Large quantities of oil were discovered in the Albertine Rift Valley in Western Uganda in 2006.
Oil Spaces traces petroleum’s impact through a range of territories from across the world, showing how industrially drilled petroleum and its refined products have played a major role in transforming the built environment in ways that are often not visible or recognized.
Texte der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur konfrontieren Rezipienten und Rezipientinnen mit Körperbildern, die entlang vielfältiger Formen der Ex- und Inklusion sowie Transgression gezeichnet werden.
For the Yagwoia-Angan people of Papua New Guinea womba is a malignant power with the potential to afflict any soul with cravings for pig meat and human flesh.
Quels sont les véritables enjeux d'Internet? Comment évaluer l'importance de l'accessibilité au savoir technique?
Odd Couples examines friendships between gay men and straight women, and also between lesbians and straight men, and shows how these "intersectional" friendships serve as a barometer for shifting social norms, particularly regarding gender and sexual orientation.
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial international survey which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students.
Lapita comprises an archaeological horizon that is fundamental to the understanding of human colonisation and settlement of the Pacific as it is associated with the arrival of the common ancestors of the Polynesians and many Austronesian-speaking Melanesians more than 3000 years ago.
This volume, the result of ongoing collaborations between Australian and French anthropologists, historians and linguists, explores encounters between Pacific peoples and foreigners during the longue durée of European exploration, colonisation and settlement from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. It deploys the concept of ‘encounter’ rather than the more common idea of ‘fir…
Die moderne Gesellschaft fordert von Organisationen zunehmend Responsivität, etwa im Bereich der Transparenz.