Описание: The book explores the journey of 10 international students to better understand their experiences at a U.S. educational institution and how they constructed and revealed these experiences in this particular socio-academic space. The study features a series of three interviews during the semester that the participants were enrolled in a mainstream first-year writing course; their stories not only capture their experiences but reveal inspiring stories that “give voice” to students outside the dominant cultural and linguistic community.This study raises questions about how to support international students:In what ways can it inform our practices and policies relative to the internationalization of education and the development of global perspectives and competencies?What does it reveal that could impact daily instruction of L2 writing, particularly when it comes to international students’ need to meet the expectations of “university-level writing” in U.S. institutions of higher education?On an individual level, what can we learn from these students and about ourselves as a result of our interactions?
Описание: The Latin American space sector is currently undergoing a phase of rapid and dynamic expansion, with new actors entering the field and with space applications increasingly used to support the continent`s social, economic, and political development.
Описание: The Latin American space sector is currently undergoing a phase of rapid and dynamic expansion, with new actors entering the field and with space applications increasingly used to support the continent`s social, economic, and political development.
Описание: This book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be, used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union`s Agenda 2063.
Описание: This book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be, used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union`s Agenda 2063.
Описание: This book may seem a simple accumulation of twenty-one public space projects in eight Latin American cities. On closer inspection, the presentation of project descriptions, photographs, and annotated drawings reflects a concern to analytically explain the operative aspects at work. The publication is not intended to serve only as a catalogue, guide, or manual on how to produce public space in spontaneous settlements. Rather, it goes beyond the aims of an index of best practices. It is intended, instead, as an empirical base for a critical and theoretical engagement with the problematic of development, social inclusion, public investment, (in)formal settlement, civil society and the public sphere. The publication achieves its final function at this third level, by providing a compelling argument to expand the agency of architects and urban designers and creatively find ways of justifying, financing, and building public spaces in communities --spaces that have a catalytic effectiveness in achieving significant urban and social transformation. This book was awarded by a Graham Foundation Grant and CAF Development Bank of Latin America. FEATURED CASE STUDIES: CONSERVATION 72 Linear parks along the Estero Salado - Guayaquil, Ecuador 80 National Park Babil.nia and Chap.u Mangueira - R.o de Janeiro, Brasil 88 Urban agriculture along the Rimac River - Lima, Peru WASTE MANAGEMENT 96 Moravia Ecological Park - Medellin, Colombia 104 Plaza La Cruz, La Palomera - Caracas, Venezuela RISKMANAGEMENT 112 El Guasmo Beach, floodable park - Guayaquil, Ecuador 120 Safety plazas in Santa Mar.a El Triunfo - Lima, Peru 128 Recovery of the Juan Bobo Creek - Medellin, Colombia INFRASTRUCTURE 136 Northeast metrocable parks Comuna 1, La Popular - Medell.n, Colombia 144 Barrio Las Independencias escalators and walkways - Medellin, Colombia 152 Funicular in Dona Marta - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 160 Complexo do Alem.o - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 168 Ecotecnia Urbana Miravalle - Mexico City, Mexico PAVEMENT, PATHS AND THE SPACE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS 176 Pavement, paths and stairs Cerro Santo Doming and Cerro Toro - Valpara.so, Chile 184 Cerro Santa Ana urban rehabilitation - Guayaquil, Ecuador 192 Fernando Botero Library - Medellin, Colombia 200 Moravia Cultural Center - Medellin, Colombia 208 Espa.o Crian.a and community programs - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 216 Plaza in Villa Tranquila - Buenos Aires, Argentina ACTIVITY 224 Casa Kolacho Comuna 13 - Medellin, Colombia 232 AfroReggae Cultural Center - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 240 Alto Per. - Lima, Peru 248 El Calvario Puertas Abiertas - Caracas, Venezuela
Описание: This peer-reviewed book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union`s Agenda 2063.
The question of why countries give aid and assistance to other countries has long been a topic of debate- is it altruism, or selfishness? The assumption is sometimes made that donors from developing countries might be more motivated by altruism than 'traditional' western donors. This book demonstrates that on the contrary, the provision of development assistance can be used to serve national interests, allowing so-called 'emerging' donors to gain soft power in the international sphere by improving their image and global influence.
Technical cooperation, or the transfer of knowledge, is an area of particular interest, as it can enable donors to position themselves as a global leader in a given field, with a unique set of skills and expertise in a knowledge area. This book uses the Brazilian case to demonstrate how a country such as Brazil can seek power and influence by providing no-strings-attached technical assistance. The empirical analysis unpicks the motivations behind development assistance, and how it can be used as a foreign policy tool. In doing so, the book sheds light upon the similarities and variations in the provision of technical cooperation as a foreign policy tool by China, India, and Brazil. This book will be of interest to researchers of International Development, South-South Cooperation, International Relations, and those working on Brazil specifically.
Автор: Brian Hamnett Название: The End of Iberian Rule on the American Continent, 1770-1830 ISBN: 1316626636 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316626634 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this work, Brian R. Hamnett examines the crisis of the Iberian empires on the American continent during the independence era. The End of Iberian Rule on the American Continent, 1770-1830 encompasses both the Pacific and Andean dimensions of South America, differentiating it from other traditional perspectives on the Atlantic Revolutions.
Описание: This book follows the historical trail by which humanity has determined the shape and internal structure of the Earth. It is a story that bears on aspects of the history of science, the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. At the heart of the narrative is the important philosophical practice of performing thought experiments — that is, the art of considering an idealized experiment in the mind. This powerful technique has been used by all the great historical practitioners of science and mathematics, and this book looks specifically at the long history of considering what would happen if an object could be dropped into a tunnel that cuts all the way through the Earth's interior. Indeed, the story begins with a historical whodunit, tracing back through the historical literature the origins of what is now a classic, textbook problem in simple harmonic motion.
Автор: Gareth Sears, Peter Keegan, Ray Laurence Название: Written Space in the Latin West, 200 BC to AD 300 ISBN: 1474217087 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474217088 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume explores the creation of ‘written spaces' through the accretion of monumental inscriptions and non-official graffiti in the Latin-speaking West between c.200 BC and AD 300. The shift to an epigraphic culture demonstrates new mentalities regarding the use of language, the relationship between local elites and the population, and between local elites and the imperial power. The creation of both official and non-official inscriptions is one of the most recognisable facets of the Roman city. The chapters of this book consider why urban populations created these written spaces and how these spaces in turn affected those urban civilisations. They also examine how these inscriptions interacted to create written spaces that could inculcate a sense of ‘Roman-ness' into urban populations whilst also acting as a means of differentiating communities from each other. The volume includes new approaches to the study of political entities, social institutions, graffiti and painting, and the differing trajectories of written spaces in the cities of Roman Africa, Italy, Spain and Gaul.
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