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The rise of Web 2.0 has pushed the amateur to the forefront of
public discourse, public policy and media scholarship. Typically
non-salaried, non-specialist and untrained in media production,
amateur producers are now seen as key drivers of the creative
economy. But how do the activities of citizen journalists, fan
fiction writers and bedroom musicians connect with longer
traditions of extra-institutional media production? This edited
collection provides a much-needed interdisciplinary
contextualisation of amateur media before and after Web 2.0.
Surveying the institutional, economic and legal construction of the
amateur media producer via a series of case studies, it features
contributions from experts in the fields of law, economics and
media studies based in the UK, Europe and Singapore. Each section
of the book contains a detailed case study on a selected topic,
followed by two further pieces providing additional analysis and
commentary. Using an extraordinary array of case studies and
examples, from YouTube to online games, from subtitling communities
to reality TV, the book is neither a celebration of amateur
production nor a denunciation of the demise of professional media
industries. Rather, this book presents a critical dialogue across
law and the humanities, exploring the dynamic tensions and
interdependencies between amateur and professional creative
production. This book will appeal to both academics and students of
intellectual property and media law, as well as to scholars and
students of economics, media, cultural and internet studies.
Over the past three decades, "landscape" has become an umbrella
term to describe many different strands of archaeology. From the
processualist study of settlement patterns to the phenomenologist's
experience of the natural world, from human impact on past
environments to the environment's impact on human thought, action,
and interaction, the term has been used. In this volume, for the
first time, over 80 archaeologists from three continents attempt a
comprehensive definition of the ideas and practices of landscape
archaeology, covering the theoretical and the practical, the
research and conservation, and encasing the term in a global
framework. As a basic reference volume for landscape archaeology,
this volume will be the benchmark for decades to come. All
royalties on this Handbook are donated to the World Archaeological
Congress.
The rise of Web 2.0 has pushed the amateur to the forefront of
public discourse, public policy and media scholarship. Typically
non-salaried, non-specialist and untrained in media production,
amateur producers are now seen as key drivers of the creative
economy. But how do the activities of citizen journalists, fan
fiction writers and bedroom musicians connect with longer
traditions of extra-institutional media production? This edited
collection provides a much-needed interdisciplinary
contextualisation of amateur media before and after Web 2.0.
Surveying the institutional, economic and legal construction of the
amateur media producer via a series of case studies, it features
contributions from experts in the fields of law, economics and
media studies based in the UK, Europe and Singapore. Each section
of the book contains a detailed case study on a selected topic,
followed by two further pieces providing additional analysis and
commentary. Using an extraordinary array of case studies and
examples, from YouTube to online games, from subtitling communities
to reality TV, the book is neither a celebration of amateur
production nor a denunciation of the demise of professional media
industries. Rather, this book presents a critical dialogue across
law and the humanities, exploring the dynamic tensions and
interdependencies between amateur and professional creative
production. This book will appeal to both academics and students of
intellectual property and media law, as well as to scholars and
students of economics, media, cultural and internet studies.
Archaeologists have long recognised that they study past worlds
which may be quite unlike our own. But how are we to cope with the
difference of the past if our own circumstances are unique within
human history? What if archaeology itself depends on ways of
thinking that are specific to the modern western world? This is the
first book-length study to explore the relationship between
archaeology and modern thought, showing how philosophical ideas
that developed in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries still
dominate our approach to the material remains of ancient societies.
It discusses the modern emphasis on method rather than ethics or
meaning, our understanding of change in history and nature, the
role of the nation-state in forming our views of the past, and
contemporary notions of human individuality, the mind, and
materiality.
Over the past three decades, "landscape" has become an umbrella
term to describe many different strands of archaeology. From the
processualist study of settlement patterns to the phenomenologist's
experience of the natural world, from human impact on past
environments to the environment's impact on human thought, action,
and interaction, the term has been used. In this volume, for the
first time, over 80 archaeologists from three continents attempt a
comprehensive definition of the ideas and practices of landscape
archaeology, covering the theoretical and the practical, the
research and conservation, and encasing the term in a global
framework. As a basic reference volume for landscape archaeology,
this volume will be the benchmark for decades to come. All
royalties on this Handbook are donated to the World Archaeological
Congress.
This is the first book-length study to explore the relationship
between archaeology and modern thought, showing how philosophical
ideas that developed in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries
still dominate our approach to the material remains of ancient
societies. It discusses the modern emphasis on method rather than
ethics or meaning, our understanding of change in history and
nature, the role of the nation-state in forming our views of the
past, and contemporary notions of human individuality, the mind,
and materiality. Julian Thomas also addresses the modern
preoccupation with depth, which enables archaeology to be used as a
metaphor in other disciplines. The book concludes by advocating a
"counter-modern" archaeology that refuses to separate material
evidence from political, moral, rhetorical, and aesthetic concerns,
as well as meaning.
This book employs contemporary theoretical perspectives to investigate the Neolithic period in southern britain. It is a fully reworked edition of the author's Rethinking the Neolithic (1991).
This text presents an investigation of the period 4000 - 2200 BC.
Whilst examining the archaeological data of this region, the book
exposes the assumptions and prejudices which have shaped
archaeologists' accounts of the distant past, and presents fresh
interpretations informed by social theory, anthropology and
critical hermeneutics. The book is a fully reworked and updated
edition of the the book "Rethinking the Neolithic", which provoked
much heated debate on publication, especially in providing
alternative ways of interpreting archaeological evidence.
Time, Culture and Identity questions the modern western distinctions between: * nature and culture * mind and body * object and subject.
Drawing on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, Julian Thomas develops a way of writing about the past in which time is seen as central to the emergence of the identities of people and objects.
The beginning of the Neolithic in Britain is a topic of perennial
interest in archaeology, marking the end of a hunter-gatherer way
of life with the introduction of domesticated plants and animals,
pottery, polished stone tools, and a range of new kinds of
monuments, including earthen long barrows and megalithic tombs.
Every year, numerous new articles are published on different
aspects of the topic, ranging from diet and subsistence economy to
population movement, architecture, and seafaring. Thomas offers a
treatment that synthesizes all of this material, presenting a
coherent argument to explain the process of transition between the
Mesolithic-Neolithic periods. Necessarily, the developments in
Britain are put into the context of broader debates about the
origins of agriculture in Europe, and the diversity of processes of
change in different parts of the continent are explored. These are
followed by a historiographic treatment of debates on the
transition in Britain. Chapters cover the Mesolithic background,
processes of contact and interaction, monumental architecture and
timber halls, portable artefacts, and plants and animals. The
concluding argument is that developments in the economy and
material culture must be understood as being related to fundamental
social transformations.
Debates about the digital media economy are at the heart of media
and communication studies. An increasingly digitalised and datafied
media environment has implications for every aspect of the field,
from ownership and production, to distribution and consumption. The
SAGE Handbook of the Digital Media Economy offers students,
researchers and policy-makers a multidisciplinary overview of
contemporary scholarship relating to the intersection of the
digital economy and the media, cultural, and creative industries.
It provides an overview of the major areas of debate, and
conceptual and methodological frameworks, through chapters written
by leading scholars from a range of disciplinary perspective. PART
1: Key Concepts PART 2: Methodological Approaches PART 3: Media
Industries of the Digital Economy PART 4: Geographies of the
Digital Economy PART 5: Law, Governance and Policy
Vigorous public debate about intellectual property has a long
history. In this assessment of the shifting relationships between
the law and the economic, social and cultural sources of creativity
and innovation during the long-nineteenth century, Megan Richardson
and Julian Thomas examine the 'fashioning' of the law by focusing
on emblematic cases, key legislative changes and broader debates.
Along the way, the authors highlight how, in 'the age of
journalism', the press shaped, and was shaped by, the idea of
intellectual property as a protective crucible for improvements in
knowledge and progress in the arts and sciences. The engagement in
our own time between intellectual property and the creative
industries remains volatile and unsettled. As the authors conclude,
the fresh opportunities for artistic diversity, expression and
communication offered by new media could see the place of
intellectual property in the scheme of law being reinvented once
again.
The Neolithic in Britain was a period of fundamental change: human
communities were transformed, collectively owning domesticated
plants and animals, and inhabiting a richer world of material
things: timber houses and halls, pottery vessels, polished flint
and stone axes, and massive monuments of earth and stone. Equally
important was the development of a suite of new social practices,
and an emphasis on descent, continuity and inheritance. These
innovations set in train social processes that culminated with the
construction of Stonehenge, the most remarkable surviving structure
from prehistoric Europe. Neolithic Britain provides an up to date,
concise introduction to the period of British prehistory from c.
4000-2200 BCE. Written on the basis of a new appreciation of the
chronology of the period, the result reflects both on the way that
archaeologists write narratives of the Neolithic, and how Neolithic
people constructed histories of their own. Incorporating new
insights from the extraordinary pace of archaeological discoveries
in recent years, a world emerges which is unfamiliar, complex and
challenging, and yet played a decisive role in forging the
landscape of contemporary Britain. Important recent developments
have resulted in a dual realisation: firstly, highly focused
research into individual site chronologies can indicate precise and
particular time narratives; and secondly, this new awareness of
time implies original insights about the fabric of Neolithic
society, embracing matters of inheritance, kinship and social ties,
and the 'descent' of cultural practices. Moreover, our
understanding of Neolithic society has been radically affected by
individual discoveries and investigative projects, whether in the
Stonehenge area, on mainland Orkney, or in less well-known
localities across the British Isles. The new perspective provided
in this volume stems from a greater awareness of the ways in which
unfolding events and transformations in societies depend upon the
changing relations between individuals and groups, mediated by
objects and architecture. This concise panorama into Neolithic
Britain offers new conclusions and an academically-stimulating but
accessible overview. It covers key material and social
developments, and reflects on the nature of cultural practices,
tradition, genealogy, and society across nearly two millennia.
The Neolithic in Britain was a period of fundamental change: human
communities were transformed, collectively owning domesticated
plants and animals, and inhabiting a richer world of material
things: timber houses and halls, pottery vessels, polished flint
and stone axes, and massive monuments of earth and stone. Equally
important was the development of a suite of new social practices,
with an emphasis on descent, continuity and inheritance. These
innovations set in train social processes that culminated with the
construction of Stonehenge, the most remarkable surviving structure
from prehistoric Europe. Neolithic Britain provides an up-to-date,
concise introduction to the period of British prehistory from c.
4000-2200 BCE. Written on the basis of a new appreciation of the
chronology of the period, the result reflects both on the way that
archaeologists write narratives of the Neolithic, and how Neolithic
people constructed histories of their own. Incorporating new
insights from the extraordinary pace of archaeological discoveries
in recent years, a world emerges which is unfamiliar, complex and
challenging, and yet played a decisive role in forging the
landscape of contemporary Britain. Important recent developments
have resulted in a dual realisation: firstly, highly focused
research into individual site chronologies can indicate precise and
particular time narratives; and secondly, this new awareness of
time implies original insights about the fabric of Neolithic
society, embracing matters of inheritance, kinship and social ties,
and the 'descent' of cultural practices. Moreover, our
understanding of Neolithic society has been radically affected by
individual discoveries and investigative projects, whether in the
Stonehenge area, on mainland Orkney, or in less well-known
localities across the British Isles. The new perspective provided
in this volume stems from a greater awareness of the ways in which
unfolding events and transformations in societies depend upon the
changing relations between individuals and groups, mediated by
objects and architecture. This concise panorama into Neolithic
Britain offers new conclusions and an academically-stimulating but
accessible overview. It covers key material and social
developments, and reflects on the nature of cultural practices,
tradition, genealogy, and society across nearly two millennia.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.
This is a thoughtful and accessable account of a teenager growing
up in the 1970s. The experiences of Jez and his mates are easy to
identify and sympathise with, until a single terrible event changes
everything and forces them to grow up fast.
Many people who would like to try veganism for environmental or
ethical reasons are put off by the thought of a meat-free diet
being unhealthy and nutritionally inadequate. However, this is a
very long way from the truth, and turning vegan can bring a whole
host of health benefits with it, ranging from the minor to the
potentially life-saving. This is true for people at any stage of
life from childhood to old age, and also for pregnant women and
even elite athletes. In Julian's book he covers this focus
entirely. You need to have a copy of Vegan Diet Tips.
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