The global production of plastics continues to increase year on year, with 460 million tonnes produced in 2019 (OECD 2022). This is likely to increase, with projections from a business-as-usual scenario predicting a threefold increase in the amount of plastics use, waste, and cumulative presence in aquatic environments (OECD 2022). The most recent …
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 …
More&More is an art and research project that explores the language and mechanics of global trade, container shipping, and the exchange of goods. It questions a mercantile structure that by necessity disallows the presence of ocean as a real space in order to flatten the world into a Pangaea of capital. The project is presented in two volumes, released in conjunction with an exhibition of Marin…
Le rosa in fila è dedicato alla storia della rosa orticola e prende come punto di riferimento la collezione dell’Orto botanico “Giardino dei Semplici” del Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Firenze. Qui, fino a qualche an-no fa, la collezione non aveva un preciso criterio ostensivo, ma era costituita da un semplice insieme di rose acquisite nei decenni precedenti. Si è quind…
If you have an ability to sell, and an air of diplomacy, import /export is a great way to build up a successful business from nothing and have fun doing it. Not only does it require little financial investment to start, but it offers the prestige of working with clients from all over the world. You don’t need previous experience in the field, but you should have a good head for organizing. Fu…
The Qing, the last dynasty of the Chinese imperium, ruled for over 260 years (1644-1911). At the end of the 19th century it occupied a territory of roughly 13 million square kilometres and claimed sovereignty over more than 400 million people. One of the questions this book examines is how – on a sheer logistical level – was a complex empire of this size governed before the age of telegrams…
This book tries to address these questions. The research detailed in this volume (which took place pre-Covid-19) engages with the specificities of dif-ferent contexts around the world, while seeking general lessons that can be drawn about transformations to sustainability and the role of research within them. It thus documents a new approach (or approaches) that…
The Chinese state uses cultural heritage as a source of power by linking it to political and economic goals, but heritage discourse has at the same time encouraged new actors to appropriate the discourse to protect their own traditions. This book focuses on that contested nature of heritage, especially through the lens of individuals, local communities, religious groups, and heritage experts. I…
Candi Jago di Malang, Jawa Timur adalah salah satu peninggalan sejarah yang sangat kental akan nilai kehidupan. Pahatan pada sisi dinding candi banyak mengisahkan tentang tokoh kepercayaan Hindu dan Buddha, seperti Arjuna, Kresna, sampai Angling Dharma. Hadirnya buku Candi Pustaka ini diharapkan dapat memberikan pemahaman baru akan nilai-nilai kehidupan dengan penyajian kekinian. Di samping …
Buku ini mengenalkan kalian pada bidang geografi, mulai dari batuan dan pembentukannya; sistem tata surya; cuaca dan iklim; samudra; hingga kependudukan manusia, populasi terkini, macam-macam ekosistem dan keprihatinan lingkungan.