The moral status of animals within the framework of Peter Singer's preference utilitarianism

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Filosofia

Entrevista a Peter Erdei

A entrevista que a seguir se publica efectuou-se em Kecskémet, terra natal do compositor húngaro Zoltán Kodály, aquando da realização do 4.° Campo Coral Internacional e do 15. ~· Seminário Kodály. Sob a direcção de Peter Erdei os participantes no Campo Coral prepararam o Requiem de Verdi e funcionaram também como coro de trabalho do «workshop- de direcção coral do Seminário que decorreu no Instituto Kodály. De elevado interesse musical e pedagógico, o Seminário - que se realiza de dois em dois anos - incluía «workshops» e aulas de Direcção, Solfejo, Metodologia, Coro, Piano, Canto , Modalismo na Música Popular e na Música Erudita , Música de Câmara, Música e Movimento, Educação Musical na Pré-Escola, além de conferências variadas e demonstração de aulas com crianças. Peter Erdei além de ser um muito conceituado maestro - é o titular do Coro da Rádio e Televisão Húngara - é o director do Instituto Kodály e um profundo conhecedor da pedagogia kodály.

Enterprise Social Networking

Microblogging in the workplace as a functionality of Enterprise Social Networking (ESN) platforms is a relatively new phenomenon of which the use in knowledge work has not yet received much attention from research. In this cross-sectional study, I attempt to shed light on the role of microblogging in knowledge work. I identify microblogging use practices of knowledge workers on ESN platforms, and I identify its role in supporting knowledge work performance. A questionnaire is carried out among a non-representative sample of knowledge workers. The results shed light on the purposes of the microblogging messages that knowledge workers write. It also helps us find out whether microblogging supports them in performing their work. The survey is based on existing theory that supplied me with possible microblog purposes as well as theory on what the actions of knowledge workers are. The results reveal that “knowledge & news sharing”, “crowd sourcing”, “socializing & networking” and “discussion & opinion” are frequent microblog purposes. The study furthermore shows that microblogging benefits knowledge workers’ work. Microblogging seems to be a worthy addition to the existing means of communication in the workplace, and is especially useful to let knowledge, news and social contact reach a further and broader audience than it would in a situation without this social networking service.

Recensão: Peter Goldie e Elisabeth Schellekens, Who’s Afraid of Conceptual Art?

Recensão de: Peter Goldie e Elisabeth Schellekens, Who’s Afraid of Conceptual Art?, Londres e Nova Iorque: Routledge, 2010