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Customs and cultures, General non-fiction
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This book explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped urban spatialities through the rise of digitally mediated "temporal spaces" in…
Calcutta. Focusing on Uber-enabled mobility, cycling pathways, and cafés, it examines how digital infrastructures and human practices intersect to create fluid, dynamic urban experiences. Challenging fixed notions of place-making, the book interrogates what it means to "return to normal" and how digitality reconfigures urban life, sociality, and imagination. By foregrounding the entanglement of digital and material realms, it offers a critical framework for understanding contemporary urban transformations in the wake of crisis and technological mediation.Part of the Academics, Politics and Society in the Post-Covid World series, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of sociology, social anthropology, media and cultural studies, digital humanities, human geography, political sociology and postcolonial studies, and those interested in the coronavirus pandemic.
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Politics and government, General non-fiction
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Mario Tronti is considered one of the most important Italian Marxist philosophers of our time, as well as one of…
the most influential European political theorists of the post-war period. Largely untranslated and hence unknown in the anglophone world, this is the second volume of a two-volume translation, The Demon of Politics, presenting an invaluable picture of Tronti’s political life and intellectual activity through a selection of his most relevant writings.Volume II paints a fascinating picture of Tronti’s work in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, through his engagement with the traditions of political realism, ‘negative thinking’, and political theology. Essays herein also tackle the legacy of the 20th century from the angle of an intense reflection on the relations between history and politics. An introduction written by the editors contextualises Tronti’s writings during the second part of his career, while also providing the biographical and political details necessary to understand the evolution of his thought in the later years. Footnotes throughout the volume provide valuable precisions and elements of contextualisation throughout the whole volume.The volumes of The Demon of Politics offer the most comprehensive edition of Tronti’s works available to students and scholars.
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Arts and entertainment
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This companion analyzes interactions between the arts and global imperial relationships from around 1800 through the twentieth century.By excavating layers…
and identifying legacies, the essays reveal inherent fractures in colonial perspectives. Tremendous multi-directional imperialisms and inter-imperial dialogues characterize the period, as do protests and anticolonial activity. How does the materializing of empire expose its logics of cultural superiority and its faultlines and instabilities? The essays in this volume explore how the arts, visual culture, and material culture, however subtly, tested empire’s hegemonic limits, whether by exposing fragilities, unmasking ruptures, or through intentional subversions. While this volume’s chapters at times trace evidence of strident anticolonial voices, most consistently they show visual, textual, material, and performative practices pointing to the instability of imperial ambition and activity. The theme of geological stratification shapes the essay structure as authors consider the modes of artistic interaction in the context of imperialism as well as the legacies of empire.The book will be of interest to graduate students, researchers, and professors, and may be used in classes focused on art history, imperialism, and colonialism.
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Small Stages: Cabinets, Dioramas, and other Tiny Performances is a consideration of small stages as unique and generative sites for…
creating and presenting performance. The book examines the ways in which small stages are diminutive sites of performance that derive meaningfulness from the size of the performance area.Organized around four distinct types of small stages such as cabinets of curiosity, dioramas, little free book exchanges, and tiny desk performances, this book explores how meaning can be created in these unusual performance areas. Each chapter considers the embodied functions, performative and affective qualities, and pedagogical implications of these small stages. The final chapter of the book presents the practice of creating digital archives as a small stage and performance. The appendix offers two sample assignments for use or adaptation in a range of courses in performance, theatre, education, humanities and cultural studies.Ideal for students and scholars of performance studies and theatre, as well as researchers in wider associated fields, such as media studies, communication studies and visual arts.
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General non-fiction
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This book guides readers to transition their teaching to learning-centred practices. Based on Weimer’s (2002, 2013) and Blumberg’s (2009, 2019)…
framework, the authors describe their faculty learning community-based journey through the adaptation, implementation, and assessment of a series of practical learning-centred teaching strategies.While furnishing a critical discussion of challenges, directions, and development of learning-centred pedagogy as applied to an Asian context, this book provides suggested pathways for educators around the world to embark on their own journey toward learning-centred teaching. These pathways cover a range of disciplines and teaching contexts from architecture and engineering to systems thinking and general education, illustrating the robustness and flexibility of learning-centred teaching. The authors provide examples of good teaching practice to help instructors, instructional designers, faculty developers and university administrators see how principles of learning-centred teaching and assessment can translate practically into quality classroom teaching and learning. The rigorous assessment methodology is both highly reflective and readily applicable to teaching assessment and portfolio development. It also shows how Blumberg’s (2019) rubrics and Cole & Stavros’ (2019) SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations and Results) framework can be used to evaluate the impact of interventions.Contributing unique insights, this is a valuable guide for anyone interested in implementing student learning-centred pedagogical approaches and using rubrics for assessing teaching practice.
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This book gives a focused view of boron nitride (BN) nanostructures, including their structure, synthesis, properties, and various energy and…
healthcare-related applications. It covers varied dimensional structures of BN, along with other crystalline phases, and important properties of all these structures. It also covers different synthesis routes for all types of BN nanostructures, functional groups, defect engineering, etc. Further sections cover energy storage and conversion, biomedical, piezoelectric and sensing applications including challenges and opportunities. Provides exhaustive coverage of nanostructures of boron nitride. Discusses pertinent structure, synthesis, functionalization, and properties in detail. Emphasizes applications in the energy and healthcare sectors. Contains individual chapters on zero-dimensional, one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional structures of boron nitride. Includes patentability, market potential, and actual product information. This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, and Chemistry.
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Arts and entertainment, Psychology
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Inspired by her Wild About Horror segments on the Evolution of Horror Podcast, Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema sees Mary Wild investigate…
50 films across six core subgenres—Mind, Body, Nature, Aliens, Vampires, and Home Invasion—through close readings of key titles including Mulholland Drive, Black Swan, Jaws, Predator, Twilight, and Misery.Informed by Freudian, Lacanian, and Jungian theory, Wild deconstructs each film with her signature blend of insight and playfulness. Writing with startling emotional clarity, she invites readers to engage with popular media through a psychoanalytic lens, treating films as projective tests to uncover meaningful subjective associations. Spanning an eclectic range of titles, from arthouse to blockbuster, these case studies reveal how genre cinema expresses universal psychological truths. Referencing both classic and contemporary horror, this stylish compendium renders complex theory accessible without sacrificing depth.Featuring a foreword by Mike Muncer, Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema speaks to students, cinephiles, and curious general readers alike. Practising and trainee analysts seeking fresh ways to engage with clients will find inspiration in its pages. Addressing both seasoned theorists and those new to psychoanalysis, Mary Wild champions horror as a vital site of introspection, catharsis, and erotic awakening.
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Politics and government
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Ethiopia has been going through the most tumultuous period in its recent history, with conflict and civil war killing hundreds…
of thousands and leaving millions displaced. This book investigates the escalation and making of the current crises in Ethiopia, starting with the root causes of the protests (2015–2018), the bumpy transition (2018–2021), the civil war in the north (November 2020–November 2022) and ongoing violence in Amhara and Oromia regions, taking us up to 2024.Adopting a diachronic approach, the book brings in historical insights to help us understand the causes of the crises and how they have led to current realities on the ground. The book presents a multiscalar analysis, investigating local identity and security concerns and state- level political, economic and security dynamics. Using the concept of the intrastate insecurity complex, the book sheds light on contested notions of security between state security on the one hand and societal security – the security of ethno- linguistic or cultural groups – on the other. It also takes into account the relevance of regime security in the complex dynamics between state and societal security.Providing fresh conceptual and analytical perspectives on the unfolding situation, the book will be an important read for researchers, policymakers and practitioners interested in governance, development and security issues in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.
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Customs and cultures, General non-fiction
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This book examines the role of religion and the Catholic Church in post-communist Polish politics. It outlines the special circumstances…
of Poland, a country with very high levels of religiosity, where the Catholic Church played a crucial role in the process that led to the collapse of communism in 1989.Based on extensive original research, the book highlights the great complexity in the relationship, with some parties actively associating themselves with the Church’s moral authority, while at the same time many Poles oppose key elements of the Church’s public policy agenda, and some parties mobilise politically around anticlericalism. By examining this important country case study, the work also contributes to the broader comparative-theoretical literature on parties and religion, enhancing our understanding of how parties in modern European democracies relate to religious groupings, particularly how they attempt to mobilise political and electoral support around the religious–secular divide. It thereby helps us to understand the role that religion has played in contemporary European party politics.As a definitive grounded empirical examination of the role of religion and politics in post-1989 Poland, this study will be of interest to scholars of Central and East European studies, Eastern European politics, religion and politics.
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General non-fiction, Philosophy
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Is philosophy of education 100 years old, 300 years old, or even older? What is philosophy of education, and what…
is its relationship to the fields of education and philosophy? This collection of articles from the journal Educational Philosophy and Theory examines debates about the nature of philosophy of education, its history, and its development and the way forward over the past 50 years.As a journey through the journal archives shows, there has been a lively reckoning over time with what constitutes philosophy of education and its past, present, and future, in different geographic locations (such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australasia). How philosophy of education should be practiced in terms of methodology and its relationship with schooling and policy making have been continually questioned over the years, as scholars in the field consider the nature of knowledge and learning and its relationship with values and social contexts.Readers interested in the history and current state of debates in educational philosophy and theory and scholars of educational policy and practice will enjoy exploring this collection, which provides a strong basis for further theorizing about what is and should be philosophy of education.
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Arts and entertainment
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This updated third edition guides you through the intricacies of budgeting and scheduling your film and video projects, in an…
easy-to-understand and accessible way.The book ensures that readers understand the fundamentals of line producing with tips and techniques that apply no matter what kind of scheduling or budgeting software you’re using. Author Paula Landry includes detailed examples of breakdown forms, organizing resources, distribution expenses, and hidden costs, and discusses how to set realistic priorities and find industry and state tax incentives. Beginning with the basics, the text goes on to explore how to best identify, organize, and budget for the appropriate resources, before considering how to manage the project workflows and anticipate any problems along the way. The new edition includes new case studies, software analyses, and shoot strategies, and is enhanced throughout with different market and budget considerations. There is also a downloadable support materials folder, packed full of helpful content and forms available at www.routledge.com/9781032824703.This is an ideal resource for aspiring or active producers and directors who want to be confident of approaching their project budgets and schedules in an informed and educated way.
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Science and technology
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Emerging contaminants, or contaminants of concern, which range from microplastics, industrial chemicals, cosmetics, and pesticides, to pharmaceuticals and pathogens, present…
unique issues and challenges to communities across the globe. The risk assessment and management of these potential hazards require an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach in connection with the holistic framework of One Health. This book explains the need for collaboration between researchers, policymakers, public health professionals, and other stakeholders to address the serious gaps between emerging contaminants and One Health. It offers practical strategies and solutions for managing emerging contaminants effectively. Features Discusses an important and timely concept of contaminants of concern with the perspective of One Health Focuses on the existing research gaps in managing emerging contaminants Emphasizes the urgent need for collaboration between field experts in biotechnology, bioresources, bioeconomics, environmental engineering, and environmental sciences Provides state-of-the-art technological developments, their advantages, and challenges associated with emerging contaminants Professionals and researchers in Environmental Engineering and Sciences, Biosciences, and Public Health will benefit from the practical approach, strategies, and solutions featured in this book. It is also great supplementary reading for students taking courses in areas such as Environmental Health, Pollution and Environmental Assessment, and Environmental Policy and Regulation.
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Politics and government, General non-fiction
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Mario Tronti is considered one of the most important Italian Marxist philosophers of our time, as well as one of…
the most influential European political theorists of the post-war period. Largely untranslated and hence unknown in the anglophone world, this is the first volume of a two-volume translation, The Demon of Politics, presenting an invaluable picture of Tronti’s political life and intellectual activity through a selection of his most relevant writings.Volume I paints a fascinating picture of Tronti’s work in the 1960s, when he made landmark contributions to a new reading of Marx, and in the 1970s when he again joined the Communist Party and worked towards a theory of the political that led to lively debates and even splits within workerism. An introduction written by the editors contextualises the writings of the first part of Tronti’s career, while also providing the biographical and political details necessary to understand the evolution of his thought during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Footnotes throughout the volume provide valuable precisions and elements of contextualisation.The volumes of The Demon of Politics offer the most comprehensive edition of Tronti’s works available to students and scholars.
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General non-fiction
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In Oceans as Archives, the ocean forms a generative site to develop practices of reading, writing, thinking, and imagining a…
long era of climate catastrophe. Many scholars, artists, and activists have argued that climate catastrophe demands new methods of writing, representation, and critique that attend to the violences and erasures of the past and create new possibilities for a collective future. Indigenous, Black, and (formerly) colonized peoples have centered oceans as sites of contest and connection, spaces of subversion, multispecies entanglement, ancestral knowledge, and as sources of life.Including short and long essays, poems, and creative interventions, this volume centers oceans as archives to expand engagements with ocean justice from non-Eurocentric critical lineages characteristic of the racial capitalocene. It speaks to questions of oceanic past-present-futures from an array of ocean regions, (inter)disciplinary fields, his/her/their stories, surfaces and depths. This scholarship—in all its multiplicity—forms a compass, a guide, a critical reminder that there have always been ways to think with the ocean beyond European cartography, extraction, capitalism, and colonization. Oceans as Archives will be essential reading for those interested in critical ocean studies, environmental humanities, Indigenous studies, Black studies, cultural studies, sociolegal studies, geography, and oceanography.
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Customs and cultures, General non-fiction
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Intersections of Feminist Technoscience and Phenomenology: Subjectivity, Embodiment, Agency brings together feminist phenomenology and feminist technoscience studies with the aim…
of gaining a more comprehensive understanding of subjectivity and subjectivities as embodied and situated in the world.The book demonstrates how combining insights from both of these traditions can deepen feminist analyses of pressing contemporary issues, from climate change to medical technologies, while contributing to broader discussions in feminist theory, epistemology, and subjectivity studies. The volume is organized into three interconnected parts examining situated subjectivity and knowledge production, embodiment and normative body formation, and the relationship between affectivity and agency.Intersections of Feminist Technoscience and Phenomenology is an essential resource for both undergraduates and postgraduates studying Gender Studies, Philosophy, Science and Technology Studies, Environmental and Medical Humanities, and Bioethics.
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Arts and entertainment
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This edited volume explores notions of care that are overlooked or neglected for one reason or another, featuring projects that…
examine the most common forms of care – mostly health and social care – in a new light.Chapters cover new ground – from overlooked histories of care to caring for the future, from economies and the commodification of care to equitable care, from anarchic care to the choreography of care, from proposing a policy for empathy to questioning whether design really needs empathy at all, and much more. The book shows that design is well-situated to bring forward, in theory and in practice, a care of the possible in view of what can be prevented and, in the same gesture, of what can be invented about the future of care.The book will be of interest to scholars working in product design, service design, information design, sustainable design, and user-centred/user-experience design.
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General non-fiction, Writing
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Narrative Theory in Journalistic Practice provides innovative analytical frameworks for examining journalistic narratives in today’s digital, multimodal media landscape. The…
volume expands beyond traditional models focused on linear texts to address contemporary formats across multiple platforms.Through empirical analyses of genres such as immersive long-form stories, live news reports, social media news, podcasts, and still images, the book explores the dual function of journalistic narratives: they are suited to engage readers in both trivial and complex events and issues, but will also advance certain interpretations of reality and downplay others. The book conveys a critical and constructivist view on narratives, showing how journalistic stories contribute to shaping people’s understanding of reality but also how media users play an active role in interpreting the narratives.The volume will interest students and scholars of journalism, media studies, and narrative studies. It is intended for use by graduate students as well as by established researchers.
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Business and economics, Personal finance and investing
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This book provides a comprehensive understanding of clean energy funds (CEFs). It examines clean energy from two perspectives: environmental sustainability,…
aligning with the current and future global agenda, and financial viability, emphasizing its significance for investor returns, portfolio diversification, and resilience amidst financial challenges.The book begins by assessing the potential role of clean energy funds in addressing climate change. Covering the origins, structures, and functions of CEFs, the book critically examines the challenges that these funds face in achieving sustainability goals. These include volatility, regulatory uncertainties, and technology risks. The book then covers the regulatory landscape, market dynamics, and investor preferences to understand the changes in the investment landscape. It then provides diversification strategies for financial advisors to engage their clients in informed discussions about sustainable investing.Tailored for investment professionals, finance students, policymakers, and individuals interested in sustainable finance, this book will be a useful resource in understanding this new green finance tool.
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Ancient history, Religion
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This book offers a comprehensive and systematic—rather than historical—approach to ancient Greek oracular texts, showing their conceptual and formal unity…
and patternization, as well as their meaningful diversity. It provides even coverage of both oracular texts ascribed to major institutions, including Delphi, Dodona, Didyma, Clarus, and Abonoteichus, and those attributed to mythical poets such as the Sibyl, Bacis, and Musaeus. Chapters analyse the metre and phraseology of the texts and how they were recorded, transmitted, archived, and collected, as well as their narrative functions and authors. It also takes into account the later reception of Greek oracular texts: ‘theological oracles’; epigraphically attested lot oracles (dice and alphabet oracles); three extant Greek oracular texts which survived from the Libri Sibyllini of the Roman Republic; adoptions into—or imitations in—Latin literature of Greek oracular texts. With a lengthy appendix offering relevant texts in ancient Greek and English, readers gain a fuller understanding of the linguistic nuances and conventions of such texts and their place in the wider corpus of Greek literature.The volume provides a fascinating resource and reassessment of oracular texts, suitable for students and scholars working on Greek and Roman oracles, divination, and ancient religion more broadly, as well as classicists, archaeologists, theologians, and epigraphists.
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General non-fiction, Lifestyle
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The first study to examine the intersection between imaginative geographies and mystical tourism, this book presents a detailed discussion of…
how tourism is linked to mystical experiences, consumer products, and wellness resorts.The many forms of colonialism have enabled governments, colonial agents, settlers, writers, and artists to reorder the world as a new space that mystifies invasion, occupation, and reterritorialization as it reestablishes a new binary of what is natural and what is unnatural. Colonial Geographies, Tourist Imaginaries, and Mystical Landscapes provides an account of this colonial practice and its influence on the creation of mystical landscapes in modern tourism. Including case studies on more familiar cases of colonialism, such as Kenya and Algeria, which are known as Europe’s "classic colonies," as well as settler colonies, including the United States of America, its Pacific colony in the Hawaiian Islands, and Israel, this book examines how colonial culture inserted itself into these spaces and looks to anti-colonial and indigenous voices to help us understand and counter this mystification.This engaging and accessible work bridges cultural theory, sociology of religion, and human geography and tourism studies through an examination of film, television, theme parks, travel, and leisure activities focused on the wellness industry to illustrate how imaginative geographies function in European and American colonial and imperial projects.