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Advances in Techno-Humanities - Case Studies From Culture, Philosophy and the Arts

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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.


List of contents










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


About the author










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.


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