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This collection brings together interviews with a compelling range of musicians, artists, and activists from around the globe. What does it mean for an artist to be “political”? Moving away from a narrow idea about politics that is organized around elections, advocacy groups, or concrete manifestos, the subjects of Creative Activism do their work through song, poetry, painting, and other arts. The interviews take us from Oakland to London to Johannesburg and from the Occupy movement to the coal mines of Appalachia to the fantasy worlds created by some of our most fascinating writers of spectacular fiction. Listening to the important “cultural workers” of our time challenges any idea that some other time was the golden age of political art: Creative Activism gives us a front-row seat to the thrilling artistic activism of our own moment.
Wood is one of the oldest building materials known to man. It has valuable characteristics that make it a material of choice; it is highly ecological, and can be used for all kinds of structures. In addition, it has excellent insulation and soundproofing qualities. Moreover, its texture imparts a warm finish to interiors of any style. And, of course, wood is highly prized in furniture for its beauty and adaptability. Wood Houses presents a selection of dwellings that are made of wood, including particular focus on the use of wood in kitchens, bedrooms and even bathrooms..
Banana is one of the important commodities for Malaysia and most of the entire nation. In fact, it becomes staple food for some countries. Banana has been used for many years and for various usages. Therefore, one of the main goals of producing this book is to share the knowledge on history, production and trade of banana to the communities. This book contains six chapters and is written by the authors from various fields and backgrounds. This book explains on the banana history, genetics and types of banana, common pest and diseases on banana, weed control on banana plantation, economic values of banana and value added products based on banana. These topics are selected due to relevancy and new knowledge discovery on banana study. This book is written in easy way in order to ease the understanding of readers. This book will benefit not only to students but also farmers, farm advisors, gardeners and even industry players..
A team of city-building professionals explain in straightforward terms how the idea of ecological sustainability can be embodied in the everyday life of homes, communities and cities to make a better future.
The book considers - and answers - three questions: What does the global agenda of sustainable development mean for the urban spaces where most people live, work and move? Can we keep what we love about suburban life and still save the environment? And what new methods of planning and building will be needed in the 21st century?
Rejecting both economic and environmental orthodoxy, the book’s essential message is that the sustainable city can be built by a thousand well-directed small changes. It draws on practical case material from around the world and weaves together four critical aspects of urban life: housing, open space, workplaces and transport. A 'photographic essay' of 32 colour plates illustrates the ideas discussed.
Earth's environmental problems are far from being resolved. A large part of these are due to ever-growing cities. Despite more efforts made to improve cities, it has been difficult to change cities. One of the fundamental reasons is that people are not motivated to help change their cities. Apathy is now the number one obstacle to positive change. There is hope and Love is the antidote. What you love, you will sustain. Cities of Love aims to urge, persuade and provoke fellow residents of our earth to collectively shape the cities we live in. To achieve this, her residents must again uncover the reasons to love and therefore sustain her cities. To this end, Cities of Love tries to identify the ingredients that could possibly be the reasons for such active love. When a city is filled by the people who love their cities, then can a city have a greater chance of advancing towards a better tomorrow. Love is a mighty force to be reckoned with..
This book comprises a series of letters Wolf writes to us—her beloved readers—to describe her concerns and her hopes about what is happening to the reading brain as it unavoidably changes to adapt to digital mediums.
Concerns about attention span, critical reasoning, and over-reliance on technology are never just about children—Wolf herself has found that, though she is a reading expert, her ability to read deeply has been impacted as she has become increasingly dependent on screens.
Wolf draws on neuroscience, literature, education, and philosophy and blends historical, literary, and scientific facts with down-to-earth examples and warm anecdotes to illuminate complex ideas that culminate in a proposal for a biliterate reading brain. Provocative and intriguing, Reader, Come Home is a roadmap that provides a cautionary but hopeful perspective on the impact of technology on our brains and our most essential intellectual capacities—and what this could mean for our future.
Disaster Public Health and Older People introduces professionals, students and fieldworks to the science and art of promoting health and well-being among older people in the context of humanitarian emergencies, with a particular focus on low and middle-income country settings.
Older people face specific vulnerabilities in physical, mental dan social well-being during disasters. They are likely to experience socio-economic marginalisation, isolation, inaccessible information and lack of relevant post-emergency support services. Meanwhile, although older people can also significantly contribute to diasater preparedness, response and recovery, their capacities are often under-utilised.
Drawing on a range of global case studies, this books provides readers with theoretical underpinning, while suggesting actions at the individual, community and national levels to reduce the health risk to older people posed by the increasing frequency and intensity of disaster, in particular those resulting from natural hazards. Topic covered range from the health impact of diasters on older people and response to their post-disaster, global policy developments and contributions of older people in diasater context.
This books draws on lessons learnt from prevoius disasters and targets students and professionals working in disaster medicine, disaster public helath, humanitarian studies, gerontology and geriatics.
As the global economic landscape shifts at an increasing rate, it's more important than ever that citizens understand the building blocks of the new world economy. In this lively guide, Randy Charles Epping cuts through the jargon to explain the fundamentals. In the thirty-six engaging chapters, Epping lays bare everthing from NGOs and nonprofits to AI and data mining. With a comprehensive glossary and absolutely no graphs, The New World Economy: A Beginner's Guide is essential reading for anyone who wants to undertands what is going on in the world around them. This timely book is a vital resource for today's chaotic world.
Exploring complex relations between Muslim visions and critical stances, this textbook is a compact introduction to Islam, dealing with the origins of its forms, from early develoments to contemporary issues, including religious principles, beliefs and practices. The author's innovative method considers the various opposing theories and approaches between the islamic tradition and scholars of Islam.
Each topic is accompanied by up-to-date bibliographical references and a list of titles for further study, while an exhaustive glossary includes the elemantary notions to allow in-depth study.
Part 1 outlines the two founding aspects, the qur'an and Prophet Muhamad, highlighting essential concepts, according to Islamic religious discourse and related critical issues.
Part 2 the emergence of the religious themes that have characterised the formation of Islam are explored in terms of historical develoments.
Part 3, on contemporary Islam, examines the growth of Islam between the enda of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern age.
Buku ini mengupas sejarah Semenanjung atau Jazirah Arab sejak zaman Rasulullah S.A.W. hingga sekarang. Terdapat dua kekeliruan besar dalam penulisan sejarah Semenanjung Arab ini. Pertama, selama ini dalam subjek Sejarah Islam hanya mengetahui sejarah Hijaz atau Haramain (Makkah dan Madinah) pada zaman Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. dan zaman Khulafa ar-Rasyidin sahaja. Selepas itu, sejarah Hijaz terus hilang dan tenggelam akibat perubahan pusat politik. Apa yang tinggal hanyalah Hijaz (Makkah dan Madinah) sebagai pusat agama dan ibadah
