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An amazing and captivating story of how a kid on a farm in the
depression years who never played the game rose to the pinnacle of
the high school coaching profession in the basketball arena.
Recognized as one of the best by his peers and former players,
Dusty Carter wound his way from the hills of Clay County, Alabama
into the Alabama High School Athletic Association Coaches Hall of
Fame. During his journey, he endeared himself to those along the
way--his family, his coaching colleagues, and his former players.
This is his story of that pilgrimage, told through the mouths of
those he touched along the way.
Fuzziology studies the fuzziness inherent in what we know about
ourselves, the sources and nature of our experience, our thoughts
and feelings, drives for understanding and urges to create and
realise our potential. This kind of fuzziness is at the core of our
existence, at the essence of our humanness. It affects any field of
human activity, be it mathematical study of fuzzy equations and
fuzzy integrals; engineering design and implementation of fuzzy
logic-based methodologies; fuzzy control systems or fuzzy robots.
Social fuzziology investigates the role of fuzziness in
understanding the dynamic complexity of human existence in the
social world. It is a study of the nexus between the complex
demands of life -individual and social -and the fuzziness of
thinking. Since human evolution over 2 billion years has seen the
co-evolution of social complexity with human language and thought,
it is likely that the fuzziness of language and thought is
especially intimately formed by the demands of social complexity,
just as social complexity is sustained by the inherent fuzziness of
language and thought. Social fuzziology is not simply one field of
application of fuzziology. Given the initial state of the
development of fuzziology, social fuzziology needs to develop hand
in hand with fuzziology, each helping to advance the other.
Originally published in 1979. This book studies language variation
as a part of social practice - how language expresses and helps
regulate social relationships of all kinds. Different groups,
classes, institutions and situations have their special modes of
language and these varieties are not just stylistic reflections of
social differences; speaking or writing in a certain manner entails
articulating certain social meanings, however implicit. This book
focuses on the repressive and falsifying side of linguistic
practice but not without recognising the power of language to
reveal and communicate. It analyses the language used in a variety
of situations, including news reporting, interviews, rules and
regulations, even such apparently innocuous language as the rhymes
on greetings cards. It argues for a critical linguistics capable of
exposing distortion and mystification in language, and introduces
some basic tools for a do-it-yourself analysis of language,
ideology and control.
Originally published in 1979. This book studies language variation
as a part of social practice - how language expresses and helps
regulate social relationships of all kinds. Different groups,
classes, institutions and situations have their special modes of
language and these varieties are not just stylistic reflections of
social differences; speaking or writing in a certain manner entails
articulating certain social meanings, however implicit. This book
focuses on the repressive and falsifying side of linguistic
practice but not without recognising the power of language to
reveal and communicate. It analyses the language used in a variety
of situations, including news reporting, interviews, rules and
regulations, even such apparently innocuous language as the rhymes
on greetings cards. It argues for a critical linguistics capable of
exposing distortion and mystification in language, and introduces
some basic tools for a do-it-yourself analysis of language,
ideology and control.
An innovative text which adopts the tools of cultural studies to provide a fresh approach to the study of Chinese language, culture and society. The book tackles areas such as grammar, language, gender, popular culture, film and the Chinese diaspora and employs the concepts of social semiotics to extend the ideas of language and reading. Covering a range of cultural texts, it will help to break down the boundaries around the ideas and identities of East and West and provide a more relevant analysis of the Chinese and China.
An innovative text which adopts the tools of cultural studies to provide a fresh approach to the study of Chinese language, culture and society. The book tackles areas such as grammar, language, gender, popular culture, film and the Chinese diaspora and employs the concepts of social semiotics to extend the ideas of language and reading. Covering a range of cultural texts, it will help to break down the boundaries around the ideas and identities of East and West and provide a more relevant analysis of the Chinese and China.
Good teaching relies on a firm grasp of the communication process.
In this innovative text Bob Hodge presents common pitfalls in the
communication of teachers, and shows where they are most likely to
mistake the communication of pupils. He uses practical examples
which enable the reader to see an immediate and direct connection
with classroom practises, making principles easier to understand
and apply.
This book, first published in 1987, sets out to examine and extend
our understanding of Australian popular culture, and to counter the
long-established, traditional criticism bewailing its lack. The
authors argue that the 'knocker's' view started from an elitist
viewpoint, yearning for Australia to aspire to a European culture
in art, music, literature and other traditional cultural fields.
They argue however that there are other definitions of culture that
are more populist, more comprehensive, and which represent a
vitality and dynamism which is a true reflection of the lives and
aspirations of Australians. Myths of Oz offers no comprehensive
definition of Australian culture, but rather a way of interpreting
its various aspects. The barbeque or the pub, an expedition to the
shops or a day at the beach, the home, the workplace or the job
queue; all these intrinsic parts of Australian life are examined
and conclusions drawn as to how they shape or are shaped by what we
call popular culture. The authors look too at monuments and
symbols, from Ayers Rock to the Sydney Opera House, which both
shape and reflect Australian culture, while a chapter on the
Australian accent shows how language and terminology play a
powerful role in establishing cultural standpoints. A particular
strength of this book is that while delivering a provocative and
stimulating series of viewpoints on popular culture, it also makes
use of current academic tools and methodology to ensure that we
gain new insights into the meanings and pleasures we derive from
our everyday experiences.
Fuzziology studies the fuzziness inherent in what we know about
ourselves, the sources and nature of our experience, our thoughts
and feelings, drives for understanding and urges to create and
realise our potential. This kind of fuzziness is at the core of our
existence, at the essence of our humanness. It affects any field of
human activity, be it mathematical study of fuzzy equations and
fuzzy integrals; engineering design and implementation of fuzzy
logic-based methodologies; fuzzy control systems or fuzzy robots.
Social fuzziology investigates the role of fuzziness in
understanding the dynamic complexity of human existence in the
social world. It is a study of the nexus between the complex
demands of life -individual and social -and the fuzziness of
thinking. Since human evolution over 2 billion years has seen the
co-evolution of social complexity with human language and thought,
it is likely that the fuzziness of language and thought is
especially intimately formed by the demands of social complexity,
just as social complexity is sustained by the inherent fuzziness of
language and thought. Social fuzziology is not simply one field of
application of fuzziology. Given the initial state of the
development of fuzziology, social fuzziology needs to develop hand
in hand with fuzziology, each helping to advance the other.
Portable Prose: The Novel and the Everyday examines the novel as a
privileged site for representing the everyday, as well as a
physical object that occupies public and private space. This
collection interrogates the relationships between these differing
aspects of the novel's existence, negotiating the boundaries
between the material world, subjective experience, and strategies
of representation. This collection offers a wide array of
innovative novelistic explorations-with a focus ranging from
nineteenth-century fiction to contemporary literary theory-and
explores the portability of novels as both physical things and
virtual hermeneutic devices. While mimetic qualities of prose
remain an integral consideration for literary interpretation, this
collection argues for more diverse frameworks-ones that see
aesthetic components of the novel in close connection with reading
practices, shared structures of feeling, and the corporeal. In this
capacity, this volume will argue for readings of texts that
consider the capacity for literary culture to move through the
world, but also to make it or re-make it new.
This book, first published in 1987, sets out to examine and extend
our understanding of Australian popular culture, and to counter the
long-established, traditional criticism bewailing its lack. The
authors argue that the 'knocker's' view started from an elitist
viewpoint, yearning for Australia to aspire to a European culture
in art, music, literature and other traditional cultural fields.
They argue however that there are other definitions of culture that
are more populist, more comprehensive, and which represent a
vitality and dynamism which is a true reflection of the lives and
aspirations of Australians. Myths of Oz offers no comprehensive
definition of Australian culture, but rather a way of interpreting
its various aspects. The barbeque or the pub, an expedition to the
shops or a day at the beach, the home, the workplace or the job
queue; all these intrinsic parts of Australian life are examined
and conclusions drawn as to how they shape or are shaped by what we
call popular culture. The authors look too at monuments and
symbols, from Ayers Rock to the Sydney Opera House, which both
shape and reflect Australian culture, while a chapter on the
Australian accent shows how language and terminology play a
powerful role in establishing cultural standpoints. A particular
strength of this book is that while delivering a provocative and
stimulating series of viewpoints on popular culture, it also makes
use of current academic tools and methodology to ensure that we
gain new insights into the meanings and pleasures we derive from
our everyday experiences.
An amazing and captivating story of how a kid on a farm in the
depression years who never played the game rose to the pinnacle of
the high school coaching profession in the basketball arena.
Recognized as one of the best by his peers and former players,
Dusty Carter wound his way from the hills of Clay County, Alabama
into the Alabama High School Athletic Association Coaches Hall of
Fame. During his journey, he endeared himself to those along the
way--his family, his coaching colleagues, and his former players.
This is his story of that pilgrimage, told through the mouths of
those he touched along the way.
This lively, accessible book applies ideas from chaos and
complexity theory to core issues in organization studies. It
develops a new critique of managerialism and (its global godfather)
neo-liberalism, which are still dominant ideologies in management
today. It complements theoretical critique with stories and voices
from the front line of organizational life in Australia, Mexico,
and Brazil. Chaos Theory and the Larrikin Principle argues that
managerialism is unjust - with linearity, rigidity, and the will to
control - producing dysfunctional organizations which then require
alternative practices in order to survive. Managerialism's efforts
to ignore these basic facts of organizational life leave it
enmeshed in unacknowledged contradictions, unable to understand
itself or develop new strategies. The book gathers these
alternative practices under the rubric of the Larrikin Principle.
The Larrikin is known in Australian popular culture as a carrier of
a distinctive Australian identity: egalitarian improviser,
rule-bender, relentless foe of managerial double-speak. This book
takes the Larrikin figure back to its archetypal origins which have
similar manifestations across the globe. The transcultural,
postmodern Larrikin Principle carries principles and strategies of
critical management and chaos theories into academic management
studies and contemporary organizational life. It is a breath of
fresh air that will be appreciated by students, practitioners, and
victims of today's managerialism.
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