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Characterizing the three cultures -- The natural sciences -- Social sciences 1 -- Social sciences 2 -- The humanities -- Current tensions

A valuable and engaging guide to applying for--and getting--grants in the humanities and social sciences Scholars in the humanities and social sciences need money to do research. This book shows them how to get it. In this accessible volume, Raphael Folsom shares proven strategies in a series of short, witty chapters. It features tips on how graduate students, postdocs, and young faculty members can present themselves and their work in the best possible light. The book covers the basics of the grant-writing process, including finding a mentor, organizing a writing workshop, conceptualizing the project on a larger scale, and tailoring an application for specific submissions. The book includes interviews with nine of the most respected scholars in the country, each of whom has evaluated thousands of grant applications. The first authoritative book on the subject, Folsom's indispensable work will become a must-have resource for years to come.

Plastikmüll ist überall auf unserem Planeten zu finden. Er hinterlässt einen augenscheinlichen Fußabdruck des menschlichen Konsumverhaltens und der Massenproduktion. Unser ungebremster Plastikkonsum und dessen Auswirkungen prägen die gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnisse in einer so tiefgreifenden Weise, dass wir vom Plastikzeitalter sprechen. Um Ansätze für einen Umgang mit diesem Problem zu entwickeln, müssen wir das Phänomen umfassend verstehen: Die Autor:innen beleuchten es aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive. Sie zeigen, welche Rolle Kunststoffe in unserer Gesellschaft spielen und welche Auswirkungen sie auf die Umwelt und die menschliche Gesundheit haben. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de

Plastikmüll ist überall auf unserem Planeten zu finden. Er hinterlässt einen augenscheinlichen Fußabdruck des menschlichen Konsumverhaltens und der Massenproduktion. Unser ungebremster Plastikkonsum und dessen Auswirkungen prägen die gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnisse in einer so tiefgreifenden Weise, dass wir vom Plastikzeitalter sprechen. Um Ansätze für einen Umgang mit diesem Problem zu entwickeln, müssen wir das Phänomen umfassend verstehen: Die Autor:innen beleuchten es aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive. Sie zeigen, welche Rolle Kunststoffe in unserer Gesellschaft spielen und welche Auswirkungen sie auf die Umwelt und die menschliche Gesundheit haben.

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Tracing the History of a Discipline Through Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses of Scientific Literature -- 1.1 Quantitative Methods and History of Ideas -- 1.2 Tracks on the Ground: What Methods for What Purposes -- 1.3 Tracing the History of Words: A Quantitative Way -- 1.4 Objectives and Procedures -- 1.4.1 Selection of Journals and Corpus Description -- 1.4.2 Correspondence Analysis (CA) -- 1.4.3 Identification of Keywords -- 1.4.4 Curve Clustering -- 1.4.5 Topic Detection -- 1.5 Chapters Outline -- 1.6 About This Book -- Appendix -- A Brief Overview on Correspondence Analysis -- An Example -- References -- Part I: Tracing the Life-Cycle of Ideas -- Chapter 2: Tracing the Words of the Analytic Turn in the Journal of Philosophy -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Corpora and the Journal of Philosophy -- 2.3 Results -- 2.3.1 Title Corpus -- 2.3.2 Full-Text Corpus -- 2.4 Some Conclusions About the Analytic Turn -- 2.5 More General Issues -- References -- Chapter 3: Exploring the History of American Sociology Through Topic Modelling -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 American Journal of Sociology: Corpus and Data -- 3.3 Topic Modelling: Results -- 3.4 Hot and Cold (Sociological) Topics -- 3.5 Conclusion: Sociologically Speaking, Where Do We Come from and Where Are We Going? -- References -- Chapter 4: Histories of Social Psychology in Europe and North America, as Seen from Research Topics in Two Key Journals -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 "Short History of Social Psychology" -- 4.1.2 Bridge over the Ocean? European and (North) American Social Psychology -- 4.1.3 The European Journal of Social Psychology and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology -- 4.2 Method -- 4.2.1 The Corpora -- 4.2.2 The Lexical Correspondence Analysis -- 4.2.3 The Reinert Method.

"What if we recognized that human sciences collectively investigate a few dozen key phenomena that interact with each other? Can we imagine a human science that would seek to stitch its understandings of this system of phenomena into a coherent whole? If so, what would that look like? This book argues that we are unlikely to develop one unified "theory of everything." Our collective understanding must then be a "map" of the myriad relationships within this large - but finite and manageable - system, coupled with detailed understandings of each causal link and of important subsystems. The book outlines such a map and shows that the pursuit of coherence - and a more successful human science enterprise - requires integration, recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of different methods and theory types, and the pursuit of terminological and presentational clarity. It explores how these inter-connected goals can be achieved in research, teaching, library classification, public policy, and university administration. These suggestions are congruent with, and yet enhance, other projects for reform of the human sciences. This volume is aimed at any scholar or student who seeks to comprehend how what they study fits within a broader understanding"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsement -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Learning From the Global South -- The Arrogance of Western Philosophy -- The Centrality of Critique -- The Genius Motive -- Constructing World History Based On the Scantest of Sources -- Making a Difference in the World -- Structure of this Book -- Bibliography -- 1 Decolonizing Epistemology: Fuzzy Logic -- Ontology, Epistemology, Methodology -- Aristotelian Logic -- Conquest and Categorization -- The World Against Aristotle -- Fuzzy Logic Today: Toward an Operationalization of Fuzzy Logic -- Conclusion -- Note -- Bibliography -- 2 Decolonizing Citizenship: Candomblé Nationhood -- Against Western Epistemological Dominance -- Candomblés Da Bahia -- Candomblé Nationhood -- Salvador: City of Women -- Becoming Yoruba: Joining a Nation By Initiation -- Jus Ritualis -- Implications -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3 Decolonizing Republicanism: Maroon Republics -- Free Maroon City-Republics: Cimarron Republicanism -- Maroon Political Autonomy in Colombia: Cimarron Republicanism -- The Loss of Autonomy Republican Palenquera -- Cimarron Resistance: the Kuagro -- The Kuagro as the Matrix for Political and Civic Organizing -- Seeking Political Autonomy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4 First People of the Americas: Lessons On Democracy, Citizenship, and Politics -- Politics -- The State -- Only Tribes Will Survive: Escaping Wétiko -- The Wintukua - Guardians of the Earth -- Political Leadership -- A Culture of Responsibility -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5 The African Origins of Democracy -- Counter-history -- The Timeline -- Against Civilization -- Democracy -- Hunter-Gatherer Egalitarianism and Direct Democracy -- Africa -- Egypt, Phoenicia, Babylon, and Carthage -- Women and Rule -- Kgotla -- Conclusion -- Note.

Anthropocene Antarctica offers new ways of thinking about the 'Continent for Science and Peace' in a time of planetary environmental change. In the Anthropocene, Antarctica has become central to the Earth's future. Ice cores taken from its interior reveal the deep environmental history of the planet and warming ocean currents are ominously destabilising the glaciers around its edges, presaging sea-level rise in decades and centuries to come. At the same time, proliferating research stations and tourist numbers challenge stereotypes of the continent as the 'last wilderness.' The Anthropocene brings Antarctica nearer in thought, entangled with our everyday actions. If the Anthropocene signals the end of the idea of Nature as separate from humans, then the Antarctic, long considered the material embodiment of this idea, faces a radical reframing. Understanding the southern polar region in the twenty-first century requires contributions across the disciplinary spectrum. This collection paves the way for researchers in the Environmental Humanities, Law and Social Sciences to engage critically with the Antarctic, fostering a community of scholars who can act with natural scientists to address the globally significant environmental issues that face this vitally important part of the planet.