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Art for Social Change and Cultural Awakening
An Anthropology of Residence in Taiwan
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Artistic residency has become widely adopted in Western countries while only recently having become popular and well-supported within Taiwan. This book explores the challenges that this form of art practice faced in contemporary Taiwan from the revocation of Martial Law in 1987 to the 2000s—arguably...
Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 36
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Since 1970, a new series, sponsored by the Modern Language Association of America and edited by an international...
Invisible Language
Its Incalculable Significance for Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Invisible Language: Its Incalcuable Significance for Philosophy reveals that although the use of language is visible or audible, the medium employed boasts neither of these attributes. Garth L. Hallet suggests that from Plato until now, the intangibility of language has exercised a far more profound...
History in the Making
The Archaeology of the Eastern Subarctic
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The Eastern Subarctic has long been portrayed as a place without history. Challenging this perspective, History in the Making: The Archaeology of the Eastern Subarctic charts the complex and dynamic history of this little known archaeological region of North America. Along the way, the book explores...
Cuba's Forgotten Decade
How the 1970s Shaped the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
The 1970s have largely been overlooked in scholarly studies of the Cuban Revolution, or, at the very least, dismissed simply as a period of “Sovietization” characterized by widespread bureaucratization, institutionalization, and adherence to Soviet orthodoxy. Consequently, scant research exists...
Curriculum Action Research
A Handbook of Methods and Resources for the Reflective Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
A handbook of research techniques for teachers, this book documents the historical development and changing nature of action research in the curriculum and aims to encourage teacher development through curriculum inquiry. It describes 57 action research tools, ten of which are new.
Essential Ethnographic Methods
A Mixed Methods Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
This is Book 3 of 7 in the Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition.
Essential Ethnographic Methods introduces the fundamental, face-to-face data collection tools that ethnographers and other qualitative researchers use on a regular basis. It provides ethnographers with tools to answer the principal...
Designing and Conducting Ethnographic Research
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
This is Book 1 of 7 in the Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition.
The Ethnographer's Toolkit series begins with this primer, which introduces novice and expert practitioners alike to the process of ethnographic research, including answers to questions such as who should and can do ethnography,...
by Jasbir Singh Arora, Ph.D., Mechanics and Hydraulics
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Introduction to Optimum Design, Fourth Edition, carries on the tradition of the most widely used textbook in engineering optimization and optimum design courses. It is intended for use in a first course on engineering design and optimization at the undergraduate or graduate level in engineering departments...
by Shilpa Lawande, Pete Smith, Lilian Hobbs
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Oracle 10g Data Warehousing is a guide to using the Data Warehouse features in the latest version of Oracle —Oracle Database 10g. Written by people on the Oracle development team that designed and implemented the code and by people with industry experience implementing warehouses using Oracle technology,...
by Sam O. Imbo, Professor of Philosophy, Hamline University
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 1998
Organized topically rather than historically, this book provides an excellent introduction to the subject of African Philosophy. Samuel Oluoch Imbo synthesizes the ideas of key African philosophers into an accessible narrative. The author focuses on five central questions: What are the definitions...
Richard Rorty
Education, Philosophy, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2001
Richard Rorty's neopragmatist philosophy marks him as one of the most gifted and controversial thinkers of his time. Antifoundationalism and antirepresentationalism are the guiding motifs in his thought. He wants to jettison a set of philosophical distinctions—appearance/reality, mind/body, morality/prudence—that...
by Yoneyuki Sugita, John Van Sant, Peter Mauch
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The most important bilateral relationship in Asia since the end of World War II is assuredly between the United States and Japan. Despite the geographical and cultural differences between these two nations, as well as the bitterness leftover from the war, an amicable and prosperous relationship has...
Island Genres, Genre Islands
Conceptualisation and Representation in Popular Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
'Island Genres, Genre Islands' moves the debate about literature and place onto new ground by exploring the island settings of bestsellers. Through a focus on four key genres—crime fiction, thrillers, popular romance fiction, and fantasy fiction—Crane and Fletcher show that genre is fundamental...