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Storytelling in Northern Zambia: theory, method, practice and other necessary…
Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia and in many other communities across Africa. This innovative book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by five Bemba-speaking ethnic groups in Zambia. The integration of newly digitalised audio and video recordings into the text enables the reader to encounter the storytellers the…
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- 9781909254619
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- xviii, 274 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 808.543 CAN s
Feeding the city: work and food culture of the Mumbai Dabbawalas
Every day in Mumbai 5,000 dabbawalas (literally translated as "those who carry boxes") distribute a staggering 200,000 home-cooked lunchboxes to the city’s workers and students. Giving employment and status to thousands of largely illiterate villagers from Mumbai's hinterland, this co-operative has been in operation since the late nineteenth century. It provides one of the most efficient deli…
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- 9781909254022
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- xv, 214 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 394.12 RON f
Frontier encounters: knowledge and practice at the Russian, Chinese and Mongo…
China and Russia are rising economic and political powers that share thousands of miles of border. Yet, despite their proximity, their practical, local interactions with each other — and with their third neighbour Mongolia — are rarely discussed. The three countries share a boundary, but their traditions, languages and worldviews are remarkably different. Frontier Encounters presents a w…
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- 9781906924898
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- ix, 280 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 327.51047 FRO f
Gallucci's commentary on Dürer’s 'four books on human proportion': renaiss…
In 1591, Giovanni Paolo Gallucci published his Della simmetria dei corpi humani, an Italian translation of Albrecht Dürer’s Four Books on Human Proportion. While Dürer’s treatise had been translated earlier in the sixteenth-century into French and Latin, it was Gallucci’s Italian translation that endured in popularity as the most cited version of the text in later Baroque treatises, cov…
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- 9781783748891
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- xiii, 208 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24cm
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- 704.942 HUT g
Life histories of etnos theory in Russia and beyond
Life Histories of Etnos Theory in Russia and Beyond makes a powerful argument for reconsidering the importance of etnos in our understanding of ethnicity and national identity across Eurasia. The collection brings to life a rich archive of previously unpublished letters, fieldnotes, and photographic collections of the theory’s early proponents. Using contemporary fieldwork and case studies, t…
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- 9781783745463
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- xix, 425 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 305.8 LIF l
Digital media and textuality: from creation to archiving
Due to computers' ability to combine different semiotic modes, texts are no longer exclusively comprised of static images and mute words. How have digital media changed the way we write and read? What methods of textual and data analysis have emerged? How do we rescue digital artifacts from obsolescence? And how can digital media be used or taught inside classrooms? These and other questions ar…
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- 9783839440919
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- 284 p. : ill.
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- 006.7 MAD d
Living earth community: multiple ways of being and knowing
Living Earth Community: Multiple Ways of Being and Knowing is a celebration of the diversity of ways in which humans can relate to the world around them, and an invitation to its readers to partake in planetary coexistence. Innovative, informative, and highly accessible, this interdisciplinary anthology of essays brings together scholars, writers and educators across the sciences and humanities…
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- 9781783748051
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- xxxviii, 243 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 304.2 LIV l
Community empowerment through research, innovation and Open Access : proceedi…
ICHSS is an international seminar that is held every two years organized by the Research and Community Service Institute of the State University of Malang. The meeting aims to discuss the theoretical and practical developments of Social Sciences and Humanities in Indonesia and other countries with a view to build academic networks by gathering academics from various research institutes and univ…
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- 9781003189206
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- XV, 163 p.
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- 307.14 COM c
Parenting and work in Poland : a gender studies perspective
The open access book provides a critical account of parenthood in Polish society. It uses a qualitative perspective to show how mothers and fathers engage with parenthood and also function in the labour market. Parenting in contemporary Poland is not only affected by individual preferences and choices, but significantly by the institutional context, in particular the family policy system, as we…
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- 9783030663032
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- xii, 107p. : ill.
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- 305 SUW p
Youth Transitions among Descendants of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam and St…
This open access book maps the youth transitions of descendants of migrants from Turkey living in Amsterdam and Strasbourg, through a comparative mixed-methods research design. As such, it is of interest to discussions in youth sociology, social mobility and second-generation research. The book follows transition trajectories of the second-generation, from school to activity or inactivity in th…
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- 9783030117900
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- 331.62492352 KES y
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