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« C’était bien à l’époque mais l’avenir iko sombre »
Get PDFWhy do former mineworkers in Lubumbashi (DRC) remember exploitative working conditions and measures to control their private lives with nostalgia? Building on their 'objects of loss', this book answers this question, foregrounding the voice of so-called 'Départs Volontaires’. The study combines linguistics, anthropology, and archives research to explore what ex-mineworkers regard as material and emotional 'objects of loss'. The book advocates for a participatory research framework called ‘the baraza web’ which merges the researcher’s perspective with the standpoint of the ex-miners to create an alternative archive and to show that power relations within a research setting need constant questioning
The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe
No full textThis handbook provides an overview of scholarly research on sexuality in East Central Europe for both students and academics, focusing on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, from the late nineteenth century to the present. The collection is organized into eight sections covering major areas of research including non-normative sexualities; family, marriage, and kinship; race/ethnicity and nationalism; birth, health, and reproduction; religion; sex, work, and mobility; violence; and sex education. The chapters highlight the breadth and depth of current scholarship on the region, past and present. The contributions present cutting-edge research treating each of the East Central European countries on its own terms and contextualizing sexual meanings, practices, and dynamics in relation to the specific ways they have been shaped, experienced, represented, and contested in the lives of people across these territories. In doing so, the book underscores the differences in the region’s trajectories of sexuality and sexual politics from those of not only the West but also Russia/USSR and (former) Yugoslavia across the long twentieth century. Written by a multidisciplinary team of international experts, The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe is an ideal resource for scholars of European history, gender studies, anthropology, and sociology
Einfluss einer heißen Oberfläche auf die Verbrennung eines homogen kompressionsgezündeten Gasmotors
No full textStationäre Gasmotoren erzielen als Herzstück von Blockheizkraftwerken Gesamtwirkungsgrade über 90 % und spielen damit eine wichtige Rolle bei der Energiewende. Mit Blick auf die zukünftige Verschärfung des Stickoxid-Emissionsgrenzwerts ergeben sich wirtschaftliche Nachteile beim Betrieb dieser Anlagen, wenn die konventionelle Magerverbrennung beibehalten wird. Vor diesem Hintergrund wurde in dieser Arbeit das neuartige Hot Surface Assisted Compression Ignition (HSACI) Verfahren entwickelt und untersucht. Dabei wird mit einer Oberflächenzündung eine Flammenverbrennung eingeleitet, die das unverbrannte Gemisch verdichtet und damit zur räumlichen Selbstzündung bringt. Experimentelle Untersuchungen an einem Einzylinder-Forschungsmotor zeigen, dass der Verbrennungszeitpunkt durch die Steuerung der Oberflächentemperatur gezielt beeinflusst werden kann. Gegenüber einer reinen Selbstzündung wird zudem eine Erweiterung des Betriebsbereichs und eine Reduktion der Stickoxid-Emissionen bei gleichbleibendem und teilweise sogar erhöhtem Wirkungsgrad möglich. Numerische ein- und dreidimensionale Simulationen geben Einblick in die dominierenden Mechanismen des Brennverfahrens und weisen den Weg für weitere Optimierungen. Versuche mit Wasserstoff und Wasserstoff-Erdgas-Gemischen unterstreichen das hohe Potential der Oberflächenzündung zur sicheren Entflammung reaktionsträger Gemische, was auf eine Übertragbarkeit des Konzepts auf alternative Brenngase wie Ammoniak oder Biogas hindeutet
Chapter 10 Revisiting the urban land question at the extensions of Lahore
No full textCities in South Asia are homes to one of the highest concentrations of people anywhere in the world and the allocation of land and urban resources and the benefits that can be derived from them in this region have become increasingly contested. This book explores the politics of urban land in South Asia and the challenges related to their respective urban futures. For most people, land comes at a premium, and as a result conflicts and contestations over land and urban resources are rife in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal, as witnessed in the many struggles of low-income groups and vulnerable or marginalised communities to fight off dispossession or displacement. This book maps current challenges shared across national borders and charts out new directions for future research and land policy. With contributions from emerging and established authors, the book offers a critical accounting of the situation that exists in urban South Asia, while also critically engaging with the current challenges and future directions for land use and land politics. The book will be useful to students and researchers of public policy, development studies, economics, urban and regional development studies, and sociology as well as to policy makers, real estate professionals, and commercial firms engaged in property market/real estate study in Asia. Chapter 10 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 licens
Beyond Treaties: Rethinking Legal Mechanisms for International Climate Governance
Get PDFThis open access book examines the implications of the shift towards minilateralism for international climate law, analysing how climate-related trade measures and Paris Agreement compatible platforms may enhance global climate governance. The landscape of international climate change law is evolving from a traditional consensus-based treaty model, characterized by comprehensive yet often slow-moving agreements, toward a more pragmatic approach known as minilateralism. In this emerging paradigm, smaller groups of countries negotiate and implement trade measures aimed at mitigating climate impacts. An exemplary case is the European Green Deal, which introduces climate-related trade measures as a key instrument for achieving sustainability goals within and beyond Europe. Additionally, countries are exploring minilateral cooperation platforms within the Paris Agreement framework to further their climate objectives. The central questions to be addressed in this book are twofold. First, how can the design of the minilateral schemes comply with the Paris Agreement’s international cooperation, common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capacities, and market-based mechanisms principles? Second, to what extent does the climate-related trade measures conform with the WTO regime, particularly with the non-discrimination principles of the trade law, namely most favoured nation and national treatment
Women Writers in the Romantic Age
Get PDFThis groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive review of six hundred and fifty women writers from over fifty national traditions, spanning Europe and the Americas during the transformative years of 1776 to 1848. Framed by revolutionary upheavals, the book explores how women writers shaped and reflected Romanticism’s global currents. It fills a critical scholarly gap, connecting disparate traditions and uncovering voices often overlooked in male-dominated literary histories. Through concise entries, the book names every woman writer identified in its vast research, from celebrated figures like Phillis Wheatley to lesser-known authors whose manuscripts lay buried in archives. Each entry provides essential biographical details, while select excerpts in seventeen languages bring these voices to life, revealing how women navigated the era’s revolutionary ideals and patriarchal barriers. Structured democratically, the volume treats all writers equally—whether anonymous, pseudonymous, or celebrated in their time. It highlights their diverse experiences: poets and novelists, abolitionists and suffragists, mothers and mill workers. From memoirs to political tracts, their works testify to the rich tapestry of women’s contributions to Romanticism. By illuminating these stories, this book challenges national silos, offering a panoramic view of Romanticism as a truly transnational, female-inclusive phenomenon. It represents a go-to resource for students and interested readers, while setting the ground for future scholars to expand this vital field of study
In the Global Vanguard
No full textIn just half a century, Taiwan transformed from an agricultural colony into an economic power, spurred by land reform efforts of the authoritarian Republic of China, by farmers associations, and by improved crop varieties. Yet overlooked is how Taiwan brought these practices to the developing world. In the Global Vanguard elucidates the history and impact of the “Taiwan model” of agrarian development by incorporating how Taiwanese experts exported the country’s agrarian success throughout rural communities across Africa and Southeast Asia. Driven by the global Cold War and challenges to the Republic of China’s legitimacy, Taiwanese agricultural technicians and scientists shared their practices, which they claimed were better suited for poor, tropical societies in the developing world. These development missions, James Lin argues, were portrayed in Taiwan as proof of the Republic of China’s modernity and were crucial to how the ruling government sought to hold on to its contested position in the international system and its rule by martial law at home.
“James Lin vividly recounts how Taiwan became legendary worldwide as a pioneer of rural reform, and how that image came to define it as a nation.” — NICK CULLATHER, author of The Hungry World: America’s Cold War Battle against Poverty in Asia
“Lin’s compelling study of the ‘agrarian miracle’ in Taiwan is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the global Green Revolution, shedding new light on technoscience, authoritarianism, social change, and Taiwanese identity at home and on the world stage.” — SIGRID SCHMALZER, author of Red Revolution, Green Revolution: Scientific Farming in Socialist China
“Lin’s thoroughly researched book reveals the complex interplay between agriculture, domestic politics in Taiwan, and geopolitics. Examining the south-south development activities of Taiwan’s agricultural practitioners, Lin complicates the larger narrative of mid-twentieth-century global agricultural development practices.” — J. MEGAN GREENE, Professor of History, University of Kansa
