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Globe Friendly Little Puppy
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Polity Press Gender and Technology An Introduction
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Why Do People Sing?: On Voice
Book SynopsisIn Why Do People Sing? Paddy Scannell explores some of the mysteries at the heart of vocal communication. What explains the communicative musicality of the voices between parent and child as a baby learns to talk? Can readers of fiction hear the voices of authors and characters within soundless written texts? How has radio affected voice, talk, music, and singing, and how has it made them public in new ways? And by putting the voice into recordings, to what extent have broadcasting technologies provided a radically new resource for historians? These questions and more are explored in the first three chapters. In the final chapter, Scannell boldly puts into words the inexpressible experience of listening to singing, wherein the glory of the human voice finds its purest expression. This highly original book makes a distinctive intervention by stressing the inherently positive qualities of talk (rather than language) as the basis for communication. Concise and beautifully written, it is suitable for students and scholars of media, communication, and other disciplines across the humanities, as well as general readers with an interest in this fascinating topic.Trade Review“Scannell’s book is a gem – distinctive and original. His commitment to a broad phenomenology of communication and the media offers an approach unlike anything else in the field, and his historical insights about the development of talk in broadcasting are unrivaled.”Martin Montgomery, University of Macau “In this probing set of personal meditations, Paddy Scannell plumbs our existential depths as interactive animals who find our ultimate meaning and freedom in the play of music and voice.”John Durham Peters, Yale UniversityTable of Contents Preface 1 The Voice of the Friend 2 Talk, Radio and Television 3 Technologies of Record 4 Why Do People Sing? Further Reading References
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Globe Forest Animals
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Globe Dinosaurs
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Globe Construction Site
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Qualitative Research Methods Collecting Evidence
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Globe At the Farm
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Globe Farm Animal Train
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Management in Transitional Economies
Book SynopsisBased on extensive research, this comparative study examines the past, present and future of management in the transitional economies of East and Central Europe, Russia, the People''s Republic of China, and Vietnam. It discusses the nature of the transition process, identifying different transition paths, highlighting common features and outlining useful theoretical approaches. Each chapter covers a wide range of aspects of management in the countries covered, including details of the historical and cultural background, the transition process, and both external and internal factors, and the macro and micro situation. Its multidisciplinary approach, makes this book suitable for both a practitioner and an academic readershipTable of ContentsPart 1: System Change 1. Introduction: From Plan to Market Part 2: Country and Regional Studies 2. Central Europe 1: Successful Transformation 3. Central Europe 2: 'Valleys of Tears' 4. Russia: The Hard Road from Perestroika 5. China: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones 6. Vietnam: A Pragmatic Hybrid Model Part 3: Synthesis and Conclusions 7. Conclusions: Process and Outcomes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Internet of Animals: Human-Animal
Book Synopsis'The internet is made of cats' is a half-jokingly made claim. Today, animals of all shapes and sizes inhabit our digital spaces, including companion animals, wildlife, feral animals and livestock. In this book, Deborah Lupton explores how digital technologies and datafication are changing our relationships with other animals. Playfully building on the concept of 'The Internet of Things', she discusses the complex feelings that have developed between people and animals through the use of digital devices, from social media to employing animal-like robots as companions and carers. The book brings together a range of perspectives, including those of sociology, cultural geography, environmental humanities, critical animal studies and internet studies, to consider how these new digital technologies are contributing to major changes in human–animal relationships at both the micropolitical and macropolitical levels. As Lupton shows, while digital devices and media have strengthened people's relationships to other creatures, these technologies can also objectify animals as things for human entertainment, therapy or economic exploitation. This original and engaging book will be of interest to scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities.Trade Review‘Deborah Lupton is a brilliant guide to animal–human–digital assemblages.’Bill Adams, University of Cambridge‘Lupton takes us on a fascinating journey into the past and the future to help us grapple with our intimate relations with animals. We are confronted with how the digital mediates our emotional need to care for and control the creatures that we have come to see as extensions of ourselves.’Payal Arora, Erasmus University, and author of The Next Billion UsersTable of ContentsIntroduction1 Conceptualising Humans, Animals and Human-Animal Relations2 Animal Enthusiasts, Activism and Politics in Digital Media3 The Quantified Animal and Dataveillance4 Animal Cuteness, Therapy and Celebrity Online5 Animal Avatars and Zoomorphic RobotsConclusion: Reimagining Human-Animal RelationsAppendixReferencesIndex
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Globe Fire Station
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic
Book SynopsisHistory, archaeology, and human evolutionary genetics provide us with an increasingly detailed view of the origins and development of the peoples that live in Northwestern Europe. This book aims to restore the key position of historical linguistics in this debate by treating the history of the Germanic languages as a history of its speakers. It focuses on the role that language contact has played in creating the Germanic languages, between the first millennium BC and the crucially important early medieval period. Chapters on the origins of English, German, Dutch, and the Germanic language family as a whole illustrate how the history of the sounds of these languages provide a key that unlocks the secret of their genesis: speakers of Latin, Celtic and Balto-Finnic switched to speaking Germanic and in the process introduced a ''foreign accent'' that caught on and spread at the expense of types of Germanic that were not affected by foreign influence. The book is aimed at linguists, histTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Rise of English 3. The Origin of High German 4. The Origins of Dutch 5. Beginnings 6. Conclusions.
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Globe Safari Train
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Controversy Mapping: A Field Guide
Book SynopsisAs disputes concerning the environment, the economy, and pandemics occupy public debate, we need to learn to navigate matters of public concern when facts are in doubt and expertise is contested. Controversy Mapping is the first book to introduce readers to the observation and representation of contested issues on digital media. Drawing on actor-network theory and digital methods, Venturini and Munk outline the conceptual underpinnings and the many tools and techniques of controversy mapping. They review its history in science and technology studies, discuss its methodological potential, and unfold its political implications. Through a range of cases and examples, they demonstrate how to chart actors and issues using digital fieldwork and computational techniques. A preface by Richard Rogers and an interview with Bruno Latour are also included. A crucial field guide and hands-on companion for the digital age, Controversy Mapping is an indispensable resource for students and scholars of media and communication, as well as activists, journalists, citizens, and decision makers.Trade Review“Controversy Mapping shows how we can use social research to bring controversies back to the surface of knowledge and public life, and how it can help to recover the power of controversy to transform what's possible. The book provides everything you need – the ideas, examples, and techniques – to start doing controversy analysis.”Noortje Marres, University of Warwick “Venturini and Munk have produced a significant book that traces the genealogy of controversy mapping back to its origins in actor-network theory to its incarnations in digital methods. Through a lucid and engaging narrative and series of visualizations, they provide a comprehensive ‘field guide’ to the major figures, theories, concepts, and methods that make up the practices of controversy mapping.”Evelyn Ruppert, Goldsmiths, University of LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface: The politics of association on display (by Richard Rogers) Introduction FEATURES OF CONTROVERSIAL LANDSCAPES 1. Why map controversies? 2. A proliferation of issues 3. Making room for more actors TOOLS OF SOCIAL CARTOGRAPHY 4. Exploring controversies as actor-networks 5. Exploring controversies with digital methods 6. Collecting and curating digital records 7. Visual network analysis POLITICS OF MAPMAKING 8. Representing controversies 9. Mapmaking as a form of intervention Controversy mapping in the shadow of Gaia A conversation with Bruno Latour References Index
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Penguin Books Ltd Size
Book Synopsis''There is no author whose books I look forward to more'' Bill GatesThe New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver''s Travels - the giant Brobdingnagian''s legs would buckle under their enormous weight - and dives headfirst into the most contentious issue in ergonomics: the size of aeroplane seats.It is no exaggeration to say this fascinating and wide-ranging tour de force will change the way you look at absolutely everything.Vaclav Smil is a phenomenon with an appetite for facts over prejudice and fashion. Essential reading for anyone who cares about the future' Lord Norman FosterTrade ReviewVaclav Smil is a phenomenon with an appetite for facts over prejudice and fashion. Essential reading for anyone who cares about the future -- eminent architect, Lord Norman FosterAn endlessly entertaining career through fascinating territory -- Simon Ings * Daily Telegraph *Both informative and entertaining . . . I suspect that many Physics World readers would be delighted to find this book waiting for them under the Christmas tree. Indeed, it would be perfect reading material for anyone who enjoys a mathematical analysis of the world around them * Physics World *In a world of specialized intellectuals, Smil is an ambitious and astonishing polymath who swings for fences . . . They're among the most data-heavy books you'll find, with a remarkable way of framing basic facts * Wired *There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil * Guardian *
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Taylor & Francis Transport Economics
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Taylor & Francis Creating Sustainable Cities Through Pedestrian Urbanism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dracula Urbanism and Smart City Mania
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Taylor & Francis Disasters and Social Capital
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes social capital and preparations for natural hazards in the Philippines. It emphasizes the importance of inequalities, contextualization, and scale, while also underlining the significance of historical and political contexts to better understand social dynamics. Social capital continues to be a debated concept, but it can be useful for thinking about how human societies interact with natural hazards. This book contributes to the growing scientific inquiries which have begun to address the connections between social capital and âœnaturalâ disasters. Chapters explore the links between these two fields of knowledge by analyzing the Filipino situation in general, as well as detailing a specific case study of a rural municipality in the Eastern Visayas region. The bookâs central argument is that economic inequality is detrimental to social capital which then has negative repercussions on preparing for natural hazards. In an analysis at several geographical scales, Veut
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Taylor & Francis Fundamentals of Community Design for Wellbeing
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Taylor & Francis Placemaking with Tall Buildings
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Digital Labor
Book SynopsisWhile the working lives of tech entrepreneurs and delivery platform workers seem far removed, both are engaged in digital labor. What unites their experience and allows us to speak of their work under the same umbrella? Is it even possible to talk about digital labor as if it were a single form of work? Digital Labor explores these questions and critically examines the economics, politics, and experiences of workers in these new modes of employment. Using a novel definition of the term "digital labor," Kylie Jarrett explores unpaid user activity, platform-mediated gig work, and formal employment within the digital media industries, mapping the common features of these varied practices. Applying a critical Marxian lens, the book interrogates the structures of exploitation in this sector, the organisation of the labor process, the dynamics of alienation associated with this work, and the commodification of workers' lives. It also documents the struggle of digital laborers to resist the iniquities and inequalities of their working environments. Ultimately, the book identifies what is specific about this form of labor and, in doing so, offers insight into the nature of work as it is being reconstituted in digital capitalism. Synthesising an extensive range of studies and sources, Digital Labor offers a comprehensive overview – and a rich critical appraisal – of work in the high-tech economy. It is suitable for students and scholars of media and communication, sociology, labour studies, and anyone interested in emerging forms of work.Trade Review"Kylie Jarrett provides a profound and indispensable analysis of digital labor. The book is an absolute must-read for everyone wanting to understand how labor has changed in the digital age."—Christian Fuchs, author of Digital Labour and Karl Marx "In this clear-eyed, crisp meditation on the meaning of 'digital labor', renowned feminist media scholar Kylie Jarrett delivers a cogent, necessary intervention in what counts as work and value in a digital world."—Mary L. Gray, co-author of Ghost WorkTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Defining Digital Labor2 Exploitation: Digital Deeds Done Dirt Cheap3 Process: Of Autonomy and Algorithms4 Alienation: The Romance of Entrepreneurialism5 Commodification: Affective Attachment and Inalienable Assets6 Struggle: The Workers United(ish)7 Conclusion: Digital Labor on the EdgeBibliographyIndex
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd TikTok: Creativity and Culture in Short Video
Book SynopsisSince its acquisition and rebranding in 2018, TikTok has become one of the fastest growing platforms in the world. Moreover, it's the first Chinese-developed platform to find mainstream international success, carving its own niche in the global short video industry. In the first comprehensive exploration of TikTok, Kaye, Zeng, and Wikström provide a history of the emergent genre of short video and situate the platform within the cultures and controversies that have accompanied its dramatic growth. They provide an extensive overview of TikTok's functions and uses, the diverse markets in which the platform operates, and the issues of governance that have impacted its expansion. Once thought to be 'just for kids', the authors illustrate how TikTok is further transforming platform cultures and the dynamics of broader creative industries. TikTok, the authors argue, represents an evolutionary step in the way culture is produced and consumed on digital platforms. This timely book is essential reading for students and scholars in media and communication studies and for anyone who has been captivated by the global growth of TikTok and short video.Trade Review“The rise of TikTok as a short video platform is intriguing, particularly in the context of the American and Chinese ecosystems. This book offers an excellent primer to understand the technological, economic and socio-cultural drivers of this platform. Through the lens of user creativity and critical platform analysis, readers are enlightened about TikTok’s coevolution with other mainstream platforms and their ever-changing affordances. An eye-opening introduction for students!”José van Dijck, University of Utrecht“Wonderfully compact and to the point. In one of the first comprehensive accounts of the short video turn, the authors succeed in grasping the very essence of TikTok.”David B. Nieborg, University of Toronto“the book is a timely contribution to social science literature and a crucial read for both academics and those from outside academia who are interested in exploring the history of short video and TikTok.”European Journal of Communication
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Watch Your Words
Book SynopsisNever before has humanity done so much talking... But is anyone listening? For that matter, are people ever speaking to each other?We need to acknowledge that speech, as we know it, has never been so debased. We live in a world full of empty, degraded, and potentially violent speech: a daily reality that confronts us in the workplace, in the media, on the streets, on the internet and in our political lives. Verbal clashes are commonplace, while proper dialogue is rare. Gérald Garutti pushes for a return to a more constructive and responsible form of speech. He lays the groundwork for a humanistic approach: one which, contrary to the dominant culture of ignoring and humiliating others, emphasizes listening to them and mastering speech as a way of connecting. The arts of speech can contribute to the reconciliation of tensions in our society and to the realization of our full humanity. Watch Your Wordsis a stunning manifesto for anyone interested in how we might better communicate with each other.
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Polity Press SelfCensorship
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Intellect The Drama Therapy Decision Tree Second Edition
Book SynopsisThis substantially revised and expanded edition of theThe Drama Therapy Decision Tree provides anintegrated model for therapeutic decision-makingby uniting drama therapy interventions withdiagnostic information, individual and groupprocesses, psychological distance, the dramatherapy pie, and global outcomes. This book is a practical guide in four sections, not a checklist. Rather than using a standardized protocol that makes the decisions for the therapist, drama therapy is based on dynamic, embodied, creative action with participants in the here and now. Conscious planning on the part of the drama therapist before the session supports spontaneity and creativity, preparing them to make good therapeutic decisions in the moment during the session. The opening section guides readers through the foundational principles leading readers into Section Two, The DecisionTree, which is a series of questions forearly career drama therapists to ask themselvesas they prepare treatment plans for clients.Diversity, Equity, and Ethics are covered in SectionThree from the point of view of creative artstherapy practitioners. Section Four looks at Integrating the Five Phases of Treatment with the DramaTherapy Pie,following differentpopulations (diagnosis) of clients through the fivephases of group therapy in order to illustrate howthe Decision Tree supports intervention choice inthe different phases of treatment. The authorsstrive to provide a common language forcommunicating what drama therapists do and howthey do it in order to demystify drama therapy forother mental health and medical professionals.Using the decision tree as a guide, early career drama therapists can move forward confidently and ground their work with participants in an integrated system.Anonline searchable database of drama therapyinterventions provides descriptions, therapeuticoutcomes addressed, and other useful information provides a wealth of additional supporting material.There is also a separate online resource of deroling activities. The online resources, here, can also be an asset for non-drama therapists who are wanting to incorporate a more active and embodied component safely into their work, particularly in terms of warm-ups, closure, and deroling.
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Emerald Publishing Limited World Healthcare Cooperatives: Challenges and
Book SynopsisThe healthcare industry is one of the largest and fastest-growing service industries in the world. The respective merits of public and private healthcare systems are continually debated, but a third system – that of healthcare cooperatives – is rapidly emerging as a universal, community-focused and cost-effective alternative. Rooted in remarkable examples from every corner of the world, World Healthcare Cooperatives highlights both the challenges a successful healthcare cooperative may face, as well as its proven effectiveness in making a difference. Understanding that, for many, especially in developing countries, private hospitals and healthcare insurance plans are expensive and out of reach, and that globally many public healthcare systems are under-resourced, chapters demonstrate how healthcare cooperatives have a critical role to play in providing services sustainably and at an affordable cost. Addressing the persistent gap between supply and demand in the healthcare sector, the authors highlight the capability of healthcare cooperatives to create a positive impact. With examples from Canada, Argentina, Japan, Africa, Brazil, Columbia, Sri Lanka, Spain, and India, chapters showcase the services that cooperatives can offer their communities, including the establishment of hospitals, medical facilities, and other infrastructure, as well as opportunities in biotechnology and information technology research. Considering more than 100 million households worldwide that have benefitted from healthcare cooperatives, this pioneering collection triggers a new direction of research to support those seeking to establish healthcare infrastructure in developing and least developed countries in achieving universal healthcare for all.Table of ContentsIntroduction: World Healthcare Cooperatives: Challenges and Opportunities; K.K. Tripathy, Sneha Kumari, V.G. Venkatesh, M.P. Sukumaran Nair, and R. Jayalakshmi Chapter 1. The Emergence of Health Cooperatives: Experiences and Way Forward; Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh, Vishita Khanna, and Rutuparna S. Chapter 2. Role and Importance of Cooperative Structure in Healthcare (with Regional Perspectives); Vignesh Sudhir and Sudhir Velayudhan Chapter 3. Initiatives and Learnings from World Healthcare Models; Sneha Kumari, V.G. Venkatesh, Priyanka Sunil Kothmire, M.P. Sukumaran Nair, and K.K. Tripathy Chapter 4. Governance of Healthcare Cooperatives with Reference to the Case of Thrikkakara Healthcare Cooperative; M.P. Sukumaran Nair Chapter 5. Healthcare Cooperatives in Argentina and Their Effect on Women and the Local Communities; Nirupama Patwardhan Chapter 6. Successful Model of Healthcare Cooperative Models: A Road Map – Abdur Razzaque Ansari Memorial (ARAM) Hospital by Handloom Weavers Jharkhand; Niharika Singh and Aditi Mishra Chapter 7. Spain Healthcare Cooperatives: Inspiring Model for the Developing Countries; Khushbu Thadani and Mansi Patnaik Chapter 8. Rebuilding and Founding Healthcare Cooperatives: A Review of ‘Ayushman Sahakar’ Scheme in India and ‘Gampaha’ Cooperative in Srilanka as a Development Mechanism; Samaya Pillai, Manik Kadam, Madhavi Damle, and Pankaj Pathak Chapter 9. Ideating Healthcare Cooperatives as Parallel Progression for Health and Healthcare Services; Leelavathi R., Arun Prakash, and Rakhi Mohan Chapter 10. Challenges and Growing Opportunities for Healthcare Cooperatives; Raj Krishna and Kumar Mukul Choudhary
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Temple Lodge Publishing The Etheric: Broadening Science Through
Book SynopsisErnst Marti devoted his life to researching the 'etheric realm' - a subtle area that exists between the physical and spiritual. Taking the numerous statements and references by Rudolf Steiner as his starting point, Marti develops our understanding of the etheric world in various fields - from the theory of knowledge to the natural world, through to music, the realm of colours, eurythmy and medicine. In doing so, he proposes exciting bridges from the ancient and medieval worldview to the present and future of natural and spiritual science.The Etheric explores the fourfold realm of the ethers. Giving an overview of their cosmic origins in the evolution of the earth, Dr Marti shows how the ethers work in phenomena of warmth, light, sound and organic life. He brings a contemporary understanding and insight to the classical elements - fire, air, water and earth - as the media through which ethericity manifests and works in the world. Four physical forces are also explored which, as opposites to the ethers, have a constant tendency to break down and annul what life-giving ether creates.Dr Marti then studies the shadow aspects of the ethers connected to what he terms the 'sub-natural' forces of electricity, magnetism and nuclear force. Given that the author was unable to complete this book in his lifetime, his pupil and colleague Irmgard Rossmann edited the final version in the spirit of her teacher. It is published here in two volumes, with this first focusing on 'The World of the Ethers' and the forthcoming volume on 'The World of Formative Forces'.Table of ContentsPublisher's Note - Foreword, by Irmgard Rossmann - Introduction - 1. On the Development of Natural Science - 2. On the Development of Human Consciousness - 3. On the Evolution of Earth and Cosmos - 4. On the Idea and Evolution of Space - 5. The Polarity of Peripheral and Central Forces in Nature - Light-ether, air-element, force of densification - Tone-ether, water-element, force of 'gravity' - Life-ether, earth-element, force of fragmentation - Warmth-ether, fire-element, physical heat - 6. Overview of the Phenomena Treated Thus Far - Constructive and destructive forces in nature - The collaboration of elements, ethers and physical forces - 7. The Forces of Sub-nature: Electricity, Magnetism, Nuclear Force - 8. The 'Universal Formula' or the Constitution of World and Man - 9. Comparison of the Universal Formula with Aristotelian Categories and the Tree of Sephirot, by Irmgard Rossmann - Appendix: Irmgard Rossmann, Biographical Sketch; Life and Work of Ernst Marti, An Outline - Notes
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Paragraph Publishing The Microdistillers' Handbook
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Setting the Agenda: Mass Media and Public Opinion
Book SynopsisNews media strongly influence how we picture public affairs across the world, playing a significant and sometimes controversial role in determining which topics are at the centre of public attention and action. Setting the Agenda, first published in 2004, has become the go-to textbook on this crucial topic. In this timely third edition, Maxwell McCombs – a pioneer of agenda-setting research – and Sebastián Valenzuela – a senior scholar of agenda setting in Latin America – have expanded and updated the book for a new generation of students. In describing the media's influence on what we think about and how we think about it, Setting the Agenda also examines the sources of media agendas, the psychological explanation for their impact on the public agenda, and their consequences for attitudes, opinions and behaviours. New to this edition is a discussion of agenda setting in the widened media landscape, including a full chapter on network agenda setting and a lengthened presentation on agenda melding. The book also contains expanded material on social media and the role of agenda setting beyond the realm of public affairs, as well as a foreword from Donald L. Shaw and David H. Weaver, the co-founders of agenda-setting theory. This exciting new edition is an invaluable source for students of media, communications and politics, as well as those interested in the role of news in shaping and directing public opinion.Trade Review"In many countries, professional journalism is in crisis, undermined by a perfect storm of collapsing business models and political attacks on its authority to speak the truth. Reese shows how institutional power matters deeply for journalism's crucial public role, but he goes further, by showing how such power now depends upon assemblages of actors far beyond the traditional newsroom. A fresh and exciting account that takes the field in new directions."—Andrew Chadwick, Loughborough University "Reese delivers an insightful analysis of the crisis of the modern press, and shows how journalism is reinventing itself in these challenging times for democracy."—W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington "Agenda setting remains the core theoretical foundation of political communication research. McCombs and Valenzuela's new edition of Setting the Agenda should be considered a canonical text for the field. All students of political communication need to consume this valuable and approachable overview of the theory's central tenets."—R. Lance Holbert, Temple University "To explore and understand how traditional and new media influence the public opinion process, theory-driven approaches are greatly needed. Agenda-setting theory, as McCombs and Valenzuela’s book demonstrates, has been and still is an excellent guide for scholars pursuing this problem."—Toshio Takeshita, Meiji University "Setting the Agenda: Mass Media and Public Opinion, since its first edition was printed in 2004, has become one of the most important textbooks on agenda-setting research.... This book contains clear theoretical frameworks, introduces diversified research methods to test media effects, and conveys interesting discussions on the applications of agenda setting in a variety of contexts.... This groundbreaking work is the best choice for students in the fields of communications, media, journalism, or politics."—International Journal of Communication
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Intellect Books Radical Intimacies: Designing Non-Extractive
Book SynopsisAn extradisciplinary investigation into the radical potentials of design by the global Memefest network. This book is an investigation of the key aspects of capitalist domination and resistance to it through design; its five sections explore dialogue, power, land, interventions, and radical praxis. Vodeb’s curated chapters engage radical intimacies with design and connects it with media, communication, and art. Radical intimacies imply a closeness to the world created through our relations, which work towards the decolonization of knowledge and the public sphere. The closeness is political as it involves qualities that constitute and enable an alternative and opposition to extractive relationalities imposed by capitalism. Radical Intimacies connects frameworks on (de)colonization with the work of Memefest, a global network of people interested in social change through radical design. Bringing together original written and visual contributions from around the world, the collection connects universities, practitioners, and social movements. This book explores design as a central domain of thought and action concerned with the meaning and production of sociocultural life. Contributors are interested in design that operates outside the dominant social orders, narrow disciplines and extractive paradigms and imagines and builds new worlds and social relations. An inter/ extradisciplinary collection of original works, the audience will be academics, artists, designers and activists and adventurous professionals who are interested in the crossovers between design, arts, and social change. Students of design, art, media, and communication interested in social change. Higher level undergraduate and graduate students. Content warning: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders are advised that the following publication contains the words & images of deceased persons.Trade Review'A diverse collection of chapters ranging from the descriptive and matter-of-fact to the personal and anecdotal, thought-provoking interviews to captivating scholarly writings, Radical Intimacies is essential reading for academics, artists and activists interested in the crossover between design, arts and social change.' -- Stephen Duncombe, New York University'Maybe we can think about power, and ‘designing with’ as opposed to ‘designing for,’ and designing with in contexts of power, and designing with in terms of maintaining and healing and mending and repairing the web of relations that make up the bodies, places, landscapes, and communities in which we live, that we are and inhabit, that we are destroying right and left.' -- Arturo Escobar, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA'So particularly, with the onslaught of climate change coming it does surprise me. I’m just like, why are we not more openly dissenting to what’s happening? Because it’s going to destroy everything, and we should be defending it with everything we have.' -- Kyle Magee, anti-advertising activist, MelbourneTable of ContentsINTRO Radical Intimacies: Designing Non-Extractive Relationalities OLIVER VODEB TxTS/ ONE The Onto-epistemic Politics of Participatory Design OLIVER VODEB AND ARTURO ESCOBAR Dialogue, Intimacy, and Memefest GEORGE PETELIN How to Participate in the Public Sphere KYLE MAGEE AND OLIVER VODEB TWO Designing Facts: Assembling Survivors, Satellite Data, and Interfaces in the Case Against NATO in the Mediterranean Sea PATRICIO DÁVILA The Emancipatory Design of Suffering: Design, Work, and Radical Intimacy in the Experience of Suff ering MARIANO MUSSI Capitalism’s Addictions: Design and the Displacement of Intimacy DANIEL MARCUS AND OLIVER VODEB THREE Black Land and Food Sovereignty Praxis: Humanizing and Restoring Intimacies between Land, Food, Culture, and Black People ERIC JACKSON Seeing Country: Decolonization, Timeless Intimacies, and an Escape from the Tyranny of the Dead Man’s Vision SAM BURCH Seed Balls as Method ILARIA VANNI AND ALExANDRA CROSBY FOUR Design Research as Radical Social Practice OLIVER VODEB Intimacy as Infrastructure: Anecdotes on graphic Design and Friendship KEVIN YUEN KIT LO Viral Love KEELY MACAROW What’s in a Name? SnackArt and The Ekphrastic Agency JANE NAYLOR Design is Not Enough TONY CREDLAND, SANDY KALTENBORN, AND BRIAN HOLMES FIVE Curated Visual Works from the Memefest Radical Intimacies Friendly Competition CURATED BY OLIVER VODEB I have NOT Read and Agreed to the Terms of Use CLEBER RAFAEL DE CAMPOS Chain of Poverty SHEHAB UDDIN Playing Nice in the Workplace THERESA MOSO Don’t Let Them Bring You Down ELA ALISPAHIC Memeorial Browser Extension ADAM SULZDORF-LISZKIEWICZ, LUCAS MILLER, AND LIEUTENANT JOHN PIKE Seed Broadcast JEANETTE HART-MANN AND CHRISSIE ORR QUEST NOULA DIAMANTOPOULOS In the Hammock KATHARINAJEJ Sponsor a Wealthy Child JULIEN BOISVERT Sit-In TUCKER MCLACHLAN Memefest Radical Intimacies Extradisciplinary Action Research Results CURATED BY OLIVER VODEB Notes on Contributors Index Acknowlegments
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Oxford University Press Tudor Networks of Power
Book SynopsisTudor Networks of Power is the product of a groundbreaking collaboration between an early modern book historian and a physicist specializing in complex networks. Together they have reconstructed and computationally analysed the networks of intelligence, diplomacy, and political influence across a century of Tudor history (1509-1603), based on the British State Papers.The 130,000 letters that survive in the State Papers from the Tudor period provide crucial information about the textual organization of the social network centred on the Tudor government. Whole libraries have been written using this archive, but until now nobody has had access to the macroscopic tools that allow us to ask questions such as: What are the reasons for the structure of the Tudor government''s intelligence network? What was it geographical reach and coverage? Can we use network data to show patterns of surveillance? What role did women play in these government networks? And what biases are there in the data? TTable of ContentsForeword Part I: Groundwork 1: Tudor Letters in the Digital Age 2: The Shape of the Archive Part II: Structure 3: Betweenness 4: Network Profiles and 'Intelligence Producers' 5: Surveillance Measures 6: Women: Petitioning, Power, and Mediation Part III: Movement 7: Information Flow 8: Itineraries Afterword
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Revolution in Science How Galileo and Darwin Changed Our World
Book SynopsisThis is the compelling story of the two biggest events in the evolution of ideas: the revolutions of Galileo and Darwin. Mark Brake captures the adventure and excitement of these two scientists in this is a timely examination of the ways in which faith and science clash, and how the battle for 'truth' is a perennial one.Trade Review"Fascinating. Mark Brake takes a story about the political manipulation of the scientific ideasof Greek natural philosophers by the established church across two millennia and with a facility and style rare among scientists and an acute understanding of the human condition breathes life into the entire fabric. A compelling, thought provoking and inventive narrative." - Roy Davies, author of The Darwin Conspiracy: Origins of a Scientific CrimeTable of ContentsIntroduction PART I: WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS Greek Sky: The World Before the Telescope Heaven and Earth The Darkness Rising PART II: THE GATHERING STORM The Medieval Sky The Great Chain of Being PART III: THE REVOLUTIONS: THE WEAPONS OF DISCOVERY The Telescope and Galileo Evolution and Darwin PART IV: THE AFTERMATH: WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN The 'Galileo' Aftermath The 'Darwin' Aftermath PART V: THE PRESTIGE The Kudos
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Taylor & Francis Ethnography and the City
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Ethnography and the City is an invaluable book for readers fascinated by city life, and for anyone planning to conduct original ethnographic research will become an essential text. Sociologist Richard Ocejo, himself a talented urban ethnographer, offers readers an outstanding set of classic and contemporary urban ethnographic essays, with original introductions that brilliantly highlight the personal, theoretical, and ethical challenges of the urban ethnographer’s science and craft." – William Kornblum, Sociology, Chair, Center for Urban Research, Graduate Center, City University of New York"A strong, well-constructed volume of readings both classic and contemporary that will yield the careful reader great insight into the continued challenge of urban ethnography." – Gerardo Marti, Sociology, Davidson College"This volume is a must-read for budding and seasoned urban ethnographers. Like no other reader, this collection of essays showcases four core themes that ethnographers must grapple with to successfully collect rich, compelling, and accurate data. For those teaching ethnography and qualitative methods, adding this volume to course readings will greatly enhance student mastery of this invaluable social science research method." – Derek S. Hyra, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech"Ethnography and the City is a unique pedagogical complement to traditional 'how-to' guides. Instructors will find it practical because Ocejo has selected readings and written original essays that succinctly elucidate the core issues surrounding gaining access to a field site and managing relations with participants. Students will find it inspiring because Ocejo includes excerpts from a number of first-time ethnographers and even recounts his own initial immersion in the field." – Colin Jerolmack, Sociology, Environmental Studies, New York University"Richard Ocejo's unique reader is invaluable for introducing students to the United States' rich tradition of urban ethnography. Drawing from both sociological and anthropological perspectives, from the canonical to the cutting edge, he presents a set of carefully chosen readings, organized and contextualized with substantial essays around the key themes of immersion and relationships with participants." – Teresa Gowan, Sociology, University of Minnesota"Ethnography and the City provides an engaging tour of several decades of urban scholarship. The volume’s articles and Ocejo’s insightful introductory essays outline key dilemmas urban ethnographers encounter, as well as central data collection techniques. This original volume will be a welcome addition to undergraduate and graduate methods classes, particularly those on ethnography or, more specifically, on methods for studying and understanding the city. The book will also serve courses in urban sociology, planning, and geography, for Ocejo’s selections expose students to important substantive and theoretical developments in the study of cities, while simultaneously introducing them to a methodological tradition that many urban scholars utilize." – Japonica Brown-Saracino, Sociology, Boston University"The ethnography of 'people and places in cities' has a rich tradition in American social science and this edited volume showcases the development of this line of research and its current resurgence. A solid and fascinating read as an introduction for students in urban and qualitative research courses." – Albert Hunter, Urban Studies, Northwestern University"Richard E. Ocejo's Ethnography and the City is a valuable guide to urban ethnography - the first of its kind - one of the merits of which lies in the interesting selection of texts on offer...This work is a very good introduction to observation, participation and ethnographic description that will be of interest to both professionals and teachers, while also remaining accessible to young students. Indeed, anyone interested in urban experiments will take great pleasure in dipping in and out of each of these 'little social worlds'." – Daniel Cefai, metropolitiques.eu“Intended primarily as a textbook for qualitative methods and urban studies courses, this is an eminently usable introduction to urban fieldwork and makes for a very good read. In easily digestible form, the book presents compelling ethnographic writing about life in large US cities from the mid-20th century on and illustrates the merits of that research method… the editor’s introductory essays and the readings work together very well in all four sections and make this collection a very useful teaching tool. Almost all of the ethnographic texts are pertinent to the section themes and the introductions have obviously been composed by a well-informed, clear-headed writer.” – Moritz Ege, Urban StudiesTable of ContentsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Sociology’s Urban ExplorersRichard E. OcejoPart I: Data Collection StrategiesSection I: Being There, Up CloseIntroduction- Richard E. Ocejo Gans, H.J. 1962. "Redevelopment of the West End," The Urban Villagers: Group and Class in the Life of Italian-Americans. NY: The Free Press: 281; 288 – 98. From his classic work The Urban Villagers, in this selection Herbert Gans analyzes how an Italian-American community reacts to impending displacement. By living in their Boston neighborhood Gans discovers how the primacy of the family and peer group in the lives of these working-class and the "urban village" community that they constructed influences their inaction against their displacement and the destruction of their neighborhood. Bourgois, P. 1995. "Families and Children in Pain," In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio. Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Press: 259 – 267; 272 – 276. This piece showcases how Philippe Bourgois immerses himself in East Harlem ("El Barrio") to understand the daily struggles and hardships of families and children in this dangerous and unstable environment. From living in the neighborhood and having a young son, Bourgois learns both the important role that children play among residents, as well as the harsh realities that they and their mothers face. Lloyd, R. 2006. "The Celebrity Neighborhood," Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Postindustrial City. NY: Routledge: 123 – 143. In this selection Richard Lloyd takes us inside the gentrifying Chicago neighborhood of Wicker Park to show how a bohemian aesthetic and work ethic gets contested within and integrated into a commercial nightlife scene. By living in Wicker Park and participating in its arts scene, Lloyd discovers the importance of leisure spaces in its construction and in transforming it into a postindustrial neighborhood of cultural production. Pattillo, M. 2008. "The Black Bourgeoisie Meets the Truly Disadvantaged," Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press: 87 – 100. Seeing herself as a gentrifier in North Kenwood-Oakland, Mary Pattillo examines the intra-racial conflicts between newcomers and existing residents that emerge in a neighborhood experiencing "black gentrification." As one of the newcomers against whom working-class residents demonstrated wariness and hostility, her work demonstrates the difficulties ethnographers face in immersing themselves in their field sites. Perez, G. 2004. "Los de Afuera, Transnationalism, and the Cultural Politics of Identity," in The Near Northwest Side Story. Berkeley: University of California Press: 92 – 94; 96 – 110. This piece pushes the community study beyond the boundaries of the urban neighborhood as Gina Perez goes to Humboldt Park in Chicago as well as San Sebastian in Puerto Rico to examine the transnational lives and identities of Puerto Rican migrants. An example of "multi-sited ethnography," Perez’s study highlights the importance of immersion across spatial boundaries to experience and understand the impact of social contexts and spatial and cultural distance on people’s lives. Section II: Being on the Job Introduction- Richard E. Ocejo Duneier, M. 1999. "A Christmas on Sixth Avenue," Sidewalk. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 253 – 256; 260 – 279. Along with his extensive observations of vendors, Mitchell Duneier also gets behind the table to see the sidewalk from their perspective. In this selection he demonstrates the complex relationship between the police and the vendors when he creates a situation through which an officer confronts him. Moskos, P. 2008. "The Corner: Life on the Streets," Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore’s Eastern District. Princeton: Princeton University Press: 64-6; 77-80; 83-8. Peter Moskos in this study goes through the Baltimore police academy and becomes an officer for a year. He provides a firsthand account of the varying perspectives and interpretations of their duties and decisions that officers make while policing in the inner city. Grazian, D. 2003. "Like Therapy: The Blues Club as a Haven," Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs. Chicago: University of Chicago Press: 87 – 90; 105 – 116. In this study David Grazian discovers the multiple interpretations that different actors have of "authenticity" in blues clubs. This piece shows how he uses his own musical abilities on the saxophone to reveal how a community of blues club regulars construct notions of authenticity and socialize people into the group. Wynn, J.R. 2005. "Guiding Practices: Storytelling Tricks for Reproducing the Urban Landscape," Qualitative Sociology, 28, 4: 399 – 400; 404 – 413. As Jonathan Wynn shows, walking tour guides use storytelling tricks to weave imaginative urban narratives for their participants that parallel some of the tricks that sociologists use in their own work. By becoming a tour guide, Wynn also demonstrates the value of taking the role of the other in terms of validating claims. Trimbur, L. 2011. "‘Tough Love’: Mediation and Articulation in the Urban Boxing Gym," Ethnography, 12, 3: 334 – 6; 339 – 43; 346 – 50. The boxing gym is often seen as a male domain, but Lucia Trimbur does not just enter it as a female ethnographer, she also enters the ring and to experience the rigors behind the craft of boxing as well as the duties of trainers. This piece focuses on the conflicting discourses that trainers use to coach their amateur fighters inside and outside of the ring. Bender, C. 2003. "What We Talk about When We Talk about Religion," Heaven’s Kitchen: Living Religion at God’s Love We Deliver. Chicago: University of Chicago Press: 92 – 103. By exploring a unique field site, Courtney Bender examines how people talk about religion and act religiously outside of typical settings like places of worship and the home. When she becomes a volunteer and working in the kitchen at the charity God’s Love We Deliver, Bender enters into an ongoing conversation filled with subtle but meaningful religious themes, which allows her to both collect and generate data on the role of religion in everyday talk. Part II: Relationships with Participants Section I: Crossing Boundaries Introduction- Richard E. Ocejo Whyte, W.F. 1943. "Doc and His Boys," Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum. Chicago: University of Chicago Press: 14 – 25. In the selection from this classic example of participant observation research, William Foote Whyte discusses the importance of bowling scores for social prestige within the Italian gang, including what happens when he out-bowls its members. Whyte’s account reveals both the importance of overcoming social boundaries as well as their abiding salience. Liebow, E. 1967. "Men and Jobs," Tally’s Corner: A Study of Negro Streetcorner Men. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company: 61 – 71. In Tally’s Corner, Elliot Liebow navigates numerous social boundaries to provide an in-depth analysis of the social world of black streetcorner men. In this selection he discovers the meanings the men construct for their work opportunities and the importance of peer groups in their lives. His "chain-link fence" metaphor for the ethnographer-participant relationship endures as a characterization of the limits of immersion. Stack, Carol. 1974. "The Flats" and "Swapping: What Goes Around Comes Around," All Our Kin. NY: Basic Books: 11 – 16; 32 – 43. Race is a significant social barrier for ethnographers to navigate, and in this study Carol Stack, a white anthropologist, enters into and contributes to an inner city African-American kinship network to reveal the importance of non-blood kin relations for impoverished families. Her identity as a mother with a young son aids her in overcoming social distance and forming a close relationship with her main informant. Venkatesh, Sudhir. 2002. "‘Doin’ the Hustle’: Constructing the Ethnographer in the American Ghetto," Ethnography, 3, 1: 91 – 92; 96 – 103. Ethnographers are trained to analyze the thoughts and perceptions that their participants have about their own lives, but rarely do they consider the thoughts and perceptions their participants have about them. In this piece Sudhir Venkatesh discovers that the "hustle" principle that permeates life in the Chicago housing project he studies is also applied to him and his fieldwork by its residents. Such reflection casts a critical lens on the ethnographer’s role in the field at the same time as it aids him in his own analysis. Cavan, S. 1966. "The Marketplace Bar," Liquor License: An Ethnography of Bar Behavior. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company: 171 – 177; 193 – 200. Along with race, gender is often another important social boundary between ethnographers and their participants. In this study from the 1960s, Sherri Cavan examines gender relations in pickup nightspots. She often uses her gender to position herself in the world of male-dominated bars and analyze how social interaction between men and women works in them. Auyero, J. & Swistun, A. 2009. "The Compound and the Neighborhood," Flammable: Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 28 – 31; 32 – 44. In this co-authored study on the people in an impoverished and highly contaminated shantytown and their reactions to their hazardous surrounding conditions, Javier Auyero and Debora Swistun use the "photo-elicitation" method with the town’s children to learn how they understand their environment. Through this method they overcome the age gap that exists between them while remaining sensitive to the vulnerability of their population. Section II: Doing the Right Thing Introduction- Richard E. Ocejo Humphreys, L. 1975. "The People Next Door," Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places. Piscataway, NJ: Aldine Transactions: 106 – 11; 114 – 22. This controversial work by Laud Humphreys is among the most mentioned works in courses and textbooks that discuss ethics in sociological research. This selection showcases the actual data that Humphreys gathered and the analysis he conducted on impersonal homosexual sex in public places. Ferrell, J. 1993. "Denver Graffiti and the Syndicate Scene," Crimes of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press: 21 – 26; 49 – 53. It is not uncommon for ethnographers to engage in illegal activities with their participants, and in this piece Jeff Ferrell joins a group of graffiti writers in Denver as they reveal the importance of style in constructing their subcultural community. Ferrell argues that he engaged in illegal activities with his participants to experience their world and validate their claims, but places limits on doing so for all activities. Contreras, R. 2009. "‘Damn, Yo—Who’s That Girl?’ An Ethnographic Analysis of Masculinity in Drug Robberies," Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 38, 4: 465 – 466; 474 – 483. In this work, Randol Contreras deals with a number of ethical issues from studying drug robbers who regularly engage in violent acts. In this piece he focuses on their mistreatment and exploitation of women in their robberies. Contreras’s work exemplifies situations when participants engage in behaviors that fieldworkers are morally against.
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Cambridge University Press Roman Women Cambridge Introduction to Roman
Book SynopsisThis book examines the daily lives of Roman women by focusing on the mundane and less celebrated aspects of daily life - family and household, work and leisure, worship and social obligations - of women of different social ranks. Using a variety of sources, including literary texts, letters, inscriptions, coins, tableware, furniture, and the fine arts, from the late Republic to the high Imperial period, Eve D'Ambra shows how these sources serve as objects of social analysis, rather than simply as documents that recreate how life was lived. She also demonstrates how texts and material objects take part in shaping realities and what they can tell us about the texture of lives and social attitudes, if not emotions of women in Roman antiquity.Trade Review'While the book is intended to serve as an introduction, it provides detailed and concise information with avenues for more in-depth studies and will make an excellent textbook for any college course on women in Rome.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review'This book offers a good introduction to a large topic for an audience with no prior knowledge and it provides valuable background material for the Cambridge Latin Course.' Journal of Classics Teaching'D'Ambra has succeeded in writing an accomplished guidebook full of interesting details and concrete examples that make aspects of a Roman woman's life easily understandable. The book is written in clear language, which makes it also accessible to readers not familiar with the use of academic jargon.' ArctosTable of Contents1. Gender and status; 2. Marriage and family; 3. Women's work; 4. Public life; Glossary; Roman authors; Selected bibliography.
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Taylor & Francis Details and Materials for Resilient Sites
Book SynopsisProviding comprehensive information for closing material loops and reducing carbon impacts of site construction, this ground-breaking book is an essential resource for landscape architects and engineers to meet the environmental challenges of the 21st Century.It provides strategies, tools, and detailed information for the practice of climate positive design. Reduced carbon, resource efficient materials, and material mixes are addressed for both standard and alternative materials including stone, concrete, asphalt pavement, brick, earth-based materials, wood, biobased materials, metals, and plastics. Construction considerations are discussed and illustrated, and strategies to reduce environmental impacts are offered. Emphasis is placed on durable, resource efficient structures, and reduced embodied carbon approaches for pavements, porous pavements, green roofs, bio-engineered embankments, retaining walls freestanding walls, decks and boardwalks, and rails, fences, and screens.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Artificial Intelligence for Urban Planning
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Taylor & Francis Retaining and Transitioning Businesses in
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Speaking Being
Book SynopsisSpeaking Being: Werner Erhard, Martin Heidegger, and a New Possibility of Being Human is an unprecedented study of the ideas and methods developed by the thinker Werner Erhard. In this book, those ideas and methods are revealed by presenting in full an innovative program he developed in the 1980s called The Forumavailable in this book as a transcript of an actual course led by Erhard in San Francisco in December of 1989. Since its inception, Erhard's work has impacted the lives of millions of people throughout the world. Central to this study is a comparative analysis of Erhard's rhetorical project, The Forum, and the philosophical project of Martin Heidegger. Through this comparative analysis, the authors demonstrate how each thinker's work sometimes parallels and often illuminates the other. The dialogue at work in The Forum functions to generate a language which speaks being. That is, The Forum is an instance of what the authors call ontological rhetoric: a technology of communicating what cannot be said in language. Nevertheless, what does get said allows those participating in the dialogue to discover previously unseen aspects of what it currently means to be human. As a primary outcome of such discovery, access to creating a new possibility of what it is to be human is made available. The purpose of this book is to show how communication of the unspoken realm of languagespeaking beingis actually accomplished in The Forum, and to demonstrate how Erhard did it in 1989. Through placing Erhard's language use next to Heidegger's thinkingpresented in a series of Sidebars and Intervals alongside The Forum transcriptthe authors have made two contributions. They have illuminated the work of two thinkers, who independently developed similar forms of ontological rhetoric while working from very different times and places. Hyde and Kopp have also for the first time made Erhard's extraordinary form of ontological rhetoric available for a wide range of audiences, from scholars at work within a variety of academic disciplines to anyone interested in exploring the possibility of being for human beings. From the Afterword: I regard Speaking Being as an enormously important contribution to understanding Heidegger and Erhard. The latter has received far too little serious academic attention, and this book begins to make up for that lack. Moreover, the book's analysis of Heidegger's thought is among the best that I have ever read. I commend this book to all readers without reservation. Michael E. Zimmerman, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, BoulderTable of ContentsAbout the Authors ix Introduction 1 Day One: Session One 7 Talking about Being 8 Dasein 12 Two Theses 14 Ontological Dialogue 16 Being-in-the-World: Being-in 20 Mood 24 Interval: Hints: Ontological Distinctions 32 Day One: Session Two 34 Philosophy as Rhetorical Evocation 35 Getting It and Losing It 44 Authenticity 54 Interval: Dasein: Meaning and Mineness 58 Day One: Session Three 60 Interval: Yankelovich Study Results 62 Day One: Session Four 68 Concern 73 Already Always Listening 75 Interval: Jargon 78 Day One: Session Five 80 End of Day One Interval: Reflexion: The Cartesian Deficiency 86 Day Two: Session One 89 Being-in-the-World: Being-With 92 Giving and Reflexion 103 The They-Self 107 Interval: Hermeneutic Phenomenology 116 Day Two: Session Two 120 Thinking 121 Heidegger’s Pedagogy 127 Solicitude of a Forum Leader 132 Interval: The Forgetting of Being, Part One of Eight: Getting and Losing 136 Day Two: Session Three 138 Social Moods 156 Thrownness 159 Day Two: Session Four 166 End of Day Two Interval: The Forgetting of Being, Part Two of Eight: Questioning 168 Day Three: Session One 171 In-Order-To 172 Awakening Attunements 185 Interval: The Forgetting of Being, Part Three of Eight: Heidegger’s Etymologies 196 Day Three: Session Two 198 Danger: Attunements and Moods 200 Interval: The Forgetting of Being, Part Four of Eight: The Pre-Socratics 208 Day Three: Session Three 212 Choice 217 The Violence of Meaning 226 The Same 237 God 259 Interval: The Forgetting of Being, Part Five of Eight: Physis 264 Day Three: Session Four 268 Waiting for the Leap 284 A Violent Way 292 End of Day Three Interval: The Forgetting of Being, Part Six of Eight: Saying Nothing 308 Day Four: Session One 311 Being-in-the-World: World 312 The Uncanny 319 The Call of Conscience 332 What is Said When Conscience Calls? 342 Nothing: Beyond Nihilism 358 Interval: The Forgetting of Being, Part Seven of Eight: Logos 372 Day Four: Session Two 376 The Three Levels of Truth 377 Primordial Metaphor: Clearing 397 The Drift 409 “Way of Being” and the “Nature of Being for Human Beings” 418 Interval: The Forgetting of Being, Part Eight of Eight: The Heart of the Matter 448 Day Four: Session Three 450 A Substance Ontology 472 Event Ontology 479 Technology 484 Techne 492 Enframing 499 The Oblivion of Oblivion 510 Transformation as Technology 519 End of Day Four Interval: Technology of Transformation 530 Afterword 532by Michael E. Zimmerman References 543 Index 547
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Foundations of Research
Book SynopsisFully revised for the third edition, this popular text provides an advanced yet accessible introduction to the tools, terminology and research perspectives that students need to know in order to engage in academic debate and successfully complete research-based assignments. It first explores the language and nature of research, before developing readers' understanding of different research methods and the role of theory in research. Chapters are complemented by examples, boxed summaries of key ideas and suggestions for further reading. This text will be an essential resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates of all disciplines. New to this Edition:- Includes new examples and material on managing the research processTrade ReviewProvides a clear and practical guide to the tools and terminology of research which will be invaluable for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. * Wyn Grant, University of Warwick, UK *This excellent book provides a uniquely clear and concise introduction to research – in particular its often confusing terminology. It is also my own go-to reference when I feel I need a refresher on some of the basics. * Rob Ackrill, Nottingham Trent University, UK *There is no other book which provides students with such a student-friendly guide to the building blocks of contemporary research. * Andrew Holmes, University of Hull, UK *The two appendixes include a summary of the research process stages and a glossary of research terms. The text is concise … The writing style and degree of difficulty is challenging in some places but appropriate for the target audience. Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty and professionals. * B. G. Turner, Choice, Vol. 56 (9) *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Nature of Research 2. The 'Nuts and Bolts' of Research 3. Getting Started in Research 4. The Building Blocks of Research 5. Introducing the Key Research Paradigms 6. The Types and Uses of Theory in Research 7. Introducing Research Methods 8. Academic Standards, Plagiarism and Ethics in Research 9. Conclusion: Summary of Key Points Appendix 1: Stages of the Research Process Appendix 2: Glossary of Research Terms Bibliography Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Communication Theory at the Crossroads
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Race and the Cultural Industries
Book SynopsisStudies of race and media are dominated by textual approaches that explore the politics of representation. But there is little understanding of how and why representations of race in the media take the shape that they do. How, one might ask, is race created by cultural industries? In this important new book, Anamik Saha encourages readers to focus on the production of representations of racial and ethnic minorities in film, television, music and the arts. His interdisciplinary approach combines critical media studies and media industries research with postcolonial studies and critical race perspectives to reveal how political economic forces and legacies of empire shape industrial cultural production and, in turn, media discourses around race. Race and the Cultural Industries is required reading for students and scholars of media and cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in why historical representations of 'the Other' persist in the media and how they are to be challenged.Trade Review"I love this book. Alongside the justified, simmering rage concerning racism, there is careful and elegant analysis of the production systems behind the media's promotion and manifestations of racial inequality. This is a major contribution not only to media studies, but also to understandings of race and ethnicity in contemporary culture and society."David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds "In this carefully researched volume, Anamik Saha carves out an original and compelling approach for studying how the cultural industries shape the politics of race today, and how those industries need to change to allow more equitable societies to emerge. This book is required reading for every citizen, student, activist and scholar with a commitment to race and social justice."Timothy Havens, The University of IowaTable of Contents Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Part 1: Framework Chapter 1: Race and the cultural industries Chapter 2: Approaching race and cultural production Part 2: Media, race and power Chapter 3: Capitalism, race and the ambivalence of commodification Chapter 4: ‘Diversity’ in media and cultural policy Part 3: The cultural politics of production Chapter 5: The racialisation of the cultural commodity Chapter 6: Enabling race-making in the cultural industries Chapter 7: Conclusion References Index
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