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Engaging with the work of contemporary African and Chinese artists while analysing broader material production, the essays in this volume are wide-ranging in their analysis of ceramics, photography, painting, etching, sculpture, film, performance, postcards, stamps, installations, political posters, cartoons and architecture.
With China’s rise as the new superpower, its presence in Africa has expanded, leading to significant economic, geopolitical and cultural shifts. Chinese and African encounters through the lens of the visual arts and material culture, however, is a neglected field.
Visualising China in Southern Africa is a ground-breaking volume that addresses this deficit through engaging with the work of contemporary African and Chinese artists while analysing broader material production that prefigures the current relationship. The essays are wide-ranging in their analysis of ceramics, photography, painting, etching, sculpture, film, performance, postcards, stamps, installations, political posters, cartoons and architecture.
Richly illustrated, the collection includes scholarly chapters, photo essays, interviews, and artists’ personal accounts, organised around four themes: material flows, orientations and transgressions, spatial imaginaries, and biographies. Some of the artists, photographers, filmmakers, curators and collectors in this volume include: Stary Mwaba, Hua Jiming, Anawana Haloba, Gerald Machona, Nobukho Nqaba, Marcus Neustetter, Brett Murray, Diane Victor, William Kentridge, Kristin NG-Yang, Kok Nam, Mark Lewis, the Chinese Camera Club of South Africa, Wu Jing, Henion Han and Shengkai Wu.
A volume in the Chinese American Educational Research and
Development Association Book Series Series Editor Jinfa Cai,
University of Delaware Over the past thirty years, student
assessment has become an increasingly important component of public
education. A variety of methodologies in testing have been
developed to obtain and interpret the wealth of assessment
outcomes. As assessment goals are getting increasingly
multifaceted, new testing methodologies are called for to provide
more accessible and reliable information on more complex constructs
or processes, such as students' criticalthinking and
problem-solving skills. Testing methodologies are needed to extract
information from assessments on such complicated skills, in order
to advise teachers about certain areas of students that need
intervention. It is even a bigger challenge, and a vital mission of
today's large-scale assessments, to gain such information from
testing data in an efficient manner. For example PARCC and Smarter
Balanced Assessments consortia are both striving to offer formative
assessments through individualized, tailored testing. The book
provides state-of-the-art coverage on new methodologies to support
tradit ional summative assessment, and more importantly, for
emerging formative assessments.
The aim of this Book is to give an overview, based on the results
of nearly three decades of intensive research, of transient chaos.
One belief that motivates us to write this book is that, transient
chaos may not have been appreciated even within the
nonlinear-science community, let alone other scientific
disciplines.
PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY Extends the study of China's
"soft power" into theatre studies and looks more widely at
syncretic traditions evolving in other long-term historic exchanges
between Asia and Africa. China is the main focus of this volume,
and articles consider the way it is using "soft power" in its
extensive engagement with South Africa, and, through its support
for theatre festivals, with Lusophone countries in Africa. China's
involvement with the construction of theatres, opera houses and
cultural facilities as part of its foreign aid programmes in such
countries as Algeria, Cameroon, Mauritius, Ghana and Senegal,
provides the background to the playscript included in this volume,
Blickakte (Acts of Viewing) by Daniel Schauf, Philipp Scholtysik
& Jonas Alsleben, that explores Chinese impact in Somalia.
Issues also emerge around what China is "importing" culturally from
Africa. In 2012, Soyinka's The Lion & the Jewel was produced
there, and a season of Fugard's work was enjoyed in Beijing during
2014. During 2016 Brett Bailey's Macbeth Opera will be performed in
Macao. In recent years courses in African theatre have been started
in Beijing by Biodun Jeyifo, and also taught on occasions by Femi
Osofisan, joint-editor of this volume. His well-known Esu and the
Vagabond Minstrels as wellas Once Upon Four Robbers have been
translated into Mandarin, along with Soyinka's The Lion & the
Jewel. The volume also includes contributions on exchanges between
other Asian countries and Africa such as articles on the production
of African plays in Bangladesh and on the persistence of African
performance traditions among African migrants in India. Attention
is paid to the syncretic theatre traditions that have evolved
wherever African andAsian populations have been in close and
extended contact, as in Mauritius and Durban. Unusual exchanges and
globalized theatre surfaces in the course of the volume. For
example, while the Guangdong Provincial Puppet Art Theatre Group
performed at the 41st Grahamstown Festival (2015), Chinese
puppeteers are being trained to manipulate the War Horse for a
Beijing production. Volume Editors: JAMES GIBBS & FEMI OSOFISAN
Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama &
Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting
Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan,
Professor of Drama, University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor
of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison,
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance
Studies, University of Warwick.
The aim of this Book is to give an overview, based on the results
of nearly three decades of intensive research, of transient chaos.
One belief that motivates us to write this book is that, transient
chaos may not have been appreciated even within the
nonlinear-science community, let alone other scientific
disciplines.
This book is based on my doctoral dissertation written at Harvard
University in the year of 1963. My interest in Peirce was inspired
by Professor D. C. Williams and that in Lewis by Professor Roderick
Firth. To both of them lowe a great deal, not only in my study of
Peirce and Lewis, but in my general approach toward the problems of
knowledge and reality. Specifically, I wish to acknowledge
Professor Williams for his patient and careful criticisms of the
original manuscripts of this book. I also wish to thank Professor
Firth and Professor Israel Scheffler for their many suggestive
comments regarding my discussions of induc tion. However, any error
in this study of Peirce and Lewis is completely due to myself.
Chung-ying Cheng Honolulu, Hawaii March,1967 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE V SUMMARY IX CHAPTER I: Introduction I I. Problem of
Justifying Induction and Proposal for Its Dissolution I 2. Two
Types of Recent Arguments for the Validity of Induction 3 Arguments
from Paradigm Cases and Uses of Words 4 3."
Extends the study of China's "soft power" into theatre studies and
looks more widely at syncretic traditions evolving in other
long-term historic exchanges between Asia and Africa. China is the
main focus of this volume, and articles consider the way it is
using "soft power" in its extensive engagement with South Africa,
and, through its support for theatre festivals, with Lusophone
countries in Africa. China's involvement with the construction of
theatres, opera houses and cultural facilities as part of its
foreign aid programmes in such countries as Algeria, Cameroon,
Mauritius, Ghana and Senegal, provides the background to the
playscript from this volume, Blickakte (Acts of Viewing) by Daniel
Schauf, Philipp Scholtysik & Jonas Alsleben, that explores
Chinese impact in Somalia. Issues also emerge around what China is
"importing" culturally fromAfrica. In 2012, Soyinka's The Lion
& the Jewel was produced there, and a season of Fugard's work
was enjoyed in Beijing during 2014. During 2016 Brett Bailey's
Macbeth Opera will be performed in Macao. In recent years courses
in African theatre have been started in Beijing by Biodun Jeyifo,
and also taught by Femi Osofisan whose well-known Esu and the
Vagabond Minstrels and Once Upon Four Robbers have been
translatedinto Mandarin, along with Soyinka's The Lion & the
Jewel. The volume also includes contributions on exchanges between
other Asian countries and Africa such as articles on the production
of African plays in Bangladesh and onthe persistence of African
performance traditions among African migrants in India. Attention
is paid to the syncretic theatre traditions that have evolved
wherever African and Asian populations have been in close and
extended contact, as in Mauritius and Durban. Unusual exchanges and
globalized theatre surfaces in the course of the volume. For
example, while the Guangdong Provincial Puppet Art Theatre Group
performed at the 41st Grahamstown Festival (2015), Chinese
puppeteers are being trained to manipulate the War Horse for a
Beijing production. Volume Editors: JAMES GIBBS & FEMI OSOFISAN
FEMI OSOFISAN Thalia Laureate of the International Association of
TheatreCritics 2016 Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus
Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds;
James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the
West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor ofDrama, University of
Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of
Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre
& Performance Studies, University of Warwick.
Easy-to-follow guidelines from a pro for simplifying your
investments, protecting yourself from the investment sharks and
achieving financial freedom
Drawing on his years as an investor for leading banks in the
U.S. and Asia, Philip Cheng delivers down-to-earth strategies
guaranteed to make you "shark-proof" while you optimize investment
returns. Statistics show that only 20% of small investors ever come
close to achieving their investment goals. The other 80% get eaten
alive by "investment sharks"--investment advisors, fund managers
and other hucksters out to line their pockets with your hard-earned
cash. Motivated by a sense of fair play, Cheng resolved to write an
investor's survival guide in which he'd share everything he's
learned in his years as a successful professional investor. The
result is "Taming the Money Sharks." The easy-to-follow guidelines
you'll find in this book will help you navigate the shark-infested
waters of the investment world, all the way to the financial
freedom you dream of and deserve.A must-have survival guide for
novice investors, and a source of fresh thinking and innovative
strategies for experienced investorsFeatures many illustrations,
summaries, charts, real-world examples along with other powerful
tools to help you avoid common mistakes and win at the investment
gameLays out 8 proven strategies for investing systematically and
surviving and thriving in the shark-infested waters of the stock
market
A volume in the Chinese American Educational Research and
Development Association Book Series Series Editor Jinfa Cai,
University of Delaware Over the past thirty years, student
assessment has become an increasingly important component of public
education. A variety of methodologies in testing have been
developed to obtain and interpret the wealth of assessment
outcomes. As assessment goals are getting increasingly
multifaceted, new testing methodologies are called for to provide
more accessible and reliable information on more complex constructs
or processes, such as students' criticalthinking and
problem-solving skills. Testing methodologies are needed to extract
information from assessments on such complicated skills, in order
to advise teachers about certain areas of students that need
intervention. It is even a bigger challenge, and a vital mission of
today's large-scale assessments, to gain such information from
testing data in an efficient manner. For example PARCC and Smarter
Balanced Assessments consortia are both striving to offer formative
assessments through individualized, tailored testing. The book
provides state-of-the-art coverage on new methodologies to support
tradit ional summative assessment, and more importantly, for
emerging formative assessments.
Within higher education, world-class universities are commonly
regarded as elite research universities and play a critical role in
developing a nation's competitiveness in the global knowledge
economy. An increasing number of countries, regions and higher
education institutions in different parts of the world have joined
the same battle for academic excellence. While emerging countries
and their universities make every effort to enhance their capacity
and boost their research performance, the academic superpowers
endeavour to maintain - if not further improve- their global
positions. "Building World-Class Universities: Different Approaches
to a Shared Goal" intends to provide an in-depth picture of
different approaches in pursuit of the shared goal of developing
academic excellence, and to reflect the current trends in this
field. Divided into three parts, the book covers: building
world-class universities from a national/regional perspective,
managing world-class universities from an institutional
perspective, and measuring world-class universities from a
ranking/indicator perspective. This book not only represents a
contribution to the ongoing discussion on the topic of building
world-class universities, but can be seen as a continuation of the
previous three volumes on this topic - "World-Class Universities
and Ranking: Aiming beyond Status," "The World-Class University as
Part of a New Higher Education Paradigm: From Institutional
Qualities to Systemic Excellence," and "Paths to a World-Class
University: Lessons from Practices and Experiences." All four books
will be useful readings for students and academics in higher
education generally, in addition to policy makers and informed
practitioners
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