Mainely Driftwood is a collection of writings from members of the Mainely Driftwood Writer's Group based in York, Maine. The group has been meeting and sharing their works for ten years. The writings reflect each member's travels through life's storms and ever changing tides. Some fiction, poems and non-fiction works express the thoughts and hopes, trials and imaginings of the seven authors contributing to the book.
Mainely Driftwood is a collection of writings from members of the Mainely Driftwood Writer's Group based in York, Maine. The group has been meeting and sharing their works for ten years. The writings reflect each member's travels through life's storms and ever changing tides. Some fiction, poems and non-fiction works express the thoughts and hopes, trials and imaginings of the seven authors contributing to the book.
This interdisciplinary study explores collective memory as it is presented by official producers (such as textbooks and media) and reflected by consumers (group members). Focusing on a case study of Russians and Russian immigrants to the USA and their memories of seminal events in the twentieth-century Russian collective past, Isurin shows how autobiographical memory contributes to the formation of collective memory, and also examines how the memory of the shared past is reconstructed by those who stayed with the group and those who left. By bringing together historical, anthropological, and psychological approaches, Collective Remembering provides a new theoretical framework for memory studies that incorporates both content analysis of texts and empirical data from human participants, thus demonstrating that methodologies from the humanities and the social sciences can complement each other to create a better understanding of how memory works in the world and in the mind.
The Canary Code is a groundbreaking framework for intersectional inclusion and belonging at work that embraces human cognitive, emotional, and neurobiological differences-neurodiversity. Exclusion robs people of opportunities, and it robs organizations of talent. In the long run, exclusionary systems are lose-lose. How do we build win-win organizational systems? From a member of the Thinkers50 2024 Radar cohort of global management thinkers most likely to impact workplaces and the first person to have written for Harvard Business Review from an autistic perspective comes The Canary Code—a guide to win-win workplaces. Healthy systems that support talent most impacted by organizational ills—canaries in the coal mine—support everyone. This groundbreaking framework for holistic, intersectional inclusion and belonging at work embraces the fullness of human neurobiological differences neurodiversity. It challenges the common practice of breaking people to fit systems and outlines how organizations can welcome talent with a wide range social, cognitive, emotional, physical and sensory styles, creating a talent-rich future of work. Currently, despite their skills and work ethics, members of ADHD, autism, Tourette Syndrome, learning differences, and related communities face drastic barriers to hiring and advancement. In the U.S., 30-40% of neurodivergent people and 85% of autistic college graduates struggle with unemployment. Like canaries in the mine, they are impacted by issues that ultimately harm everyone. Lack of flexibility, transparency, and psychological safety excludes neurodivergent, disabled, and multiply marginalized talent and leaves most employees stressed and disengaged. This cutting-edge book helps board members, CEOs, human resources and DEI leaders, managers, and consultants design neuroinclusive and thriving workplaces where everyone can do their best work. It is backed up by case studies of pioneering organizations, academic research, and the author's decades of experience spanning the factory floor, university classrooms, boardrooms, and global diversity leadership. Human stories help readers experience organizational life through the eyes of neurodivergent people.“br/> Autistic and multiply neurodivergent organizational psychologist, Ludmila N. Praslova, PhD., offers a comprehensive blueprint for building neuroinclusive workplaces. Embedding the 6 Canary Code principles across the talent cycle can unlock human thriving and productivity: Participation Outcome focus Flexibility Organizational justice Transparency Valid Measurement This unique book combines the lived experience with academic rigor, innovative thought leadership, and lively, accessible writing. To support different types of readers, academic, applied, and lived experience content is clearly identified, helping readers choose their own adventure.
This first-hand witness account – originally written by Ludmila Miklashevskaya in 1976 and here translated into English by historian Elaine MacKinnon for the first time – tells the important story of one woman's persecution under Stalin. From Miklashevskaya's middle-class Jewish childhood in Odessa, to her life in exile as the wife of 'an enemy of the people' and false imprisonment in a labour camp for the attempted murder of NKVD leader Nikolai Yezhov, to her later attempts at rehabilitation, her memoir is a fascinating tapestry of Soviet artistic, intellectual, and political life set against the tumultuous backdrop of revolutions, wars, and repressive regimes. Accompanied by a translator's introduction and detailed historical explanatory notes, Gender and Survival in Soviet Russia sheds new light on the relationship between power, gender, and society in 20th-century Russia. This book is thus a vital primary resource for scholars of modern Russian history and gender studies, offering a compelling and personal route into understanding how the machinations of Soviet Russia destroyed everyday life, tearing families apart and leaving scars that never healed.
WINNER OF THE 2019 OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD FROM AECT'S DIVISION OF DISTANCE EDUCATION! As online courses and digital learning enable more people from more places to learn together, it is crucial for instructional design to incorporate diverse cultural perspectives. Culturally Inclusive Instructional Design provides a framework for thinking about culture in digital learning, offering insight into how to build inclusive online communities that encourage reflection and growth, regardless of content domain. Chapters cover the foundation, components, and implementation of the authors’ Wisdom Communities (WisCom) framework, which enables learners from global backgrounds to experience long-lasting, transformative learning through real-world problem-solving. This book is a timely, resourceful guide to building truly collaborative, inquiry-based online learning experiences.
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