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People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldnt let go. And unless the monkey released the banana, it was stuck.We are, of course, the stuck monkey, paralysed by our modern lifestyles and consumer habits: our constant stream of online shopping deliveries, our compulsive dependence on digital devices, our obsession with ourpets. These addictions, as small and harmless as they may seem, are quietly destroying the planet. And the eco-friendly alternatives that alleviate our guilt are often not much better.In Stuck Monkey, James Hamilton-Paterson uncovers the truth behind the everyday habits fuelling the climate crisis. Drawing on eye-opening research and shocking statistics, he mercilessly dissects a wide spectrum of modern life: pets, gardening, sports, vehicles, fashion, wellness, holidays, and more. Ferociously unflinching andintelligent, this book will make you think twice about the innocent habits we often take for granted

Gewalttätige Konflikte, wie etwa Bürgerkriege oder Revolutionen, sind Momente, in denen soziale Spannungen innerhalb einer Gesellschaft sichtbar werden. Die Ethnologie beschäftigt sich seit ihren Ursprüngen damit, wie Konflikte in unterschiedlichen Gemeinschaften entstehen und welche Auswirkungen sie haben. Wenn in Asylverfahren über Schutzbedürftigkeit und Bleiberecht von Geflüchteten entschieden wird, sind Ethnolog:innen daher beratend tätig. Sie unterstützen die Verfahrensbeteiligten dabei, die Macht- und Kräfteverhältnisse in den Herkunftsländern zu verstehen und einzuordnen. Denn nur so lässt sich beurteilen, warum Menschen aus ihrer Heimat flüchten.Sophie Roche gibt Studierenden der Ethnologie, Konfliktsoziolog:innen und Politikwissenschaftler:innen, aber auch Richter:innen und wissenschaftlichen Richterassistent:innen mit ihrem Buch das passende Rüstzeug an die Hand, indem sie die Grundlagen der sozialanthropologischen Konfliktforschung vorstellt, Begrifflichkeiten schärft (was ist eine Rebellion, eine Fehde o.ä.?) und diese in Beispiele aus aktuellen Asylverfahren einbettet

This book contains two related writings on the Tagores. The first writing is a translation of Sarala Devis (Rabindranath Tagores niece) memoirs from the Bengali, Jeevaner Jharapata. It is the first autobiography written by a nationalist woman leader of India. The second writing is a photo essay, visually reflecting the social and cultural trends

Heritage and Wellbeing examines what role heritage can play in creating healthier societies, exploring how heritage can improve people's wellbeing through a range of international case studies. Faye Sayer argues that the benefits of heritage can improve wellbeing and mental health and reducing wellbeing inequality

"Memetic War analyses memetic warfare, included in cyber war and aims to develop a framework for understanding the parameters included in utilising this concept in Ukraine as a part of civic resistance. In the Ukrainian war, an informal defence tactic has developed to uphold the information flow about the war and to debunk Russia's communications. The war has enhanced the visibility of governmental and civic activation by using the advantages of social media architecture, networks and communication forms. The book investigates Ukraine's public and private abilities to develop cyber capabilities to counter propaganda and dis-misinformation online as a defence mechanism. This book uses military ROC doctrine to understand government authorities, the armed forces, and civic engagement in the Ukrainian resistance. Memetic War will have relevance for scholars, researchers, and academics in the cyber-security field, practitioners, governmental actors and military and strategic personnel"--

Food is more than just nutrition. Its preparation, presentation and consumption is a multifold communicative practice which includes the meal's design and its whole field of experience. How is food represented in cookbooks, product packaging or in paintings? How is dining semantically charged? How is the sensuality of eating treated in different cultural contexts? In order to acknowledge the material and media-related aspects of eating as a cultural praxis, experts from media studies, art history, literary studies, philosophy, experimental psychology, anthropology, food studies, cultural studies and design studies share their specific approaches

"The Social Protests of 2020: Visceral Responses to Police Brutality, COVID-19, and Circumscribed Sexuality collects the reactions of Black intellectuals to police brutality, COVID-19, and the Supreme Court's handling of employment discrimination against LGBTQIA+ communities"--

"Rights and Responsibilities in Rural South Africa examines the gendered and generational conflicts surrounding social change in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape roughly twenty years after the end of Apartheid. In post-Aparatheid South Africa, rights-based public discourse and state practices promote liberal, autonomous, and egalitarian notions of personhood, yet widespread unemployment and poverty demand that people rely closely on one another and forge relationships that disrupt the gendered and generational hierarchies framed as traditional and culturally authentic. Kathleen Rice examines the ways these tensions and restructurings lead to uncertainties about how South Africans should live together in their daily lives, with particular implications for understanding and responding to widespread gendered and sexual conflict and violence. Focusing particularly on the women of the village of Mhlambini, Rights and Responsibilities in Rural South Africa offers compelling portraits of how they experience and navigate widespread social and economic change and presents their experiences as a way of understanding how people navigate the moral ambiguities of contemporary South African life"--

In the decade that has passed since the first edition of this book was published, there has been a significant cultural shift towards the acceptance of LGBTQ people in the United States, yet there are many ways that institutional and interpersonal discrimination takes place in the lives of LGBTQ people. Even as the world changes for the better- with the legalization of same-sex marriage, federal protections for LGBTQ people in the workplace, and more widespread acceptance of LGBTQ people- everyday homophobia and transphobia persists. Microaggressions are subtle, unconscious, and unintentional discrimination that is experienced by people of marginalized groups. In contrast to outright assaults and hate crimes, or conscious prejudicial treatment motivated by fear or dislike of "the other," microaggressions are more covert in nature, sometimes intentional or unintentional, communicating hostile, insulting, or negative messages about people of oppressed groups. This book highlights the microaggressions that LGBTQ people face on an everyday basis and examines the impacts that such experiences have on mental health

This book presents the applications of future technologies to overcome the toughest humanitarian challenges from an engineering approach. COVID-19, a worldwide pandemic, has limited many physical operational areas and at the same time has motivated to uplift the initiative to digitalize the world. Society is facing ever more intense and protracted humanitarian crises, and as a result, the global community is pressed to find new ways to help people and communities in need. This interdisciplinary book highlights the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences gained while developing and testing elements of technology enhanced learning experiences with the help of emerging technologies like IT/ICT, AI, ML, edge computing, robotics automation, 5G for the betterment of humanity. It highlights the analytics and optimization issues impacting society and technology for example on security, sustainability, identity, inclusion, working life, corporate and community welfare, and well-being of people to create a secure tomorrow

An examination of the terms used in specific historical contexts to refer to those people in a society who can be categorized as being in a position of 'strong asymmetrical dependency' (including slavery) provides insights into the social categories and distinctions that informed asymmetrical social interactions. In a similar vein, an analysis of historical narratives that either justify or challenge dependency is conducive to revealing how dependency may be embedded in (historical) discourses and ways of thinking. The eleven contributions in the volume approach these issues from various disciplinary vantage points, including theology, global history, Ottoman history, literary studies, and legal history. The authors address a wide range of different textual sources and historical contexts - from medieval Scandinavia and the Fatimid Empire to the history of abolition in Martinique and human rights violations in contemporary society. While the authors contribute innovative insights to ongoing discussions within their disciplines, the articles were also written with a view to the endeavor of furthering Dependency Studies as a transdisciplinary approach to the study of human societies past and present

"Migrant women across Asia disproportionately work in precarious, insecure, and informal employment sectors that are subject to few regulations, receive low pay, and expose women to harm, of which domestic work is among the most prevalent. This book uses the cases of the Philippines and Sri Lanka to develop a comprehensive, intersectional, rights-based approach to better protect women migrant domestic workers against exploitation. As accounts of exploitation, gender-based violence, torture, and death among migrant domestic workers increase, the recognition and defence of their human and labour rights is an urgent necessity. The Philippines and Sri Lanka are two of the leading labour-sending states of women domestic workers in Asia, and their economies have become increasingly dependent on the remittances they send back home. Drawing on extensive original research, this book argues that these two sending states are guilty of structural violence by sustaining a network of institutions, policies and practices which serve to systematically disadvantage and discriminate against women migrant domestic workers. The research covers the entire migration process, from pre-departure, through to overseas employment, followed by return and reintegration. This book's innovative application of structural violence theory as a way to investigate the role of state institutions in labour-sending countries in the Global South will be of interest to researchers from across the fields of migration studies, gender studies, human rights law, and Asian Studies"--

The Centre on the Margins/ Sarah Sharma -- Introduction to MsUnderstanding Media: McLuhan and Feminist Media Studies / Sarah Sharma -- Retrieving McLuhan's Media -- Transporting Blackness: Black Materialist Media Theory / Armond R. Towns -- Sidewalks of Concrete and Code / Shannon Mattern -- Hardwired / Nick Taylor -- Textile: The Uneasy Media / Ganaele Langlois -- Thinking with McLuhan: An Invitation -- The Incubator and the Urge to Continuous Use / Sara Martel -- WifeSaver: Tupperware and the Unfortunate Spoils of Containment / Brooke Erin Duffy and Jeremy Packer -- "Will Miss File Misfile?" The Filing Cabinet, Automatic Memory, and Gender / Craig Robertson -- Computers Made of Paper, Genders Made of Cards / Cait McKinney -- Sky High: Platforms and the Feminist Politics of Visibility / Rianka Singh and Sarah Banet-Weiser -- Media after McLuhan -- Scanning for Black Data / A Conversation with Nasma Ahmed and Ladan Siad -- D Printing and Digital Colonialism / A Conversation with Morehshin Allahyari -- Toward a Media Theory of the Digital Bundle / A Conversation with Jennifer Wemigwans -- Afterward / Wendy Hui Kyong Chun.