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Book SynopsisBetween Self and Community investigates the early childhood socialization process in a rapidly changing, globalizing South Korea. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in a South Korean preschool, it shows how both children and teachers interactively navigate, construct, and reconstruct their own multifaceted and sometimes conflicting models of what makes “a good child” amid Korea’s shifting educational and social contexts. Junehui Ahn details the conflicting and competing ways in which the ideologies of new personhood are enacted in actual everyday socialization contexts and reveals the confusions, dilemmas, and ruptures that occur when globally dominant ideals of childhood development are superimposed onto local experiences. Between Self and Community pays special attention to the way children, as active agents of socialization, create, construe, and sustain their own meanings of their personhood, thereby highlighting the dynamism children and their culturally rich peer world create in South Korea’s shifting socialization terrain. Trade Review "Junehui Ahn once again establishes herself as one of the pre-eminent chroniclers of children’s lives. Her delicate and lucid ethnography closely documents how Korean preschoolers actively contribute to their own socialization. As striking is her compelling demonstration of how these children deftly mediate between local values and a new, globalized vision of personhood." — Lawrence A. Hirschfeld, author of Race in the Making: Cognition, Culture, and the Child's Construction of Human Kinds "What does it mean to be a 'good child' today in a globally influenced society? Ahn tackles this intriguing question through the eyes and mouths of young children and teachers in a South Korean preschool. She reveals how children navigate peer relationships, influence their teachers' pedagogical approaches, and redefine expectations. Ahn encourages us to reflect on and recalibrate our own expectations of children and childhood in an ever-changing, global environment." — Barbra A. Meek, author of We Are Our Language: An Ethnography of Language Revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan CoTable of ContentsNote on Transcription and Romanization 1 Introduction: A Journey into the Shifting South Korean Socialization Landscape 2 New Personhood and Transformation of South Korean Early Childhood Socialization 3 “Why Don’t We Find a Unique Self Concept Developing in Our Children?”: The Heterogeneous and Conflicting Socialization Landscape 4 “I Want to Copy My Best Friend’s Artwork”: Expressions and Social Relationships in Children’s Peer World 5 “Maybe We’re Not Wrong”: Communal Creativity and Multidirectionality of Learning 6 Conclusion: A Journey and Beyond Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTired of being scrutinized, criticized, and fetishized for her black skin, Cameroon-born scholar Geneviève Makaping turns the tables on Italy’s white majority, regarding them through the same unsparing gaze to which minorities have traditionally been subjected. As she candidly recounts her experiences—first across Africa and then as a migrant Black woman in Italy—Makaping describes acts of racist aggression that are wearying and degrading to encounter on a daily basis. She also offers her perspective on how various forms of inequality based on race, color, gender, and class feed off each other. Reversing the Gaze invites readers to confront the question of racism through the retelling of everyday occurrences that we might have experienced as victims, perpetrators, or witnesses. Trade Review"A bold statement about language, identity, and belonging. Makaping’s unparalleled dissection of white Italy is fearless, unnerving, and unfailingly accurate. Without doubt the foundational text of Black Italian studies." -- Derek Duncan * co-editor of Transnational Modern Languages: A Handbook *“Combining memoir with the social sciences, Makaping tells us about the challenges of being a black woman in Italy, how double consciousness takes on new meanings, and why the color line remains an unresolved question in twenty-first-century Europe. A pioneering text, a fundamental read.” -- Alessandra Di Maio * author of Wor(l)ds in Progress: A Study of Contemporary Migrant Writings *Table of ContentsForeword: Producing Transnational Black Studies with an Intersectional Approach Caterina Romeo Translators’ Note Giovanna Bellesia Contuzzi and Victoria Offredi Poletto Editor’s Note Simone BrioniReversing the Gaze Introduction: My Nonaligned Feminism Geneviève Makaping 1. The Anthropological Journey of a Bamileke Immigrant Woman 2. End of the Anthropological Journey of a Bamileke Woman 3. My Not Very Personal Diary 4. To Belong, But to Which Tribe? 5. Call Me Negra 6. The Difficulty of Dialoguing within the Margin 7. The Anthropology of the Other 8. Harassment and More 9. Daily Experiences 10. The Many Shades of Black 11. Participant Observation of an Eccentric Subject Acknowledgments Glossary References About the Author, Editor, and Translators

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Book SynopsisWays of Belonging examines the experiences of undocumented young people who are excluded from K–12 schools in Canada and are rendered invisible to the education system. Canadian law doesn’t mention the existence of undocumented children, and thus their access to education rests on discretionary practices and is often denied altogether. This book brings the stories of undocumented young people vividly alive, putting them into conversation with the perspectives of the different actors in schools and courts who fail to include these young people. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, Francesca Meloni shows how ambivalence shapes the lives of young people who are caught between the desire to belong and the impossibility of fully belonging. Meloni pays close attention to these young people’s struggles and hopes, showing us what it means to belong and to endure in contexts of social exclusion. Ways of Belonging reveals the opacities and failures of a system that excludes children from education and puts their lives in invisibility mode. An interview with the author (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-views/book-interviews/items/interview-with-francesca-meloni-about-her-book-ways-of-belonging-undocumented-youth-in-the-shadow-of-illegality.html)Trade Review"Meloni's book usefully contributes to a growing literature that probes the nuances involved in processes of migrant 'illegalization.' By avoiding simplistic accounts of state oppression and victimization, she proposes a multidimensional framework for understanding how people who are 'vanished' may, nevertheless, generate affective strategies that enable layered ways of surviving and even flourishing."— Jacqueline Bhabha, author of Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age "Ways of Belonging examines what it means when young people reside in a place while not being of that place and how they carve out spaces of their own in the face of uncertainty and invisibility. Based on an impressive study, this remarkable book shines an important light on the nuances of contemporary migration and the policies that have produced ambiguous belonging. Theoretically insightful, rigorously researched, and compellingly argued, this is a must-read for scholars and policymakers alike." — Roberto G. Gonzales, author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America "Ways of Belonging provides sophisticated and empathic insights into how young people whose lives are shaped by legal liminality and an ambivalent national reception navigate these vulnerabilities while concurrently exerting agency. A must-read for developmentalists, educators, policymakers, human rights advocates, or, frankly, anyone with a social conscience."— Carola Suárez-Orozco, coeditor of Transitions: The Development of Children of ImmigrantsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Removable Children 2 Hidden Traces 3 Failing to Be Called 4 Getting Used to Here 5 Double Binds 6 Hopes and Departures Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisWays of Belonging examines the experiences of undocumented young people who are excluded from K–12 schools in Canada and are rendered invisible to the education system. Canadian law doesn’t mention the existence of undocumented children, and thus their access to education rests on discretionary practices and is often denied altogether. This book brings the stories of undocumented young people vividly alive, putting them into conversation with the perspectives of the different actors in schools and courts who fail to include these young people. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, Francesca Meloni shows how ambivalence shapes the lives of young people who are caught between the desire to belong and the impossibility of fully belonging. Meloni pays close attention to these young people’s struggles and hopes, showing us what it means to belong and to endure in contexts of social exclusion. Ways of Belonging reveals the opacities and failures of a system that excludes children from education and puts their lives in invisibility mode.An interview with the author (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-views/book-interviews/items/interview-with-francesca-meloni-about-her-book-ways-of-belonging-undocumented-youth-in-the-shadow-of-illegality.html)Trade Review"Ways of Belonging provides sophisticated and empathic insights into how young people whose lives are shaped by legal liminality and an ambivalent national reception navigate these vulnerabilities while concurrently exerting agency. A must-read for developmentalists, educators, policymakers, human rights advocates, or, frankly, anyone with a social conscience." -- Carola Suárez-Orozco * coeditor of Transitions: The Development of Children of Immigrants *"Meloni's book usefully contributes to a growing literature that probes the nuances involved in processes of migrant 'illegalization.' By avoiding simplistic accounts of state oppression and victimization, she proposes a multidimensional framework for understanding how people who are 'vanished' may, nevertheless, generate affective strategies that enable layered ways of surviving and even flourishing." -- Jacqueline Bhabha * author of Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age *"Ways of Belonging examines what it means when young people reside in a place while not being of that place and how they carve out spaces of their own in the face of uncertainty and invisibility. Based on an impressive study, this remarkable book shines an important light on the nuances of contemporary migration and the policies that have produced ambiguous belonging. Theoretically insightful, rigorously researched, and compellingly argued, this is a must-read for scholars and policymakers alike." -- Roberto G. Gonzales * author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America *Table of Contents Introduction 1 Removable Children 2 Hidden Traces 3 Failing to Be Called 4 Getting Used to Here 5 Double Binds 6 Hopes and Departures ConclusionAcknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book Synopsis Home Is Where Your Politics Are is a transnational consideration of queer and trans activism in the US South and South Africa. Through ethnographic exploration of queer and trans activist work in both places, Jessica Scott paints a vibrant picture of what life is like in relation to a narrative that says that queer life is harder, if not impossible, in rural areas and on the African continent. The book asks questions like, what do activists in these places care about and how do stories about where they live get in the way of the life they envision for the queer and trans people for whom they advocate? Answers to these questions provide insight that only these activists have, into the complexity of locally based advocacy strategies in a globalized world.

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Book SynopsisHome Is Where Your Politics Are is a transnational consideration of queer and trans activism in the US South and South Africa. Through ethnographic exploration of queer and trans activist work in both places, Jessica Scott paints a vibrant picture of what life is like in relation to a narrative that says that queer life is harder, if not impossible, in rural areas and on the African continent. The book asks questions like, what do activists in these places care about and how do stories about where they live get in the way of the life they envision for the queer and trans people for whom they advocate? Answers to these questions provide insight that only these activists have, into the complexity of locally based advocacy strategies in a globalized world.

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Book SynopsisBarbara Smith has been doing groundbreaking work since the early 1970s, describing a Black feminism for Black women. Her work in Black women's literary traditions; in examining the sexual politics of the lives of women of color; in representing the lives of Black lesbians and gay men; and in making connections between race, class, sexuality and gender is gathered in The Truth That Never Hurts. This collection contains some of her major essays on Black women's literature, Black lesbian writing, racism in the women's movement, Black-Jewish relations, and homophobia in the Black community. Her forays into these areas ignited dialogue about topics that few other writers were addressing at the time, and which, sadly, remain pertinent to this day. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition, in a beautiful new package, also contains the essays from the original about the 1968 Chicago convention demonstrations; attacks on the NEA; the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Senate hearings; and police brutality against Rodney King and Abner Louima, which, after twenty-five years, still have the urgency they did when they were first written. Trade Review"Barbara Smith's uncompromising intelligence helped invent the politics of intersection which grounds progressive thinking today. These essays deliver trenchant analysis from one of the most original, astute, and practical thinkers in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender movement." -- Urvashi Vaid * director of The Policy Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force *"At every moment of serious political crisis—and no thinking person can argue that ours is not such a moment—certain writers step forward with words that seem to ring from the very heart of history. Barbara Smith is certainly one of these writers, and her new book, electrifying, thought-provoking, illuminating, eloquent, harsh, and funny, is essential reading. Whether you agree with everything she says is not important; the essays in this book will revivify your heart and mind and reawaken a passion for activism and for justice." * Tony Kushner *"Barbara Smith is visionary, courageous, and insightful. Her work provides a crucial challenge to all of us." -- Dr. Cornel West"In these essays, Smith, an independent scholar and editor, explores several explosive issues, among them sexual politics, racism and women's studies, and homophobia." * Library Journal *"A feminist writer and theorist of some repute, Smith founded Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press with the late "black lesbian mother warrior feminist poet" Audre Lorde, and was the first woman of color appointed to the Modern Language Association's Commission on the Status of Women in the Profession. Her seminal 1977 essay Toward a Black Feminist Criticism, which puts forth the notion that a "Black women's literary tradition" not only exists, but thrives, fittingly opens this collection of newer and older, still vibrant works, most previously published in often hard-to-find journals or anthologies. Noting that "it is unnerving to imagine" what kind of writing she might have produced had she not come out, Smith registers obstacles to her current work on a wide-ranging history of black lesbians and gays in America, citing a recent two-volume encyclopedia (Darlene Clark Hine's Black Women in America) in which there are only six entries under 'Lesbian.' In the final essay of the collection, 'A Rose,' Smith recalls her friend, the late Lucretia 'Lu' Medina Diggs, and mourns the loss of her and Lorde, stressing that she will not be deterred from her fight for political awareness and compassion. Smith's writing frequently reaches strident polemicist peaks, but, just as frequently, stretches of sublime prose translate her crystalline intellect to the page, exciting both mind and senses." * Publishers Weekly *"A provocative collection of impassioned essays written from a radical, gay, African-American, feminist perspective. Smith, co-founder and publisher of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, has been publishing literary and social criticism for over 20 years. As a literary critic, she chastises the academic establishment for often misinterpreting and largely disregarding the voices of black women--gay black women in particular. In one of her most influential essays, 'Toward a Black Feminist Criticism,' written in 1977, Smith, contending that 'black women writers constitute an identifiable literary tradition,' pleads for a black feminist approach toward examining literature. Only the black feminist critic, she argues, is fully able to comprehend the nuances of work by black women, such as the depth of Sula and Nells relationship in Toni Morrisons novel Sula. Smith is also critical of nonlesbians addressing the black lesbian experience. In The Truth that Never Hurts, published in the late '80s, she argues that positive depictions of black lesbians are sorely lacking and that 'far too many non-lesbian black women who are actively involved in defining the African-American women's literary renaissance . . . completely ignore black lesbian existence or are actively hostile to it.' Smith's equally fervent social and political writings are informed by a Marxist viewpoint. She argues, sometimes unpersuasively, that heterosexism and sexism can wither only when capitalism is destroyed. She's especially concerned about the lack of role models for gay black youth; and she takes to task her gay brothers and sisters who have chosen to stay closeted because they are 'more concerned with their individual security and careers than they are with building community and working for radical political change.' This manifesto is always challenging and often convincing. * Kirkus Reviews *"Smith's book is an excellent example of powerful, introspective writing that challenges readers to reexamine their stance on complex issues concerning race and gender." * Bloomsbury Review *"Smith has provided us with a collection of erudite and profoundly moving writings [which are] smart, incisive, and instructive. There is no stone that Smith has left unturned. From homophobia in the black community to police brutality and including racism in the womenÆs movement, black women and anti-Semitism . . . Barbara Smith has explained the linkages between the multiplicity of oppressions facing blacks in general and black lesbians in particular." * Journal of Lesbian Studies *"The ancestors are surely ecstatic about the diligence, courage, passion, and good humor exhibited in The Truth That Never Hurts. This is a landmark work from a pioneering activist who has always kept the faith." -- Evelyn C. White * editor of The Black Women's Health Book *"Sobering in what it has to tell us, The Truth That Never Hurts forces us to face those truths that disrupt the placid surfaces of our lives. A personal/political odyssey that documents some of the most critical moments in the last three decades of our national life, Smith's book forces us to new levels of awareness. Her piercing eye and uncompromising search for human justice for all make this volume must-reading for everyone who cares about the future." -- Nellie Y. McKay * co-editor of The Norton Anthology of African American Literature *“Want to know how today's body of Black feminist writing and literature came into being? The Truth That Never Hurts tells a good part of the story…. When she tells the stories of the women who are her colleagues–Lucretia Diggs in ‘A Rose’ or of her aunt LaRue, who brought the young Barbara and her twin sister Beverly library books–Smith inscribes in history the chance networks that keep marginalized people, especially Black women writers and lesbians, alive and alert. That's the healing part of the world she brings alive here.” * The Women’s Review of Books *“Although the book is particularly valuable for young people who might not know the history and dynamics of Black women's involvement in second wave feminism, it is a work likely also to be of great interest to those in women's studies, to those interested in Black feminist theory and literary criticism, and to those committed to understanding the interlocking nature of multiple forms of oppression in American culture.” * Radical Teacher *"The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom provides a universal message about struggle, resistance, and freedom, grounded within a black Lesbian feminist critique of America's culture and politics. The cogently written essays represent a cross-section of Smith's work over the past twenty years and the first book dedicated exclusively to her own writing. Focusing on race, feminism, and the politics of sexuality, Smith provides an alternative lens to view the world by making connections between systems of oppression and offering suggestions for social change." * Washington Blade *"As a black lesbian feminist activist and scholar, Smith is a highly respected voice of conscience who speaks discomforting but necessary truths about the interlocking nature of oppressions within American culture and institutions. These landmark essays . . . show Smith challenging academic, political, and community organizations to expand their missions in order to include persons who have been perennially at the margins of our society. . . Recommended." * MultiCultural Review *

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Book SynopsisBarbara Smith has been doing groundbreaking work since the early 1970s, describing a Black feminism for Black women. Her work in Black women's literary traditions; in examining the sexual politics of the lives of women of color; in representing the lives of Black lesbians and gay men; and in making connections between race, class, sexuality and gender is gathered in The Truth That Never Hurts. This collection contains some of her major essays on Black women's literature, Black lesbian writing, racism in the women's movement, Black-Jewish relations, and homophobia in the Black community. Her forays into these areas ignited dialogue about topics that few other writers were addressing at the time, and which, sadly, remain pertinent to this day. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition, in a beautiful new package, also contains the essays from the original about the 1968 Chicago convention demonstrations; attacks on the NEA; the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Senate hearings; and police brutality against Rodney King and Abner Louima, which, after twenty-five years, still have the urgency they did when they were first written. Trade Review"Barbara Smith's uncompromising intelligence helped invent the politics of intersection which grounds progressive thinking today. These essays deliver trenchant analysis from one of the most original, astute, and practical thinkers in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender movement." -- Urvashi Vaid * director of The Policy Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force *"At every moment of serious political crisis—and no thinking person can argue that ours is not such a moment—certain writers step forward with words that seem to ring from the very heart of history. Barbara Smith is certainly one of these writers, and her new book, electrifying, thought-provoking, illuminating, eloquent, harsh, and funny, is essential reading. Whether you agree with everything she says is not important; the essays in this book will revivify your heart and mind and reawaken a passion for activism and for justice." * Tony Kushner *"Barbara Smith is visionary, courageous, and insightful. Her work provides a crucial challenge to all of us." -- Dr. Cornel West"In these essays, Smith, an independent scholar and editor, explores several explosive issues, among them sexual politics, racism and women's studies, and homophobia." * Library Journal *"A feminist writer and theorist of some repute, Smith founded Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press with the late "black lesbian mother warrior feminist poet" Audre Lorde, and was the first woman of color appointed to the Modern Language Association's Commission on the Status of Women in the Profession. Her seminal 1977 essay Toward a Black Feminist Criticism, which puts forth the notion that a "Black women's literary tradition" not only exists, but thrives, fittingly opens this collection of newer and older, still vibrant works, most previously published in often hard-to-find journals or anthologies. Noting that "it is unnerving to imagine" what kind of writing she might have produced had she not come out, Smith registers obstacles to her current work on a wide-ranging history of black lesbians and gays in America, citing a recent two-volume encyclopedia (Darlene Clark Hine's Black Women in America) in which there are only six entries under 'Lesbian.' In the final essay of the collection, 'A Rose,' Smith recalls her friend, the late Lucretia 'Lu' Medina Diggs, and mourns the loss of her and Lorde, stressing that she will not be deterred from her fight for political awareness and compassion. Smith's writing frequently reaches strident polemicist peaks, but, just as frequently, stretches of sublime prose translate her crystalline intellect to the page, exciting both mind and senses." * Publishers Weekly *"A provocative collection of impassioned essays written from a radical, gay, African-American, feminist perspective. Smith, co-founder and publisher of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, has been publishing literary and social criticism for over 20 years. As a literary critic, she chastises the academic establishment for often misinterpreting and largely disregarding the voices of black women--gay black women in particular. In one of her most influential essays, 'Toward a Black Feminist Criticism,' written in 1977, Smith, contending that 'black women writers constitute an identifiable literary tradition,' pleads for a black feminist approach toward examining literature. Only the black feminist critic, she argues, is fully able to comprehend the nuances of work by black women, such as the depth of Sula and Nells relationship in Toni Morrisons novel Sula. Smith is also critical of nonlesbians addressing the black lesbian experience. In The Truth that Never Hurts, published in the late '80s, she argues that positive depictions of black lesbians are sorely lacking and that 'far too many non-lesbian black women who are actively involved in defining the African-American women's literary renaissance . . . completely ignore black lesbian existence or are actively hostile to it.' Smith's equally fervent social and political writings are informed by a Marxist viewpoint. She argues, sometimes unpersuasively, that heterosexism and sexism can wither only when capitalism is destroyed. She's especially concerned about the lack of role models for gay black youth; and she takes to task her gay brothers and sisters who have chosen to stay closeted because they are 'more concerned with their individual security and careers than they are with building community and working for radical political change.' This manifesto is always challenging and often convincing. * Kirkus Reviews *"Smith's book is an excellent example of powerful, introspective writing that challenges readers to reexamine their stance on complex issues concerning race and gender." * Bloomsbury Review *"Smith has provided us with a collection of erudite and profoundly moving writings [which are] smart, incisive, and instructive. There is no stone that Smith has left unturned. From homophobia in the black community to police brutality and including racism in the womenÆs movement, black women and anti-Semitism . . . Barbara Smith has explained the linkages between the multiplicity of oppressions facing blacks in general and black lesbians in particular." * Journal of Lesbian Studies *"The ancestors are surely ecstatic about the diligence, courage, passion, and good humor exhibited in The Truth That Never Hurts. This is a landmark work from a pioneering activist who has always kept the faith." -- Evelyn C. White * editor of The Black Women's Health Book *"Sobering in what it has to tell us, The Truth That Never Hurts forces us to face those truths that disrupt the placid surfaces of our lives. A personal/political odyssey that documents some of the most critical moments in the last three decades of our national life, Smith's book forces us to new levels of awareness. Her piercing eye and uncompromising search for human justice for all make this volume must-reading for everyone who cares about the future." -- Nellie Y. McKay * co-editor of The Norton Anthology of African American Literature *“Want to know how today's body of Black feminist writing and literature came into being? The Truth That Never Hurts tells a good part of the story…. When she tells the stories of the women who are her colleagues–Lucretia Diggs in ‘A Rose’ or of her aunt LaRue, who brought the young Barbara and her twin sister Beverly library books–Smith inscribes in history the chance networks that keep marginalized people, especially Black women writers and lesbians, alive and alert. That's the healing part of the world she brings alive here.” * The Women’s Review of Books *“Although the book is particularly valuable for young people who might not know the history and dynamics of Black women's involvement in second wave feminism, it is a work likely also to be of great interest to those in women's studies, to those interested in Black feminist theory and literary criticism, and to those committed to understanding the interlocking nature of multiple forms of oppression in American culture.” * Radical Teacher *"The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom provides a universal message about struggle, resistance, and freedom, grounded within a black Lesbian feminist critique of America's culture and politics. The cogently written essays represent a cross-section of Smith's work over the past twenty years and the first book dedicated exclusively to her own writing. Focusing on race, feminism, and the politics of sexuality, Smith provides an alternative lens to view the world by making connections between systems of oppression and offering suggestions for social change." * Washington Blade *"As a black lesbian feminist activist and scholar, Smith is a highly respected voice of conscience who speaks discomforting but necessary truths about the interlocking nature of oppressions within American culture and institutions. These landmark essays . . . show Smith challenging academic, political, and community organizations to expand their missions in order to include persons who have been perennially at the margins of our society. . . Recommended." * MultiCultural Review *

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Book SynopsisThis open access book explores a range of new and older systems mapping methods focused on representing causal relationships in systems. In a practical manner, it describes the methods and considers the differences between them; describes how to use them yourself; describes how to choose between and combine them; considers the role of data, evidence, and stakeholder opinion; and describes how they can be useful in a range of policy and research settings. This book provides a key starting point and general-purpose resource for understanding complex adaptive systems in practical, actionable, and participatory ways. The book successfully meets the growing need in a range of social, environmental, and policy challenges for a richer more nuanced, yet actionable and participatory understanding of the world. The authors provide a clear framework to alleviate any confusion about the use of appropriate terms and methods, enhance the appreciation of the value they can bring, and clearly explain the differences between approaches and the resulting outputs of mapping processes and analysis.Table of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Rich PicturesChapter 3:Theory of Change diagramsChapter 4: Causal Loop DiagramsChapter 5: Participatory Systems MappingChapter 6: Fuzzy Cognitive MappingChapter 7: Bayesian Belief NetworksChapter 8: System DynamicsChapter 9: What data and evidence can you build system maps from?Chapter 10: Running systems mapping workshopsChapter 11: Comparing, choosing, and combining systems mapping methodsChapter 12: Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the Proceedings of The 7th Brazilian Technology Symposium (BTSym'21). The book discusses current technological issues on Systems Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, such as the Transmission Line, Protein-modified mortars, Electromagnetic Properties, Clock Domains, Chebyshev Polynomials, Satellite Control Systems, Hough Transform, Watershed Transform, Blood Smear Images, Toxoplasma Gondi, Operation System Developments, MIMO Systems, Geothermal-Photovoltaic Energy Systems, Mineral Flotation Application, CMOS Techniques, Frameworks Developments, Physiological Parameters Applications, Brain Computer Interface, Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Vision, Security Applications, FPGA Applications, IoT, Residential Automation, Data Acquisition, Industry 4.0, Cyber-Physical Systems, Digital Image Processing, Patters Recognition, Machine Learning, Photocatalytic Process, Physical-chemical analysis, Smoothing Filters, Frequency Synthesizers, Voltage Controlled Ring Oscillator, Difference Amplifier, Photocatalysis, Photodegradation, current technological issues on Human, Smart and Sustainable Future of Cities, such as the Digital Transformation, Data Science, Hydrothermal Dispatch, Project Knowledge Transfer, Immunization Programs, Efficiency and Predictive Methods, PMBOK Applications, Logistics Process, IoT, Data Acquisition, Industry 4.0, Cyber-Physical Systems, Fingerspelling Recognition, Cognitive Ergonomics, Ecosystem services, Environmental, Ecosystem services valuation, Solid Waste and University Extension.Table of ContentsForeword: A short introduction to a book, by a person other than the author;- Preface: An introduction to a book, stating its subject, scope, or aims.- Acknowledgments: A page of acknowledgments is included at the beginning of a Project.- Contributors: People who help the project.- Part 1, Topic covered about: Emerging Trends in Systems Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences.- Part 2, Topic covered about: Emerging Trends in Human, Smart, and Sustainable Future of Cities.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book contributes to the discourse of Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) from an African perspective. It is a unique collection that brings together prominent AI scholars to discuss AI ethics from theoretical and practical African perspectives and makes a case for African values, interests, expectations and principles to underpin the design, development and deployment (DDD) of AI in Africa. The book is a first in that it pays attention to the socio-cultural contexts of Responsible AI that is sensitive to African cultures and societies. It makes an important contribution to the global AI ethics discourse that often neglects AI narratives from Africa despite growing evidence of DDD in many domains. Nine original contributions provide useful insights to advance the understanding and implementation of Responsible AI in Africa, including discussions on epistemic injustice of global AI ethics, opportunities and challenges, an examination of AI co-bots and chatbots in an African work space, gender and AI, a consideration of African philosophies such as Ubuntu in the application of AI, African AI policy, and a look towards a future of Responsible AI in Africa.This is an open access book.Table of ContentsChapter One: Introducing Responsible AI in AfricaChapter Two: Epistemic Just and Dynamic AI Ethics in AfricaChapter Three: Responsible AI in Africa - Challenges and OpportunitiesChapter Four: Working with robots as colleagues: Kenyan perspectives of ethical concerns on possible integration of co-bots in workplacesChapter Five: Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Emerging ChallengesChapter Six: The Use of Gendered Chatbots in Nigeria: Critical PerspectivesChapter Seven: AI Policy as a Response to AI Ethics? Addressing ethical issues in the development of AI policies in North AfricaChapter Eight: Towards Shaping the Future of Responsible AI in Africa

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Book SynopsisThis book describes in an easily accessible way how artificial intelligence (AI) will help us to overcome the ongoing rise in complexity and thus shape our lives and work in a not-too-distant future. AI has proven to be the latest tool for resolving issues created by the most recent surge in complexity, and the corollary is: those who delay or ignore AI, will be overwhelmed by complexity. The book starts with a broad description of the coevolution of technology and society that irreversibly leads to the sharp increase in complexity of our socioeconomic environment. The second chapter then covers concepts and principles of the new science of complexity which helps us to understand issues caused by socioeconomic complexity and provides methods for resolving them. Subsequently, a beginner’s guide to artificial intelligence helps readers to glance at fundamentals of this powerful technology capable of resolving issues created by socioeconomic complexity. The danger of allowing intelligent digital systems to make high-risk decisions as well as the consequences of possible misuse of AI for fraud and fake are also discussed. The following chapter explores the concepts of natural and digital ecosystems. Digital transformation of rigidly structured corporations and administrations into adaptive and evolving organisations are illustrated by a number of case studies. Next, the current hectic transition of industrial to digital society is described, its origins identified and outcomes predicted, highlighting issues created by the increase in complexity and showing how to resolve them using thinking tools such as a complexity mindset and digital tools such as artificial intelligence. Eventually, the last two chapters outline the author’s vision of the future digital economy and digital society. This book is accessible to everyone who is curious to glimpse into the future, no previous special knowledge of digital technology is required. Especially decision makers in politics, business, administration, banking, policy making, education, healthcare and defence, and their advisors will benefit from the book, as it will help them to contribute to the creation of the brave new digital world. It may also support investors to recognise which elements of digital technology will play the most important role in the near future.Table of Contents1. Coevolution of Technology and Society.- 2. A Gentle Guide to Complexity.- 3. Artificial Intelligence: Friend or FOE.- 4. Natural and Digital Ecosystems.- 5. We are in Transition from Industrial to Digital Economy.- 6. The New Digital Economy.- 7. The New Digital Society.

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Book SynopsisAbnormal Engineers for an Abnormal Land.- Freelancing around Japanese Infrastructures.- Climbing Mainland Infrastructures.- Animating Two Taiwans.- Two Taiwans in the United States.- The Separation Crosses the Strait.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction-. Part I The Robot Understanding.- Fear for the Robots Cultural Perspectives about the Fear for Technology.- Humanism or Transhumanism Critique of transhumanism.- Military Robots in Science Fiction.- Overview of the international policy perspective on AI in the military.- What do the soldiers think A small country perspective.- Part 2 AI and Military Conflict Human factor and military technology in warfare a historical perspective.- Control the AIs An engineering perspective.- AI in the Military from the Perspective of the Innere Führung.- Autonomous Weapons Systems A Review of Legal and Ethical Issues.- Overview on the systems theory approach to war and violent conflicts.- The impact of cultural factors on trust technology in the case of strategic decision making.- Challenges of communicating military innovation.- Hybrid Warfare and Defence of Discourse De legitimization of the western political system.- Autonomy and communication the FCAS process.- Cognitive warfare and Bourdieu’s theory doxa and illusio marching into cognitive battle.- Exploring and controlling the AI A Human Factors and Human Systems Integration Approach.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Part I. Life and Work.- 1. Reflections from a Friend and Colleague.- 2. Intellectual Contributions and Working Methods.- 3. Tributes to Julian Perry Robinson.- Part II. Photographs.- Part III. Writings.- 4. Introduction to Part III.- 5. A Scientist Who Could Write: The Elegant Language of Julian Perry Robinson.- 6. Selection of Julian’s Writings on Chemical and Biological Warfare.- 7. Examples of Julian’s Broader Writings.- 8. Bibliography of Julian’s Writing on Chemical and Biological Warfare. About the author.- About the editors.

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Book SynopsisOnce considered a stepchild of social theory, legal criticism has recently received a great deal of attention, perpetuating what has always been an ambivalent relationship. On the one hand, law is praised for being a cultural achievement, on the other, it is criticized for being an instrument of state oppression. Legal criticism’s strategies to deal with this ambivalence differ greatly. While some seek to transcend the institution of law altogether, others advocate a transformation of the form of law or try to employ strategies to change the content of law, deconstruct its basis, or invent rights. By presenting a variety of approaches to legal criticism, What’s Legit? highlights transitions and exhibits irreconcilable differences of these approaches. Ultimately, What’s Legit? broadens debates that are all too often conducted only within the boundaries of separate theoretical currents.

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Book SynopsisThis volume clarifies the meanings and applications of the concept of the transnational and identifies areas in which the concept can be particularly useful. The division of the volume into three parts reflects areas which seem particularly amenable to analysis through a transnational lens. The chapters in Part 1 present case studies in which the concept replaces or complements traditionally dominant concepts in literary studies. These chapters demonstrate, for example, why some dramatic texts and performances can better be described as transnational than as postcolonial, and how the transnational underlies and complements concepts such as world literature. Part 2 assesses the advantages and limitations of writing literary history with a transnational focus. These chapters illustrate how such a perspective loosens the epistemic stranglehold of national historiographies, but they also argue that the transnational and national agendas of literary historiography are frequently entangled. The chapters in Part 3 identify transnational genres such as the transnational historical novel, transnational migrant fiction and translinguistic theatre, and analyse the specific poetics and politics of these genres.

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Book SynopsisThis volume contends that young individuals across Europe relate to their country’s history in complex and often ambivalent ways. It pays attention to how both formal education and broader culture communicate ideas about the past, and how young people respond to these ideas. The studies collected in this volume show that such ideas about the past are central to the formation of the group identities of nations, social movements, or religious groups. Young people express received historical narratives in new, potentially subversive, ways. As young people tend to be more mobile and ready to interrogate their own roots than later generations, they selectively privilege certain aspects of their identities and their identification with their family or nation while neglecting others. This collection aims to correct the popular misperception that young people are indifferent towards history and prove instead that historical narratives are constitutive to their individual identities and their sense of belonging to something broader than themselves.

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Book SynopsisWe live in an era of extreme claims versus weak consensus on issues critical to the public. Is climate change a hoax, or is it destroying our planet? Were the vaccines and social distancing measures of COVID-19 designed to protect us, or were they an invasion of our liberty? How do we determine the validity of these claims and others like them? Can we find a reliable middle ground leading to policies that help everyone? How Science Engages with Ethics and Why It Should makes an impassioned plea for a scientific analysis of ethics, discussing what such a method is, why we need it, and what it can offer that other methods cannot. With contributions from leading thinkers across a range of disciplines, Part 1 explores the challenges facing scientists and how to establish ground rules that will both protect human subjects and guide researchers in the future. Part 2 explores the importance of evidence-based science for topics such as climate change, social care, political polarization and

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Book SynopsisSo viel Neuzeit muss sein. 400 Jahre Geschichte der Neuzeit in einer Enzyklopädie - das ist einmalig! Wissenschaftler aus der ganzen Welt führen die Kenntnisse über das bedeutsame Zeitalter von der Mitte des 15. bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts in 16 reich illustrierten Bänden zusammen. Zeitgemäß neu. Die Enzyklopädie gründet auf einem neuen wissenschaftlichen Fundament. Sie liefert aktuelle Antworten auf die Kernfragen: Welche Ideen, Erfindungen und Ereignisse veränderten das Leben? Wie greifen politische, gesellschaftliche und ökonomische Entwicklungen ineinander? Welche großen kulturellen Strömungen kristallisieren sich heraus? Wie wandelte sich die Deutung historischer Ereignisse? Die Enzyklopädie mit Sogwirkung. Wer einmal die Enzyklopädie aufgeschlagen hat, will mehr wissen. Die einzelnen Artikel sind durch zahlreiche Querverweise miteinander verflochten. Wer ihnen folgt, erschließt überraschend neue Zusammenhänge.

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Book SynopsisSo viel Neuzeit muss sein. 400 Jahre Geschichte der Neuzeit in einer Enzyklopädie - das ist einmalig! Wissenschaftler aus der ganzen Welt führen die Kenntnisse über das bedeutsame Zeitalter von der Mitte des 15. bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts in 16 reich illustrierten Bänden zusammen. Zeitgemäß neu. Die Enzyklopädie gründet auf einem neuen wissenschaftlichen Fundament. Sie liefert aktuelle Antworten auf die Kernfragen: Welche Ideen, Erfindungen und Ereignisse veränderten das Leben? Wie greifen politische, gesellschaftliche und ökonomische Entwicklungen ineinander? Welche großen kulturellen Strömungen kristallisieren sich heraus? Wie wandelte sich die Deutung historischer Ereignisse? Die Enzyklopädie mit Sogwirkung. Wer einmal die Enzyklopädie aufgeschlagen hat, will mehr wissen. Die einzelnen Artikel sind durch zahlreiche Querverweise miteinander verflochten. Wer ihnen folgt, erschließt überraschend neue Zusammenhänge.

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Book SynopsisSo viel Neuzeit muss sein. 400 Jahre Geschichte der Neuzeit in einer Enzyklopädie - das ist einmalig! Wissenschaftler aus der ganzen Welt führen die Kenntnisse über das bedeutsame Zeitalter von der Mitte des 15. bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts in 16 reich illustrierten Bänden zusammen. Zeitgemäß neu. Die Enzyklopädie gründet auf einem neuen wissenschaftlichen Fundament. Sie liefert aktuelle Antworten auf die Kernfragen: Welche Ideen, Erfindungen und Ereignisse veränderten das Leben? Wie greifen politische, gesellschaftliche und ökonomische Entwicklungen ineinander? Welche großen kulturellen Strömungen kristallisieren sich heraus? Wie wandelte sich die Deutung historischer Ereignisse? Die Enzyklopädie mit Sogwirkung. Wer einmal die Enzyklopädie aufgeschlagen hat, will mehr wissen. Die einzelnen Artikel sind durch zahlreiche Querverweise miteinander verflochten. Wer ihnen folgt, erschließt überraschend neue Zusammenhänge.

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Book SynopsisAktuelles Forschungsfeld zahlreicher Disziplinen. In rund 50 Artikeln macht das Handbuch mit den Schlüsselbegriffen und zentralen Themen der Aufklärung in Europa vertraut. Die forschungsgestützten und mit einer Bibliographie versehenen Beiträge zu Gegenständen wie u.a. Anthropologie, Freiheit/Gleichheit, Erfahrung, Vernunft, Moral und Toleranz, aber auch zu Landschaft/Garten, Esoterik, Rasse und Kolonialismus präsentieren die Vorgeschichte ihres Themas, zeigen dessen Aufklärungsrelevanz und beleuchten, wo geboten, seine Transformation im Wirkungszusammenhang des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts.

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Book SynopsisPopuläres Studien- und Prüfungsfach: Gender Studies. Die Fragen nach der Bedeutung des Geschlechts und der Geschlechterverhältnisse nehmen einen festen Platz in Lehre und Forschung ein. Auf welchen Methoden und Theorien fußen die Gender Studies? Das Lehrbuch gibt darüber Aufschluss und präsentiert verschiedene Disziplinen und ihren Umgang mit der Gender-Kategorie. In der Neuauflage mit neuesten Literaturhinweisen und aktuellen Übersichten über Institutionen und Forschungsinitiativen.

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Book SynopsisDer Band "Konzepte der Kulturwissenschaften" bietet Orientierung in einem interdisziplinären Diskussionsfeld, das inzwischen selbst für Fachleute kaum noch überschaubar ist. Er informiert über die gegenwärtigen kulturwissenschaftlichen Diskussionen - insbesondere in den Literaturwissenschaften - und gibt einen systematischen und umfassenden Überblick über die verschiedenen Ansätze wie Kultursemiotik, Kulturanthropologie und New Historicism. Weitere Kapitel widmen sich der Medienwissenschaft, kulturwissenschaftlicher Geschlechterforschung, Fragen des kulturellen Gedächtnisses oder interkultureller Kommunikation.

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Book SynopsisWann finden geistige Prozesse statt? Zum Beispiel, wenn wir emotional sind, uns erinnern oder träumen. Mit innovativen Beiträgen stellt das Handbuch kognitive Leistungen wie Erinnerung, Lernen, Planen, Wahrnehmung oder Sprache vor beim Menschen, aber auch im Hinblick auf künstliche Systeme wie Computer oder Roboter. Es beleuchtet die verschiedenen Modelle kognitiver Systeme, darunter das Computermodell des Geistes, neuronale Netze oder dynamische Systeme. Mit den Fächern Anthropologie, Informatik, Linguistik, Neurowissenschaft, Psychologie und Philosophie führt es in die Teildisziplinen der Kognitionswissenschaft ein.Trade Review“The Handbuch Kognitionswissenschaft forms an invaluable source of information for any cognitive scientist or student with a basic familiarity with cognitive science. … the Handbuch Konitionswissenschaft offers a up-to-date, comprehensive view of the state of cognitive science that currently no other handbook can offer in this form. It is thus an essential volume for any student and practitioner of cognitive science, as well as to any scientist interested in cognition.” (Radoslaw Martin Cichy, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Vol. 15, 2016)

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Book SynopsisDas Phänomen Stadt in der Gesamtschau. Von Architektur über Geschichte, Geografie, Politik- und Rechtswissenschaften bis Stadtsoziologie und -ethnologie: In diesem Handbuch kommen sämtliche Disziplinen zur Sprache, die sich mit dem Thema Stadtforschung befassen. Ein Überblickskapitel verdeutlicht multidisziplinäre Parallelen und Differenzen. Im zweiten Teil wird Stadt als kultureller Raum vorgestellt. Es geht um Themen wie das Bild der Stadt, Stadt als Bühne, Stadt als Lebenswelt, Stadt und Literatur, Stadt und Religion sowie das Gedächtnis der Stadt.

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Book SynopsisMännlichkeitsbilder im Wandel. Männlichkeit ist ein Forschungsfeld, das sich in den letzten drei Jahrzehnten innerhalb der Geschlechterforschung immer stärker profiliert hat. Mittlerweile ist die Beschäftigung mit Männlichkeit auch in Medizin, Psychologie, Soziologie, Film- und Literaturwissenschaft zu einem festen Bestandteil geworden. Das Handbuch stellt einen Dialog zwischen den etablierten anglo-amerikanischen Masculinity Studies und der in Europa betriebenen Männlichkeitsforschung her, beleuchtet die wissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen und führt die wichtigsten natur-, sozial- und geisteswissenschaftlichen Perspektiven in einem interdisziplinären Ansatz zusammen. Dabei wird das jeweils fachspezifisch hervorgebrachte Wissen über Männlichkeit von führenden Forschern bilanziert und weitergedacht.Trade Review“Ein Handbuch im besten Sinn … Das Nachschlagewerk bietet ... einen Überblick über die Entwicklungen, Forschungsansätze und zentralen Debatten in verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen und Künsten, die sich mit Männlichkeit auseinandersetzen. Es richtet sich in erster Linie an Menschen, denen das Konzept Gender bereits ein Begriff ist. ... „Männlichkeit“ ist ein herausragendes, exzellent recherchiertes und inspirierendes Nachschlagwerk [sic]. Die konzisen, inhaltsreichen und überwiegend spannend geschriebenen Abrisse laden dazu ein, das Buch immer wieder zur Hand zu nehmen, um nach- und querzulesen.” (Maria Fritsche, in: L'Homme, Jg.30, Heft 1, 2019)“... das vorliegende Handbuch Männlichkeit von eminenter Bedeutung ... Es präsentiert in klar verfassten, auf hohem, zum guten Teil höchstem wissenschaftlichem Niveau ... gewinnt es als Nachschlagewerk und Basis künftiger Forschung seine außerordentliche Geltung.” (Isabella von Treskow, in: Archiv für das Studium der neuen Sprachen und Literaturen, Jg. 170, Heft 255, 2018)“… Für die Information über das Spektrum und den Stand aktueller Männlichkeitsforschung stellt das Handbuch einem viel Material bereit. ... die ziemlich ausführlichen Bibliographien zu den einzelnen Lemmata geben Interessierten gute weiterführende Recherchemöglichkeiten an die Hand.” (Till Kinzel, in: Informationsmittel für Bibliotheken, informationsmittel-fuer-bibliotheken.de, 2018)“... Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch ein großer Wurf für die Männlichkeitsforschung im deutschsprachigen Raum. Es eignet sich nicht nur sehr gut als Nachschlagewerk, sondern sei auch für eine kontinuierliche Lektüre empfohlen. Dies gilt für Experten wie für allgemein Interessierte, die zuverlässige Erläuterungen zu wesentlichen Debatten auf der bisher vernachlässigten Seite der »Gender Studies« suchen.” (Prof. Dr. Pascal Fischer, in: IASLonline, iaslonline.de, 26. Oktober 2017)“... Eine hinreichende Verfügbarkeit in den Bibliotheken vorausgesetzt, steht mit dem nun vorliegenden Handbuch dennoch ein hochwertiges und hilfreiches Nachschlagewerk für die kritische Männlichkeitsforschung zur Verfügung, das in sprachlicher Gestaltung, inhaltlicher Struktur, thematischer Vollständigkeit und theoretischer Breite für Studierende, Forschende und Lehrende insbesondere der Gender Studies gleichermaßen geeignet und zu empfehlen ist.” (Bulletin des Zentrums für transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien, Heft 53, 2016)

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Book SynopsisÜberblick über ein hochbrisantes Thema. Auf den globalen Schauplätzen oder auf dem Schulhof nebenan, Gewalt ist hier wie dort gegenwärtig und wird in den Medien intensiv diskutiert. Was verbirgt sich hinter dem Begriff Gewalt ? Woraus erwächst Gewalt und wie äußert sie sich? Welches sind die Umstände und Ursachen? Von der Anthropologie bis zu den Sportwissenschaften: Der Band zeigt den Gewalt-Diskurs aus unterschiedlichen wissenschaftlichen Perspektiven. Mit einem ausführlichen Kapitel über die Darstellung von Gewalt in Kunst und Medien.

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Book SynopsisVon Geld über Brief und Comic bis Radio, Video und mobile Medien welchen Platz nehmen diese Themen in den Medienwissenschaften ein? Das Handbuch stellt Begriffe und Theorien vor, darunter systemtheoretische Theorien, die Medienarchäologie und die Akteur-Medien-Theorie. Es verknüpft die einzelnen Medien mit der Theorie und macht die vielfältigen Bezüge deutlich. Es zeigt auch die Schnittstellen zu anderen Disziplinen, wie z. B. zur Theater- und Musikwissenschaft oder zu Medienrecht, -psychologie und -pädagogik.

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Book SynopsisÄngste haben Konjunktur. Ob Arbeitslosigkeit oder Armut, ob Finanzmarktkrise oder Klimawandel, gerade solche Themen scheinen in die mediale Angstkommunikation einzufließen. Wie aber werden Ängste kollektiv konstruiert, wie reflektiert? Welchen Effekt hat dies auf Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur? Das Handbuch geht diese und andere Fragen aus ganz unterschiedlichen Richtungen an und zeigt, wie Angst in den Wissenschaften diskutiert wird. Neues umfassendes und theoriegestütztes Werk zum Thema.Trade Review“... Das Handbuch eignet sich für einen kulturwissenschaftlich interessierten Leserkreis und ermöglicht einen leichten Einstieg in die Beschäftigung mit dem Phänomen der angst sowie auch in der Funktion als Nachschlagewerk einen umfassenden überblick über unterschiedliche interdisziplinäre Zugänge. ... Das Handbuch ist insgesamt sehr übersichtlich strukturiert, die einleitende übersicht des Herausgebers ermöglicht es, den roten Faden stets im Blick zu halten ...” (Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger, Jg. 73, Heft 3, 2020)

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Book SynopsisTextwerkstatt für Schule, Studium und Beruf. Ob Referat, Klausur, Mitschrift, Protokoll, Praktikumsbericht, Thesenpapier, Hausarbeit oder Bachelor-, Master- und Doktorarbeit: Worauf kommt es beim Verfassen des Textes an? Wie bleibt man im Zeitplan? Wie wird der Inhalt geplant? Wie wird aus einer Gedankenreihe ein roter Faden? Schreiben kann gelernt werden der Ratgeber hilft, sich systematisch den eigenen Text zu erarbeiten und die Herausforderungen des wissenschaftlichen Schreibens zu meistern.

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Book SynopsisDer Band dokumentiert ein Lebensprojekt: Für Alexander von Humboldt war die Geographie der Pflanzen empirisches Forschungsprogramm und ästhetische Anschauungswissenschaft zugleich. Seine in den amerikanischen Tropen gewonnenen biogeographischen Erkenntnisse verstand er als Grundlage einer Wissenschaft der gesamten Erde. Zahlreiche nun erstmals ediert vorliegende Manuskripte, Notizen und Briefe veranschaulichen Humboldts jahrzehntelange Arbeit an diesem Vorhaben. Sie dokumentieren Humboldts Lektüre- und Schreibpraktiken und zeigen wie er weltweit Daten sammelte sowie Forschungen und Gelehrte vernetzte. Wissenschaftshistorische Beiträge begleiten die Edition. Sie gehen Ursprüngen und Kontexten der Humboldt'schen Biogeographie nach und fragen nach weniger bekannten Vorläufern, Zeitgenossen und Kritikern.Table of ContentsVorwort.- 1. Die Pflanzengeographie als Humboldt’sches Lebensprojekt.- Considérations générales sur la végétation des îles Canaries.- Allgemeine Überlegungen zur Vegetation der Kanarischen Inseln [Deutsch].- Fragen an Robert Brown zur Pflanzengeographie.- 2. Netzwerke botanischer Forschung.- „Jederzeit zu Diensten“: Karl Ludwig Willdenows und Carl Sigismund Kunths Beiträge zur Pflanzengeographie Alexander von Humboldts.- Briefwechsel mit Karl Ludwig Willdenow.- Briefwechsel mit Carl Sigismund Kunth.- Dokumente aus dem Nachlass.- 3. Géographie des plantes dans les deux hémisphères.- „Un peu de géographie des animaux“. Die Anfänge der Biogeographie als „Humboldtian Science“.- Verlagsvertrag zur „Géographie des plantes dans les deux hémisphères“ (1825).- Matériaux pour la nouvelle édition de la Géographie des plantes.- Briefwechsel mit Johann Moritz Rugendas

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Book SynopsisKarol Berger setzt Wagners Musikdramen in Beziehung zu den philosophischen und kulturellen Ideen seiner Zeit und konzentriert sich dabei in einer ausführlichen und gut verständlichen Analyse auf die vier Werke, die dieser in der zweiten Hälfte seiner Karriere schuf: „Der Ring des Nibelungen“, „Tristan und Isolde“, „Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“ und „Parsifal“. Der Autor versucht, in das Geheimnis der Großform von Wagners Musikdramen einzudringen und erzielt überraschende Ergebnisse wie die Nähe Wagners zur italienischen Oper. Bei seiner Einordnung der Musikdramen auf der ideologischen Landkarte seiner Zeit relativieren sich, ganz gegen des Autors ursprüngliche Absicht, viele Einwände von Wagners Kritikern, allen voran Nietzsche.Trade Review“... Er schrieb damit ein Buch für Anfänger und für Fortgeschrittene: für die, die es genau wissen wollen, und für die, die sich erstmals für Wagners Denken und die Fage [sic], wie er es denn gemacht habe, interessieren ... Mit einem Wort: Ein sehr wichtiges, grundlegendes Buch – und gut lesbar ist es auch noch.” (Frank Piontek, in: deropernfreund.de, Jg. 51, 4. Oktober 2022)Table of ContentsProlog.- Das Geheimnis der musikdramatischen Form: Musikdrama als Oper.- Der Ring des Nibelungen: Die anarchistische Utopie.- Das Rheingold: Der Fall.- Die Walküre: Wie man ein Mensch wird.- Siegfried: Wie man ein Held wird.- Götterdämmerung: Die Apokalypse.- Der Mythos der Revolution.- Tristan und Isolde: Die erotische Utopie.- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Politik nach Tristan.- Parsifal: Ethik nach Tristan.- Epilog: Wagner contra Nietzsche.- Anhang: Musikdramaturgische Verlaufspläne.- Register

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch bietet eine politische Landeskunde und behandelt alle zentralen Akteure und Institutionen der hessischen Politik.Trade Review“The editors present a well-structured introduction to politics and regional aspects of Hesse. The book is an essential read for political and social scientists who are focusing on the German states. But it also provides a good overview for students and readers who are interested in the specifics of Hesse.” (Martin Koschkar, German Politics, Vol. 26 (1), December, 2016)“… für jeden an diesem Bundesland Interessierten eine Fundgrube und ein wertvolles Nachschlagewerk darstellt und die sich für Lehrende und Studierende sicherlich rasch zu einem unverzichtbaren Standardwerk der hessischen Landespolitik entwickeln wird.” (Thomas von Winter, in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, Jg. 47, Heft 3, 2016)Table of ContentsLandesverfasssung.- Landtag.- Landesregierung.- Ministerpräsidenten.- Verwaltung.- Hessen im Mehrebenensystem.- Organisierte Interessen.- Medienlandschaft.- Parteien.- Hessens politische Prägungen.- Daten und Fakten zu Hessen.

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Book SynopsisIn einer sich rasch wandelnden Welt steht auch der Soldatenberuf vor neuen und wachsenden Herausforderungen. Dieses Handbuch bietet Grundlagen für eine umfassende und wissenschaftlich fundierte, dennoch praxisorientierte Reflexion des soldatischen Handelns und des militärischen Auftrags.Table of ContentsDer Soldat zwischen Krieg und Frieden: Ethische Orientierungen.-Gewalt - Recht - Staat: Interdisziplinäre Annäherungen.- Soldatsein im 21. Jahrhundert: Sicherheitspolitische Rahmenbedingungen.-Berufsethische Bildung: Aktuelle Entwicklungen und Perspektiven.

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Book SynopsisSport gilt in westlichen Industriegesellschaften als ein gesellschaftlich akzeptiertes Mittel zur Gesundheitsbeeinflussung. Der Sammelband ist im Rahmen des DFG-Projekts „Der Einfluss der Gesundheit und gesundheitlicher Einschränkungen auf die sportliche Aktivität im mittleren und höheren Erwachsenenalter“ entstanden. Autoren verschiedener Disziplinen beleuchten den Zusammenhang von Sport und Gesundheit aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. Einerseits werden Effekte sportlicher und körperlicher Aktivität auf verschiedene Aspekte der Gesundheit behandelt. Zum anderen sollen Veränderungen der Sportaktivität in Folge vom Auftreten von Erkrankungen analysiert werden. Weitere Beiträge behandeln die Frage, wie sich Sport und Bewegung fördern lassen. Es werden sowohl Ergebnisse aus qualitativen als auch aus quantitativen Untersuchungen berichtet.Table of ContentsMethodische Aspekte der Sport-Gesundheits-Beziehung.- Sport- und Bewegungsförderung zur Verbesserung der Gesundheit.- Sport und Gesundheit in unterschiedlichen Lebensphasen und im beruflichen Kontext.

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Book SynopsisZiel dieses Bandes ist es, zentrale Krisendiskurse mit Blick auf die lokale Politikebene aufzugreifen, wissenschaftlich einzuschätzen sowie die Art des wissenschaftlichen Zugriffs auf diese kritischen Entwicklungen zu thematisieren. Dabei sollen die Haushaltsprobleme der lokalen Ebene ebenso Gegenstand sein wie politisch-demokratische Krisenphänomene, die sich in Legitimationsproblemen lokaler Politik zeigen. Ferner werden die lokalen Steuerungsherausforderungen diskutiert, die sich aus dem demographischen Wandel, aus Wachstum und Schrumpfung und territorialer Neujustierung der kommunalen Ebene ergeben. Der Band arbeitet für die verschiedenen Problem- und Krisenbereiche heraus, welche Lösungs- und Bewältigungsstrategien auf lokaler Ebene ausgebildet worden sind und inwieweit diese Erfolg gezeitigt haben. Schließlich ist zu fragen, inwiefern die lokale Politikforschung den Herausforderungen, die sich aus dem krisenhaften Wandel ihres Gegenstandbereichs ergeben, noch gerecht wird und wo es gilt, neue Forschungskonzepte, Theorien, Perspektiven und Formen des Dialogs mit der Praxis zu entwickeln.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen: “... Spannende Beiträge - ein "Must" für alle, die sich mit Finanzen,Governance-Formen, Demografie und allgemeinen Herausforderungen der Gemeinden beschäftigen.“ (in: Forum Public Management, Heft 1, 2014)Pressestimmen:"Die Autoren leisten mit diesem Werk einen insgesamt wichtigen Beitrag zum kommunalen Krisendiskurs [...]." www.publicgovernance.de, 23.07.2013Table of ContentsLokale Politik und Verwaltung im Zeichen der Krise?.- Lokale Parteiendemokratie.- Kommunalfinanzen und Haushaltskrise.- Kommunale Governance-Formen.- Kommunale Aufgaben und Krise der Sozialkommune.- Schrumpfung und demographischer Wandel.

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Book SynopsisAusgehend von einer Klärung des Kulturbegriffs bietet dieses Buch eine umfassende Studie zu den historischen Entwicklungen, zentralen Institutionen und Handlungsfelder der Kulturpolitik in Deutschland.Table of ContentsTheoretische und Methodologische Kontroverse.- Historische Entwicklungen.- Handlungsebenen und Institutionen der Kulturpolitik.- Handlungsfelder der Kulturpolitik.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch bietet eine sehr klare, umfassende und systematische Einführung in die Theorie des Sozialen und des Politischen in den USA. In einem ersten Teil werden die Haupttraditionen des amerikanischen Denkens vorgestellt: Politische Theologie, Republikanismus, Liberalismus und Pragmatismus. Der zweite Teil behandelt die zentralen Grundprobleme der politischen Theorie.Trade Review"Hess legt eine überaus informative und kenntnisreiche Einführung auf engem Raum vor." hpd.de - Humanistischer Pressedienst, 28.01.2013Table of ContentsZentrale Elemente des gesellschaftstheoretischen und politischen Denkens: Exeptionalismus, Politische Theologie, Republikanismus, Liberalismus, Pragmatismus - Moderne Gesellschaftstheorien und Politische Ideen: Demokratie und Macht, Gerechtigkeit und Ungerechtigkeit, Pluralismus und Multikulturalismus, Zivilgesellschaft - Gesellschaftstheorie und politisches Denken zu Beginn des 21.Jahrhunderts

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Book Synopsis​Die AutorInnen ermitteln Arbeitsbedingungen, Arbeitszufriedenheit sowie verschiedene Aspekte der beruflichen Belastung von WaldorflehrerInnen und deren Bewältigung sowohl vor dem Hintergrund allgemeiner Schulsystembedingungen als auch waldorfspezifischer Besonderheiten (z. B. kollegiale Schulführung, pädagogischer Ethos). Bei ausgewählten Inhalten werden Vergleiche mit Aussagen von LehrerInnen an öffentlichen Regelschulen vorgenommen. Ein besonderer Aspekt der Studie geht der Frage nach, in welchem Verhältnis die Anthroposophie zur waldorfpädagogischen Praxis steht.Table of Contents​Heiner Barz & Tanja Kosubek Gruppendiskussionen.- Dirk Randoll Fragebogenerhebung.- Ines Graudenz Lehrersein an einer Waldorfschule aus Sicht von Lehrkräften.- Jürgen Peters Arbeitsbezogene Verhaltens- und Erlebensmuster.- Ines Graudenz Herausforderungen für die Waldorfschule in der Zukunft.

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Book SynopsisWie funktioniert angewandte Zukunftsforschung bei der Allianz, bei BASF, der Deutschen Bahn, BMW, Siemens, aber auch in mittelständischen Unternehmen? Wie analysieren zwei Fraunhofer-Institute, das IZT, der Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, Z-Punkt und das Zentrum für Zukunftsstudien als Think Tank der Salzburger Sozialpartner wichtige Zukunftsthemen und Zukunftstechnologien? Die Antworten auf diese zukunftsweisenden Fragen finden sich in diesem Band. Renommierte ZukunftsexpertInnen zeigen, wie sich Unternehmen, Organisationen und Institutionen mit dem Wissen von heute auf die Welt von morgen vorbereiten.Table of ContentsZukunftsforschung.- Innovationsforschung.- Angewandte Forschung.- Unternehmen.- Wissensmanagement.- Frühaufklärung.

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Book Synopsis​Albaniens Wandel von einer der weltweit brutalsten Diktaturen zu einem demokratischen Rechtsstaat hat begonnen. Immer wieder macht dieses Land durch politische Auseinandersetzungen Schlagzeilen. Sind diese allerdings typisch für die Entwicklungen und die Gesellschaft in Albanien? In diesem Buch wird insbesondere der sich nach dem totalen Atheismus in Albanien neu entwickelnde und entfaltende religiöse und gesellschaftliche Einfluss beleuchtet und der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit dieses Beispiel auch anderen europäischen Ländern Anregungen geben könnte. Albanien wird hier von einer anderen Seite beleuchtet und die Autorin zeigt auf, dass nicht nur schlechte Nachrichten gute Nachrichten sind.Table of Contents​ Geschichte der Religionen in Albanien.- Religion als Identitätsmerkmal.- Das „Heute“ der Religionen in Albanien.- Die Religion im Spiegel des nationalen, internationalen und europäischen Rechts.- Religiöse Toleranz und Akzeptanz in Albanien – Eine Realität oder ein Mythos?.- Zusammenfassung: Was kann von Albanien gelernt werden?.

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Book SynopsisDer nunmehr vorliegende 4. Band widmet sich dem Verfassungsrecht der Freien Hansestadt Bremen, das sich schon aufgrund seines „republikanischen“ Charakters von dem Verfassungsrecht der ganz überwiegend monarchischen Staaten Deutschlands grundlegend unterschied. Mehr als 700 abgebildete Dokumente nebst einer ausführlichen Einführung vermitteln ein überaus anschauliches Bild von der verfassungsrechtlichen Entwicklung Bremens im Zeitraum zwischen 1806 und 1918.Table of ContentsTeil 1: Historische Einführungen.- 2. Abschnitt: Verfassungsentwicklung in den deutschen Einzelstaaten (1806 – 1918).- § 16: Bremen.- Teil 2: Verfassungsdokumente.- 2. Abschnitt: Verfassungsdokumente der deutschen Einzelstaaten (1806 – 1918).- § 16: Bremen.

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