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Social Group Representation in a Diachronic News Corpus
No full textThis Element explores the portrayal of social actors in Czechia's newspapers and magazines over thirty years, revealing predominantly white male-oriented news. It highlights linguistic othering and stratification as potential threats to equality and the need for careful interpretation. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
Buddhism in the Nordic Countries
No full textThis book provides new unprecedented research on Buddhism in the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Aiming at comparisons between the different Nordic countries, the chapters identify possible unique characteristics of Nordic Buddhism.
Buddhism in the Nordic Countries contributes to the growing literature on Buddhism in the West. Identifying a number of similar cultural and social trends that have been at work in the Nordic countries, the book shows that these have favoured the growth of Buddhism in northern Europe. The chapters on each of the Nordic countries describe the establishment of the main Buddhist traditions in the country, temple institutions, monasteries, demography, estimation on the number of Buddhists, geography, economy and funding. They discuss tensions between ethnic Buddhist and converts, if any, and controlling mechanisms of who is a proper Buddhist and how Buddhism should be presented in public space. The contributors analyse representation in media and images of Buddhism in popular culture and present relevant scholarly interest in Buddhism. Additionally, the book includes chapters on significant Buddhist individuals in the Nordic countries who have played major roles in the development of Buddhism.
The first book to examine the characteristics of Nordic Buddhism, its connection to the ideology of the Nordic welfare society and to establish if Nordic Buddhism might differ from other forms of Buddhism, this work will be of interest to researchers in the field of religious studies, religion in context and Buddhist studies
Antifeminismus und Provinzialität
No full textWie hängen Antifeminismus und Provinzialität zusammen? Was verbindet den Hass auf feministische Emanzipation mit der Sehnsucht nach ländlicher Idylle? Und warum verweisen traditionelle Geschlechterbilder so oft auf das harmonische Landleben? Die Beiträger*innen versammeln erste theoretische und empirische Überlegungen zu einer Verbindung, die vor dem Hintergrund gesellschaftlicher Krisen, Entfremdungserscheinungen und dem sozialen Druck kapitalistischer Vergesellschaftung an Bedeutung gewinnt. Was Antifeminismus und Provinzialität ideologisch verbindet, ist die Idealisierung einer Vergangenheit, die es so nie gegeben hat, und die autoritäre Sehnsucht nach Eindeutigkeit
Figuring Out Spaces
No full textDer »Raum« gehört mittlerweile zu den Grundbegriffen der Soziologie. Wie er sich konzeptionell zum Sozialen verhält und wie ein Raumdenken für Gesellschaftsanalysen und Zeitdiagnosen fruchtbar gemacht werden kann, wird immer wieder neu diskutiert. Die Beiträger*innen dieser Festschrift für Martina Löw versammeln aktuelle, interdisziplinäre Bestandsaufnahmen zur Sozialtheorie des Raumes. Sie laden dazu ein, sich auf die Suche nach den räumlichen Figuren der Gesellschaft zu machen und loten die Möglichkeiten aus, sozialen Wandel, gesellschaftliche Konflikte, Formen des Erinnerns, ökologische Entwicklungen und urbane Umstrukturierungen als eine spannungsreiche Refiguration von Räumen zu verstehen
Praxishandbuch (Post-)Digitale Kinder- und Jugendarbeit
No full textAktuelle Ansätze der Kinder- und Jugendarbeit in der Digitalität stehen im Fokus dieses Sammelbandes. Nach Jahren der Arbeit von Pionier*innen finden sich in den verschiedenen Handlungsfeldern zwischenzeitlich differenzierte Konzepte, wie eine (post-)digitale Kinder- und Jugendarbeit begründet und umgesetzt werden kann und sollte. Im Sammelband werden diese Entwicklungsstränge zu einem Gesamtbild zusammengetragen. Ausgehend von konzeptionellen Betrachtungen wird praxisorientiert dargelegt, was Digitalität in den einzelnen Handlungsfeldern bedeutet, wie die Praxis professionell ausgestaltet werden kann und wie dabei Schlüsselthemen wie etwa Kinderrechte berücksichtigt werden können. Der Band bietet dabei Impulse für die Weiterentwicklung sowohl auf individueller wie auch auf struktureller Ebene
Natural Gas in the 21st Century
No full textNatural Gas in the 21st Century provides an overview of the evolving role of natural gas within the global energy framework, addressing crucial topics relevant to today’s energy markets and environmental considerations. This edited volume explores key challenges and innovations, including methane emission mitigation, sustainable resource management, and advancements in unconventional gas technologies. It emphasizes strategies for reducing environmental impact through carbon management and enhanced extraction techniques while also highlighting significant technological progress in waste heat recovery and carbon capture. The book offers a global perspective, examining regulatory frameworks, market dynamics, infrastructure interdependencies, and the growing significance of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and renewable BioLPG, particularly in Europe and Africa. Methodological advancements in petroleum research and analytical approaches to fuel quality assessment are also discussed. Ideal for scholars, industry professionals, policymakers, and environmentalists, this comprehensive resource delivers valuable insights into the sustainability and future developments of natural gas utilization
Chapter 11 Federated networks and secondary uses of health data
No full textThis timely volume provides a comprehensive examination of how the proposed new European Health Data Space (EHDS) legislation will impact upon health and genetic data, individual privacy and providers of health services. With the current legal framework recognised as insufficient in protecting data-related rights, the book spotlights the opportunities and challenges posed by the EHDS in balancing the interests of individuals with policymakers and researchers. It considers the impact on individual EU member states while highlighting issues such as changes to patients’ rights, wearable technology, developments in e-health and the secondary use of medical data. Critically, it also examines how the EHDS will operate within existing legal frameworks, including the General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Governance Act and the Data Act. Including contributions from some of the leading scholars in this area, this groundbreaking book will be key reading for students and researchers across law and public health
Dynamics and Issues of Local Autonomy
No full textThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This book explores local autonomy as measured by the updated and extended Local Autonomy Index, and considers the underlying issues related to this multidimensional concept. It analyses dynamics spanning over three decades concerning the dimensions of local autonomy and its variables and indicators.Publishe
Canaletto's Camera
No full textCanaletto's Camera explores the ways in which the great Venetian artist Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768) made use of the camera obscura - the forerunner of the photographic camera - as an aid to drawing and painting. It surveys Canaletto's contacts with contemporary Venetian and Paduan scientists, in particular Francesco Algarotti who wrote on Newton's philosophy and the camera obscura. Canaletto also relied on many measured drawings of Venetian buildings by his colleague Antonio Visentini, a debt that has not previously been recognised.
Steadman proposes that Canaletto used the camera for two purposes: tracing from real scenes, and copying and collaging drawings and engravings by other artists. By analysing camera sketches made by Canaletto in a notebook, he shows how the artist traced views in Venice and then altered the real scenes in his finished drawings and paintings. By using a reconstructed eighteenth-century design of camera obscura, the author and his colleagues have made drawings of views that Canaletto painted in London. Steadman has recreated both a veduta (a real view) and a capriccio (a fantasy) using Canaletto's processes of 'photomontage'. The experiments are detailed in the book, shedding new light on the artist's procedures, and emphasising how weak and permeable the boundary is between the two types of picture.
Praise for Canaletto's Camera
'In this enthralling book, Philip Steadman effortlessly bridges art and science. He depicts Canaletto’s Venice not as the city of Casanova and carnival but as a hub of Enlightenment knowledge, exploring the artist’s use of the latest optical instruments through practical experiment and penetrating visual analysis. The results are fascinating and totally convincing.'
Deborah Howard, Cambridge University and author of The Architectural History of Venice
'It has always been known that Canaletto used camera obscuras. More than one of his contemporaries wrote as much. What has never been clear is exactly how he did so – until now. This is a fascinating, groundbreaking book which reveals absolutely fresh vistas on the art of the past'
Martin Gayford, art critic at The Spectator and author of Venice: City of Picture
Words and things in motion : methodological issues in studying the circulation of legala dministrative lexicon and practices in Europe (12th-18th century)
No full textThis volume focuses on the circulation of words, objects and legal-administrative practices in pre-modern Europe, with particular attention to how the study of language and history can work together to shed new light on this subject. Historians, linguists, legal historians and art historians provide methodological perspectives and case studies. The topics discussed include the spread of common law in Europe, the impact of works of art and architecture on culture and administration, and the relationship between law and language, for example in translations. A special attention is also dedicated to the domain of electoral procedures, with a look at communal Italy, at the reception of the Venetian model throughout Europe and at the challenge of studying the cultural transfer of such practices.PublishedIl volume si occupa della circolazione di parole, oggetti e pratiche giuridico-amministrative nell’Europa premoderna, con particolare attenzione al modo in cui lo studio della lingua e della storia possano coniugarsi nel perseguire questo obiettivo. Storici, linguisti, storici del diritto e storici dell’arte presentano riflessioni metodologiche e casi di studio. Tra i temi toccati ci sono la circolazione della cultura giuridica, specie nell’ambito delle procedure elettorali, la diffusione del diritto comune in Europa, l’impatto delle opere d’arte e di architettura sulla cultura e sull’amministrazione, il rapporto tra diritto e lingua, ad esempio nelle traduzioni. Ci si concentra in particolare sulle procedure elettorali, con riferimento all’Italia comunale e alla ricezione del modello veneziano in Europa e alle questioni connesse allo studio dei transfer culturali in questo ambito