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Mosquitopia : the place of pests in a healthy world
This edited volume brings together natural scientists, social scientists and humanists to assess if (or how) we may begin to coexist harmoniously with the mosquito. The mosquito is humanity’s deadliest animal, killing over a million people each year by transmitting malaria, yellow fever, Zika and several other diseases. Yet of the 3,500 species of mosquito on Earth, only a few dozen of them a…
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- 9781003056034
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- xxi, 290p.: ill.
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- 595.772 MOS m
Coronavirus politics : the comparative politics and policy of Covid-19
COVID-19 is the most significant global crisis of any of our lifetimes. The numbers have been stupefying, whether of infection and mortality, the scale of public health measures, or the economic consequences of shutdown. Coronavirus Politics identifies key threads in the global comparative discussion that continue to shed light on COVID-19 and shape debates about what it means for schola…
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- 9780472902460
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- VIII, 654 p.
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- 362.1962414 COR c
Recovering civility during COVID-19
This Open Access book examines many of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic through the distinctive lens of civility. The idea of civility appears often in both public and academic debates, and a polarized political climate frequently leads to allegations of uncivil speech and behaviour. Norms of civility are always contested, even more so in moments of crisis such as a global pandemic…
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- 9789813367067
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- xvi, 249p. : ill.
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- 177.1 BON r
Arts-based methods for decolonising participatory research
In an effort to challenge the ways in which colonial power relations and Eurocentric knowledges are reproduced in participatory research, this book explores whether and how it is possible to use arts-based methods for creating more horizontal and democratic research practices. In discussing both the transformative potential and limitations of arts-based methods, the book asks: What can arts-bas…
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- 9781003053408
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- XIV, 264 p.
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- Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
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- 700.103 ART a
Visually provoking : dissertations in art education
Visually Provoking - a dynamic collection of visually oriented research about current doctoral studies from international art educators in Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, and the United States of America. Together we are thinking about, with and through the visual, focusing attention on practices that are reshaping our understandings of intellectual e…
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- 243 p.
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- 701 VIS v
The world of the seafarer : qualitative accounts of working in the global shi…
This open access book constitutes an ethnographic mosaic which depicts the contextual complexities of the life and work of seafarers who are employed in the international merchant cargo fleet. The collection is based upon the observations and interviews of researchers in multiple disciplines. It is woven together to offer a richly detailed insight into the ways in which a complex global industr…
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- 9783030498252
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- viii, 198p. : ill.
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- 387.5 WOR w
New approaches to the study of esotericism
This volume offers new approaches to some of the biggest persistent challenges in the study of esotericism and beyond. Commonly understood as a particularly “Western” undertaking consisting of religious, philosophical, and ritual traditions that go back to Mediterranean antiquity, this book argues for a global approach that significantly expands the scope of esotericism and highlights its r…
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- 9789004446458
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- VIII, 255 p.
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- Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 17
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- 130 NEW n
The impact of individual expertise and public information on group decision-m…
In this open-access-book the author concludes that expertise could be the key factor for global and interconnected problems. Experimental results have shown that expertise was a stronger predictor than public information regarding change in behavior and strategy adaption. Identifying non-routine problem-solving experts by efficient online assessments could lead to less volatile system performan…
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- 9783658331399
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- xviii, 185p. : ill.
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- 658.4036 STR i
The leading world's most innovative universities
This open access book is unique in its contents. No other title in the book market has tackled this important subject. It introduces innovation as a way of practice for world-class universities. It, then, discusses the criteria for being innovative in the academic world. The book selects some of the top innovative world-class universities to study the factors that qualified them to be innovativ…
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- 9783030596941
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- xiv, 106p. : ill.
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- 607.21722 LEA l
Concept and design developments in school improvement research : longitudinal…
This open access book discusses challenges in school improvement research and different methodological approaches that have the potential to foster school improvement research. Research on school improvement and accountability analysis places high demands on a study’s design and method. The potential of combining the depth of case studies with the breath of quantitative measures and analyses …
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- 9783030693459
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- viii, 312p. : ill.
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- 371.2 CON c
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