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Ordinary people, community leaders, and even organizations and
corporations still do not fully comprehend the interconnected, "big
picture" dynamics of sustainability theory and action. In exploring
means to become more sustainable, individuals and groups need a
reference in which to frame discussions so they will be relevant,
educational, and successful when implemented. This book puts ideas
on sustainable communities into a conceptual framework that will
promote striking, transformational effects on decision-making. In
this book practitioners and community leaders will find effective,
comprehensive tools and resources at their finger-tips to
facilitate sustainable community development (SCD). The book
content examines a diverse range of SCD methods; assessing
community needs and resources; creating community visions;
promoting stakeholder interest and participation; analyzing
community problems; designing and facilitating strategic planning;
carrying out interventions to improve
Much theoretical and historical work engaged with the question of the "postcolonial" is built upon an imagined, unified premodern "Middle Ages" in Europe. One of the results of this has been that in recent years scholars in medieval and early modern studies have been critically assessing the uses of postcolonial and subaltern theoretical perspectives in their fields, and considering what their periods have to say to postcolonial theorists. This book offers a series of original essays that explore with specificity the methodological, textual, cultural, and historiographic moves required for postcolonial engagements with premodern times.
By combining the properties and strengths of various materials it
is possible to produce a hybrid or composite material with
properties ideally suited to a specific application, and this is
particularly important for developing new materials for rapidly
growing high-technology industries. This book provides a
state-of-the-art review of ceramic-matrix composite systems, and
examines the different types of reinforcement used, methods of
production, and design requirements. It also discusses specific
benefits, uses and potential applications. The book is written for
materials scientists and engineers who require a thorough
understanding of the design requirements and applications of new
materials for high technology industries. Postgraduate students in
materials science, mechanical engineering, and structural
engineering will find the book a useful source of reference.
Although philosophers have examined and commented on music for
centuries, Martin Heidegger, one of the greatest philosophers of
the 20th century, had frustratingly little to say about
music-directly, at least. This volume, the first to tackle
Heidegger and music, features contributions from philosophers,
musicians, educators, and musicologists from many countries
throughout the world, aims to utilize Heidegger's philosophy to
shed light on the place of music in different contexts and fields
of practice. Heidegger's thought is applied to a wide range of
musical spheres, including improvisation, classical music,
electronic music, African music, ancient Chinese music, jazz, rock
n' roll, composition, and musical performance. The volume also
features a wide range of philosophical insights on the essence of
music, music's place in society, and the promise of music's ability
to open up new ways of understanding the world with the onset of
the technological and digital musical age. Heidegger and Music
breaks new philosophical ground by showcasing creative vignettes
that not only push Heidegger's concepts in new directions, but also
get us to question the meaning of music in various contexts.
Medieval books that survive today have been through a lot: singed
by fire, mottled by mold, eaten by insects, annotated by readers,
cut into fragments, or damaged through well-intentioned
preservation efforts. In this book, Michelle Warren tells the story
of one such manuscript—an Arthurian romance with textual origins
in twelfth-century England now diffused across the twenty-first
century internet. This trajectory has been propelled by a
succession of technologies—from paper manufacture to printing to
computers. Together, they have made literary history itself a
cultural technology indebted to colonial capitalism. Bringing to
bear media theory, medieval literary studies, and book history,
Warren shows how digital infrastructures change texts and books,
even very old ones. In the process, she uncovers a practice of
"tech medievalism" that weaves through the history of computing
since the mid-twentieth century; metaphors indebted to King Arthur
and the Holy Grail are integral to some of the technologies that
now sustain medieval books on the internet. This infrastructural
approach to book history illuminates how the meaning of literature
is made by many people besides canonical authors: translators,
scribes, patrons, readers, collectors, librarians, cataloguers,
editors, photographers, software programmers, and many more.
Situated at the intersections of the digital humanities, library
sciences, literary history, and book history, Holy Digital Grail
offers new ways to conceptualize authorship, canon formation, and
the definition of a "book."
Medieval books that survive today have been through a lot: singed
by fire, mottled by mold, eaten by insects, annotated by readers,
cut into fragments, or damaged through well-intentioned
preservation efforts. In this book, Michelle Warren tells the story
of one such manuscript-an Arthurian romance with textual origins in
twelfth-century England now diffused across the twenty-first
century internet. This trajectory has been propelled by a
succession of technologies-from paper manufacture to printing to
computers. Together, they have made literary history itself a
cultural technology indebted to colonial capitalism. Bringing to
bear media theory, medieval literary studies, and book history,
Warren shows how digital infrastructures change texts and books,
even very old ones. In the process, she uncovers a practice of
"tech medievalism" that weaves through the history of computing
since the mid-twentieth century; metaphors indebted to King Arthur
and the Holy Grail are integral to some of the technologies that
now sustain medieval books on the internet. This infrastructural
approach to book history illuminates how the meaning of literature
is made by many people besides canonical authors: translators,
scribes, patrons, readers, collectors, librarians, cataloguers,
editors, photographers, software programmers, and many more.
Situated at the intersections of the digital humanities, library
sciences, literary history, and book history, Holy Digital Grail
offers new ways to conceptualize authorship, canon formation, and
the definition of a "book."
Discussions surrounding music and ethical responsibility bring to
mind arguments about legal ownership and purchase. Yet the many
ways in which we experience music with others are usually
overlooked. Musical experience and practice always involve
relationships with other people, which can place limitations on how
we listen to and act upon music. In Music and Ethical
Responsibility, Jeff R. Warren challenges current approaches to
music and ethics, drawing upon philosopher Emmanuel Levinas's
theory that ethics is the responsibilities that arise from our
encounters with other people. Warren examines ethical
responsibilities in musical experiences including performing other
people's music, noise, negotiating musical meaning, and
improvisation. Revealing the diverse roles that music plays in the
experience of encountering others, Warren argues that musicians,
researchers, and listeners should place ethical responsibility at
the heart of musical practices.
Discussions surrounding music and ethical responsibility bring to
mind arguments about legal ownership and purchase. Yet the many
ways in which we experience music with others are usually
overlooked. Musical experience and practice always involve
relationships with other people, which can place limitations on how
we listen to and act upon music. In Music and Ethical
Responsibility, Jeff R. Warren challenges current approaches to
music and ethics, drawing upon philosopher Emmanuel Levinas's
theory that ethics is the responsibilities that arise from our
encounters with other people. Warren examines ethical
responsibilities in musical experiences including performing other
people's music, noise, negotiating musical meaning, and
improvisation. Revealing the diverse roles that music plays in the
experience of encountering others, Warren argues that musicians,
researchers, and listeners should place ethical responsibility at
the heart of musical practices.
Bob Warren has given us a c: onstruction management book with a
mission: to ensure that the "People Quotient" is hlctored into all
bc: ets of project management and job-site performanc: e. Warren
demonstrates the importanc: e of respect for every naftsman's
individual worth and of empathy for the c: onclitions surrounding
c: onstruction employment. He outlines the motivational forces that
achieve highest pro ductivity and, at the same time, displays on
every page a broad generosity of spirit along with keen analytical
powers. Clearly, the book is the fi-uit of the author's own years
of ex perienc: e in the field. I am proud to say that 13 of those
years were spent with Fluor Daniel, so that I c: an vouc: h
personally for his ac: umen and leadership in project management. I
c: ommend this hook most heartily to my colleagues, dients, and c:
ompetitors throughout the construction industry. It should be on
the shelf of every c: aring manager who wants, not only to get the
best out of his workforc: e, but also to acc: omplish the best for
the members of that work forc: e as individual human beings."
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