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John Wiley & Sons Inc Low Cost Urban Sanitation
Book SynopsisThis book covers the public health, technical, socioeconomic, sociocultural and institutional aspects of sanitation in towns and cities of developing countries. The text features excreta-related diseases and the use of sanitation to reduce their transmission. The sanitation technologies covered in detail are VIP latrines, pour-flush toilets, septic tanks, settled sewerage and simplified sewerage, with additional chapters on sullage disposal, pit emptying, and sewage treatment and reuse. Sociocultural constraints on sanitation systems and their socioeconomic costing are described, together with hygiene education, which is essential in order to achieve maximum benefits to health. The text also explains how to choose the most appropriate sanitation option for a given low-income community. Finally, institutional aspects are reviewed, including effective sanitation programme planning, monitoring and evaluation.Table of ContentsUrban Sanitation Needs. Sanitation and Health. Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines. Pour-Flush Toilets. Sullage Disposal. Septic Tanks. Emptying. Settled Sewerage. Simplified Sewerage. Sewage Treatment. Sociocultural Aspects. Socioeconomic Aspects. Technology Selection and Upgrading. Hygiene Education. Institutional Aspects. Index.
£100.76
ITDG Publishing How to Make a Rolling Machine for Sheet Metal
Book SynopsisThis manual describes how to build a machine for rolling sheet metal into curves and cylinders and gives full dimensions and assembly instructions.
£9.43
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Brainmedia
Book SynopsisWill we ever be able to see the brain at work? Could it be possible to observe thinking and feeling as if watching a live broadcast from within the human head? Brainmedia uncovers past and present examples of scientists and science educators who conceptualize and demonstrate the active human brain guided by new media technologies: from exhibitions of giant illuminated brain models and staged projections of brainwave recordings to live televised brain broadcasts, brains hooked up to computers and experiments with brain-to-brain synchronization.Drawing on archival material, Brainmedia outlines a new history of live brains, arguing that practices ofand ideas aboutmediation impacted the imagination of seeing the brain at work. By combining accounts of scientists examining brains in laboratories with examples of public demonstrations and exhibitions of brain research, Brainmedia casts new light on popularization practices, placing them at the heart of scientific work.Trade ReviewWith Brainmedia Flora Lysen offers fascinating insights on the interplay of technology and experience, mediation and presence, discourse and politics that go far beyond the history of neuroscience: In pursuit of a critical understanding of the phenomena, Flora Lysen engages with brain research as current predicament and provides her readers with an engaging media-philosophical perspective. * Cornelius Borck, Institute for History of Medicine and Science Studies, University of Lübeck, Germany, and author of Brainwaves: A Cultural History of Electroencephalography *Combining media and science studies, this brilliant book shows how the 20th century turned the brain into an epistemic spectacle. It reconstructs the curves, projectors and screen technologies that were used for publicly displaying the living brain at work. By the same token, it critically questions our drive to create and consume “time images” of the cerebral that highlight liveliness, transparency and immediacy. The result is a compelling account of the brain as a medium and message firmly tied to the power and time relations of modern culture. * Henning Schmidgen, Professor of Media Studies, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany *Table of ContentsTable of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Birth of the Live Brain, 1820-1920 2. Displaying Dynamic Brains: Illuminated Brain Models and the Enchanted Loom, 1928-1938 3. Demonstrating Brainwaves Beyond the Laboratory: EEG as White Magic and Dark Media, 1934-1941 4. Broadcasting Live Brains: The Brain on Television and as Television, 1949-1957 5. Interfacing the Real-Time Brain: EEG Feedback in Art and Science, 1964-1977 6. Synchronizing Two Dynamic Brains: Art-Science Experiments and Neuroscience in the Wild, 2013-2019 Conclusion Bibliography List of Sources of Figures Index
£90.25
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Aesthetics Digital Studies and Bernard Stiegler
Book SynopsisAesthetics, Digital Studies and Bernard Stiegler frames the intertwined relationship between artistic endeavours and scientific fields and their sociopolitical implications. Each chapter is either an explication of, or a critique of, some aspect of Bernard Stiegler's technological philosophy; as it is his technological-political-aesthetical-ethical theorisations which form the philosophical foundation of the volume.Emerging scholars bring critical new reflections to the subject area, while more established academics, researchers and practitioners outline the mutating nature of aesthetics within historical and theoretical frameworks. Not only is interdisciplinarity a prevailing topic at work within this collection, but so too is there a delineation of the mutating, hybrid role inhabited by the arts practitioner at once engineer, scientist and artist in the changing landscape of digital cultural production.Trade ReviewI warmly recommend this volume. Stiegler’s perspective is one of the deepest critique of digital capitalism and, at the same time, one of the strongest proposal for a new kind of technological development, especially in the social and academic fields. The book is not only able to fully represent such a perspective, but it is also a way to improve both Stiegler’s perspective and the ongoing research in digital arts. * Paolo Vignola, Professor of Philosophy of Literature and Literary Theory, Universidad de las Artes, Ecuador *Aesthetics, Digital Studies and Bernard Stiegler offers an interesting focus on Stieglerian philosophy, passing through epistemology, politics and the arts. This strong theoretical approach keeps together voices from different authors and perspectives, all of which cover an important lack in the several publications concerning Stiegler’s philosophy, that is, aesthetics and the arts. Being this one of the main concerns of the French philosopher, the book offers an important introduction to this field. * Sara Baranzoni, co-founder of La Deleuziana *Table of Contents“Je suis philosophe”: A personal note to Bernard Stiegler Noel Fitzpatrick (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) Digital Studies and Aesthetics: Neganthropology Bernard Stiegler (Centre Georges-Pompidou, France) interviewed by Noel Fitzpatrick (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) Introduction: Prolegomenon to a Digital Studies Manifesto Gerald Moore (Durham University, UK) I – Tertiary Retention Introduction Cormac Deane (Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin, Ireland), Néill O’Dwyer (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), and Michael O’Hara (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) 1. Organology, Grammatisation and Exosomatic Memory in Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape Néill O’Dwyer (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) 2. A Therapeutics of the Image Michael O’Hara (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) 3. The Control Room Imaginary and the Production of Sovereignty Cormac Deane (Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin, Ireland) II – On Pharmacology Introduction Aidan Delaney (Middlesex University, UK) and Jeanette Doyle (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) 4. Film Studies Between Ekphrasis and Quotation Aidan Delaney (Middlesex University, UK) 5. Thirty Years: An Analysis of the Exhibition Art Post-Internet through the Work of Bernard Stiegler with Reference to Jean-François Lyotard’s Exhibition Les Immatériaux Jeanette Doyle (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) 6. Pokémon UNÉSGO: Grammatization, Gamification and Listification in Contemporary Culture Connell Vaughan (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) III – The Neganthropocene Introduction Noel Fitzpatrick (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) 7. Pregnant Pause: Technological Disruption and the Neganthropic Aesthetics of Landscape in Ireland’s Borderland El Putnam (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) 8. Mischievous Hermes: Digital Hermeneutics and Stiegler’s Therapeutics Noel Fitzpatrick (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index
£27.54
WEDC Water from Sand Rivers: Guidelines for Abstraction
Book SynopsisSand rivers can be found in arid and semi-arid areas of the world where water is in short supply. Despite their dry appearance, useable quantities of water often reside in aquifers beneath the surface and can provide a sustainable and safe supply for rural communities. Nevertheless, dry rivers are often overlooked as a realizable source of water. This book sets out to address this issue and promotes the abstraction of water from sand rivers as a viable and affordable option for dryland areas. It enables the reader to assess the potential for abstraction from beneath a dry river bed and provides practical guidelines for doing so. The book is a how to' manual and is essential reading for engineers, technicians, fieldworkers and project planners who are faced with the challange of providing and sustaining safe and reliable water sources for low-income communities. It is also aimed at providing decision-makers in the water industry, commercial, government and non-governmental organizations with an overview of an alternative, appropriate water supply solution for dryland areas.
£35.50
ITDG Publishing Dyeing and Printing: A handbook
Book SynopsisThe text and line drawings describe chemical dyeing and printing techniques as they apply to small-scale operations, and how to plan for small-scale production.(Published in the Small-scale Textiles series).
£9.95
Practical Action Publishing Science, Technology and Development
Book SynopsisThe relationship between scientific and technological change and development has altered with the changing character of developing countries and with advances in technology. High tech, appropriate technology, technology transfer and diffusion all serve to complicate further the already complex task of guiding socioeconomic development in the Third World. The technological fix is no longer seen as a viable solution to the problems of under-development. The authors of this interdisciplinary book stress that a full understanding of the many aspects of the introduction of new technology is the only way to achieve a workable compromise regarding science, technology and development.
£23.70
Practical Action Publishing Kenya Ceramic Jiko: A manual for stovemakers
Book SynopsisThe jiko, a charcoal-burning stove consisting of a ceramic liner fitted inside a metal case, burns 25 to 40 per cent less charcoal than the traditional stoves on which its design was based. This book provides guidance on its production and promotion.
£14.20
Practical Action Publishing Medical and Hygiene Textile Production: A
Book SynopsisThis handbook offers basic information on all levels of manufacture and small-scale production of medical and hygiene textiles including gauze, cotton wool, bandages, sanitary towels and nappies. Topics range from processing raw materials to packaging (Published in the Small-scale Textiles series).
£9.95
Practical Action Publishing Drying
Book SynopsisThis book is an introduction to the principles of drying and gives an indication of the range of technologies available, along with case studies examining the use of improved drier designs.
£9.95
Practical Action Publishing Developing Technologies for the Rural Poor
Book SynopsisThis selective review looks at case studies where NGOs have been involved in rural/agricultural technology programmes directed at the rural poor, and attempts to identify those common features which characterize the agencies that have met with success. (Published in the ITDG Occasional Paper series).
£12.30
Practical Action Publishing Appropriate Technology for Rural Development: The
Book SynopsisOriginally prepared for an Expert Meeting organised by UNESCO in 1980, this paper outlines Intermediate Technology''s basic approach to development work; and assesses the lessons learned from 15 years'' experience in development activities (Published in the ITDG Occasional Paper series).
£9.43
Practical Action Publishing Looking Beyond Credit: Business development
Book SynopsisIn recent years, credit has become the predominant form of support to small producers, while other forms of business development services have diminished. Looking Beyond Credit assesses the need for targeted business development services other than finance, their growing importance among small producers and how they can work in tandem with credit schemes.
£9.95
Practical Action Publishing Storm Drainage: An engineering guide to the
Book SynopsisMillions of slum residents across the world suffer the hazards and misery of frequent flooding of their streets and homes, which may result in savings of a lifetime being washed away in a few hours, damaged property, loss of work and time, and higher risks of diarrhoea, worm infection and other health problems. This manual is written to help engineers, aid and agency workers understand drainage problems more clearly in the developing world, so that they can work towards finding practical solutions. It focuses on three questions of particular relevance to low-income urban areas in developing countries: what is drainage performance? how can we evaluate a drainage system, to access how best to improve its performance? what are the effects of solids in drains upon performance? This manual is the outcome of two-and-a-half years of fieldwork in the city of Indore, in Madhya Pradesh, India and can be used as a practical aid by municipal engineers, consulting engineers and engineering instructors and students, as well as development and aid workers involved in drainage systems.
£14.20
