Intersections :history, memory, discipline

“A wonderfully rich, insightful and personally touching collection of essays by the Pacific region’s most prolific and engaging historian. Brij Lal writes eloquently and poetically about his professional and political journeys, and the many different people and worlds he has encountered on the way. Readers will be inspired by this collective account of a courageous life committed to the ach…

The Boundaries Of Democracy :A Theory of Inclusion

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9781003359807

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viii, 155p

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Urban Food Sharing :Rules, tools and networks

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the history and current practice of food sharing. Illustrated by rich case studies from around the world, the book uses new empirical data to set an agenda for research and action. The book will be an important resource for researchers, policy makers and sharing innovators to explore the impacts and sustainability potential of suc…

Fishing for fairness :poverty, morality and marine resource regulation in the…

Fishing for Fairness develops an explicitly cultural perspective on environmental politics in the Philippines by analysing the responses of fishers to marine resource regulations. In the resource frontier of the Calamianes Islands, fishing, conservation and tourism provide the context where competing visions of how to engage with marine resources are played out. The book draws on data from ethn…

Dilemmas of development :the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold m…

The Porgera gold mine in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea is technically one of the most sophisticated and successful mines of recent times. In its second year of operations (1992) it was the third largest gold producing mine in the world. Socially, though, the mine has brought a range of massive changes for the local Ipili community-both positive and negative. Dilemmas of Development is a …

The Conflict of the Faculties:Perspectives on Artistic Research and Academia

Artistic research is an endeavour in which the artistic and the academic are connected. In this emerging field of research artistic practices contribute as research to what we know and understand, and academia opens its mind to forms of knowledge and understanding that are entwined with artistic practices. Henk Borgdorff also addresses how we comment on such issues, and how the things we say ca…

Social cost-benefit analysis in Australia and New Zealand :the state of curre…

All is not well with the evaluation of government programs and projects. Resources available to any society are limited. If governments are to increase the well-being of their citizens, they must be able to select and implement the socially most beneficial projects and policies. But many government agencies lack the expertise to carry out a cost-benefit analysis, or even to commission one…

Connected & disconnected in Viet Nam :remaking social relations in a post-soc…

Vietnam’s shift to a market-based society has brought about profound realignments in its people’s relations with each other. As the nation continues its retreat from the legacies of war and socialism, significant social rifts have emerged that divide citizens by class, region and ethnicity. By drawing on social connections as a traditional resource, Vietnamese are able to accumulate wealth,…

Security, Loyalty, and Science

Both sides of a sensitive problem are assessed by Professor Gellhorn in this penetrating analysis of national security and its effect upon scientific progress. The costs and advantages of secrecy in certain areas of science and the conflict between national safety and individual rights in the administration of our federal loyalty program are presented; all the arguments are objectively weighed.…

Passage of change :law, society, and governance in the Pacific

Numerous issues face Pacific states trying to find their way in the early 21st century. Countries are striving to secure the benefits of modernisation. Governance, law and order are needed to reach such a goal, but development cannot be at the price of culture or the environment. The question of how to develop and maintain sound legal systems and legal rules whilst maintaining the unique cultur…

Trade policy and gender equality

With a range of interdisciplinary contributions and national and regional case studies, this collection offers a systematic, up-to-date evaluation of the debate relating to international trade law, policy, and gender equality. It analyses recent trade negotiations and agreements through a gender lens. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core

Tokens and social life in Roman imperial Italy

This is a unique and accessible introduction to an underutilised source, Roman tokens, with a focus on those found in Imperial Italy. It explains how tokens can illuminate all kinds of issues such as identity, entertainment, euergetism, imperial ideology, festivals, material culture and everyday life

Decolonizing the English literary curriculum

An international team of leading scholars illustrate the necessity and advantages of reforming the English Literary Curriculum from specific decolonial perspectives in this book, using evidence-based arguments from classroom contexts, as well as establishing new critical agendas

A Bridge Between Spanish Benedictine Missionary Women in Australia

This sensitive account of Spanish Benedictine women at an Aboriginal mission in Western Australia is poignant and disturbing. Notable for its ecumenical spirit, depth of research and deep engagement with the subject, A Bridge Between is a model of how religious history, in its broader bearings, can be written. — Graeme Davison, Monash University With great insight and care, A Bridge Betwe…

Koko si cokelat lezat

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9786023220274

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iv, 48 p.: ill.; 23 cm

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Yuk memanen jagung

Kalian pernah makan sup jagung, bubur jagung, es krim jagung, atau sarapan nan lezat corn flake yang dicampur susu? ternyata penganan lezat itu hanya sebagian dari aneka jenis olahan dari jagung. Masih banyak penganan lainnya, yang selain lezat ternyata menyehatkan bagi tubuh, termasuk nasi jagung juga, lho Kali ini, Pak Ino bersama Tia, Ami, dan Dita mengajak kalian untuk mengenal lebih dekat …

Hangusnya ladang paman

Lihatlah ladang Paman, hangus habis terbakar! Paman sangat sedih karena akhir-akhir ini sering gagal panen. Peristiwa banjir makin sering terjadi. Demikian pula dengan musim kemarau, cenderung lebih Panjang dan lebih terik. Musim seolah tertukar waktu. Yang biasanya sudah musim hujan, kini masih kemarau. Akibatnya ladang paman beberapa kali mengalami puso. Perubahan musim itu tidak hanya terjad…

Hanyutnya sekolah kami

Bayangkanlah kalau suatu saat desamu terkena banjir atau longsor. Pasti banyak temanmu yang kehilangan tempat tinggal, harus pindah sekolah, atau ternak dan sawahnya musnah. Memang akan ada banyak kerugian yang timbul bila banjir dan longsor datang. Apalagi, bencana alam seperti itu bisa datang kapan saja tanpa ada tanda terlebih dahulu. Itulah yang dialami Pak Guru Kani saat masih anak-anak. D…

Blockchain and crypt currency :building a high quality marketplace for crypt …

This open access book contributes to the creation of a cyber ecosystem supported by blockchain technology in which technology and people can coexist in harmony. Blockchains have shown that trusted records, or ledgers, of permanent data can be stored on the Internet in a decentralized manner. The decentralization of the recording process is expected to significantly economize the cost of transac…

Global voices in higher education

Traveling from Zimbabwe to New Zealand and on to Ghana and the United States, the voices of higher education are presented in a way only scholars from these regions can fully articulate and understand. The changing world of higher education challenges all of those involved in very unique ways. In Global Voices in Higher Education, scholars from 10 different countries share their work, describin…