title: Interview with Pierre A. Lévy, French philosopher of collective intelligence

authors: Peters, Michael A.

abstract: Pierre A. Lévy is Professor in the Department of Communication, Uni- versity of Ottawa, Canada. He occupies the Canada Research Chair in Collective Intelligence where he is engaged in research on the design of a universal system for semantic addressing of digital documents. He completed his MA at the Sorbonne and his PhD at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris. His Habilitation (PhD) was in sciences of information and communication at the Université de Grenoble. Professor Levy studies the concept of collective intelligence and knowl- edge-based societies. He is a world-leading thinker on ‘cyberculture’ and the author of many books, including L’intelligence collective (1994), Qu’est-ce que le virtuel? (1995), Cyber- culture (1997), World Philosophie (2000), Cyberdémocratie (2002), La sphère sémantique (2011), The Semantic Sphere (2011) (Photo: http://arts.uottawa.ca/communication/en/ people/levy-pierre).

text: Interview with Pierre A. Lévy, French philosopher of collective intelligence Pierre A. Lévy is Professor in the Department of Communication, Uni- versity of Ottawa, Canada. He occupies the Canada Research Chair in Collective Intelligence where he is engaged in research on the design of a universal system for semantic addressing of digital documents. He completed his MA at the Sorbonne and his PhD at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris. His Habilitation (PhD) was in sciences of information and communication at the Université de Grenoble. Professor Levy studies the concept of collective intelligence and knowl- edge-based societies. He is a world-leading thinker on ‘cyberculture’ and the author of many books, including L’intelligence collective (1994), Qu’est-ce que le virtuel? (1995), Cyber- culture (1997), World Philosophie (2000), Cyberdémocratie (2002), La sphère sémantique (2011), The Semantic Sphere (2011) (Photo: http://arts.uottawa.ca/communication/en/ people/levy-pierre).

year: 2015

title: Selective attention in dairy cattle

authors: Blackmore, Tania Louise

subjects: Social Sciences

abstract: In a replication of Reynolds (1961), two cows learned to discriminate between compound stimuli in a forced choice procedure where pushing through a one-way gate marked with a red cross (S+) gave access to food. Pushing through a one-way gate marked with a yellow triangle (S−) gave no access to food. To investigate whether shape or colour was controlling behaviour, probe tests varied either the shape or the colour of the stimuli (e.g., a red vs. a yellow cross, and a red cross vs. a red triangle). Results suggested control by colour rather than shape, as the gate marked with the red stimulus was chosen more than the gate marked with the yellow stimulus regardless of stimulus shape, and when two shapes of the same colour (either red or yellow) were presented, cows chose both equally. Further probe tests with painted red, white, and yellow stimuli showed that the cows had learned to avoid yellow rather than to approach red, suggesting discriminative behaviour was controlled by the colour of the negative stimulus and not by either aspect of the positive stimulus. It is not clear why the negative stimulus was more salient, but it may reflect a tendency for cows to learn to avoid farm handling practices which involve mainly negative stimuli.

text: Selective attention in dairy cattle In a replication of Reynolds (1961), two cows learned to discriminate between compound stimuli in a forced choice procedure where pushing through a one-way gate marked with a red cross (S+) gave access to food. Pushing through a one-way gate marked with a yellow triangle (S−) gave no access to food. To investigate whether shape or colour was controlling behaviour, probe tests varied either the shape or the colour of the stimuli (e.g., a red vs. a yellow cross, and a red cross vs. a red triangle). Results suggested control by colour rather than shape, as the gate marked with the red stimulus was chosen more than the gate marked with the yellow stimulus regardless of stimulus shape, and when two shapes of the same colour (either red or yellow) were presented, cows chose both equally. Further probe tests with painted red, white, and yellow stimuli showed that the cows had learned to avoid yellow rather than to approach red, suggesting discriminative behaviour was controlled by the colour of the negative stimulus and not by either aspect of the positive stimulus. It is not clear why the negative stimulus was more salient, but it may reflect a tendency for cows to learn to avoid farm handling practices which involve mainly negative stimuli.

year: 2016

title: Maori perspectives of the environment: A review of policy submissions made by iwi to Environment Waikato.

authors: Whangapirita, Laura

subjects: Maori

abstract: As part of our broader brief to gather, summarise, analyse and distribute information held by Environment Waikato on Maori and the environment, we evaluated and summarised those iwi policy submissions made toward the Proposed Waikato Regional Plan (1998). This report refers to values and beliefs sourced from iwi submissions held by Environment Waikato and are presented within a Maori values framework to highlight environmental perspectives of tangata whenua in the Waikato region.

text: Maori perspectives of the environment: A review of policy submissions made by iwi to Environment Waikato. As part of our broader brief to gather, summarise, analyse and distribute information held by Environment Waikato on Maori and the environment, we evaluated and summarised those iwi policy submissions made toward the Proposed Waikato Regional Plan (1998). This report refers to values and beliefs sourced from iwi submissions held by Environment Waikato and are presented within a Maori values framework to highlight environmental perspectives of tangata whenua in the Waikato region.

year: 2003-10