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Encountering the City provides a new and sustained engagement with
the concept of encounter. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work,
classic writings on the city and rich empirical examples, this
volume demonstrates why encounters are significant to urban
studies, politically, philosophically and analytically. Bringing
together a range of interests, from urban multiculture, systems of
economic regulation, security and suspicion, to more-than-human
geographies, soundscapes and spiritual experience, Encountering the
City argues for a more nuanced understanding of how the concept of
'encounter' is used. This interdisciplinary collection thus
provides an insight into how scholars' writing on and in the city
mobilise, theorise and challenge the concept of encounter through
empirical cases taken from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North
America and South America. These cases go beyond conventional
accounts of urban conviviality, to demonstrate how encounters
destabilise, rework and produce difference, fold together complex
temporalities, materialise power and transform political relations.
In doing so, the collection retains a critical eye on the forms of
regulation, containment and inequality that shape the taking place
of urban encounter. Encountering the City is a valuable resource
for students and researchers alike.
Encountering the City provides a new and sustained engagement with
the concept of encounter. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work,
classic writings on the city and rich empirical examples, this
volume demonstrates why encounters are significant to urban
studies, politically, philosophically and analytically. Bringing
together a range of interests, from urban multiculture, systems of
economic regulation, security and suspicion, to more-than-human
geographies, soundscapes and spiritual experience, Encountering the
City argues for a more nuanced understanding of how the concept of
'encounter' is used. This interdisciplinary collection thus
provides an insight into how scholars' writing on and in the city
mobilise, theorise and challenge the concept of encounter through
empirical cases taken from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North
America and South America. These cases go beyond conventional
accounts of urban conviviality, to demonstrate how encounters
destabilise, rework and produce difference, fold together complex
temporalities, materialise power and transform political relations.
In doing so, the collection retains a critical eye on the forms of
regulation, containment and inequality that shape the taking place
of urban encounter. Encountering the City is a valuable resource
for students and researchers alike.
Research Ethics for Human Geography is a lively and engaging
introduction to key ethical issues in geographical research by
leading figures in the discipline. It addresses the wide range of
ethical issues involved in collecting, analysing and writing up
research across the social sciences, and explores and explains the
more specific ethical issues associated with different forms of
geographical inquiry. Each chapter comprises detailed summaries and
definitions, real-life case studies, student check-lists and
annotated recommendations for reading, making the book a valuable
toolkit for students undertaking all forms of geographical
research, from local and overseas fieldwork, through to
dissertation research, methods-training, and further research.
Research Ethics for Human Geography is a lively and engaging
introduction to key ethical issues in geographical research by
leading figures in the discipline. It addresses the wide range of
ethical issues involved in collecting, analysing and writing up
research across the social sciences, and explores and explains the
more specific ethical issues associated with different forms of
geographical inquiry. Each chapter comprises detailed summaries and
definitions, real-life case studies, student check-lists and
annotated recommendations for reading, making the book a valuable
toolkit for students undertaking all forms of geographical
research, from local and overseas fieldwork, through to
dissertation research, methods-training, and further research.
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Robin (Paperback)
Helen F. Wilson
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R437
R357
Discovery Miles 3 570
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The robin is a small bird with a distinctive ruddy breast, at once
a national treasure and a bird with a global reputation. In this
superbly illustrated account, Helen F. Wilson looks at many aspects
of the cherished robin, from its status as a harbinger of seasonal
change and icon of Christmas, to its place in fairy tales,
environmental campaigns and scientific discovery. In moving between
cultural and natural histories, Robin asks wide-ranging questions:
how did the robin’s name travel the world? Why is the robin so
melancholy? Who was Cock Robin? And how has the history of the
colour red shaped the robin’s ambivalent associations and unusual
origin stories?
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