Tag: Cultures

Free Download Marginal Spaces and Cultures of Dissent in Socialist Romania’s Black Sea
by Ruxandra-Iuliana Canache
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031357981 | 276 Pages | True PDF | 4.17 MB

Free Download Kyrgyzstan (Cultures of the World) by David C. King, Debbie Nevins
English | December 30, 2020 | ISBN: 1502658720 | PDF | 24 Mb
"Kyrgyzstan isn’t a country people generally know a lot about, but its exciting past and fascinating present are worth a closer look. That kind of in-depth focus is presented to readers in this detailed guide to the culture of Kyrgyzstan, featuring fun facts about its language, cuisine, leisure activities, religious makeup, and much more. Readers also discover important information about the political structure, economy, and environment of this former Soviet republic. With each turn of the page, colorfulphotographs, maps, and even easy-to-follow recipes make this a cultural adventure unlike any other!"-

Free Download Banana Cultures : Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States, 2nd Edition
by John Soluri
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1477322809 | 369 Pages | True PDF | 43 MB

Free Download Rosy Singh, "Aesthetics across Cultures"
English | ISBN: 1032435178 | 2023 | 254 pages | EPUB, PDF | 5 MB + 36 MB

Free Download Tajikistan (Cultures of the World (Third Edition)) by Debbie Nevins
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1502658747 | 262 pages | PDF | 20 Mb
Dominated by mountains, the rugged nation of Tajikistan has a striking landscape that readers are able to examine in beautiful detail in the pages of this informative guide. Stunning photographs and maps accompany the narrative and sidebars that highlight Tajikistan’s government, history, geography, and culture. As readers discover what life is like in Tajikistan, they’re introduced to new languages and new cuisines, with fun recipes adding an engaging, hands-on component to this multicultural learning experience.

Free Download Environment across Cultures By Eckart Ehlers (auth.), Professor Dr. Eckart Ehlers, Professor Dr. Carl Friedrich Gethmann (eds.)
2003 | 217 Pages | ISBN: 3642073247 | PDF | 7 MB
Disparate perceptions and conceptual frameworks of environment and the relationship between humans and nature often lead to confusion, constraints on co-operation and collaboration and even conflict when society tries to deal with today’s urgent and complex environment research and policy challenges. Such disparities in perception and "world view" are driven by many factors. They include differences in culture, religion, ethical frameworks, scientific methodologies and approaches, disciplines, political, social and philosophical traditions, life styles and consumption patterns as well as alternative economic paradigms. Distribution of poverty or wealth between north and south may thus be seen as consequence of the above mentioned disparities, which is a challenge for it’s universal reasoned evaluation. This volume discusses a wide range of factors influencing "Environment across Cultures" with a view to identifying ways and means to better understand, reflect and manage such disparities within future global environmental research and policy agendas for bridging the gap between ecology and economy as well as between societies. The book is based upon the results of a scientific symposium on this topic and covers the following sections: Cross Cultural Perception of Environment; Ethics and Nature; Environment, Sustainability and Society. Corresponding contributions were made by well-known scientific authors representing different cultural spheres in accordance to the inter-cultural approach of this effort.

Free Download Bruce W. Hodgins, John Jennings, Doreen Small, "The Canoe in Canadian Cultures"
English | 2001 | ISBN: 1896219489 | EPUB | pages: 312 | 6.5 mb
The canoe is a symbol unique to Canada. One of the greatest gifts of First Peoples to all those who came after, the canoe is Canada’s most powerful icon. Within this Canexus II publication are a collection of essays by paddling enthusiasts and experts. Contributing authors include: Eugene Arima, Shanna Balazs, David Finch, Ralph Frese, Toni Harting, Bob Henderson, Bruce W. Hodgins, Bert Horwood, Gwyneth Hoyle, John Jennings, Timothy Kent, Peter Labor, Adrian Lee, Kenneth R. Lister, Becky Mason, James Raffan, Alister Thomas and Kirk Wipper.

Free Download Judith E. Rosenbaum, "Constructing Digital Cultures: Tweets, Trends, Race, and Gender"
English | ISBN: 1498546900 | 2017 | 344 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Announcing presidential decisions, debating social issues, disputing the latest developments in television shows, and sharing funny memes-Twitter has become a space where ordinary citizens and world-leaders alike share their thoughts and ideas. As a result, some argue Twitter has leveled the playing field, while others reject this view as too optimistic. This has led to an ongoing debate about the platform’s democratizing potential and whether activity on Twitter engenders change or merely magnifies existing voices. Constructing Digital Cultures explores these issues and more through an in-depth examination of how Twitter users collaborate to create cultural understandings. Looking closely at how user-generated narratives renegotiate dominant ideas about gender and race, it provides insight into the nature of digital culture produced on Twitter and the platform’s potential as a virtual public sphere. This volume investigates arenas of discussion often seen on Twitter-from entertainment and popular culture to politics, social justice issues, and advertising-and looks into how members of ethnic minority groups use and relate to the platform. Through an in-depth examination of individual expressions, the different kinds of dialogue that characterize the platform, and various ways in which people connect, Constructing Digital Cultures provides a critical, empirically based consideration of Twitter’s potential as an inclusive, egalitarian public sphere for the modern age.

Free Download Sub-Saharan Political Cultures of Deceit in Language, Literature, and the Media, Volume II: Across National Contexts by Esther Mavengano, Isaac Mhute
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 435 Pages | ISBN : 303142882X | 7.9 MB
This two-volume set charts a cross-disciplinary discursive terrain that proffers rich insights about deceit in contemporary postcolonial Sub-Saharan African politics. In an attempt to produce a nuanced and multifaceted academic dialoguing platform, the two volumes have a particular focus on the aspects of treachery, fear of difference (oppositional politics), and discourses/semiotics of mis/self-representation. The major aim of the proposed volumes is to contribute toward the often problematised conversations about the unfolding (post)colonial Sub-Saharan world which is topical in decolonial and Pan-African studies.The volumes seek to place political thinking and postcolonial political systems under the scholarly gaze with the view to highlight and enhance the participation of African cross-disciplinary scholarship in the postcolonial political processes of the continent. Most significantly, it is through such probing of the limitations of our own disciplinary perspectives which can help us appreciate the complexity of the postcolonial Sub-Saharan African politics. The first volume uses Zimbabwe as a case study, while the second volume examines postcolonial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa more broadly.The first volume uses Zimbabwe as a case study, while the second volume examines postcolonial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa more broadly.The first volume uses Zimbabwe as a case study, while the second volume examines postcolonial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa more broadly.

Free Download Leonard Muaka, "Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies"
English | ISBN: 1498572278 | 2018 | 254 pages | EPUB | 503 KB
Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies examines language in contemporary Africa by positioning language at the center of interrelationships between individuals, society, and culture. Because of how language permeates every aspect of human existence within each society, this book has assembled contributions by researchers and scholars who focus on different topics within African languages and cultures. By presenting African languages as resources and subject and subject of the study, this book discusses Africa’s multilingualism, language policy, preservation, and their uses in development, security, liberation, and identity formation in the diaspora. Based on empirical research and analysis of texts, this book takes a closer look at the continent and the diaspora by situating African languages, cultures, and literatures at the center, and shows how African languages are used in the liberation, transfer of knowledge, and promotion of literacy among Africans globally. It is a book that seeks to bridge the gap between the continent and the diaspora. All contributors are experienced scholars of language, literature, education and linguistics. The chapters provide a major means for examining the interplay of language, literature, and education.