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Querying childhood: feminist reframings
This book critically examines assumptions about age, women, and gender. Amidst all the attention that has been granted to difference and inequality, however uneven and unsatisfactory in terms of class and caste, race and ethnicity, sexuality and gender, disability, religion, and nation, questions of age and its importance for feminism have been less well defined. Drawing on recent literature on…
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- 9781003465256
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- xiii, 323 pages; illustration
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- 305.23 SCH q
Expanding horizons in the history of science: the comparative approach
This book challenges the common assumption that the predominant focus of the history of science should be the achievements of Western scientists since the so-called scientific revolution. The conceptual frameworks within which the members of earlier societies and of modern indigenous groups worked admittedly pose severe problems for our understanding. But rather than dismiss them on the grounds…
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- 9781316516249
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- 166 p
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- 509.01 LLO e
Translation technology in accessible health communication
Meng Ji, Pierrette Bouillon, Mark Seligman ; with contributions from Bastien David, Magali Norre?, Irene Strasly, Herve? Spechbach, Johanna Gerlach, Lu?cia Morado Va?squez, Silvia Rodri?guez Va?squez.
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- 9781108837378
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- xiii, 212 pages; illustration
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- Studies in natural language processing
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- 610.1 JI t
Generative AI in higher education: the ChatGPT effect
Chan and Colloton's book is one of the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the use and impact of ChatGPT and Generative AI (GenAI) in higher education. Since November 2022, every conversation in higher education has involved ChatGPT and its impact on all aspects of teaching and learning. The book explores the necessity of AI literacy tailored to professional contexts, assess the str…
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- 9781003459026
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- xxv, 260 pages; illustration
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- 371.9 CHA g
Framing social theory: reassembling the lexicon of contemporary social sciences
This book explores the current forms of social science theorization starting from some federative themes: Agency, Anthropocene, Coloniality, Intersectionality, Othering, Singularization, Technoscience and Uncertainty. The book proposes a reconstruction of contemporary social theory starting from some thematic issues rather than starting from authors or schools of thought. It emphasizes the usef…
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- 9781003203308
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- x, 160 pages : illustrations
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- Routledge advances in sociology
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- 300.1 REB f
Surveying climate-relevant behavior : measurements, obstacles, and implications
This open access book discusses the contribution of sociology and survey research to climate research. The authors address the questions of which behaviors are of climate relevance, who is engaging in these behaviors, in which contexts do these behaviors occur, and which individual perceptions and values are related to them. Utilizing survey research, the book focuses on the measurement of clim…
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- 1
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- 9783030857967
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- xi, 159p. : ill.
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- 363.73874 MAR s
Connected & disconnected in Viet Nam : remaking social relations in a post-so…
Vietnam’s shift to a market-based society has brought about profound realignments in its people’s relations with each other. As the nation continues its retreat from the legacies of war and socialism, significant social rifts have emerged that divide citizens by class, region and ethnicity. By drawing on social connections as a traditional resource, Vietnamese are able to accumulate wealth,…
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- 16
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- 9781925022926
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- 959.7044 TAY c
Read till it shatters : nationalism and identity in modern Thai literature
This book introduces readers to modern Thai literature through the themes of modernity, nationalism, identity and gender. In the cultural, political and social transformations that occurred in Thailand during the first half of the twentieth century, Thai literature was one of the vehicles that moved the changes. Taking seriously ‘read till it shatters’, a Thai phrase that instructs readers …
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- 18
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- 9781760462260
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- -
- Series Title
- Asian Studies Series
- Call Number
- 895.91 CHA r
Unauthorized access : the crisis in online privacy and security
Going beyond current books on privacy and security, Unauthorized Access: The Crisis in Online Privacy and Security proposes specific solutions to public policy issues pertaining to online privacy and security. Requiring no technical or legal expertise, the book explains complicated concepts in clear, straightforward language. The authors two renowned experts on computer security and law explore…
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- 22
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781138436923
- Collation
- xxiii, 401 p
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- -
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- 323.4302854678 ROB u
Science in the forest, science in the past
This collection brings together leading anthropologists, historians, philosophers, and artificial-intelligence researchers to discuss the sciences and mathematics used in various Eastern, Western, and Indigenous societies, both ancient and contemporary. The authors analyze prevailing assumptions about these societies and propose more faithful, sensitive analyses of their ontological views about…
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- 9781912808427
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- xii + 278 p
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- 111 GEO s
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