Two major regulatory activities have framed global media policies since World War II: the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) and the more recent World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Through extensive research and testimonies from those involved, this book presents an in-depth account from the 1970s to today of the major issues concerning information flow in international geopolitics, including a look at the negotiations...

“Dancing Bahia” is an edited collection that draws together the work of leading scholars, artists and dance activists from Brazil, Canada and the United States to examine the particular ways in which dance has responded to sociopolitical notions of race and community, resisting stereotypes, and redefining African Diaspora and Afro-Brazilian traditions. Using the Brazilian city of Salvador da Bahia as its focal point, this volume brings to the...

This volume investigates the archaeology of death and commemoration through thematically linked case studies drawn from the Classical world. These investigations stress the processes of burial and commemoration as inherently social and designed for an audience, and they explore the meaning and importance attached to preserving memory. While previous investigations of Greek and Roman death and burial have tended to concentrate on period- or regionally-specific...

We have calculated on this - perhaps it would be better to say: We have assumed, without sufficient calculation - that by direct orders of the proletarian state we can communally regulate state production and the state distribution of products in a small peasant country. Tiu ĉi broŝuro prezentas diversajn analizojn de kelkaj okazintaj aŭ aktualaj provoj prepari tiun transiron - kun parte malsamaj konkludoj. Tiuj demandoj nun plej aktualas...

Who are we? What is it about our species that sets us apart from every other living creature, past and present, on this planet? These are perennially compelling questions about human evolution and development that continue to cudgel the best brains on earth. Know-It-All Anthropology seeks to understand the roots of our common humanity, the diversity of cultures and world-views, and the organization of social relations and practices. If you only...

This anthology is dedicated to all the care experienced individuals we have lost. A number of the contributing authors have lost loved ones during the publication process. In the UK, people who spent time as children in the care system are 70% more likely to die prematurely than those who did not (Townsend 2020). This has to stop.

Ebook composto de 100 frases poderosas, frases motivacionais, frases inspiradoras, frases para reflexão de autores famosos nacionais e internacionais. Acompanha também minibiografias dos autores. Esta edição tem nomes como: Ariano Suassuna, Barão de Itararé, Belchior, Carlos Heitor Cony, Carlos Lacerda, Chico Anysio, Chico Xavier, Clarice Lispector, Cora Coralina, Euclides da Cunha, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Fernando Sabino, José de Alencar,...

O Quilombo dos Palmares foi um quilombo da era colonial brasileira, localizado no estado de Alagoas. Este foi o mais emblemático dos quilombos: resistiu por mais de um século, e sua história transformou-se em um moderno símbolo da resistência à escravidão. Os historiadores apontam que o primeiro registro existente sobre o quilombo remonta ao ano de 1597, mas existem teorias que afirmam que pode ter surgido antes dessa data. Palmares foi crescendo...

Society, Space, and Social Justice addresses multiple contextual intersectionalities, highlighting the underlying processes and causes contributing to the genesis and regeneration of emergent and extant spaces of (in)justice. Employing quantitative and qualitative techniques underpinned by elucidatory theoretical frameworks, the contributors to this collection investigate intersections of class, disability, gender, race, and "the other" within sociocultural...

Since the 1970s, Aboriginal people have been more likely to live in Canadian cities than on reserves or in rural areas. Aboriginal rural-to-urban migration and the development of urban Aboriginal communities represent one of the most significant shifts in the histories and cultures of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The essays in Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities: Transformations and Continuities are from contributors directly engaged in urban Aboriginal...