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First published in 1996, "Remove Not the Ancient Landmark" explores
the ways that public monuments symbolize and convey moral values.
It analyzes the roles that monuments have always played and the
influence they continue to exert on societies around the world. The
book also explores the origins and nature of humanity in light of
the monuments.
This edited text recaptures many of Joe L. Kincheloe's national and
international influences. An advocate and a scholar in the social,
historical, and philosophical foundations of education, he
dedicated his professional life to his vision of critical pedagogy.
The authors in this volume found mentorship, as well as kinship, in
Joe and express the many ways in which he and his work made
profound differences in their work and lives. Joe's research always
pushed the limits of what critically reflective and informed
teaching entailed, never diluting the import of comprehending the
complexity of sociopolitical, cultural, economic, and educational
discourses and practices. Dedicated to a praxis of social and
political activism rooted in students' development as citizens and
workers, the labor of teachers as action researchers, cultural
workers, and social mediators is always at the heart of all he
achieved. We who were so influenced directly and indirectly by him
knew his genius and relished the generosity with which he shared
his ideas, advice, encouragement, and art. The world is better
because of Joe L. Kincheloe scholarship-inextricably related to
"critical" critical thinking and enactment of education that
tenaciously interrupts complacency, mediocrity, always responding
thoughtfully to particular educational contexts.
This edited text recaptures many of Joe L. Kincheloe's national and
international influences. An advocate and a scholar in the social,
historical, and philosophical foundations of education, he
dedicated his professional life to his vision of critical pedagogy.
The authors in this volume found mentorship, as well as kinship, in
Joe and express the many ways in which he and his work made
profound differences in their work and lives. Joe's research always
pushed the limits of what critically reflective and informed
teaching entailed, never diluting the import of comprehending the
complexity of sociopolitical, cultural, economic, and educational
discourses and practices. Dedicated to a praxis of social and
political activism rooted in students' development as citizens and
workers, the labor of teachers as action researchers, cultural
workers, and social mediators is always at the heart of all he
achieved. We who were so influenced directly and indirectly by him
knew his genius and relished the generosity with which he shared
his ideas, advice, encouragement, and art. The world is better
because of Joe L. Kincheloe scholarship-inextricably related to
"critical" critical thinking and enactment of education that
tenaciously interrupts complacency, mediocrity, always responding
thoughtfully to particular educational contexts.
The five approaches outlined in this book offers the systems
thinking practitioner a range of interchangeable tools for
pro-actively making systemic improvements amidst complex situations
of change and uncertainty. Practitioners from all professional
domains are increasingly confronted with incidences of systemic
failure, yet poorly equipped with appropriate tools and know-how
for understanding such failure, and the making of systemic
improvement. In our fragile Anthropocene world where 'systems
change' is often invoked as the rallying call for purposeful
alternative action, this book provides a toolkit to help
constructively make systems that can change situations for the
better. Systems Approaches offers an excellent introduction for
those seeking to understand systems thinking and to enact systems
thinking in practice. The book helps practitioners from all
professions to better understand inter-relationships, engage with
multiple perspectives, and reflect on boundary judgements that can
inhibit or enhance improved purposeful change. After an editorial
introduction to these systems thinking in practice capabilities,
successive chapters illustrate five systems approaches, each chosen
for having a rigorous though adaptable framework, and a robust long
pedigree of application in complex situations. Each chapter
illustrates what the approach is about, followed by invaluable tips
and insights from experience regarding how the tools might be
practiced. Amongst updates from originating authors for this 2nd
edition, each approach has an accompanying postscript on some
developments since the 1st edition.
Shakespeare's women rarely reach the end of the play alive. Whether
by murder or by suicide, onstage or off, female actors in
Shakespeare's works often find themselves 'playing dead.' But what
does it mean to 'play dead', particularly for women actors, whose
bodies become scrutinized and anatomized by audiences and fellow
actors who 'grossly gape on'? In what ways does playing
Shakespeare's women when they are dead emblematize the difficulties
of playing them while they are still alive? Ultimately, what is at
stake for the female actor who embodies Shakespeare's women today,
dead or alive? Situated at the intersection of the creative and the
critical, Performing Shakespeare's Women: Playing Dead engages
performance history, current scholarship and the practical problems
facing the female actor of Shakespeare's plays when it comes to
'playing dead' on the contemporary stage and in a post-feminist
world. This book explores the consequences of corpsing
Shakespeare's women, considering important ethical questions that
matter to practitioners, students and critics of Shakespeare today.
Shakespeare's women rarely reach the end of the play alive. Whether
by murder or by suicide, onstage or off, female actors in
Shakespeare's works often find themselves 'playing dead.' But what
does it mean to 'play dead', particularly for women actors, whose
bodies become scrutinized and anatomized by audiences and fellow
actors who 'grossly gape on'? In what ways does playing
Shakespeare's women when they are dead emblematize the difficulties
of playing them while they are still alive? Ultimately, what is at
stake for the female actor who embodies Shakespeare's women today,
dead or alive? Situated at the intersection of the creative and the
critical, Performing Shakespeare's Women: Playing Dead engages
performance history, current scholarship and the practical problems
facing the female actor of Shakespeare's plays when it comes to
'playing dead' on the contemporary stage and in a post-feminist
world. This book explores the consequences of corpsing
Shakespeare's women, considering important ethical questions that
matter to practitioners, students and critics of Shakespeare today.
The Environmental Responsibility Reader is a definitive collection
of classic and contemporary environmental works that offers a
comprehensive overview of the issues involved in environmental
responsibility, steering the reader through each development in
thought with a unifying and expert editorial voice. This essential
text expertly explores seemingly intractable modern-day
environmental dilemmas - including climate change, fossil fuel
consumption, fresh water quality, industrial pollution, habitat
destruction, and biodiversity loss. Starting with 'Silent Spring'
and moving through to more recent works the book draws on
contemporary ideas of environmental ethics, corporate social
responsibility, ecological justice, fair trade, global citizenship,
and the connections between environmental and social justice;
configuring these ideas into practical notions for responsible
action with a unique global and integral focus on responsibility.
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