Di utara Lingkar Arktik terdapat pemukiman Vorkuta, sebuah kamp terkenal dalam sistem interniran Gulag yang menyaksikan tiga momen penting dalam sejarah Rusia. Pada tahun 1930-an, aksi mogok makan yang putus asa oleh tahanan sosialis, korban rezim represif Joseph Stalin, berujung pada eksekusi massal. Pada tahun 1953, aksi mogok para pekerja paksa menandai akhir dari sistem kerja paksa Stalinis…
Esai ini menjelaskan bagaimana Augustine memandang perdamaian dalam pernikahan antara pria dan wanita. Menurut Augustine, perdamaian sejati ditemukan di mana manusia mencintai kebaikan yang sama dengan cara yang benar. Bagaimana hal itu berlaku dalam pernikahan? Pertama, esai ini menggambarkan kemunduran pemahaman tradisional tentang pernikahan dalam masyarakat Barat. Selanjutnya, esai ini memb…
Dalam “Si Orang Turki” dalam Imajinasi Ceko (1870-an hingga 1923), Jitka Malecˇková menggambarkan pandangan orang Ceko terhadap orang Turki pada setengah abad terakhir keberadaan Kekaisaran Ottoman dan bagaimana pandangan tersebut dipengaruhi oleh ide-ide dan tren di negara lain, termasuk fascination Eropa terhadap Timur Tengah, gambaran “orang Turki,” penelitian kontemporer, dan teor…
"Kebenaran tentang Gurun mengeksplorasi kondisi hidup di mana pengungsi Tuareg dari Mali utara membangun kembali kehidupan mereka di diaspora Niger dan bagaimana kondisi tersebut memengaruhi pemahaman diri mereka, praktik budaya, hierarki status yang telah mapan, serta pembentukan identitas agama. Buku ini menyeimbangkan fokus akademik sebelumnya yang berpusat pada bangsawan Tuareg dengan memfo…
This open access book examines how and why various forms of climate (im)mobilities can impact people's objective and subjective well-being. Worsening climate impacts are forcing subsistence farmers worldwide to decide between staying or leaving their homes. This mixed methods study analyzes cases of climate-related migration, displacement, relocation, and immobility in Peru's coastal, highland,…
Neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, and other mental disorders constitute about 13% of the global burden of disease surpassing both cardiovascular disease and cancer. The total cost worldwide of these diseases is estimated to exceed 100 million disability-adjusted life years. In order to begin to address this important problem, the …
Despite a career spanning over forty years, filmmaker Alan Rudolph has flown largely under the radar of independent film scholars and enthusiasts, often remembered as Robert Altman's prote?ge?. Through a reading of his 1985 film Trouble in Mind, Caryl Flinn demonstrates that Rudolph is long overdue for critical re-evaluation. Exploring Trouble in Mind's influence on indie filmmaking, Rudolph'…
Effective airway management is a cornerstone of emergency medicine, and timely intervention can be lifesaving. Healthcare providers must be prepared to assess, intervene, and manage the airway efficiently in a variety of emergency situations to optimize patient outcomes. This book provides valuable information about emergency airway management.
How to account for the peculiar attraction of certain photos? How to deal with the specific use of images in particular contexts? Monika Schwärzler presents a variety of photographic case studies exploring visual phenomena from the point of view of media analysis as well as from sociological, aesthetic, and psychoanalytic perspectives. The topics range from a new reading of Thomas Struth’s s…
How to account for the peculiar attraction of certain photos? How to deal with the specific use of images in particular contexts? Monika Schwärzler presents a variety of photographic case studies exploring visual phenomena from the point of view of media analysis as well as from sociological, aesthetic, and psychoanalytic perspectives. The topics range from a new reading of Thomas Struth’s s…