Daughter of Fire by Sofia Robleda

“Robleda blends historical research with subjective descriptions of faith, weaving a novel is both a portrayal of 16th Century Guatemala under Spanish rule and a mystical quest to preserve the Mayan soul.”

More thoughts: https://davidjhiggins.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/daughter-of-fire-by-sofia-robleda/

#HistoricalFiction #Fantasy #Guatemala #NonWestern #MagicalRealism

Perhaps you can help a reader who asked, "Could you please suggest me a doctoral [program] in #nonWestern #culture, thought [or] #philosophy?"

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byrdnick.com/contact #gradSchool #PhD #AcademicChatter #PhDchatter

In this new publication, I describe current approaches to #responsibleAI and how current approaches to ensure the ethical alignment of decisions made or supported by AI systems need be embedded in #feminist and #nonWestern philosophies, e.g. #Ubuntu.
#AI #Africa

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-08215-3_9

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentine_Codex

The #FlorentineCodex, a 16th-century ethnographic research study in #Mesoamerica by the #Spanish #Franciscan friar #BernardinodeSahagún. The work of 2,400 pages organized into twelve books; 2,000+ illustrations by #native #artists provide vivid images. It documents the #culture, #religious #cosmology & #ritual practices, #society, economics & #naturalhistory of the #Aztec people. Described as "one of the most remarkable accounts of a #nonWestern #culture ever composed."