Research within a socio-political paradigm or "turn" has been gradually recognized and institutionalized as an important part of mathematics education. This book focuses on the neglected problems, tensions and contradictions evoked by this process. The authors do this by challenging current regimes of truth about mathematics education; by identifying how recent technological developments challenge or suspend contemporary conceptions of mathematics education; by critiquing the ideological entanglement of mathematics, its education and schooling with capitalism; by self-reflective analyses of researchers' impacts on shaping what is and can be perceived as the practice of mathematics education (research); and by confronting main-stream mathematics education with socio-political contexts that are usually neglected. In this way, "mathematical rationality" becomes contextualized within contemporary society, where it reproduces itself through technologies, social practices, media and other spheres of social life.

Research within a socio-political paradigm or "turn" has been gradually recognized and institutionalized as an important part of mathematics education. This book focuses on the neglected problems, tensions and contradictions evoked by this process. The authors do this by challenging current regimes of truth about mathematics education; by identifying how recent technological developments challenge or suspend contemporary conceptions of mathematics education; by critiquing the ideological entanglement of mathematics, its education and schooling with capitalism; by self-reflective analyses of researchers' impacts on shaping what is and can be perceived as the practice of mathematics education (research); and by confronting main-stream mathematics education with socio-political contexts that are usually neglected. In this way, "mathematical rationality" becomes contextualized within contemporary society, where it reproduces itself through technologies, social practices, media and other spheres of social life.

Film based on the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) is a womaniser who likes to drink and gamble. He also happens to be the best counterfeiter in Berlin. Suddenly, his luck runs out when he's arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog (Devid Striesow). Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon's exceptional skills are soon noted and he is transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen where Herzog, on a secret mission, awaits his arrival. Hand-picked for his unique talent, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the programme, Operation Berhard. The group of forgers, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger (August Diehl), is given luxury barracks for its assistance. However, Adolf refuses to use his skills to help the Nazis and wants to do something that will scupper their secret operation. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones.

Three European dramas set in the Second World War. 'The Counterfeiters' (2007) is based on the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) is a womaniser who likes to drink and gamble. He also happens to be the best counterfeiter in Berlin. His luck runs out when he is arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog (Devid Striesow). Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon's exceptional skills are soon noted and he is transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen where Herzog, on a secret mission, awaits his arrival. Hand-picked for his unique talent, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the programme, Operation Berhard. The group of forgers, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger (August Diehl), is given luxury barracks for its assistance. However, Adolf refuses to use his skills to help the Nazis and wants to do something that will scupper their secret operation. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones. 'Days of Glory' (2007), directed by Rachid Bouchareb, depicts the plight of the North African troops enlisted to fight in the French army between 1943 and 1945. Despite the fact that the four young Arabs around whom the story centres have, in effect, been called up by one colonial oppressor to fight another, they say goodbye to their families in Algeria, Morocco and Senegal and willingly step forward to take up their arms. But all find themselves shockingly discriminated against by bigots within the French army, and deprived of the few rights and privileges to which new recruits are entitled. Bouchareb's powerful and persuasive film was instrumental in French prime minister Jacques Chirac's decision to compensate all North Africans who fought in World War II by unfreezing their pensions. The German drama 'North Face' (2008) is set in 1930s Germany just before the outbreak of war. Two German climbers attempt to scale the infamous North Face of the Eiger, aka 'Murder Wall' - the ultimate goal of every European mountaineer. Many have died in the attempt, but Toni Kurz (Benno Furmann) and Andi Hinterstoisser (Florian Lukas) are convinced they will make it. Set against a backdrop of political instability and growing menace as the Nazis steadily gain power, the film juxtaposes nature at its harshest and most unforgiving with the complex - and often contradictory - nature of humanity.

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich BWL - Marketing, Unternehmenskommunikation, CRM, Marktforschung, Social Media, Note: 1,1, Technische Universitat Chemnitz, Veranstaltung: Eventmarketing, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel der Arbeit ist, den Hochzeitsmarkt in seiner Gesamtheit zu skizzieren. Das Marktpotential soll bestimmt, Zielgruppensegmente identifiziert und Alternativen zur strategischen Ausrichtung der Unternehmenskommunikation von Hochzeitsagenturen abgeleitet werden. Der Zweck der Arbeit ist demzufolge, einen ersten wissenschaftlichen Einblick in die Hochzeitsbranche zu geben und so eine grundlegende Basis fur die Professionalisierung der Kommunikation von Hochzeitsagenturen zu liefern. Der Begriff Hochzeitsmarketing umfasst die Vermarktung hochzeitsspezifischer Produkte und Dienstleistungen. Daruber hinaus kann die Nutzung des Themas Hochzeit im Rahmen des Marketings und zur Umsetzung der Kommunikationsziele als Hochzeitsmarketing bezeichnet werden. Hochzeitsmarketing kann in Bezug auf Hochzeitsplanung dem Veranstaltungsmarketing zugeordnet werden, da es um die Vermarktung von Veranstaltungen geht. Um den Bedarf des Hochzeitsplaners zu begrunden, ist zunachst festzuhalten, dass aufgrund gesellschaftlicher Veranderungen ein Wandel des Heiratsverhaltens in Deutschland stattgefunden hat. Hochzeiten sind individueller geworden, und Brautpaare streben nach Individualitat, Authentizitat, Erlebnis und Selbstdarstellung. Zudem ist eine Abnahme kirchlicher Trauungen und eine Zunahme freier Trauungen zu verzeichnen. Wegen des Wegfalls institutioneller Handlungsvorgaben ist die Eigenverantwortung der Brautpaare gestiegen. Verunsicherung uber Ablaufe, Rituale und Verhaltensweisen ist bei vielen Paaren gegeben. Es existiert kein modernes Hochzeitsmodell zur Orientierung. Somit ist ein verstarkter Beratungsbedarf von Seiten potentieller Brautpaare abzuleiten, wodurch die Nachfrage nach der Dienstleistung Hochzeitsplanung begrundet werden kann. Im Rahmen de