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Between Imagined Communities and Communities of Practice - Participation, Ter…
Community and participation have become central concepts in the nomination processes surrounding heritage, intersecting time and again with questions of territory. In this volume, anthropologists and legal scholars from France, Germany, Italy and the USA take up questions arising from these intertwined concerns from diverse perspectives: How and by whom were these concepts interpreted and re-in…
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- 9783863952051
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- 315 p.
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- 306.42 BET b
Following the Cap-Figure in Majapahit Temple Reliefs : a new look at the reli…
This title is available online in its entirety in Open Access. This publication provides a new understanding of the religious function of the East Javanese temples. The study of the cap-figures and their symbolism yields an outstanding contribution to the uniqueness of Majapahit culture.
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- 9789004258655
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- XVII, 397 p.
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- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 280
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- 294.550959828 KIE f
The archaeology of Europe’s drowned landscapes
This open access volume provides for the first time a comprehensive description and scientific evaluation of underwater archaeological finds referring to human occupation of the continental shelf around the coastlines of Europe and the Mediterranean when sea levels were lower than present. These are the largest body of underwater finds worldwide, amounting to over 2500 find spots, ranging from …
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- 9783030373672
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- xxviii, 561p. : ill.
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- 940.1 ARC a
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out : Kids Living and Learning with …
An examination of young people's everyday new media practices—including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use.Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there…
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- 9780262518543
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- XIX, 419 p.
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- 302.23083 ITO h
Workers, managers, productivity : Kaizen in developing countries
This open access book provides a glimpse into the Japanese management technique known as “Kaizen,” and the ways it has been disseminated around the developing world. The novelty of this book is three-fold: it provides a contextualized view of the mechanisms of initiatives implementing Kaizen in developing countries; compared with productivity studies, it places the relationship between work…
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- 9789811503641
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- xxvi, 327p. : ill.
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- 658.406 WOR w
The Linguistic integration of adult migrants. Some lessons from research
This volume provides a comprehensive report on a symposium organised by the Council of Europe (Strasbourg) in 2016 in the context of its human rights agenda. Its purpose was to explore some of the ways in which scientific evidence can inform the development and implementation of policy and practice designed to support the linguistic integration of adult migrants.
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- 9783110477498
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- xv, 431 p.; 22 cm.
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- 418 LIN l
Language in the digital era. Challenges and perspectives
This collected volume brings together the contributions of several humanities scholars who focus on the evolution of language in the digital era. The first part of the volume explores general aspects of humanities and linguistics in the digital environment. The second part focuses on language and translation and includes topics that discuss the digital translation policy, new technologies and s…
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- 9783110472059
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- 270 p.; 22 cm
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- 410 LAN l
There is a crack in everything—education and religion in a secular age
There are two constants in academic and theological discourse throughout history, they are the debate around secularization and the dialogue concerning the intersection of religion and education. Each age has had its debate about modernizing forces that drive concerns of impending secularization. In this publication this theme is approached from perspectives of teachers, of students, of policy …
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- 9783039212774
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- 266 p.; 22 cm.
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- 200.07 CRA c
Sustainable development goals and human rights
This open access book analyses the interplay of sustainable development and human rights from different perspectives including fight against poverty, health, gender equality, working conditions, climate change and the role of private actors. Each aspect is addressed from a more human rights-focused angle and a development-policy angle. This allows comparisons between the different approaches bu…
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- 9783030304690
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- xv, 239p. : ill.
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- 304.2 SUS s
Framing in sustainability science : theoretical and practical approaches
This open access book offers both conceptual and empirical descriptions of how to “frame” sustainability challenges. It defines “framing” in the context of sustainability science as the process of identifying subjects, setting boundaries, and defining problems. The chapters are grouped into two sections: a conceptual section and a case section. The conceptual section introduces readers …
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- 9789811390616
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- viii, 196p. : ill.
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- 338.927 FRA f
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