Sensi/able Spaces
Space, Art and the Environment Proceedings of the SPARTEN conference, Reykjavík, June 1st and 2nd, 2006
SENSI/ABLE SPACES explores how space, art, and the environment interact. Bringing together academics and artists, it challenges notions of "sensible" spaces, defined by ideology, to focus on the "sensable"—what we perceive through our senses.
SENSI/ABLE SPACES explores how space, art, and the environment interact. Bringing together academics and artists, it challenges notions of “sensible” spaces, defined by ideology, to focus on the “sensable”—what we perceive through our senses.
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Corporate Citizenship
Perspectives in the New Century
As globalization deepens, it is necessary to ensure business activities make a positive contribution to communities. This book underlines the big-picture thinking on the roles business can play in fostering a moral, equitable and ecologically sustainable world.
As globalization deepens, it is necessary to ensure business activities make a positive contribution to communities. This book underlines the big-picture thinking on the roles business can play in fostering a moral, equitable and ecologically sustainable world.
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Whiteheadian Ethics
Abstracts and Papers from the Ethics Section of the Philosophy Group at the 6th International Whitehead Conference at the University of Salzburg, July 2006
These papers explore the ethical and meta-ethical implications of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy. From a major international conference, contributions cover the metaphysics of morals, evaluating moral practices, and ethics and aesthetic values.
These papers explore the ethical and meta-ethical implications of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy. From a major international conference, contributions cover the metaphysics of morals, evaluating moral practices, and ethics and aesthetic values.
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To See the Wizard
Politics and the Literature of Childhood
Inspired by The Wizard of Oz, this volume interrogates the politics at work in children's literature. It analyzes how "wizards"—writers, publishers, and others—use stories to shape young readers' views on race, class, gender, and power.
Inspired by The Wizard of Oz, this volume interrogates the politics at work in children’s literature. It analyzes how “wizards”—writers, publishers, and others—use stories to shape young readers’ views on race, class, gender, and power.
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Postcolonial Borderlands
Orality and Irish Traveller Writing
This volume explores the marginalization of Irish Travellers. Focusing on two autobiographies, it reveals the seminal role of storytelling in creating a sense of nationhood and a legitimate sense of belonging for a people excluded to society’s margins.
This volume explores the marginalization of Irish Travellers. Focusing on two autobiographies, it reveals the seminal role of storytelling in creating a sense of nationhood and a legitimate sense of belonging for a people excluded to society’s margins.
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On the Turn
The Ethics of Fiction in Contemporary Narrative in English
This diverse, challenging collection of essays explores the 'ethical turn' in literary studies. Scholars analyze the connections between ethics and fiction, tackling complex topics like race, gender, and the politics of representation. Essential reading.
This diverse, challenging collection of essays explores the ‘ethical turn’ in literary studies. Scholars analyze the connections between ethics and fiction, tackling complex topics like race, gender, and the politics of representation. Essential reading.
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Multiple Lenses
Voices from the Diaspora located in Canada
Spanning 400 years, this essential introduction explores the Black Canadian experience. Through diverse lenses from law to music, leading voices reveal the ongoing struggle and triumph in the quest for identity, justice, and self-definition.
Spanning 400 years, this essential introduction explores the Black Canadian experience. Through diverse lenses from law to music, leading voices reveal the ongoing struggle and triumph in the quest for identity, justice, and self-definition.
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Tasks in Action
Task-Based Language Education from a Classroom-Based Perspective
Empirical evidence on Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) in real classrooms is lacking. This volume fills that gap, compiling studies that describe what learners and teachers actually do, providing valuable new insights into TBLT implementation.
Empirical evidence on Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) in real classrooms is lacking. This volume fills that gap, compiling studies that describe what learners and teachers actually do, providing valuable new insights into TBLT implementation.
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This book examines Adorno's mode of critique through his aesthetics. It explores how this focus on aesthetics shapes his readings of knowledge, history, culture, and art to reassert his relevance for constructing effective modes of critical thinking.
This book examines Adorno’s mode of critique through his aesthetics. It explores how this focus on aesthetics shapes his readings of knowledge, history, culture, and art to reassert his relevance for constructing effective modes of critical thinking.
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These essays examine the interaction between translation, language and culture. Scholars from countries including Austria, Italy, Russia, and Slovenia offer fascinating insights into the complex phenomenon of cross-cultural communication.
These essays examine the interaction between translation, language and culture. Scholars from countries including Austria, Italy, Russia, and Slovenia offer fascinating insights into the complex phenomenon of cross-cultural communication.
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Participation and Media Production
Critical Reflections on Content Creation
This volume critically examines media participation. It provides analyses that reconcile the appreciation for digital empowerment with a critical analysis of its boundaries, revealing the restrictions, inequalities, and exclusions that often accompany it.
This volume critically examines media participation. It provides analyses that reconcile the appreciation for digital empowerment with a critical analysis of its boundaries, revealing the restrictions, inequalities, and exclusions that often accompany it.
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Sensorium
Aesthetics, Art, Life
This book reconfigures art and philosophy by returning to an older meaning of aesthetics: our capacity to receive sensations. Following Deleuze and Lyotard, it frames artists as experimenters with the sensible who extend our perceptual interface with the world.
This book reconfigures art and philosophy by returning to an older meaning of aesthetics: our capacity to receive sensations. Following Deleuze and Lyotard, it frames artists as experimenters with the sensible who extend our perceptual interface with the world.
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Narratives of Community
Womens Short Story Sequences
This collection of essays examines short story sequences by women from around the world. Using diverse theoretical models, contributors consider how female identity is negotiated in community, making a major contribution to feminist and genre theory.
This collection of essays examines short story sequences by women from around the world. Using diverse theoretical models, contributors consider how female identity is negotiated in community, making a major contribution to feminist and genre theory.
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This collection of essays on ‘Border Studies’ offers innovative approaches to intercultural encounters, with comparative explorations of American, Latin-American, European, and Post-Colonial literature, as well as Linguistics, History, and Education.
This collection of essays on ‘Border Studies’ offers innovative approaches to intercultural encounters, with comparative explorations of American, Latin-American, European, and Post-Colonial literature, as well as Linguistics, History, and Education.
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Stories from across cultures deal with shamanic soul loss—the detachment of the psyche from trauma. This book argues for a new genre, the shamanic story, and its sub-genre of soul-loss tales, analysing examples to support this hypothesis.
Stories from across cultures deal with shamanic soul loss—the detachment of the psyche from trauma. This book argues for a new genre, the shamanic story, and its sub-genre of soul-loss tales, analysing examples to support this hypothesis.
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Europe and its Regions
The Usage of European Regionalized Social Science Data
As Europe gets closer, understanding its regional data is a major challenge for social sciences. This volume improves insight into the rich stock of European datasets, highlighting socio-economic cross-border studies and powerful analysis tools.
As Europe gets closer, understanding its regional data is a major challenge for social sciences. This volume improves insight into the rich stock of European datasets, highlighting socio-economic cross-border studies and powerful analysis tools.
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Sublimer Aspects
Interfaces between Literature, Aesthetics, and Theology
How did eighteenth-century aesthetics influence Christian theology and practice? These essays answer this by examining interfaces between literature, aesthetics, and theology from 1715-1885, considering writers from Kant and Coleridge to rediscovered women writers.
How did eighteenth-century aesthetics influence Christian theology and practice? These essays answer this by examining interfaces between literature, aesthetics, and theology from 1715-1885, considering writers from Kant and Coleridge to rediscovered women writers.
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This volume explores the emergence of physics in ancient philosophy, the concept of physical laws from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and the mathematization of Natural Philosophy that led to the emergence of the classical sciences.
This volume explores the emergence of physics in ancient philosophy, the concept of physical laws from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and the mathematization of Natural Philosophy that led to the emergence of the classical sciences.
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Womanhood in Anglophone Literary Culture
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Perspectives
This collection of essays examines how nineteenth and twentieth century women writers responded to patriarchal assumptions about literary merit while contributing to new conceptions of womanhood in Anglophone literary culture.
This collection of essays examines how nineteenth and twentieth century women writers responded to patriarchal assumptions about literary merit while contributing to new conceptions of womanhood in Anglophone literary culture.
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Language in Action
Vygotsky and Leontievian Legacy Today
This volume presents a critical analysis of the relationship between language and action, building on the Vygotskian and Leontievian legacy. It sheds light on human activity and the role language has in mediating what we think, do, and learn.
This volume presents a critical analysis of the relationship between language and action, building on the Vygotskian and Leontievian legacy. It sheds light on human activity and the role language has in mediating what we think, do, and learn.
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