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Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries, and the governments of the Gulf states launched megaprojects. This reader serves as a guide for anyone interested in the foundations, structures and growth of these art scenes. It also functions as an anthology of what is now considered established in the Arab world, with contributions covering all aspects of the subjectboth from across the region and from a Western perspective.

Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries, and the governments of the Gulf states launched megaprojects. This reader serves as a guide for anyone interested in the foundations, structures and growth of these art scenes. It also functions as an anthology of what is now considered established in the Arab world, with contributions covering all aspects of the subjectboth from across the region and from a Western perspective.

Leonore Mau traveled for almost two decades with the writer Hubert Fichte to research Afrodiasporic religions. Her photographs remained largely unpublished. They present us with challenges: What does it mean to look at them todayafter debates about representation and the treatment of artistic ethnographic photographs? As a case study, A Year and A Day focuses on Maus pictures taken in Haiti in the 1970s during the Duvalier dictatorship. The title refers to the cosmology of Vodou, according to which souls live under water for a year and a day before rebirth. Artists and scientists delve deeper into the historical background and shed light on Haiti in the 1970s, the relationship between Germany and Haiti, the photography of rituals, and the ethics of taking picture and looking.Leonore Mau (19162013) began taking photographs in Hamburg in the 1950s. From the 1960s she lived and traveled with the writer Hubert Fichte (19351986).

Marshall McLuhan, a pioneering media theorist, explored how media shape perception, society, and culture. His concepts, like the medium is the message and the global village, emphasize media as extensions of human senses that profoundly influence communication and social structures. He analyzed transitions from oral to print culture and the impact of electronic media on thought and interaction. This volume seeks global contributions applying McLuhans theories to AI, digital media, knowledge, creativity, and body-mind relations in todays networked world.In this volume, edited by Lars C. Grabbe, Andrew McLuhan and Tobias Held, scholars from diverse fieldsmedia theory, philosophy, sociology, art, game studies, and moreare examining McLuhans enduring relevance in analyzing contemporary technological and cultural transformations.

Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB Honorable MentionGenuine Compassion, Expert UnderstandingExplore the New Edition of Understanding Gender DysphoriaFew topics spark more debate today than gender identity, fueling intense discussions across social, political, and cultural spheres. Complex issues like gender dysphoria are often oversimplified into slogans and sound bites, overlooking the lived experiences of those affected and making understanding even more difficult in an increasingly divided discourse.Mark Yarhouse, an expert in sexual identity and therapy, challenges the church to rise above the political hostilities and listen to peoples stories. In Understanding Gender Dysphoria, Yarhouse combines Biblical principles and scholarly research to offer a Christian perspective on transgender issues that eschews simplistic answers and appreciates both psychological and theological complexity. The result is a book that engages the latest research while remaining pastorally sensitive to the experiences of each person.In this updated edition, youll find updated sources and references, language that reflects the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR), and new content on more recent trends, including rising numbers of young people identifying as transgender and non-binary. If you are a pastor, counselor, or someone simply seeking to better understand individuals navigating questions of gender identity, now is the time to act with compassion and courage. Understanding Gender Dysphoria is an essential guide for those who wish to approach this topic with empathy and informed insight. Order your copy today and answer the call to come alongside those on the margins as they resolve their questions and concerns about gender identity.About the SeriesChristian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

Are we destined to merge with the machines weve created? What if the Singularity the moment of merger already happened? How would we know?The King and the Swarm argues that we already have. We did so via an always-on and increasingly omnipresent mesh of digital sensing points that spans the world, and of which you almost certainly have one in your pocket. The global transformation this has wrought reaches far beyond economics, reshaping politics, culture, sex, family, and even consciousness itself.

This engaging work blends wisdom and drama, at times reading like a telenovela and others like a detective chronicle. June Carolyn Erlick, Harvard UniversityIn the 1970s and 80s, while ABC, NBC, and CBS were battling for every screen in America, a Mexican family, together with a shrewd American operator, was quietly building the foundations of a media empire. Facing television magnates like Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch, they achieved the unthinkable: to break into the ruthless competitive world of U.S. media. Later, forced out of the market by political and corporate interests, they formed an alliance as improbable as it was strategic, with none other than the former talent agent of Ronald Reagan, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marlon Brando.This book unravels the personal intrigues, hidden tensions, power plays, and cultural twists behind the media empire now known as Univision, and reveals how its programming including telenovelas, soccer, news, and musicdefined an identity and won over an audience that grew at the same pace as the network.A fascinating tale of ambition, risk, and the dream of giving a voice to millions of Hispanics in the United States, Live from America tells the story of how Spanish-language television forever changed the countrys media landscape.

United in Grace, Beyond DebateConversations about abortion often center on the question: Are you pro-life or pro-choice? But what if thats the wrong question? Drawing upon the life and teachings of Jesus, Becoming ProGrace invites Christians to ask new questions, such as: What if conversations about abortion didnt have to feel so tense, divided, or dehumanizing? What does it mean to affirm the image of God in every person involved? How do we navigate tension we may feel when our deepest Christian values seem to conflict? What would it take for Christian communities to become spaces of empathy, listening, and grace? Including insights and personal stories from Christians of diverse denominational backgrounds and political perspectives, Becoming ProGrace articulates a uniquely Christian response to abortion that calls us to take on the character of Christ rather than trying to change others, offering a much-needed message of hope for our divided world.Jesus led with grace. As we reimagine our approach to the abortion conversation, so can we.

Online und offline sicher und gesundElternsein gleicht heute oft einem Kampf gegen Windmuhlen. Die digitale Ubermacht durchdringt jeden Lebensbereich unserer Kinder und fuhrt zu einer zunehmenden Abhangigkeit von sozialen Medien und wachsenden psychischen Problemen. Nur wie kann ein gesunder und ausgewogener Umgang mit den modernen Technologien gelingen? In diesem pragnanten Handbuch zeigt die renommierte Psycholgin Jean Twenge, wie Eltern die Gefahren der digitalen Welt minimieren und ihren Kindern zugleich wichtige Lebenskompetenzen mit auf den Weg geben, um sie auf ein selbstbestimmtes Erwachsenenleben vorzubereiten.

Freya Indias writing is compassionate, gripping, and deeply psychological Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious GenerationComing of age has always been a time of angst and inner turmoil, especially for girls. But today girls have to contend with those worries in a world of AR filters, TikTok plastic surgeons, dating apps, hook up culture, online porn, modern sex-positivity, profit-driven online therapy apps, direct-to-door medication and even fully customisable AI girlfriends. All personalised by algorithms to play on their innermost fears and insecurities. It is an onslaught of advertising, it is on portable platforms designed to be maximally addictive, and it is far beyond what any previous generation of girls have ever faced.Girls teases out and traces both technological and cultural shifts in the last decadefrom social media to shifting family structures, waning religious attachment and the collapse of communal spaces. And Girls exposes the sinister and rapid intensification and ruthless commercialisation of the inner lives of girls and young women which leads to the loss of their authentic selvesa loss that corporations are all too ready to exploit.Girls is a personal journey and intimate portrait of girls today, in all their mystery and torment: one that captures the soul of the most complex and misunderstood generation so far, and that empowers them to see their lives through a different lens.

Alfie the Albatross embarks on his first soaring adventures over the Arctic, discovering the exhilaration and freedom of flight while learning to read and trust the playful, powerful currents of the wind. As he loops, dives, and glides over ice floes, glaciers, and sparkling waters, he observes the intricate beauty of the frozen landscape and the life it sustains, from curious seals to graceful narwhals. Each gust and thermal becomes a teacher, guiding him in patience, balance, and courage, and transforming the Arctic from a vast, intimidating expanse into a living, welcoming companion. Through these experiences, Alfie realizes that flying is not just movementit is a dialogue with the sky, a dance with the winds, and the beginning of a lifelong journey of exploration, discovery, and connection with the natural world.

In a world where curiosity and friendship bloom beneath sun-dappled leaves and candy-colored skies, Wendy the Wolf embarks on a heartfelt journey through the forest, discovering the quiet magic hidden in every rustling leaf and shimmering stream. Her wanderings lead her to breathtaking meadows, whispering brooks, and radiant clearings where butterflies, birds, and forest creatures remind her of the wonder that surrounds her every day. As she dreams beneath the stars of new places yet to explore, her spirit of adventure echoes into another enchanted realmthe Magical Mint Meadow, where friends like Benny, Tilly, Oscar, Milo, Clara, and Lila fill the air with laughter, glitter, and sweetness. Together, they dance beneath twilight skies, their joy painting the world with light and friendship. By nightfall, as starlight mingles with sugar sparkles, Wendy and her friends learn that every journeywhether through forest paths or candy fieldsis made truly magical by the friends who share it and the dreams that guide them forward.

The new ruling elite in the west the ultra-wealthy tech magnates, financial wizards and corporate bosses that wield enormous power over us embrace extremely progressive political ideas. What explains this apparent paradox?In this scintillating critique of these new radical plutocrats, conservative commentator Ed West argues that the luxury beliefs of the new Brahmin caste are perfectly consistent with their accumulation of ever greater wealth. Ultra-liberalism, with its inherent bias towards valorising autonomy, freedom, and cosmopolitanism, is a creed that inherently benefits the rich. Examining how this new elite allies itself with both younger, poorer knowledge workers and immigrants against the more culturally conservative working classes, he argues that the rise of identity politics allows the wealthy to pose as social justice warriors in a way that poses no threat to their own privilege and power.A must-read for both conservatives and traditional leftists, Brahmins is a razor-sharp diagnosis of a culture that is combining the worst element of capitalism and progressivism.

Una respuesta frente a las tendencias parciales y reaccionarias que recurren al pasado para justificar la desigualdad.¿Y si la historia que nos contaron estaba incompleta? Bajo los cimientos de nuestras sociedades laten siglos de un desequilibrio milenario. La raiz del poder es un viaje revelador a traves del tiempo, desde las primeras civilizaciones hasta hoy, para comprender las profundas raices de la desigualdad entre hombres y mujeres. A partir del Neolitico, la autora examina mitos fundacionales, codigos, tradiciones, leyes, religiones y relatos que aun resuenan. Desde Lilith hasta la interpretacion cristiana, desde las leyes romanas hasta la educacion de nuestras abuelas o hijas, desde la tutela y las vestales hasta las noticias mas recientes que desvelan aun viejos patrones que nacieron hace miles de años.La raiz del poder es tambien una respuesta frente a las tendencias parciales y reaccionarias que usan el pasado clasico para justificar el sexismo o el racismo. Un libro para quienes buscan respuestas, pero tambien para quienes desean ser parte del cambio. Desde la documentacion historica y la narrativa humanista, esta obra es una brujula esencial para comprender por que la igualdad real es todavia un desafio y una deuda historica.

An evocative and inspiring exploration of the lives of women who refuse to be tied indoors by domesticity. The Hard Way is a powerful manifesto for women who long to walk alone - and safely - in the countryside Dr Sharon Blackie, author of If Women Rose Rooted Why is it radical for women to walk alone in the countryside, when men have been doing so for centuries? The Hard Way is a powerful and illuminating book about addressing this imbalance, reclaiming fearlessness and diving into the history of the landscape from a womans point of view.Setting off to follow the oldest paths in England, the Ridgeway and the Harrow Way, Susannah Walker comes across artillery fire, concern from passing policemen and her own innate fear of lone figures in the distance: a landscape shaped by men, from prehistoric earthworks to todays army bases.But along the way, Susannah finds Edwardian feminists, rebellious widows, forgotten writers and artists, as well as all their anonymous sisters who stayed at home throughout history. They become her companions over 135 miles of walking, revealing how much, or how little, has changed for women now.

Nesta obra fundadora da ciência política moderna, escrita em 1513, o filósofo florentino Nicolau Maquiavel elabora um dos mais contundentes tratados sobre como governar. Embora à sua época Maquiavel

Desde la perspectiva de la izquierda crítica que no deja de crecer en la Cuba actual, el sociólogo cubano Frank García Hernández encara una obra monumental y necesaria: historiar la Revolución cubana desde el levantamiento que le dio origen hasta la actualidad. Lejos de la hagiografia y de la diatriba antirrevolucionaria, este libro permite recorrer las diferentes etapas, procesos, marchas y contramarchas de la Cuba socialista. La Revolucion cubana es un mito y, se sabe, los mitos no se avienen a ser historiados. Garcia Hernandez, formado en la Cuba revolucionaria, logra taladrar esa estructura mitica y desarma creencias arraigadas. Con numerosas fuentes, muchas de ellas ineditas, censuradas o poco conocidas fuera de la isla, indaga temas sensibles como la adscripcion comunista del primer Fidel Castro, los motivos del alejamiento del gobierno revolucionario del Che Guevara, las causas de la radicalizacion politica ininterrumpida del castrismo o la historia detras de la Reforma Agraria. ¿Como vivio Cuba el fin de la Union Sovietica? ¿Como sobrevivio al "Periodo Especial"? ¿En que momento Cuba comenzo a seguir el modelo chino? ¿Se encamina la isla hacia un capitalismo amparado en simbolos socialistas? Este ensayo reconstruye como la Revolucion cubana promesa de libertad y socialismo desemboco en la crisis politica que sacude hoy a la isla, sin borrar su camino heroico. Es imprescindible para comprender la verdadera complejidad historica de Cuba y sus revoluciones, con profundidad y compromiso intelectual.

Are we seeing history repeat itself?An urgent, surprising and altogether persuasive read, Repeat: A Warning from History will open your eyes.We live in an age that seems eerily familiar. A time of dictators, populists, organised lying, European wars, grabs for territory, ideological extremism and antisemitism. A time when things are falling apart and the centre is struggling to hold. The insurrection on the Capitol in January 2021 evoked chilling memories of the calamity of Hitler in the 1920s and 30s. The world needs to learn the lessons of these decades, and fast. Dennis Glover retells the story of the interwar years in a series of lessons drawn from unfolding events and the unheeded omens of those who spoke out but were ignored.

La sexualidad es parte fundamental de la vida humana. Y, sin embargo, cuando se trata de personas con diversidad funcional, los estigmas, la invisibilidad y el paternalismo siguen marcando el relato. Las mismas caricias, los mismos besos nace para desmontar mitos, abrir espacios de reflexion y reivindicar el derecho universal al amor, el placer, la ternura y la autonomia.Coordinado por la Fundacion SIFU, el libro recoge historias en primera persona, experiencias de profesionales del ambito sociosanitario y propuestas que invitan a cambiar la mirada sobre la discapacidad. Una obra valiente y emotiva, que interpela tanto a especialistas como al gran publico, y que nos recuerda que no hay un unico modo de amar, ni de desear, ni de vivir el cuerpo.

In this bold and intimate semi-autobiographical novel, La Maison, Emma Becker transports the reader behind the closed doors of a Berlin brothel, where she worked for two years not only to earn a living, but to immerse herself in a world she wanted to understand and to write about with unflinching honesty. What emerges is a deeply personal, unsentimental, and often surprising account of life inside the brothel, where Becker explores not just the physical aspects of sex work, but the emotional, psychological, and social complexities that shape it.With frankness and literary insight, she recounts her encounters with clients, her growing self-awareness, and, most poignantly, the friendships and solidarity she finds among the other women who work there. Far from reducing sex work to cliche or voyeurism, Becker gives space to the quiet routines, shared laughter, private pain, and hard-won dignity of a profession often misunderstood and rarely written about from the inside.Part memoir, part sociological study, and wholly literary, La Maison challenges preconceptions about sex, agency, and femininity, offering a provocative and compassionate exploration of what it means to inhabit multiple identitiesas worker, writer, woman, and witness.