7 Nov
Recurring

Einführung in SPSS

VeranstaltungsortV.1.01Veranstalter Zentraler Informatikdienst (ZID)BeschreibungIn diesem Kurs werden die Grundlagen zur Anwendung der Statistik-Software SPSS vermittelt, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf die Handhabung des SPSS-Tools gelegt wird. Auf der Basis eines Test-Fragebogens werden SPSS-Dateien erstellt und es werden u. a. die SPSS-Menue- und Command-Struktur, Methoden zur Durchführung von Plausibilitätskontrollen und Datentransformationen, -selektionen und –aggregationen behandelt. Ferner werden einfache Analyseverfahren mit einer Ausgabe in Tabellen- und Grafikform durchgeführt.Vortragende(r)Ing. Peter GruberKontaktIsolde Dueller (Isolde.Dueller@aau.at) Anmeldepflichtig!Kostenpflichtig!Zahlungsbedingung:bar bzw. per Rechnung

7 Nov

wiwi aktuell_Vortrag: Max Weber’s View of Language

VeranstaltungsortZ.0.01Veranstalter Institut für SoziologieBeschreibungSince the 1960s, with the decline in “shared religion” as theorized by Talcott Parsons, sociological theorists in the tradition of Weber’s interpretative sociology have come to place more emphasis on sharing of language—linguistic community—as an intersubjective foundation for understanding of meaning. However, Weber himself saw linguistic community as constructed; it was an imaginary community demarcated not by language itself but by conscious opposition against outsiders. Hence, Weber felt, language can be a means to domination. Prof. Dr. Mitsuhiro Tada studied sociology at Waseda University, where he obtained a PhD in 2011 with a thesis on the temporal construction of the social world. After a brief stint at Tokyo Metropolitan University, he joined the faculty of Kumamoto University, where he works as associate professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. An avid traveler, he is currently a visiting researcher at the Technical University in Berlin.Vortragende(r)Prof. Dr. Mitsuhiro TadaKumamoto University, Japan, und TU BerlinKontaktKaren Meehan (karen.meehan@aau.at)

7 Nov

Ausstellungseröffnung in Ljubljana: Casting of Death

VeranstaltungsortTrg francoske revolucije 7, LjubljanaVeranstalter Institut für KulturanalyseDomestic Research SocietyBeschreibungThe Domestic Research Society and the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana cordially invite you to visit the exhibition dedicated to the afterlife. What is a death mask? Is it a matter of past or part of a lively, yet unperceived sculpting practice? How many death masks are there in the Slovenian public collections and who are these people, stored for the needs of a contemporary society? What needs are we talking about?Jani Pirnat, Pirman Alenka and Damijan Kracina (Domestic Research Society), Marijan Rupert (National and University Library), Janez Polajnar (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana), Marko Jenko (Museum of Modern Art), Blaž Bajič (Universitetet i Oslo, Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana), Andrej Pančur (Institute of Contemporary History), and Maruša Kocjančič (project’s documentalist) have been researching the death-mask phenomenon within the TRACES project, funded by European Commission (Horizon 2020). The Casting of Death is the first exhibition where some of the findings will be presented.The Casting of Death exhibition is being prepared in collaboration with the sculptor Viktor Gojkovič and Slovenian Red Cross.Das Institutskolloquium fährt nach Ljubljana zur Ausstellungseröffnung „Casting of Death“ der Domestic Research Society. Sie ist Partner des Instituts für Kulturanalyse im Horizon 2020-Projekt TRACES. Das Institut organisiert einen gemeinsamen Transfer mit Privat-PKWs nach Ljubljana. Abfahrt ist um 17.30 Uhr bei der Bushaltestelle Parkplatz Ost (Busschleife vor dem Haupteingang). Bei Interesse bitte bei Brigitte Pappler anmelden.KontaktMMag. Sandra Hölbling-Inzko (sandra.inzko@aau.at) Anmeldepflichtig!Bei Interesse bitte bei Brigitte Pappler (brigitte.pappler@aau.at) bis einschließlich 31.10.2017 anmelden.

8 Nov

Metaphor Wars: Conceptual Metaphor In Human Life

VeranstaltungsortHS 3Veranstalter Institut für Anglistik und AmerikanistikBeschreibungThe idea that there are enduring metaphors in thought, or conceptual metaphors, has brought a dramatic revolution in the multidisciplinary world of metaphor studies. Cognitive linguistic research, in particular, has been enormously successful in uncovering the vast ways in which conceptual metaphors shape thought, reasoning, metaphorical language use, and many kinds of expressive actions. But “conceptual metaphor theory” has been widely criticized by many over the past 35 years, both from scholars working within and outside of metaphor research. These criticisms have created a long “war over metaphor” that continues to be waged within metaphor and broader scholarly communities. My talk will describe the “metaphor wars” and offer my own assessments of where the conflicts now stand. I will also offer my present views on what is a conceptual metaphor, how conceptual metaphors provide major constraints on human experience, and why conceptual metaphor theory may be one of the most important advances in the history of cognitive science. Vortragende(r)Professor Ray Gibbs (University of California, Santa Cruz)KontaktAlexander Onysko (alexander.onysko@aau.at)