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Almost all aspects of social, cultural, economic and political life stand to be affected by the new electronic technologies. Virtual Society? is one vision of the consequential impact of these technologies. But to what extent and in what ways are the Internet and other electronic technologies really changing our lives? To what extent are we moving to a 'virtual society'? This collection provides a comprehensive set of detailed empirical studies of the genesis and use of these new technologies, ranging widely across application areas: from cyber-caf--eacute--;s to new media; email and organizat

Gardening has well-established physical, social, and emotional benefits for older adults in varied circumstances. In Detroit, Michigan (United States of America), as in many cities, policymakers, funders, researchers, community organizations, and residents regard gardening as a means of transforming bodies, persons, communities, cities, and broader polities. We draw on ethnographic research conducted during one gardening season with 27 older African Americans in Detroit to foreground the social dimensions of wellbeing in later life and thus develop a more robust and nuanced understanding of gardening's benefits for older adults. Based on anthropological understandings of personhood and kinship, this article expands concepts of wellbeing to include social relations across multiple scales (individual, interpersonal, community, state) and temporalities (of the activity itself, experiences of ageing, city life). Even when performed alone, gardening fosters connections with the past, as gardeners are reminded of deceased loved ones through practices and the plants themselves, and with the future, through engagement with youth and community. Elucidating intimate connections and everyday activities of older African American long-term city residents counters anti-black discourses of "revitalization." An expansive concept of wellbeing has implications for understanding the generative potential of meaningful social relations in later life and the vitality contributed by older adults living in contexts of structural inequality.

Front Cover -- Social Work and Human Problems: Casework, Consultation and Other Topics -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Aspects of Casework -- Chapter 1. Renaissance in British Casework -- Chapter 2. The Function and Use of Relationship Between Client and Psychiatric Social Worker -- References -- Chapter 3. Transference and Reality in the Casework Relationship -- Relation Between Psycho-analytic Theory and Psycho-analytic Technique -- Transference and Reality in Relationships -- Role-playing in Casework

The cumulative body of research on borderlands is impressive for its diversity, its interdisciplinarity and its broad scope. One of the richest characteristics of this field is the tendency for scholars to treat borderlands as puzzles which need to be (re)composed. This tendency, however, may impede more ambitious efforts at «theorizing borders», as scholars put forward theories based on empirical cases located in a variety of institutional, economic, cultural and environmental contexts

Geographies of digital culture: an introduction / Tilo Felgenhauer and Karsten Gäbler -- Telegraphy and global space / Roland Wenzlhuemer -- Using social media as big data source for research : the example of ambient geospatial information (AGI) in tourism geography / Michael Bauder -- Regionalization revisited : mediatization of translocal social practices and the spatial reconfiguration of life in rural-urban Bangladesh / Harald Sterly -- The everyday reality of a digitalizing world : driving and geocaching / Mike Duggan -- The emerging hegemony of cybernetic class n realities : the non-place of Generation Z / Paul Montuoro and Margaret Robertson -- From map-reading to geobrowsing : methodological reconsiderations for geomedia / Pablo Abend -- Digital divides in the 21st century United States / Barney Warf -- The diffusion of information technologies in the Brazilian banking system and the indebtedness of low-income population / Fabio Bertioli Contel -- Digital health mapping : big data utilization and user involvement in public health surveillance / Annika Richterich.

The article presents the main results of the research of interests and political orientations of student youth which was carried out in 2014 at the Kazan federal university and its branches in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan. The choice of student youth as a reference group is caused by a number of factors, among which we should name the status of intellectual elite, social and political mobility that allows to consider students as the potential actors of socio-political transformations in the country. The data obtained during poll compared with the results of last research allow defining the dynamics of development of student youth's political sentiment in the region. The study of political attitudes, preferences of students was based on the identification of a number of indicators (degree of interest in politics, the level of personal involvement in political life) and on the study of factors that determine the motivation of political behavior of students. Empirical studies make it possible to rank the problems that dominate the political consciousness of students in the region. These include a high level of corruption in the government, inflation, rising prices, the state of health and education systems and the growing income inequality. Particular attention is accented on the problems associated with the foreign policy aspects, threats, aggression from abroad. The study showed that most young people's interest in politics is limited primarily by informational level, rarely they have desire to express their own position or judgments in political situations. The level of real political participation, socio-political activity of students is low. Obtained results let us notice the increasing trend of demonstration of protest behavior among certain part of the students.

Frailty represents an important challenge for aging populations. As a concept it is full of 'known unknowns' such as which mechanisms lead to frailty and how it is best managed. In order to examine these circumstances, the new science of understanding and managing frailty requires an appropriate framing of the problem. This publication investigates the biology and management of frailty and its social aspects. It considers these and related questions: How can we recognize frailty? How does an understanding of frailty increase our comprehension of the aging process? What are its implications for health care systems, including primary care, hospitals and rehabilitation? How will a growing number of frail older adults affect society more generally? The book focuses on frailty as a state of vulnerability, which is related to aging, but which can occur across the life course, and aims to improve the life of frail people and those around them. The book is highly recommended to researchers in aging, health science researchers, health care professionals and anyone interested in the understanding of the aging process

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: An Intimate and Distant Machine -- Part 1. God and Demon, 1790-1910 -- 1. The Republican Automaton -- 2. Humanizing the Industrial Machine -- 3. Mechanizing Men -- Part 2. Masters and Slaves, 1910-1945 -- 4. Symbolizing the Machine Age -- 5. Building the Slaves of Tomorrow -- 6. Conditioning the Robot's Brain -- 7. A War against the Machine Age -- Part 3. Playfellow and Protector, 1945-2019 -- 8. Preserving American Innocence -- 9. The Postindustrial Gift -- 10. Cheerful Robots -- Epilogue: The American Robot -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Front Cover -- Half Title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Culture and Value: An Introduction -- Section I -- Introduction: Creating, Owning, and Narrating within Tourist Economies -- 1. Tourism and Cultural Displays: Inventing Traditions for Whom? -- 2. On the Road to Fiction: Narrative Reification in Austrian Cultural Tourism -- 3. Fairy-Tale Activists: Narrative Imaginaries along a German Tourist Route (with Dorothee Hemme) -- 4. Capitalizing on Memories Past, Present, and Future: Observations on the Intertwining of Tourism and Narration -- Section II -- Introduction: Heritage Semantics, Heritage Regimes -- 5. Heredity, Hybridity, and Heritage from One Fin de Siècle to the Next -- 6. Heritage between Economy and Politics: An Assessment from the Perspective of Cultural Anthropology -- 7. Inheritances: Possession, Ownership, and Responsibility -- 8. The Dynamics of Valorizing Culture: Actors and Shifting Contexts in the Course of a Century -- Section III -- Introduction: Culture as Resource, Culture as Property -- 9. Expressive Resources: Knowledge, Agency, and European Ethnology -- 10. Daily Bread, Global Distinction? The German Bakers' Craft and Cultural Value-Enhancement Regimes -- 11. TK, TCE, and Co.: The Path from Culture as a Commons to a Resource for International Negotiation -- 12. Patronage and Preservation: Heritage Paradigms and Their Impact on Supporting "Good Culture" -- Index -- Back Cover