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Shaping urban futures in Mongolia : Ulaanbaatar, dynamic ownership and econom…
What can the generative processes of dynamic ownership reveal about how the urban is experienced, understood and made in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia? Shaping Urban Futures in Mongolia provides an ethnography of actions, strategies and techniques that form part of how residents precede and underwrite the owning of real estate property – including apartments and land – in a rapidly changing city. I…
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- 9781787351523
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- xv, 167 p. ill;
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- 307.7609517 SHA R
The things that really matter: : philosophical conversations on the cornersto…
While being rooted in the academic discourse, The Things That Really Matter comprehensively explores the most fundamental aspects of human life in an accessible, non-technical language, adding fresh perspectives and new arguments and considerations that are designed to stimulate further debate and, in some cases, a deliberate redirection of research interests in the respective areas. It feature…
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- 9781800082175
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- ix, 290 p.
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- 128 THI M
The responsibility of intellectuals : reflections by Noam Chomsky and others …
With the publication of ‘The Responsibility of Intellectuals’ half a century ago, Noam Chomsky burst onto the US political scene as a leading critic of the war in Vietnam. Privilege, he argues, brings with it the responsibility to tell the truth and expose lies, but our intellectual culture only pays lip-service to this ideal. The essay has been described as ‘the single most influential p…
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- 9781787355514
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- x, 138 p. ill;
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- 973.91 RES N
The Brothers Grimm and the Making of German Nationalism
In the first comprehensive English-language portrait of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm as political thinkers and actors, Jakob Norberg reveals how history's two most famous folklorists envisioned the role of literary and linguistic scholars in defining national identity. Convinced of the political relevance of their folk tale collections and grammatical studies, the Brothers Grimm argued that they cou…
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- 9781009063890
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- viii, 268 p
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- 943.070922 BRO J
Knowing Women : Same-Sex Intimacy, Gender, and Identity in Postcolonial Ghana
Knowing Women is a study of same-sex desire in West Africa, which explores the lives and friendships of working-class women in southern Ghana who are intimately involved with each other. Based on in-depth research of the life histories of women in the region, Serena O. Dankwa highlights the vibrancy of everyday same-sex intimacies that have not been captured in a globally pervasive language of …
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- 9781108863575
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- ix, 332 p ; ill
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- 306.766309667 KNO S
Quantifying Quality of Life
This open access book presents the rise of technology-enabled methods and tools for objective, quantitative assessment of Quality of Life (QoL), while following the WHOQOL model. It is an in-depth resource describing and examining state-of-the-art, minimally obtrusive, ubiquitous technologies. Highlighting the required factors for adoption and scaling of technology-enabled methods and tools for…
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- 6
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- 9783030942120
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- 610.285 QUA K
Co-creation for responsible research and innovation : experimenting with desi…
This open access book summarizes research being pursued within the SISCODE (Society in Innovation and Science through CO-DEsign) project, funded by the EU under the H2020 programme, the goal of which is to set up an analytical, reflective and learning framework to explore the transformations in initiatives and policies emerging from the interaction between citizens and stakeholders. The book pr…
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- 1
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- 9783030787332
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- viii; 168p; ill
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- 658.5752 CRE A
Ancient knowledge networks : a social geography of cuneiform scholarship in f…
Ancient Knowledge Networks is a book about how knowledge travels, in minds and bodies as well as in writings. It explores the forms knowledge takes and the meanings it accrues, and how these meanings are shaped by the peoples who use it. Addressing the relationships between political power, family ties, religious commitments and literate scholarship in the ancient Middle East of the first mill…
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- 9781787355941
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- xxiii, 303 p. ill;
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- 935 ANC E
Hunting Wildlife in the Tropics and Subtropics
The hunting of wild animals for their meat has been a crucial activity in the evolution of humans. It continues to be an essential source of food and a generator of income for millions of Indigenous and rural communities worldwide. Conservationists rightly fear that excessive hunting of many animal species will cause their demise, as has already happened throughout the Anthropocene. Many specie…
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- 9781316338704
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- xxi, 436 p ; ill
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- 333.95416 HUN
People and place : the west coast of new zealand's South Island in history an…
This book traces the enduring relationship between history, people and place that has shaped the character of a single region in a manner perhaps unique within the New Zealand experience. It explores the evolution of a distinctive regional literature that both shaped and was shaped by the physical and historical environment that inspired it. Looking westwards towards Australia and long shut off…
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- edision 10
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- 9781760463458
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- vii. ;216 p. ;ill.
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- 820.99371. PEO l
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