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The Staircase of Life
The Story of the Origin and Evolution of Life and Humankind
2023 || Paperback || Gerard Alexander Willighagen || NOBIS
Even though we are all different in our own ways, we all have an underlying thread in common: our evolution, our history.
However, only roughly 0.0001 % of the Earth’s whole history has been occupied by human beings with behaviorally contemporary traits. We are, in fact, right at the start of everything. Yet, in order to survive even for such a short period of time, a seemingly unending line of fortunate events was necessary.
But what were these fortunate events? How did Homo sapiens get he...
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Absent Presences in the Colonial Archive
Dealing with the Berlin Sound Archive's Acoustic Legacies
2022 || Paperback || Irene Hilden || Leuven University Press
The Berlin Sound Archive (Lautarchiv) consists of an extensive collection of sound recordings, compiled for scientific purposes in the first half of the 20th century. Recorded on shellac are stories and songs, personal testimonies and poems, glossaries and numbers. This book engages with the archive by consistently focusing on the colonial conditions under which the recordings were produced.
With a firm commitment to postcolonial scholarship, Absent Presences in the Colonial Archive is a hist...
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What's Become of Cultural Studies?
2023 || Paperback || Turner || SAGE
A superb overview of cultural studies written by a world class authority this book explores where cultural studies has come from, the methodological and theoretical challenges it faces today and sets an agenda for its future development.
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Cultures and Globalization: Cultural Expression, Creativity and Innovation
2022 || Paperback || Anheier || SAGE
The third of three edited texts in the Cultures and Globalization series, boasting a truly international set of contributors.
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Anthropologists Wanted
Why Organizations Need Anthropology
2021 || Paperback || Laurens Bakker e.a. || Amsterdam University Press || met inkijkexemplaar
In 'Anthropologists Wanted. Why Organizations Need Anthropology' the authors present a broad and inspiring survey of anthropologists in the job market. What in fact is anthropology? What skills do anthropologists have? Where do they work? How do they add value in the workplace, according to the people who hire them? And how can anthropologists showcase their qualities to employers? The book contains unique insights for anyone who plans to study, is studying, or has studied anthropology. And f...