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Book SynopsisThe widespread uptake of digital platforms – from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and TikTok – is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways. Longstanding media industries are experiencing tremendous upheaval, while new industrial formations – live-streaming, social media influencing, and podcasting, among others – are evolving at breakneck speed. Poell, Nieborg, and Duffy explore both the processes and the implications of platformization across the cultural industries, identifying key changes in markets, infrastructures, and governance at play in this ongoing transformation, as well as pivotal shifts in the practices of labor, creativity, and democracy. The authors foreground three particular industries – news, gaming, and social media creation – and also draw upon examples from music, advertising, and more. Diverse in its geographic scope, Platforms and Cultural Production builds on the latest research and accounts from across North America, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, and China to reveal crucial differences and surprising parallels in the trajectories of platformization across the globe. Offering a novel conceptual framework grounded in illuminating case studies, this book is essential for students, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to understand how the institutions and practices of cultural production are transforming – and what the stakes are for understanding platform power.Trade Review“The most impressive and illuminating research yet published on how digital platforms are reshaping the cultural industries.”David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds “The authors expertly explore the ways that platforms have produced opportunities and constraints for media creators. Their account is clear and engaging and will doubtlessly provide a foundation for many conversations about the role of platforms and culture in the coming decade.”Amanda Lotz, Queensland University of Technology “[It] will be [a] valuable reference [book] for students in the field of media and cultural studies. [It] may also inspire researchers and practitioners in related fields to understand how culture is created and modulated on platforms, and how culture can be studied in the platform environment.”Media, Culture & Society "This is a very well written and engaging book which clearly lays out thecritical issues of platform based cultural production. It is essential reading for any re-searchers and students interested in the politics of platforms and social media, con-temporary cultural production and the role of platforms in consumer culture."Journal of Consumer Culture"Platforms and Cultural Production provides a solid introductory overview of the growing tendency towards platformization in cultural creation, at both the infrastructural and cultural levels. Approachably presented, this work will be of interest to all levels of university students and researchers interested in platform studies. This book is a thoroughly researched and persuasive portrait of how new media technologies in the cultural industries constitute extensions of—rather than ruptures with—traditional legacy media apparatuses." Canadian Journal of Communication “The book… is a must-read for faculty and students working in platform studies, internet studies, or the social study of platform societies or platform labour. However, the book will be of great use to anyone beyond these academic fields who needs to understand how the broader contours of social and cultural life are shifting in relation to platform power and digital forms of inequality. Platforms and Cultural Production should be read widely by institutional leaders and policy makers as the issues raised by the book require public discussion and debate.”International Journal of Culture PolicyTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Introduction Part I: Institutional change Chapter 2: Markets Chapter 3: Infrastructure Chapter 4: Governance Part 2: Shifting cultural practices Chapter 5: Labor Chapter 6: Creativity Chapter 7: Democracy Chapter 8: Power Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisMedia technologies now provide facts, answers, and “knowledge” to people – search engines, apps, and virtual assistants increasingly articulate responses rather than direct people to other sources. Semantic Media is about this emerging era of meaning-making technologies. Companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft organize information in new media products that seek to “intuitively” grasp what people want to know and the actions they want to take. This book describes some of the insidious technological practices through which organizations achieve this while addressing the changing contexts of internet searches, and examines the social and political consequences of what happens when large companies become primary sources of information. Written in an accessible style, Semantic Media will be of interest to students and scholars in media, science and technology, communication, and internet studies, as well as professionals wanting to learn more about the changing dynamics of contemporary data practices.Trade Review“Semantic Media is an exceptional primer on the meaning-making power big tech exerts through the seemingly innocuous technologies of online search and personal assistants. Iliadis deftly demonstrates how efforts to deliver information to the consumer have far-reaching cultural consequences. A must-read for scholars and students seeking to address contemporary challenges in information and technology.”Andrea L. Guzman, Northern Illinois University“Iliadis provides a broad introduction to semantic approaches and why they matter, as well as strong theoretical connections and illustrations of their practical application. Anyone interested in how knowledge is constructed and shared in a networked society will find the book enlightening and generative.”Alexander Halavais, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A History of Semantics2. Knowledge Graphs3. One Schema to Rule them All4. The Wiki Wrangler5. “An Ontology-Driven Application for the Masses”ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisHumans have used technology to expand our limited vision for millennia, from the invention of the stone mirror 8,000 years ago to the latest developments in facial recognition and augmented reality. We imagine that technologies will allow us to see more, to see differently and even to see everything. But each of these new ways of seeing carries its own blind spots. In this illuminating book, Jill Walker Rettberg examines the long history of machine vision. Providing an overview of the historical and contemporary uses of machine vision, she unpacks how technologies such as smart surveillance cameras and TikTok filters are changing the way we see the world and one another. By analysing fictional and real-world examples, including art, video games and science fiction, the book shows how machine vision can have very different cultural impacts, fostering both sympathy and community as well as anxiety and fear. Combining ethnographic and critical media studies approaches alongside personal reflections, Machine Vision is an engaging and eye-opening read. It is suitable for students and scholars of digital media studies, science and technology studies, visual studies, digital art and science fiction, as well as for general readers interested in the impact of new technologies on society.Trade Review"If you want to understand how machine vision is woven into our lives, from how we perceive the world to how we see ourselves, start here."—Kate Crawford, author of Atlas of AI "This accessibly written book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the many ways humans have extended their visual perception beyond their embodied capacities. It carefully considers both the promises of machine vision technologies and their more frightening and destructive potential. A refreshing contribution to our understanding of the entangled, evolving relationship between vision and technology."—Kelly Gates, University of California San Diego "The nature of the influence exerted by machine vision on society as a whole will be all the more fruitfully considered and discussed with the help of [Rettberg's] book, which is written in clear and accessible language."—c't, Magazin für ComputertechnikTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Seeing More: Histories of Augmenting Human VisionChapter 2: Seeing Differently: Exploring Nonhuman VisionChapter 3: Seeing everything: surveillance and the desire for objectivity and securityChapter 4: Being seen: The Algorithmic GazeChapter 5: Seeing Less: The Blind Spots of Machine VisionConclusion: HopeNotesReferences

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Book SynopsisOnce the rarified stuff of scientists and statisticians, data are now at the heart of our global digital economy, transforming everything from how we perceive the value of a professional athlete to the intelligence gathering activities of governments. We are told that the right data can turn an election, help predict crime, improve our businesses, our health and our capacity to make decisions. Beginning with a simple question - how do most people encounter and experience data? - Nathaniel Tkacz sets out on a path at odds with much of the contemporary discussion about data. When we encounter data, he contends, it is often in highly routinised ways, through formatted displays and for specific cognitive tasks. What data are and can do is largely a matter of how they are formatted. To understand our 'datafied' societies, we need to turn our attention to data's formats and the powers of formatting. This book offers an account of one such format: the dashboard. From their first appearance with the horse and carriage, Tkacz guides readers on the historical development of this format. Through analyses of car dashboards, early managerial dashboards, and the gradual emergence of dashboards as a computer display technology, Tkacz shows how today's digital dashboards came to be, and how their cultural history conditions the present. Highly original and wide-ranging, this book will change how you think about data.Trade Review“Combining a deep understanding of software, media and critical data studies, Nathaniel Tkacz’s new book is something to get excited about: both extremely intelligent and eminently enjoyable to read.”Jussi Parikka, Aarhus University“Nathaniel Tkacz analyses the increasingly ubiquitous ‘dashboards’ that format data and that in the process help to format us as we grapple with uncertainties and struggle to react to changing conditions. Being with Data offers a theory of formatting which is both lucid and timely.”Lisa Gitelman, New York University“Tkacz’s book presents a compelling argument for the integral role that data plays in shaping our decision-making and understanding of the world around us. Through insightful analyses of the cultural history of dashboards, he demonstrates how this history continues to shape their current usage and challenges readers to rethink about data and its formats. The book crosses multiple academic fields and is aimed at academic readerships, but Tkacz’s engaging writing style and insightful critique make it accessible and thought-provoking for a broader audience. Tkacz’s multidisciplinary background enables his mastery of the terrain and contributes insights to experts in each respective area.”Li Zeng, International Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of Figures Introduction1. Archaeology of Dashboards2. Formatting Cognition3. Formatting DataCoda: Format PoliticsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWhat happens when we can no longer believe what we see? Show the AI technologies that create deepfakes enough images of a celebrity or a politician and they will generate a convincing video in which that person appears to say and do things they have never actually said or done. The result is a media environment in which anyone’s face and image can be remixed and manipulated. Graham Meikle explains how deepfakes (synthetic media) are made and used. From celebrity porn and political satire to movie mash-ups and disinformation campaigns, this book explores themes of trust and consent as face-swapping software becomes more common. Meikle argues that deepfake videos allow for a new perspective on the taken-for-granted nature of contemporary media, in which our capacity to remix and share content increasingly conflicts with our capacity to trust. The book analyses how such videos deepen the social media environment in which the public and the personal converge, and in which all human experience becomes data to be shared. Timely, clear, and accessibly written, this is an essential text for students and scholars of media, communication, cultural studies, and sociology as well as general readers.Trade Review‘If you want to understand the rapidly changing world of deepfakes, this is the place to start. Meikle shows how synthetic media emerge from social media, and he elegantly traces the ways in which they are embedded in complex dynamics of power, representation, and manipulation.’Kate Crawford, author of Atlas of AI ‘Deepfakes is an astute and accessible examination of the challenges and opportunities presented by synthetic media, providing a vital roadmap to answer the big question these technologies provoke: can we really trust what we see with our own eyes online?’Tama Leaver, Curtin UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 What Are Deepfakes? Chapter 2 Synthetic Porn Chapter 3 Remix Aesthetics and Synthetic Media Chapter 4 Manipulating Trust Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisSocial media is replete with images of 'perfection'. But many are unrealistic and contribute to a pervasive sense of never being good enough: not thin enough; not pretty enough; not cool enough. Try too hard and you risk being condemned for being ‘attention-seeking’, don't try hard enough and you're slacking. Rosalind Gill challenges polarized perspectives that see young women as either passive victims of social media or as savvy digital natives. She argues the real picture is far more ambivalent. Getting likes and followers and feeling connected to friends feels fantastic, but posting material and worrying about 'haters' causes significant anxieties. Gill uses young women's own words to show how they feel watched all the time; worry about getting things wrong; and struggle to live up to an ideal of being 'perfect' yet at the same time ‘real’. It's the wake-up call we all need.Trade Review‘Perfect is a brilliant, urgent book; Gill expertly details the profound ambivalence that young women feel about interacting on social media. Through in-depth interviews and robust theoretical analysis, Gill guides us in navigating the complex and contradictory affective practices of young people and social media, from inspiration and security to loneliness and despair. Importantly, Gill resists discourses of moral panics and narcissism when analyzing young women on social media, and instead insists that these practices are about “what it means to be human” in this world. A must-read for anyone working in feminist media studies!’Sarah Banet-Weiser, co-author of Believability: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt‘A really useful, sometimes troubling, report of life from where it is lived by so many today. Disturbing and affecting.’Susie Orbach, psychotherapist, writer, activist & social critic ‘...a great resource for delving into issues that 18-30-year-old women are facing in daily life, or as an informative read on how social media creates a need to appear perfect’.The Journal of Social Media in SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction: Perfect: Feeling judged on social media Chapter 1: Life on my phone Chapter 2: Picture perfect: The power of images Chapter 3: The beauty industry on my phone Chapter 4: Being watched, judged and harassed Chapter 5: The work of being social Chapter 6: Fear of getting it wrong Conclusion: Feeling judged Notes References

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Book SynopsisNetflix and Streaming Video is the first book to provide a comprehensive foundation for understanding the business of subscriber-funded streaming video and its implications for the role of these services in culture. Drawing on Lotz’s two decades of research, it highlights the similarities and differences among streaming video services (Netflix; Amazon) and video distribution technologies (broadcast; satellite; internet). Making a number of provocative and thought-provoking arguments, the book first reveals how the reliance on subscriber payment and video on demand produces different norms and strategies compared to previous video businesses. It then investigates Netflix and how its particular blend of characteristics distinguishes it from other subscriber-funded video on demand services. The author expertly shows that, by understanding the underlying economic and technological dynamics of these services (and their differences), it is possible to better assess the actions taken by the companies and what the future of video may encompass. The book is a must-read for students and scholars of Media and Communications Studies, as well as those wishing to learn more about Netflix and streaming video services.Trade Review‘In the chaotic world of television, Amanda Lotz has a keen ability to separate noise from signal. Here she drills into the factors and functions that make subscription streaming services distinctive from one another and put Netflix in a class of its own. This is a must-read for students of and professionals in the TV industry.’Evan Shapiro, Producer, Media Cartographer, and Professor at Fordham University and NYU ‘Amanda Lotz is unparalleled at addressing our most vital questions regarding the global streaming video landscape. With Netflix and Streaming Video, Lotz has also introduced a blog-incubated mode of academic query as essential, iterative, asynchronous, and disruptive as the industries she studies.’David Craig, USC Annenberg‘...showcases the wide variety of logics used by film and television producers and distributors today… This book seeks to offer valuable insights to media industry workers and aspirants seeking to understand recent changes in the industry. It will also inform television and media industry scholars including those who research video games, e-books, music, and the many other media industries that are experimenting with subscription forms of funding and distribution.’Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies‘Lotz dispels popular myths about Netflix, for example when she compares the different success logics of classic linear television and Netflix's streaming television. Lotz succeeds in very accurately working out the specifics of the various services and illustrates in detail how Netflix differs from other streaming providers as well as from advertising-financed linear television.’Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft / Journal for Media StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction Section One: Subscriber-funded streaming services are different from linear services 1. Experience: On Schedules and Viewing Practices 2. Building Libraries: Conglomerating Niches and Beyond? 3. Subscriber Funding: On Success Metrics, Program Strategies, and Demographics 4. Licensing, Labour, Regulation, and Recommendation 5. Scale and Specialization 6. The Discrepant Field of Global Services Section One Conclusion Section Two: Netflix is not like other subscriber-funded streaming video services 7. Netflix Content Concepts and Vocabulary 8. Netflix Library Strategies 9. Netflix Content Strategies 10. Netflix’s Approach to Being Global Section Two Conclusion Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a lively and thought-provoking book about how to do creativity, unlock your potential, and make a difference. The artists, musicians, and writers we think of as ’very creative’ are just like us, except that they have spent time developing and realising ideas, and have found the confidence to share them with the world. None of this comes naturally. This wide-ranging book offers research, advice, and philosophy to fuel your understanding and passion for creativity. David Gauntlett draws on his own experiences of making music and experimenting with digital media alongside 25 years of researching creativity. Including insights from a diverse array of creators, this book highlights the vitality of the individual creative voice in a world where social media offers a weird mix of inspiration and suffocation, and our struggles for social justice are equally hopeful and upsetting. Creativity shows how vulnerability, experimentation, and courage can enable us to become bold and engaging creators.Trade Review"Growing up is how we become alienated from ourselves and the creative superpowers we had as children. Gauntlett shows us the way back to play, learning, and the joy of realizing our true creative genius. A must-read."Cecilia Weckstrom, The LEGO Group"This wonderful book makes the impossibly complex process of creativity accessible, emotional, and playful."Clare Twomey, ceramic artist"We’re often told that creativity is a vital gift of the rarefied few, but Gauntlett shows that its magic can be unlocked for all of us. An inspiring, enthusiastic and, for this reader, life-shifting book!"Ben Barry, Dean of Fashion, Parsons School of DesignTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Identity 2. Experimenting 3. Doing 4. Inspiration 5. Diversity 6. Keep going 7. Becoming Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisDigital technologies are having a profound effect on the temporalities of individuals, households and organisations. We now expect to be able to instantly source a vast array of information at any time and from anywhere, as well as buy goods with the click of a button and have them delivered within hours, while time management apps and locative media have altered how everyday scheduling and mobility unfolds.Digital Timescapes makes the case that we have transitioned to an era where the production and experience of time is qualitatively different to the pre-digital era. Rob Kitchin provides a synoptic account of this transition, charting how digital technologies, in a wide range of manifestations, are reconfiguring everyday temporalities. Attention is focused on the temporalities associated with six sets of everyday practices: history and memory; politics and policy; governance and governmentality; mobility and logistics; planning and development; and work and labour. Critically, how to challenge and reorder digitally mediated temporal power is examined through the development of an ethics of temporal care and temporal justice.Conceptually and empirically rich, Digital Timescapes is an essential guide to our new temporal regime. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Media Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Human Geography, and History and Memory Studies, as well as those who are interested in how digital technologies are transforming society.Trade Review"A book rich with insights on the inexorable relationship between time, technology and power. Kitchin maps the unevenness of time in digital culture while he also reveals the inequitable unevenness, and a possible way out, of the types of time that continue to dominate the study of time."—Sarah Sharma, University of Toronto "A much-needed book that updates and rethinks the time-technology nexus. Rob Kitchin provides an eloquent and accessible theory of time from the perspective of human geography. It was about time; we have been waiting far too long."—Anne Kaun, Professor in Media and Communication Studies, Department for Media and Communication Studies, School of Culture and EducationTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Tables Part I: The nature of time and temporalities 1 Time, temporality and timescapes 2 Digital technologies and temporalities Part II: Digital timescapes 3 History and memory 4 Politics and policy 5 Governance and governmentality 6 Mobility and logistics 7 Planning and development 8 Work and labour Part III: Remaking digital timescapes 9 Temporal power and its consequences 10 Transforming temporal power 11 Making sense of digital timescapes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book invites the reader to think about collaborative research differently. Using the concepts of ‘letting go’ (the recognition that research is always in a state of becoming) and 'poetics’ (using an approach that might interrupt and remake the conventions of research), it envisions collaborative research as a space where relationships are forged with the use of arts-based and multimodal ways of seeing, inquiring and representing ideas. The book's chapters are interwoven with ‘Interludes’ which provide alternative forms to think with and another vantage point from which to regard phenomena, pose a question and seek insights or openings for further inquiry, rather than answers. Altogether, the book celebrates collaboration in complex, exploratory, literary and artistic ways within university and community research.Table of ContentsPrologue 1. Introduction Interlude 1: Collaborative Questioning 2. Poetics Interlude 2: Postcards 3. Worldizing Interlude 3: Letting Go 4. Worthiness Interlude 4: Two 5. Enchantment Interlude 5: Demons 6. Embodiment Interlude 6: 'Most People Don’t Believe Me' 7. Hypertext Interlude 7: Failing 8. Unplanning Interlude 8: Notes on the Work

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Book SynopsisIntroduction chapter is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This groundbreaking reader is designed to lower the barriers to interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in research. Edited by experienced researchers from a range of different fields, it paves the way for future scholarship and effective research collaborations across disciplines. Chapters offer extracts from key academic texts on topics such as the design, funding, evaluation and communication of research, providing those new to the field with a thorough grounding. They highlight examples of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary triumphs – and challenges. Concluding each chapter is a commentary provided by practitioners from diverse backgrounds, many of whom are themselves developing new approaches to inter- and transdisciplinarity. The book is: • the first ever comprehensive reader for interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity; • essential reading for those seeking to become effective collaborative researchers; • complete with concise introductions, extracts, commentary and further reading in each chapter. This is a much-needed primer that improves our understanding of the characteristics of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, unlocking their exciting potential in research and teaching within and beyond academia.Table of ContentsForeword: Why Should We Care about Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity? - Jane Ohlmeyer Introductory Essay: Shaping Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research - Bianca Vienni-Baptista, Isabel Fletcher and Catherine Lyall 1. Understanding Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research 2. Developing Collaborative Conditions 3. Co-Creating a Research Project 4. Funding Collaborative Research 5. Evaluating Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research 6. Communicating Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research Findings 7. Improving Research Skills 8. Supporting Collaborative Researchers 9. Developing a Career in Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research Epilogue - Bianca Vienni-Baptista, Catherine Lyall and Isabel Fletcher

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Book SynopsisTranspacific Connections: Literary and Cultural Production by and about Latin American Nikkeijin is a cross-cultural work combining Latin American and Japanese studies. It contains original research on social and cultural relations between Japan and Latin America, ranging from Japanese inspirations in one of the Mexican most renowned poets, Brazilian dekasegi (temporary workers in Japan) described in a variety of testimonials, Japanese community in Brazil and its literary production, and a Mexican telenovela, inspired by the Japanese culture to European inspirations in a Nikkei Peruvian writer, Higa Oshiro.Trade Review“This important volume offers a deeper understanding of the literary and cultural production by and about Nikkeijin. The chapters not only explore novels, short stories, poems and art but also a telenovela and are written by a group of intergenerational scholars. An essential book to those who want to understand the historical, literary, cultural, and social relations between Latin America and Japan in a way that is striking, unique, and academically robust.” — Araceli Tinajero, The City College of New York and the Graduate Center, USA.“The collection of essays compiled in this book addresses the unique perspective of Nikkei communities without succumbing to orientalist notions of Japaneseness’, offering fresh insight into the diversity of Nikkei cultural representations, often exoticized in Western academic circles. The multidisciplinary nature of the book makes it an important reference for scholars and researchers in a variety of academic fields.” — Randy Muth, Kio University, Nara, Japan.“These essays are themselves ukiyo-e, or ‘pictures of a floating world’: together they constitute a signal contribution to the emerging field of ‘Trans-Pacific Studies’. Presented by some of the field’s outstanding researchers, these perceptive analyses — foregrounding complex relations between Japan on the one hand and Mexico, Peru and Brazil on the other — offer virtual case studies in the manner in which transnational flows and intercultural identities have materialized in today’s global modernity.” — Eugenio Matibag, Iowa State University, lowa, USA. "Transpacific Connections: Literary and Cultural Production by and about Latin American, Nikkeijin makes an important and timely contribution to the emerging field of Transpacific Studies. The collection offers insightful comparative analysis, a critically astute introductory essay, and original, wide-ranging, and erudite contributions. Written with meticulous research and deep expertise on cultural connections between Latin America and Asia, it represents a significant contribution to the field because of its sustained focus on the Japanese - Latin American cultural production through not only aesthetic form but also social phenomena such as immigration. It is a necessary book that allows readers to see in detail how the complex cultural identity of the Latin American Nikkeijin is constructed. This rigorous and sophisticated volume will be an invaluable resource for scholars in Latin American Studies, Comparative Literature, and Transpacific Studies." — Gorica Majstorovic, Ph.D., Professor of Spanish, Stockton University, Galloway, USA.Table of ContentsCONTENTS Notes on Contributors Introduction Chapter 1. The “Japanese Community” in Brazil and its Literary Production: The Functioning of “Death” in Matsui Tarô’s Literary Fiction Nora Juurmaa Chapter 2. Contested Modernities: Representations of the Brazilian Dekasegi and the Nipponization of Brazil in Nikkei Cultural Production Ignacio López-Calvo Chapter 3. When Gustave Flaubert Meets Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: “Corazón Sencillo” by Augusto Higa Oshiro. The Short Story of a Peruvian Nikkei Writer Barbara Mauthes Chapter 4. Japanese Prints in Tablada’s Writings: Cultural and Media Transposition in ‘El poema de Okusai’ Luyue Wang Chapter 5. The Telenovela Oyuki’s Sin (El Pecado De Oyuki): Las Realidades Del Otro or Mexico through A Japanized Lens Maja Zawierzeniec Index

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Book SynopsisThis book, written by academics across a range of disciplines, including healthcare and social sciences discusses the increasing use of the arts in healthcare research, which often stems from the recognition that for some topics of investigation, or when dealing with sensitive issues, the usual qualitative or quantitative paradigms are not appropriate. While there is undoubtedly a place for such approaches, arts-based research paradigms (ABR) offers, not only additional study and data-collection tools, but also provides a new and enjoyable experience for those involved. The use of the arts as a medium to improve health and wellbeing was well documented by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2019, with over 3,000 studies conducted around the globe on the value of the arts in the prevention of ill health and promotion of health across the life span. This book examines how the arts, in a variety of forms, can be used by those working directly in healthcare settings as well as those involved in research across all health or patient settings. Covering a range of ABR genres, including literature (such as narrative and poetic inquiry); performance (music, dance, play building); visual arts (drawing and painting, collage, installation art, comics); and audio-visual and multimethod approaches, this user- friendly book will appeal to nurses, researchers in nursing and allied healthcare professions, as well professionals in the social sciences, psychosociology, psychology, literature and arts.Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1. Introduction to the book, its purpose and the context to which it is writtenHinsliff-Smith, McGarry, AliThis chapter will lay the foundation for the flow of the book including how it is intended to be used and read as a resource for practitioners and those interested in incorporating ABR or as a standalone research method within a healthcare context.Chapter 2. Arts use within healthcare and what is the evidence across health care disciplines and professionsDr. Jamie Bird Sage Stephanou This chapter will outline the role of the arts within healthcare research from the perspective of the creative and expressive arts having a radical agenda to challenge the status quo. The arts give shape and voice to those experiences and lives that have been silenced and hidden by structural practices of prejudice and discrimination. The arts challenge the colonial and capitalist practices of domination and the mastery of human and non-human others through rationality, as they appear within academic research and healthcare practices. The arts bring imaginative, intuitive and embodied experiences into the same space as reason and logic in order to create a radical ethics of care, so that the marginalised becomes centred, and participants become the beneficiaries and co-producers of knowledge. Drawing upon the authors knowledge and practice of the use of the arts within therapeutic and research contexts, the chapter will expand upon these themes, putting forwards a structure for framing arts-based research within healthcare, that will make it appropriate for adapting to, and responding to, a changed society that we desperately need to imagine.Chapter 3. “It is…, it stands for…, it shows…”: arts-based representations in data generation and analysis Nicole BrownArts-based approaches are employed because they allow researchers get closer to the participants’ experiences and emotions, because they help participants express experiences differently, and because they support participants’ processes of reflection and meaning-making. The benefits of arts-based approaches are therefore undisputed and often summarised as enabling richer, deeper data. In my contribution, I draw on my research into the lived experience of chronic illnesses and disabilities to highlight how two kinds of arts-based work leads to different forms and results in data and furthermore, how arts-based data generation lends itself to an arts-based analytical process. I argue, that the data is not necessarily richer or deeper, but different, which makes it insightful and exciting. I commence my chapter with an outline of the theory underpinning the work with metaphorical representations and object-work, before presenting two examples from my research: LEGO models and identity boxes that research participants produced. I then demonstrate how these representations in combination with conversations with participants lead to embodied, visceral responses, which, in turn and quite automatically, call for an arts-based approach to analysis. I show the benefits for researchers as well as participants and the wider society, when it comes to understanding and sharing experiences. I conclude with practical strategies and wider consideration of applicability of arts-based stance in data generation and analysis in healthcare research. Key words: metaphors, Lego, identity box, chronic illness, disability, fibromyalgia, arts-based analysisChapter 4. Proximity, accessibility, sensitivity, voice: the possibilities for arts based approaches in healthcareDr Julie McGarry Traditionally, two main research paradigms, broadly described as positivism (quantitative methodologies) and interpretivism (qualitative methodologies) have been used to describe the epistemological and ontological positioning of a researcher. The former derived from the natural sciences and the latter developing from the recognition of the differing meaning and nature of ‘knowledge’. Latterly however, even traditional qualitative approaches have elicited a degree of criticism in terms of their limitations to fully appreciate the ‘constant movement’ of social life. For example, Foster (2007) describes her rationale for using an arts based research approach as taking ‘into account a host of standpoints as well as capturing the complexities and not least, the beauty of life….the research process is every bit as key as the resultant findings’ (p363). Leavy (2015) further supports this approach in describing the ‘synergies between artistic and qualitative practices’ (p18). For example, highlighting that both seek to provide sensitive accounts of people, their situations and their lives in order to challenge dominant discourses and expose bias. Importantly, arts based approaches offer a medium thorough which participants may feel empowered to share their experiences through their own accounts rather than that of the researcher. This is arguably of central importance within the sphere of research that may be deemed ‘sensitive’, for example in hard to reach group or where the voices of participants have been largely unheard. The use of arts based research approaches as a way of exploring the lived experience of individuals therefore is also now recognised both within post-modern qualitative research methods (Foster, 2007) and within the context of informing professions in everyday practice. It has been argued that the value of personal narrative for example, lies in the reframing of the discourse of health and illness from one which is professionally dominated to one which holds the most meaning for the individuals concerned (Frank, 2013). A deeper exploration of these facets alongside examples from the authors own work form the basis for this chapter. Chapter 5. Use of Personas and participative methods when researching with hard to reach groupsDr Parveen Ali The term hard-to-reach is frequently used within the fields of health and social care refers to those groups in society who experience distinct barriers to inclusion, participation and access to services and research especially when researching sensitive issues such as domestic abuse, experiences of inequalities etc. People often find it hard to share their views on this topic and researchers and professionals have to think of new ways to overcome this barrier and facilitate discussion. In such situation use or art can be helpful. Anything that makes one use their creative thinking, imagination and creative skills is classed as art. The purpose is to express emotions, feelings, concerns and issues about any phenomena. Use of personas or pen portraits thus can be classed as arts as it allows participants to explore and share their views, concerns and experiences by creating a new person. Personas are used to identify, understand and address the needs, motivations, attitudes and behaviours of a specific individuals or groups in a community. As people can explore issues in relation to the person described in pen portrait, it makes it easier for them to talk about sensitive healthcare issues. This chapter will explore how personas or pen portraits can be useful as a method to encourage the use of creative thinking, imagination and storytelling to facilitate discussions around sensitive issues such as domestic abuse. Examples from projects will be used to help explain how the method was used in practice. Keywords: Personas, pen portrait, creative thinking, imagination, artsChapter 6. Photo-elicitation: unleashing imagery in healthcare research Lucian Milasan“A picture is worth one thousand words” the old adage goes. For qualitative researchers in particular, who traditionally rely on language to convey meanings, this appears to be an advantageous transaction in the context of staggering levels of visual information encountered daily. It is estimated, for example, that approximately half a billion photos are added every day to social media platforms, without taking into account videos that are currently on a rising trend. Unsurprisingly, this represents only a small fraction of the avalanche of visual stimuli to which we are subjected, not to mention the “mental” images that we generate in a lifetime i.e. quasi-perceptual imagery resembling the actual experience, but occurring in the absence of external stimulatio It becomes clear from the theoretical stage that photo-elicitation, as with photography in general, is an innovative technique that has the potential to develop, and be developed alongside with, methodologies for which verbal and written language is essential. This advantage is due to the relative simplicity of the photo-elicitation method that consists in handing out photo cameras to research participants to capture aspects of the researched phenomena and discuss these with the researcher in interviews or focus groups (Harper, 2002). In most of the instances, photographs are produced by the research participants, also called “native image-making” (Wagner, 1979), but occasionally clippings from magazines (Larivière et al., 2015), images or video-clips downloaded from the Internet (Greco, Lambert, & Park, 2017), and visual images produced by the researcher (Glaw, Inder, Kable, & Hazelton, 2017), or a combination of those, are also utilised in photo-elicitation. Keywords: photography, photo-elicitation, interviews, (mental) health / healthcare, qualitative researchChapter 7. At the Interface of Life Writing and Life Sciences: Eating Disorders Narratives of Lived Experience in English, German and French Literature Dr Heike Bartel & Dr Richard VytniorguLiterary narratives dealing with lived experience of eating disorders – from fiction and autobiographical writing to poetry and graphic novels – can deliver for those researching and working in healthcare important insights into these often misunderstood and stereotyped mental illnesses. However, such narratives are much more than useful delivery tools for content to benefit medical practice and science. Our chapter will outline how these texts at the interface of life writing and life sciences can raise pressing ethical and aesthetic questions about the articulation of the ‘voices’ of sufferers and survivors, the challenges to the authority of rigid medical systems as well as established literary traditions, the cultural formulation of illness and the potential of literary expression for recovery and change. Our comparative literary approach will focus on select text by female and male authors in English, German and French.Key words: eating disorders, mental health, autobiographical writing, Health / Medical humanities, patient voiceChapter 8. How can Arts be used within the context of dementia care?Dr Emily CousinsHealthcare research is increasingly inter-disciplinary, accounting for multiple perspectives and paradigms. Taking the field of the arts and dementia as an example, this chapter will explore how its evidence base has been strengthened by blending methodological approaches from the humanities and sciences to demonstrate ‘what works’. Clinical research often assumes a quantifiable treatment, with a prescribed dosage to achieve particular outcomes. Conversely, the benefits and effects of arts interventions can be subjectively analysed using interpretive methods. Furthermore, the philosophy of person-centred care rightly gives voice to the expertise of people with dementia. How can researchers reconcile scientific rigour with creative understandings and personal insights of care and wellbeing? By combining mutually enhancing methodologies, it is possible to generate inter-disciplinary findings that are as robust as they are rich. Keywords: methodology; arts; dementia; taxonomy; paradigm Chapter 9. Hand-drawn infographics: a tool for reflection and creativity in healthcare research and beyondJulia Reeve This chapter will draw on my experiences in creative researcher and academic development. It will provide the wider context of my work using arts-based approaches to research, plus supporting theory. It will then focus on the affordances of hand-drawn infographics in a healthcare setting, supported by visual examples. Visualising a research topic using analogue techniques such as drawing and collage provides researchers with:• A powerful tool for reflection, both on the self and the topic• A catalyst for creative thinking and the gaining of new insights• A vehicle for communication with diverse audiencesThe chapter will conclude with reflective, hands-on activities that can be applied to a variety of healthcare research settings.Key words: Infographics/Reflection/Communication/Visualisation/DrawingChapter 10. Use of writing letters and other literature forms to capture experiences of research participantsDr Heike Bartle, Julie McGarry, Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith and Gill LangWithin any form of qualitative research the researchers role is to help the participant share their experiences and for the researchers to translate and convey the messages often as interview themes and findings. However, often these traditional qualitative approaches to research are not appropriate and may cause undue distress and anxiety to the participant and also to the researcher. For example, with any tramatic or life affecting experience as often seen within healthcare, such as receiving a terminal diagnosis or other survivor stories. Use of letters and other written forms are a really useful medium to engage with patients who may find this aproach less intrusive, less intimidating and more acceptable to participate in. In this chapter the authors will share the expericnes of letter writing used when working with surviors of sexual violence, a topic that is not easily spoken about by surviors often women and girls. Chapter 11. Collage, an often neglected Art form for use in research, using Canadian examplesDr Kimberley Fraser This chapter will address the use of collage as an arts based intervention to elicit, reflect on, and express stories. Collage is an effective strategy to attract a wide range of individuals because it does not require any prior knowledge of art making. Most of us learned to cut and paste in kindergarten making this arts-based activity a little more accessible to those participants who might not otherwise engage, perhaps feeling uncomfortable or unfamiliar with a specific medium such as drawing or painting. This chapter will describe the process used in a specific arts-based research study using collage and follow up interviews with family caregivers, the majority of whom were older adults. The approach to data analysis for collage and other arts-based products will be described. This chapter will conclude with an overview of three different innovative knowledge translation activities and events with clinicians (world-café), decision-makers (conference art-show), and the general public (display in a public art gallery with a public talk).Last chapter x3 Editors (Hinsliff-Smith, McGarry, Ali) Summary Chapter for the book drawing upon the many examples where ABR is described within this resource in order to ellicit an understanding of often very complex healtcare interactions. The book will draw upon work conducted across various healthcare settings by a range of different academic disciplines from a wide spectrum of social sciences including philsophy and education to healthcare professionals and clinicians working in research and healthccare settings. This resource will be applicabel for anyone intersted in ABR in any geographic setting.Chapter 12. Conclusion Hinsliff-Smith, McGarry, AliChapter for the book drawing upon the many examples where ABR is described within this resource in order to ellicit an understanding of often very complex healtcare interactions. The book will draw upon work conducted across various healthcare settings by a range of different academic disciplines from a wide spectrum of social sciences including philsophy and education to healthcare professionals and clinicians working in research and healthccare settings. This resource will be applicabel for anyone intersted in ABR in any geographic setting.

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Book SynopsisProvides an analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2005 Victoria Schuck Award, American Political Science Association Honorable Mention for the 2005 Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies Association "Mahmood's book is a tour de force that provides an alternative prism through which we may understand the women's mosque movement in Egypt."--Cynthia Nelson, Middle East JournalTable of ContentsPreface to the 2012 Edition ix Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxv Note on Transcription xxix CHAPTER 1: The Subject of Freedom 1 CHAPTER 2: Topography of the Piety Movement 40 CHAPTER 3: Pedagogies of Persuasion 79 CHAPTER 4: Positive Ethics and Ritual Conventions 118 CHAPTER 5: Agency, Gender, and Embodiment 153 Epilogue 189 Glossary of Commonly Used Arabic Terms 201 References 205 Index 225

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Book SynopsisBal's focus for this book is the idea that interdisciplinarity in the humanities - necessary, exciting, serious - must seek its heuristic and methodological basis in concepts rather than its methods.

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Book Synopsis1 Concepts in analytical chemistry.- 2 Classical and rapid methods of analysis.- 3 Optical spectrometry: principles and instrumentation.- 4 Atomic absorption spectrometry.- 5 Inductively coupled plasmaatomic emission spectrometry.- 6 Arc and spark source optical emission spectrometry.- 7 Ion-selective electrodes.- 8 X-ray fluorescence analysis: principles and practice of wavelength dispersive spectrometry.- 9 Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry.- 10 Electron probe microanalysis.- 11 Other microbeam and surface analysis techniques.- 12 Neutron activation analysis.- 13 Nuclear techniques for the determination of uranium and thorium and their decay products.- 14 Ion exchange preconcentration procedures.- 15 Gold and platinum group element analysis.- 16 Mass spectrometry: principles and instrumentation.- 17 Thermal ionization mass spectrometry.- 18 Gas source mass spectrometry.- 19 Spark source mass spectrometry.- 20 Inductively coupled plasmamass spectrometry.- References.Table of Contents1 Concepts in analytical chemistry.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Terms and definitions in analytical chemistry.- 1.3 Units of measurement: the international system (SI) of units.- 1.4 Statistics.- 1.5 Detection limits.- 1.6 Sampling strategies: inhomogeneity effects.- 1.7 Contamination effects.- 1.8 Reporting analytical data.- 1.9 Standard additions calibrations.- 1.10 Rock reference materials.- 1.11 Which technique for which element?.- 2 Classical and rapid methods of analysis.- 2.1 Rock dissolution techniques: acid attack.- 2.2 Rock dissolution procedures: fusion with alkali salts.- 2.3 Classical methods of rock analysis.- 2.4 Evolution of rapid methods of analysis.- 2.5 Photometry.- 2.6 Flame photometry.- 2.7 Titrations involving ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid (EDTA).- 2.8 A rapid scheme of analysis.- 2.9 Determination of ferrous iron.- 2.10 The determination of water and carbon dioxide.- 2.11 The auto-analyser.- 3 Optical spectrometry: principles and instrumentation.- 3.1 Principles.- 3.2 The nature of light.- 3.3 Atomic spectroscopy.- 3.4 The electronic structure of atoms: quantum theory.- 3.5 Spectroscopic notation for electron orbital configurations: the Russell-Saunders coupling scheme.- 3.6 The absorption of light.- 3.7 The emission of light.- 3.8 Instrumentation for optical spectroscopy.- 3.9 Monochromator.- 3.10 Optical filters.- 3.11 Slits.- 3.12 Photon detectors.- 3.13 Classical monochromator designs.- 3.14 Stray light effects.- 3.15 Errors in spectrometric measurements.- 4 Atomic absorption spectrometry.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Instrumentation.- 4.3 Properties of flames.- 4.4 Flame chemistry and atomization interferences in the flame: atomization processes in the flame.- 4.5 Instrumental and spectral interferences.- 4.6 Instrument optimization for routine analysis.- 4.7 Schemes of analysis using flame atomic absorption.- 4.8 Interference suppression.- 4.9 Detection limits.- 4.10 Routine performance.- 4.11 Electrothermal atomization.- 4.12 Atomization in the hollow graphite furnace.- 4.13 Background correction.- 4.14 Geological applications of furnace AAS.- 4.15 Cold vapour and hydride generators.- 4.16 Solid sampling and novel atomization devices.- 5 Inductively coupled plasma—atomic emission spectrometry.- 5.1 Historic development and analytical capabilities.- 5.2 The inductively coupled argon plasma.- 5.3 Nebulizers and spray chambers.- 5.4 Physical structure of the plasma.- 5.5 Temperature distribution in the plasma.- 5.6 Atomization and excitation processes.- 5.7 Interferences in the argon plasma.- 5.8 Measurement and analysis of emission spectra.- 5.9 Some instrument considerations—simultaneous ?. sequential monochromators.- 5.10 Optimizing operating parameters.- 5.11 Calibrations for ICP—AES.- 5.12 Silicate rock analysis.- 5.13 Direct current plasma—optical emission spectrometry.- 6 Arc and spark source optical emission spectrometry.- 6.1 Historical perspective.- 6.2 Instrumentation.- 6.3 Sample preparation.- 6.4 Behaviour of elements in an arc discharge.- 6.5 Simultaneous multi-element analysis.- 6.6 Conclusions.- 7 Ion-selective electrodes.- 7.1 Analytical perspective.- 7.2 Instrumentation.- 7.3 The Nernst equation.- 7.4 Interference effects: non-ideal Nernst behaviour.- 7.5 Schemes for the analysis of geological samples for fluorine.- 7.6 Determination of chlorine by ion-selective electrodes.- 7.7 Other techniques for the determination of chlorine and fluorine.- 8 X-ray fluorescence analysis: principles and practice of wavelength dispersive spectrometry.- 8.1 Analytical characteristics.- 8.2 Energy and wavelength of x-rays.- 8.3 The origin of x-ray spectra.- 8.4 Competing de-excitation routes.- 8.5 Excitation of x-ray spectra.- 8.6 Interaction of x-rays with matter.- 8.7 Matrix effects in geological samples.- 8.8 Mathematical procedures for the correction of absorption-enhancement effects.- 8.9 Instrumentation for wavelength dispersive XRF analysis.- 8.10 Experimental considerations.- 8.11 Routine operating conditions and statistical considerations.- 8.12 Performance in routine analysis.- 8.13 Concluding remarks.- 9 Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry.- 9.1 The development of energy dispersive XRF.- 9.2 The Si(Li) detector.- 9.3 Detector configuration and characteristics.- 9.4 Pulse processing electronics.- 9.5 Interaction of x-rays with the silicon detector.- 9.6 Comparison of ED and WD spectrometers.- 9.7 Silicate rock analysis by ED-XRF using direct tube excitation.- 9.8 Spectrum analysis procedures.- 9.9 Routine analysis using direct tube excitation.- 9.10 Indirect excitation methods.- 9.11 Monochromatic polarized excitation using Bragg diffraction at 2?= 90°C.- 9.12 Radioisotope excitation.- 9.13 Total reflection of primary beam.- 9.14 Concluding remarks.- 10 Electron probe microanalysis.- 10.1 The development of microprobe techniques.- 10.2 Microbeam techniques.- 10.3 Instrumentation for the electron probe microanalyser.- 10.4 Electron column design.- 10.5 Vacuum requirements.- 10.6 Interactions between the electron beam and sample: the excited volume.- 10.7 Phenomena within the excited volume.- 10.8 X-ray production.- 10.9 Matrix correction procedures.- 10.10 X-ray spectrometers.- 10.11 Calibration and routine operation.- 10.12 Energy dispersive spectrometers.- 10.13 Sample preparation requirements.- 10.14 Microprobe mineral standards.- 10.15 Routine analytical performance.- 10.16 Analysis of non-silicate minerals: uranium, thorium and rare-earth elements.- 10.17 Bulk rock analysis by electron microprobe.- 10.18 The SEM as a microprobe.- 10.19 Concluding remarks.- 11 Other microbeam and surface analysis techniques.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 The ion probe.- 11.3 The laser microprobe.- 11.4 Particle-induced x-ray emission (PIXE).- 11.5 Electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA).- 11.6 Transmission electron microscopy: the chemical analysis of thin foils.- 12 Neutron activation analysis.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 The growth and decay of radioactivity.- 12.3 Radioactive decay schemes.- 12.4 Instrumentation.- 12.5 Pulse-processing electronics.- 12.6 Interaction of gamma radiation with germanium detectors.- 12.7 Typical spectrum.- 12.8 Detector characteristics.- 12.9 Practical considerations—instrumental neutron activation.- 12.10 Determination of photopeak areas.- 12.11 Other analytical considerations.- 12.12 Interferences and systematic errors.- 12.13 Routine schemes of analysis.- 12.14 Chondrite normalized abundances.- 12.15 Epithermal ?. thermal irradiations.- 12.16 Short-lived isotopes.- 12.17 Radiochemical separation procedures.- 12.18 Prompt gamma neutron activation analysis.- 12.19 Concluding remarks.- 13 Nuclear techniques for the determination of uranium and thorium and their decay products.- 13.1 Techniques for uranium/thorium determination.- 13.2 The uranium—thorium decay chain.- 13.3 Delayed neutron fission activation analysis.- 13.4 Fission track analysis.- 13.5 Other autoradiography techniques for locating and analysing specific elements in thin section.- 13.6 Gamma spectrometry.- 13.7 Alpha spectrometry.- 13.8 Secular equilibrium with particular reference to uranium/thorium disequilibrium measurements.- 13.9 Uranium and thorium series disequilibrium.- 14 Ion exchange preconcentration procedures.- 14.1 Introduction.- 14.2 Ion exchange techniques.- 14.3 Characteristics of ion exchange resins.- 14.4 Some theoretical aspects of ion exchange.- 14.5 Optimizing column separations.- 14.6 Applications of ion exchange chromatography to rare-earth element separations.- 14.7 Chelating ion exchange resins.- 14.8 Other preconcentration procedures.- 15 Gold and platinum group element analysis.- 15.1 Introduction.- 15.2 Fire assay procedures.- 15.3 Acid extraction of noble metals.- 15.4 Other methods of noble metal analysis.- 15.5 Noble metal analysis-comparisons of data.- 15.6 A note on the distribution of noble metals.- 15.7 Graphical presentation of PGE data.- 16 Mass spectrometry: principles and instrumentation.- 16.1 Introduction.- 16.2 Mass spectrometric techniques in geology.- 16.3 The ion source.- 16.4 The mass analyser.- 16.5 Resolution.- 16.6 Double-focusing mass spectrometer.- 16.7 Quadrupole mass spectrometer.- 16.8 Ion detectors.- 16.9 Vacuum requirements.- 16.10 Abundance sensitivity.- 16.11 Beam switching ?. multiple collection.- 16.12 Isotopes and mass spectra: the structure of atoms and nuclear stability.- 16.13 Mass defect phenomena.- 16.14 Radioactive isotopes in nature.- 16.15 Geochronology.- 16.16 Geochronometers of geological importance.- 17 Thermal ionization mass spectrometry.- 17.1 Introduction.- 17.2 Ion production.- 17.3 Rubidium—strontium isotope analysis.- 17.4 Neodymium—samarium isotope analysis.- 17.5 Lead, uranium and thorium isotope analysis.- 17.6 Isotope dilution.- 18 Gas source mass spectrometry.- 18.1 Geological applications.- 18.2 Instrumentation.- 18.3 The delta convention for reporting isotope data.- 18.4 Hydrogen isotope analysis.- 18.5 Carbon isotope analysis.- 18.6 Nitrogen isotope analysis.- 18.7 Oxygen isotope analysis.- 18.8 Sulphur isotope analysis.- 18.9 Noble gas analysis.- 18.10 Potassium—argon geochronometry.- 19 Spark source mass spectrometry.- 19.1 Introduction.- 19.2 Instrumentation and ion production.- 19.3 Internal standardization.- 19.4 Routine data acquisition.- 19.5 Photoplate calibration and element sensitivities.- 19.6 Applications and results.- 19.7 Future developments.- 20 Inductively coupled plasma—mass spectrometry.- 20.1 Introduction.- 20.2 Development of ICP—MS instrumentation: the plasma—mass spectrometer interface.- 20.3 The inductively coupled plasma as ion source.- 20.4 ICP-mass spectrometry instrumentation.- 20.5 Performance and applications.- 20.6 Internal standardization.- 20.7 Isotope dilution.- References.

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Book SynopsisIn a Grain of Sand.- Starry Messengers, Eyes of Glass.- Ripples of Light.- Quantum Realities.- Alternate Realities: Seeing Things Invisible.Table of ContentsIn a Grain of Sand.- Starry Messengers, Eyes of Glass.- Ripples of Light.- Quantum Realities.- Alternate Realities: Seeing Things Invisible.

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Book SynopsisYouth Without Family to Lean On draws together interdisciplinary, global perspectives to provide a comprehensive review of the characteristics, dynamics, and development of youth (aged 1525) who have no family to lean on, either practically or psychologically.In this timely volume, Mozes and Israelashvili bring together leading international experts to present updated knowledge, information on existing interventions, and unanswered questions in relation to youth without family to lean on, in pursuit of fostering these youth's positive development. The various chapters in this book include discussions on different topics such as social support, developing a sense of belonging, parental involvement, and internalized vs. externalized problems; on populations, including homeless youth, residential care-leavers, refugees, asylum-seekers, young women coming from vulnerable families, and school dropouts; and interventions to promote these youths'' mentoring relationships, Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForewordList of ContributorsPart I: Foreword1. Those who we expect to be "self-made adults"Moshe Israelashvili & Shula MozesPart II: Topics2. Sources of social support: Improving outcomes for transition-age foster youthLoring P. Jones3. Finding a Sense of Belonging in the Absence of FamilyKelly-Ann Allen, Emily Berger, Tim Campbell, Margaret U'Ren, & Michelle L. Andrews4. Future orientation: Where there is a will there is a wayRachel Seginer5. Family Support and Young Adult Labor Market AttainmentStacy Bluth & Anna Manzoni6. The transition to adulthood among young people in residential care: A review of the determinants of emancipation processes in SpainAlbert Cabellos Vidal, Josep Lluís Oliver Torelló, Jorge Fernández del Valle, & Joan Amer Fernández7. Mentoring Relationships in the Lives of Care Leavers during the Transition to Adulthood: Contributions and ChallengesYafit Sulimani-Aidan8. Positive Youth Development: A Platform for a University Training ExperienceCarmen Orte, María Valero de Vicente, Margarita Vives Barceló, Belén Pascual Barrio, & Lidia Sánchez-Prieto9. Is there a family to lean on? An intersectional approach to parent involvement in their children’s schooling Audrey Addi-Raccah10. Who will get the most of the intervention program? Lamerhav's explorations of ways to identify youth in need for further supportNatan Gelman & Shula MozesPart III: Populations11. Residential care-leaving in the Global South: A review of the current literatureKwabena Frimpong-Manso12. Need-centered support for young refugees in Germany Hannes Reinke, Tobias Kärner, & Tobias Ringeisen13. The Life of an Island Child – Where are the Parents? Janique. N Charles14. Homeless Youth in India Solomon Ranati & Shreeletha Solomon15. An inclusive and Sustainable future life for Young Asylum-SeekersDi Maggio Ilaria, Santilli Sara, Ginevra Maria Cristina & Nota Laura16. Leaving the Yeshiva High School and Losing Parental Support: The Case of Male Ultra-Orthodox Dropout in IsraelItzhaki-Braun, Yael & Yablon, YacobPart IV: Programs17. Wraparound: An Adaptable, Promising Intervention to Support Isolated Youth or those At-Risk Lucy Rose Lightfoot, Ian de Terte, Kirsty Ross, Richard Etheredge, & Ruth A. Gammon18. Young Latin American women with vulnerable families: A program promoting positive development and opportunitiesDina Krauskopf Roger & Sharling Hernández19. IT communication tools and techniques to support the coming of age: A focus on children and youth in childcare Andrea Rácz, Ernő Bogács, & Marianna Jonkl20. The Foster Youth Success Campaign Dione Milan K. Washington21. Polish youth with limited family support: Externalizing and internalizing problemsKrzysztof Ostaszewski, Agnieszka Pisarska, Krzysztof Bobrowski & Jakub Greń22. From Welfare Dependence to Independence: Orr-Shalom programs for graduates of out-of-home living placements Yair Medalion, Sharon Levin, Yana Kadosh, & Nurit Yirmiya23. The ‘Building My Future’ community-based intervention program to promote youth development in adolescents at psychosocial risk Chloe García-Poole, Sonia Byrne & María José Rodrigo24. "Lamerhav" – an Israeli program for Young Adults without Family Support Shula MozesPart V: Afterword 25. Emerging needs in the context of youth with no family to lean on Shula Mozes & Moshe IsraelashviliIndex

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the ground-breaking work of Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis and Barbara Creed, this book explores how, since it began in the 1970s, feminist film theory has revolutionized the way that films and their spectators can be understood.Examining the new and distinctive approaches of each of these thinkers, this book provides the most detailed account so far of their ideas.It illuminates the six key concepts and demonstrates their value as tools for film analysis: the male gaze the female voice technologies of gender queering desire the monstrous-feminine masculinity in crisis. Testing their ideas with a number of other examples from contemporary cinema and TV, Shohini Chaudhuri shows how these four thinkers construct their theories through their reading of films. An excellent study companion for all students of film theory and women's studies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Why Mulvey, Silverman, de Lauretis, and Creed? Key Ideas 1. Beginnings 2. The Male Gaze 3. The Female Voice 4. Technologies of Gender 5. Queering Desire 6. The Monstrous-Feminine 7. Masculinity in Crisis. After Mulvey, Silverman, de Lauretis, Creed. Further Reading Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisEven though the left has never held power in Iran, its impact on the political, intellectual and cultural development of modern Iran has been profound. This book's authors undertake a fundamental re-examination and re-appraisal of the phenomenon of leftist activism in Iran, interpreted in the broadest sense, throughout the period of its existence up to and including the present.Trade ReviewReviewed in - International Affairs, Vol 80, 2004Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Note on Transliteration. Introduction 1. The Iranian Left in International Perspective 2. From Social-Democracy to Social-Democracy: The Twentieth Century Odyssey of the Iranian Left 3. Armenian Social-Democrats, the Democrat Party of Iran, and Iran-i Naw: A Secret Camaraderie 4. The First Congress of Peoples of the East and the Iranian Soviet Republic of Gilan, 1920-1921 5. Iran's Forgotten Revolutionary: Abulqasim Lahuti and the Tabriz Insurrection of 1922 6. Incommodious Hosts, Invidious Guests: the Life and Times of Iranian Revolutionaries in the Soviet Union, 1921-1939 7. The Strange Politics of Khalil Maleki 8. The Iranian Revolution and the Legacy of the Guerrilla Movement 9. Troubled Relationships: Women, Nationalism and the Left Movement in Iran 10. The Tragedy of the Iranian Left 11. The Left and the Struggle for Democracy in Iran 12. The Islamic Left: From Radicalism to Liberalism 13. The Working Class and the Islamic State in Iran

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays by a series of academic specialists examines the crisis stemming from the Russian invasion of Georgia in August 2008 from a range of standpoints. The chapters probe the geopolitical and strategic dimensions of the crisis as well as the longer term military and diplomatic implications for Europe and the central Asian region. The collection will be of major importance to students of Russia and Eastern Europe, military analysts as well as journalists and politicians concerned with what some observers have termed a new cold war between Russia and the West.This book was published as a special issue of Small Wars and Insurgencies.Trade Review"[T]he book provides a very useful, comprehensive and unique combination of topics that will retain its validity for use by individuals or states seeking to engage in this crucial region in the future." - Kelly Pegus, Macquarie University, AustraliaTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Global Significance of a Small War Paul B. Rich 2. The Roots of Russian Conduct Peter Shearman and Matthew Sussex 3. Russia as a Great Power Paul B. Rich 4. From Controlling Military Information to Controlling Society: The Political Interests Involved in the Transformation of the Military Media under Putin Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski 5. Use of Force and Civil – Military Relations in Russia: An Automated Content Analysis Brandon M. Stewart and Yuri M. Zhukov 6. Pipeline Politics: Georgia and Energy Security Tracey C. German 7. The Fatal Flaw: The Media and the Russian Invasion of Georgia Margarita Akhvlediani 8. National Narratives and New Politics of Memory in Georgia Zaza Shatirishvili 9. Russia’s War in Georgia: Lessons and Consequences Carolina Vendil Pallin and Fredrik Westerlund 10. America and the Russo-Georgian War Stephen Blank 11. The Bear Came Through the Tunnel: An Analysis of Georgian Planning and Operations in the Russo-Georgian War and Implications for U.S. Policy Robert Hamilton

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Book SynopsisMedia are poetic forces. They produce and reveal worlds, representing them to our senses and connecting them to our lives. While the poetic powers ofmedia are perceptual, symbolic, social and technical, they are also profoundly moral and existential. They matter for how we reflect upon and act in a shared, everyday world of finite human existence. The Poetics of Digital Mediaexplores the poetic work of media in digital culture. Developing an argument through close readings of overlooked or denigrated media objects screenshots, tagging, selfies and more the book reveals how media shape the taken-for-granted structures of our lives, and how they disclose our world through sudden moments of visibility and tangibility. Bringing us face to face with the conditions of our existence, it investigates how the given' world we inhabit is given through media. This book is important reading for students and scholars of media theory, philosophy of media, visual culture and media aesthetics.Trade Review‘The Poetics of Digital Media is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of digital media as a technological, social and symbolic environment. It will be a key point of reference in the study of digital culture for years to come.'Lilie Chouliaraki, London School of Economics and Political Science ‘When I find myself puzzled by some weird thing in digital visual culture, Paul Frosh is my go-to thinker. This book counters the wide suspicion that poetics is formalist or frivolous and shows how the deepest questions of justice, ethics and the public world are poetic ones. It is a guide for the perplexed in these digital times.’John Durham Peters, Yale University'Paul Frosh tackles a huge subject—what is actually happening when information is spread through media—and the result is about as thorough as one could hope for in a single volume. While his ideas require careful reading, they are presented in an engrossing way, and the breadth of knowledge he draws on to shape them is astonishing.'Greg Niedt, Drexel University"This book will be essential to anyone interested in media, technology, and data."Communication Booknotes QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements and Author’s Note on the Cover Image vi Prologue: Monsters, Inc. as a Poetic Manifesto x 1 Introduction: Media Poetics 1 2 Composite: The Morality of Inattention in Pre-digital Media 34 3 Screenshot: The ‘Photographic’ Witnessing of Digital Worlds 62 4 Tag: Naming Bodies and Incarnating Selves in Social Media 93 5 Selfie: The Digital Image as Gesture and Performance 114 6 Interface: Remediated Witnessing and Embodied Response 138 7 Conclusion: To Infinity and Beyond 163 Notes 170 References 193 Index 215

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Book SynopsisHow do the communication practices of governments, NGOs and social movements enhance opportunities for citizen-led change? In this incisive book, Thomas Tufte makes a call for a fundamental rethinking of what it takes to enable citizens' voices, participation and power in processes of social change. Drawing on examples ranging from the Indignados movement in Spain to media activists in Brazil, from rural community workers in Malawi to UNICEF's global outreach programmes, he presents cutting-edge debates about the role of media and communication in enhancing social change. He offers both new and contested ideas of approaching social change from below, and highlights the need for institutions governments and civil society organizations alike to be in sync with their constituencies. Communication and Social Changeprovides essential insights to students and scholars of media and communications, as well as anyone concerned with the practices and processes that leadTrade Review"Tufte brings the significance of social change to life with eclectic and compelling illustrations across global contexts. This will be a classic text in conversations considering the importance of communication and the role of citizens in strategic social change. It is time for the field of communication for social change to take seriously the connections suggested in this book toward a more comprehensive framework. The attention here to social movements and political protests offers a welcome contribution to our scholarship and our practice."Karin Gwinn Wilkins, University of Texas at Austin "The ever-relevant Tufte has reinvented himself. With sensitivity he has crafted a coruscating and masterly book. The tight post-disciplinary synthesis solidifies the claim that communication study has such a key role in the reinvention of the humanities. Anyone interested in communication, humanity, democracy and change must read this book!"Colin Tinei Chasi, University of Johannesburg"[Tufte's] book is one that deserves to be used as a textbook in the field as well as a refresher on existing ideas and perspectives."European Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsContents Foreword (Silvio Waisbord) Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Towards a New Social Thought in Communication and Social Change 2. Changing Contexts and Conceptual Stepping Stones 3. Participation: A Project of Transformation 4. Movements and Media, Communication and Change 5. Cultures of Governance: Enhancing Empowerment and Resilience 6. Communication Movements 7. Invited Spaces: Institutions Communicating for Social Change 8. Towards a New Paradigm and Praxis in Communication and Social Change References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to Professional Awareness and Diversity in Planning Education engenders a discourse on how urban planning as a discipline is being made attractive to children and youth as they consider their career preferences. It also provides a discourse around the diversity challenges facing the institutions for training urban planning professionals.This Companion is an impressive collection of initiatives, experiences, and lessons in helping children, youth, and the general public appreciate the importance of, and the diversity challenge confronting, the urban planning profession and education. It comprises empirical, experimental, and case study research on initiatives to address the professional awareness and diversity challenges in urban planning. It has uniquely assembled voices and experiences from countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Contributors are educators, practitioners, and activists of urban planning as well as policymakers in their respective countries.This Companion is intended as a resource for urban planning schools and departments, foundations, non-profit organizations, private sector organizations, public institutions, teachers, and alumni, among others to learn and consciously drive efforts to increase planning education awareness among children, youth, and the general public.Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Book SynopsisHow can humanity sustain itself and thrive on a small planet? This challenge deepens in an era of right-wing populism, high levels of inequality, and climate crisis.Planning for Sustainability presents a wide-ranging, intellectually well-grounded and accessible introduction to the concept of sustainability planning. The text explores how we might create more livable cities and towns, curtail greenhouse gas emissions, reduce social inequities, restore ecosystems, and bring about more sustainable forms of economic development.More than simply a Third Edition, Planning for Sustainability has been extensively rewritten to provide a timely rethinking of sustainability planning, issues central to it, and scales of application. It emphasizes system change in order for other forms of progress to come about, and includes expanded material on climate action, housing, social equity, capitalism, democracy, the United Nationsâ Sustainable Development Goals, and the developing world.Planning for Sustainability considers each scale of planningâinternational, national, regional, municipal, neighborhood, and site and buildingâand illustrates how action at different scales interrelates. It lays out a hopeful and constructive view of the future in a time of growing challenge, and will be essential reading for students and practitioners of urban planning, urban design, landscape architecture, environmental policy, and related fields.

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Book SynopsisAmerican Chinatowns: Race, Identity, and Postwar Urban Redevelopment offers a captivating exploration of the vibrant yet contested landscapes of Chinatowns across the United States.Through a critical and nuanced lens, Li examines how postwar urban redevelopment, racial dynamics, and identity politics have profoundly transformed these iconic neighborhoods. Blending rich historical research with sharp analysis, this book uncovers the interplay of race, urban planning ideologies, and social equity, shedding light on how Chinatowns navigate resilience and reinvention amid shifting urban paradigms. Liâs work highlights the tension between cultural preservation and modernization, exploring the built environment alongside community-driven spatial activism to reveal how these urban spaces persist as sites of resistance, identity, and transformation. American Chinatowns is a compelling study of cultural landscape, urban justice, and the politics of city-making.It

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Book SynopsisIn a world influenced increasingly by artificial intelligence (AI), the city emerges as a dynamic hub of digital conversations. AI and Language in the Urban Context offers a novel exploration of how AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), is transforming urban environments. Moving beyond the typical technological narratives, this book draws on the authorâs unique expertise in design, semiotics and hermeneutics to present a critical cultural perspective on AIâs role in the city.Focusing on the intersection of urban theory and AI, the book reveals how conversational AI is reshaping social interactions, decision-making processes, and media in urban spaces. By merging practical knowledge of AI algorithms with an understanding of urban practices, the author highlights the opportunities and challenges AI presents for modern cities.This book is essential for anyone interested in the future of urban living. It provides a deep dive into the technical, social and cultural implications of AI in cities, offering practical examples and philosophical insights. Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of how AI is influencing the design, governance and dynamics of urban life in the digital age.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Book SynopsisThe UKâs High Streets are at a tipping point: 13,500 businesses close each year, mirroring trends in the US and parts of Europe.Nevertheless, some shining exceptions continue to thrive. This book explores these success stories and demonstrates how High-Street businesses can prosper. While many reports cite external influences, this book focuses on how High-Street businesses can drive their own lasting success. True permanence may seem an unreachable ideal, yet this book outlines seven mindsets, five determinants, and four strategies necessary for a lasting, ethical, and sustainable business. Owners, managers, policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and employees of brick-and-mortar businesses will discover insights and models for a strategy that leverages community and fosters long-term success.

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Book SynopsisProject self-assurance when speakingeven if you don't feel confident! When you speak in public, your reputation is at stake. Whether you're speaking at a conference, pitching for new business, or presenting to your Executive Board, the ability to connect with, influence, and inspire your audience is a critically important skill. Public Speaking Skills For Dummies introduces you to simple, practical, and real-world techniques and insights that will transform your ability to achieve impact through the spoken word. In this book, champion of public speaking Alyson Connolly takes you step by step through the process of conceiving, crafting, and delivering a high-impact presentation. You'll discover how to overcome your nerves, engage your audience, and convey gravitasall while getting your message across clearly and concisely. Bring ideas to life through business storytelling Use space and achieve an even greater sense of poise Get your message across with greater clarity, concision,Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 How This Book Is Organized 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons 4 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Laying the Groundwork 7 Chapter 1: Getting Started with Public Speaking 9 Dealing with Issues That Stand in Your Way 10 Fighting the fight, flight, or freeze response 10 Affirming your worth with affirmations 11 Creating reality with visualization 11 Getting rid of tension 12 Improving Your Body Language 12 Gesturing 13 Moving 14 Making eye contact 14 Adjusting Your Pace 15 Perfecting the pause 15 Supporting Your Breath 16 Boosting Confidence through Preparation and Training 17 Breathing (your own) life into speeches 18 Planning out your speech 18 Getting ready for the big day 19 Eating right to feel good 20 Honing Your Delivery 20 Articulating 20 Resonating 21 Using the right tone 21 Adding visuals 21 Getting laughs 22 Telling stories 23 Dealing with the Audience 23 Excelling in Interviews 24 Mastering the Fine Art of Conversation 25 Dropping the Ball and Still Managing to Score 26 Wearing Clothes That Spell Success 26 Chapter 2: Getting Your Brain in the Game 29 Recognizing the Pitfalls of Negative Thoughts 30 Saying no to negatives: Avoiding your triggers 31 Perfecting perfectionism 32 Nixing those niggling negatives 33 Keeping the Brain’s Fight, Flight, or Freeze Response in Check 34 Saying yes to adrenaline 34 Stopping cortisol in its tracks 35 Thinking like a caveperson 36 Leveraging the power of neuroplasticity 37 Adopting a Yes Let’s Attitude 38 Knowing When to Say No 39 Part 2: Diagnosing and Treating Common Afflictions 41 Chapter 3: Overcoming Performance Anxiety 43 Staying Loose: Tension Can Ruin a Speech 44 Proper posture: Alignment isn’t just for cars 44 Identifying the tension 47 Releasing the tension 48 Chin Up and Don’t Slouch 49 Breathing as a sloucher 49 Why feeling bad ends up sounding bad 50 Using Your Body to Battle the Fight, Flight, or Freeze Response 53 Chapter 4: Curing Common Vocal Problems 57 Vanquishing Vocal Fry 58 Recognizing vocal fry and its causes 58 Seeing why vocal fry is perceived negatively 59 Undoing Upspeak 60 Knowing why we upspeak 61 Decomissioning Devoicing 62 Recognizing devoicing 62 If you’re a natural devoicer 63 Battling Breathiness 64 How breathing works 65 What breathiness does to credibility 66 Negating Nasal Voice 66 Preventing the Push: Speaking Evenly 67 Disconnecting your thoughts and feelings 68 Wingin’ it 68 Stopping Stuttering 69 Breathing to alleviate stuttering 70 Rolling with word flubs 70 Denying the Drop 71 Chapter 5: Conquering Impostor Syndrome: You Are Who You Think You Are 73 Feeling Like a Phony 74 Diagnosing yourself 74 Critiquing the criticism 75 Understanding Why It Happens 76 Feeling a failure onstage and off 77 Lucking into success 78 Being Yourself 79 Part 3: Preparing Your Speech and Training Yourself 83 Chapter 6: Crafting a Captivating Speech 85 Planning and Preparing 86 What’s Your Point? 86 Hooking Your Audience 87 Supporting Your Point: The PIE Method 90 Point 91 Illustration 92 Explanation 93 So what? 93 Conclusion: Ending with a bang 94 Writing in Your Own Voice 95 Keeping it simple 96 Writing and reading out loud 97 Show, Don’t Tell 98 Painting a picture in the audience’s mind 98 Crafting Your Narrative: Story Time 99 You’re the boss: Acting like a protagonist 100 Telling the story of your business 101 Getting real: Enhancing your story 102 Chapter 7: Using Visual Aids 107 A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words 109 Knowing when a picture works and when it doesn’t 110 Cropping pictures to fit ideas 111 Considering color 111 Mastering Essential Slide Show Skills 113 The Do’s and Don’ts of Audio 116 Don’t let music play for a long time 117 Don’t play music too loud or soft 117 Don’t play music during your whole presentation 117 Do have a sound check in the space prior to your speech 118 Do check your equipment 118 Using Video If You Must 119 Using Other Visual Aids 120 Properly using props 120 Going old school with flip charts 121 Chapter 8: Being Funny (or Trying To) 123 Getting Personal: Revealing Who You Really Are 124 Writing Stories and Jokes 125 Questions to help you prep 126 Figuring out your own sense of humor 127 Breaking It Down: Elements of Humor 128 The rule of three 129 The importance of practice 129 The power of the pause 130 The charm of self-deprecating humor and laughing at yourself 131 The value of acting it out 132 The art of modesty 132 The dreaded cringe and how to avoid it 134 Loosening up the audience 135 Enjoy yourself and don’t take it too seriously 135 Chapter 9: Practicing Your Speech 139 Practicing Out Loud 140 Hear yourself 141 Stand up 141 Prepare those props 142 Power up those slides 142 Find an empty room 143 Time yourself 143 Get someone to watch you 144 Recording and Critiquing Yourself 145 Take video of yourself presenting 145 Record your voice 146 Work on your face and nonverbals 147 Mark My Words: Adjusting Your Script for Emphasis 148 Slowing Down: Speed Kills 150 Cutting your speech when your time is cut 150 Resisting the urge to rush 151 Making the most of tactical pauses 152 Avoiding filler words: Ums and ahs 153 Speaking, not reading 154 Breathing just enough 156 Chapter 10: Becoming a Vocal Athlete 159 Understanding the Importance of Nutrition 160 Cutting down on refined sugar 160 Cutting back on carbs 161 Refraining from alcohol before speaking 162 Hydrating with water 162 Chilling out with the coffee 163 Dialing down the dairy 163 Properly using protein 164 Making Sure You’re Fed 164 Getting Some Exercise 166 Making your heart go thump 166 Increasing your lung capacity 168 Part 4: Fine-Tuning Your Delivery 171 Chapter 11: Prepping Your Mind for Public Speaking 173 Learning to Visualize Positively 174 Visualizing opportunity 174 Building Self-Confidence 176 Becoming happier through gratitude 176 Engaging in positive self-talk 178 Cutting Yourself Some Slack 180 Shifting Your Focus to the Audience 182 Beginning with the end in mind 183 What is the audience expecting to learn? 183 What are your audience’s demographics? 184 What level of knowledge on the topic does the audience have? 185 How big is the audience? 185 Why is the topic important to the audience? 186 Going one-on-one: Addressing one person in the audience 186 Knowing when not to apologize 187 Handling hecklers 189 Chapter 12: Mastering the ABCs of Articulation 191 Meet the Articulators 192 The jaw 192 The tongue 194 The soft and hard palates 195 The lips 196 Understanding Mumbling and Why People Do It 197 Honing Your Articulation 199 Twisting your tongue 199 Voicing vowels and consonants 199 Singing 204 Improving Clarity for an Accent 204 Slowing down 205 Staying positive 205 Chapter 13: Good Vibrations: Resonance 207 Getting to Know Your Resonators 207 Why We Study Resonance 208 Putting Your Whole Body into It 209 Knowing your resonant voice 209 The throat 211 Opening up the nasal cavities 214 Exploring oral resonance 215 Releasing your jaw 216 Opening up your chest resonance 217 Part 5: Enhancing Your Speech 221 Chapter 14: Breath, Tone, and Pitch 223 Breathe, Breathe, Breathe 224 Supporting your breath 224 Adding volume for a bigger space 227 Changing poor breathing habits 228 Does breathing make you look fat? 230 Just breathe 230 Improving Your Tone 231 Expressing meaning and emotion through tone 232 Using a conversational tone 233 Harnessing the Power of Pitch 235 Chapter 15: Getting Body Language into the Act 237 Becoming a Poser (in a Good Way) 238 Adjusting your stance 238 Facial expressions 239 Making eye contact 241 Tuning In to Audience Perception 242 Looking and feeling genuine 243 Owning the room .244 Moving with a Purpose 245 When should you move? 246 Sitting during a presentation 248 Hand Jive: Gesturing with Your Hands 249 Dressing for the Occasion 252 Wearing appropriate clothing for your event 252 Suiting yourself: Clothing for men 254 Style and comfort: Clothing for women 255 Patterning the patterns 255 Wearing makeup 255 Sporting tattoos 256 If the shoe fits 256 Avoiding wardrobe malfunctions 257 Tying back your hair 257 Taking it easy with the jewelry 258 Doing your nails 258 Chapter 16: Ready, Set, Go! 259 ’Twas the Night Before 260 Getting Familiar with the Space 262 Scoping out the joint 263 Warming up in the space 264 Eating for Success 265 Sleeping to Refresh 266 It’s Show Time! 266 Minding your mind 267 Visualizing using imagery 267 Breathing 268 Making the most of the microphone 269 Connecting to your audience even before you’ve met them 270 Part 6: It’s Show Time: Plying Your Trade 273 Chapter 17: Acing the Interview 275 Becoming an Expert on You 276 Becoming an Expert on the Industry and Organization 278 Checking Out the Interviewers 280 Using Body Language in the Interview 280 Avoiding the don’ts of interviews 281 Practicing the do’s of interviews 282 Public Speaking: The Interview Edition 282 Getting the questions in advance 283 Revealing what you intend to do 283 Faking it till you’re making it 284 Using your words positively 285 Looking like you already work there 286 Convincing yourself you already have the job 286 Competing factors 287 Mastering the Q&A session 288 Remembering that you are the expert 288 Admitting you don’t know the answer 288 Being vulnerable 289 Chatting like a Champ: Phone Interviews 290 Phone interview don’ts 290 Phone interview do’s 290 Warming up for your interview 291 Greeting the greeter 292 Winding things up 293 Chapter 18: Engaging in Witty Repartee 295 Minding Your Manners 297 Shaking hands 299 Staying Engaged in the Conversation 300 Remembering names 301 Adopting open body language 303 Letting go of your fears 304 Composing Your Elevator Pitch 304 Chapter 19: If at First You Don’t Succeed 307 Everyone Wants You to Succeed 307 The show must go on 309 Practicing what could go wrong 310 Making lemonade out of lemons 311 Rolling with the Punches 311 Double booking 312 Shooting yourself in the foot 312 Never having to say you’re sorry (when you’re up there speaking) 313 Chilling out: No one knows you messed up 313 Owning obstacles 314 Getting Better at Improvising 315 Improving your improv muscles 315 Practicing improvising about your subject 316 Adjusting your timing 317 Part 7: The Part of Tens 319 Chapter 20: Ten (or So) Tips for Stage Fright 321 Accept Your Fear 321 Practice, Practice, Practice 322 Breathe Slowly and Deeply 323 Use Progressive Relaxation 325 Be Up and Out, Not Down and In 326 Move Your Hands 326 Get Positive — Yes Let’s 327 Roll with Mistakes 328 Repeat an Affirmation in Your Head 328 Focus on an Engaged Audience Member 328 Slow Down 329 Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Improve Your Delivery 331 Analyze Your Script 331 Personalize Your Speech 333 Emphasize Key Words 333 Change Up Your Pitch, Tone, and Word Duration 334 Breathe! 335 Slow Down Your Pace 335 Land Your Thoughts 336 Use the Power of the Pause 337 Record Your Presentation 337 Video yourself 337 Record your voice 338 Ask a Friend or Colleague to Watch and Listen 338 Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Preparing to Speak 341 Warm Up Your Body and Your Voice 341 Get physical 342 Get aligned 342 Breathe 343 Adopt a Power Pose for at Least Two Minutes 343 Practice Your Speech While Doing an Unrelated Task 344 Eat Healthy, Drink Water 344 Visualize a Successful Presentation 345 Recite Your Speech Dressed in Your Presentation Clothes 346 Arrange Your Notes and Visuals 347 Bring Water 347 Arrive Early 347 Introduce Yourself 348 Index 349

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Book SynopsisSupercharge your virtual meetings with evidence-based practices from an award-winning team The shift to virtual meetings was sudden and often traumatic for businesses across all industries as they responded to the global pandemic. Rather than focusing on what worked best, they focused on what worked now . . . which meant closing up the office and being suddenly virtual in nearly every meeting, often without the tools, the training, or the expertise to optimize the new kitchen table office. Thankfully, businesses are beginning to be more purposeful in both the tools they use and the approach they take. This book seeks to be a definitive guide for businesses looking to make their meetings as effective as possible in the ever-evolving new normalleveraging insights from some of the foremost thought leaders in meeting science and on-camera communication. This book will: Highlight new research insights springing from the rapid and exponential adoption oTable of ContentsPreface: The Collision and Convergence of Two Areas of Expertise ix Acknowledgments xv SECTION ONE Our New Virtual Reality – A Suddenly Remote Workforce 1 What Happened to Meetings? 3 2 What Happened to Video Communication? 13 SECTION TWO The Science of Meetings 3 Best Practices for Meetings Before Covid-19 33 4 New Best Practices for Meetings as a Result of Covid-19 53 SECTION THREE The Benefits and Challenges of Video Communication 5 The Value of Video in the Corporate World 69 6 Best Practices for On-Camera Communication through a Webcam 85 SECTION FOUR The Biggest Opportunities and Challenges of Virtual Meetings 7 Making Every Virtual Meeting a Video Meeting 107 8 Driving Engagement in a Virtual Meeting 123 9 Remembering Virtual Meeting Etiquette 145 10 Ignoring the Importance of Production Value 161 11 Building Organizational Culture Through Virtual Meetings 183 12 Empowering Employees on the Tech Front 203 13 Managing Virtual Meetings Across Global Cultures 219 SECTION FIVE What’s Next in the Suddenly Virtual Meeting World? 14 Embracing the Hybrid Meeting 237 15 Preparing for the Next Normal in Our Suddenly Virtual Meetings 253 Conclusion: Our Own Remote Work Experiment 269 About the Authors 271 Index

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Book SynopsisFrom pirates singing Ricky Martin to mob hits carried out with samurai swords, Bertil Lintner offers a fascinating look at organized crime in the Asia Pacific. Both Western and Asian pundits assert that shady deals are an Asian way of life. Some argue that corruption and illicit business ventures - gambling, prostitution, drug trafficking, gun running, oil smuggling - are entrenched parts of the Asian value system. Yet many Asian leaders maintain that their cities are safer than Sydney, Amsterdam, New York, and Los Angeles. Making use of expertise gained from twenty years of living in Asia, Lintner exposes the role crime plays in the countries of the Far East. In Blood Brothers , he takes you inside the criminal fraternities of Asia, examining these networks and their past histories in order to answer one question: How are civil societies all over the world to be protected from the worst excesses of increasingly globalised mobsters?Table of ContentsA Note on Names Acknowledgements Introduction Whore of the East The City of the Name of God The Dark Masters of Kabuki A Country Without Limits The Great Golden Peninsula The Pirate Republic Wizardry in the Land of Oz Climbing the Mountain of Gold Appendix: The 36 Oaths Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisNuclear tests have caused public concern ever since the first such test was conducted, more than six decades ago. During the Cold War, however, con- tions were not conducive to discussing a complete ban on nuclear testing. It was not until 1993 that negotiations on such a treaty finally got under way. From then on, things moved relatively quickly: in 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). To date, the Treaty has been signed by 178 states and ratified by 144, though it has yet to enter into force, as nine out of 44 Annex 2 states'', whose ratification is mandatory, have not heeded the call. Nevertheless, the CTBT verification system is already provisionally operational and has proven its effectiveness. We commend the CTBT organisation in Vienna for its successful efforts to build a verification network. This book is an excellent overview of the evolution of the CTBT and its verification regime. The authors are eminent scholarsTrade ReviewFrom the reviews:"Drawing from their experience, the authors provide a well-structured and comprehensive view of the CTBT, from the construction of nuclear devices to the promising first results of the monitoring system of the treaty. In an impeccable edition, the chapters are clearly divided into subsections, and numerous illustrations are used to clarify the arguments in the text."G. Suarez, EOS Newsletter, Vol. 91, No. 21, p. 193“The book focuses on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the CTBT Organization (CTBTO) that runs the International Monitoring System (IMS) and the International Data Centre (IDC). The authors are experienced researchers with outstanding experience in seismic monitoring and who have helped to create what is now CTBTO. … seems very important to scientists dealing with seismic- or hydroacoustic, infrasound and radionuclide monitoring … .” (Pawel Wiejacz, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 167, 2010)“It is a solid reference edition concerning the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), International Nuclear Explosion Monitoring System (IMS) and Preparatory Commission of the CTBT Organization. … the authors produced a multilayered book in which one can distinguish several conceptual layers. … the text is supplied with a lot of photographs, maps and diagrams … . The structure of the book is designed to make good that thesis. … gives the reader a holistic view of the diplomatic struggle for the nuclear test ban.” (Alexey Fenenko, International Trends, Vol. 8 (3), September-December, 2010)Table of ContentsForeword Preface Chapter 1 To test or not to test… 1.1 Testing history - more than 2000 nuclear explosions 1. 2 Nuclear weapons – with and without testing 1. 3 Why a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty? 1.4 Related nuclear arms control and disarmament treaties Chapter 2. Monitoring technologies 2.1 Nuclear explosions - detectable features 2.2 Detection, location and identification 2.3 Seismological monitoring 2.4 Hydroacoustic monitoring 2.5 Infrasound monitoring 2.6 Radionuclide monitoring 2.7 Detection from space 2.8 Enabling technologies Chapter 3 A long journey to a treaty 3.1 Past test ban initiatives 3.2 Group of Scientific Experts 3.3 The CTBT negotiations 1994 – 96 3.4 Critical issues during the negotiations 3.5 Reflections on the negotiations Chapter 4 The Treaty 4.1 The preamble 4.2 Basic obligations 4.3 The Organization 4.4 Verification 4.5 National implementation measures 4.6 Entry into force 4.7 Reflections Chapter 5 The birth of an organization 5.1 The mandate of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission 5.2 Preparations for the first session of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission 5.3 The first session of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission 5.4 The initial enthusiasm 5.5 The early challenges Chapter 6 Establishing the verification regime 6.1 A complex monitoring system in a political environment 6.2 Building the monitoring system - a gradual but slow process 6.3 Some specific IMS issues 6.4 On-site inspections a politicized issue on a slow path Chapter 7 Testing shows high performance 7.1 Frombuilding to testing 7.2 Global tests show high performance of IMS/IDC 7.3 Exercises also get OSI on the move Chapter 8 National technical implementation of the CTBT 8.1 National commitments 8.2 National institutions play key roles in the global verification system 8.3 Basis for national interpretation 8.4 Regional cooperation 8.5 An assessment of the status of national technical implementation Chapter 9 The CTBTO Preparatory Commission and the PTS - an organizational perspective 9.1 The Policy Making Organs 9.2 Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) 9.3 Changing the guard Chapter 10 The CTBTO Preparatory Commission and the world 10.1 States Signatories, the CTBTO Preparatory Commission and the PTS 10.2 The CTBTO Preparatory Commission and international organizations 10.3 Synergy with science 10.4 The CTBT - hostage to today’s politics Chapter 11 Always too early to give up 11.1 Finally a CTBT - and then? A political perspective 11.2 Most complex verification system ever - a scientific perspective 11.3 Challenge to establish a technical organization in a political environment - a managerial perspective 11.4 Bringing the CTBT back on track 11.5 A new security agenda Annex 1 Annex 2 Abbreviations and acronyms References

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