For readers interested in the history of science, Indigenous studies, Latin American studies, and studies of empire and colonialism, this volume offers a revisionist history of research encounters in the human sciences in imperial and colonial contexts in the Americas and the Pacific. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
This book analyzes almost three thousand protests that occurred between 2006 and 2020 in 101 countries covering over 93 per cent of the world population. The study focuses on the major demands driving world protests, such as those for real democracy, jobs, public services, social protection, civil rights, global justice, and those against austerity and corruption. It also analyzes who was demon…
This open access book brings together a range of contributions that seek to explore the ethical issues arising from the overlap between counter-terrorism, ethics, and technologies. Terrorism and our responses pose some of the most significant ethical challenges to states and people. At the same time, we are becoming increasingly aware of the ethical implications of new and emerging technologies…
Kurihara Sadako was born in Hiroshima in 1913, and she was there on August 6, 1945. Already a poet before she experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, she used her poetic talents to describe the blast and its aftermath. In 1946, despite the censorship of the American Occupation, she published Kuroi tamago (Black Eggs), poems from before, during, and immediately after the war. This volume in…
This open access book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Graph Structures for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, GKR 2020, held virtually in September 2020, associated with ECAI 2020, the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. The 7 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited contributions were revie…
This open access book deals with global sanitation, where SDG 6.2 sets a target of enabling access to sanitation services for all, but has not yet been achieved in low- and middle-income countries. The transition from the United Nations MDGs to the SDGs requires more consideration based on the socio-cultural aspects of global sanitation. In other words, equitable sanitation for those in vulnera…
Peranan Lembaga Keuangan Mikro (LKM) Non-Bank dalam Pembiayaan Usaha Mikro bertujuan memberikan informasi kepada para praktisi, akademisi, dan pengambil kebijakan. Buku ini memaparkan karakteristik lembaga keuangan mikro, yaitu koperasi dan BMT. Selain itu, buku ini juga mengulas LKM non-bank dari sisi kemandirian keuangan serta menganalisis perannya sebagai lembaga pembiayaan dalam mendorong k…
Plankton merupakan organisme mikroskopis yang terdiri dari fitoplankton (plankton tumbuhan) dan zooplankton (plankton hewani). Plankton hidup secara melayang, mengapung, dan bergerak dengan gerakan sangat terbatas di dalam air. Buku ini tidak hanya mengulas bentuk dan kriteria plankton, tetapi juga membahas peranannya di alam. Buku ini secara khusus diperuntukkan bagi mahasiswa yang mengambil m…
Uranium merupakan bahan bakar utama reaktor nuklir yang memiliki energi besar. Uranium dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai bahan bakar reaktor nuklir yang dapat menghasilkan listrik dalam kapasitas yang sangat besar. Nuklir merupakan satu-satunya energi yang terbukti dapat dikembangkan di berbagai kondisi lingkungan dan dapat menghasilkan energi listrik secara terus-menerus tanpa emisi karbon dioksida d…
Instructors in today’s language classrooms face the challenge of preparing globally competent and socially responsible students with transcultural aptitude. As classroom content shifts toward communication, collaboration, and problem solving across cultural, racial, and linguistic boundaries, the teaching of culture is an integral part of foreign language education. This volume offers nontrad…