<p>Silk, lacquer, porcelain: mere mention of these luxury materials conjures up images of exotic lifestyles in far-off lands. A multitude of other materials, less immediately romantic, but equally inspiring when crafted with exquisite skill, feature in Harmony and Contrast, a crosscultural perspective on the art of Japan, China and Korea, illustrated from the superb collections in the Ivy Wu Gallery of East Asian Art.</p>

Harmony and Contrast: A Journey through East Asian Art

Arts & Photography

Wilkinson, Jane

History & Criticism

RoutledgeCurzon

Interviews with Kofi Anyidoho, Kofi Awoonor, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Chinua Achebe, Odia Ofeimun, Ben Okri, Wole Soyinka, Micere Githae Mugo, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Mazisi Kunene, Njabulo Ndebele, Essop Patel, Mongane Wally Serote, Tsitsi Dangarembga and Musaemura Bonas Zimunya. Among the subjects discussed in these lively interviews are the role of literary institutions, language policies, the development of written and oral cultures, and the social and political problems of post-colonial Africa.

Talking with African Writers: Interviews with African Poets, Playwrights and Novelists (Studies in African Literature (Hardcover))

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

James Currey

This text begins with a review of Takahiro's work and his place in the Kondo tradition and within Japanese traditions. It explains the materials, techniques and artistic ideas particular to the family and features photographs of Takahiro at work.

Kondo Takahiro-Painter and Potter

Noreika, Ruta

Painting

Natl Museums of Scotland

Disadvantage: Keywords in Teacher Education

Education & Teaching

Lampert, Jo

Kaukko, Mervi

García-Carrión, Rocío

Schools & Teaching

Bloomsbury Academic

Researching Practices Across and Within Diverse Educational Sites: Onto-Epistemological Considerations

Whatman, Susan

Vedeler, Gørill Warvik

Blue, Levon Ellen

Reimer, Kristin Elaine

Emerald Publishing Limited

Footfalls: Short stories from Scotland's west coast

Literature & Fiction

Clark, Elizabeth A.

Smith, Sylvia

Charlton, Leonie

Collective, Oban and Lorn Writers'

Breck, Alex

Dawson, Alison

Chapman, Irena

MacDonald, Elspeth

Rankin, Jeni

Short Stories & Anthologies

Bob Toynton

This book explores the interplay between global and local influences in theatre festivals in the German-speaking border region around Lake Constance. Whilst opening up a fascinating yet under-researched theatre region to academic study, it also provides much-needed empirical grounding for often vague theories of place, globalisation and culture. Do we really live in a ‘shrinking world’ dominated by a homogenising global culture industry, or are we experiencing the revival of ‘local particularism’? To what extent is an apparently place-dependent cultural form such as theatre affected by the processes of cultural globalisation? Through detailed analysis of theatrical case studies from Lake Constance and the application of an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, this book begins to answer such important questions. The empirical focus is on the defining features of the Lake Constance region: the beautiful and often romanticised natural landscape of lake and mountains, and the presence of the nation-state borders which make this the crossroads of the German-speaking world. The author thus examines both open-air summer theatre festivals, such as the internationally renowned Bregenzer Festspiele, and politically focused cross-border theatre festivals, such as the youth festival TRIANGEL.

Performing the Local and the Global: The Theatre Festivals of Lake Constance (German Linguistic and Cultural Studies)

Dramas & Plays

Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

This book is one of the first of its kind to examine the aspirations of refugee background students and accompanies them as they journey through the on-shore stage of settlement, enrolment and participation in the Australian education system. It begins with students’ experiences of on-shore settlement, followed by the move into schooling and finally, the subsequent transition into Australian higher education.Transitioning into higher education is a challenge for many students, particularly for those from under-represented equity groups. For refugee background students, navigating in, through and out of higher education can be particularly complex and challenging. Drawing on rich case studies from longitudinal research into refugee youth and the academic and professional staff in schools and universities who support them, the book provides powerful and compelling narratives and insights into this journey. It untangles the complex nature of transition for students of refugee background in higher education, locating it within broader social trends of increasing social and cultural diversity, as well as government practices and policies concerning the educational resettlement of refugees.

Refugee Background Students Transitioning Into Higher Education: Navigating Complex Spaces

Politics & Social Sciences

Adoniou, Misty

Naidoo, Loshini

Langat, Kiprono

Social Sciences

Springer

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