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"Andean communities occupy a special place in the history of anthropology, having given shape to fundamental theories of kinship, peasant economics, indigenous medical systems, ritual life and others. Yet children have been shortchanged in research and theory-building. This book, based on detailed ethnographies of six towns in the province of Yauyos, restores them to a central position. Contemporary children's studies emphasize children's agency and autonomy, and these take surprising forms under the conditions of the rural Andes. At the same time, the book incorporates and extends current discussions of caregiving and its organization in human societies. Children in the Andes are involved in the care of each other, of adults, of animals, of the environment. The activities, sociality, and subjective states of children of different ages, genders, and social strata are variable in ways that make it impossible to speak of a single Andean childhood. The future they face is also uncertain, as the Peruvian nation stumbles through cycles of incompetent government whose common thread is the neglect of small-scale family farming and the welfare of rural populations"--

"Ya nadie duda que esta pandemia ha supuesto cambios radicales en nuestras vidas, y algunos han venido para quedarse. Entre ellos la relevancia (ya anticipada) que ha tomado la imagen (virtual) en todos los ámbitos de nuestras vidas: trabajo, ocio, sexualidad, educación y salud. Estamos transitando hacia una "nueva normalidad" que pone de manifiesto cómo internet y la tecnología ya son una extensión de la propia existencia. Como argumenta José Ramón Ubieto, esta "nueva realidad" se propone como generadora de nuevos lazos sociales, nuevas formas asistenciales (salud) y nuevos vínculos educativos. El mundo pos-COVID estará irreversiblemente a caballo entre la vida presencial y la vida digital. Nos queda, entonces, transitar de manera crítica entre esas dos realidades sin negar ninguna, pero sin idealizarlas, atrapados por la nostalgia o el ensimismamiento. El autor concluye su análisis con algunas propuestas que toman como eje restablecer una conversación que, a partir de la presencia con los otros, incluya la sorpresa, el humor y el sinsentido como garantía de preservar la singularidad de cada uno/a." --

What makes people gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual? And who cares? These are the twin themes of Queer Science, a scientific and social analysis of research in the field of sexual orientation. Written by one of the leading scientists involved in this research, it looks at how scientific discoveries about homosexuality influence society's attitude toward gays and lesbians, beginning with the theories of the German sexologist and gay-rights pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld and culminating with the latest discoveries in brain science, genetics, and endocrinology, and cognitive psychology. Research into homosexuality exemplifies both the promise and the danger of science applied to human nature. LeVay argues that the question of causation should not be the crucial issue in the gay-rights debate, but that science does have an important contribution to make. It can help to demonstrate that the traditional and still prevalent view of homosexuality - as a mere set of behaviors that anyone might show - is inadequate, and that gays and lesbians are in a real sense a distinct group of people within the larger society with a privileged insight into their own natures

While examining the intersections and engagements between sociology and management education in historical and contemporary terms, this slim volume outlines the agenda of a promising prospective engagement between the two. It specifically foregrounds the Indian experience without being indifferent to the global context that has shaped the unprecedented rise of business schools. Employing a perspective from the Global South, it contextualises the dominance of the US model of management curriculum and disciplinary practices in relation to wider geopolitics of knowledge production. Parenthetically, it presents a critical assessment of Indian scholarly contributions to the field of management studies. This book should be of interest to management educators, administrators, and sociologists besides the students and researchers in the broad area of organisation studies.

"Language and Identity in the Arab World explores the inextricable link between language and identity, referring particularly to the Arab world. Spanning from Indonesia to the United States, the Arab world is here imagined as a continually changing one, with the Arab diaspora asserting its linguistic identity across the world. Crucial questions on transforming linguistic landscapes, the role and implications of migration, the impact of technology on language use are explored by established and emerging scholars in the field of applied and socio-linguistics. The book asks such crucial questions as how language contact affects or transforms identity, how language reflects changing identities among migrant communities, and how language choices contribute to identity construction in social media. As well as appreciating the breadth and scope of the Arab world, this anthology focuses on the transformative role of language within indigenous and migrant communities as they negotiate between their heritage languages and those spoken by the wider society. Investigating the ways in which identify continues to be imagined and re-constructed in, and among Arab communities, this book is indispensable to students, teachers and anyone who is interested in language contact, linguistic landscapes, minority language retention as well as the intersections of language and technology"--

chapter Locating Public Space -- part PART 1: Public Space as Civil Order -- chapter Introduction -- chapter The Death and Life of Great American Cities -- chapter The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces -- chapter The Character of Third Places -- chapter The Moral Order of Strangers -- chapter Street Etiquette and Street Wisdom -- part PART 2: Public Space as Power and Resistance -- chapter Introduction -- chapter The End of Public Space? People's Park, Definitions of the Public, and Democracy -- chapter Fortress L.A. -- chapter Whose Culture? Whose City? -- chapter Dispersing the Crowd: Bonus Plazas and the Creation of Public Space -- chapter Defying Disappearance: Cosmopolitan Public Spaces in Hong Kong -- part PART 3: Public Space as Art, Theatre, and Performance -- chapter Introduction -- chapter Art and the Transit Experience/Creating a Sense of Purpose: Public Art and Boston's Orange Line -- chapter The Harsh Reality: Billboard Subversion and Graffiti -- chapter The Paradox of Public Art: Democratic Space, the Avant-Garde, and Richard Serra's "Tilted Arc" -- chapter Those "Gorgeous Incongruities": Polite Politics and Public Space on the Streets of Nineteenth Century New York -- chapter Soundscape and Society: Chinese Theatre and Cultural Authenticity in Singapore -- chapter Conclusions.

UNIT 1. The place of science and technology in society -- Does politics come before science in current government decision making? -- Should government restrict the publication of unclassified but "sensitive" research? -- Should the Internet be neutral? -- UNIT 2. The environment -- Should society act now to halt global warming? -- Is it time to revive nuclear power? -- Will hydrogen replace fossil fuels for cars? -- UNIT 3. Human health and welfare -- Do falling birth rates pose a threat to human welfare? -- Is there sufficient scientific research to conclude that cell phones cause cancer? -- Should DDT be banned worldwide? -- Should potential risks slow the development of nanotechnology? -- Are genetically modified foods safe to eat? -- UNIT 4. Space -- Should we expand efforts to find near-earth objects? -- Will the search for extraterrestrial life ever succeed? -- Is "manned space travel" a delusion? -- UNIT 5. The computer revolution -- Does the Internet strengthen social connections? -- Does the spread of surveillance technology threaten privacy? -- Should the world's libraries be digitized? -- UNIT 6. Ethics -- Is the use of animals in research justified? -- Is it ethically permissible to clone human cells? -- Is wind power green? -- Are "space sunshades" a possible answer to global warming?

The computer and particularly the Internet have been represented as enabling technologies, turning consumers into users and users into producers. The unfolding online cultural production by users has been framed enthusiastically as participatory culture. But while many studies of user activities and the use of the Internet tend to romanticize emerging media practices, this book steps beyond the usual framework and analyzes user participation in the context of accompanying popular and scholarly discourse, as well as the material aspects of design, and their relation to the practices of design and appropriation

Restoration of socio-pedagogical adoption of homeless under-age children allows to establish the continuity of their health preservation including its social aspect. Thus, the idea of expansion of Suvorov military schools aiming at boarding school-leavers assistance and their further vocational orientation has achieved its value and importance in recent times ; Реставрация опыта социально-педагогической адаптации беспризорных несовершеннолетних позволяет установить преемственность идей сохранения их здоровья, в том числе и социального. Так, ценностную значимость на современном этапе получила идея расширения сети суворовских училищ, с целью постинтернатного сопровождения выпускников детских домов и дальнейшей их профессиональной ориентации

An exploration of aspects of the study of textually mediated communication, action, & social relations. This topic of concern overlaps with those of a number of other fields & approaches, notably ethnomethodology. Discussed are the documentary character of the ruling apparatus, inscription, & the formality of formal organization as a documentary process. Approaches to research in this area are suggested. 6 Illustrations, 22 References. W. H. Stoddard.

"This book offers a wide-scale, interdisciplinary analysis and guide to social media and political communication, examining the political use of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. From disinformation to artificial intelligence, Jeremy Lipschultz explores how social media tools are being deployed by "good" and "bad" political actors. The use of "fake news" or disinformation is clearly contextualized for readers within a wider understanding of the historic uses of propaganda, persuasion and political advertising. Lipschultz also examines how social media is used by activists and social movements to increase civic engagement and amplify social issues. The book surveys traditional media communication theories and methods, exploring newsgatekeeping, propaganda, persuasion and personal influence, and diffusion of new technologies and ideas, teaching vital critical thinking methods for consuming, engaging with, and understanding political social media content from a media literacy perspective. It also includes social network analyses which offer visual representations of social media crowds that influence social movements and political change. Essential reading for students of Media and Cultural Studies, Communication, Journalism, Political Science, and Information Technology, as well as anyone wishing to understand the current intersection of social media and politics"--

Am 09. April 1940 überfielen deutsche Truppen Norwegen. Neun Monate später kamen die ersten 'Wehrmachtskinder' zur Welt. Im Laufe des Krieges wurden 72 Heime des 'Lebensborn' (ein von der SS getragener Verein zur Erhöhung der Geburtenrate 'arischer' Kinder) in Norwegen gegründet, so viele wie in keinem anderen durch das NS-Regime besetzten Land; darunter befand sich das erste außerhalb des damaligen Deutschen Reiches gelegene. In den Archiven des Lebensborn wurden knapp 8000 Kinder registriert. Schätzungen gehen davon aus, dass während der deutschen Okkupationszeit in Norwegen 10000 bis 12 000 Kinder geboren wurden, deren Väter den deutschen Truppen angehörten und deren Mütter norwegische Staatsbürgerinnen waren. Die 'Wehrmachtskinder' trugen ein doppeltes Stigma: Sie waren häufig unehelich geboren und waren durch die Beziehung mit dem Feind entstanden. Aus Zeitzeugnissen geht hervor, dass ihr soziales Umfeld sie diskriminierte und ausgrenzte; sie wurden verhöhnt und zum Teil körperlich und seelisch misshandelt. Auch von staatlicher Seite widerfuhren Ihnen unterschiedliche Repressalien.
Die geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Fächer haben die Umstände und Bedingungen der norwegischen 'Wehrmachtskinder' bereits Ende des letzten Jahrhunderts als Forschungsgegenstand aufgegriffen. Die psychosozialen Fächer haben dieses Thema jedoch erst kürzlich begonnen zu bearbeiten. Im Rahmen des hier vorgestellten Forschungsvorhabens werden erstmalig mittels eines umfangreichen Fragebogens die psychosozialen Konsequenzen des Aufwachsens als 'Wehrmachtskind' im Nachkriegsnorwegen erfasst. Das Projekt ist in eine bereits etablierte internationale und interdisziplinäre Forschungsstruktur zu den 'Kinder[n] des Krieges' eingebunden (www.childrenbornofwar.org), wobei an den Universitäten Leipzig und Greifswald die psychosoziale Belastung von Besatzungskindern in Deutschland parallel untersucht wird. Eine Besonderheit der norwegischen Situation sind die umfangreichen Aktivitäten des 'Lebensborn', der während des Krieges für viele Wehrmachtskinder und deren Mütter eine wichtige Rolle spielte.