Glacier: Nature and Culture, by Peter B. Knight

Culture and nature versus culture or nature

This paper discusses the integration of cultural and natural heritage aspects of landscapes. It presents arguments for the further integration of interests but also points to the potential for conflicts between cultural and natural heritage interests. These are predominantly at the site-management level. The important role of the historical layer is stressed as an integral part of the environme...

Peter B . Dews ( 1922 – 2012 )

Peter B. Dews is generally regarded as the ‘father’ of behavioural pharmacology and is especially famous for his early interactions with B. F. Skinner and the introduction of quantitative measurement to the discipline in the 1950s. He was British, being born in Yorkshire, and undertook early medical training at the University of Leeds. He worked under well-known pharmacologists in the UK such a...

Kelly , B . , Knight , G . , Casey , J . and Guy , M . (

2 The QA Focus Project The Open Access movement is promoting the advantages in providing more liberal access conditions to research and teaching and learning resources and is developing a legal infrastructure and associated technologies to support this. This paper argues that IT Services can benefit by adopting a similar approach for IT support materials. A case study is provided which describe...

Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution by Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd

P3 Southerners have a culture of honor. They are more sensitive to slights and their cortisol levels go higher in response to slights. P7 Superorganism is wrong because it ignores the rich interconnections between culture and other aspects of our behavior and anatomy. Culture is as much a part of human biology as walking upright. P 12,13 We imitate others and particularly those with high rank. ...

Bioethics between Nature and Culture