Tag: Envisioning

Free Download Re-envisioning the Chinese Revolution: The Politics and Poetics of Collective Memories in Reform China By Ching Kwan Lee; Guobin Yang
2007 | 330 Pages | ISBN: 0804758522 | PDF | 59 MB
Popular memories of the revolutionary past have become a political and cultural force in China. Traumatic memory and active criticism make up part of this wave, but so does nostalgia for collective responsibility and for feelings of freedom and progress. Re-envisioning the Chinese Revolution is the first comprehensive study of contemporary memories of China’s revolutionary epoch, from the time of Japanese imperialism through the Cultural Revolution. Path-breaking in its scope, the research in this volume carefully examines the memories of a wide range of social groups, including disenfranchised workers and rural women, who have often been neglected in scholarship. Looking at a variety of embodiments of memories-interviews, films, photo exhibits, museums, and websites-the authors, ranging from anthropologists to film studies specialists, present original research on the idea of "memories as a cultural and political phenomenon." The result is an unprecedented and illuminating reexamination of the memory of, and occasionally nostalgia for, the Chinese Revolution. Contributors include: Anita Chan, Robert Chi, David J. Davies, Kirk A. Denton, Gail Hershatter, Ching Kwan Lee, Kimberley Ens Manning, Erik Mueggler, Paul G. Pickowicz, Jonathan Unger, Ban Wang, and Guobin Yang.

Free Download Re-envisioning Plastics Role in the Global Society: Perspectives on Food, Urbanization, and Environment
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031489446 | 434 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 9 MB
This book covers the challenges and opportunities presented by plastics in the modern era and sheds light on the complex interplay of technology, environment, and socio-economic dynamics. With a thorough exploration of the history, uses, and potential of plastics, the book reviews the impact of plastics beyond single-use plastics, and critiques multiple long-term plastic applications that are significant for food security, water resource management, ecological conservation/restoration, and sustainable urbanization. It also explores frameworks for achieving a more sustainable plastic economy aligned with sustainable development goals.

Free Download Anna M. Young, "Teacher, Scholar, Mother: Re-Envisioning Motherhood in the Academy"
English | ISBN: 1498503403 | 2015 | 302 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Teacher, Scholar, Mother advances a more productive conversation across disciplines on motherhood through its discussion on intersecting axes of power and privilege. This multi- and trans-disciplinary book features mother scholars who bring their theoretical and disciplinary lenses to bear on questions of identity, practice, policy, institutional memory, progress, and the gendered notion of parenting that still pervades the modern academy.

Free Download Tamara Lackey, "Envisioning Family: A Photographer’s Guide to Making Meaningful Portraits of the Modern Family"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0321803574 | PDF | pages: 285 | 24.9 mb
FAMILY -A small word with powerful meaning. Most of us trace the roots of our own personal identity back to our experience of being part of a family. The definition of what a family is can vary widely, but most family photography is anything but varied. We are used to the basic posing of a group, assembled and smiling like they never do in real life. This doesn’t offer much visual or emotional impact.

Free Download Brian J. McVeigh, "A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries"
English | ISBN: 1498520286 | 2016 | 244 pages | EPUB | 1190 KB
How have figures of speech configured new concepts of time, space, and mind throughout history? Brian J. McVeigh answers this question in A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries by exploring "meta-framing:" our ever-increasing capability to "step back" from the environment, search out its familiar features to explain the unfamiliar, and generate "as if" forms of knowledge and metaphors of location and vision. This book demonstrates how analogizing and abstracting have altered spatio-visual perceptions, expanding our introspective capabilities and allowing us to adapt to changing social circumstances.