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Fakes and forgeries of written artefacts from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern C…
Fakes and forgeries are objects of fascination. This volume contains a series of thirteen articles devoted to fakes and forgeries of written artefacts from the beginnings of writing in Mesopotamia to modern China. The studies emphasise the subtle distinctions conveyed by an established vocabulary relating to the reproduction of ancient artefacts and production of artefacts claiming to be ancien…
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- 9783110714333
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- VI, 338 p.
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- Volume 20 in the series Studies in Manuscript Cultures
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- 098.3 FAK f
Animals in our midst : the challenges of co-existing with animals in the anth…
This Open Access book brings together authoritative voices in animal and environmental ethics, who address the many different facets of changing human-animal relationships in the Anthropocene. As we are living in complex times, the issue of how to establish meaningful relationships with other animals under Anthropocene conditions needs to be approached from a multitude of angles. This book offe…
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- 9783030635237
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- xiii, 579p. : ill.
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- 179.3 ANI a
Re/assembling the pregnant and parenting teenager : narratives from the field(s)
Drawing in contributions from the United States, the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and Aotearoa New Zealand, this book seeks to foreground shifting experiences of teenage pregnancy and parenting in time and space. In the process, the work cuts across enduring ‘stigma’ contests and dominant discourses which seek to capture, understand and render fixable the ‘problem’ of teenage …
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- 9781787075139
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- XIV, 309 p.
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- 618.200835 RE r
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers' integration in European labour markets…
This open access book discusses how, and to what extent, the legal and institutional regimes and the socio-cultural environments of a range of European countries (the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland Greece, Italy, Switzerland and the UK), in the framework of EU laws and policies, have a beneficial or negative impact on the effective capacity of these countries to integrate migrants, refugees a…
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- 9783030672843
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- xi, 258p. : ill.
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- 331.62094 MIG m
Seledri apium graveolens L.: tanaman aromatis melawan hipertensi
Seledri merupakan tanaman multimanfaat, baik untuk kecantikan maupun kesehatan. Buku ini hadir sebagai upaya untuk menyebarluaskan manfaat dari tanaman obat. Seledri merupakan tanaman aromatik, yang dapat digunakan untuk melebatkan rambut, mengurangi minyak di wajah, bahkan untuk membersihkan noda pada email gigi. Selain itu, seledri juga bermanfaat untuk peluruh air seni, antiseptik saluran…
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- 9786024961992
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- xiv, 138 p, ; 21 cm
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- 635.5 WID s
Rituals of the past : prehispanic and colonial case studies in Andean archaeo…
Through the study of archaeological, ethnographic, linguistic, and historical evidence from northern Peru to northern Chile, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina, the authors in this volume show the significance of ritual from pre-contact to present day in the Andes. These volume essays deal with theoretical and methodological concerns in anthropology and archaeology including non-human and human a…
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- 9781607325963
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- XIII, 321 p.
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- 985.01 BAU r
Arts-based methods for decolonising participatory research
In an effort to challenge the ways in which colonial power relations and Eurocentric knowledges are reproduced in participatory research, this book explores whether and how it is possible to use arts-based methods for creating more horizontal and democratic research practices. In discussing both the transformative potential and limitations of arts-based methods, the book asks: What can arts-bas…
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- 9781003053408
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- XIV, 264 p.
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- Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
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- 700.103 ART a
Studies in Malaysian oral and musical traditions
The first of two studies included is “Music in Kelantan, Malaysia and Some of Its Cultural Implications,” by William P. Malm. Kelantan is the northernmost province on the east coast of Malaysia. It is considered to be the most orthodox area in a nation whose state religion is Islam. At the same time it must be noted that it borders to the north with the Buddhist country of Thailand and to t…
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- 9780472902286
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- 99 p.
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- Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia
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- 781.75951 MAL s
Rice improvement: physiological, Molecular Breeding and Genetic perspectives
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. By 2050, human population is expected to reach 9.7 billion. The demand for increased food production needs to be met from ever reducing resources of land, water and other environmental constraints. Rice remains the staple food source for a majority of the global populations, but especially in Asia where ninety percent of rice is grown and cons…
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- 9783030665302
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- xvi, 498p.: ill.
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- 633.18 RIC r
Pilot society and the energy transition : the co-shaping of innovation, parti…
This open access book examines the role of pilot and demonstration projects as crucial devices for conducting innovation in the context of the energy transition. Bridging literature from sustainability transitions and Science and Technology Studies (STS), it argues that such projects play a crucial role, not only in shaping future energy and mobility systems, but in transforming societies more …
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- 9783030611842
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- vii, 130p. : ill.
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- 354.3 RYG p
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