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Book SynopsisKeith Davies is Associate Professor of Social Work at Kingston University, UK. Ray Jones is Professor of Social Work at Kingston University, UK.Trade ReviewBy tying their accounts of social work skills to the PCF, the contributors to this book have performed an invaluable service for the social work profession. While it will be especially useful for social work students, educators and supervisors, there is much on offer here for all social workers, wherever they are in their careers. - Guy Shennan, Chair, British Association of Social Workers This book is very focused on developing an exact and practical understanding of the skills that social work students need to deploy to practise successfully in today's social care services. It is analytical and thoughtful in the way it presents social work skills in the modern context, and will be a firm foundation for future study and practice. - Malcolm Payne, Emeritus Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)Table of Contents1. Developing Communication and Interviewing Skills; Kathleen Henderson & Jane Mathew Byrne 2. Writing Skills for Social Worker; Ray Jones 3. Preparing the Ethical Toolkit: balancing rights and responsibilities; Farrukh Akhtar 4. Working with the Experiences of Service Users and Carers 5. Assessment for Social Work Practice; Ray Jones 6. Applying Theory in Practice 7. Legal Skills for Social Workers; Susan Watson 8. Reflective Practice Skills; Carol Dicken & Dale van Graan 9. Skills for Leadership; Jeremy Ross 10. Skills for Inter-professional Social Work Practice; Vivienne Barnes 11. Working with Resistance.

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Book SynopsisIn the fourth edition of Provocateur, sociologist Anthony J. Cortese offers an up-to-date, critical analysis of modern advertising. Though we often hear that we live in a period of unprecedented gender and racial equality, both racism and sexism persist in a most telling areathe ads with which we are inundated every day in newspapers and magazines and online. Cortese examines the ideologies surrounding gender and race by delving into the presentation of women, ethnic minorities, children, and anyone who is qualified as other in society. Featuring a fresh selection of nearly 400 advertisements, this edition includes new scholarship from gender, racial, and cultural studies, new chapters on gay and lesbian marketing and aggression and violence in the media, an expanded chapter on race in advertising, and more. This edition is ideal for sociology, communication, and gender and ethnic studies courses as well as for use as go-to reference.Trade ReviewA fascinating examination of an underexplored aspect of advertising and its impact on all of our lives. -- Jean KilbourneCortese’s analysis should motivate readers to pay more careful attention to the multitude of images that daily bombard us through advertising. Cortese teaches readers how to deconstruct and critically respond to the sexism, racism, and heterosexism embedded in many advertisements, making Provocateur as much a call to action as it is a textbook. -- Claire M. Renzetti, professor and chair of sociology and Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair at the Center for Research on Violence against Women, University of KentuckyCortese continues to offer timely and important insights into how women, members of ethnic and racial minorities, and members of LGBT communities are framed and imaged in advertising. -- Jim Snow, Loyola University MarylandPraise for Previous Editions This volume is an excellent historical and up-to-date analysis of how advertising targets ethnic minorities, gays and lesbians, as well as white heterosexuals. Academic readers will find eclectic scholarship representing feminist theory, sociology of advertising, ethnic studies, dramaturgy, postmodernism, and media literacy. In addition, Cortese provides practical advice on how readers can combat their own cultural conditioning, which may be racist. An outline for evaluating advertising is also included as an appendix. These guides, along with the excellent analysis throughout, make this an outstandingly useful volume. Excellent bibliography and index. Essential. * CHOICE *The author takes a close look behind the scenes of contemporary culture, examining the hidden messages and social meaning of advertising and its use of images of women and minorities. * Business Horizons *A well-researched, thoughtful examination of an aspect of advertising that is seldom discussed and would be an excellent textbook or supplemental reading for advertising, media in society, and women and minorities in media courses. * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *Cortese asks some very good questions, and he has a good eye for recent trends. * Ideology and Cultural Production *Table of ContentsPreface to the Fourth Edition 1. Representations, Multiculturalism, and Mass Media 2. Visual Attraction, Body Display, and Advertising 3. Gay and Lesbian Advertising 4. Constructed Bodies, Deconstructing Gender: Sexism in Advertising 5. Aggression and Violence in Mass Media 6. Symbolic Racism in Advertising 7. Ethnic Marketing 8. Speed and Visual Fragments: Toward Postmodern Consciousness Appendix: Advertising Evaluation Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisA new cultural icon strode the world stage at the turn of the twenty-first century: the celebrity scientist, as comfortable in Vanity Fair and Vogue as Smithsonian. Declan Fahy profiles eight of these eloquent, controversial, and compelling sellers of science to investigate how they achieved celebrity in the United States and internationallyand explores how their ideas influence our understanding of the world. Fahy traces the career trajectories of Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Steven Pinker, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Stephen Jay Gould, Susan Greenfield, and James Lovelock. He demonstrates how each scientist embraced the power of promotion and popularization to stimulate thinking, impact policy, influence research, drive controversies, and mobilize social movements. He also considers critical claims that they speak beyond their expertise and for personal gain. The result is a fascinating look into how celebrity scientists help determine what it means to be human, the naturTrade ReviewA former reporter, Fahy understands how electronic media shape public perception of all aspects of society. This includes science, for which media have created a new breed of scientist, ‘celebrity scientists’ who are in the public eye by dint of popular books, television, and/or newsprint. These individuals are the scientific world’s version of movie stars and star athletes. Fahy considers eight well-known contemporary scientists: Stephen Hawking, who inherited Einstein’s mantle; evolutionist Richard Dawkins, who carries the banner of militant atheism; James Lovelock, the maverick outsider who proposed the Gaia hypothesis; and Neil deGrasse Tyson, who has replaced Carl Sagan as television’s go-to science expert. Others include cosmologist Brian Greene; the Baroness Susan Greenfield, who studies Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease; the late evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould, and psychologist Stephen Pinker. This interesting book covers the work and life of each in some depth, and extensive chapter notes direct those who wish to delve more deeply into their lives. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. * CHOICE *When thinking of celebrity culture, science may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But science and fame go hand in hand in School of Communication professor Declan Fahy’s new book The New Celebrity Scientists: Out of the Lab and into the Limelight. . . .The New Celebrity Scientists works to debunk the myth that science is simply meant to stay in laboratories or for the elite. . . .Fahy delves into the world of science through both a formal and personal lens, bringing the contemporary figures that are driving scientific discussion into the limelight. * The Eagle *The result of The New Celebrity Scientists is a in-depth look into how celebrity scientists help determine what it means to be human, the nature of reality, and how to prepare for society's uncertain future. * Physics.org *Very timely and well written…. I recommend this book to anyone interested not only in science and its protagonists or communication studies but also in a field that has been little considered but can provide us with many insights into today’s culture: the sociology of science. * Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Journal *[The New Celebrity Scientists: Out of the Lab and into the Limelight] is a source of authority that influences public policy, public opinion and even the scientific life. (Translated from the original French) * Communication *Relax in your favorite chair and lose yourself in this absorbing, critical examination of the best-selling scientists that we love, admire, and sometimes hate. Fahy's genius book will challenge your strongest assumptions and change the way you think about science, celebrity, and society. -- Matthew Nisbet, Northeastern UniversityDeclan Fahy tells an engaging, informed story about how leading scientists evolved, scrabbled, and maneuvered–under the fierce glare of post-1960’s mass media–to become something new to science: big-time celebrities. -- Joshua Brown, University of VermontIn The New Celebrity Scientists, Declan Fahy delves into the complex, captivating world of science by profiling the people who have helped popularize it. His vivid account follows the rise of several key scientific figures of the 20th and 21st centuries—and the consequences of their fame within the scientific community and society at large. Clear, organized, and rich in narrative detail, this book is well-suited for audiences both inside and outside the classroom. -- Michael A. Cacciatore, University of GeorgiaAt a time when science struggles to grow its share-of-voice in American culture and politics, Fahy provides an evocative look at some of our most visible scientific emissaries. His thoughtful analysis takes us on a journey that demystifies these individuals, laying bare their motivations, foibles, and contributions to science in public culture. -- Anthony Dudo, The University of Texas at AustinScientific research is often marginalized in modern culture, but a handful of scientists have found a path around that tendency. Fahy shows how, why, and to what effect certain recent scientists have consciously used the tools of today’s celebrity culture to make themselves—and thus science—active participants in public discussion. They make science central to modern culture…and sometimes make culture central to science. -- Bruce V. Lewenstein, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1—A Brief History of Scientific Celebrity 2—The Paradoxical Fame of Stephen Hawking 3—Richard Dawkins’s Image Problem 4—Steven Pinker’s Academic Stardom 5—The Political Celebrity of Stephen Jay Gould 6—Fame and the Female Scientist—Susan Greenfield 7—The Reluctant Fame of James Lovelock 8—The Charming Stardom of Brian Greene 9—Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Star Quality 10—A New Scientific Elite Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the important and under-investigated concept of intercultural dialogue. The book draws on cases of intercultural communication in which there is a dialogue, conflict or misunderstanding, and presents approaches, theories, and analytical tools that can be used to productively understand and/or resolve the issues presented.

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Book SynopsisPresents 28 cases on diverse topics in health communication to develop the reader's critical thinking skills. By focusing on a variety of topics and utilizing various methodological and theoretical approaches, readers are exposed to real world health complexities and challenged to consider multiple perspectives and resolutions.

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Book SynopsisJoanna Boehnert is Research Fellow at the Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN) at the University of Surrey, UK.Trade ReviewJoanna Boehnert's book shows in a masterful manner that there are no technological, ideological or other easy fixes to the contradiction between capitalism and nature. She powerfully makes the point that we need political design in order to create a better world. A must-read for everyone interested in design, ecology, communication and politics. * Christian Fuchs, Professor of Social Media at the University of Westminster, UK *Dr Boehnert envisions a possible, eco-ethical praxis sufficient to the urgency of the Ecocene era. With inspirational tempo, she sweeps across and connects the significant ideas that advance design eco-literacy, decolonizing and replacing outmoded discourses with powerful fresh starts. * Peter Jones, Co-founder of the Systemic Design Research Network at OCAD University, Canada *Design, Ecology, Politics is a powerful contribution. It is a thoroughly innovative, provocative and confrontational approach to pressing twenty-first century challenges at the human-environment interface. Joanna Boehnert has produced a compelling book which expands our considerations of design and ecological literacy in the complex socio-economic systems where we find 'home'. I enthusiastically recommend this work to those interested in charting productive and sustainable pathways through today's ecological, social and cultural challenges. * Maxwell Boykoff, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder, USA *Design, Ecology, Politics commands design educators to ground their practice in critically engaged ecological literacy. Boehnert’s deeply textured and carefully crafted clarion call should be read by all who design on our earth. And it is a must for current and future planners. * Christopher Silver, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida, USA *In this work, Dr Joanna Boehnert examines foundational elements of human perception and design, beautifully integrating situated knowledge into the complex systems in which it exists, offering insights both relevant and practicable. * Mara Averick, Research Analyst at the Economic Development Assistance Consortium, USA *At last, a book that clearly locates design for sustainability within a sophisticated account of contemporary political economy. To affect the transition toward more sustainable futures, we urgently need the lucid negotiation of social complexity that this book provides. * Cameron Tonkinwise, Director of Design Studies at Carnegie Mellon University, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Within and Beyond Error Part One – Design 1. Design Theory 101 2. Design as Symbolic Violence 3. Design vs. The Design Industry Part Two – Ecology 4. Ecological Theory 101 5. Epistemological Error 6. Ecological Literacy 7. Ecoliterate Design 8. Ecological Movements 9. Ecological Perception 1: Theory 10. Ecological Perception 2: Practice 11. Ecological Identity Part Three – Politics 12. Social Marketing 13. The Green Economy 14. The TechnoFix 15. Data Visualisation Conclusion: Towards the Ecocene

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Book SynopsisThis Reader is a comprehensive text outlining primary approaches to multimodality. In the “Theory and Methodology” section, the scholars who are responsible for the approaches’ developments give some personal insight into how and/or why these approaches were developed. The Reader covers various theoretical and methodological approaches to multimodality, including a great variety of terminology, which are defined in a glossary, and are linked back to the personal narratives or interviews in which scholars highlight why and how the various terms are of importance. Included is also a “Transcription and How-to-Analyze” section that familiarizes the readers with several analytical toolkits. This section is then followed by an extensive “Sample Analyses” section. As the book is intended to address readers from various backgrounds, the examples of multimodal analyses that are introduced in this section belong to various social practices. The book offers an extensive alphabetical glossary, list of further readings, and a list of suggested assignments.

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Book SynopsisIn It's All Narrative Nick Dux expertly draws on his extensive experience working with children and families to give the reader a clear method of how to build Resilience in children. He presents his theory of Transformative Communication in a clear and concise manner, with plenty of practical case studies to bring it to life. It's All Narrative illustrates how to communicate proactively to build a strong inner voice in children, before moving on to detail how to positively challenge negative and/or worrying behaviour. This is an invaluable tool for all parents, teachers and anyone working with children and young people who wish to help their children grow into strong, successful, resilient adults.Trade Review"I am honoured to have worked with Nick, who is so dedicated to supporting and changing the lives of others. "I absolutely love this book; it has an abundance of practical, useful and, most importantly, meaningful 'take aways', resulting in the ideas being much more likely to be put into practice.; "Nick can be proud of all he has done to help others in order to have the wisdom and knowledge to write the excellent content." Helen Morton (parent and head teacher of All Saints Primary School); "A beautiful book. I have certainly been left wanting more and wishing I had known this stuff earlier in my life-both as a parent and a professional." Eleanor Losse (parent, step-parent and head teacher of Manchester Grammar Junior School); "I have always liked that Nick's work is based in practical terms-what to say or do. It is not just a theoretical approach, and this comes across strongly in this short, readable and easily accessible book. "Reading It's all Narrative has given me a renewed sense of vigour, and I will be using Transformative Communication at the forefront of my teaching/leadership styles." Tracy Kendrick (head teacher of Hursthead Junior School); "Such an easy read, but with such insightful advice. "I know it's good, because I often find it an effort to read work-related things but honestly just wanted to keep reading! "I will be recommending it to all of our staff when it is published." Claire Love (parent and head teacher of Lane End Primary School); "Nick has written a book that is supportive and full of strategies that can easily be tried and taken on board. "The way Nick writes is easy to read, and this would be a helpful resource for any parent. "Through opening up and sharing his own challenges, Nick allows the reader to feel a shared understanding that the challenges we meet with our children are quite normal and more common than we may think. "The number of case studies allow us an insight into the strategies in practice and how, although they are not going to be easy, if you persevere, you will be successful. "Nick has shown fantastic perseverance in overcoming challenges and should be proud of his achievements and the compassion he so eloquently writes with throughout this book." Vicky Walker (parent and head teacher of Ludworth Primary School)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter 1 It's All Narrative; Chapter 2 How Do I know?; Chapter 3 Superpowers: The Foundation of Transformative Communication; Chapter 4 Empathy and Empowerment: The keys to Sustainable Change ; Chapter 5 Should've, Could've, Would've; Chapter 6 State Changers;

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Book SynopsisOur culture is one that speaks rather than listens. From reality TV to political rallies, there is a clamour to be heard, to narrate, and to receive attention. It reduces 'reality' to revelation and voyeurism. The Art of Listening argues that this way of life is having severe and damaging consequences in a world that is increasingly globalized and interconnected. It addresses the question: how can we listen more carefully? Social and cultural theory is combined with real stories from the experiences of the desperate stowaways who hide in the undercarriages of jet planes in order to seek asylum, to the young working-class people who use tattooing to commemorate a lost love. The Art of Listening shows how sociology is in a unique position to record 'life passed in living' and to listen to complex experiences with humility and ethical care, providing a resource to understand the contemporary world while pointing to the possibility of a different kind of future. 'This is a wise and human piece of writing, concerned to break out of sociology's academic straitjacket and speak to a wider audience...If anything can recover the somewhat tarnished reputation of sociology amongst the general public, then it is a book like this. ' New Humanist 'The Art of Listening is a rare book in its commitment to vitalize an ethical, global sociology for the twenty-first century. Students are encouraging their parents to read it. Everyone needs this book -- especially jaded academics.' Sanjay Sharma, British Journal of SociologyTrade ReviewThis is a wise and humane piece of writing, concerned to break out of sociology's academic straitjacket and speak to a wide audience. Stuart Sim, New Humanist The Art of Listening is a rare book in its commitment to vitalize an ethical, global sociology for the twenty-first century. Students are encouraging their parents to read it. Everyone needs this book -- especially jaded academics. Sanjay Sharma, British Journal of Sociology A sparkling, thought-provoking book that challenges many of our assumptions as researchers and students David Bissell, University of Brighton Back has shown us how to produce an applied sociology to examine the everyday and see how it is actually constructed. Andy T. Hanson, Lancaster University His book provides clear examples of his principles that should be interesting and useful to those of us who work in communities. Michele Sexton, Community DevelopmentTable of ContentsSpeaking of Remarkable Things * Lines of Hate, Colours of Memory * Falling From the Sky * Concrete Screens and the Urban Uncanny * Listening with our Eyes * Inscriptions of Love * Curiosity at its Limit * Conclusion: Shelf Life * Postscript: Dancing and Wrestling with Scholarship

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Book SynopsisThis book is concerned with the role that communication - understood as including both the factual and fictional mass media as well as the performative and visual arts - can play in post-civil war peacebuilding. It engages with questions of how a society can move from the civil war conditions of discursive dehumanisation to peaceful cooperation in post-civil war settings and how peacebuilders can help communities utilise the transformative capacity of communication to encourage the reimagining of and engagement with former enemies as co-citizens. Ultimately, civil and peaceful cooperation depends on the observance of discursive civility and the building of safe discursive spaces in which civil engagement between different groups of society (including former combatants and survivors) can safely take place. This book argues that understanding communicative peacebuilding in this way is fundamental to the achievement of self-sustainable everyday peace.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Civil Wars and Communicative Peacebuilding2. Civil War as Discursive Dehumanisation 3. Remnants of Civil Life and Civil Potential in Post-Civil War Settings4. Communicative Peacebuilding: Discursive Civility and Safe Discursive Spaces5. The Transformative Capacity of Communication: Integrative Communicative Acts across the Communicative Spectrum of Civil Society

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Book SynopsisHateful thoughts and words can lead to harmful actions like the March 2019 terrorist attack on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. In free, open and democratic societies, governments cannot justifiably regulate what citizens think, feel, believe or value, but do have a duty to protect citizens from harmful communication that incites discrimination, active hostility and violence.Written by a public policy advisor for fellow practitioners in politics and public life, this book discusses significant practical and moral challenges regarding internet governance and freedom of speech, particularly when responding to content that is legal but harmful. Policy makers and professionals working for governmental institutions need to strike a fair balance between protecting from harm and preserving the right to freedom of expression. And because merely passing laws does not solve complex social problems, governments need to invest, not just regulate. Governments, big tech and the private sector, civil society, individual citizens and the fourth estate all have roles to play, and counter-speech is everyone’s responsibility.This book tackles hard questions about internet governance, hate speech, cancel culture and the loss of civility, and illustrates principled pragmatism applied to perplexing policy problems. Furthermore, it presents counter-speech strategies as alternatives and complements to censorship and criminalisation.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: After Christchurch.- Part I. Regulating Harmful Digital Communication.- Chapter 2. Challenges in Regulating Online Content.- Chapter 3. The Business Models of Big Tech.- Chapter 4. Deplatforming and Democratic Legitimacy.- Part II. Hate, Harm and the Limits of Censorship.- Chapter 5. Regulating “Hate Speech”.- Chapter 6. Free Speech and its Limits.- Chapter 7. Hate, Harm and the Liberal State.- Chapter 8. Striking a Fair Balance When Regulating Free Speech.- Chapter 9. Counter-speech is Everyone’s Responsibility.- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Cleaning Up After the Party

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Book SynopsisKapitel 1. Einführung.- Kapitel 2. Cyberspace: Struktur, Funktionalität und Schwachstellen.- Kapitel 3. Souveränität, Macht, internationale Sicherheit und das Fehlen internationalen Rechts.- Kapitel 4. Cyberkrieg: Globale Entwicklungen und Stellvertreterkriege.- Kapitel 5. Des-/Fehlinformation und nationale Resilienz: Sind Staaten immun gegen Fake News?.- Kapitel 6. Sichere Cyber-Domänen (SCD): Ausgereifte Modelle.- Kapitel 7. Verwundbare Modelle von Cyber-Domänen.- Kapitel 8. Die Zukunft des Internets.

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Book SynopsisThis edition contains 27 articles, written by scholars and filmmakers who are generally acknowledged as the international authorities in the field, and a new preface by the editor. The book covers ethnographic filming and its relations to the cinema and television; applications of filming to anthropological research, the uses of still photography, archives, and videotape; subdisciplinary applications in ethnography, archeology, bio-anthropology, museology and ethnohistory; and overcoming the funding problems of film production.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONVisual Anthropology in a Discipline of Words Margaret Mead ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMING AND THE CINEMAThe History of Ethnographic Film Emilie de Brigard Feature Films as Cultural Documents John H. Weakland McCarty’s Law and How to Break it Mark Mc Carty SOME RECENT APPROACHES TO ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILMThe Camera and Man Jean Rouch Observational Cinema Colin Young Beyond Observational Cinema David MacDougall Idea and Event in Urban Film John Marshall and Emile de BrigardResearch Filming of Naturally Occuring Phenomena: Basic Strategies E. Richard Sorenson and Allison Jablonko VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE PASTEthnographic Film and History Jean Dominique Lajoux Reconstructing Cultures on Film Asen BalikciThe Role of Film in Archeology Stuart StrueverEthnographic Photography in Anthropological Research Joanna Cohan SchererOur Totemic Ancestors and Crazed Masters Jean Rouch SOME SPECIALIZED USES OF FILM AND VIDEOTAPEPhotography and Visual Anthropology John Collier Jr.Videotape: New Techniques of Observation and Analysis in Anthropology Joseph H. SchaefferFilming Body Behavior J. H. ProstAudiovisual Tools for the Analysis of Culture Style Alan LomaxFilm in Ethnographic Research Timothy Asch and Patsy Asch THE PRESENTATION OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL INFORMATIONEthnographies on the Airwaves: The Presentation of Anthropology on American, British, Belgian and Japanese Television Faye GinsburgThe First Videotheque Yasuhiro OmoriFunding Ethnographic Film and Video Productions in America Sabine Jell-Bahlsen Ethnographic Filmmaking for Japanese Television Yasuko IchiokaMatters of Fact Roger Sandall THE FUTURE OF VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGYThe Tribal Terror of Self-Awareness Edmund CarpenterVisual Record, Human Knowledge, and the Future E. Richard SorensonConclusion: Ethnographic Filming and Anthropological Theory Paul Hockings

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