IMAGES (II) - Images of the Poor offers readers a cross-section of current research on the perception of poverty and on contemporary and historical representations of poverty coming from a variety of fields in people's daily lives. The fact that the international group of contributors to this book come from very different cultural, ideological, scientific/academic perspectives, and backgrounds is adding even more to the diversity of thought and ideas documented. The arguments presented help to raise the social awareness needed to break the vicious circle of poverty. (Series: Anthropology / Ethnologie - Vol. 52)

IMAGES OF THE CITY ist ein der Kultur des urbanen Raumes gewidmeter Bildband. Er vereint eine Auswahl von 50 Fotografien, die Veronika Bernard wahrend der Jahre 2007-2013 im Rahmen ihrer Kunst- und Fotografie-Projekte ORNAMENTAL ABSTRACTIONS und SNAPSHOTS in verschiedenen europaischen Stadten aufgenommen hat. Einige der Fotos entstanden als Teil ihrer beiden akademischen Projekte BREAKING THE STEREOTYPE und IMAGES, wovon sie letzteres gemeinsam mit Serhan Oksay entwickelte

This collection of articles offers readers a cross-section of current research on contemporary and historical concepts and representations of (cultural) values as documented in popular culture, public space, the arts, works of literature and in ethnic contexts. The contributors to this volume are from the US, Algeria, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Albania, Serbia, Turkey, and Austria. Their very different cultural, ideological, scientific, academic and non-academic perspectives and backgrounds allow insights from many different viewpoints.