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Skilled artisans at the heart of human civilization since the Iron
Age, blacksmiths gained the respect of their communities through
the utility of their creations, whether these were weapons, armour,
farming tools, wagon axles or household items. Industrialization
and mass production may have led to the disappearance of the
blacksmith from everyday life, but the art of metalworking is alive
and well. Today, blacksmithing is still practised throughout the
world and is experiencing a revival. Blacksmithing provides a
photographic introduction to blacksmith practices today, offering
the novice and enthusiast an insight into this ancient trade. Learn
how blacksmiths heat the metal using a variety of methods,
including electric induction and traditional coal-fired forges; see
the huge range of items that a metalworker can produce, including
wrenches, shovels, door plates, bicycle stands and railings; see
craftspeople practicing specialist metalworking techniques, such as
upsetting, collaring, twisting, fullering and swaging; and
understand how blacksmiths respect the environment by using old
iron ore and scrap iron. Illustrated with 180 photographs that will
inspire and delight, Blacksmithing is a dazzling pictorial
celebration of a craft as old as civilization itself.
Textual Cacophony explores the behaviors and routines of
communication within anonymous internet culture in Japan. Focusing
on the video sharing website Niconico, social media aggregation
sites, and the notorious 2channel message board, Daniel Johnson
uncovers these sites' complex cultures of writing that obscure
meaning through playful and opaque forms of deviant script and
overwhelming waves of text. Those practices conflate language with
images, meaning with play, and confound individual representation
with aggregate forms of social identity. Johnson argues that online
media cultures in and around Japan are entwined with a cultural
logic and visual syntax of cacophony that expresses ambivalence
toward representation, media form, and distinct experiences of
time. This aesthetic of cacophony provides an alternative way of
expressing social identity and belonging, with an unmarked sense of
anonymity providing a counter-form to the dissolving institutions
and relationships of neoliberal Japan. Textual Cacophony
investigates what it means and feels like to participate in this
influential online culture.
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Osmosis Engineering (Hardcover)
Nidal Hilal, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Mohamed Khayet Souhaimi, Daniel Johnson
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R4,568
Discovery Miles 45 680
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Osmosis Engineering provides a comprehensive overview of the
state-of-the-art surrounding osmosis-based research and industrial
applications. The book covers the underpinning theories, technology
developments and commercial applications. Sections discuss
innovative and advanced membranes and modules for osmosis
separation processes (e.g., reverse osmosis, forward osmosis,
pressure retarded osmosis, osmotic membrane distillation),
different application of these osmosis separation processes for
energy and water separation, such as the treatment of radioactive
waste, oily wastewater and heavy metal removal, draw solutions,
pretreatment technologies, fouling effects, the use of renewable
energy driven osmotic processes, computational, environmental and
economic studies, and more.
Textual Cacophony explores the behaviors and routines of
communication within anonymous internet culture in Japan. Focusing
on the video sharing website Niconico, social media aggregation
sites, and the notorious 2channel message board, Daniel Johnson
uncovers these sites' complex cultures of writing that obscure
meaning through playful and opaque forms of deviant script and
overwhelming waves of text. Those practices conflate language with
images, meaning with play, and confound individual representation
with aggregate forms of social identity. Johnson argues that online
media cultures in and around Japan are entwined with a cultural
logic and visual syntax of cacophony that expresses ambivalence
toward representation, media form, and distinct experiences of
time. This aesthetic of cacophony provides an alternative way of
expressing social identity and belonging, with an unmarked sense of
anonymity providing a counter-form to the dissolving institutions
and relationships of neoliberal Japan. Textual Cacophony
investigates what it means and feels like to participate in this
influential online culture.
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Gellini's Special Gift (Paperback)
Colleen Whalen Johnson; Illustrated by Joshua Johnson, Daniel Johnson
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R237
R196
Discovery Miles 1 960
Save R41 (17%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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