A Fictional Commons

Author : Michael K. Bourdaghs
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781478021926

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A Fictional Commons by Michael K. Bourdaghs Pdf

Modernity arrived in Japan, as elsewhere, through new forms of ownership. In A Fictional Commons, Michael K. Bourdaghs explores how the literary and theoretical works of Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916), widely celebrated as Japan's greatest modern novelist, exploited the contradictions and ambiguities that haunted this new system. Many of his works feature narratives about inheritance, thievery, and the struggle to obtain or preserve material wealth while also imagining alternative ways of owning and sharing. For Sōseki, literature was a means for thinking through—and beyond—private property. Bourdaghs puts Sōseki into dialogue with thinkers from his own era (including William James and Mizuno Rentarō, author of Japan’s first copyright law) and discusses how his work anticipates such theorists as Karatani Kōjin and Franco Moretti. As Bourdaghs shows, Sōseki both appropriated and rejected concepts of ownership and subjectivity in ways that theorized literature as a critical response to the emergence of global capitalism.

Author : Toshiko Kikkawa,Willy Christian Kriz,Junkichi Sugiura
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-23
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789811903489

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Gaming as a Cultural Commons by Toshiko Kikkawa,Willy Christian Kriz,Junkichi Sugiura Pdf

This book focuses on relatively neglected areas of simulation and gaming (S&G), i.e., cultural aspects and ethical issues, in addition to giving readers a basic knowledge of S&G. Although the educational effects of S&G, and related methods such as gamification, as well as serious games have been studied and are gaining recognition, their downsides are often overlooked. For example, there is always a risk of manipulation by games if maliciously designed and facilitated. Ethical codes of game designers, facilitators, and educators must be established on the basis of academic research. Considerations of the ethics of games are essential not only for S&G researchers and educators but also for the general public, because games have sometimes been used for propaganda purposes in the past and could be again, in the present and future. Looking at the cultural aspect, as the S&G community has accumulated research over 50 years, the book includes the knowledge of the pioneers, i.e., archival interview data. This is the first book that includes extensive interviews of researchers and commercial game designers and critics. It also contains diverse topics from the perspective of gender and Japanese culture. Japan has been attracting attention in the field of board games as there are many independent game designers and an expanding market. Although women in S&G have gained some recognition, the topic has been rather ignored and was first officially discussed in 2019 at the international conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association held in Warsaw. In summary, by focusing on comparatively overlooked or neglected aspects of S&G, this book expands future opportunities in the field for researchers and educators, with increased awareness by the general public.

Author : Ash Amin,Philip Howell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317375371

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Releasing the Commons by Ash Amin,Philip Howell Pdf

This book moves beyond seeing the commons in the past tense, an entity passed over from the public into the private, to reimagine the commons as a process, a contest of force, a reconstitution, and a site of convening practices. It highlights new spaces of gathering opening up, such as the digital commons, and new practices of being in common, such as community economies and solidarity networks. The commons is seen as a contested domain of the collective and as a changing way of being in common, with the balance poised in the tensile play between political economy and social innovation. The book focuses on the possibility of recovering a future in which more can be held by the many, focusing on three concepts: nation and nature as a commons, publics and rights, and bodies, concerning the management of lives and livelihoods. Across these three passage points, the book finds evidence of a commons under attack but also defended in fragile though promising ways. With contributions from leading scholars, this thought provoking book will be of great interest to students and scholars in geography, environmental studies, politics, anthropology, and cultural studies.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555094263

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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Wuteh Vakunta
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789956551521

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Tragedy of the Commons by Wuteh Vakunta Pdf

"Vakuntas Tragedy of the Commons is a seminal piece of fictional writing that delves into the crevices of contemporary society. Divided into thematic realms, this book of poems is an awakening call for humanity to waken from slumber and pay heed to seemingly trivial issues of our times. The poet skillfully weaves into poetic form existential matters that human beings tend to gloss over. Readers will be at ease with the commonplace lexical choices that seem to be the poets stock-in-trade." - Dr. Peter Ngwafu Ajongwa, Albany State University

Author : Sir Francis Burdett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1811
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018410303

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Speech of Sir Francis Burdett ... delivered in the House of Commons on the 28th March, 1811, upon a motion of Lord Folkestone, to examine into the practice of exofficio informations, filed by the Attorney-General, in cases of libel, etc by Sir Francis Burdett Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Bills, Legislative
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106505712

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Parliamentary Papers by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Sir Henry William Peek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Commons
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062006486

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Six Essays on Commons Preservation by Sir Henry William Peek Pdf

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1322 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Canada
ISBN : STANFORD:36105027996904

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Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee Appointed to Inspect the Lords Journals
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1794
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021955877

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Report from the Committee of the House of Commons, Appointed to Inspect the Lords Journals, in Relation to Their Proceeding on the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esquire, and to Report what They Find Therein to the House ... by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee Appointed to Inspect the Lords Journals Pdf

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Canada
ISBN : CORNELL:31924112669498

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Journals of the House of Commons of Canada by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1328 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Canada
ISBN : NYPL:33433014110757

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Official Report of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Canada
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU06702139

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Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Heather Menzies
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781550925586

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Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good by Heather Menzies Pdf

Commoning was a way of life for most of our ancestors. In Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good, author Heather Menzies journeys to her roots in the Scottish Highlands, where her family lived in direct relation with the land since before recorded time. Beginning with an intimate account of unearthing the heritage of the commons and the real tragedy of its loss, Menzies offers a detailed description of the self-organizing, self-governing, and self-informing principles of this nearly forgotten way of life, including its spiritual practices and traditions. She then identifies pivotal commons practices that could be usefully revived today. A final "manifesto" section pulls these facets together into a unified vision for reclaiming the commons, drawing a number of current popular initiatives into the commoning frame, such as local food security, permaculture, and the Occupy Movement. An engaging memoir of personal and political discovery, Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good combines moving reflections on our common heritage with a contemporary call to action, individually and collectively; locally and globally. Readers will be inspired by the book's vision of reviving the commons ethos of empathy and mutual respect, and energized by her practical suggestions for connection people and place for the common good. Heather Menzies is an award-winning writer and scholar and member of the Order of Canada. She is the author of nine books, including Whose Brave New World? and No Time.

Author : Dimitris Papadopoulos
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781478002321

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Experimental Practice by Dimitris Papadopoulos Pdf

In Experimental Practice Dimitris Papadopoulos explores the potential for building new forms of political and social movements through the reconfiguration of the material conditions of existence. Rather than targeting existing institutions in demands for social justice, Papadopoulos calls for the creation of alternative ontologies of everyday life that would transform the meanings of politics and justice. Inextricably linked to technoscience, these “alterontologies”—which Papadopoulos examines in a variety of contexts, from AIDS activism and the financialization of life to hacker communities and neuroscience—form the basis of ways of life that would embrace the more-than-social interdependence of the human and nonhuman worlds. Speaking to a matrix of concerns about politics and justice, social movements, matter and ontology, everyday practice, technoscience, the production of knowledge, and the human and nonhuman, Papadopoulos suggests that the development of alterontologies would create more efficacious political and social organizing.