Advances in Techno-Humanities

ISBN-13: 9781032453255 / Twarda / 2023 / 156 str.

Opis

This book is a pioneering attempt to explore the relationships between technology and the humanities through case studies and specific contexts in the areas of language, theatre, literature, translation, philosophy, music, home designations, learning environment, and artificial intelligence.

Spis treści

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Introduction

Mak Kin-wah

Chapter 1

Towards the Identification and Tracking of Salient Traits and Their Developments in

Chinese Society via Big Data

Benjamin Tsou Ka Yin, Kelly Mak, and Kenny Mok

Chapter 2

Techno-Humanities: Some Trends of the Portrayal of Science in Art on the Hong Kong

Stage

Thomas Luk Yun-tong

Chapter 3

Densities and Fugitive Vectors

Grant Hamilton

Chapter 4

Revisiting the Future of Translation Technology

Chan Sin-wai

Chapter 5

The Idea of "Techno-Philosophy" and "Philosophy-aided Technology, with Social

Networking as an Example

Ying Koon Kau

Chapter 6

Corpus-assisted Translation Learning: Attitudes and Perceptions of Novice

Translation Students

Su Yanfang, Liu Jianwen, and Liu Kanglong

Chapter 7

What Is an "Ideal" Home? A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Housing Names and

TV Advertisements in Hong Kong

Lam Yee Man, Benson Lam Shu Yan, and Ng Kwan-kwan

Chapter 8

A Conceptual Framework for Integrated Immersive Learning with Metaverse and

Student-generated Media

Paulina Wong Pui Yun, Gary Wong Wai Chung, and Daniel Shen Jiandong

Chapter 9

Problems of Exacerbation to Dasein in the Modern Technological World by Use of the

Early Heidegger’s Theories: Readiness-to-hand and Presence-at-hand

Jeff Lau Hok-yin

Chapter 10

Ethically Speaking: Opportunities and Risks of AI Chatbots Showing Empathy to

Customers during Service Encounters

Yeung Wing Lok

Index

O autorze

Mak Kin-wah is President of Caritas Institute of Higher Education, which strongly supports Techno-Humanities teaching and hosts a research centre dedicated to this purpose. He holds the degrees of PhD and MPhil from Cambridge University, an MBA from City University London, and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Western Australia.