Princeton University Press

#WorldListeningDay honors the birthday of Canadian composer and environmentalist, Raymond Murray Schafer. Hosted each year by the World Listening Project, a nonprofit “devoted to understanding the world and its natural environment, societies, and cultures through the practice of listening and field recording,” World Listening Day is an opportunity for all of us to pause and hone our awareness of the world around us and practice the art of listening. From the voices of the natural world to the universal language of music, explore the mysteries of sound with these fascinating selections.

Anna Lise Seastrand's Body, History, Myth is the first major exploration of the #mural tradition in early modern South India. An astonishing variety of murals greet visitors to the temples and palaces of southern #India. Beautiful in execution and extensive in scope, murals painted on walls and ceilings adorn the most important spaces of early modern religious and political performance. Scene by scene, histories of holy sites, portraits that incorporate historical figures into mythic landscapes, and Tamil and Telugu inscriptions that evoke the imagined topographies of devotional poetry unfold before the mobile spectator. Body, History, Myth reconceives the relationship between art and devotion in South India by describing how the extraordinary sensory experience of a viewing body in motion unfurls a sacred narrative exquisitely designed to teach, impress, and inspire. Featuring a wealth of stunning images published here for the first time, Body, History, Myth provides a multidimensional reading of temple art that fundamentally reframes the artistic, intellectual, religious, and political histories of early modern India. Out now. Learn more and order your copy: https://hubs.ly/Q02FJl950

In the midst of tremendous change, core features of scholarly book publishing remain constant. It’s still all about the author and their ability to make generative contributions to public conversations in ways that draw upon the very best and most up-to-date scholarship from their field. The task for their chosen book publisher is still to help them take their original, promising ideas and turn them into the sort of book that captures the attention of readers and makes a mark. Easy to say, but hard to do! Read more from Fred Appel, Publisher at Princeton University Press. #publishing #books #editor

📚 AI Needs You ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Just finished Verity Harding ‘s insightful book, “AI Needs You.” This well-researched work should serve as a crucial call to action for governments worldwide regarding AI policy-making. The current U.S.- China race for AI supremacy is unsustainable. The existing approach to AI development is already harming the public, especially the most vulnerable amongst us, by prioritizing speed to market(in secrecy) over societal benefits. As AI’s influence grows, it’s imperative to determine its purpose and beneficiaries and draw clear and unequivocal lines in the sand about what we will not tolerate. Harding argues for societal leadership in ensuring AI fulfills its promise. Drawing inspiring lessons from the histories of three twentieth-century tech revolutions—the space race, in vitro fertilization, and the internet, Harding proposes a detailed roadmap for public policy and civic engagement. She rejects the narrative likening AI to the atomic bomb, advocating instead for a future where democratically determined values guide AI, ensuring it is peaceful, purposeful, and trustworthy. Citing historical examples like the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, created shortly after Russia launched Sputnik under JFK’s leadership, Margaret Thatcher’s approach to IVF policy in the UK despite fierce public outcry and her own misgivings about it, and ICANN’s role in internet governance through the DNS and sound policies developed by experts from across the world(especially in the wake of 9/11 ans US PATRIOT ACT which gave rise to mass surveillance by governments and corporations)— Harding underscores the need for a similar approach to AI policy. She calls for public/private partnerships and the inclusion of voices from developing nations in technology development. Personally, I was delighted to see the work of one of my professors, Georgia Institute of Technology ‘s very own Dr. Milton Mueller. Dr. Mueller’s classes on information security public policy and IT/Comm/Telecom policy opened my eyes to the complex process of policy rulemaking and enforcement in the Digital Age. “AI Needs You” inspires hope that we can shape AI with our best values, serving the public good. The future of AI—and our own—depends on our active guidance. Highly recommend diving into this thought-provoking and empowering read! 🌟 Missy Cummings Masheika Allgood David Beck Dr. Jeffrey Funk Sylvain Pronovost, PhD #AI #PublicPolicy #TechRevolution #FutureOfAI #BookReview #AINeedsYou #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #publicpolicy #genai #generativeai

A. G. Hopkins's Capitalism in the Colonies provides an account that challenges the conventional views of African merchants under colonialism, examining the emergence and changing fortunes of indigenous entrepreneurs in Lagos, Nigeria. In Capitalism in the Colonies, A. G. Hopkins provides the first substantial assessment of the fortunes of African entrepreneurs under colonial rule. Examining the lives and careers of 100 merchants in Lagos, Nigeria, between 1850 and 1931, Hopkins challenges conventional views of the contribution made by indigenous entrepreneurs to the long-run economic development of Nigeria. He argues that African merchants in Lagos not only survived, but were also responsible for key innovations in trade, construction, farming, and finance that are essential for understanding the development of Nigeria’s economy. The book is based on a large, representative sample and covers a time span that traces mercantile fortunes over two and three generations. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Hopkins shows that indigenous entrepreneurs were far more adventurous than expatriate firms. African merchants in Lagos pioneered motor vehicles, sewing machines, publishing, tanneries, and new types of internal trade. They founded the construction industry that built Lagos into a major port city, moved inland to start the cocoa-farming industry, and developed the finance sector that is still vital to Nigeria’s economy. They also took the lead in changing single-owned businesses into limited liability companies, creating freehold property rights and promoting wage labour. In short, Hopkins argues, they were the capitalists who introduced the institutions of capitalism into Nigeria. The story of African merchants in Nigeria reminds us, he writes, that economic structures have no life of their own until they are animated by the actions of creative individuals. Out now. Learn more: https://hubs.ly/Q02CgzGV0 (10 September UK pub)

📚 AI Needs You ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Just finished Verity Harding ‘s insightful book, “AI Needs You.” This well-researched work should serve as a crucial call to action for governments worldwide regarding AI policy-making. The current U.S.- China race for AI supremacy is unsustainable. The existing approach to AI development is already harming the public, especially the most vulnerable amongst us, by prioritizing speed to market(in secrecy) over societal benefits. As AI’s influence grows, it’s imperative to determine its purpose and beneficiaries and draw clear and unequivocal lines in the sand about what we will not tolerate. Harding argues for societal leadership in ensuring AI fulfills its promise. Drawing inspiring lessons from the histories of three twentieth-century tech revolutions—the space race, in vitro fertilization, and the internet, Harding proposes a detailed roadmap for public policy and civic engagement. She rejects the narrative likening AI to the atomic bomb, advocating instead for a future where democratically determined values guide AI, ensuring it is peaceful, purposeful, and trustworthy. Citing historical examples like the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, created shortly after Russia launched Sputnik under JFK’s leadership, Margaret Thatcher’s approach to IVF policy in the UK despite fierce public outcry and her own misgivings about it, and ICANN’s role in internet governance through the DNS and sound policies developed by experts from across the world(especially in the wake of 9/11 ans US PATRIOT ACT which gave rise to mass surveillance by governments and corporations)— Harding underscores the need for a similar approach to AI policy. She calls for public/private partnerships and the inclusion of voices from developing nations in technology development. Personally, I was delighted to see the work of one of my professors, Georgia Institute of Technology ‘s very own Dr. Milton Mueller. Dr. Mueller’s classes on information security public policy and IT/Comm/Telecom policy opened my eyes to the complex process of policy rulemaking and enforcement in the Digital Age. “AI Needs You” inspires hope that we can shape AI with our best values, serving the public good. The future of AI—and our own—depends on our active guidance. Highly recommend diving into this thought-provoking and empowering read! 🌟 Missy Cummings Masheika Allgood David Beck Dr. Jeffrey Funk Sylvain Pronovost, PhD #AI #PublicPolicy #TechRevolution #FutureOfAI #BookReview #AINeedsYou #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #publicpolicy #genai #generativeai

America’s political parties are hollow shells of what they could be, locked in a polarized struggle for power and unrooted as civic organizations. Join the conversations and learn more here from authors Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld.

America’s political parties are hollow shells of what they could be, locked in a polarized struggle for power and unrooted as civic organizations. Join the conversations and learn more here from authors Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld.

I’m excited to announce the launch of my new book with Rob Townsend “Inequality and Globalization.”

"For economists of faith, this book can provide the tools and language to make their science credible and rational at the same time." 📚 Read this review of Paul Seabright's (Toulouse School of Economics) new book, "The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People" (Princeton University Press), by Professor Atul K. Shah PhD FCA (City, University of London) https://lnkd.in/eT9frxwR