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Dispersed Dispossession
No full textThis book provides a nuanced analysis of rural change in Russia during the 2010s, a crucial and formative phase marked by the consolidation of giant agricultural companies, large land deals, soaring exports, and spectacular failures of investment projects. It contextualizes complex and often ambivalent empirical realities within historical and political-economic frameworks.Through extensive fieldwork, Alexander Vorbrugg gives rare insights into the operations of large agricultural companies and reveals how the deterioration of material infrastructures, social arrangements, government and local supports, and collective goods erode the conditions of rural inhabitants’ well-being and agency. Vorbrugg introduces “dispersed dispossession,” a concept that helps to relate gradual degradation to appropriation and agency. The concept captures losses that have been accumulated across Soviet, reform, and state-capitalist phases and stick to places, persons and potentialities. These losses are perpetuated and exploited by businesses and politicians and have profound implications for the conditions for resistance, shaping the range of conceivable alternatives. They are part of a history that is not fully past
Management in einem dynamischen Umfeld
No full textDieses klar strukturierte Open-Access-Lehrbuch vermittelt grundlegendes Managementwissen. Auf Grundlage der wesentlichen Aspekte der Unternehmensführung wird ein Unternehmens-Modell skizziert, das es dem Leser ermöglicht, sich leicht in der Struktur des Lehrbuchs zurechtzufinden, zu reflektieren, neue Ansätze in einen Kontext zu setzen und kritisch zu hinterfragen. Neben dem Basiswissen zur Unternehmensführung werden Themen wie Nachhaltigkeit, unternehmerische Verantwortung und Unternehmenskultur aufgegriffen und in den Kontext eingeordnet. Praxisbeispiele, Wiederholungs- und Diskussionsfragen sowie kurze Fallstudien am Ende jedes Kapitels erleichtern den Übergang von der Theorie zur Praxis. Aktuelle Unternehmensbeispiele (z.B. UBS-Fusion, Rolex, Nestlé, Logitech, Netflix, Ferrero) dienen der vertieften Auseinandersetzung mit strategischen Herausforderungen in der Unternehmensführung
Estudios aplicados sobre el discurso especializado. Núm 8
No full textPublishedEste volumen reúne estudios sobre el discurso de especialidad desde diversas perspectivas, destacando métodos, teorías y aplicaciones actuales. La primera sección analiza el lenguaje en redes sociales, dis¿cursos políticos, cobertura mediática del COVID-19 y la crisis griega, revelando estrategias discursivas y sesgos informativos. La segunda sección aborda la traducción del lenguaje especializado, tratando temas como la precisión terminológica, las metáforas en el discurso económico y el uso del subtitulado didáctico. Los estudios se apoyan en marcos teóricos de autores como Van Dijk, Hall, Lakoff o Nord. El libro enfatiza la importancia del análisis del lenguaje en contextos cambiantes y digitales. También propone nuevas metodologías para la enseñanza de la traducción. En conjunto, la obra subraya cómo el lenguaje construye realidades, influye en la opinión pública y media en la comunicación intercultural. Finalmente, invita a seguir investigando el papel del lenguaje
Die soziale Präsenz der Toten
No full textDer Tod steht weithin für eine radikale Form der Trennung ein. Er verlangt Rituale der Abschiednahme und eine sukzessive Loslösung vom geliebten Gegenüber. Die Beiträger*innen gehen davon aus, dass dieses Verständnis des Todes die Kulturen gelebter Trauer nur bedingt zu erfassen vermag. In empirischer Neugier erkunden sie ein reiches Spektrum an Praktiken, in denen die Verstorbenen sozial präsent bleiben. Neben der Untersuchung konkreter Phänomene stehen konzeptionelle Anregungen im Mittelpunkt. Der Blick auf die Grenzen des Lebens verspricht theoretische Einsichten für zentrale kulturwissenschaftliche Problemfelder: Wer oder was gehört zum Sozialen? Brauchen Personen einen Körper? Wie stellt sich der Jenseitsglaube heute kulturell dar
Chapter Domical Vaults in the Cistercian Abbey of Abbadia Cerreto: a Geometric Study
No full textThe here collected contributions relating to the 46th International Conference of the Representation Disciplines Teachers, organized jointly by Sapienza University of Rome, Roma Tre University, and San Raffaele Roma University, aim to offer the scientific community a reflection on the theoretical and methodological aspects related to the concept of èkphrasis, a term that, in the field of representation, concerns descriptive, analogical, and digital activities that generate new knowledge in several areas of application. The Conference aims to place at the center of the discussion an interpretation of the concept of research that, without neglecting an idea of study, protection, and enhancement of environmental and cultural heritage, focuses on the needs of contemporary society and its possible developments, making use of innovative theoretical, methodological, and operational activities, including those characterized by an interdisciplinary approach. According to this interpretation, research can also be seen as a foreshadowing of the definition and testing of experimental proposals aimed at exploring new areas of investigation: this opens up imaginative and utopian perspectives in the relationship between the sciences, the arts, and the disciplines that contribute to common goals, through the experimentation of methods, techniques, and languages for conceiving, prefiguring, designing, and representing
Curriculum Dynamics within and across Contexts
No full textStefan Thomas Hopmann's scholarship offers one of the most thorough and insightful examinations of curricular making processes across historical and cultural contexts. His research spans a wide range of research areas and perspectives, including cross-disciplinary reasoning and topical analysis, integrating insights from classical theories to late-modern approaches. This book of Hopmann's collected works offers both broad perspectives, theoretical explorations, and concrete knowledge, making it useful to researchers, students, and practitioners working with curriculum and didactics. The book presents 19 Essays of Hopmann’s scholarly production and an extended introduction to his work and its academic contribution. The volume is structured into three sections: State-regulated curriculum work: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Curriculum Coordination Across Social and Cultural Contexts, and Curriculum Constitutive Mindsets
Chapter Il disegno come mezzo di comunicazione: il caso del ponte sifone sul Geirato a Genova
No full textThe here collected contributions relating to the 46th International Conference of the Representation Disciplines Teachers, organized jointly by Sapienza University of Rome, Roma Tre University, and San Raffaele Roma University, aim to offer the scientific community a reflection on the theoretical and methodological aspects related to the concept of èkphrasis, a term that, in the field of representation, concerns descriptive, analogical, and digital activities that generate new knowledge in several areas of application. The Conference aims to place at the center of the discussion an interpretation of the concept of research that, without neglecting an idea of study, protection, and enhancement of environmental and cultural heritage, focuses on the needs of contemporary society and its possible developments, making use of innovative theoretical, methodological, and operational activities, including those characterized by an interdisciplinary approach. According to this interpretation, research can also be seen as a foreshadowing of the definition and testing of experimental proposals aimed at exploring new areas of investigation: this opens up imaginative and utopian perspectives in the relationship between the sciences, the arts, and the disciplines that contribute to common goals, through the experimentation of methods, techniques, and languages for conceiving, prefiguring, designing, and representing
Vicki Baum: Ausgewählte Werke. Kommentierte Ausgabe. Bd. 6: Kautschuk
No full textIn this novel, Vicki Baum criticizes colonialism, capitalism and imperialism as well looking at the production and distribution of rubber; the novel first was published in the USA in the 1943 and will be now presented in a new translation. For the first time, this volume offers an extensive contextualizing commentary section.In diesem Roman prangert Vicki Baum den Kolonialismus, Kapitalismus und Imperialismus im Blick auf die Kautschuk-Erzeugung und -Verbreitung an; er erschien erstmals auf Englisch in den USA 1943 und wird nun hier in neuer deutscher Übersetzung präsentiert. Der Band bietet zudem einen umfangreichen kontextualisierenden Kommentarteil
Chapter Dall’archivio al modello: il progetto non realizzato di Luigi Borzì per la cortina del porto di Messina (1918)
No full textThe here collected contributions relating to the 46th International Conference of the Representation Disciplines Teachers, organized jointly by Sapienza University of Rome, Roma Tre University, and San Raffaele Roma University, aim to offer the scientific community a reflection on the theoretical and methodological aspects related to the concept of èkphrasis, a term that, in the field of representation, concerns descriptive, analogical, and digital activities that generate new knowledge in several areas of application. The Conference aims to place at the center of the discussion an interpretation of the concept of research that, without neglecting an idea of study, protection, and enhancement of environmental and cultural heritage, focuses on the needs of contemporary society and its possible developments, making use of innovative theoretical, methodological, and operational activities, including those characterized by an interdisciplinary approach. According to this interpretation, research can also be seen as a foreshadowing of the definition and testing of experimental proposals aimed at exploring new areas of investigation: this opens up imaginative and utopian perspectives in the relationship between the sciences, the arts, and the disciplines that contribute to common goals, through the experimentation of methods, techniques, and languages for conceiving, prefiguring, designing, and representing
Representation Theory
No full textThis volume offers a fresh and modern introduction to one of abstract algebra’s key topics. Guiding readers through the transition between structure theory and representation theory, this textbook explores how algebraic objects like groups and rings act as symmetries of other structures. Using the accessible yet powerful language of category theory, the book reimagines standard approaches to topics such as modules and algebras in a way that unlocks modern treatments of more advanced topics such as quiver representations and even representations of Hopf algebras and categories. Aimed at undergraduate students with prior exposure to linear algebra and basic group theory, the book introduces categories early and uses them throughout, providing a cohesive framework that mirrors current mathematical research. Though technically sophisticated, it also includes examples and exercises designed to develop intuition and understanding. Grabowski’s inclusion of computational tools such as SageMath offers a valuable and traditionally underdeveloped bridge between abstract theory and hands-on exploration. This is a uniquely valuable guide for students ready to stretch their understanding of the subject’s conceptual depth and evolving frontiers