Tag: Perspectives

Free Download Katie Masters, "Feminist and Anti-Psychiatry Perspectives on ‘Social Anxiety Disorder’: The Socially Anxious Woman"
English | ISBN: 3031487060 | 2024 | 265 pages | EPUB, PDF | 578 KB + 6 MB
This book conceptualises the diagnosis ‘Social Anxiety Disorder’ (SAD) in women as a rational response to life in postfeminist, neoliberal, twenty-first century Britain. By speaking to women with this diagnosis, and drawing on the author’s lived experience, it investigates the interplay between women’s social anxiety and Western culture. It argues that societal factors are implicated in women’s mental distress to a far greater extent than dominant (especially psychiatric) narratives would hold―narratives which, premised on individual pathology, often present a biologically reductionist and medicalised account. Through deploying a unique blend of feminism and anti-psychiatry, this book critiques the framework which exists around diagnosing and treating SAD, but without dismissing distress. Inspired by feminist critiques of other gendered psychiatric diagnoses, such as Anorexia Nervosa, it conceptualises ‘SAD’ in women as a ‘culture-bound syndrome’.

Free Download E-Content: Technologies and Perspectives for the European Market By Peter A. Bruck, Andrea Buchholz, Zeger Karssen, Ansgar Zerfass
2005 | 244 Pages | ISBN: 354025093X | PDF | 18 MB
Technologies develop rapidly and reach hurricane levels of velocity but quality E-Content and innovative applications lag behind. This book addresses the question how content industries change within a digital environment and what role information and communication technologies play in transforming the competitive landscape. The authors argue that post-industrial societies tend to pay substantial amounts for equipment and gadgets but invest far too little in the quality of the content. As a result, much effort is and has to be spent on the enhancement of E-Content. The contributions give an elaborate overview of:- the specifics, challenges and prospects of content in the network economy; – market developments of digital media services; – paid content business models; – impacts on scientific publishing; – developments in the field of E-Learning; – the interplay between technology and content with the example of interactive digital TV; – the mobile games market; – emerging new cross media markets; – the need to enhance the usability of websites and mobile applications; – how digital applications might be used to capture and store our personal experiences. A final chapter shows theprospects of the European E-Content marketand gives an overview of valuable initiatives and resources dealing with the topic of E-Content.

Free Download Gesche Joost, "Design as Research: Positions, Arguments, Perspectives "
English | ISBN: 3035609195 | 2016 | 240 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Gibt es Differenzen zwischen Designpraxis und Designforschungspraxis? Welche Allianzen zwischen Text und Artefakt sind auf der Suche nach neuem Wissen möglich? Wie werden Theorien und Methoden aus anderen Disziplinen durch die Designforschung übersetzt und transformiert? Begibt sich die Designforschung auf den Weg zu einer formalen Disziplin, und wäre dies überhaupt ein Gewinn?

Free Download Cultural Perspectives in a Global Marketplace: Proceedings of the 2010 Cultural Perspectives in Marketing Conference By Dheeraj Sharma (eds.)
2016 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 3319186957 | PDF | 5 MB
This volume includes the full proceedings from the 2010 Cultural Perspectives in Marketing Conference held in Lille, France with the theme Cultural Perspectives in a Global Marketplace. This volume presents papers on various topics including marketing management, marketing strategy, and consumer behavior.Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these events are published in this Proceedings series, which offers a comprehensive archive of volumes reflecting the evolution of the field. Volumes deliver cutting-edge research and insights, complimenting the Academy’s flagship journals, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science(JAMS) and AMS Review. Volumes are edited by leading scholars and practitioners across a wide range of subject areas in marketing science.

Free Download Tobias Marevesa, "Contemporary African Perspectives on the Bible"
English | ISBN: 3031541677 | 2024 | 427 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This volume explores current methodological developments in the interpretation of the Bible from an African perspective. Previous scholarship has explored the relevance of Eurocentric biblical interpretive methods to African experiences and contexts. This book furthers the discussion by examining the continuing importance of contextual Bible interpretation. Authors provide an evaluation of the work done by the precursors and predecessors interpreting the Bible from an African point of view, and then analyse the emerging challenges to interpreting the Bible in an ever-changing context. The volume is a comprehensive resource, providing new interpretations of the Bible in Africa, and addressing the contemporary questions of people in Africa and beyond.

Free Download Tobias Marevesa, "Contemporary African Perspectives on the Bible"
English | ISBN: 3031541677 | 2024 | 427 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This volume explores current methodological developments in the interpretation of the Bible from an African perspective. Previous scholarship has explored the relevance of Eurocentric biblical interpretive methods to African experiences and contexts. This book furthers the discussion by examining the continuing importance of contextual Bible interpretation. Authors provide an evaluation of the work done by the precursors and predecessors interpreting the Bible from an African point of view, and then analyse the emerging challenges to interpreting the Bible in an ever-changing context. The volume is a comprehensive resource, providing new interpretations of the Bible in Africa, and addressing the contemporary questions of people in Africa and beyond.

Free Download David Nelson, "Chernobyl (Perspectives on Modern World History)"
English | 2009 | pages: 231 | ISBN: 073774555X | PDF | 12,9 mb
Describes the events of what scientists accept as the worst nuclear disaster in history, with emphasis on the environmental effects on the immediate area and the world.

Free Download Agence Française de Développement, "Atlas of Africa: New Perspectives on the Continent"
English | ISBN: 1032039752 | 2022 | 138 pages | PDF | 144 MB
This innovative Atlas of Africa, by the Agence Française de Développement, offers comprehensive insights into contemporary Africa through the use of full-colour maps, charts, graphics and text which demonstrate and explain Africa’s growing importance in the world and its demographic, economic, social and environmental transformation, while also outlining the challenges that the continent faces.

Free Download Jacqueline H. Fewkes, "Anthropological Perspectives on the Religious Uses of Mobile Apps"
English | 2019 | pages: 252 | ISBN: 3030263789, 3030263754 | PDF | 2,7 mb
This edited volume deploys digital ethnography in varied contexts to explore the cultural roles of mobile apps that focus on religious practice and communities, as well as those used for religious purposes (whether or not they were originally developed for that purpose). Combining analyses of local contexts with insights and methods from the global subfield of digital anthropology, the contributors here recognize the complex ways that in-app and on-ground worlds interact in a wide range of communities and traditions. While some of the case studies emphasize the cultural significance of use in local contexts and relationships to pre-existing knowledge networks and/or non-digital relationships of power, others explore the globalizing and democratizing influences of mobile apps as communication technologies. From Catholic confession apps to Jewish Kaddish assistance apps and Muslim halal food apps, readers will see how religious-themed mobile apps create complex sites for potential new forms of religious expression, worship, discussion, and practices.

Free Download New Perspectives in Media Translation: Transcreation in the Digital Age
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031628314 | 345 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 12 MB
This edited book explores the practice of transcreation in a variety of contexts, from audiovisual material to digital and marketing material. Drawing on the latest developments in translation and media studies, the volume promotes an understanding of the transcreation process and the way it challenges the concept of translation (Chaume 2018) and impacts on training for translators, localizers and content creators. Chapters include both theoretical and experimental research contributions that investigate facets of transcreation in diverse media and genres and offer constructive insights in the discipline. This book covers the theoretical aspects and practices of transcreation in audiovisual and digital media and will appeal to scholars, researchers and professionals working in the fields of translation, especially audiovisual translation, transcreation, localization and new media.