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This landmark new text charts the latest developments in economic
research relevant to farm animal welfare. A range of global experts
and key opinion leaders outline the challenges in achieving
sustainable livestock production while improving farm profit,
climate change and animal welfare, and make policy-relevant
recommendations for the future. This is a theoretical yet practical
book that examines: - the origins of farm animal welfare,
cross-disciplinary interactions and the future of the field; -
consumer demand and changing preferences as animal welfare rises up
the social agenda; - the impact political organisations such as the
EU and WTO have on animal welfare. An important resource for policy
makers and animal welfare scientists, economists and clinicians,
this book provides a thought-provoking yet evidence-based review
for all those interested in quantifying and improving farm animal
welfare.
This book explores how rural gender relations are changing in a
globalized world. It analyses their development in specific places
and the effects of the increasing connectedness and mobility of
people. It integrates global experiences by discussing mobility,
agriculture, gender identities and international development. Each
theme is introduced with an overview of the state of the art in
that specific area and integrates the case studies that follow. The
contributors present empirical work from the global north and south
and, more particularly, Sweden, Norway, Northern Ireland, Republic
of Ireland, UK, Poland, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Uzbekistan, India,
Africa, Asia, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the
USA. The first section explores gender differences in mobility
patterns and analyses how mobility affects rural gender identities
and relations. The second section focuses on the development of
agricultural and rural policies, the response of individuals within
farm households, and the implications for gender relations in rural
areas. The third section focuses on the construction of identities
and the changes occurring in the definition of rural femininity and
masculinity as a result of rural transformations. The fourth
section examines the role of international development policies in
advancing women's well-being in the less developed parts of the
world, and some of the unintended consequences of such
interventions. The book closes with conclusions and reflections on
the position of gender in rural research agendas and in rural
academia more generally. Key features: * Empircal work from a wide
range of geographical areas * Examines how gender identities are
constructed in rural agriculture * Considers how effective
development policies are in improving women's well-being This book
will be of interest to researchers in rural development and gender
issues in the global North and South, and to students of rural
sociology, social geography, development studies and gender
studies.
Color makes its way into natural science images as early as the
research process. It serves for self-reflection and for
communication within the scientific community. However, color does
not follow a standard in the natural sciences: its meaning is
contingent, even though culturally conditioned. Digital publishing
enhances the use of color in scientific publications; at the same
time, globalization promotes the idea of universal color symbolism.
This book investigates the function of color in historical and
current visualizations for scientific purposes, its epistemic role
as a tool, and its long neglect due to symbolic and gender-specific
connotations. The publication thus closes a research gap in the
natural sciences and the humanities.
Spuren halten die Zeit als Form fest und machen Vergangenes
gegenwartig sichtbar. Als solche sind sie auch in der Moderne ein
fundamentales Mittel der wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisgewinnung
geblieben. Doch wahrend die Kunst des Spurenlesens eine
jahrtausendealte Praxis darstellt, werden Spurbildungen im
fotografischen Archiv oder im naturwissenschaftlichen Labor gezielt
hervorgebracht. Dabei ersetzen die materiellen Spurformen nicht
selten jene Gegenstande und Ursachen, denen sie ihre Existenz
verdanken und die sie im Moment ihrer Vergegenwartigung unsichtbar
machen. Indem die Beitrage des Bandes die verschiedenen Techniken
der Erzeugung von Spuren und ihre Veranderungen im Laufe von zwei
Jahrhunderten in den Blick nehmen, koennen sie zugleich aufzeigen,
welche Kontinuitaten diese im digitalen Zeitalter oder in der
physikalischen Grossforschung aufweisen.
English summary: The project "Deutsche Wortfeldetymologie in
europaischem Kontext" (German etymology of lexical fields in a
European context) categorizes the vocabulary of German nouns
relating to persons from Old High to present day German according
to lexical fields, analyzing it in semantic and etymological terms
and placing it within its European context. German description: Im
Projekt "Deutsche Wortfeldetymologie in europaischem Kontext" wird
der auf den Menschen bezogene Substantiv-Wortschatz des Deutschen
vom Althochdeutschen bis zur Gegenwartssprache nach Wortfeldern
gegliedert in semantischer und etymologischer Hinsicht untersucht
und in seinen europaischen Bezugen dargestellt.
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