectations—for example, aunts and uncles were not blamed if children misbehaved or were not fully prepared for their adult roles. Sharp aunting and uncling also connected with concerns over infertility as well as to ideas about nation and race. Aunts and uncles were expected to support parents’ efforts to launch children into appropriately gendered professional and social networks, but their activities were less prescribed; aunts and uncles had the potential for more innovation and freedom in relations with their nieces and nephews. Over their lifetimes the Sharp nieces’ relations to their aunts and uncles evolved to become more like that of much feted younger sisters. The importance of aunting and uncling is thrown into high relief when observing the unmarried Sharps, but it was not exclusive to them. Even for those who became parents, being an aunt or uncle was an integral part of Sharp family life.
Across the Universe
Authors: Nolte David D. 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
“Across the Universe: Exoplanets, Black Holes, and Gravitational Waves” describes the latest discoveries in astronomy made by advanced interferometers. The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) used adaptive optics and nulling interferometry to detect exoplanets orbiting distant stars. The much larger Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) used long-baseline interferometry and closure phase, advanced by Roger Jenison, to make the first image of a black hole. The Laser Interferometric Gravitational Observatory (LIGO) represented a several-decade-long drive to detect the first gravitational waves first predicted by Albert Einstein a hundred years ago. These astronomical interferometers are pushing the ultimate limits of what can be measured using wavelengths of light.
Photon Interference
Authors: Nolte David D. 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
“Photon Interference: The Foundation of Quantum Communication” moves the story of interferometry into the quantum realm, beginning with the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox and the principle of quantum entanglement that was refined by David Bohm who tried to banish uncertainty from quantum theory. John Bell and John Clauser pushed the limits of what can be known from quantum measurement as Clauser tested Bell’s inequalities, confirming the fundamental nonlocal character of quantum systems. Leonard Mandel pushed quantum interference into the single-photon regime, discovering two-photon interference fringes that illustrated deep concepts of quantum coherence. Quantum communication began with quantum cryptography and developed into quantum teleportation that can provide the data bus of future quantum computers.
The Sense and the Sound of Repetition in Romantic-Period Poetry
Authors: Houghton-Walker Sarah 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
This chapter considers the ways in which repetition has been valued or disdained within various philosophical, musical, and literary traditions. It argues that repetitions of sound in poetry (which are sometimes defined as rhyme) often function independently or as a supplement to the semantic content of texts. These repetitions are described as musical aspects of language, as opposed to the linguistic meaning of the words. The chapter also attends to the idea that a rigid insistence on rhyme might determine poetic utterance, thus impacting on the possibility of ‘sincere’ expression. Through extended close attention to a specific romantic-period sonnet (by John Clare), it suggests some of the ways in which aural repetitions might be harnessed to create meaning beyond the more literal connotations of the words of a text.
Valerius Flaccus and Imperial Latin Epic
Authors: Stover Tim 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
This book examines the reception of Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica in the epic poems of Silius Italicus (Punica), Statius (Thebaid, Achilleid), and Claudian (De Raptu Proserpinae). In doing so, it sheds new light on the importance of Valerius’ poem within the epic tradition while enhancing our understanding of the intertextual richness of imperial Latin epic. The readings offered in this book also provide new evidence to support the view that Valerius’ Argonautica pre-dates the epic poems composed by Valerius’ Flavian contemporaries, i.e. the Punica, Thebaid, and Achilleid, thereby helping to clarify the literary history of the Flavian period (69–96 ce). By engaging in a wide array of close readings, the author elucidates how Silius, Statius, and Claudian use programmatic allusion to the Argonautica to fashion themselves as Valerius’ epic successors and examines how these poets recycle Valerian material to enrich their texts in numerous ways. Although the author does not ignore combinatorial imitation, the readings offered in this book largely center on points of contact between the Argonautica and the Punica, Thebaid, Achilleid, and De Raptu Proserpinae individually, without widening the focus to include the use of similar language and themes in other authors. This book is intended primarily for scholars of Latin epic poetry, intertextuality, and/or comparative literature. However, because all Greek and Latin is translated it will also be accessible to people generally interested in the Humanities. This may include anyone with interests in classical literature, the poetics of imperial Latin epic, classical mythology, and the mechanics of ancient intertextuality.
The Thebaid’s Argonautic Program
Authors: Stover Tim 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
This chapter focuses on Statius’ Thebaid, a poem whose use of programmatic allusivity in relation to Valerius’ Argonautica exceeds what we see in the work of the other Latin epicists studied in this book. In it the author examines two passages from the Thebaid that are rich in programmatic significance, the ekphrasis on Harmonia’s necklace in Book 2 and the consecutive prophecies of Melampus and Amphiaraus in Book 3. The author demonstrates that in these passages Statius allusively declares engagement with Valerius’ Argonautica to be an important feature of his epic technique. The chapter reveals that Statius’ interaction with Valerius’ narrative is designed to extract from his predecessor the macabre material he deemed suitable for his poem of fratricidal madness. It also suggests that Statius distinguishes his poetic enterprise from that of Valerius by replacing Valerian ambivalence with unmitigated horror.
Statius’ Thebaid
Authors: Stover Tim 
Published: June 2023

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This chapter builds upon the findings of the previous one, as it seeks to delve deeper into Statius’ subversive approach to Valerius in the Thebaid by demonstrating that Statius often rewrites Valerian passages in order to reverse what can be read as positive sequences in his model text. The chapter then examines a related practice, i.e. Statius’ use of allusion to establish contrasts between the Thebaid and the Argonautica, a strategy that seeks to create distance between the two poems. The chapter comes to a close with a section on Statius’ use of allusion to Valerius’ poem to enrich his narrative in various ways.
Theory
Authors: Stevens Robert 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
If money that is not due is paid by mistake, what is it that justifies any obligation to make restitution? Is it the error in the claimant’s mind, his ‘vitiated consent’, or the lack of entitlement to the payment? Mistakes in the state of mind of the plaintiff cannot be part of what justifies an obligation upon the defendant. What has the plaintiff’s mistake got to do with him? Rather the mistake as to the obligation to pay shows that the payment was unjustified. The role of the plaintiff’s consent, here as elsewhere in the law, is to operate as a defence to a claim based upon another ground, not as a justification for the defendant’s obligation.