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Decolonizing the Lens of Power

Indigenous Films in North America

By: Kerstin Knopf

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Decolonizing the Lens of Power

Indigenous Films in North America

By: Kerstin Knopf

This is the first book that comprehensively examines Indigenous filmmaking in North America, as it analyzes in detail a variety of representative films by Canadian and US-American Indigenous filmmakers: two films that contextualize the oral tradition, three short films, and four dramatic films. The book explores how members of colonized groups use the medium of film as a means for cultural and political expression and thus enter the dominant colonial film discourse and create an answering discourse. The theoretical framework is developed as an interdisciplinary approach, combining postcolonialism, Indigenous studies, and film studies. As Indigenous people are gradually taking control over the imagemaking process in the area of film and video, they cease being studied and described objects and become subjects who create self-controlled images of Indigenous cultures. The book explores the translatability of Indigenous oral tradition into film, touching upon the changes the cultural knowledge is subject to in this process, including statements of Indigenous filmmakers on this issue. It also asks whether or not there is a definite Indigenous film practice and whether filmmakers tend to dissociate their work from dominant classical filmmaking, adapt to it, or create new film forms and styles through converging classical film conventions and their conscious violation. This approach presupposes that Indigenous filmmakers are constantly in some state of reaction to Western ethnographic filmmaking and to classical narrative filmmaking and its epitome, the Hollywood narrative cinema. The films analyzed are The Road Allowance People by Maria Campbell, Itam Hakim, Hopiit by Victor Masayesva, Talker by Lloyd Martell, Tenacity and Smoke Signals by Chris Eyre, Overweight With Crooked Teeth and Honey Moccasin by Shelley Niro, Big Bear by Gil Cardinal, and Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner by Zacharias Kunuk.

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9042025433

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Aboriginal Canada Revisited

By: Kerstin Knopf

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Aboriginal Canada Revisited

By: Kerstin Knopf

Exploring a variety of topics—including health, politics, education, art, literature, media, and film—Aboriginal Canada Revisited draws a portrait of the current political and cultural position of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. While lauding improvements made in the past decades, the contributors draw attention to the systemic problems that continue to marginalize Aboriginal people within Canadian society. From the Introduction: “[This collection helps] to highlight areas where the colonial legacy still takes its toll, to acknowledge the manifold ways of Aboriginal cultural expression, and to demonstrate where Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people are starting to find common ground.” Contributors include Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars from Europe and Canada, including Marlene Atleo, University of Manitoba; Mansell Griffin, Nisga’a Village of Gitwinksihlkw, British Columbia; Robert Harding, University College of the Fraser Valley; Tricia Logan, University of Manitoba; Steffi Retzlaff, McMaster University; Siobhán Smith, University of British Columbia; Barbara Walberg, Confederation College.

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University of Ottawa Press

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0776617761

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Letters From Berlin

A Story of War, Survival, and the Redeeming Power of Love and Friendship

By: Kerstin Lieff

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Letters From Berlin

A Story of War, Survival, and the Redeeming Power of Love and Friendship

By: Kerstin Lieff

When Margarete Dos moved with her family to Berlin on the eve of World War II, she and her younger brother were blindly ushered into a generation of Hitler Youth. Like countless citizens under Hitler’s regime, Margarete struggled to understand what was happening to her country. Later, as a nurse for the German Red Cross, she treated countless young soldiers—recruited in the eleventh hour to fight a losing battle—they would die before her eyes as Allied bombs racked her beloved city. Yet, her deep humanity, intelligence, and passion for life—which sparkles in every sentence of her memoir—carried Margarete through to war’s end. But just when she thought the worst was over, and she and her mother were on a train headed to Sweden, they were suddenly rerouted deep into Russia… This powerful account draws back the curtain on a piece of history that has been largely overlooked—the nightmare that millions of German civilians suffered, simply because they were German. That Margarete survived to tell her tale so vividly and courageously is a gift to us all.

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389

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762789743

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9780762789740

Model(ing) Justice

Perfecting the Promise of International Criminal Law

By: Kerstin Bree Carlson

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Model(ing) Justice

Perfecting the Promise of International Criminal Law

By: Kerstin Bree Carlson

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was the first and most celebrated of a wave of international criminal tribunals (ICTs) built in the 1990s and designed to advance liberalism through international criminal law. Model(ing) Justice examines the practice and case law of the ICTY to make a novel theoretical analysis of the structural flaws inherent in ICTs as institutions that inhibit their contribution to social peace and prosperity. Kerstin Bree Carlson proposes a seminal analysis of the structural challenges to ICTs as socially constitutive institutions, setting the agenda for future considerations of how international organizations can perform and disseminate the goals articulated by political liberalism.

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261

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Cambridge University Press

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1108284884

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9781108284882

Engineering Society

The Role of the Human and Social Sciences in Modern Societies, 1880-1980

By: Kerstin Brückweh,Richard F. Wetzell

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Engineering Society

The Role of the Human and Social Sciences in Modern Societies, 1880-1980

By: Kerstin Brückweh,Richard F. Wetzell

Explaining crime by reference to abnormalities of the brain is just one example of how the human and social sciences have influenced the approach to social problems in Western societies since 1880. Focusing on applications such as penal policy, therapy, and marketing, this volume examines how these sciences have become embedded in society.

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364

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Springer

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1137284501

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9781137284501

The Expansion of Management Knowledge

Carriers, Flows, and Sources

By: Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson,Lars Engwall

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The Expansion of Management Knowledge

Carriers, Flows, and Sources

By: Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson,Lars Engwall

The past few decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion of management education, consulting, and the formalization of management practice, with a widespread diffusion of management ideas across sectors and continents. This book describes and analyzes this worldwide flow of management ideas and the key carriers of these ideas.

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380

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Stanford University Press

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0804741999

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9780804741996

Feeling Political

Emotions and Institutions since 1789

By: Ute Frevert,Kerstin Maria Pahl,Francesco Buscemi,Philipp Nielsen,Agnes Arndt,Michael Amico,Karsten Lichau,Hannah Malone,Julia Wambach,Juliane Brauer,Caroline Moine

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Feeling Political

Emotions and Institutions since 1789

By: Ute Frevert,Kerstin Maria Pahl,Francesco Buscemi,Philipp Nielsen,Agnes Arndt,Michael Amico,Karsten Lichau,Hannah Malone,Julia Wambach,Juliane Brauer,Caroline Moine

Historicizing both emotions and politics, this open access book argues that the historical work of emotion is most clearly understood in terms of the dynamics of institutionalization. This is shown in twelve case studies that focus on decisive moments in European and US history from 1800 until today. Each case study clarifies how emotions were central to people’s political engagement and its effects. The sources range from parliamentary buildings and social movements, to images and speeches of presidents, from fascist cemeteries to the International Criminal Court. Both the timeframe and the geographical focus have been chosen to highlight the increasingly participatory character of nineteenth- and twentieth-century politics, which is inconceivable without the work of emotions.

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402

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Springer Nature

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303089858X

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9783030898588

Fictional Death and Scientific Truth

The Truth-Value of Science in Contemporary Forensic Crime Fiction

By: Kerstin Bergman

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Fictional Death and Scientific Truth

The Truth-Value of Science in Contemporary Forensic Crime Fiction

By: Kerstin Bergman

In this article, the author explores the relationship between science and truth in forensic crime fiction by analysis of narrative and media-specific constituents of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-) and Patricia Cornwell's The Scarpetta Factor (2009). Despite the different media, both are found to establish a strong bond between science and truth, and readers/viewers are encouraged to assume that this also is the case in the external world. This article originally appeared in Clues: A Journal of Detection, Volume 30, Issue 1.

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McFarland

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1476624836

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Knowledge Potential Measurement and Uncertainty

By: Kerstin Fink

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Knowledge Potential Measurement and Uncertainty

By: Kerstin Fink

Kerstin Fink discusses the two mainstream measurement fields: the cognitive science approach and the management approach. She develops the knowledge potential view which is determined by nine key measurement variables, i.e. content, culture, networking, organizational knowledge, learning and training, customer and competitor knowledge, and knowledge management systems.

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285

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3322812405

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9783322812407

A Life Cycle for Clusters?

The Dynamics of Agglomeration, Change, and Adaption

By: Kerstin Press

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A Life Cycle for Clusters?

The Dynamics of Agglomeration, Change, and Adaption

By: Kerstin Press

This book studies the determinants of cluster survival by analyzing their adaptability to change in the economic environment. Linking theoretic knowledge with empirical observations, a simulation model (based in the N/K method) is developed, which explains when and why the cluster's architecture assists or hampers adaptability. It is found that architectures with intermediate degrees of division of labor and more collective governance forms foster adaptability.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3790817635

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Swedish Crime Fiction

The Making of Nordic Noir

By: Kerstin Bergman

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Swedish Crime Fiction

The Making of Nordic Noir

By: Kerstin Bergman

Why have authors from the safe, social welfare state Sweden captivated the minds of the crime fiction readers across the globe? Kerstin Bergman suggests that killer marketing and a widespread curiosityabout the “exotic” Nordic welfare states, their waste landscapes and alleged gender equality, has propelled these authors and novels into the international spotlight. Bergman uses this innovative angle to retell the recent history of crime fiction in Sweden, exploring central themes and selecting key authors that have garnered national and international acclaim for their lethal plots. Swedish Crime Fiction: The Making of Nordic Noir contextualizes the explosive recent history of the genre, offering newcomers and aficionados insights into the minds of protagonists and their literary creators. This is the first research-based and exhaustive presentation of Swedish crime fiction and its Nordic “neighbours” to an international audience.

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140

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Mimesis

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8857524302

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9788857524306

The Justice Laboratory

International Law in Africa

By: Kerstin Bree Carlson

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The Justice Laboratory

International Law in Africa

By: Kerstin Bree Carlson

Examining how international criminal law has—and hasn't—brought justice following war crimes in Africa Ever since World War II, the United Nations and other international actors have created laws, treaties, and institutions to punish perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. These efforts have established universally recognized norms and have resulted in several high-profile convictions in egregious cases. But international criminal justice now seems to be a declining force—its energy sapped by long delays in prosecutions, lagging public attention, and a globally rising authoritarianism that disregards legal niceties. This book reviews five examples of international criminal justice as they have been applied across Africa, where brutal civil conflicts in recent decades resulted in varying degrees of global attention and action. The first three chapters examine key international mechanisms: the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the hybrid tribunal established in Senegal to try state crimes committed in Chad. These chapters illustrate how the design and practice of the institutions led to similarly unexpected and unsatisfying outcomes. The final two chapters examine emerging and proposed international criminal justice mechanisms. One is a tribunal intended to facilitate peace in the new but war-torn country of South Sudan, not yet operational and unlikely to perform better than its predecessors. Finally, the book considers the developing human rights practice of the little-studied East African Court, a regional commercial court in Arusha, Tanzania, to show how local judicial creativity can win a role for courts in facilitating good governance. Written in an accessible style, this book explores the connections between politics and the doctrine of international criminal law. Highlighting little-known institutional examples and under-discussed political situations, the book contributes to a broader international understanding of African politics and international criminal justice, as well as the lessons the African experiences offer for other regions.

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178

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815738145

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9780815738145

Organizing Muslims and Integrating Islam in Germany

New Developments in the 21st Century

By: Kerstin Rosenow-Williams

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Organizing Muslims and Integrating Islam in Germany

New Developments in the 21st Century

By: Kerstin Rosenow-Williams

In Organizing Muslims and Integrating Islam in Germany, Kerstin Rosenow-Williams analyzes the challenges faced by Islamic organizations in Germany since the beginning of the 21st century. Outlining the expectations German political actors have of Islamic organizations and the internal interests of these organizations, the author illustrates that organizational response strategies involve patterns not only of adaptation, but also of decoupling and protest. The study introduces an innovative research framework based on organizational sociology and provides empirical insights into three major Islamic umbrella organizations (DITIB, IGMG, ZMD) and their relationships with other actors. The comprehensive analysis of the German institutional environment and related developments in Islamic organizations makes this study highly relevant to scholars and politicians, as well as the general public.

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BRILL

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9004234470

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9789004234475

Decolonizing the Lens of Power

Indigenous Films in North America

By: Kerstin Knopf

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Indigenous Films in North America

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Aboriginal Canada Revisited

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Decolonizing the Lens of Power

Decolonizing the Lens of Power

Aboriginal Canada Revisited

Aboriginal Canada Revisited

Letters From Berlin

Letters From Berlin

Model(ing) Justice

Model(ing) Justice

Engineering Society

Engineering Society

The Expansion of Management Knowledge

The Expansion of Management Knowledge

Feeling Political

Feeling Political

Fictional Death and Scientific Truth

Fictional Death and Scientific Truth

Knowledge Potential Measurement and Uncertainty

Knowledge Potential Measurement and Uncertainty

A Life Cycle for Clusters?

A Life Cycle for Clusters?

Swedish Crime Fiction

Swedish Crime Fiction

The Justice Laboratory

The Justice Laboratory

Organizing Muslims and Integrating Islam in Germany

Organizing Muslims and Integrating Islam in Germany

Decolonizing the Lens of Power

Decolonizing the Lens of Power

Aboriginal Canada Revisited

Aboriginal Canada Revisited

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