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  • Rhythm and Vigilance

    Ethnographies of Surveillance and Time

    Edited by Vita Peacock, Mikkel Kenni Bruun, Claire Elisabeth Dungey, Matan Shapiro ...
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Studies of surveillance have emphasised how technology is used to control space. This innovative collection examines how new monitoring technologies are also affecting the experience of time.Drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s concept of rhythm, the book brings together ethnographic research from Europe, China and the US, to show how digital ... Read more

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    Norwegian Folk Tales

    by Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Moe ...
    Narrated by Ivan Busenius ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 45 min

    Norwegian Folk Tales is a collection of the best known and most beloved of these colorful tales first collected by Asbjørnsen & Moe in the 19th century.These stories all derive from an oral tradition, and they give an exciting insight in the views on society and moral codes of the time. Unlike tales in other countries and cultures, the Norwegian tales are less romantic, but much more realistic and ... Read more

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  • Ostia-by-the-Sea

    Society, Population, and Identities in Rome's Port

    by Christer Bruun ...
    Ostia, the Roman settlement founded at the mouth of the river Tiber, was the port of the imperial capital and one of the most important urban centers in the Mediterranean world during the last decades of the Roman Republic and the Early and High Empires. The town's role as a maritime mercantile hub explains why, in its heyday, it was Italy's largest town after the mighty Rome. Ostia is still ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • The cave dwellers of Southern Tunisia : Recollections of a sojourn with the Khalifa of Matmata

    by Daniel Bruun ...
    Welcome to the fascinating world of "The Cave Dwellers of Southern Tunisia: Recollections of a Sojourn with the Khalifa of Matmata" by Daniel Bruun, where ancient traditions meet modern exploration in this captivating account of life among the Berber people.Embark on a journey of discovery as Bruun takes you deep into the heart of Southern Tunisia, where the rugged landscape and rich cultural ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Towards an Anthropology of Psychology

    Ethnographic Studies of Psychological Healthcare

    Edited by Rebecca Hutten, Mikkel Kenni Bruun ...
    Anthropology and psychology share a long history of rivalry, collaboration, and mutual disregard. This volume reconsiders psychology as a field of anthropological enquiry. In doing so, it takes an ethnographic approach to psychology, examining psychotherapeutic practices and models of mental health at the heart of ‘psy’. Featuring ethnographic studies of psychological therapies, subjects, and ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Employment Relation

    Edited by Klaus Lörcher, Professor Niklas Bruun, Ana Teresa Ribeiro ...
    This book is the first comprehensive academic treatment of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and employment rights, which has a global vocation demonstrated by having been ratified by 173 States since it was adopted in 1966.Workers' rights need protection and reinforcement. To achieve this aim, international human rights standards can play an important ... Read more

    $178.19 USD

  • Better Public Transit Systems

    Analyzing Investments and Performance

    by Eric Christian Bruun ...
    Better Public Transit Systems is a complete primer for performance and investment analysis of public transportation. Whether you’re planning a major new public transit project, an extension or expansion of an existing system, or evaluating the needs of your current system, this book provides the tools you need to define your goals and objectives and conceive and analyse design alternatives. This ... Read more

    $224.99 USD

  • The Cave Dwellers of Southern Tunisia

    by Daniel Bruun ...
    Though the midday sun still shone bright and hot, I sat at my ease and breathed again in the pleasant atmosphere of a cool drawing-room, from which the stifling air and the flies were excluded by closely drawn blinds. I had just arrived from Tunis by rail, over the scorching hot plain, and past the milky-white shallow lagoon known as the Lake of Tunis. Beyond Goletta the blue hills seemed to ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Southern Anthropocenes

    Edited by Casper Bruun Jensen ...
    Series series CRESC
    This wide‑ranging volume addresses the changing landscape of problems, challenges, and possibilities that emerge once the macroscopic notion of the Anthropocene is replaced with Southern Anthropocenes. It envisions Southern Anthropocenes as an opening towards forms and ends of life that exceed—while remaining in partial relation with—modern socio‑economic horizons and the determinations of the geo ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Effective Enforcement of EU Labour Law

    Edited by Dr Zane Rasnaca, Dr Aristea Koukiadaki, Professor Niklas Bruun, Klaus Lörcher ...
    This book by the ETUI Transnational Trade Union Rights Expert Network analyses enforcement as a key element making EU labour law effective or ineffective.Enforcement is the key ingredient that makes rights effective and ensures compliance. It can make or break a legal system. Despite this, enforcement of EU labour law has received little scholarly attention in recent decades and has rarely been ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Can Science Be Witty?

    Science Communication Between Critique and Cabaret

    Edited by Marc-Denis Weitze, Wolfgang Chr. Goede, Wolfgang M. Heckl ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    "Can science be funny?" takes a close look at an element of modern science communication that is as innovative as it is promising for the future: comedy!Readers are guided through vividly presented academic theory as well as exciting hands-on and best practice examples from renowned practitioners and cabaret artists:- What do sheep's cheese and car tires have in common?- Can laughter break down ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Human Rights and Asian Values

    Contesting National Identities and Cultural Representations in Asia

    by Ole Bruun, Michael Jacobsen ...
    The Asian challenge to the universality of human rights has sparked off intense debate. This volume takes a clear stand for universal rights, both theoretically and empirically, by analysing social and political processes in a number of East and Southeast Asian countries. On the national arenas, Asian values are linked to the struggle between authoritarian and democratic forces, which both tend to ... Read more

    $84.99 USD