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Manifesto

Author : Bernardine Evaristo
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780241993637

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Manifesto by Bernardine Evaristo Pdf

'This honest, engaging memoir shares such gems . . . the perfect read for anyone who dreams big' The Times and Sunday Times, Books of the Year The powerful, urgent memoir and manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine Evaristo In 2019, Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since its inception fifty years earlier - a revolutionary landmark for Britain. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history. Manifesto is her intimate and fearless account of how she did it. From a childhood steeped in racism from neighbours, priests and even some white members of her own family, to discovering the arts through her local youth theatre; from stuffing her belongings into bin bags, always on the move between temporary homes, to exploring many romantic partners both toxic and loving, male and female, and eventually finding her soulmate; from setting up Britain's first theatre company for Black women in the eighties to growing into the trailblazing writer, theatre-maker, teacher, mentor and activist we see today - Bernardine charts her rebellion against the mainstream and her life-long commitment to community and creativity. And, through the prism of her extraordinary experiences, she offers vital insights into the nature of race, class, feminism, sexuality and ageing in modern Britain. Bernardine Evaristo's life story is a manifesto for courage, integrity, optimism, resourcefulness and tenacity. It's a manifesto for anyone who has ever stood on the margins, and anyone who wants to make their mark on history. It's a manifesto for being unstoppable. 'Raw and emotive . . . a powerful account of how Evaristo got to the top of her game - it's moving, but there's also much humour and joy' Independent 'Bernardine Evaristo is one of those writers who should be read by everyone, everywhere' Elif Shafak 'Bernardine Evaristo is one of Britain's best writers, an iconic and unique voice, filled with warmth, subtlety and humanity. Exceptional' Nikesh Shukla

We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere

Author : Gillian Anderson,Jennifer Nadel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781501126277

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We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere by Gillian Anderson,Jennifer Nadel Pdf

Explores how women can use psychological and spiritual tools to create a more fulfilling way of life and to attain happiness and freedom from the have-it-all superwoman culture.

Democratizing Our Data

Author : Julia Lane
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262542746

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Democratizing Our Data by Julia Lane Pdf

A wake-up call for America to create a new framework for democratizing data. Public data are foundational to our democratic system. People need consistently high-quality information from trustworthy sources. In the new economy, wealth is generated by access to data; government's job is to democratize the data playing field. Yet data produced by the American government are getting worse and costing more. In Democratizing Our Data, Julia Lane argues that good data are essential for democracy. Her book is a wake-up call to America to fix its broken public data system.

Women & Power: A Manifesto

Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781631494765

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Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard Pdf

New York Times Bestseller One of the Guardian's "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" — "A modern feminist classic." From the internationally acclaimed classicist and New York Times best-selling author comes this timely manifesto on women and power. At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial. As far back as Homer’s Odyssey, Beard shows, women have been prohibited from leadership roles in civic life, public speech being defined as inherently male. From Medusa to Philomela (whose tongue was cut out), from Hillary Clinton to Elizabeth Warren (who was told to sit down), Beard draws illuminating parallels between our cultural assumptions about women’s relationship to power—and how powerful women provide a necessary example for all women who must resist being vacuumed into a male template. With personal reflections on her own online experiences with sexism, Beard asks: If women aren’t perceived to be within the structure of power, isn’t it power itself we need to redefine? And how many more centuries should we be expected to wait?

Manifesto Now!

Author : Laura Cull,Will Daddario
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 1783200057

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Manifesto Now! by Laura Cull,Will Daddario Pdf

Manifesto Now! maps the current rebirth of the manifesto as it appears at the crossroads of philosophy, performance, and politics. While the manifesto has been central to histories of modernity and Modernism, the editors contend that its contemporary resurgence demands a renewed interrogation of its form, its content, and the uses. Featuring contributions from trailblazing artists, scholars, and activists currently working in the United States, the United Kingdom, Finland, and Norway, this volume will be indispensible to scholars across the disciplines. Filled with examples of manifestos and critical thinking about manifestos, it contains a wide variety of critical methodologies that students can analyze, deconstruct, and emulate.

The Manifesto for Teaching Online

Author : Sian Bayne,Peter Evans,Rory Ewins,Jeremy Knox,James Lamb
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780262539838

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The Manifesto for Teaching Online by Sian Bayne,Peter Evans,Rory Ewins,Jeremy Knox,James Lamb Pdf

An update to a provocative manifesto intended to serve as a platform for debate and as a resource and inspiration for those teaching in online environments. In 2011, a group of scholars associated with the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh released “The Manifesto for Teaching Online,” a series of provocative statements intended to articulate their pedagogical philosophy. In the original manifesto and a 2016 update, the authors counter both the “impoverished” vision of education being advanced by corporate and governmental edtech and higher education’s traditional view of online students and teachers as second-class citizens. The two versions of the manifesto were much discussed, shared, and debated. In this book, Siân Bayne, Peter Evans, Rory Ewins, Jeremy Knox, James Lamb, Hamish Macleod, Clara O'Shea, Jen Ross, Philippa Sheail and Christine Sinclair have expanded the text of the 2016 manifesto, revealing the sources and larger arguments behind the abbreviated provocations. The book groups the twenty-one statements (“Openness is neither neutral nor natural: it creates and depends on closures”; “Don’t succumb to campus envy: we are the campus”) into five thematic sections examining place and identity, politics and instrumentality, the primacy of text and the ethics of remixing, the way algorithms and analytics “recode” educational intent, and how surveillance culture can be resisted. Much like the original manifestos, this book is intended as a platform for debate, as a resource and inspiration for those teaching in online environments, and as a challenge to the techno-instrumentalism of current edtech approaches. In a teaching environment shaped by COVID-19, individuals and institutions will need to do some bold thinking in relation to resilience, access, teaching quality, and inclusion.

Nein

Author : Eric Jarosinski
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781487000295

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Nein by Eric Jarosinski Pdf

Nein. A Manifesto is the brainchild of Eric Jarosinski, the self-described “failed intellectual” behind @NeinQuarterly, a “Compendium of Utopian Negation” that uses the aphoristic potential of Twitter to plumb the existential abyss of modern life — and finds it bottomless. Nein is not no. Nein is not yes. Nein is nein. Nein believes in nothing. Militantly. Nein does not take questions. Nein regrets to inform you. Nein is not style. Nein is not syntax. Nein does not thank you for shopping. Nein is not the medium. Nein is not the message. Nein says no. To a yes. That is a no. Nein closes its eyes to your surveillance state. Your dating profile. Your dreams. And hears the sea. Stridently hopeless and charmingly dour, Nein. A Manifesto is an irreverent philosophical investigation into the everyday that sounds the call to rediscover its strangeness. Inspired by the aphorisms of Nietzsche, Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno, Jarosinski’s epigrammatic style reinvents short-form philosophy for a world doomed to distraction. As tenets of a rather unorthodox manifesto, Jarosinski’s four-line compositions seek to illuminate our most urgent questions. And the least. The result is a compelling and thought-provoking translation of digital into print. Theory into praxis. And tragedy into farce.

The History Manifesto

Author : Jo Guldi,David Armitage
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781316165256

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The History Manifesto by Jo Guldi,David Armitage Pdf

How should historians speak truth to power – and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history – especially long-term history – so essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our conflicted present? The History Manifesto is a call to arms to historians and everyone interested in the role of history in contemporary society. Leading historians Jo Guldi and David Armitage identify a recent shift back to longer-term narratives, following many decades of increasing specialisation, which they argue is vital for the future of historical scholarship and how it is communicated. This provocative and thoughtful book makes an important intervention in the debate about the role of history and the humanities in a digital age. It will provoke discussion among policymakers, activists and entrepreneurs as well as ordinary listeners, viewers, readers, students and teachers. This title is also available as Open Access.

The Beaver Manifesto

Author : Glynnis Hood
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781926855585

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The Beaver Manifesto by Glynnis Hood Pdf

Beavers are the great comeback story--a keystone species that survived ice ages, major droughts, the fur trade, urbanization and near extinction. Their ability to create and maintain aquatic habitats has endeared them to conservationists, but puts the beavers at odds with urban and industrial expansion. These conflicts reflect a dichotomy within our national identity. We place environment and our concept of wilderness as a key touchstone for promotion and celebration, while devoting significant financial and personal resources to combating "the beaver problem." We need to rethink our approach to environmental conflict in general, and our approach to species-specific conflicts in particular. Our history often celebrates our integration of environment into our identity, but our actions often reveal an exploitation of environment and celebration of its subjugation. Why the conflict with the beaver? It is one of the few species that refuses to play by our rules and continues to modify environments to meet its own needs and the betterment of so many other species, while at the same time showing humans that complete dominion over nature is not necessarily achievable.

You Are Not a Gadget

Author : Jaron Lanier
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780307593146

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You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier Pdf

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A programmer, musician, and father of virtual reality technology, Jaron Lanier was a pioneer in digital media, and among the first to predict the revolutionary changes it would bring to our commerce and culture. Now, with the Web influencing virtually every aspect of our lives, he offers this provocative critique of how digital design is shaping society, for better and for worse. Informed by Lanier’s experience and expertise as a computer scientist, You Are Not a Gadget discusses the technical and cultural problems that have unwittingly risen from programming choices—such as the nature of user identity—that were “locked-in” at the birth of digital media and considers what a future based on current design philosophies will bring. With the proliferation of social networks, cloud-based data storage systems, and Web 2.0 designs that elevate the “wisdom” of mobs and computer algorithms over the intelligence and wisdom of individuals, his message has never been more urgent.

The Revolution

Author : Ron Paul
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780446540353

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The Revolution by Ron Paul Pdf

This Much Is True: You Have Been Lied To. The government is expanding. Taxes are increasing. More senseless wars are being planned. Inflation is ballooning. Our basic freedoms are disappearing. The Founding Fathers didn't want any of this. In fact, they said so quite clearly in the Constitution of the United States of America. Unfortunately, that beautiful, ingenious, and revolutionary document is being ignored more and more in Washington. If we are to enjoy peace, freedom, and prosperity once again, we absolutely must return to the principles upon which America was founded. But finally, there is hope . . . In The Revolution, Texas congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul has exposed the core truths behind everything threatening America, from the real reasons behind the collapse of the dollar and the looming financial crisis, to terrorism and the loss of our precious civil liberties. In this book, Ron Paul provides answers to questions that few even dare to ask. Despite a media blackout, this septuagenarian physician-turned-congressman sparked a movement that has attracted a legion of young, dedicated, enthusiastic supporters . . . a phenomenon that has amazed veteran political observers and made more than one political rival envious. Candidates across America are already running as "Ron Paul Republicans." "Dr. Paul cured my apathy," says a popular campaign sign. The Revolution may cure yours as well.

The Misfit's Manifesto

Author : Lidia Yuknavitch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781501120060

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The Misfit's Manifesto by Lidia Yuknavitch Pdf

The author explores the status of being a misfit as something to be embraced, and social misfits as being individuals of value who have a place in society, in a work that encourages people who have had difficulty finding their way to pursue their goals.

A Manifesto for Mental Health

Author : Peter Kinderman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030243869

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A Manifesto for Mental Health by Peter Kinderman Pdf

A Manifesto for Mental Health presents a radically new and distinctive outlook that critically examines the dominant ‘disease-model’ of mental health care. Incorporating the latest findings from both biological neuroscience and research into the social determinants of psychological problems, Peter Kinderman offers a contemporary, biopsychosocial, alternative. He warns that the way we care for people with mental health problems is creating a hidden human rights emergency and he proposes a new vision for the future of health organisations across the globe. The book highlights persuasive evidence that our mental health and wellbeing depend largely on the society in which we live, on the things happen to us, and on how we learn to make sense of and respond to those events. Kinderman proposes a rejection of invalid diagnostic labels, practical help rather than medication, and a recognition that distress is usually an understandable human response to life's challenges. Offering a serious critique of establishment thinking, A Manifesto for Mental Health provides a well-crafted demonstration of how, with scientific rigour and empathy, a revolution in mental health care is not only highly desirable, it is also entirely achievable.

A Manifesto for Social Progress

Author : Marc Fleurbaey,Olivier Bouin,Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic,Ravi Kanbur,Helga Nowotny,Elisa Reis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108424783

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A Manifesto for Social Progress by Marc Fleurbaey,Olivier Bouin,Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic,Ravi Kanbur,Helga Nowotny,Elisa Reis Pdf

Outlines how to rethink society's economic, political, and social institutions and actions to take to build better societies.

Manifesto for a Moral Revolution

Author : Jacqueline Novogratz
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789389104462

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Manifesto for a Moral Revolution by Jacqueline Novogratz Pdf

Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book of the Year Award In 2001, when Jacqueline Novogratz founded Acumen, a global community of socially and environmentally responsible partners dedicated to changing the way the world tackles poverty, few had heard of impact investing – Acumen’s practice of “doing well by doing good.” Nineteen years later, there’s been a seismic shift in how corporate boards and other stakeholders evaluate businesses: impact investment is not only morally defensible but now also economically advantageous, even necessary. Still, it isn’t easy to reach a success that includes profits as well as mutually favorable relationships with workers and the communities in which they live. So how can today’s leaders, who often kick off their enterprises with high hopes and short timetables, navigate the challenges of poverty and war, of egos and impatience, which have stymied generations of investors who came before? Drawing on inspiring stories from change-makers around the world and on memories of her own most difficult experiences, Jacqueline divulges the most common leadership mistakes and the mind-sets needed to rise above them. The culmination of thirty years of work developing sustainable solutions for the problems of the poor, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution offers the perspectives necessary for all those – whether ascending the corporate ladder or bringing solar light to rural villages – who seek to leave this world better off than they found it.