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Many people working toward sustainability recognize the important
role of conservation but are inadequately prepared to deal with the
large spatial, temporal and complexity scales that are involved in
large-scale conservation efforts. Problems in large-scale
conservation require navigating an intermixture of geophysical,
biological and political dimensions. Coming to grips with these
many natural and human forces and factors at large scales, much
less the myriad details in any single case, is challenging in the
extreme and becomes more critical with each day that passes.
Large-scale conservation poses many complex challenges that single
disciplines, approaches or methods cannot fully address alone.
Interdisciplinarity can significantly strengthen large-scale
conservation efforts. Throughout Large-Scale Conservation in the
Common Interest the editors and authors argue that a more holistic
and genuinely interdisciplinary approach is required to solve the
complex and growing challenges associated with large-scale
conservation. The chapters within offer such an approach and define
key terms, bring challenges to light and employ case studies to
offer concrete practical and strategic recommendations to help
those who are engaged in the interactive tasks of promoting
sustainability and human dignity. This book is intended for a broad
audience, including students and professors new to the field of
large-scale conservation, experienced field-based practitioners in
science and management and decision and policy makers who set
specific and strategic direction for large landscapes. Professors
can use this book to introduce students to the challenges of
successful large-scale conservation design and implementation and
to teach interdisciplinarity as a framework, concept and tool.
Professionals will find this book offers a new way of using
science, management and policy to make decisions. Finally, this
volume can be used as a guide to set up workshops, seminars, or
projects involving diverse people and perspectives.
Contributions by Christina M. Chica, Kathryn Coto, Sarah Park
Dahlen, Preethi Gorecki, Tolonda Henderson, Marcia Hernandez,
Jackie C. Horne, Susan E. Howard, Peter C. Kunze, Florence Maatita,
Sridevi Rao, Kallie Schell, Jennifer Patrice Sims, Paul Spickard,
Lily Anne Welty Tamai, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, Jasmine Wade, Karin
E. Westman, and Charles D. Wilson Race matters in the fictional
Wizarding World of the Harry Potter series as much as it does in
the real world. As J. K. Rowling continues to reveal details about
the world she created, a growing number of fans, scholars, readers,
and publics are conflicted and concerned about how the original
Wizarding World-quintessentially white and British-depicts diverse
and multicultural identities, social subjectivities, and
communities. Harry Potter and the Other: Race, Justice, and
Difference in the Wizarding World is a timely anthology that
examines, interrogates, and critiques representations of race and
difference across various Harry Potter media, including books,
films, and official websites, as well as online forums and the
classroom. As the contributors to this volume demonstrate, a deeper
reading of the series reveals multiple ruptures in popular
understandings of the liberatory potential of the Potter series.
Young people who are progressive, liberal, and empowered to
question authority may have believed they were reading something
radical as children and young teens, but increasingly they have
raised alarms about the series' depiction of peoples of color,
cultural appropriation in worldbuilding, and the author's antitrans
statements in the media. Included essays examine the failed
wizarding justice system, the counterproductive portrayal of Nagini
as an Asian woman, the liberation of Dobby the elf, and more,
adding meaningful contributions to existing scholarship on the
Harry Potter series. As we approach the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry
Potter and the Other provides a smorgasbord of insights into the
way that race and difference have shaped this story, its world, its
author, and the generations who have come of age during the era of
the Wizarding World.
Global climatic change has resulted in new and unpredictable
patterns of precipitation and temperature, the increased frequency
of extreme weather events and rising sea levels. These changes
impact all four aspects of food security - availability,
accessibility, stability of supply and appropriate nourishment - as
well as the entire food system - food production, marketing,
processing, distribution and prices. Climate Change and Food
Security focuses on the challenge to food security posed by a
changing climate. The book brings together many of the critical
global concerns of climate change and food security through local
cases based on empirical studies undertaken in Sub-Saharan Africa
and the Caribbean. Focusing on risk reduction and the complex
nature of vulnerability to climate change, the book includes
chapters on the responsiveness of farmers based on traditional
knowledge, as well as the critical phenomenon of food insecurity in
the urban setting. Other chapters are devoted to efforts made to
strengthen resilience through long-term development, with
interventions at the regional and national levels of scale. It also
examines cross-cutting themes that underlie the strategies employed
to achieve food security, including equity, gender, livelihoods and
governance. This edited volume will be of great interest to
students and scholars of climate change, food security,
environmental management and sustainable development.
Winner, 2022 Children's Literature Association Book Award, given by
the Children's Literature Association Winner, 2020 World Fantasy
Awards Winner, 2020 British Fantasy Awards, Nonfiction Finalist,
Creative Nonfiction IGNYTE Award, given by FIYACON for BIPOC+ in
Speculative Fiction Reveals the diversity crisis in children's and
young adult media as not only a lack of representation, but a lack
of imagination Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real
and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all
backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek
passageways into the fantastic, the doors are often barred. This
problem lies not only with children's publishing, but also with the
television and film executives tasked with adapting these stories
into a visual world. When characters of color do appear, they are
often marginalized or subjected to violence, reinforcing for
audiences that not all lives matter. The Dark Fantastic is an
engaging and provocative exploration of race in popular youth and
young adult speculative fiction. Grounded in her experiences as YA
novelist, fanfiction writer, and scholar of education, Thomas
considers four black girl protagonists from some of the most
popular stories of the early 21st century: Bonnie Bennett from the
CW's The Vampire Diaries, Rue from Suzanne Collins's The Hunger
Games, Gwen from the BBC's Merlin, and Angelina Johnson from J.K.
Rowling's Harry Potter. Analyzing their narratives and audience
reactions to them reveals how these characters mirror the violence
against black and brown people in our own world. In response,
Thomas uncovers and builds upon a tradition of fantasy and radical
imagination in Black feminism and Afrofuturism to reveal new
possibilities. Through fanfiction and other modes of
counter-storytelling, young people of color have reinvisioned
fantastic worlds that reflect their own experiences, their own
lives. As Thomas powerfully asserts, "we dark girls deserve more,
because we are more."
Many people working toward sustainability recognize the important
role of conservation but are inadequately prepared to deal with the
large spatial, temporal and complexity scales that are involved in
large-scale conservation efforts. Problems in large-scale
conservation require navigating an intermixture of geophysical,
biological and political dimensions. Coming to grips with these
many natural and human forces and factors at large scales, much
less the myriad details in any single case, is challenging in the
extreme and becomes more critical with each day that passes.
Large-scale conservation poses many complex challenges that single
disciplines, approaches or methods cannot fully address alone.
Interdisciplinarity can significantly strengthen large-scale
conservation efforts. Throughout Large-Scale Conservation in the
Common Interest the editors and authors argue that a more holistic
and genuinely interdisciplinary approach is required to solve the
complex and growing challenges associated with large-scale
conservation. The chapters within offer such an approach and define
key terms, bring challenges to light and employ case studies to
offer concrete practical and strategic recommendations to help
those who are engaged in the interactive tasks of promoting
sustainability and human dignity. This book is intended for a broad
audience, including students and professors new to the field of
large-scale conservation, experienced field-based practitioners in
science and management and decision and policy makers who set
specific and strategic direction for large landscapes. Professors
can use this book to introduce students to the challenges of
successful large-scale conservation design and implementation and
to teach interdisciplinarity as a framework, concept and tool.
Professionals will find this book offers a new way of using
science, management and policy to make decisions. Finally, this
volume can be used as a guide to set up workshops, seminars, or
projects involving diverse people and perspectives.
Eighth-grader Sam Gabreaux doesn't know what she'd do without her
favorite teacher, Mr. Dubois.. He's helped her work on her shyness,
even to the point where she can occasionally speak to Bobby, the
gorgeous brown-eyed boy she's had a crush on since last year. The
only problem is, most of the other kids at Turkey Creek Middle
school say Mr. Dubois is gay. Some of them even tease Sam about
talking to him. To these she gives the title "Weasels," and she and
her best friend Denise embark on a campaign of secret tricks
against them. From kick-me hard signs to possible horse tramplings,
Sam tries it all. But when more serious rumors surface concerning
Mr. Dubois, will Sam find the courage to do something that matters?
Award Winner, Houston Writer's League Conference, 2001
What does it mean to be Black in the Obama era? In Reading African
American Experiences in the Obama Era, young African American
scholars and researchers and experienced community activists
demonstrate how to encourage dialogue across curricula,
disciplines, and communities with emphases on education, new media,
and popular culture. Considering what this historic moment means
for Black life, letters, and learning, this accessible yet
scholarly volume encourages movement toward thoughtful analysis
today.
In-Silico Approaches to Macromolecular Chemistry helps students,
researchers and industry professionals gain a clear overview of the
field, giving users the knowledge needed to understand and select
the most appropriate tools for conducting and analyzing
computational studies. With applications across a broad range of
areas, many different methods have been developed for exploring
macromolecules in silico, making it difficult for researchers to
select the most appropriate for their specific needs. Covering both
biopolymers and synthetic polymers, this book familiarizes readers
with the theoretical tools and software appropriate for such
studies. In addition to providing essential background knowledge on
both computational tools and macromolecules, the book presents
in-depth studies of in silico macromolecule chemistry, discusses
and compares these with experimental studies, and highlights the
future potential for such approaches.
Winner, 2022 Children's Literature Association Book Award, given by
the Children's Literature Association Winner, 2020 World Fantasy
Awards Winner, 2020 British Fantasy Awards, Nonfiction Finalist,
Creative Nonfiction IGNYTE Award, given by FIYACON for BIPOC+ in
Speculative Fiction Reveals the diversity crisis in children's and
young adult media as not only a lack of representation, but a lack
of imagination Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real
and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all
backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek
passageways into the fantastic, the doors are often barred. This
problem lies not only with children’s publishing, but also with
the television and film executives tasked with adapting these
stories into a visual world. When characters of color do appear,
they are often marginalized or subjected to violence, reinforcing
for audiences that not all lives matter. The Dark Fantastic is an
engaging and provocative exploration of race in popular youth and
young adult speculative fiction. Grounded in her experiences as YA
novelist, fanfiction writer, and scholar of education, Thomas
considers four black girl protagonists from some of the most
popular stories of the early 21st century: Bonnie Bennett from the
CW’s The Vampire Diaries, Rue from Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger
Games, Gwen from the BBC’s Merlin, and Angelina Johnson from J.K.
Rowling’s Harry Potter. Analyzing their narratives and audience
reactions to them reveals how these characters mirror the violence
against black and brown people in our own world. In response,
Thomas uncovers and builds upon a tradition of fantasy and radical
imagination in Black feminism and Afrofuturism to reveal new
possibilities. Through fanfiction and other modes of
counter-storytelling, young people of color have reinvisioned
fantastic worlds that reflect their own experiences, their own
lives. As Thomas powerfully asserts, “we dark girls deserve more,
because we are more.”
Global climatic change has resulted in new and unpredictable
patterns of precipitation and temperature, the increased frequency
of extreme weather events and rising sea levels. These changes
impact all four aspects of food security - availability,
accessibility, stability of supply and appropriate nourishment - as
well as the entire food system - food production, marketing,
processing, distribution and prices. Climate Change and Food
Security focuses on the challenge to food security posed by a
changing climate. The book brings together many of the critical
global concerns of climate change and food security through local
cases based on empirical studies undertaken in Sub-Saharan Africa
and the Caribbean. Focusing on risk reduction and the complex
nature of vulnerability to climate change, the book includes
chapters on the responsiveness of farmers based on traditional
knowledge, as well as the critical phenomenon of food insecurity in
the urban setting. Other chapters are devoted to efforts made to
strengthen resilience through long-term development, with
interventions at the regional and national levels of scale. It also
examines cross-cutting themes that underlie the strategies employed
to achieve food security, including equity, gender, livelihoods and
governance. This edited volume will be of great interest to
students and scholars of climate change, food security,
environmental management and sustainable development.
The fourth edition of this acclaimed textbook provides an in-depth
and engaging overview of community psychology, including its
theoretical underpinnings and methods for conducting research and
promoting change within communities. This book aims to get
students, including nonpsychology majors, excited about the field
and being agents of social change. New to this edition are an
increased focus on values, particularly those related to social
justice, empowering minority communities, and solving complex
societal problems - like poverty, oppression, and climate change -
across multiple ecological levels. New research and case examples
present important developments in the field and society at large,
accompanied by extensive discussion questions that will encourage
self-reflection and help students apply key concepts to their own
lives. A new marginal glossary also highlights important concepts.
'A delicious, diverse, genre-bending gothic, as smart as it is
spooky' Chloe Benjamin During your three years at Catherine House
you will have no contact with those in the outside world. Each of
our students has been selected as someone who belongs here. You
will give to Catherine and Catherine will give to you. We will not
let each other down. Catherine House is a university like no other.
Into its celebrated world steps Ines, a young woman who welcomes
the school's isolation rather than its illustrious past. As the
gates close and Ines finds herself start to be inevitably seduced
by its magnetic power, she begins to realise the question isn't why
she chose to come to Catherine House; but why Catherine House chose
her. 'A brilliantly observed tale brimming with subtle malevolence'
Irenosen Okojie 'Echoes of The Secret History and Never Let Me Go'
Daily Mail 'Moody and evocative as a fever dream, CATHERINE HOUSE
is the sort of book that wraps itself around your brain, drawing
you closer with each hypnotic step' Washington Post
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