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Geography and Memory

Explorations in Identity, Place and Becoming

By: Owain Jones,Joanne Garde-Hansen

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Geography and Memory

Explorations in Identity, Place and Becoming

By: Owain Jones,Joanne Garde-Hansen

This collection shifts the focus from collective memory to individual memory, by incorporating new performative approaches to identity, place and becoming. Drawing upon cultural geography, the book provides an accessible framework to approach key aspects of memory, remembering, archives, commemoration and forgetting in modern societies.

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Springer

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1137284072

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9781137284075

Tree Cultures

The Place of Trees and Trees in Their Place

By: Paul Cloke,Owain Jones

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Tree Cultures

The Place of Trees and Trees in Their Place

By: Paul Cloke,Owain Jones

The relationship between nature and culture has become a popular focus in social science, but there have been few grounded accounts of trees. Providing shelter, fuel, food and tools, trees have played a vital role in human life from the earliest times, but their role in symbolic expression has been largely overlooked. For example, trees are often used to express nationalistic feelings. Germans drew heavily on tree and forest imagery in nation-building, and the idea of 'hearts of oak' has been central to concepts of English identity. Classic scenes of ghoulish trees coming to life and forests closing in on unsuspecting passers-by commonly feature in the media. In other instances, trees are used to represent paradisical landscapes and symbolize the ideologies of conservation and concern for nature. Offering new theoretical ideas, this book looks at trees as agents that co-constitute places and cultures in relationship with human agency. What happens when trees connect with human labour, technology, retail and consumption systems? What are the ethical dimensions of these connections? The authors discuss how trees can affect and even define notions of place, and the ways that particular places are recognized culturally. Working trees, companion trees, wild trees and collected or conserved trees are considered in relation to the dynamic politics of conservation and development that affect the values given to trees in the contemporary world. Building on the growing field of landscape study, this book offers rich insights into the symbolic and practical roles of trees. It will be vital reading for anyone interested in the anthropology of landscape, forestry, conservation and development, and for those concerned with the social science of nature.

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265

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Routledge

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1000210952

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9781000210958

Tryweryn

A Nation Awakes

By: Owain Williams

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Tryweryn

A Nation Awakes

By: Owain Williams

The life story of Owain Williams, the Welsh Freedom Fighter (and later a councillor) who was jailed in 1963 for blowing up an electricity pylon as part of the bombing campaign against the building of the Tryweryn reservoir to provide water for the city of Liverpool.

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226

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Y Lolfa

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1784613282

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9781784613280

Leadership

Limits and possibilities

By: Keith Grint,Owain Smolovic Jones

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Leadership

Limits and possibilities

By: Keith Grint,Owain Smolovic Jones

Leadership: Limits and Possibilities offers a critical discussion of leadership that draws upon a wide range of approaches, material and examples to demonstrate the complex and challenging role of leadership and through this debate suggests possible ways to improve as a leader. It is structured around 5 key aspects of leadership: person, product, position, process and purpose, providing a useful organizing framework. It combines theoretical discussions with lively examples to bring the subject alive.

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417

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350328545

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9781350328549

Guerrilla Democracy

Mobile Power and Revolution in the 21st Century

By: Peter Bloom,Owain Smolović Jones,Jamie Woodcock

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Guerrilla Democracy

Mobile Power and Revolution in the 21st Century

By: Peter Bloom,Owain Smolović Jones,Jamie Woodcock

The liberating promise of big data and social media to create more responsive democracies and workplaces is overshadowed by a nightmare of election meddling, privacy invasion, fake news and an exploitative gig economy. Yet, while regressive forces spread disinformation and hate, 'guerrilla democrats' continue to foster hope and connection through digital technologies. This book offers an in-depth analysis of platform-based radical movements, from the online coalitions of voters and activists to the Deliveroo and Uber strikes. Combining cutting edge theories with empirical research, it makes an invaluable contribution to the emerging literature on the relationship between technology and society.

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292

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Policy Press

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1529205670

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9781529205671

Owain Arwel Hughes

My Life in Music

By: Owain Arwel Hughes

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Owain Arwel Hughes

My Life in Music

By: Owain Arwel Hughes

Prompted by the catastrophic events of 9/11, Owain Arwel Hughes' autobiography is an open, honest story, with its recurring, poignant theme that the show must go on.

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220

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University of Wales Press

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0708325319

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9780708325315

Tree Cultures

The Place of Trees and Trees in Their Place

By: Paul Cloke,Owain Jones

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Tree Cultures

The Place of Trees and Trees in Their Place

By: Paul Cloke,Owain Jones

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Routledge

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1000213528

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Guerrilla Democracy

Mobile Power and Revolution in the 21st Century

By: Peter Bloom,Owain Smolović Jones,Jamie Woodcock

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Guerrilla Democracy

Mobile Power and Revolution in the 21st Century

By: Peter Bloom,Owain Smolović Jones,Jamie Woodcock

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Policy Press

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1529205662

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9781529205664

Geography and Memory

Explorations in Identity, Place and Becoming

By: Owain Jones,Joanne Garde-Hansen

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Explorations in Identity, Place and Becoming

By: Owain Jones,Joanne Garde-Hansen

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Palgrave Macmillan

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1349332674

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9781349332670

Wales Grand Slam 2005

By: Eddie Taylor,Owain Jones,Rob Cole

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Wales Grand Slam 2005

By: Eddie Taylor,Owain Jones,Rob Cole

This is the paperback edition of Wales Grand Slam 2005, a unique souvenir of a momentous rugby achievement and officially sanctioned by the WRU. Laden with the best in sports photography, and with in-depth match reports and statistics from every game in the RBS 6 Nations Championship. Presented now as a paperback edition, it features interviews with coach Mike Ruddock, player-of-the-tournament Martyn Williams and inspirational skipper Gareth "Alfie" Thomas, as well as contributions from rugby greats such as Gerald Davies and Gareth Edwards. The book captures the exuberant celebrations that greeted Wales' first Grand Slam for 27 years, with action from each thrilling round: the landmark win over England, the scintillating comeback against France, the record points haul against Scotland and, finally, the title-sealing triumph over Ireland. There is also coverage of the other games in the tournament, plus a look back at how Wales managed to evolve from perennial strugglers into genuine greats on the world stage.

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128

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Hazelton Publishing (UK)

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1903135532

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9781903135532

The Last Day

By: Owain Owain

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The Last Day

By: Owain Owain

Nothing like this book has been seen before, either in our language or in any other. We should rejoice that such brilliance exists in Welsh writing." – Pennar Davies, Welsh literary critic "Owain Owain's The Last Day transcends the confines of its form and should captivate a fresh generation of readers with this English translation." – Joshua Rees, Buzz Magazine The Last Day is more than a moving call to arms for speakers of minority languages facing extinction; at its core, it's a tragic human-scale story played out between the few figures who could have stopped the madness before it was too late. It is, moreover, a meditation on themes like free will, artificial intelligence and the socio-historical processes that contribute towards the death of a nation. These themes are as relevant now – if not more so – as they were when the novel was written. With science fiction tropes recalling Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut and more recently Olga Ravn's The Employees, philosophical reflections in the vein of Dostoyevsky's Notes From the Underground, and its postmodern form, The Last Day is a testament to the depth and creativity of Welsh literature. Its translation into English is long overdue.

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Parthian Books

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1917140193

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9781917140195

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Tree Cultures

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Geography and Memory

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