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Dignity. Dignity (from the Latin dignitas meaning "worth, worthiness; dignity, position, rank, status; authority, office; self-respect, grace" [citation needed]) in some of its modern usages has come to mean the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically. In this context, it is of significance ...
Economics ( / ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪks, ˌiːkə -/) [1] [2] is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. [3] [4] Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work.
Edublog. An edublog is a blog created for educational purposes. Edublogs archive and support student and teacher learning by facilitating reflection, questioning by self and others, collaboration [1] and by providing contexts for engaging in higher-order thinking. [2] [3] Edublogs proliferated when blogging architecture became more simplified ...
The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and academic researchers, as well as describing usage in its many variations throughout the ...
Anarchism. Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is against all forms of authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including the state and capitalism. Anarchism advocates for the replacement of the state with stateless societies and voluntary free associations.
Definition. Post-Internet is a loosely-defined term [1] that was coined by artist/curator Marisa Olson in an attempt to describe her practice. [3] It emerged from mid-2000s discussions about Internet art by Gene McHugh (author of a blog titled "Post-Internet"), and Artie Vierkant (artist, and creator of Image Object sculpture series). [4]
A “blog” is usually used to refer to the website where “blog posts” are published. Blogs were originally short for a “web log”, which initially described a website or a part of it that is dedicated to keeping a log of events and news on the website. However, the scope of blog posts has quickly expanded into covering all kinds of ...
