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The participatory politics and civic engagement of youth in the digital age There is a widespread perception that the foundations of American democracy are dysfunctional, public trust in core institutions is eroding, and little is likely to emerge from traditional politics that will shift those conditions. Youth are often seen as emblematic of this crisis—frequently represented as uninterested in political life, ill-informed about current-affairs, and unwilling to register and vote. By Any Media Necessary offers a profoundly different picture of contemporary American youth. Young men and women are tapping into the potential of new forms of communication such as social media platforms, spreadable videos and memes, remixing the language of popular culture, and seeking to bring about political change—by any media necessary. In a series of case studies covering a diverse range of organizations, networks, and movements involving young people in the political process—from the Harry Potter Alliance which fights for human rights in the name of the popular fantasy franchise to immigration rights advocates using superheroes to dramatize their struggles—By Any Media Necessary examines the civic imagination at work. Before the world can change, people need the ability to imagine what alternatives might look like and identify paths by which change can be achieved. Exploring new forms of political activities and identities emerging from the practice of participatory culture, By Any Media Necessary reveals how these shifts in communication have unleashed a new political dynamism in American youth. Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.org

Ramowa Dyrektywa Wodna wprowadzona w Unii Europejskiej wymaga, aby ocena stanu hydromorfologicznego rzek była przeprowadzana jako element wspomagający przy klasyfikacji stanu ekologicznego cieków. Jest to istotne zadanie pozwalające chociażby wyznaczyć odcinki rzek wskazane do ochrony (o bardzo dobrym stanie ekologicznym) lub te wymagające działań naprawczych (o złym lub słabym stanie ekologicznym). Celem zajęć ma być zatem wykorzystanie w miarę obiektywnej metody badawczej do oceny wpływu człowieka na rzekę i jej dolinę. Metoda RHS (River Habitat Survey) to jedna z najbardziej rozpowszechnionych metod hydromorfologicznej oceny cieków. Należy jednak pamiętać, że nie nadaje się ona do oceny bardzo silnie przekształconych cieków miejskich. Należy mieć to na uwadze przy wyborze miejsca przeprowadzenia zajęć terenowych. Do przeprowadzenia obserwacji nie jest wymagany żaden dodatkowy sprzęt. Prowadzi się je w 10 przekrojach (w metodzie RHS nazywanych „transektami”). Odległość między nimi wynosi 50 metrów, tak więc docelowo badanie obejmuje 500 metrowy odcinek rzeki. Zastosowanie metody RHS umożliwia obliczenie dwóch syntetycznych indeksów jakości cieku: wskaźnika naturalności siedliska (Habitat Quality Assessment – HQA) oraz wskaźnika przekształcenia siedliska (Habitat Modification Score – HMS). Zestawienie powyższych wskaźników pozwala na jednoznaczne określenie klasy stanu hydromorfologicznego badanego odcinka cieku.

This book is a collection of 19 articles which reflect the courses given at the Collège de France/Summer school “Reconstruction d'images − Applications astrophysiques“ held in Nice and Fréjus, France, from June 18 to 22, 2012. The articles presented in this volume address emerging concepts and methods that are useful in the complex process of improving our knowledge of the celestial objects, including Earth.

This open access book introduces a non-destructive vibration analysis method for calculating the internal tension force of tested tie rods. This method was formalized in 2003 and patented after two years of investigation, with the patent expiring in 2005. The objective of the book is to present this method through numerous concrete examples. It covers the theory and principles of instrumentation, explaining how vibratory responses are analyzed to calculate the free and total lengths of the tie rod, as well as its diameter, which includes the reinforcement and its grout. The data obtained from this method can be utilized to: Verify that tie rods adhere to drawings Resize tie rods A notable strength of this book lies in demonstrating the relationship between dynamic stiffness and the tension force of the tie rod, along with the calibration method using static tensile tests. However, performing static tensile tests at heights poses difficulties due to equipment weight, and there is a genuine risk of failure, especially for older tie rods. The book addresses important aspects such as the uncertainty of results and sampling. The examples provided in the book primarily stem from tests conducted in Brazil, where more than 2,000 tie rods were tested over a two-year period on motorway and railway retaining walls. In practical terms, this amounts to 16,000 non-destructive tests as each tie rod is tested eight times. These aging structures, in existence for several decades, exhibit load losses ranging from 1% to 5.5% per year during these periods. The book acknowledges the observation of cyclic load effects on these reinforcements, which warrant further investigation. In one of the tested walls, a limited number of tie rods were re-tensioned. Retaining wall managers increasingly employ this method for maintenance diagnostics. It allows for a representative sample to be taken, providing insight into the existing conditions.

Dissenting Through Dance examines how femme activists in contemporary Turkey deploy folk dance as a powerful tool of political resistance and collective solidarity. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, choreographic analysis, and archival research, the book examines how traditional dances, particularly those rooted in marginalized cultures such as Kurdish, Roma, Alevi, Laz, and Hemşin communities, are reimagined to contest misogyny, cultural erasure, and oppressive gender politics. Sevi Bayraktar brings to life the stories of feminist, LGBTQ+, and grassroots activists occupying public spaces with dance as a form of protest when conventional forms of assembly are suppressed or criminalized in Turkey. Working outward from these femmes’ stories, protests, and dances, Bayraktar argues that by reconfiguring Turkey’s folk-dance heritage for their contemporary political aims, dissenting femmes rechoreograph national space in opposition to the state as a way to reclaim the public sphere for pluralist democracy and to subvert hegemonic discourses about Turkish national identity, neoliberal economic development, and female and ethnic bodies. By moving together, activists subvert patriarchal norms, embody new visions of community, and create moments of hope, joy, and resistance even under conditions of surveillance and fear.

Biolinguistics is a highly interdisciplinary field that seeks the rapprochement between linguistics and biology. Linking theoretical linguistics, theoretical biology, genetics, neuroscience and cognitive psychology, this book offers a collection of chapters situating the enterprise conceptually, highlighting both the promises and challenges of the field, and chapters focusing on the challenges and prospects of taking interdisciplinarity seriously. It provides concrete illustrations of some of the cutting-edge research in biolinguistics and piques the interest of undergraduate students looking for a field to major in and inspires graduate students on possible research directions. It is also meant to show to specialists in adjacent fields how a particular strand of theoretical linguistics relates to their concerns, and in so doing, the book intends to foster collaboration across disciplines

Europa steht vor enormen Herausforderungen: die Gewaltkonflikte in Bergkarabach und der Ukraine bedrohen den Frieden in Europa, die Spannungen zwischen den USA und China geraten zusehends zu einem Großmachtkonflikt, in dem Europa seine Rolle noch finden muss, und die Debatten über die »europäische Souveränität« vernachlässigen die friedenspolitischen Prioritäten zugunsten militärischer Fähigkeiten. Die Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf den globalen Süden erfordern zudem neue Akzente in der Entwicklungspolitik. Zugleich hält weltweit der besorgniserregende Trend zur Entdemokratisierung an. Das Friedensgutachten 2021 analysiert diese Entwicklungen und gibt Empfehlungen für die Politik. Das Friedensgutachten 2021 analysiert vor diesem Hintergrund aktuelle Gewaltkonflikte, zeigt Trends der internationalen Außen-, Sicherheits- und Entwicklungspolitik auf und gibt Empfehlungen für Bundesregierung und Bundestag. Die deutschen Friedensforschungsinstitute (BICC/HSF/IFSH/INEF) geben das Gutachten seit 1987 heraus.

Dans la plaine alluviale de l’Allier, sur la commune des Martres-d’Artière (Puy-de-Dôme), deux aires funéraires distinctes ont été fouillées : l’une avec des sépultures et des enclos circulaires du Bronze final 1 et 2 ancien ; l’autre avec 25 tombes de La Tène ancienne dans un enclos trapézoïdal. Elles offrent l’image d’un ensemble de très grande taille composé de petits groupes de tombes et de monuments probablement établis le long d’un axe majeur de communication. Par l’étude exhaustive des monuments, des dispositifs funéraires et de l’ensemble du matériel, le présent ouvrage décrit des pratiques funéraires encore mal connues en Basse-Auvergne pour la période. Une parure de perles en ambre et en or du Bronze final dans une inhumation, un ceinturon militaire de La Tène ancienne dans deux autres tombes, la pratique conjointe de l’inhumation et de la crémation pour la même période, une structure énigmatique, vide, qui jouxte un dépôt de crémation à l’intérieur d’un enclos du Bronze final : autant d’éléments notables que cet ensemble a livrés. L’analyse de l’enclos de La Tène ancienne, utilisé entre le deuxième quart du ve s. et le début du iiie s. av. J.-C., permet par ailleurs d’établir des dynamiques diachroniques d’implantation des sépultures, de proposer des hypothèses sur son aspect originel et son évolution, et aussi de discuter son recrutement et son organisation interne. Cette monographie offre une synthèse inédite ainsi qu’un catalogue analytique d’un site fondamental livrant de nouvelles connaissances sur les dispositifs et les pratiques funéraires, et plus largement sur les sociétés de l’âge du Bronze final et de La Tène ancienne dans le Centre-Est de la France.

Au croisement de l’histoire de la décentralisation théâtrale, du brechtisme, du militantisme politique et culturel, et de l’éducation populaire, émerge la figure d’un auteur et d’un intellectuel singulier, Arthur Adamov, arménien du Caucase arrivé en France dans les années 1920. Adamov est une personnalité ambivalente, provocante et scandaleuse du théâtre contemporain, autour de laquelle gravite une « nébuleuse » d’acteurs du théâtre politique des années 1950-1960. Dans une perspective d’histoire culturelle et sociale, l’autrice met au jour dans cette étude les circulations liées à la décentralisation théâtrale, celles des acteurs, des nouvelles scènes de banlieue et des réseaux militants, pour la plupart communistes. Ce livre propose ainsi une géographie du théâtre engagé, en France et en Europe, après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il vient également enrichir l’histoire des intellectuel·le·s par celle de la politisation d’Adamov, lui qui fut le compagnon de route du Parti communiste au temps de la guerre froide, de la guerre d’Algérie et des guerres coloniales et dont l’engagement est lié à l’itinéraire d’une autre actrice de l’époque, Jacqueline Autrusseau-Adamov. En retraçant ainsi l’itinéraire d’un auteur autant contesté qu’admiré par un pan entier de sa génération, ce livre invite à penser les rêves, les craintes, les espoirs, les fantasmes et les échecs d’une époque. Alors qu’elle lui a trop souvent été confisquée, faire à nouveau entendre la parole d’Adamov permet de questionner l’écriture de l’exil et de faire resurgir un théâtre de la révolte – théâtre qui fait écho à nos préoccupations contemporaines.

Today, the majority of the world's Christian population lives in the Global South. Knowledge of their history is therefore indispensable. This textbook offers a compact and vivid overview of the history of Christianity in Asia, Africa and Latin America since 1450, focussing on diversity and interdependence, local actors and global effects. Maps, illustrations and numerous photos as well as continuous references to easily accessible source texts support the reader's own reading and its use in various forms of academic teaching. Special bonus material including 250 photos taken by the author can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27623484.v2

La Teoría de los sentimientos morales, publicada en 1759, es una obra profundamente influida por el utilitarismo de Bentham y Mill en la que Adam Smith describe la formación de los juicios morales en el marco de un “orden natural" de ámbito social, y sobre cuyos principios basará su posterior liberalismo económico

Le temps est le concept de transition par excellence qui a certes son origine dans la Nature, mais qui permet aussi l'idée d'un développement de l'esprit - et c'est l'esprit (Geist) qui apparaît ensuite dans un autre cadre – le cadre de l'histoire. La difficulté d'une telle logique du temps, c'est de concevoir un seul concept du temps qui peut contenir deux sphéres opposées, celle de la nécessité dans la nature et celle de la liberté dans l'histoire.

Cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder in children and young adults, is a multisystemic disease that mainly affects the lungs. Advances and improvements in the diagnosis and management of this condition have led to increased overall and symptom-free survival in cystic fibrosis patients. This book examines recent advances in the field and presents an evidence-based approach to the management of cystic fibrosis.

'A free press is not a luxury. A free press is at the absolute core of equitable development' according to World Bank President James Wolfensohn. A free press is also the key to transparency and good governance and is an indispensable feature of a democracy. So how does Asia rate? In Losing Control, leading journalists analyse the state of play in all the countries of North Asia and Southeast Asia. From the herd journalism of Japan to the Stalinist system of North Korea, Losing Control provides an inside look at journalism and freedom of the press in each country. One conclusion - a combination of new technology and greater democracy is breaking the shackles that once constrained the press in Asia. 'Brings together Asia's best and brightest observers of the press.' Hamish McDonald, Foreign Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald ' A rare insiders' view exposing the real dynamics behind social and political change in Asia.' Evan Williams, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV 'A timely and necessary contribution to the debate over the quality of freedom in Asia.' Geoffrey Barker, The Australian Financial Review

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone interested in microbes, the book is intended to especially benefit four groups: trained microbiologists working within one specific area of microbiology; people with training in other disciplines, and use microorganisms as a tool or "chemical reagent"; business people evaluating investments in microbiology focused companies; and an emerging group, people in occupations and trades that might have limited training in microbiology, but who require specific practical information.