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Mango Elephants in the Sun

How Life in an African Village Let Me Be in My Skin

By: Susana Herrera

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Mango Elephants in the Sun

How Life in an African Village Let Me Be in My Skin

By: Susana Herrera

When the Peace Corps sends Susana Herrera to teach English in northern Cameroon, she yearns to embrace her adopted village and its people, to drink deep from the spirit of Mother Africa—and to forget a bitter childhood and painful past. To the villagers, however, she’s a rich American tourist, a nasara (white person) who has never known pain or want. They stare at her in silence. The children giggle and run away. At first her only confidant is a miraculously communicative lizard. Susana fights back with every ounce of heart and humor she possesses, and slowly begins to make a difference. She ventures out to the village well and learns to carry water on her head. In a classroom crowded to suffocation she finds a way to discipline her students without resorting to the beatings they are used to. She makes ice cream in the scorching heat, and learns how to plant millet and kill chickens. She laughs with the villagers, cries with them, works and prays with them, heals and is helped by them. Village life is hard but magical. Poverty is rampant—yet people sing and share what little they have. The termites that chew up her bed like morning cereal are fried and eaten in their turn ("bite-sized and crunchy like Doritos"). Nobody knows what tomorrow may bring, but even the morning greetings impart a purer sense of being in the moment. Gradually, Susana and the village become part of each other. They will never be the same again.

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Shambhala Publications

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0834800039

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9780834800038

Hybridizing Surface Probe Microscopies

Toward a Full Description of the Meso- and Nanoworlds

By: Susana Moreno-Flores,Jose L. Toca-Herrera

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Hybridizing Surface Probe Microscopies

Toward a Full Description of the Meso- and Nanoworlds

By: Susana Moreno-Flores,Jose L. Toca-Herrera

Many books and reviews about scanning probe microscopies (SPM) cover the basics of their performance, novel developments, and state-of-the-art applications. Taking a different approach, Hybridizing Surface Probe Microscopies: Towards a Full Description of the Meso- and Nanoworlds encompasses the technical efforts in combining SPM with spectroscopic and optical complementary techniques that, altogether, provide a complete description of nanoscale and mesoscale systems and processes from corrosion to enzymatic reactions. The book is organized into eight chapters, following a general scheme that revolves around the two main capabilities of SPM: imaging and measuring interactions. Each chapter introduces key theoretical concepts and basic equations of the particular stand-alone technique with which the scanning probe microscopies are combined. Chapters end with the SPM-technique combination and some real-world examples in which the combination has been devised or used. Most chapters include a historical review of the techniques and numerous illustrations to support key ideas and provide the reader with intuitive understanding. To understand the limitations of any technique also means to understand how this technique works. This book has devoted a considerable amount of space in explaining the basics of each technique as they are being introduced. At the same time, it avoids explaining the particularities of each SPM-based technique and opts for a rather generalized approach. In short, the book’s focus is not on what SPM can do, but rather on what SPM cannot do and, most specifically, on presenting the experimental approaches that circumvent these limitations.

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CRC Press

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1439871019

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9781439871010

Advances in Nanostructured Cellulose-based Biomaterials

By: Neftali L V Carreño,Ananda M Barbosa,Bruno S. Noremberg,Mabel M. S. Salas,Susana C M Fernandes,Jalel Labidi

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Advances in Nanostructured Cellulose-based Biomaterials

By: Neftali L V Carreño,Ananda M Barbosa,Bruno S. Noremberg,Mabel M. S. Salas,Susana C M Fernandes,Jalel Labidi

This book provides an overview of the advances on nanostructured celullose from different obtaining forms: natural plants and bacterial microorganisms. It gives the reader an introduction of cellulose focusing in nanosize particles, its potential applications and future perspectives. The potential use of cellulose in the biomedical field is highlighted.

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Springer

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3319581589

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Killer Crónicas

Bilingual Memories

By: Susana Chávez-Silverman

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Killer Crónicas

Bilingual Memories

By: Susana Chávez-Silverman

A woman living and communicating in multiple lands, Susana Chávez-Silverman conveys her cultural and linguistic displacement in humorous, bittersweet, and even tangible ways in this truly bilingual literary work. These meditative and lyrical pieces combine poignant personal confession, detailed daily observation, and a memorializing drive that shifts across time and among geocultural spaces. The author’s inventive and flamboyant use of Spanglish, a hybrid English-Spanish idiom, and her adaptation of the confessional "crónica" make this memoir compelling and powerful. Killer Crónicas confirms that there is no Latina voice quite like that of Susana Chávez-Silverman. Includes a chapter that was awarded first prize in El Andar magazine’s Chicano Literary Excellence Contest in the category of personal memoir.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299202232

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9780299202231

The Little Old Lady Killer

The Sensationalized Crimes of Mexico’s First Female Serial Killer

By: Susana Vargas Cervantes

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The Little Old Lady Killer

The Sensationalized Crimes of Mexico’s First Female Serial Killer

By: Susana Vargas Cervantes

The surprising true story of Mexico’s hunt, arrest, and conviction of its first female serial killer For three years, amid widespread public outrage, police in Mexico City struggled to uncover the identity of the killer responsible for the ghastly deaths of forty elderly women, many of whom had been strangled in their homes with a stethoscope by someone posing as a government nurse. When Juana Barraza Samperio, a female professional wrestler known as la Dama del Silencio (the Lady of Silence), was arrested—and eventually sentenced to 759 years in prison—for her crimes as the Mataviejitas (the little old lady killer), her case disrupted traditional narratives about gender, criminality, and victimhood in the popular and criminological imagination. Marshaling ten years of research, and one of the only interviews that Juana Barraza Samperio has given while in prison, Susana Vargas Cervantes deconstructs this uniquely provocative story. She focuses, in particular, on the complex, gendered aspects of the case, asking: Who is a killer? Barraza—with her “manly” features and strength, her career as a masked wrestler in lucha libre, and her violent crimes—is presented, here, as a study in gender deviance, a disruption of what scholars call mexicanidad, or the masculine notion of what it means to be Mexican. Cervantes also challenges our conception of victimhood—specifically, who “counts” as a victim. The Little Old Lady Killer presents a fascinating analysis of what serial killing—often considered “killing for the pleasure of killing”—represents to us.

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NYU Press

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1479876488

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Los que pintan la aldea

Panorama general de la novela en Córdoba

By: Susana Chas

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Los que pintan la aldea

Panorama general de la novela en Córdoba

By: Susana Chas

Este libro es parte de la colección e-Libro en BiblioBoard.

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Eduvim

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9871727755

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9789871727759

Heritage Problems, Causes and Solutions

By: Calogero Bellanca,Susana Mora Alonso-Muñoyerro

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Heritage Problems, Causes and Solutions

By: Calogero Bellanca,Susana Mora Alonso-Muñoyerro

The book provides a series of reflections on Heritage Problems, Causes and Solutions, that have maturated during many years of study and research in Europe. It shows how this subject is inside the Critical Restoration. Its central nucleous of study is composed by specific in-depth three thematic sessions: Part I Methodological Approach to Conservation; physical approach. Part II Heritage Problems, causes and solutions. Part III Construction applied to Heritage. The authors have collected thematic essays on key issues during their didactic experiences in the course of Theory and Practice on Conservation in Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, and in courses of the Department of Construction and Technologics applied to Architecture, in ETSAM, UPM, and in other european universities.

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Sapienza Università Editrice

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8893772620

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9788893772624

Fuzzy Clustering Via Proportional Membership Model

By: Susana Nascimento

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Fuzzy Clustering Via Proportional Membership Model

By: Susana Nascimento

Development of models with explicit mechanisms for data generation from cluster structures is of major interest in order to provide a theoretical framework for cluster structures found in data. Especially appealing in this regard are the so-called typological structures in which observed entities relate in various degrees to one or several prototypes. Such structures are relevant in many areas such as medicine or marketing, where any entity (patient/consumer) may adhere, with different degrees, to one or several prototypes (clinical scenario/consumer behavior), modelling a typological classification. In fuzzy clustering, the fuzzy c-means (FCM) method has become one of the most popular techniques. As a fuzzy analogue of c-means crisp clustering, FCM models a typological classification, much the same way as c-means. However, FCM does not adhere to the statistical paradigm at which the data are considered generated by a cluster structure, while crisp c-means does. The present work proposes a framework for typological classification based on a fuzzy clustering model of data generation.

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IOS Press

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1586034898

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9781586034894

An Introduction to Latin American Philosophy

By: Susana Nuccetelli

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An Introduction to Latin American Philosophy

By: Susana Nuccetelli

Latin American philosophy is best understood as a type of applied philosophy devoted to issues related to the culture and politics of Latin America. This introduction provides a comprehensive overview of its central topics. It explores not only the unique insights offered by Latin American thinkers into the traditional pre-established fields of Western philosophy, but also the many 'isms' developed as a direct result of Latin American thought. Many concern matters of practical ethics and social and political philosophy, such as Lascasianism, Arielism, Bolívarism, modest and immodest feminisms, republicanism, positivism, Marxism, and liberationism. But there are also meta-philosophical 'isms' such as originalism and perspectivism. Together with clear and accessible discussions of the major issues and arguments, the book offers helpful summaries, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary of terms. It will be valuable for all readers wanting to explore the richness and diversity of Latin American philosophy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009028316

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9781009028318

Afterlives of Confinement

Spatial Transitions in Postdictatorship Latin America

By: Susana Draper

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Afterlives of Confinement

Spatial Transitions in Postdictatorship Latin America

By: Susana Draper

During the age of dictatorships, Latin American prisons became a symbol for the vanquishing of political opponents, many of whom were never seen again. In the postdictatorship era of the 1990s, a number of these prisons were repurposed into shopping malls, museums, and memorials. Susana Draper uses the phenomenon of the "opening" of prisons and detention centers to begin a dialog on conceptualizations of democracy and freedom in post-dictatorship Latin America. Focusing on the Southern Cone nations of Uruguay, Chile, and Argentina, Draper examines key works in architecture, film, and literature to peel away the veiled continuity of dictatorial power structures in ensuing consumer cultures. The afterlife of prisons became an important tool in the "forgetting" of past politics, while also serving as a reminder to citizens of the liberties they now enjoyed. In Draper's analysis, these symbols led the populace to believe they had attained freedom, although they had only witnessed the veneer of democracy—in the ability to vote and consume. In selected literary works by Roberto Bola–o, Eleuterio Fernandez Huidoboro, and Diamela Eltit and films by Alejandro Agresti and Marco Bechis, Draper finds further evidence of the emptiness and melancholy of underachieved goals in the afterlife of dictatorships. The social changes that did not occur, the inability to effectively mourn the losses of a now-hidden past, the homogenizing effects of market economies, and a yearning for the promises of true freedom are thematic currents underlying much of these texts. Draper's study of the manipulation of culture and consumerism under the guise of democracy will have powerful implications not only for Latin Americanists but also for those studying neoliberal transformations globally.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822978067

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9780822978060

The Teatro Solís

150 Years of Opera, Concert and Ballet in Montevideo

By: Susana Salgado

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The Teatro Solís

150 Years of Opera, Concert and Ballet in Montevideo

By: Susana Salgado

The first comprehensive history of the oldest major opera house in the Americas.

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819565946

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9780819565945

1968 Mexico

Constellations of Freedom and Democracy

By: Susana Draper

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1968 Mexico

Constellations of Freedom and Democracy

By: Susana Draper

Recognizing the fiftieth anniversary of the protests, strikes, and violent struggles that formed the political and cultural backdrop of 1968 across Europe, the United States, and Latin America, Susana Draper offers a nuanced perspective of the 1968 movement in Mexico. She challenges the dominant cultural narrative of the movement that has emphasized the importance of the October 2nd Tlatelolco Massacre and the responses of male student leaders. From marginal cinema collectives to women’s cooperative experiments, Draper reveals new archives of revolutionary participation that provide insight into how 1968 and its many afterlives are understood in Mexico and beyond. By giving voice to Mexican Marxist philosophers, political prisoners, and women who participated in the movement, Draper counters the canonical memorialization of 1968 by illustrating how many diverse voices inspired alternative forms of political participation. Given the current rise of social movements around the globe, in 1968 Mexico Draper provides a new framework to understand the events of 1968 in order to rethink the everyday existential, political, and philosophical problems of the present.

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Duke University Press

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1478002492

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9781478002499

Proceedings of TAKE 2021 Conference

By: Carla Lobo ,Susana Figueiredo Oliveira

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Proceedings of TAKE 2021 Conference

By: Carla Lobo ,Susana Figueiredo Oliveira

Foreword This volume includes papers presented at TAKE 2021 Conference The Multidisciplinary Conference on Intangibles, held online between the 7 th and the 9th July 2021 and hosted by Universidade Portucalense, from Porto, Portugal. Detailed information about the Conference is to be found in the Conference Website: https://take-conference2021.com/. A Book of Abstracts was also published. TAKE 2021 included 80 presentations, by almost 100 participants, including 8 keynote speakers, from 20 countries. Done during the Covid-19 crisis, TAKE 2021 was a show of intelligence, work, and solidarity, We thank infinitely all those involved, which contributed to the success of the event. We hope to continue the TAKE saga, next year with TAKE 2022 whose website is already online: https://take-conference2022.com/. Best wishes and kindest regards. Eduardo Tomé, on behalf of the Organizing Committee

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Eduardo Tomé

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9895418221

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9789895418220

Vertebrate Paleobiology

A Form and Function Approach

By: Sergio F. Vizcaíno,M. Susana Bargo,Guillermo H. Cassini,Néstor Toledo,Gerardo De Iuliis

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Vertebrate Paleobiology

A Form and Function Approach

By: Sergio F. Vizcaíno,M. Susana Bargo,Guillermo H. Cassini,Néstor Toledo,Gerardo De Iuliis

An essential introduction to the paleobiology of animal body size, locomotion, and feeding. Paleobiology is the branch of evolutionary biology involved in the reconstruction of the life histories of extinct organisms. It answers the questions, How do we use fossils to reconstruct the size of prehistoric animals, and How did they move and feed? Drawing on a rich inventory of South American Miocene fossils, Vertebrate Paleobiology: A Form and Function Approach examines different aspects of functional morphology and how they are tested by paleontologists, anatomists, and zoologists. Beginning with a review of various methodologies to interpret fossils, the authors turn to the main concepts important to functional morphology and give examples of each. They conclude by showing how functional morphology enables a dynamic, broadscale reconstruction of the life of prehistoric animals during the South American Miocene. Originally published in Spanish, Vertebrate Paleobiology: A Form and Function Approach provides a broad sweep of recent developments, including theoretical and practical techniques, applied to the study of extinct vertebrates.

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Indiana University Press

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025307049X

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9780253070494

The Fear of Robachicos in Mexico

Media, Childhood and Child Kidnapping 1900-1968

By: Susana Sosenski

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The Fear of Robachicos in Mexico

Media, Childhood and Child Kidnapping 1900-1968

By: Susana Sosenski

Civil society organizations report that fourteen children disappear every day in Mexico. This book studies the origins of this social phenomenon and its consequences, not only in the emotional sphere, but also in how children have been treated. Focusing on children's special positions within Mexican society rather than criminal acts or the implementation of the law, Sosenski links social and cultural history, the history of crime and fear, the application of justice and the media's role, childhood and the city to paint a multi-dimensional picture of child abduction and its causes. Exploring the social impact of child protection policies and the figure of the robachicos, or child kidnapper, Soneski draws from oral traditions, films and books, songs and plays; all of which embody a culture of fear and danger reported and accentuated by a mass media response. The Fear of Robachicos in Mexico focuses on the role of the media and entertainment in the legitimization of violence toward children and the objectification of their lives, stripping them of their right to freedom and curtailing their autonomy.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350424447

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9781350424449

Just in Time Factory

Implementation Through Lean Manufacturing Tools

By: José Luís Quesado Pinto,João Carlos O. Matias,Carina Pimentel,Susana Garrido Azevedo,Kannan Govindan

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Just in Time Factory

Implementation Through Lean Manufacturing Tools

By: José Luís Quesado Pinto,João Carlos O. Matias,Carina Pimentel,Susana Garrido Azevedo,Kannan Govindan

This book explains the implementation of just in time (JIT) production in an industrial context, while also highlighting the application of various, vital lean production tools. Shifting the trade-off between productivity and quality, the book discusses the preparation stages needed before implementing a JIT system. After an introduction to lean manufacturing and JIT, it introduces readers to the fundamentals and practice of Kaizen, paying special attention to lean manufacturing tools. The book demonstrates how to use the 5S approach (with the stages of Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu and Shitsuke), Standardized Work, Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) and the Kanban system. In brief, the book provides an understanding of the processes associated with the application of these tools and highlights the benefits attained by companies that have implemented JIT systems. Throughout the book, a real-world case study is used to deepen readers’ understanding of how lean manufacturing tools can be implemented. The book is ideally suited for executive courses in industrial engineering and management, but can also be used for upper undergraduate and graduate courses at universities.

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Springer

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3319770160

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9783319770161

The American Chronicles of José Marti

Journalism and Modernity in Spanish America

By: Susana Rotker

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The American Chronicles of José Marti

Journalism and Modernity in Spanish America

By: Susana Rotker

A study of a key Latin American writer and thinker.

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UPNE

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0874519020

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9780874519020

Condensed Matter Theories

By: Susana Hernandez,John W. Clark, Jr.

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Condensed Matter Theories

By: Susana Hernandez,John W. Clark, Jr.

Drawn from the 24th International Workshop on Condensed Matter Theories (Buenes Aires, Sep. 2000) these 45 papers, while centered on the concepts and techniques of condensed-matter physics, also address broad issues of common concern for theorists who apply advanced many-particle methods in other areas of physics. Five primary topics are covered by the contributions: quantum liquids, boson condensates, strongly-correlated electron systems, superconductivity and superfluidity, and phase transitions. Some of examples of specific questions addressed include shot noise of mesoscopic quantum systems, heat transport in superlattices, transitions from non-colinear to conlinear structures in a magnetic multilayer model, order-disorder transitions in a vortex lattice, perturbation theory in the one-phase region of an electron-ion system, and nonlinear dynamics in metal clusters. c. Book News Inc.

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510

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Nova Publishers

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159033034X

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9781590330340

Intercultural learning in non-formal education: theoretical frameworks and starting points

By: Susana Lafraya,Council of Europe

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Intercultural learning in non-formal education: theoretical frameworks and starting points

By: Susana Lafraya,Council of Europe

Intercultural learning has long held a central role in European youth work and policy, especially in international youth exchanges. The expectations placed on intercultural learning as a process, as an educational and social objective and, lastly, as a political attitude in relation to diversity remain fully relevant in Europe today.Several factors are necessary for the development of quality youth work, including the capacity to put knowledge and research to good use and, similarly, to present youth work in ways that actors in other social and policy fields can understand. The work of the partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth in the areas of youth-worker training and of intercul¬tural dialogue - in particular the Euro-Mediterranean co-operation activities - has provided many examples of successful experiences in intercultural learning in youth work and of difficulties in communicating about such work.This essay by Susana Lafraya is a contribution to enlarging the circle of communication on intercultural learning experience through youth work. The connections that she makes between non-formal learning, youth work and intercultural theory sum up much of what has been said in the youth work field in the past years. It is translated and published here with the intention of adding one more stone to the edifice of intercultural learning and non-formal education.

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