BlogHide Resteemsnewalturim (37)in technology • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE WITHOUT BEES?Dear fellow steemians, I would like to use this opportunity to introduce you to our efforts regarding the Internet of Food and Farm 2020 (IoF2020) platform, which focuses on the revolutionary…newalturim (37)in steemstem • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Technological Determinism and Defensive Urbanism“Current systems of public policy and decision-making evolved alongside the Second Industrial Revolution, when decision-makers had time to study a specific issue and develop the necessary response…newalturim (37)in technology • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Smart Cities and Surveillance: Descriptive Foundation & Belgian Regulatory FrameworkSurveillance schemes are justified “on the basis of arguments accompanied by rhetorics of security which are likewise endorsed by private companies” (Galetta, 2013: 229). Such technologies are…newalturim (37)in urban • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Smart Cities as an Urban-Panopticon and Informational SpaceThe disciplinary concept of the panopticon Jeremy Bentham envisioned in the 18th century is primarily an architectural design and a technology of power to solve the problems of surveillance. In his…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Potential Party Material #6For this episode I decided to post a wonderfully progressive remix of probably one of the most trolled tunes out there: Darude - Sandstorm . Whenever someone is asking for a track-id, chance is…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Potential Party Material #5Since I re-discovered that epic anthem in my record collection right now, I decided to go online to share it with you guys as this song deserves to be shared! It was released in the mid 90ies and…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Potential Party Material #4This episode brings a real banger. Not because of the speed of the record, on the contrary, what makes this track so unique is its intensity while keeping it subtle and slow. This piece of…newalturim (37)in policy • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Potential Party Material #3For this episode I selected a song with not just the potential for party material but also ridiculous prices on Discogs for the record itself. Hence, I unfortunately do not have this one in my…newalturim (37)in policy • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.European Innovation Policy - Critical Assessment of Austria’s Smart CitiesImportance for Austria Today, more than half of the world’s population is living in urban areas with an upward trend in global urbanization (United Nations, 2014a). This process will increase…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Potential Party Material #2For this episode of selected records, which have the potential for great party material, I chose to pick a record from one of my favorite labels out there: Permanent Vacation It is a German…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Potential Party Material #1Quite a while ago I decided to start sharing some gems I came across since living in Belgium. Most of the tracks focused on the golden age of Belgian electronic music where rave and progressive…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Rave: Music straight out of Belgium #7It has been a while since I posted my last contribution to this series. Yet, with holidays comes leisure time to discover some new music. In the course of that the following track has been…newalturim (37)in politics • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Violence is not inevitably destructive: Theories on TerrorismSociological Theories Applied to Terrorism in the Case of Paris Michel Wieviorka has the conception that violence does not inevitably have to be destructive and negative. In the course of time…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Rave: Music straight out of Belgium #6For this episode we return to the mighty Platipus Records , which in my opinion like few others shaped this era with their musical influence. It was and still is a very popular trance label from…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Rave: Music straight out of Belgium #5For the fifth episode of the series I started to share some of the great music that shaped a whole era here in Belgium, we return to the label R&S records - located in Ghent and guaranteeing…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Rave: Music straight out of Belgium #4Last time I introduced Bonzai Records to you with one of their bigger hits from Yves De Ruyter. For this episode I decided to dig a little deeper on the label's catalogue, to show your the…newalturim (37)in health • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.We need to talk about stigmas: blood donation and sexual preferencesBeing able to donate blood follows obvious criteria like weight and age. But what about sexual preferences? Homosexual or bisexual men are excluded from blood donations because they belong to a…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Rave: Music straigt out of Belgium #3For the third part of the series, I would like to introduce you to one of the most influential Belgian labels of that era : Bonzai Records The track I selected is Calling Earth by Yves…newalturim (37)in politics • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.A lot of Kisses and Same-Sex MarriageYesterday I cried. It was late at night, I had several glasses of wine and my remote control accompanied me while drifting through hours of the German TV landscape. What I saw there deeply moved me.…newalturim (37)in music • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Rave: Music straigt out of Belgium #2The first entry of this series was a well known anthem, which I considered to be a good starting point for this consecutive post on Belgian music-culture heritage. For today's entry I dug a little…
