Outlines how in modern societies hearing, health and sound technologies are entangled in multi-faceted ways. The book brings together, for the first time, historians, scholars from media studies, social sciences, cultural studies, acoustics and neuroscientists to show and discuss how modern technologies play a decisive role in the ways 'normal', enhanced or 'smart' hearing as well as hearing impairment have been configured and experienced. Addresses current hearing practices that become increasingly mediated by personalized hearing technologies and aids that engage with continuously changing sonic situations along advanced algorithms and intuitive apps.

This book explores the impact that high-profile and well-known translators have on audience reception of translated theatre. Using Relevance Theory as a framework, the book demonstrates how prior knowledge of a celebrity translator's contextual background can affect the spectator's cognitive state and influence their interpretation of the play. Three canonical plays adapted for the British stage are analysed: Mark Ravenhill's translation of Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, Roger McGough's translation of Tartuffe by Moliere and Simon Stephens' translation of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Drawing on interviews, audience feedback, reviews, blogs and social media posts, Stock examines the extent to which audiences infer the celebrity translator's own voice from their translations. In doing so, he adds new perspectives to the long-standing debate on the visibility of the translator in both the process of translating and the reception of the translation. Celebrity Translation in British Theatre offers an original approach to theatre translation that sheds light on the culture of celebrity and its capacity to attract new audiences to plays in translation.

This book explores the impact that high-profile and well-known translators have on audience reception of translated theatre. Using Relevance Theory as a framework, the book demonstrates how prior knowledge of a celebrity translator's contextual background can affect the spectator's cognitive state and influence their interpretation of the play. Three canonical plays adapted for the British stage are analysed: Mark Ravenhill's translation of Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, Roger McGough's translation of Tartuffe by Moliere and Simon Stephens' translation of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Drawing on interviews, audience feedback, reviews, blogs and social media posts, Stock examines the extent to which audiences infer the celebrity translator's own voice from their translations. In doing so, he adds new perspectives to the long-standing debate on the visibility of the translator in both the process of translating and the reception of the translation. Celebrity Translation in British Theatre offers an original approach to theatre translation that sheds light on the culture of celebrity and its capacity to attract new audiences to plays in translation.

Der Band reflektiert Forschungspraktiken, die fur das Projekt der Biokybernetik wie der aktuellen bionischen Prothetik und Medienoekologie charakteristisch sind: die Suche nach einem dritten Weg zwischen Technologisierung des Bios und Biologisierung von Technik. Durch ihre moeglichst dichten Beschreibungen der jeweiligen wechselseitigen Affizierungs- und Teilhabeprozesse zwischen Mensch und Technik tragen die wissenschaftshistorischen, philosophischen, kultur- und medienwissenschaftlichen Beitrage dazu bei, den Blick auf die bewusste Annaherung der Zwei Kulturen durch die gegenwartigen Lebens- und Kulturwissenschaften zu erweitern. Dies wird u.a. durch die Kontextualisierung der Debatten in Bezug auf das Verhaltnis zwischen Maschinen und Organismen sowie Artifiziellem und Naturlichem geleistet.

A story of four boys whose lives, thrown together through their misadventures, over the summer haphazardly grown into men, finding what life is all about.

After setting out from the only home he knew, Jody Wells fought to make his way west, where trouble and danger were daily occurrences. Only to end up serving four years in the penitentiary for a robbery he didn't commit.

This volume unravels the debates on the "Participation Age": Instead of perpetuating visions of social "all-inclusion" or the "digital divide", the collection reclaims collectivity as an effect of technological and historical conditions. Thinking of participation both as promise and duty, the contributions analyse the attractions and impositions connected to the socio-technical formation of collectivities. The constraints of participation are addressed by focusing on the mutual shaping of user practices and technological environments. It is hence a relational thinking that allows specifying the manifold interconnections of technology, practices and discourses.

This authoritative, widely adopted text provides a broad introduction to the geography of Africa south of the Sahara.

The book analyzes the political, economic, social, and environmental processes that shape resource use and development in this large, diverse region. Students gain a context for understanding current development debates and addressing questions about the nature and sustainability of contemporary changes. Timely topics include the rise of foreign investment in Africa, the evolving geographies of rural-urban linkages, the birth of the Republic of South Sudan, and advances in the struggle against HIV/AIDS.

New to This Edition:

• Fully updated to reflect the latest data and trends in development.
• Chapters on development theory, cultural and societal diversity, the political geography of postindependence Africa, economic integration, and the geography of poverty.
• Substantially revised coverage of gender dynamics, urban living environments, mineral and energy resources, and many other topics.
• Vignettes in every chapter that provide detailed case studies from a variety of countries and elaborate on key concepts.
• Recommendations for further reading on each topic, including print and online sources.
• Companion website with downloadable PowerPoint slides of all original figures, photos, and tables.
• An extensive glossary.