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The Sleep of Birds (Pamphlet)
Thomas Vaiseta; Translated by Jeremy Hill
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This handbook is unique in its consideration of social and cultural
contributions to sustainable oceans management. It is also unique
in its deconstruction of the hegemonic value attached to the oceans
and in its analysis of discourses regarding what national
governments in the Global South should prioritise in their oceans
management strategy. Offering a historical perspective from the
start, the handbook reflects on the confluence of (western)
scientific discourse and colonialism, and the impact of this on
indigenous conceptions of the oceans and on social identity. With
regard to the latter, the authors are mindful of the
nationalisation of island territories worldwide and the impact of
this process on regional collaboration, cultural exchange and the
valuation of the oceans. Focusing on global examples, the handbook
offers a nuanced, region relevant, contemporary conceptualisation
of blue heritage, discussing what will be required to achieve an
inclusive oceans economy by 2063, the end goal date of the African
Union's Agenda 2063. The analysis will be useful to established
academics in the field of ocean studies, policymakers and
practitioners engaged in research on the ocean economy, as well as
graduate scholars in the ocean sciences.
This handbook is unique in its consideration of social and cultural
contributions to sustainable oceans management. It is also unique
in its deconstruction of the hegemonic value attached to the oceans
and in its analysis of discourses regarding what national
governments in the Global South should prioritise in their oceans
management strategy. Offering a historical perspective from the
start, the handbook reflects on the confluence of (western)
scientific discourse and colonialism, and the impact of this on
indigenous conceptions of the oceans and on social identity. With
regard to the latter, the authors are mindful of the
nationalisation of island territories worldwide and the impact of
this process on regional collaboration, cultural exchange and the
valuation of the oceans. Focusing on global examples, the
handbook offers a nuanced, region relevant, contemporary
conceptualisation of blue heritage, discussing what will be
required to achieve an inclusive oceans economy by 2063, the end
goal date of the African Union’s Agenda 2063. The analysis will
be useful to established academics in the field of ocean studies,
policymakers and practitioners engaged in research on the ocean
economy, as well as graduate scholars in the ocean sciences.
This new edition of a textbook first published in 2000 provides a
comprehensive account of the law of treaties from the viewpoint of
two experienced practitioners. It draws on the combined experience
of Anthony Aust, the original author, and Jeremy Hill, until
recently Legal Counsellor in the Foreign, Commonwealth and
Development Office, London. The book provides a wealth of examples
of the problems experienced with treaties on a daily basis. The
authors explore numerous precedents from treaties and other related
documents, such as non-legally binding instruments. Using clear and
accessible language, the authors cover the full extent of treaty
law, with both practitioners and students in mind. Modern Treaty
Law and Practice is essential reading for officials in governments
and international organisations, lawyers practising in
international law, and teachers and students of law, political
science, international relations and diplomacy who have an interest
in treaties.
Lindy is a fantasy, but it's not much like the books that people
call fantasy nowadays. It has only a very few swords, almost
nothing by way of sorcery, and no werewolves or vampires at all,
only a quite ordinary girl who finds herself in an extraordinary
world and who must learn how to make the kinds of difficult
decisions that all ordinary people have to make. Some readers will
probably find this disappointing, but there have been too many
books about sorcerers and werewolves and vampires lately anyway,
and we could probably do with something a bit different. Besides, I
think you will quite like Lindy once you've had the chance to meet
her.
Country music evokes a simple, agrarian past, with images of open
land and pickup trucks. While some might think of the genre as a
repository of nostalgia, popular because it preserves and reveres
traditional values, Jeremy Hill argues that country music has found
such expansive success because its songs and its people have
forcefully addressed social and cultural issues as well as
geographic change. Hill demonstrates how the genre and its fans
developed a flexible idea of ""country,"" beyond their rural roots,
and how this flexibility allowed fans and music to ""come to
town,"" to move into and within urban spaces, while retaining a
country ""character."" To understand how the genre has become the
far-reaching commercial phenomenon that it is today, Hill explores
how various players within the country music fold have grappled
with the notion of place. He shows both how the industry has
transformed the city of Nashville and how country music -- through
song lyrics, imagery associated with the music, and branding -- has
reshaped ideas about the American landscape and character. As the
genre underwent significant change in the last decades of the
twentieth century, those who sought to explain its new styles and
new locations relied on a traditional theme: ""You can take the boy
out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the
boy."" Hill demonstrates how this idea -- that you can still be
""country"" while no longer living in a rural place -- has been
used to expand country's commercial appeal and establish a
permanent home in the urban space of Nashville.
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