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Book SynopsisThis book offers a thorough examination of digital work by women comedians in the US, exploring their use of digital media to perform jokes, engage with fans, remake their reputations, and become political activists. This book argues that despite its many adverse effects, digital work is changing comedy, empowering women to create new comic forms and negotiate the contentious political climate incited by former President Donald. J. Trump. Chapters are focused on video podcasting, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and the streaming platform Netflix each containing informative case studies on significant women comedians who use them, including Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Leslie Jones, Mindy Kaling, Colleen Ballinger, Lilly Singh, Ms. Pat, Whitney Cummings, Issa Rae, and others. To understand their strategies, this book examines the popularity of their digital content, their career outcomes in television and film, as well as the ups and downs of their critical reputations Table of Contents1. Advantages and Adverse Effects: How Digital Work Empowers Women Comedians in Trump’s America 2. Women Comedians’ Video Podcasting on YouTube: How Complex Authenticity Cultivates Fans 3. Women Comedians Trapped on TikTok: The Opportunities and Limitations of Cringey, Intersectional Comedy 4. Witty Women on Twitter: Collaborative Reputation Making, Anti-Fandom, and Harnessing the Trolls 5.Conformity with Comic Subversion: How Women Comedians Shape their Reputations using Instagram 6.Women Comedians’ Working Practices on YouTube: The Sometimes-Difficult Transition to Television 7. Netflix’s Calculated Risks in Comedy: Unlikely Women’s First Stand-up Specials 8. Trump’s War with Women Satirists on Television: How Carnivalesque Comedy Generates Digital Redistribution 9. Participatory Audiences in Trump’s Cancel Culture: How Women Comedian-Activists Survive and Earn Prestige 10. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how houses are created, maintained and conceptualized in southern Oman. Based on long-term research in the Dhofar region, it draws on anthropology, sociology, urban studies and architectural history. The chapters consider physical and functional aspects, including regulations governing land use, factors in siting houses, architectural styles and norms for interior and exterior decorating. The volume also reflects on cultural expectations regarding how and when rooms are used and issues such as safety, privacy, social connectedness and ease of movement. Houses and residential areas are situated within the fabric of towns, comparison is made with housing in other countries in the Arabian peninsula, and consideration is given to notions of the Islamic city' and the Islamic house'. The book is valuable reading for scholars interested in the Middle East and the built environment.Table of Contents1 Overview; 2 Geographical and Historical Considerations; 3 Creating Modern Houses; 4 The Physical House; 5 Cultural Understandings of Houses; 6 Being "at Home" Outside of the Home; 7 Situating and Comparing Dhofari Houses; 8 Privacy and Houses

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Book SynopsisLauded as one of the most important poets and playwrights of the twentieth century, Federico García Lorca was also an accomplished theatre director with a clear process and philosophy of how drama should be staged. Directing both his own work and that of others, Lorca was also closely involved in the rehearsals for productions of many of his plays, and from his own writings and those of his collaborators, a determined agenda to stimulate audiences and renovate theatre can be seen.This is the first book in English to fully consider Lorca as a director and his rehearsal methodology. The book combines:-          A biographical account of Lorca's work as a director and rehearsal leader, revealing his techniques and methods of approach texts;-          An exploration of his key writings on and around theatre, drawing on his talks, play introductions, and some of the dramatic wor

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Book SynopsisIn the age of global climate change, society will require cities that are environmentally self-sufficient, able to withstand various environmental problems and recover quickly. It is interesting to note that many smart solutions for cities are leading to an unsustainable future, including further electrification, an increased dependence on the Internet, Internet of Things, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence, and basically any technology that leads us to consume more electricity. This book examines critical topics in Smart Cities such as true sustainability and the resilience required for all cities. It explores sustainability issues in agriculture and the role of agri-technology for a sustainable future, including a city's ability to locally produce food for its residents. Features: Discusses safety, security, data management, and privacy issues in Smart Cities Examines the various emerging forms of transportation infrastructure and new vehiTable of ContentsPart I: Smart Urban Development, Sustainability and Resilience. Chapter 1. Sustainable Urbanization: Why We Have to Change: Toward Justice and Lifestyles That Respect the Planet and Its Inhabitants. Chapter 2. The Interaction Between Resilience and Intelligence of Cities. Part II: Food Security and Smart Urban Agriculture. Chapter 3. Nurturing Clever Cities: The Intersection Between Urban Agriculture and Smart Technologies. Chapter 4. Sustainable Food: The Role of Digital Agritechnology. Part III: Smart City, Built Environment and Data Privacy. Chapter 5. Is This Architecture Sustainable? Operational Energy Efficiency and The Pursuit of Behavioral Change Through Building Operation. Chapter 6. Alphabet is Here to ‘Fix’ Toronto: Algorithmic Governance in Sidewalk Labs’ Smart City. Chapter 7. Future Transport and Logistics in Smart Cities: Safety and Privacy.

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Book SynopsisVideojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling for Online, Broadcast and Documentary Journalists is an essential guide for solo video storytellersfrom backpack videojournalists to short-form documentary makers to do-it-all broadcast reporters.Based on interviews with award-winning professionals sharing their unique experiences and knowledge, Videojournalism covers topics such as crafting and editing eye-catching short stories, recording high-quality sound, and understanding the laws and ethics of filming in public and private places. Other topics include: understanding the difference between a story and a report finding a theme and telling a story in a compact time frame learning to use different cameras and lensesfrom smart phones to mirrorless and digital cinema cameras using light, both natural and artificial understanding color and exposureThe second edition of this best-selling text has been comp

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Book SynopsisStages of Reckoning is a crucial conversation about how racialized bodies and power intersect within actor training spaces.This book provokes embodied and intellectual discomfort for the reader to take risks with their ideologies, identities, and practices and to make new pedagogical choices for students with racialized identities. Centering the voices of actor trainers of color to acknowledge their personal experience and professional pedagogy as theory, this volume illuminates actionable ideas for text work, casting, voice, consent practices, and movement while offering decolonial approaches to current Eurocentric methods. These offerings invite the reader to create spaces where students can bring more of themselves, their communities, and their stories into their training and as fodder for performance making that will lead to a more just world.This book is for people in high/secondary schools, higher education, and private training studios who wish to teachTable of ContentsList of figuresList of contributorsAcknowledgementsForeword: navigating liberation: a conversation between friendsNicole Brewer and Walton WilsonIntroduction: why this book now?Amy Mihyang GintherPART IDistilling/grounding/performing identities1 Black queer autoethnographies: tools for equitable teaching and learning in predominantly white institutionsGregory King2 Societal othering of Asian Americans and its perpetuation through castingJoy Lanceta Coronel3 Embodying racial consciousness: white allyship as given circumstance and objective for the casting and coaching of sceneworkRachel E. BlackburnPART IIEmbodying disruption/abstention/resistance4 I’mma do me: code-switch resistance as collective liberation in voice and speech classesAlicia Richardson5 The erotic of abstinence: refusing the white-possessive and embracing settler abstinence in performance pedagogyMaria Teresa Houar6 Nepantla: lingering in-between to embody our voiceSayda TrujilloPART IIITraveling across time/space/language7 Representation matters: the why and how of decolonizing Stanislavski actor trainingAlison Nicole Vasquez8 Empowering the somatically othered actor through multilingual improvisation in trainingKristine Landon-Smith and Chris Hay9 The possibilities of paradox: decolonial Shakespeare process in practiceAmy Mihyang GintherPART IVTransforming across/through/around disciplinarity10 A time of protest: exploring activism and acting through Hip-Hop Pedagogy & Theatre of the OppressedDaphnie Sicre11 Whose body is dis: taksu, ase, Black queer intersections, and the awakening of the actor’s spiritual practice Budi Miller12 Stigmata: biography of an Arab female body in painMaiada AboudAfterword: morning rain, parting clouds, and what is to comeAmy Mihyang Ginther and Celia Mercedes Espinosa Index

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to Literature and Art explores the links between literature and visual art from classical ekphrasis through to contemporary experimental forms. The collectionâs engagement with diverse literary and cultural artifacts offers a comprehensive survey of the vibrant interrelationships that currently inform literary studies and the arts.Featuring four sections, the first part provides an overview of theoretical approaches to art and literature from philosophy and aesthetics through to cognitive neuroscience. Part two examines one of the most important intersections between text and image: the workings of ekphrasis across poetry, fiction, drama, comics, life and travel writing, and architectural treatises. Parts three and four consider intermedial crossings from antiquity to the present. The contributors examine the rich intermedial experiments that range from manuscript studies to infographics in graphic narratives, illuminating the vibrant ways in which texts have intersected with illustration, music, dance, architecture, painting, photography, media installations, and television.Throughout this dynamic collection of 37 chapters, the contributors evolve existing critical debates in innovative new directions. The volume will be a critical resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as specialist scholars working in literary studies, philosophy of art, text and image studies, and visual culture.The Introduction and Chapters 10, 14 and 37 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

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Book SynopsisExisting structures represent a heterogeneous category in the global built environment as often characterized by the presence of archaic materials, damage and disconnections, uncommon construction techniques and subsequent interventions throughout the building history. In this scenario, the common linear elastic analysis approach adopted for new buildings is incapable of an accurate estimation of structural capacity, leading to overconservative results, invasive structural strengthening, added intervention costs, excessive interference to building users and possible losses in terms of aesthetics or heritage values. For a rational and sustainable use of the resources, this book deals with advanced numerical simulations, adopting a practical approach to introduce the fundamentals of Finite Element Method, nonlinear solution procedures and constitutive material models. Recommended material properties for masonry, timber, reinforced concrete, iron and steel are discussed according to exTable of Contents1. Fundamentals of the Finite Element Method. 2. Nonlinear Structural Analysis. 3. Constitutive Models. 4. Recommended Properties for Advanced Numerical Analysis. 5. Guidelines for Practical Use of Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis.

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Book SynopsisCreative Concert Production and Entrepreneurship: Concert Dramaturgy and Project Development for the Performing Arts offers a conceptual and applied introduction to the musical and dramaturgical challenges involved in developing and producing concerts. Drawing from over three decades of real-world experience and a range of international case studies, the author explores new models for cooperation between artists, cultural institutions, governments, and businesses, arguing for the importance of rooting the concert production process in artistic and ethical values. The book presents essential knowledge and techniques to meet the demand for music and stage performances across genres, arenas, formats, and distribution channels. Relevant to a wide range of students and professionals in music and the performing arts, Creative Concert Production and Entrepreneurship marries theory with practice, providing a framework for readers to develop the creative entrepreneurial pract

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Book SynopsisA study of particular aspects of the politics of planning a new town, this book, originally published in 1980, covers events from the inception of Stevenage in 1946 up to 1978. As a case study, the focus is on two expansion schemes, which were intended to extend the designated area of the town, and on the public protest that the two schemes engendered. Emphasis is placed on the structure and action of three groups of people: the urban managers' the Stevenage Development Corporation; Stevenage industrialists; and local organisations engaged in protest. The theoretical focus is on the thesis of urban managerialism': the book examines the constraints placed upon both the structure and action of the Stevenage urban managers over the previous thirty years. In showing how matters work in practice, it directs light on issues of theory which other sociologists of planning, such as Pickvance and Castells, had only discussed in the abstract.The author argues that the experience of SteTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Abbreviations. Part One 1. Some Themes in Urban Planning 2. The London New Towns: An Overview Part Two 3. Stevenage 1945-60: Beginnings 4. Stevenage 1960-9: Consolidation and Contradictions 5. Stevenage 1970-1: Rumours of Things to Come 6. Stevenage 1972-3: ‘Expansion of ‘73’ – the Case is Presented 7. Stevenage 1972-4: The Struggle Begins 8. Stevenage 1974: ‘Expansion ‘74’, and the Struggle Continues 9. Stevenage 1974-6: The Public Enquiry 10. Stevenage 1976-7: Confusion Abounds Part Three 11. Stevenage: Constraints on the Urban Managers 12. Urban Managerialism 13. Public Participation in Planning: Illusion or Reality? 14. Prospects for the New Urban Managers? Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisWritten by an AAA industry expert with over 20 years of experience, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the practical skills that all successful level designers need to have. It covers everything from practical production skills to the social and soft skills required to thrive in the gaming industry.This book begins with a theoretical and abstract approach that sets a common language for the later hard-skill applications and practical examples. These later chapters cover a wealth of practical skills for use during the concept phase, while creating layouts, scripting, and working with AI. This book includes essential chapters on topics such as social skills, soft skills, world-building, level design direction, production, as well as how to gain employment in the industry.This book will be of great interest to all level designers, content leads, and directors looking to enhance their skillset. It will also appeal to students of level and game design looking for tips on how to break into the industry.Trade ReviewBen Bauer is one of the top-level designers in the business. His deep knowledge of flow, game space and environment creation and refinement has resulted in some of the most exciting experiences in games. This book gives readers a look into what makes a level great and how to do it the right way.--Jack Mamais, Director, Impeller Studios. Mr. Bauer has achieved something truly rare in a book on specialized game development methodology: He delivers a rigorous framework for the various interconnected practices of Level Design and does it with a witty conversational style that makes you feel like Ben is there coaching you in person. He also takes the time to bring our collective attention to some oft-neglected aspects of the LD’s craft. An outstanding primer for new designers and experienced game devs alike.--Patrick Redding, Creative Director, Warner Bros. Games.This book will be a fantastic read for level designers of all skill sets and experience. Entertainingly written, it shows great insights into how to practically develop levels, but also covers how level designers can excel within a larger game development environment, with many anecdotes from Ben's own work experience in his 20+ years in the industry. "--Sten Huebler, Senior Level Designer, Microsoft. Table of ContentsSection I: Book and Level Design Introduction. Chapter 1: Book Introduction. Chapter 2: Definition of Level Design and Level Designers. Section II: Production and Social Skills. Chapter 3: Level Design Production. Chapter 4: Diplomacy of Level Design. Chapter 5: Teamwork and Leadership Tools. Section III. Level Design Theory. Chapter 6: About Vision, Pillars, and Direction. Chapter 7: Abstract Level Design. Chapter 8: The Big Picture. Chapter 9: High-Level Layouts. Chapter 10: Connective Tissue. Section IV: Practical: How to Get Started. Chapter 11: Concept Phase. Chapter 12: First Steps. Section V: Practical: Layouts. Chapter 13: Cover, Flow, and Player Leading. Chapter 14: Scenarios and Location Types. Section VI: Practical: Technical Aspects and Game Design. Chapter 15: Scripting and Technical. Chapter 16: Working with Ingredients. Section VII: Closing Topics. Chapter 17: Closing and Shipping. Chapter 18: Becoming a Level Designer.

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates the practices of reconstructing and representing performance art and their power to shape this art form and our understanding of it. Performance art emerged internationally between the 1960s and 1970s crossing disciplinary boundaries between performing arts and visual arts. Because of the challenge it posed to the ontologies and paradigms of these fields, performance art has since stimulated an ongoing debate on the most appropriate means to document, preserve and display it. Tancredi Gusman brings together international scholars from different disciplinary fields to examine methods, media, and approaches by which this art form has been represented and (re)activated over time and its transnational history reconstructed. Through contributions and case studies spanning various countries, regions and artistic fields, the authors outline an innovative theoretical-methodological framework for capturing the processes and strategies for transmitting the tangible and intangible heritage of performance art. This book will be of great appeal to students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of Theatre and Performance Studies as well as Visual Arts and Art History, who have an interest in performance art, its history and presence in the contemporary artistic and cultural landscape.

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Book SynopsisRelational Improvisation explores the creative exchanges that occur between artistic disciplines through the practice of improvisation in performance. Building upon the growing research into improvisation, the book explores contemporary transdisciplinary collaborations between improvised music and other fields including dance and visual arts, offering insights from a wide range of practitioners. Author Simon Rose takes a ground-up approach that places value on lived experience and reflects the value of collaboration. Mirroring improvisation's relationality, chapters are co-authored by musicians, dancers and visual artists from diverse backgrounds who are engaged in active artistic collaborations with the author.The relational approach allows for the inclusion of improvisation's scope and many levels. Showcasing a range of different voices, the chapters address topics in artistic improvisation including cybernetics, interspecies work, working with light, phenomenology,

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Book SynopsisThis book will help game designers and those interested in games thoughtfully embed culture into video games and the game design process.This book raises the issue of how some cultures and communities are misrepresented in various video games. In response to this problem, designers can bring cultural considerations and practices into the centre focus of the game design process. The book advocates that designers put different measures in place to better prevent misrepresentations and engage with deeper understandings of culture to build culturally richer and more meaningful game worlds. The book uses the Torres Strait Virtual Reality project as a primary example, in addition to other game projects, to explore cultural representation in game design. Torres Strait culture is also explored and discussed more broadly throughout the book. No prior knowledge of culture studies is needed, and the book deals with higher level game design with little reference to the technical eTrade ReviewThis book is a standout contribution to Indigenous video game development and exemplifies what can happen when Design Research, Indigenous Studies, and Game Studies meet. Rhett Loban cleverly weaves between theory and practice while upholding the Torres Strait community, giving us heartfelt insights and a guide to future related work.Dr Elizabeth LaPensée, Narrative Director at Twin Suns, International Video Game Studio.This book is a brilliant and innovative piece of work, beautiful to read, and a project painstakingly consulted and developed, to present a range of processes and cultural practices that have rarely been discussed before in public. It sensitively guides game designers through reciprocal work with community.Associate Professor Neil Harrison, Associate Professor at Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University, Australia.Narratives on the Torres Straits Island culture makes the book an intriguing read. The culturally-centred game design captures the cultural connections and representations within the community. Coupled with a methodology which allows for community-participation, the book is engaging and provides the stimulus for discussions on comparative studies.Associate Professor Dr. Dorothy DeWitt, Associate Professor at Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia.Table of ContentsPrologue: The recent passing of a relative or community member. 1. Cultural representations in video games. 2. Knowing the context: A Torres Strait perspective. Interlude: Preparing for the Tombstone Opening. 3. The palm and the Dogai. 4. Culturally centred game design. 5. Community participation in game design. Interlude: The Tombstone Opening. 6. Cultural immersion, rigorous research and ethics in game design. 7. Designing to produce deep representations. Epilogue: Caring for the tombstone site.

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Book Synopsis***Winner of the American Association for Italian Studies Book Prize 2022 and selected at the FAD Awards 2023***After World War II, a wave of Italian films emerged that depicted the life and hardships of characters left helpless after the conflict, bringing to the screen the struggles of a time of existential angst and uncertainty. This form of filmmaking was associated with a broader artistic phenomenon known as âneorealismâ and is now considered a pivotal point in the history of Italian cinema. But neorealism was not limited to film any more than it was to literature. It spread to other areas of artistic production, including architecture. What was, then, neorealist architecture?This book explores the links between architecture, filmmaking and the built environment in dopoguerra Italy (194Xâ195X) seeking to ascertain whether, and how, neorealism manifested itself in architecture. Terms such as âneorealist architectureâ or âarchitectural neTrade ReviewMeticulously researched and copiously illustrated, this book persuasively explicates the myriad connections among Italian cinema and architecture. Escudero’s deep knowledge of key films and buildings yields a new and more subtle understanding of neorealism and twentieth-century Italy. A must read for students and scholars of film and the city.Edward Dimendberg. University of California, Irvine.David Escudero brings a novel approach to housing scholarship. By viewing the postwar Italian social housing programme through the lens of neorealist cinema, he reveals their common ideological substrate – an aesthetics of everyday life that is in turn angry, nostalgic, and optimistic. The filmic records of ordinary, changing built environments, by reflecting the inner state of characters, also bring back into focus the intended beneficiary of housing: the human subject.Irina Davidovici. gta Institute, ETH Zürich.Locating post-war Italian architecture in what he calls the "environment" of neorealism—the convergence of literature, film, and art that characterised Italy’s reconstruction after Fascism—David Escudero compellingly demonstrates how transmedial cultural innovations transformed the built space of Italian cities in the 1940s and ’50s. Wide ranging and richly detailed, this book brilliantly illuminates the links connecting architecture and cinema, offering an original survey of the landscape and built environment of Italian neorealism. Charles L. Leavitt IV. University of Notre Dame. Author of Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History (University of Toronto Press, 2020).David Escudero’s thought-provoking book on Italian Neorealism offers a new and insightful angle to the study of one of the most influential artistic phenomena of the 20th century –Neorealism. His book shows that Neorealism not only transgressed the boundaries between architecture, film and other visual forms of expression, but also profoundly influenced our way of seeing, representing and embodying modern life in dopoguerra Italy. Escudero’s book brings much needed context, colour and depth into a fascinating world that most of us know only in black and white.Richard Koeck. Chair in Architecture and the Visual Arts, University of Liverpool. Director of the Centre for Architecture and the Visual Arts | CAVA.This book by David Escudero moves beyond being a remarkable historiographical review of the experiences in collective housing during the Italian dopoguerra, to become the possibility of a cultural study. His insight transcends both the document and the image, entering a landscape where that floating signifier that underlies the term neorealism activates a common sensibility. A sensibility that includes the dimension of the real –or what is supposed to be real– in the form of architecture, of cinematographic stories, or in the images used for its presentation. Juan Miguel Hernández León. Chair Emeritus of Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. President of the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid.Table of ContentsFOREWORD by Andrew Leach ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I. TOWARDS A CONCEPT: NEOREALIST ARCHITECTURE Chapter 1. A Climate Beyond Filmmaking Chapter 2. Political Celebration, Formal Failure PART II. A NEOREALIST MAKING IN ARCHITECTURE Chapter 3. The INA-Casa Program as a Vehicle for Neorealism Chapter 4. Atmosphere, Mood, Mindset... Translated Into Bricks PART III. NEOREALIST IMAGES OF ARCHITECTURE Chapter 5. Architecture Within the Imagery of Neorealism Chapter 6. Figuranti of a Shared Aesthetic EPILOGUE. THE SCENE OF HUMAN’S LIFE BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that long-distance trade in luxury items such as diamonds, gold, cinnamon, scented woods, ivory and pearls, all of which require little overhead in their acquisition and were relatively easy to transport played a foundational role in the creation of what we would call global trade in the first millennium CE. The book coins the term dark matter economy to better describe this complex though mostly invisible relationship to normative realities.The first full integration of dark matter economy with the emerging global flows took place in South India and Sri Lanka at the beginning of the millennium. The book then moves to other places in the world sweet spots where a particular type of affluence was generated through the trade in luxury goods. This upstream affluence manifested itself in the creation of shrines, palaces, temples and engineering works that all thickened the landscape of memory, control and extraction and also served as a defense mechanism agTable of ContentsIntroduction: Leading QuestionsPart 1 The Case of Musa I Dark Matter Affluence and Sweet Spot Systems Cross-Ecological Delivery Economies Part 2 "The Most Outlying Lands" The Sri Lanka Wealth Rush South Indian Emergence The Central Role of Borneo The Indonesian Seaway The Sub-Himalayan – Yungui Plateau Sweet Spot The East Africa Coastal Sweet Spot The North Sea Lattitude Sweet Spot Part 3 Beyond the Binary Structural Assymetries Institutions Without Institutionality Crossing Chieftain Geographies Part 4 Shrine Landscapes Feast and Dance Great Works Palace Universes Looking and Sounding the Part Coda: Death by a Thousand Cuts

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Book SynopsisAs a way to understand the contemporary project in architecture, this book provides an index of ideas, theories, projects, and definitions that string into a methodology for evaluating the contemporary language of architecture described as contemporism through a review of topology (form) and typology (system and elements).The contemporary project has been trying to answer the postmodern question of how to move beyond modernism through a thread of architectural styles that tried to respond to deficiencies from the modern promise and contextual changes. Yet, the question remains, should this ongoing struggle to move beyond modernism be a stylistic battle? Has the present architectural practice ever left the modernist tendencies, and is there a structure for a contemporary language in architecture? This book presents a collection of highly illustrated projects that have worked under these parameters to break away from modernism in order to present a holistic integration of topolTable of ContentsPROLOGUE Toyo Ito INTRODUCTION by PRAUD with guest essay by Anthony Vidler INDEX Part 1 Topology INDEX Part 2 Typology TO/TY as METHODOLOGY Concluding analysis and speculations.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1979, Inner Visions discussion the nature of contemporary magical thought encompassing the Tarot and the Qabalah and considers its impact on the creative imagination. The author presents a fusion of the creative, magical and mythological undercurrents which are part of the new consciousness', and traces the influence of surrealist art and the expansive psychedelic period on the art and music of the 1970s. He looks, for example, at the relationship of the fantasy art on record sleeves to the electronic inner-space music which it often accompanies, and shows that this form of modern music represents one facet of the contemporary reaction against scientism and of the search for what Roszak has termed the visionary sources of our culture. The author concludes that a major mythological impulse is emerging in our culture and that magical and surreal approaches represent a profoundly invigorating and inspiring attitude linking the individual to the cosmos. This Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Counter-culture, magic and the new consciousness Part One: Magic and Cosmos 1. The magical universe 2. Archetypes and belief systems – the relevance of C. G. Jung and John Lilly 3. The Tarot and transformation Part Two: Sound and symbol 4. Surrealism and the Qabalah 5. Magic and fantasy – the new visionary art 6. The rise of cosmic music Conclusion: Where is it all going? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTikTok Cultures in the United States examines the role of TikTok in US popular culture, paying close attention to the appâs growing body of subcultures.Featuring an array of scholars from varied disciplines and backgrounds, this book uses TikTok (sub)cultures as a point of departure from which to explore TikTokâs role in US popular culture today. Engaging with the extensive and growing scholarship on TikTok from international scholars, chapters in this book create frameworks and blueprints from which to analyze TikTok within a distinctly US context, examining topics such as gender and sexuality, feminism, race and ethnicity and wellness.Shaping TikTok as an interdisciplinary field in and of itself, this insightful and timely volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of new and digital media, social media, popular culture, communication studies, sociology of media, dance, gender studies, and performance studies.Trade ReviewAs platforms like TikTok emerge, there is much to learn about the many people and ideas it gives voice to, as well as silences and suppresses. Boffone has given us a must-read collection for those working to make the pressing issues of internet culture and community legible. This work further expands the urgent need for a disciplinary field of internet studies as digital media platforms are remaking our worlds.Safiya Umoja Noble, author of Algorithms of OppressionTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Rise of TikTok in US Culture; Section I: Race and Ethnicity on TikTok; 1. The D’Amelio Effect: TikTok, Charli D’Amelio, and the Construction of Whiteness; 2. Digital Blackface and the Troubling Intimacies of TikTok Dance Challenges; 3. TikTok For Us By Us: Black Girlhood, Joy, and Self Care; 4. #JewishTikTok: The JewToks’ Fight Against Antisemitism; Section II: Gender and Sexuality on TikTok; 5. Watching TikTok, Feeling Feminism: Intergenerational Flows of Feminist Knowledge; 6. "Do you want to form an alliance with me?": Glimpses of Utopia in the Works of Queer Women and Non-Binary Creators on TikTok; 7. Trans TikTok: Sharing Information and Forming Community; Section III: TikTok (Sub)Cultures; 8. Hocus-Pocus: WitchTok Education for Baby Witches; 9. Wellness TikTok: Morning Routines, Eating Well, and Getting Ready to be "That Girl"; 10. Hype it Up: US Latinx Theater on TikTok; Afterword TikTok Industrial Complex; or Twenty-first Century Transculturative Creative Critical Collaboratory?

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Book Synopsis  The International Who's Who in Classical Music 2022 is a vast source of biographical and contact information for singers, instrumentalists, composers, conductors, managers and more. Each entrant has been given the opportunity to update his or her information for the new improved 2022 edition. Each biographical entry comprises personal information, principal career details, repertoire, recordings and compositions, and full contact details where available. Appendices provide contact details for national orchestras, opera companies, music festivals, music organizations and major competitions and awards. International Who's Who in Classical Music includes individuals involved in all aspects of the world of classical music: composers, instrumentalists, singers, arrangers, writers, musicologists, conductors, directors and managers. Key Features:- about 8,000 detailed biographical entries<Table of ContentsPart 1: BiographiesPart 2: Directory Appendix A: Orchestras. Appendix B Opera Companies. Appendix C: Music Festivals. Appendix D: Music Organizations. Appendix E: Competitions and Awards.

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates the interconnections between textile and architecture via a variety of case studies from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century and from diverse geographic contexts. Among the oldest human technologies, building and weaving have intertwined histories. Textile structures go back to Palaeolithic times and are still in use today and textile furnishings have long been used in interiors. Beyond its use as a material, textile has offered a captivating model and metaphor for architecture through its ability to enclose, tie together, weave, communicate, and adorn. Recently, architects have shown a renewed interest in the textile medium due to the use of computer-aided design, digital fabrication, and innovative materials and engineering. The essays edited and compiled here, work across disciplines to provide new insights into the enduring relationship between textiles and architecture. The contributors critically explore the spatial and material qualities of textiles as well as cultural and political significance of textile artifacts, patterns, and metaphors in architecture. Textile in Architecture is organized into three sections: âœRitual Spaces,â which examines the role of textiles in the formation and performance of socio-political, religious, and civic rituals; âœPublic and Private Interiorsâ explores how textiles transformed interiors corresponding to changing aesthetics, cultural values, and material practices; and âœMateriality and Material Translations,â which considers textile as metaphor and model in the materiality of built environment. Including cases from Morocco, Samoa, France, India, the UK, Spain, the Ancient Andes and the Ottoman Empire, this is essential reading for any student or researcher interested in textiles in architecture through the ages.Table of ContentsPart 1: Ritual Spaces 1. The Red Tent in the Red City: The Caliphal Qubba in Almohad Marrakesh 2. "He will Lift off the Covering Which is Over All the Peoples": Seeing Through Medieval Lenten Veils 3. Architectural Space and Textiles: Tying Samoan Society Together Part 2: Public and Private Interiors 4. Le Rideau Tire: Interior Drapery, Architectural Space, and Desire in Eighteenth-Century France 5. The Fabric of the New: Mediating Architectural Change in Late Colonial India 6. Contrast and Cohesion: Textiles and Architecture in 1930’s London Part 3: Materiality and Material Translations 7. Textiles by Other Means: Seeing and Conceptualizing Textile Representations in Early Islamic Architecture 8. The Textility of the Alhambra 9. The Textile Foundations of Ancient Andean Architecture 10. The Ruler’s Clothes and the Manifold Dimensions of Textile Patterns on Muslim Funeral Architecture in the Mausoleum of the First Crimean Khans 11. A Tented Baroque: Ottoman Fabric (and) Architecture in the Long Nineteenth Century

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the expertise of a wide range of professionals, Inside the Contemporary Conservatoire: Critical Perspectives from the Royal College of Music, London presents fresh perspectives on the work of music conservatoires today through an in-depth case study of the Royal College of Music (RCM), London. Problematising the role and purpose of conservatoires in the context of changing cultural and societal conditions, the contributors reframe the conservatoire as a vehicle for positive change in the performing arts and society at large.Organised into three main sections, the volume covers conservatoire identities and values, teaching and learning music at a conservatoire, and reflections on the conservatoires of the future. Diverse voices from inside and outside the RCM reflect viewpoints from professional musicians, academics, industry, and the student community, spanning topics such as arts practice, music pedagogy and education, technology, inclusion, employability, entrepreneurship, performance science, material culture, and philanthropy.With chapters that combine interviews, case studies, analysis, critical reflection, and perspectives from inside and outside the RCM, this book offers an in-progress model for the forward-thinking conservatoire, underpinned by renewed emphasis on equitable, innovative, sustainable, and technologically enabled artistic practice.

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive guide walks readers through the entire process of getting and keeping a writing job in the games industry. It outlines exactly what a beginner needs to know about education requirements, finding opportunities, applying for roles, and acing studio interviews. Professional writers will learn how to navigate studio hierarchies, transfer roles and companies, work overseas, and keep developing their careers.Written by an experienced games writer with nearly two decades of industry knowledge, this book contains a wealth of interviews and perspectives with industry leaders, hiring managers, and developers from marginalized communities, all offering their tips and insights. Included are examples of materials such as job posts, writing samples, and portfolios, as well as chapter-end challenges for readers to directly apply the skills they have learnt.This book will be of great interest to all beginner and aspiring games writers and narrative designers, as welTrade Review"The Game Writing Guide is the book I wish I’d had when I was starting out. It goes beyond the obvious advice to give you the nitty gritty you need to be able to do the job. It's like getting a year of extra work experience. I’m buying it for all my friends who want to become game writers."Lisa Hunter, Narrative Director, Compulsion Games."There is no one true path into getting a job in the game industry. Chock full of invaluable advice and knowledge only an industry veteran could offer, this book is a definitive insider's guide on how to get your foot in the door while leveraging the very best of yourself in the process."Ann Lemay, Narrative Director, WB Games, Montréal.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Definitions 2 Education3 Finding Work4 Applications5 Resumes6 Cover Letters7 Samples and Portfolios8 Interviews9 Writing Tests10 Contracts and Negotiations11 First Day12 Moving Up13 Steps and Obstacles14 Leadership15 Moving On16 International Work17 Strategies for Marginalized CommunitiesConclusion

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Book SynopsisWhat can the top of the charts in the worldâs biggest music market tell us about management? This book analyses pop music successes to understand the role of managers and management. A critical study of management in the pop music industry, the book illuminates the key trends in music management and how these have changed significantly in the last 60 years. The author shows how those changes have influenced the music we hear and how it is represented. Featuring insights into equality, diversity and inclusion, the book also highlights how pop music management has contributed to consolidation in the global music industry. The book examines the management behind acts, including Taylor Swift, the Beatles, K-pop icons, hip-hip pioneers, Johnny Cash, Jay-Z, Carole King, and many others. By providing clear and concise examples of the management behind Number One albums in the US charts, the book invites the reader not only to think about real-world management but also to consider ge

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Book SynopsisWhat can we learn about Van Morrisonâs life and work as a songwriter through his songs? This book looks closely at the lyrics and music from a selection of his songs. Some are very well-known - âBrown Eyed Girlâ, âCleaning Windowsâ and âThe Healing Gameâ. Others are less familiar.Through these songs the book offers insights into some of the most important ideas that the songwriter has explored across his five-decade plus career, starting from the Them period and extending through his solo albums. These readings show how thinking about Morrisonâs use of place provides a specific lens that contributes to a greater understanding of his art. The songs are organized into chapters that reflect many of the important places in Morrisonâs work as he ventured professionally and imaginatively away from the places of his upbringing towards a wider musical world. These places are in city streetscapes and country landscapes â in home places of streets and ditches, in the enclosed spaces of

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Book SynopsisThe Principality of Epirus was a medieval Greek state established in the western part of the Balkans after the fall of Constantinople to the forces of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The Epirote rulers from the Komnenos Doukas family claimed to be legitimate successors to the Byzantine imperial throne and, with the support of the high clergy and the aristocracy within their domain, carefully maintained their Byzantine identity under the conditions of exile. This book explores a corpus of Epirote architecture, frescoes, sculpture, and inscriptions from the early thirteenth to the early fourteenth century within a comparative and interdisciplinary framework, focusing on the nexus of art, patronage, and political ideology. Through an examination of a vast array of visual and textual sources, many of them understudied or hitherto unpublished, the book uncovers how the Epirote elite mobilised art and material culture to address the issues of succession and legitimacy, construct memory, reclaTable of ContentsIntroduction / Chapter 1. Artistic Production and Patronage in Epirus during the Thirteenth and the Beginning of the Fourteenth Centuries / Chapter 2. Art, the Memory of Constantinople, and the Formation of the Epirote Political Identity After 1204 / Chapter 3. Catastrophe and the Revival of Epirus: Art and Political Ideology after the Battle at Klokotnitsa in 1230 / Chapter 4. Epirus between the Palaiologoi and the Angevins during the Reign of Nikephoros Komnenos Doukas (1267/8–1297) / Chapter 5. Art and Patronage in the Principality of Epirus after 1296 / Conclusion / Catalogue of Iconographic Programmes in Epirote Churches

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Book SynopsisInterrogating the intersections of food, journalism, and politics, this book offers a critical examination of food media and journalism, and its political potential against the backdrop of contemporary social challenges.Contributors analyze current and historic examples such as #BlackLivesMatter, COVID-19, climate change, Brexit, food sovereignty, and identity politics, highlighting how food media and journalism reach beyond the commercial imperatives of lifestyle journalism to negotiate nationalism, globalization, and social inequalities. The volume challenges the idea that food media/journalism are trivial and apolitical by drawing attention to the complex ways that storytelling about food has engaged political discourses in the past, and the innovative ways it is doing so today. Bringing together international scholars from a variety of disciplines, the book will be of great interest to scholars and students of journalism, communication, media studies, food stuTrade Review"In the contemporary moment, food content—whether on Netflix, YouTube, the New York Times or Tik Tok—sits front and centre of post-broadcast media and journalism. No longer relegated to lifestyle supplements or the domestic realm, celebrity chefs and food journalists mix it up with politicians, climate change activists, and “me too” campaigners. Elizabeth Fakazis and Elfriede Fürsich’s timely and fascinating collection speaks to the power and political impact of food journalism at a time when an intensely mediatised foodie culture meets growing public awareness of ethical, environmental, labour, and animal rights issues in the food sphere. From food blogging and black lives matters to bad boy chefs practising culinary philanthropy, this rich array of chapters provided by an international cast of culinary scholars speak to the centrality of the critical politics of food to our everyday media engagement with food media and so-called lifestyle journalism. This book is a must read for journalism students, critical food studies scholars, and general readers interested in food citizenship, food media, and the politics of everyday life."Tania Lewis, author of 'Digital Food: From Paddock to Platform' and Co-Director of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia"Can lifestyle journalism ever contribute to civic responsibility? Is contemporary food media a symptom of the narcissism of high consumption and self-serving entrepreneurialism? Are Instagram and Twitter new sites of democratization of public culture or do they mark the death of common debate and discussion? Posing the most important questions that haunt food media today, this volume, carefully collected and closely argued, delivers bracing critique and surprising commentary on the viability of a journalism of everyday life, while alerting us to the symptoms of the fractious death of a common public culture."Krishnendu Ray, author of ‘The Ethnic Restaurateur,” Food Studies, New York University, USA"Food cultures and practices can be political, but often in covert ways. Thoughtful and impassioned journalism uncovers these politics, bringing issues such as food insecurity, environmental degradation, racism, classism, sexism, the cult of celebrity, and nationalism to the attention of the world. This wonderful book provides many examples of how food journalism and digital media content creators can challenge inequities, create controversy, and call for change."Deborah Lupton, Vitalities Lab and Australian Research Centre for Automated Decision-Making and Society, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia "Showcasing work from leading and emerging scholars and bringing together international and interdisciplinary perspectives, this volume offers a rich exploration into the intersections of food, media, and politics. A welcome, and timely, addition to the growing field of food communication, this project centers on the political relevance of food media and journalism and investigates their influence on personal and civic lives. A must-read for students and scholars in the fields of communication, media, and journalism, and anyone interested in food communication and politics."Alla Tovares, co-editor of ‘Identity and Ideology in Digital Food Discourse,’ Howard University, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: From the Racist Sandwich to Civil Eats: How Food Journalism Is Engaging with Politics; Part I: Engaging with Systems of Injustice and Disparity; 1. Influencer Activism: Visibility, Strategy, and #BlackLivesMatter Discourse on Food Instagram; 2. Super Bowl Food Politics: On the Menu, on the Screen, and on the Field; 3. Agribusiness, Environmental Conflict, and Food in Travel Journalism: Image Work for the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick; 4. Who Speaks and Are We Listening? Food Sovereign Voices in a Changing Climate; Part II: Raising Questions of Legitimacy, Power, and Good Citizenship; 5. From Bad Boys to Heroes: Culinary Philanthropy and Good Citizenship in the Age of COVID-19; 6. Cooking in the Time of Corona: The Politicized Domesticity of Food Journalism in The New York Times; 7. Paleo and Pain Free: Reporting on Scandals of Food Celebrities; Part III: Negotiating Regional, National, and Global Identities; 8. Of Clay Stoves and Cooking Pots: “Village Food” Videos and Gastro-Politics in Contemporary India; 9. How the Bendy Banana Became a Symbol of Anti-EU Sentiment: British Media, Political Mythology, and Populism; 10. Heritage, Belonging, and Promotion: Food Journalism Reconsidered; Part IV: Recovering History and (Re)producing Memory; 11. Patriotic Hens, Tomato Turbans, and Mock Fish: The Daily Mail Food Bureau and National Identity during the First World War; 12. Influencer before the Internet: The Extraordinary Career of Chef, Editor, and Food Entrepreneur Alma Lach; 13. Chef’s Table and a Collective Past: Netflix, Food Media, and Cultural Memories; Index

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Book SynopsisWorld Music CONCISE: A Global Journey, Third Edition, explores the diversity of musical expression around the world, taking students across the globe to experience cultural traditions that challenge the ear, the mind, and the spirit. Based on the Fifth Edition of World Music: A Global Journey, this Third CONCISE Edition maintains the textâs familiar travel theme and strong pedagogical framework to serve as an introduction to the many and varied world music traditions, condensing the number of travel sites from 69 to 44. These sites are carefully selected from the existing compilation to be representative of all continents and regions.Features Easy-to-follow chapter structure, organized by geographic region Listening Guides, detailed maps, and hundreds of colorful photos Coverage of an eclectic blend of world musics, including both popular and traditional music A robust companion website with audio examples, flashcards, quizzes, and video linksâideal for online coursework Used in classrooms around the globe, World Music: A Global Journey is an internationally acclaimed and best-selling textbook with a student-friendly approach. This Third CONCISE Edition is a fundamental resource for exploring world music and culture.Table of Contents1 Before the Trip Begins: Fundamental Issues; 2 Aural Analysis: Listening to the World’s Musics; 3 Cultural Considerations: Beyond the Sounds Themselves; 4 Oceania: Australia, Hawai’i; 5 South Asia: India, Pakistan; 6 Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Northeast Thailand, Indonesia (Java and Bali); 7 East Asia: China, Mongolia, Japan, Tibet; 8 The Middle East: Islam and the Arab World, Iran, Egypt, Israel; 9 Europe: Spain, Russia, Scotland, Ireland, Georgia; 10 Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana, Zimbabwe, Senegal, South Africa; 11 The Caribbean: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba; 12 South America and Mexico: Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico; 13 North America: Canada and the United States

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Book SynopsisThis revised edition of Exercises in Architecture: Learning to Think as an Architect is full of new content, building on the success of the previous edition. All the original exercises have been revised and new ones added, with the format changing to allow the inclusion of more supplementary material. The aim remains the same, to help pre- or early-course architecture students begin and develop their ability to think as architects.Learning to do architecture is tricky. It involves awakening abilities that remain dormant in most people. It is like learning language for the first time; a task made more mystifying by the fact that architecture deals not in words but in places: places to stand, to walk, to sit, to hide, to sleep, to cook, to eat, to work, to play, to worshipThis book was written for those who want to be architects. It suggests a basis for early experiences in a school of architecture; but it could also be used in secondarTrade Review‘One of those books I wish I had come across when I was studying design. It’s a wonderful educational endeavour.’ Michael Andersson, Amazon.co.uk‘Great book by a great author.’ jgfw, Amazon.comTable of ContentsPrelude: the essence of architecture Introduction Section 1: fundamentals Exercise 1: the substance without substance Exercise 2: flipping perceptions Exercise 3: axis (and its denial) Exercise 4: doorway places Section 2: geometry Exercise 5: alignment Exercise 6: anthropometry Exercise 7: social geometry Exercise 8: geometry of making Exercise 9: geometry of planning Exercise 10: ideal geometry Exercise 11: axial symmetry Exercise 12: playing with geometry Section 3: out into the real world Exercise 13: making places in the landscape Exercise 14: making places just by being Exercise 15: geometry of making Exercise 16: responding to conditions Exercise 17: framing atmospheres Exercise 18: measured drawing Exercise 19: setting down space-time rules Section 4: additional exercises Exercise 20: place descriptions in literature Exercise 21: architecture without sight Exercise 21: eliciting an emotional response Exercise 22: framing Acknowledgements Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe lives of circus artists can be mentally and physically demanding. Circus Psychology: An Applied Guide to Thriving Under the Big Top is an evidence-based guide to nurturing the mental health of circus artists while enabling them to perform at the peak of their capacities. The book is organised into three accessible sections: mental health in circus, optimising the circus environment to facilitate thriving, and mental skills for thriving in circus. The first section introduces general mental health concepts, provides insight into the mental health of circus artists, the stress process, and the role of psychological resilience and perfectionism in mental health. The second section offers insight into motivation and engagement in circus, the features of a psychologically safe circus environment, and advice on psychologically supportive talent development environment. The final section explains, applies, and provides practice material for mental skills, includi

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Written specifically for animation professionals instead of stage and movie actors, this book's 5th edition provides an essential primer for creating empathetic and dynamic character performance and, in the process, shows how the strongest storytelling structure works.

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Book SynopsisFor nearly two decades, Documentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide with its unique focus on the key ingredient for success in the global documentary marketplace: storytelling. As this revised, updated fifth edition makes clear, nonfiction storytelling is not limited to character-driven journeys, but instead encompasses the diverse ways in which todayâs top documentarians reach audiences with content that is creative, original, and often inspirational, all without sacrificing the integrity that gives documentary its power. This book is filled with practical advice for writers, producers, directors, editors, cinematographers, and others committed to reality-based filmmaking that seeks to reach audiences, raise awareness, address social issues, illuminate the human condition, and even entertain.In this new edition, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and author Sheila Curran Bernard offers: a closer look at the way ethical nonfiction filmmakers take creative, authorial leaps while also remaining transparent with audiences; new tools for understanding how documentaries are structured, how they may rearrange time for storytelling effect, and how a simple narrative throughline can convey complexity without being a conventional heroâs journey; new conversations with filmmakers and educators including Dawn Porter, Madison Hamburg, Tracy Heather Strain, June Cross, Heidi Gronauer, and Julie Casper Roth, and another look at conversations with Stanley Nelson and Orlando von Einsiedel. Please visit the bookâs website, available at www.documentarystorytelling.com, for further information, related articles, and more.Table of Contents1. IntroductionPart I: Understanding Story2. Story Basics 3. Identifying the Story 4. Structure 5. Creative Approach 6. Watching Like a Filmmaker Part II: Working with Story7. Research and Casting 8. Project Development 9. The Film on Paper 10. Shooting 11. Editing 12. Narration and Voice-Over 13. Storytelling: A Checklist Part III: Talking about Story14. Julie Casper Roth 15. June Cross 16. Heidi Gronauer 17. Madison Hamburg 18. Stanley Nelson 19. Dawn Porter 20. Tracy Heather Strain 21. Orlando von Einsiedel

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Book SynopsisThis book develops ways of discussing musical practices to articulate a new approach to understanding connections between recordings, singers, and singing. Centred around materials from the mid-twentieth century, this book focuses on a time when composers and performers were questioning the idea of authorship within their musical practice. Materials drawn upon include recordings, scores, archival content, visual art, interviews, and liner notes to develop a rich conception of practices of performance. Analysis of performances include recordings of singers such as Cathy Berberian, Linda Hirst, Loré Lixenberg, Angelika Luz, and Meredith Monk. Compositions by Cathy Berberian, Luciano Berio, John Cage, and Manuel De Falla are considered. The book utilizes these sources to examine the collective way in which singers and composers form practices as multiple, transforming, emergent, and not hierarchical. The book articulates with a detailed, close consideration of specific iTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Performing Transformations (a risky approach) 3. Transforming Black Square 4. Transforming Fictions 5. Transforming scores, stable performances: Cathy Berberian, Stripsody and Pop art. 6. Transforming analytical assumptions: What is Sequenza III? 7. Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThis is the definitive guide for all aspects of scenic hand drafting for film and television, now comprehensively updated and revised for its second edition. Author, David McHenry, utilizes 45 years of experience as a Designer, Art Director, Storyboard Artist, and Draftsman to provide readers with an accessible step-by-step guide of professional techniques, tools, and workflows.Readers will discover how to draw the iconic scroll of a classical column or learn the difference between Flemish and English bond brickwork, as well as all four types of drafting projection in detail: isometric, oblique, orthographic, and axonometric. Also included is hard-to-find information on lens angles and their calculation for different screen aspect ratios, how to create a lens projection image of a set with a given lens, height, and aspect ratio, and how to create forced perspective. Beautifully illustrated with carefully crafted hand-drawn illustrations on every page, this thoroughly revised text has been updated to include new examples and exercises and a revised glossary, making it the ideal step-by-step guide to hand drafting for film and television.This is an essential resource for students of drafting for film and television, scenic design, and art direction courses. It will also hugely benefit professionals studying or working in film and television design.Trade Review"This book is a must for anyone learning technical drawing, as well as those establishing themselves in art departments around the world."- Kerry Bradley, Course Leader BA (Hons) Design for Film & Television (Nottingham Trent University)"Drawing the Line is an excellent resource for students and professionals of film and television alike. In an age of technology, it is inspiring to see a text that focuses on drafting as a means of communication, and approaches drafting in a guided, thoughtful way."-Scott C. Chapman, Associate Professor of Theatre, Resident Scenic & Lighting Designer & Technical Director (Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia)Praise for the 1st Edition"When David worked with us on Game of Thrones, I was impressed by his enthusiasm and extensive knowledge of architecture. He is a fine draughtsman and teacher, and I believe this book will prove invaluable to those wishing to improve their skills at the drawing board."— Paul Ghirardani, Five-Time Emmy Award Winner, Supervising Art Director, Game of Thrones"This excellent book both celebrates and helps to perpetuate the unique skills of hand-drawn orthographic construction draughting for film and television set building. David McHenry’s drawings have a beautiful pictorial quality which, through his sensitive use of line, communicate technical and artistic information. The book is a useful introduction to both students and professionals in the Art Department. A winner!"— Professor Moira Tait, Production Designer and Tutor; Member of BAFTA, Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts"My only flaw with Drawing the Line is that I didn't have it when I was in high school or college. It is a must have for up and coming designers. This book merely consolidates how seamlessly his drawings simply and elegantly enhance the designer's vision."- Jon Gary Steele, Production Designer, Sandman (2022), Outlander (2014-20), and Luther (2023)Table of Contents1. EQUIPMENT - THE BASICS 2. SCALE 3. PLAN 4. REFLECTED THE CEILING PLAN 5. LAYING OUT THE PAGE 6. PRACTICAL DRAFTING EXCERCISES 7. LETTERING AND LABELLING 8. TITLE BLOCK 9. PAPER SIZES 10. FOLDING DRAWINGS 11. TRIANGLES 12. THE CIRCLE 13. DIVIDING A LINE INTO EQUAL PARTS 14. POLAR POINT 15. THE ARCH 16. DOORS 17. WINDOWS 18. STAIRCASES 19. BRICKWORK 20. STONEWORK 21. MOULDINGS 22. ISOMETRIC 23. AXONOMETRIC 24. OBLIQUE 25. PROJECTION OF CIRCLES 26. PERSPECTIVE GRIDS 27. DEVELOPMENT OF TRUE SHAPES 28. SETTING UP A CAMERA PROJECTION 29. REFLECTIONS IN A MIRROR 30. BACKINGS - CALCULATING SIZE 31. FORCED PERSPECTIVE 32. CLASSICAL ORDERS 33. ENTASIS 34. IONIC VOLUTE 35. SPIRAL -HELIX 36. SURVEYING 37. GLOSSARY

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Book SynopsisThis book reconsiders the evidence for what we know (or think we know) about early modern performance conditions. This study encourages a new recognition and treatment of certain aspects of the plays as evidence and demonstrates the significance of the implications of that new information. This book is also an assessment of the competing narratives about the processes involved in early modern performance: about the status of manuscript playbooks, about the parts that players memorized, about the functions of the bookkeeper, about casting, about prompting, and about rehearsal practices. Leslie Thomson investigates the bases for the interdependent beliefs that an early modern player relied only on his part to prepare for a performance, that rehearsal was minimal, and that a bookkeeper compensated for these circumstances by prompting any player who was out of his part. By focusing on often ignored (or downplayed) requirements and challenges of early modern play texts, Thomson pTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Pre-PerformanceChapter 1: Evidence and TheoriesChapter 2: Rehearsal Reconsidered Part II: In-PerformanceChapter 3: Pronouns in ActionChapter 4: Uncued ActionsChapter 5: Staging Asides Chapter 6: Dumb Shows on StageChapter 7: Doubling and Disguise Chapter 8: Large Properties Off and On StageConclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses and unpacks the term Feel by exploring its many definitions and examples in real life. Incorporating psychological theories and case studies, it offers a groundbreaking look into what it means to Feel and its importance in people's everyday lives. Experiencing life without Feel has led to many deleterious performance, health, and wellbeing consequences. Exploring the Concept of Feel for Wellbeing and Performance takes a deep dive into the origins and definitions of Feel, asking what has happened to the Feel experience, and what people must do to recoup their Feel. With a highly accessible tone and clear structure, the book provides its readers with effective ways to improve performance and enhance wellbeing. The authors challenge the status quo of both performance science and wellbeing practices and begin a conversation on why people should be more proactive when it comes to their Feel. Anyone interested in helping themselTable of Contents1. Feel Everywhere and NowhereThe challenge of (mis)understanding Feel and the health and wellbeing consequences2. Feel Lost?How the felt experience got all mixed up with feelings and emotions3. Science Goes in a Feel-less DirectionWhy and how the scientific method relegated Feel to the backroom of human experience4. Feel with InterestGaining clarity on the felt experience and its connection to freedom, meaning, and energy 5. Marketing Society Likes What You WantHow algorithms and illusions target feelings and distract us from Feel-based living 6. The Elephant EconomyReconfiguring the Elephant/Rider metaphor as a means to balancing Feel with feelings7. Touch, Feel, and Like the Damn MarshmallowFrom a narrow marketing society view of success to a Feel-based one with interest and meaning 8. Feel With LivingStories of the felt experience for optimal performance and wellbeing9. Saving Our ElephantsStepping off the path, reviving our Feel, and returning to a more natural way of being

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a creative and practical guide for K-6 teachers on how to effectively integrate movement into the curriculum to increase student engagement, deepen learning, improve retention, and get kids moving during the school day.Chapters offer concrete ideas for integrating creative movement and theater into subjects such as math, science, literacy, and social studies. Drawing on two decades of experience, Dr. Becker outlines key skills, offers rich examples, and provides adaptable and flexible classroom tested lesson plans that align with Common Core Standards, the NGSS, C3 Social Studies Standards, and the National Core Arts Standards. Activities are grounded in arts integration, which is steadily gaining interest in school reform as an effective teaching strategy that increases student outcomes academically and sociallyparticularly effective for students who have traditionally been marginalized.This book will benefit practicing educators who want to invigoratTable of Contents1. Introduction: Let’s Get this Moving! 2. Getting Ready to Move 3. Setting the Stage for Success 4. Leaping for Literacy 5. Moving Through History 6. Moving Math 7. Science in Motion: Don't Lose STEAM! 8. Moving Toward Authentic Assessments Using the Arts

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Book SynopsisDrawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices, this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective, material, and social forms, from the most intimate scale of the body to our planetary commons.Typical definitions of care center around the maintenance of a livable life, encompassing everything from shelter and welfare to health and safety. Architecture plays a fundamental role in these definitions, inscribed in institutional archetypes such as the home, the hospital, the school, and the nursery. However, these spaces often structure modes of care that prescribe gender roles, bodily norms, and labor practices. How can architecture instead engage with an expanded definition of care that questions such roles and norms, producing more hybrid entanglements between our bodies, our collective lives, and our environments? Chapters in this book explore issues ranging from disabled domesticities and nursing, unbuilding whiteness in the built environment, practices and Table of ContentsNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reclaiming the Standard of CareBrittany UttingPART I: Intimacy and Interdependence1. Disabled Domesticities and the Politics of Bathrooms: Architectural Enactments of InterdependenceIgnacio G. Galán 2. Domesticity and the Architecture Film: Caring-With ArchitectureLilian Chee, with a photo essay by Ian Mun3. Bedside Care: Nursing Practice in the Emergence of the Modern HospitalPiergianna Mazzocca4. Care as InfrastructureAni Liu in Conversation with Brittany UttingPART II: Collective Power and Conflict 5. Detroit Industry and “The Mural”: Representing Labor and Reappropriating Care in the Museum and in the Union HallJay Cephas 6. Aesthetics of Paradox: Hospitals for the United Mine Workers of America (1946–1958)Joy Knoblauch7. Commoning Practices as a Form of CareNeeraj Bhatia 8. Caring to Act, Acting to Care: Unbuilding Whiteness in the Built EnvironmentFabiola López-Durán and Adrienne RooneyPart III: Landscapes of Repair9. Care Manual: Caring Is What Caring DoesHélène Frichot10. Field Stations for a Future Climate: Architectures of Environmental CareDaniel Jacobs and Brittany Utting 11. Floating University Berlin: A Natureculture Learning SiteRosario Talevi and Gilly Karjevsky 12. Propping Up the CloudElsa MH MäkiIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the ways in which North American Muslim women artists talk back to dominant discourses about Muslim identity and work to counter mainstream stereotypes and representations. It examines the possibilities of constructing discourses of resistance to domination. Against a backdrop of dominant media representations of oppressed and passive Muslim women, the media interventions of the exceptional women artists whose voices are showcased in this book, demonstrate that Muslim women are diverse and autonomous agents who have, historically, and continue contemporarily, to fight against all forms of injustice including those that seek to circumscribe their realities and experiences. To explore expressions and articulations of alternative discourses, this book analyzes the media texts of exceptional women artists: the stand-up comedy of Palestinian-American Maysoon Zayid, the cinematic interventions of Iranian-American Shirin Neshat, and the television comedy Trade Review"Kenza Oumlil’s book is a compelling interdisciplinary analysis of gender and cultural representations of Muslim diasporic communities in North America. The text orchestrates an intellectual dialogue between U.S. black feminists and Muslim diasporic artists, providing a prescient intersectional framework with which to discuss issues of identity and self-representation. Oumlil makes a perceptive intervention that exposes the hegemonic cultural apparatus while also highlighting alternative aesthetic practices that challenge and subvert it."Ella Shohat, author of Taboo Memories, Diasporic Voices"Can Muslim women represent themselves? Kenza Oumlil’s North American Muslim Women Artists Talk Back: Assertions of Unintelligibility is the sustained record of her critical reflections on this vital question. The result is a pathbreaking momentum in rearticulatig the possibilities of constructing discourses of resistance to domination—a focussed and deeply satisfying read."Hamid Dabashi, author of Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture: Essays by Hamid Dabashi"North American Muslim Women Artists Talk Back describes an infiltration. Artists creep up on the mainstream, ambush and unsettle what they can, when they can. Oumlil shows us that the mainstream is no easy place for Muslim women artists to navigate. Riding with them through the currents of patriarchy and white supremacy will fill us with wonder. We will gasp and laugh and shake our heads in dismay and it will all be worth it."Sherene H. Razack, author of Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims from Western Law and Politics and Nothing Has to make Sense, Anti-Muslim Racism, White Supremacy and Law. Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Talking Back to Power; 2: Assertions of Unintelligibility: Shirin Neshat’s Visual Innovations; 3: Using Humour to Talk Back: The Stand-Up Comedy of Maysoon Zayid; 4: Transitioning to the Mainstream in Television: Zarqa Nawaz’s Film and Television Productions; 5: Conclusions; Appendix A: Resource Guide

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Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive guidebook for long-term storytelling in mobile games and games-as-a-service (also known as live games). This book formalizes creative techniques of game writing and narrative design for a platform (and revenue model) that has shown drastic growth and changes over the past few years. The unique challenges of mobile games and live games are also increasingly relevant across the whole games industry. With hybrid consoles such as the Nintendo Switch, cloud gaming, and cross-platform titles, the lines between mobile and console have begun to blur. Additionally, many games now offer live support to extend player engagement.This book starts with an introduction to narrative design and the world of mobile games, followed by a deep dive into open-ended and seasonal storytelling. Besides the creative aspect of development, it covers areas of production such as documentation, collaboration, and monetization. To illustrate its solutions, it uses examples from videTable of ContentsPart I IntroductionChapter 1 What Is Narrative Design?Chapter 2 An Overview of Narrative DesignChapter 3 Why Does Narrative Design Matter?Part II Interactive StorytellingChapter 4 Introduction to Interactive StorytellingChapter 5 Interactive Storytelling StructuresChapter 6 Open-Ended Storytelling StructuresPart III Live Game StorytellingChapter 7 Introduction to Mobile Game StorytellingChapter 8 Introduction to Live Game StorytellingChapter 9 Learning from Other MediaChapter 10 Building the Narrative FoundationChapter 11 Narrative ToolsChapter 12 Planning Your SeasonsChapter 13 Writing Your Seasonal PlotChapter 14 Keeping a Long-Running Story InterestingChapter 15 Best PracticesPart IV Beyond a Game’s StoryChapter 16 Transmedia StorytellingChapter 17 Narrative MonetizationPart V ConclusionConclusion

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Book SynopsisThis is the first English-language account of the modern history of China's art market that explains the radical transformations from the end of the Cultural Revolution, when a market for art and artifacts did not exist, to today.The book is divided into three sections: Part I examines how the art market in China was suspended during the Cultural Revolution, restarted, grew, and expanded into its current scale. Part II analyzes the distinctive value system of the Chinese art market where the state-run art system including academies, artist associations and museums co-exist with an independent market-oriented system; and traverses the most significant policies that drive decision-making and market structure. Part III explores the driving force of art creation by telling the stories of five contemporary artists across three generations.Arts and culture professionals, scholars, and students interested in Chinese art, global art markets, Chinese government policy, and ChinTrade ReviewThere is much to be learned from this fascinating volume on the history and economics of the art market in the People’s Republic, so radically affected by political events of the last seventy years. Readers interested in the restitution of looted works of art will discover a relatively unknown seam of material on the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, enriched by Kejia Wu’s inclusion of personal recollections and experiences of those involved.---- Derek Gillman, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Executive Director, University Collections and Exhibitions, Drexel University, former Director of the Barnes FoundationIt is rare to find a book that embeds art into the broader political events and economic transformation of a nation. Kejia Wu’s perspective is unique – she was part of the re-emergence of contemporary art in China, and the re-integration of China into the global art world and market, and has remained an authoritative commentator and analyst about the art and markets of China. Her stories are fascinating, the writing is engaging and the tale she tells is an important one about the role of art, and arts institutions in the modern world.---- William N. Goetzmann, Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies Yale School of ManagementTable of ContentsPreface & Acknowledgements Acronyms & Names Part I: China’s Art Market: A Modern History 1. The Origin of China’s Art Market 2. Auction Houses, Galleries, Art Fairs and Private Museums 3. Expectations for the Market Part II: The State and its Art System 4.The Paradox of Two Parallel Art Systems 5.The Role of Arts and Culture in Today’s China 6.The Infrastructure of the State Art System and the Party’s Strategic Plan Part III: Independent Artists Finding Creative Space 7. Beijing, CAFA and Societal Energy 8.Shanghai, Buddhist Practice, and the Post-Apocalyptic Digital World 9. Hong Kong, Plants and Ten Thousand Things

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Book SynopsisDestruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love: Exploring Y: The Last Man and Saga offers a creative and accessible exploration of the two comic book series, examining themes like nonviolence; issues of gender and war; heroes and moral failures; forgiveness and seeking justice; and the importance of diversity and religious pluralism.Through close interdisciplinary reading and personal narratives, the author delves into the complex worlds of Y and Saga in search of an ethics, meaning, and a path resonant with real-world struggles. Reading these works side by side, the analysis draws parallels and seeks common themes around the four central ideas of seeking and making meaning in a meaningless world; love and parenting through oppression and grief; peacefulness when surrounded by violence; and the perils and hopes of diversity and communion.This timely and thoughtful study will resonate with scholars and students of comic studies, media anTrade Review“I’m so happy this book exists!”Hillary Chute, comics and graphic novels columnist for The New York Times Book Review, Distinguished Professor of English and Art + Design, Northwestern University, USA, and author of the acclaimed Why Comics?“What role can art (in this case, comics) play in our troubling time of plague and war? Peter Admirand’s loving, attentive reading of Saga and Y: The Last Man are a powerful demonstration of what religious studies can contribute to helping us to understand the meaningfulness of popular culture, addressing questions such as the value of human expression in the face of an apocalypse and the need for moral choices when the world seems out of whack.”Henry Jenkins, author of Comics and Stuff“How do we do good surrounded by meaninglessness and the horrors of destruction? Is it possible to ground an ethics on a planet beset by plague, in a universe riven by war? These kinds of questions endure in the history of humanist thought, their importance as unrelenting as their intractability. Stepping into the fray, Admirand works through his readings of the rich imagetexts of Y: The Last Man and Saga in a brave quest to bring meaningful structure to the ethical quandaries of a human condition beset by meaningless and death. This book is vital—in all senses of the word. Reflective, intimate, generous, and unabashed, this book animates these questions with a persistent belief, but not a blind one, in the expansive and fundamental role of love in enabling meaning to flourish in even the darkest corners of the galaxy.”Thomas Giddens, Professor in Jurisprudence, University of Dundee, and Editor of Critical Directions in Comics StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures; Acknowledgements: Joy and Gratitude Amidst Distress; Introduction: Death, Decay, and Destruction: Only the Beginning; Part I: Seeking Meaning in a Meaningless World; 1. Ethics (and Art) After the Plague; 2. Inky Darkness: Ethics Amidst Intergalactic War (and The Narrative); Reflection on Part I; Part II: Love and Parenting Through Oppression and Grief; 3. Love and Identity: A Numeric and Heroic Journey; 4. (Intergalactic) Fatherhood: Failure and Maternal Hope; Reflection on Part II; Part III: Being Peace but Surrounded by Violence; 5. Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Gender and Violence; 6. On the Perils of Pacifism During War; Reflection on Part III; Part IV: Beyond Diversity and Tolerance: Towards Communion; 7. Post-Religion: Sex, God, Women, Love; 8. Enfolding the Grotesque and the Borderless: A Politics for All; Reflection on Part IV; Conclusion: Love in the Throes of Destruction and Despair; Bibliography; Index

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