These verses, extracted from a longer Urdu naz?m or poem, were written by Nazir, a blacksmith and bladesmith based in the North Indian city of Rampur in the mid-twentieth century. I first encountered Nazir and his poetry as part of a collection that the librarians of the renowned Raza Library in Rampur had put together to honor the city’s artisanal and material heritage.2 Nazir’s ve…
Each Friday my colleagues and I gather to discuss the week’s wins and losses. As we share ideas and experiences, we focus on the messages we are constructing and hearing. Sometimes, when topics are delicate, we are careful with phrasing and vocal tone, and when the space fills with people, we adjust our volume or move our bodies into closer proximity. The te…
This is a book about The Disabled Child. It is not a book about any particular child or any particular disability, but a book about a figure I call The Dis-abled Child that emerges from the stories parents tell about their real-life children with disabilities. This is a book about an expectation, an idea, and an ideal that is produced and reproduced in stories parents …
In 1975, a reviewer for the Toronto Sun reported on a live performance by Lata Mangeshkar, then the reigning playback voice of Hindi cinema, during her first North American tour. “Lata Mangeshkar is what is known as a ‘playback singer,’” he wrote. “That is the vocalist who replaces the voice of the leading lady [in a film] whenever she breaks into song. …
Have the people of Africa always starved? Most people have never heard this question posed. So ingrained is the idea of “Africa” as a scarce place that the con-tinent has become synonymous with need in popular thought.1 Preoccupied by images of hungry children and drought-ravaged landscapes, we have come to expect that we will find food insecurity in every…
Land undergirds human existence, providing the material conditions for suste-nance, shelter and quality of life. The human past reveals a variety of practices and strategies for land use, given the diversity and instability of environments over time. It is therefore remarkable that land today is classified according to one main characteristic: owne…
How online affinity networks expand learning and opportunity for young people Boyband One Direction fanfiction writers, gamers who solve math problems together, Harry Potter fans who knit for a cause. Across subcultures and geographies, young fans have found each other and formed community online, learning from one another along the way. From these and other in-depth case studies of online affi…
This open access book brings together a collection of cutting-edge insights into how action can and is already being taken against climate change at multiple levels of our societies, amidst growing calls for transformative and inclusive climate action. In an era of increasing recognition regarding climate and ecological breakdown, this book offers hope, inspiration and analyses for multi-level …
Buku ini menyajikan suatu cara baru di abad 21, yang menilai bahwa menerima sama pentingnya dengan memberi, semakin banyak memberi ketika kita telah menerima apa yang ada.
Kebenaran teori klasik dalam bidang biologi ini rupanya diyakini pula oleh pakar manajemen Rhenald Kasali yang gencar menggaungkan semangat perubahan dan mengembangkan apa yang disebut manajemen perubahan. Dalam hidup akan selalu muncul masalah-masalah baru yang tidak bisa dipecahkan dengan pola pikir dan cara-cara yang lama. Masalah-masalah itu, menurut Rhenald, harus dipecahkan dengan meng…