We have come a long way from Evans-Pritchard's famous dictum that "there is only one method in social anthropology, the comparative method - and that is impossible." Yet a good 40 years later, qualitative social inquiry still has an uneasy relationship with comparison. This volume sets out "thick comparison" as a means to revive "comparing" as a productive process in ethnographic work: a process that helps to revitalise the articulation work inherent in analytical ethnographies; to vary observer perspectives and point towards "blind spots;" to name and create "new things" and modes of empirical work and to give way to intensified dialogues between data analysis and theorizing. Contributors are Katrin Amelang, Stefan Beck, Kati Hannken-Illjes, Alexander Kozin, Henriette Langstrup, Joerg Niewoehner, Thomas Scheffer, Robert Schmidt, Estrid Sorensen, and Britt Ross Winthereik.

Explores how the concept of ‘region’ has evolved over time and shaped architectural culture and practice. Includes contributions from the US, UK, Poland, Australia, Italy, Serbia, India, Spain, Africa, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Iran, Bangladesh, China, Greece, Russia, Singapore. The 18th book in the AHRA Critiques series

Explores how the concept of ‘region’ has evolved over time and shaped architectural culture and practice. Includes contributions from the US, UK, Poland, Australia, Italy, Serbia, India, Spain, Africa, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Iran, Bangladesh, China, Greece, Russia, Singapore. The 18th book in the AHRA Critiques series

Adaptable Architecture provides thought-provoking and inquisitive insights into how we can prolong the useful life of buildings by designing them to be more adaptable, and hence create a more sustainable built environment. The book provides a theoretical foundation counterpointed by the experiences and ideas of those involved in the design and use of buildings. It explains many approaches to designing for change, with lessons from history, and case studies including The Cedar Rapids Public Library, Kentish Town Health Centre and Folkestone Performing Arts Centre, which stretch our thinking beyond the conventional notions of adaptability. The authors reveal the many conditions that make it a complex design phenomenon, by considering the purpose, design and business case of buildings as well as the physical product. Full of summaries, diagrams, reference charts, tables, and photos of exemplar solutions for use as conversational tools or working aids, this book is for any professional or student who wants to research, question, imagine, illustrate - and ultimately design for - adaptation. In addition, further information and resources are available through the Adaptable Futures website www.adaptablefutures.com which includes additional case studies, videos, information about industry events and up-to-the-minute developments.

Adaptable Architecture provides thought-provoking and inquisitive insights into how we can prolong the useful life of buildings by designing them to be more adaptable, and hence create a more sustainable built environment. The book provides a theoretical foundation counterpointed by the experiences and ideas of those involved in the design and use of buildings. It explains many approaches to designing for change, with lessons from history, and case studies including The Cedar Rapids Public Library, Kentish Town Health Centre and Folkestone Performing Arts Centre, which stretch our thinking beyond the conventional notions of adaptability. The authors reveal the many conditions that make it a complex design phenomenon, by considering the purpose, design and business case of buildings as well as the physical product. Full of summaries, diagrams, reference charts, tables, and photos of exemplar solutions for use as conversational tools or working aids, this book is for any professional or student who wants to research, question, imagine, illustrate - and ultimately design for - adaptation. In addition, further information and resources are available through the Adaptable Futures website www.adaptablefutures.com which includes additional case studies, videos, information about industry events and up-to-the-minute developments.

Dieses Buch soll die Frage kl ren, welchen Einfluss der rechtliche Schutzgrad eines Zeichens auf den Tatbestand der b sgl ubigen Markenanmeldung haben kann. Hierbei wird ergr ndet, wie die sich gegen berstehenden Schutzgrade ausgestaltet sein k nnen, welche Aussage sich jeweils aus den verschiedenen Konstellationen ableiten l sst und wie ma geblich diese Aussage schlie lich f r die Beurteilung der B sgl ubigkeit ist. Es wird gekl rt, warum und ab wann der rechtliche Schutzgrad berhaupt eine Rolle spielt und in welchen F llen dessen Einbeziehung zu fehlerhaften Ergebnissen f hren k nnte. Es erfolgt zudem eine ausf hrliche Einbeziehung des Falls Lindt gegen Hauswirth'. Schlie lich bietet das anhand der Ergebnisse aufgestellte Pr fungsschema eine praktische Anwendungsgrundlage f r alle Juristen, die mit derartigen F llen konfrontiert sind.