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The Toothless Fairy (Hardcover)
Tim Jordan; Illustrated by Matt LaFleur; Edited by Marlo Garnsworthy
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R449
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The internet has changed the way we communicate and so changed
society and culture. Internet, Society, and Culture offers an
understanding of this change by examining two case studies of pre
and post internet communication. The first case study is of letters
sent to and from Australia in 1835-1858 and the second is a study
of online gaming. In both case studies, the focus is on the ways
communication is created. The result is the definition of two types
of communication that are lived simultaneously in the twenty-first
century. One type of communication is from before the internet and
relies on the body having touched and created a message-for
example, by attaching signature-to stabilise the nature of sender,
message and receiver. Internet-dependant communication is different
because no identity-marker can be trusted on the internet and so
individuals' styles of communicating are used to stabilise the
transmission of messages. Being after the internet means having to
live these two contradictory forms of communication. >
Conflict over information has become a central part of modern
politics and culture. The sites of struggle are numerous, the
actors beyond count. Currents of liberation and exploitation course
through the debates about Edward Snowden and surveillance,
Anonymous, search engines and social media. In Information
Politics, Tim Jordan identifies all these issues in relation to a
general understanding of the nature of an information politics that
emerged with the rise of mass digital cultures and the internet. He
locates it within a field of power and rebellion that is populated
by many interwoven social and political conflicts including gender,
class and ecology. The exploitations both facilitated by, and
contested through increases in information flows; the embedding of
information technologies in daily life, and the intersection of
network and control protocols are all examined. Anyone hoping to
get to grips with the rapidly changing terrain of digital culture
and conflict should start here.
'Being in the zone' means performing in a distinctive, unusual,
pleasurable and highly competent way at something you already
regularly do: dancing or playing a viola, computer programming,
tennis and much more. What makes the zone special? This volume
offers groundbreaking research that brings sociological and
cultural studies to bear on the idea of being in the zone. There is
original research on musicians, dancers and surfers which shows
that being in the zone far from being exclusively individualised
and private but must be understood as social and collective and
possibly accessible to all. The zone is not just for elite
performers. Being in the zone is not just the province of the
athlete who suddenly and seemingly without extra effort swims
faster or jumps higher or the musician who suddenly plays more than
perfectly, but also of the doctor working under intense pressure or
the computer programmer staying up all night. The meaning of such
experiences for convincing people to work in intense conditions,
often with short term contracts, is explored to show how being in
the zone can have problematic effects and have negative and
constraining as well as creative and productive implications. Often
being in the zone is understood from a psychological viewpoint but
this can limit our understanding. This volume provides the first
in-depth analysis of being in the zone from social and cultural
viewpoints drawing on a range of theories and novel evidence.
Written in a stimulating and accessible style, Culture, Identity
and Intense Performativity: Being in the Zone will strongly appeal
to students and researchers who aim to understand the experience of
work, creativity, musicianship and sport. Issues of the body are
also central to being in the zone and will make this book relevant
to anyone studying bodies and embodiment . This collection will
establish being in the zone as an important area of enquiry for
social science and the humanities.
As global society becomes more and more dependent, politically and
economically, on the flow of information, the power of those who
can disrupt and manipulate that flow also increases. In Hacktivism
and Cyberwars Tim Jordan and Paul Taylor provide a detailed history
of hacktivism's evolution from early hacking culture to its present
day status as the radical face of online politics. They describe
the ways in which hacktivism has re-appropriated hacking techniques
to create an innovative new form of political protest. A full
explanation is given of the different strands of hacktivism and the
'cyberwars' it has created, ranging from such avant garde groups as
the Electronic Disturbance Theatre to more virtually focused groups
labelled 'The Digitally Correct'. The full social and historical
context of hacktivism is portrayed to take into account its
position in terms of new social movements, direct action and its
contribution to the globalization debate. This book provides an
important corrective flip-side to mainstream accounts of E-commerce
and broadens the conceptualization of the internet to take into
full account the other side of the digital divide.
This is the first complete introduction to and analysis of the politics of the internet. Chapters are arranged around key words and use case studies to guide the reader through a wealth of material. Cyberpower presents all the key concepts of cyberspace including: * power and cyberspace * the virtual individual * society in cyberspace * imagination and the internet.
This text provides an introduction to the politics of the Internet.
Written around a clear and simple theoretical framework,
"Cyberpower" presents all the key concepts, with the author guiding
the reader through material including original research in
interviews and statistical analysis, to provide the first complete
analysis of the politics and culture of cyberspace. Subjects
covered include: power and cyberspace; the virtual individual;
society in cyberspace; and imagination and the Internet. Using case
studies from the rich mythology of the electronic frontier, from
cyber-rape to total surveillance, Tim Jordan shows how cyberspace
is remaking global society.
'Being in the zone' means performing in a distinctive, unusual,
pleasurable and highly competent way at something you already
regularly do: dancing or playing a viola, computer programming,
tennis and much more. What makes the zone special? This volume
offers groundbreaking research that brings sociological and
cultural studies to bear on the idea of being in the zone. There is
original research on musicians, dancers and surfers which shows
that being in the zone far from being exclusively individualised
and private but must be understood as social and collective and
possibly accessible to all. The zone is not just for elite
performers. Being in the zone is not just the province of the
athlete who suddenly and seemingly without extra effort swims
faster or jumps higher or the musician who suddenly plays more than
perfectly, but also of the doctor working under intense pressure or
the computer programmer staying up all night. The meaning of such
experiences for convincing people to work in intense conditions,
often with short term contracts, is explored to show how being in
the zone can have problematic effects and have negative and
constraining as well as creative and productive implications. Often
being in the zone is understood from a psychological viewpoint but
this can limit our understanding. This volume provides the first
in-depth analysis of being in the zone from social and cultural
viewpoints drawing on a range of theories and novel evidence.
Written in a stimulating and accessible style, Culture, Identity
and Intense Performativity: Being in the Zone will strongly appeal
to students and researchers who aim to understand the experience of
work, creativity, musicianship and sport. Issues of the body are
also central to being in the zone and will make this book relevant
to anyone studying bodies and embodiment . This collection will
establish being in the zone as an important area of enquiry for
social science and the humani
As global society becomes more and more dependent, politically and
economically on the flow of information, the power of those who can
disrupt and manipulate that flow also increases. In Hacktivism and
Cyberwars: Rebels with a Cause? Tim Jordan and Paul Taylor provide
a detailed history of hacktivism's evolution from early hacking
culture to its present day status as the radical face of online
politics. They describe the ways in which hacktivism has
re-appropriated hacking techniques to create an innovative new form
of political protest. A full explanation is given of the different
strands of hacktivism and the 'cyberwars' it has created, ranging
from such avant garde groups as the Electronic Disturbance Theatre
to more virtually focused groups labelled 'the digitally correct'.
The full social and historical context of hacktivism is portrayed
to take into account its position in terms of new social movements,
direct action and its contribution to the globalization debate.
This book provides an important corrective flip-side to mainstream
accounts of E-commerce and broadens the conceptualization of the
internet to take into full account the other side of the digital
divi
From humble cottages and quintessential village houses to elegant
manor houses, The Cotswold House is the first book to give a
complete overview of the history, social and architectural, of the
Cotswold home. Characteristic features tie all these buildings
together. Limestone, whether grey or cream, appears throughout
Cotswold homes, its workability apparent in the numerous mullioned
windows, solid chimney stacks and fine doorways and porch heads.
This book considers the differing periods and styles and the
characteristic features, illustrated throughout with examples from
across the region and with a focus on individual details, from
exterior features such as stone roofing, gables and chimneys, to
interior features of timber work, fireplaces and furniture.
Glow is not gone. Glow remains. Glow is alive. The nanotech drug is
now everywhere. It creeps across the world, a mind-bending plague,
a brain-altering poison that lives on from host to host, twisting
everyone to its will. Still recovering from his addiction, Rex
remains in hiding, battling the voices in his head that are not all
his own. Some days are peaceful, others are downright terrifying.
But there are bigger problems to face - a new alliance threatens
the balance of power in the world again, and a dangerous enemy from
Rex's past tracks him down. Can Rex really be the cure for the
plague that Sisters promised him, or the root of humanity's
downfall? Faced with ultimate destruction, Rex must decide if he
really is a prophet... or just a coward? File Under: Science
Fiction [ Welcome to my Half-Life | I'm Glowing Down | Feeling Ruff
| Tech Blues ]
Glow follows the lives of three very different beings, all wrestling mental instability in various forms; Rex - a confused junkie battling multiple voices in his head; Ellayna - living on an orbital satellite station and struggling with paranoia; and Jett - a virtually unstoppable robotic assassin, questioning his purpose of creation.
All of them are inextricably linked through the capricious and volatile Glow; an all-controlling nano-tech drug that has the ability to live on through multiple hosts, cutting and pasting memories and personas in each new victim.
Who will survive and who will perish in this tech-crazed world where nothing truly seems impossible...?
The internet has changed the way we communicate and so changed
society and culture. Internet, Society, and Culture offers an
understanding of this change by examining two case studies of pre
and post internet communication. The first case study is of letters
sent to and from Australia in 1835-1858 and the second is a study
of online gaming. In both case studies, the focus is on the ways
communication is created. The result is the definition of two types
of communication that are lived simultaneously in the twenty-first
century. One type of communication is from before the internet and
relies on the body having touched and created a message-for
example, by attaching signature-to stabilise the nature of sender,
message and receiver. Internet-dependant communication is different
because no identity-marker can be trusted on the internet and so
individuals' styles of communicating are used to stabilise the
transmission of messages. Being after the internet means having to
live these two contradictory forms of communication.
There has been a tremendous amount of attention paid to the rising
levels of depression, anxiety, cutting, and relationship aggression
in girls over the past 50 years. But what if these issues aren't
the real problem? What if adolescent girls don't have poor self
esteem? What if we've got it all wrong? What if we have missed the
forest for the trees? In this eye-opening book based on 30 years of
successful work with girls, Dr. Tim Jordan M.D. shines a light on
what is really going on with girls as they undergo their normal
transformation from girl to woman during adolescence. Using fairy
tales and real stories of girls from his practice and camps,
Sleeping Beauties will help you become aware of the needs girls
have in areas like emotions, friendship struggles, self-quieting,
finding their passions, body image, and stress. And he shows how
parents can best support their daughters during this crucial stage
of development.
Traversing a century of climbing that begins with Victorian
enthusiasts and ends with the conquerors of the Himalayan peaks,
"Mountain Men" tells the stories of the extraordinary men who were
the first to climb the world's best-known mountains: the
Matterhorn, McKinley, Everest, and K2. Edward Whymper's relentless
siege of the Matterhorn ended in controversy when four of his
companions plunged to their deaths an hour after leaving the
summit. In Alaska there have been many disputed claims to the first
conquest of Mt. McKinley, and locals still insist that the honor
belongs to three miners who climbed on a bet, armed with homemade
climbing irons and bags of donuts. For a hundred years mountaineers
have fallen victim to the fatal attraction of K2. An Italian
aristocrat, an American millionaire, and an English Satanist were
among the first to reach its slopes. They found a place of
disappointment and madness; one of them never returned.Accompanied
by unique archival materials, detailed maps, and photographs,
Mountain Men invites us to follow in the footsteps of these
fearless explorers, and tells us their stories with all the romance
and audacity, bravado and suffering, courage and miscalculation
intact.
The stone barn, especially the long tithe barn, is one of the
iconic features of the Cotswold landscape. This book is a
systematic look at the design, construction and changing use of the
Cotswold barn and its place in the rural economy and landscape.
Text and illustrations trace the barn's development from the
earliest surviving medieval estate and tithe barns, through the
growth of the wool trade, the dissolution of the monasteries, the
decline in church holdings and the agricultural revolution, down to
an era where increasing mechanisation changed the life of farming
communities, eventually bringing economic depression and leaving
the majority of the stone barns redundant in today's landscape. The
book concludes with a look at the recent revival of barns through
their conversion for housing, business, educational and cultural
purposes, and with a glossary of the major surviving barns.
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