Alternative Voices

Author : Imtiaz Hasnain
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443849982

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Alternative Voices by Imtiaz Hasnain Pdf

This edited volume presents Alternative Voices in the contexts of present-day and historical globalisation, the emergence of the knowledge society, increased global-local or glocal migration flows, the explosion of social media, and disparate regional growth that have both impacted and shaped the sociocultural fabric of geopolitical spaces across the world. The volume builds upon twenty-seven contributions that focus upon issues related to language, culture and identity from a multidisciplinary nexus of historical, philosophical and empirically-based traditions. Positioned in post-colonial emic heritage, the research presented here challenges the “monolingual (including monocultural) bias” and the “linguacentric bias” in the Language Sciences. This volume is an important contribution in terms of analyzing and demonstrating issues related to the complexity of culture and language, and their links with social, political, economic forces, particularly the tensions related to glocal identity positions that are evoked and played out in geopolitically heterogeneous spaces. Given its multidisciplinary nature, this volume presents individual comprehensive accounts of complexities that have been poorly understood and inadequately covered in the existing literature – both in Southern and Northern contexts.

Author : Oliver Freiberger,Magnus Echtler,Afe Adogame
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647540177

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Alternative Voices by Oliver Freiberger,Magnus Echtler,Afe Adogame Pdf

When scholarship presents the histories, belief systems, and ritual patterns of specific religious groups, it often privileges victorious and élite fractions of those communities to the detriment and neglect of alternative, dissonant, and resurgent voices. The contributions in this volume, which include case studies on various religious and academic contexts, illustrate the importance of listening to those alternative voices for the study of religion.

Author : Joan Elias Gore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135485153

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Dominant Beliefs and Alternative Voices by Joan Elias Gore Pdf

This book examines why study abroad is a marginal activity in American higher education and evaluates the role gender has played in the development and maintenance of this marginality.

Author : Norshahril Saat,Azhar Ibrahim
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814843812

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Alternative Voices in Muslim Southeast Asia by Norshahril Saat,Azhar Ibrahim Pdf

According to some observers, Southeast Asian Islam is undergoing a conservative turn. This means voices that champion humanist, progressive or moderate ideas are located on the fringes of society. Is this assessment accurate for a region that used to be known for promoting the “smiling face of Islam”? Alternative Voices in Muslim Southeast Asia examines the challenges facing progressive voices in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore today. It examines their discourses, which delve into how multiculturalism and secularism are the way forward for the diverse societies of these three countries. Moreover, it analyses the avenues employed by these voices in articulating their views amidst the dominance of state and quasi-state religious officials who seek to restrict and discipline them. Contributors to the volume include scholars, activists and observers, some of whom are victims of repression and discrimination. While most of the chapters cover developments of the last decade, some of them go back to the previous century, capturing the emergence of modernist thinkers influenced by parallel movements in the Middle East and the wider region. Others respond to recent developments concerning Islam and Muslims in the three countries: the Pakatan Harapan coalition victory in the 2018 Malaysian election, the re-election of Joko Widodo as Indonesia’s president in 2019, and recent religious rulings passed in Singapore. Readers should come not only to reflect on the struggles faced by this group but also to appreciate the humanist traditions essential for the development of the societies of these countries in the midst of change.

Author : Tony Harcup
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780415521864

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Alternative Journalism, Alternative Voices by Tony Harcup Pdf

Bringing together new and classic work by Tony Harcup, this book considers the development of alternative journalism from the 1970s up until today. Bringing theory and practice together, Harcup builds an understanding of alternative media through the use of detailed case studies and surveys. Including opinions of journalists who have worked in both mainstream and alternative media, he considers the motivations, practices and roles of alternative journalism as well as delving into ethical considerations. Moving from the history of alternative journalism, Harcup considers the recent spread of 'citizen journalism' and the use of social media, and asks what the role of alternative journalism is today.

Author : William L. Rivers,Everette E. Dennis
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781412844116

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Other Voices by William L. Rivers,Everette E. Dennis Pdf

Conflicting journalistic voices that were raised in the past have become such a jumble that merely identifying them is difficult. Dennis and Rivers define, categorize, present, and examine the voices that contributed to what became known as "the new media" environment in the 1970s. This new journalism came about as a result of dissatisfaction with existing values and standards of the early 1960s style of journalism. The authors are comprehensive in their concerns, as reflected in the national scope presented. They cover developments in the major cities, on both coasts, in the Middle West and South—in every major region of the United States. Most of the research required travel and interviews; all of it required reading almost endlessly and watching the video productions of journalists who built the structure of alternative television. Dennis and Rivers offer a representative view of forms and media, as well as the people who fashioned the new orientation. The authors claim that the wrangling over objective and interpretative reporting misses the main point, which is that neither is in close touch with reality. The best objective report may cover all surfaces of an event, the best interpretative report may explain all its meanings, but both are bloodless, a world away from the experience. Color, flavor, atmosphere, the ultimate human meaning—all these, the new journalists contend, are far beyond the reach of traditional models of journalism. This is one of the central reasons for the emergence of different forms and practices in our time. This volume will help younger scholars understand the sources of quasi-journalistic practices extant today, including blogging and electronic-only publications.

Author : Gideon Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134524068

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Civil Society and Democratic Theory by Gideon Baker Pdf

This book introduces radically alternative models of civil society that have been developed outside the liberal democratic frame of reference, models which suggest that civil society does offer new and non-statist democratic possibilities. Drawing on a wide range of civil society theory-practice from Eastern Europe and Latin America (including the Zapatistas in Mexico), and from visions of global civil society too, this book is uniquely positioned to consider the questions posed by these alternative voices for democratic theory and practice. * Are there alternatives to the liberal democratic vision of civil society? * Is a democracy located in civil society rather than the state either possible or desirable? * How and why has the concept of civil society come to be used so widely today? * Can global civil society further the struggle for democracy initiated by national civil societies?

Author : John Close
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781450050746

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Different Voices by John Close Pdf

this a kind of travelogue of where my thoughts have been, a window opened, if you will, in hope that some look in and recognize resemblances, be they vague or clear, to places they have journeyed to in joy or hope or fear.

Author : Elizabeth Van Acker
Publisher : Macmillan Education AU
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0732953952

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Different Voices by Elizabeth Van Acker Pdf

Author : John Potter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000-04-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521627095

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The Cambridge Companion to Singing by John Potter Pdf

Ranging from medieval music to Madonna and beyond, this book covers in detail the many aspects of the voice.

Author : István Anhalt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015007930533

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Alternative Voices by István Anhalt Pdf

Author : Sheila Perry,Marie Cross
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1855673940

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Voices of France by Sheila Perry,Marie Cross Pdf

Comprising 15 contributions, this volume explores the many expressions of French culture, from the effects of opinion polls on democracy and oral histories to the expression of specific socio- cultural groups in French society. Avenues of communication explored include self-expression or collectively shared myths and metaphors; visual, linguistic or textual media including women's filmmaking and the rise of hip-hop and ragga in France; and political participation and practice, ranging from discussions about homelessness to the re-creating of collective identities in urban France. Distributed by Books International. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Carol Gilligan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0674445449

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In a Different Voice by Carol Gilligan Pdf

This is the little book that started a revolution, making women's voices heard, in their own right and with their own integrity, for virtually the first time in social scientific theorizing about women. Its impact was immediate and continues to this day, in the academic world and beyond. Translated into sixteen languages, with more than 700,000 copies sold around the world, In a Different Voice has inspired new research, new educational initiatives, and political debate—and helped many women and men to see themselves and each other in a different light.Carol Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently and systematically misunderstood women—their motives, their moral commitments, the course of their psychological growth, and their special view of what is important in life. Here she sets out to correct psychology's misperceptions and refocus its view of female personality. The result is truly a tour de force, which may well reshape much of what psychology now has to say about female experience.

Author : Janet L. Miller
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1990-07-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781438413129

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Creating Spaces and Finding Voices by Janet L. Miller Pdf

This book follows the shared journey of five classroom teachers and a university professor as they together examine the possibilities and dilemmas of collaborative inquiry and teacher empowerment. Teachers' voices, in spite of their similarities and differences, still are not heard in the clamor for educational reform, nor are they recognized on the national agendas for research on teacher education. Miller and her colleagues articulate and question the contexts and assumptions that influence and frame teaching practice as they explore the contraints and the possibilities of defining and thus empowering teachers as teacher-researchers. Here the multiple and changing voices of teachers are clearly heard, and Miller shares their experiences, their frustrations, their hopes, and their issues. By grounding these concerns within the particularities of their teaching, Miller and her colleagues explore concrete situations in which they challenge and support one another. Through these stories of collaborative efforts, others are invited to join together in the continuous process of creating those spaces in which all teachers' voices may be acknowledged and valued.

Author : Catriona Elder,Keith Moore
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443838214

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New Voices, New Visions by Catriona Elder,Keith Moore Pdf

New Voices, New Visions brings together a collection of papers that engage with the ideas of nation, identity and place. The title New Voices, New Visions harks back to earlier scholarship that endeavoured to explore these issues. It therefore makes links between old and new stories of Australian identity, tracing the continuities, shifts and changes in how Australia is imagined. The collection is deliberately interdisciplinary, gathering work by historians, literary and film scholars, communication and cultural theorists, political scientists and sociologists. This mixed perspectives enables the reader to trace ideas, concepts and theories across a range of disciplines and understand the distinctive ways in which different disciplines engage with ideas of nation, space and Australian identity. The book is written in an engaging and accessible manner, making it an excellent text for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of Australian Studies. It will be especially useful for the growing number of students living outside Australia who engage with Australian literature and culture. The book provides a range of topics that introduces students to key issues and concepts. It also situates these ideas in historical context. New Voices, New Visions engages with key contemporary issues in everyday Australian life: environment and climate change, immigration, consumerism, travel and cities. It explores these various topics by considering case studies, both contemporary and historical. For example the issue of attitudes to Asia are analysed through art; the topic of national symbols through the case of the crocodile; approaches to immigration via a popular reality television programme. The contributors to this book comprise some of the foremost Australian scholars as well as emerging scholars. This combination ensures a depth of knowledge but also a vibrancy. The editors are experienced scholars whose knowledge of the field is broad and they have brought a coherence to the material ensuring a strong narrative for the reader.