This report modifies and re-envisions Jakob von Uexküll’s Umwelt theory as the “sympathetic umwelt,” in which sympathy is both the external object of desire and the internal means by which individual, subjective worlds are created. Through the application of this new paradigm to George Eliot’s “The Lifted Veil” and Middlemarch, this paper suggests that intersubjective relationships in the fictions she conceives are ephemeral illusions. Her early cognitive experiments and intellectual grappling with the nature of emotional connections culminates in the ambiguously defined concept of sympathy. Eliot’s focus on sympathy is not meant to reveal a solution to failures in human compassion and understanding, but to present it as the central problem – both in her own literature and in reality. / text

In der Broschüre werden ausgewählte Praxisbeispiele von Lärmminderungsmaßnahmen aus der kommunalen Lärmaktionsplanung oder damit eng verzahnter Planungen vorgestellt. Damit erhalten Gemeinden Impulse für ihre eigene Lärmaktionsplanung. Die Projekte werden in Kurzform beschrieben, zahlreiche Querverweise ermöglichen weitergehende Information.

This dissertation explores the use of irony in networked wearable technology art as a strategy to emphasise the complexity of conjunction between techno-organic human and the techno-organic world. The research addresses the relationship between technologically enhanced human and networked hybrid environment, and speculates on the impact of technological enhancements to the subjective construction of Umwelt through ironic interventions. The project employs both artistic practice and critical theory. The practice-based part of the dissertation is comprised of three wearable technology artworks produced during the study. These concrete artefacts employ irony as a means to expose the techno-organic relationship between humans and their environment under scrutiny. The works highlight the significance of technological modifications of the human for the formation of subjective worldview in an everyday hybrid environment. The theoretical part navigates between the fields of art, design, technology, science and cultural studies concerning the impact of technology and networks on human experience and perception of the world. In the background of this research is biologist Jakob von Uexküll’s concept of the Umwelt, which is a subjective perception created by an organism through its active engagement with the everyday living environment. This dissertation focuses on the Umwelt that is formed in an interaction between hybrid environment and the technologically enhanced human, the Hybronaut. 4 Hybrid environment is a physical reality merged with technologically enabled virtual reality. The Hybronaut is an artistic strategy developed during the research based on four elements: wearable technology, network ability, irony and contextualised experience for the public. Irony is one of the prominent characteristics of the Hybronaut. Irony functions as a way to produce multiple paradoxical perspectives that enable a critical inquiry into our subjective construction of Umwelt. The research indicates that ironic networked wearable technology art presents an opportunity to re-examine our perception concerning the human and his environment.

Die Broschüre bietet Hilfestellung bei der Vorbereitung und Umsetzung der Lärmaktionsplanung und erläutert die Ziele sowie die rechtlichen und fachlichen Grundlagen. In übersichtlicher und verständlicher Form werden Hinweise zu den sieben Planungsschritten bis zur Bekanntmachung des Lärmaktionsplanes gegeben.

Der Leitfaden beinhaltet die umfangreichen Erkenntnisse und Erfahrungen zur Verbesserung der Luftqualität seit dem ersten sächsischen Luftreinhalteplan im Jahr 2003. Er informiert über die gesetzlichen Grundlagen und die Anforderungen zur Aufstellung von Luftreinhalteplänen. Der Bericht dokumentiert die Standorte der Luftmessstationen, die Messparameter und Messtechnik und erläutert die mathematische Modellierung der Messwerte. Neben der zeitlichen Entwicklung der Luftqualität werden Maßnahmen zur Erreichung einer guten Luftqualität vorgestellt. Die Luftreinhalteplanung in Sachsen wird eingeordnet in den erreichten Stand in Deutschland und der EU.

Zugl.: München, Univ., Diplomarbeit, 2005

Zugl.: Diplomarbeit / Literaturverz. S. 126 - 130. - Hergestellt on demand

Zugl.: Erlangen, Nürnberg, Univ., Diss., 2007

Zugl.: Münster (Westfalen), Univ., Habil.-Schr., 2007

Univ., Diss.-1999--Heidelberg, 1998. / Literaturverz. S. 482 - 518.