For students and systems designers, Rocker and Ziefle (communication science and human technology, RWTH Aachen U., Germany) compile 13 chapters by researchers in medicine, technology, health and socia
Albert Speer, architect and armaments minister of the Nazi regime, successfully captured the image of a non-political technocrat after his release from prison in 1966. He had had no knowledge of the c
Based on the swisspeace annual conference 2012, the proposed publication examines the delicate balance between external interventions and locally-led initiatives. It addresses the question of what “lo
This book addresses critical questions and analyses key issues regarding Indigenous/Aboriginal Peoples and governance of land and protected areas in the Arctic. It brings together contributions f
Scrooge McDuck wants to find the treasure of King Duckapulco, an ancient ruler of a pre-Columbian South American empire. But the King’s ghost demands his vast wealth go only to the pure of heart. Is t
Claudio Gobbi (*1971 in Ancona) has been working since 2007 on the systematic recording of Armenian religious architecture from the Middle Ages to the present. Besides the photographer’s own photograp
Influenced by the currently very popular do-it-yourself movement, the contemporary design scene is increasingly shaped by a creative fusion of production and consumption. When it comes to the developm
Death and dying are inseparably linked with life. They are self-evident and at the same time cannot be grasped by reason alone - they are ordinary, and yet so incredible. In these meditations, the acc
Instructors at the Pennsylvania-based Project Management Institute explain how to integrate principles of sustainable development into projects and project management. Among their topics are research
Klein (U. of Heidelberg, Germany) reviews current understandings of human sociality in philosophical anthropology--covering current studies on human cooperative behavior from the discipline of economi
This collection of essays takes up the most famous feminist sentence ever written, Simone de Beauvoir's "On ne naît pas femme: on le devient," finding in it a flashpoint that galvanizes feminist think
