Engaged Observer

Author : Victoria Sanford,Asale Angel-Ajani
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813538921

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Engaged Observer by Victoria Sanford,Asale Angel-Ajani Pdf

"Anthropology has long been associated with an ethos of "engagement." The field's core methods and practices involve long-term interpersonal contact between researchers and their study participants, giving major research topics in the field a distinctively human face. The fact that these interactions frequently cross social parameters, including class, race, ethnicity, and gender, raises important questions. Can research findings be authentic and objective? Are anthropologists able to use their data to aid the participants of their study, and is that aid always welcome? In this book, authors bring together an international array of scholars who have been embedded in some of the most conflict-ridden and dangerous zones in the world to reflect on the role and responsibility of anthropological inquiry. They explore issues of truth and objectivity, the role of the academic, the politics of memory, and the impact of race, gender, and social position on the research process. Through ethnographic case studies, they offer models for conducting engaged research and illustrate the contradictions and challenges of doing so".--BOOKJACKET.

Author : Laurie H. Reyes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Interaction analysis in education
ISBN : WISC:89109681262

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Classroom Processes Observer Manual by Laurie H. Reyes Pdf

Author : Alexander Laban Hinton
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780813550688

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Transitional Justice by Alexander Laban Hinton Pdf

"The origins of this project date back to a 2007 symposium, 'Local justice : global mechanisms and local meanings in the aftermath of mass atrocity, ' held at Rutgers University--Newark [N.J.] ... Several participants later presented papers in a session at the July 2007 meeting of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, which was held in Bosnia and Herzegovina."--Acknowledgments.

Author : Christa Craven
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-22
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781439902219

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Pushing for Midwives by Christa Craven Pdf

A history of the re-emergence of midwifery in America.

Author : Brett Abbott
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781606060223

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Engaged Observers by Brett Abbott Pdf

A critical survey of nine documentary photographers who were at the cutting edge of this form of journalism during the second half of the 20th century, 'Engaged Observers' shows how since the sixties photographers such as Leonard Freed & Susan Meiselas have challenged the conventional objectivity of the newsroom.

Author : Donna Tedesco,Fiona Tranquada
Publisher : Newnes
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780124047143

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The Moderator's Survival Guide by Donna Tedesco,Fiona Tranquada Pdf

The Moderator's Survival Guide is your indispensable resource for navigating the rocky shoals of your one-on-one user research sessions. Inside, you’ll find guidance for nearly 100 diverse situations (ranging from business-as-usual to tricky and sticky) that might occur during usability studies, contextual inquiries, or user interviews. As a moderator, you are responsible for the well-being of the participant, your study, and your organization. You must be prepared for anything that may happen, from your technology failing to the participant quailing. Use this guide to identify your best next steps, react appropriately, and survive any challenges that comes your way. Practical, field-tested, and actionable tips for what to do and say—and what NOT to do or say—in each situation. Key patterns and extensive examples to sharpen your approach to the commonplace and prepare you for the unlikely. Illustrative "survival stories" contributed by numerous professionals on the front lines of user research.

Author : Les H. Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317401810

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Design Readiness for Landscape Architects by Les H. Smith Pdf

Demands on landscape architecture students’ time are many and varied – when is there a chance to just sketch, and is it worth dedicating your time to the pursuit of drawing? This book shows how in short bursts you can build up your design skills using quick, relaxed sketches, which form the basis for full projects and studio work. This book will provide you with your own image library – sources of inspiration, guidance, and short-cuts to future designs. A variety of paths leading to design discovery, based upon experimental sketching methods, are discussed, demonstrated, and then put into action with valuable exercises. These exercises focus your sketching, giving hints and tips on what to look for, how to capture the essence of the object or location, and how to become a natural in the art of speedy visual communication. Real-life examples of the author’s built-works as a landscape architect show how professionals use these techniques in their own design creations. Design Readiness for Landscape Architects presents enjoyable and thought-stirring essays and drawing-based exercises to help students grow more facile and agile in their service as architects of the land, whether using tablets, paints, or pens and pencils.

Author : Melissa Ho,Thomas Crow,Erica Levin,Mignon Nixon,Martha Rosler,Smithsonian American Art Museum
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691191188

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Artists Respond by Melissa Ho,Thomas Crow,Erica Levin,Mignon Nixon,Martha Rosler,Smithsonian American Art Museum Pdf

How the Vietnam War changed American art By the late 1960s, the United States was in a pitched conflict in Vietnam, against a foreign enemy, and at home—between Americans for and against the war and the status quo. This powerful book showcases how American artists responded to the war, spanning the period from Lyndon B. Johnson’s fateful decision to deploy U.S. Marines to South Vietnam in 1965 to the fall of Saigon ten years later. Artists Respond brings together works by many of the most visionary and provocative artists of the period, including Asco, Chris Burden, Judy Chicago, Corita Kent, Leon Golub, David Hammons, Yoko Ono, and Nancy Spero. It explores how the moral urgency of the Vietnam War galvanized American artists in unprecedented ways, challenging them to reimagine the purpose and uses of art and compelling them to become politically engaged on other fronts, such as feminism and civil rights. The book presents an era in which artists struggled to synthesize the turbulent times and participated in a process of free and open questioning inherent to American civic life. Beautifully illustrated, Artists Respond features a broad range of art, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, performance and body art, installation, documentary cinema and photography, and conceptualism. Published in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum Exhibition Schedule Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC March 15–August 18, 2019 Minneapolis Institute of Art September 28, 2019–January 5, 2020

Author : Heather McKenzie,John Quintner,Gillian Bendelow
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004399228

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At the Edge of Being: The Aporia of Pain by Heather McKenzie,John Quintner,Gillian Bendelow Pdf

Author : Todd D. Whitmore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567684202

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Imitating Christ in Magwi by Todd D. Whitmore Pdf

Imitating Christ in Magwi: An Anthropological Theology achieves two things. First, focusing on indigenous Roman Catholics in northern Uganda and South Sudan, it is a detailed ethnography of how a community sustains hope in the midst of one of the most brutal wars in recent memory, that between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. Whitmore finds that the belief that the spirit of Jesus Christ can enter into a person through such devotions as the Adoration of the Eucharist gave people the wherewithal to carry out striking works of mercy during the conflict, and, like Jesus of Nazareth, to risk their lives in the process. Traditional devotion leveraged radical witness. Second, Gospel Mimesis is a call for theology itself to be a practice of imitating Christ. Such practice requires both living among people on the far margins of society – Whitmore carried out his fieldwork in Internally Displaced Persons camps – and articulating a theology that foregrounds the daily, if extraordinary, lives of people. Here, ethnography is not an add-on to theological concepts; rather, ethnography is a way of doing theology, and includes what anthropologists call “thick description” of lives of faith. Unlike theology that draws only upon abstract concepts, what Whitmore calls “anthropological theology” is consonant with the fact that God did indeed become human. It may well involve risk to one's own life – Whitmore had to leave Uganda for three years after writing an article critical of the President – but that is what imitatio Christi sometimes requires.

Author : Paul Ricoeur
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509534524

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Philosophy, Ethics, and Politics by Paul Ricoeur Pdf

In this series of interviews and dialogues which took place between 1981 and 2003, Paul Ricoeur addresses some of the central questions of political philosophy and ethics: justice, violence, war, the environmental crisis, the question of evil, ethical and political action in the polis. Philosophical issues are brought to bear on present-day concerns and the practical realities of contemporary politics. How can the philosopher speak about politics without claiming superior insight or a higher order of knowledge? Ricoeur distinguishes three levels of society: ‘tools’ (modes of production and the accumulation of technology), ‘institutions’ (which are tied to national cultures) and ‘values’ (which claim to be universal). The philosopher’s task is to probe each of these levels and open up spaces for reflection, criticism and democratic deliberation. It is to explore the paradoxes of the political rather than invoking certainties dictated by conscience. Just as there no longer exists a grand narrative about the past, so too there is no longer any utopia capable of projecting the desired future. What remains is human creativity, which marks the source common to the institutional frameworks that are already present and the horizons that extend beyond them. The philosopher’s engagement lies in the promise to revive this source at the very moment it appears to dry up under the weight of the real. This volume of interviews and dialogues with one of the most important French philosophers of the post-war period will be of interest to anyone interested in the great political and ethical questions of our time.

Author : Michael Hutson,Adam Ward
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780191655616

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Oxford Textbook of Musculoskeletal Medicine by Michael Hutson,Adam Ward Pdf

Musculoskeletal medicine is now recognised as a distinct branch of medicine, incorporating the sub-specialities of manual medicine, orthopaedic medicine, and the neuromusculoskeletal component of osteopathic medicine. The editors of this volume have been active in promoting the discipline worldwide, and this new edition is the ideal reference for doctors and therapists wishing to expand and improve their skill base, or to further their careers and academic accomplishments, to the benefit of the patient. With contributions from international experts, Oxford Textbook of Musculoskeletal Medicine 2e is an authoritative account of the basis of musculoskeletal medicine in contemporary medical society. It provides the reader with advanced knowledge of the conceptual basis, diagnostic challenge, and pragmatic management of the neuromusculoskeletal system. Now with almost 500 illustrations, this is a practical, easy-to-read text with a clinical focus. New chapters cover the latest evidence on efficacy and effectiveness of management strategies, the provision of services, and the latest developments in musculoskeletal ultrasound, making this new edition a comprehensive reference on musculoskeletal medicine. This print edition of The Oxford Textbook of Musculoskeletal Medicine comes with a year's access to the online version on Oxford Medicine Online. By activating your unique access code, you can read and annotate the full text online, follow links from the references to primary research materials, and view, enlarge and download all the figures and tables.

Author : Corey Schultz,Cecília Mello
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000986235

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Chinese Film in the Twenty-First Century by Corey Schultz,Cecília Mello Pdf

This book examines Chinese film in the twenty-first century. Organized around the themes "movements," "genres," and "intermedia," it reflects on how Chinese cinema has changed, adapted, and evolved over past decades and prognosticates as to its future trajectories. It considers how established film genres in China have adapted and transformed themselves, and discusses current shifts in documentary filmmaking, the ethos and practices of "grassroots intellectual" independent filmmakers, and the adaption of foreign film genres to serve the ideological and political needs of the present. It also explores how film is drawing on the socio-historical and political contexts of the past to create new cinematic discourses and the ways film is providing a voice to previously marginalised ethnic groups. In addition, the book analyses the influences of past aesthetic traditions on the creative and artistic expressions of twenty-first-century films and cinema’s relation to other media forms, including folktales, moving image installations, architecture, and painting. Throughout, the book assesses how Chinese films have been conceptualized, examined, and communicated domestically and abroad and emphasizes the importance of new directions in Chinese film, thus highlighting the plurality, vitality, and hybridity of Chinese cinema in the twenty-first century.

Author : Aileen M. Kelly
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674969414

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The Discovery of Chance by Aileen M. Kelly Pdf

The intellectual Alexander Herzen was as famous in his day as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Aileen Kelly presents the first fully rounded study of the farsighted genius whom Isaiah Berlin called the forerunner of much twentieth-century thought. For Herzen, history, like Darwinian nature, was an improvisation both constrained and encouraged by chance.

Author : Peter Wallace Alward
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780773540385

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Empty Revelations by Peter Wallace Alward Pdf

A rich and engaging investigation into the nature of literary fiction.