Working Futures

Working futures looks at the current effectiveness and future scope for enabling policy in the field of disability and employment. By addressing the current strengths and weaknesses of disability and

Trailblazing women working in digital arts media and education established the Midwest as an international center for the artistic and digital revolution in the 1980s and beyond. Foundational events a

Bringing together leading scholars working within the field of new and emerging technologies and their application to children and childhood, this collection pays special attention to the ways in whic

Global risks, mobilities, and interdependencies transnationalize local life and working worlds. These processes lead to an inner globalization of societies in which worldwide constellations of "reflex

A collection of short fiction from nationally bestselling author Charlie Jane Anders.Charlie Jane Anders came to national attention with her bestselling debut SF&F novel, All the Birds in the Sky. Since the late 2000s, Anders has been steadily publishing some of the most lively, outrageous, and engaging short fiction in the field.The woman who can see all the possible branching futures is dating the man who can see the one and only foreordained future. A wildly popular slapstick filmmaker is drawn, against his better judgment, into working with a fascist militia, against a background of social collapse. Two friends must embark on an Epic Quest To Capture The Weapon That Threatens The Galaxy, or else they’ll never achieve their dream of opening a restaurant. A trans woman is captured by an agency that brutally forces detransition by means of brain transplants – only to discover that the person overseeing her case is her childhood friend. And in the liminal space between the warring frag

Margaret Atwood is one of the most significant writers working today. Her writing spans seven decades, is phenomenally diverse and ambitious, and has amassed an enormous body of literary criticism. In this invaluable guide, Fiona Tolan provides a clear and comprehensive overview of evolving critical approaches to Atwood’s work. Addressing all of the author’s key texts, the book deftly guides the reader through the most characteristic, influential, and insightful critical readings of the last fifty years. It highlights recurring themes in Atwood’s work, such as gender, feminism, power and violence, fairy tale and the gothic, environmental destruction, and dystopian futures. This is an indispensable companion for anyone interested in reading and writing about Margaret Atwood.

What if the economy loved you?Beloved Economies explores what it takes to co-create US economic futures that work for all.From rising inequality, to systemized oppression, and an increasing consolidation of wealth, it’s clear that work isn’t working for us anymore. What changes can we implement at all levels of organizations, now, to make them healthier and more just?Based on six years of research, Beloved Economies offers seven practices for individuals who are part of teams within enterprises—from businesses to nonprofits, farms, and after-school groups—to build economic realities of more purpose, meaning, and joy:• Choose Trust• Share Power• Reckon with History• Prioritize Relationships• Seek Meaningful Difference• Source from Multiple Ways of Knowing• Prototype Early and OftenResearch practitioners Jess Rimington and Joanna Cea have found that when individuals commit to these practices, they transform their enterprises to be “less capitalist” and more of an emerging system that exp

For fans of My Brother is a Superhero and The Demon Headmaster comes an outrageously funny story of brain control, friends, enemies and saving the world, even if you don't really want to.*From the award-winning writer of The Unbelievable Biscuit Factory*Leeza Sneezer is super-indecisive. She's worried about the futures - because which one will she choose? What will she be? What even is she now? Leeza lives in the market town of Owt. It's an ordinary town full of ordinary human beings: unpredictable, selfish, rude. Leeza likes it there. But one Monday Leeza's friends and family suddenly begin eating healthily, doing exercise, going to bed early. They also start work at FloomCorp. Everyone working for Floom is happy. They are the best versions of themselves they could possibly be. Who could complain about that? Leeza, that's who. She knows the importance of living your whole life, even the mad, bad or sad moments. And she's ready to save the world. If she absolutely has to.

From a renowned pioneer of the anti-globalization movement, a primer on working towards a localized worldFrom disappearing livelihoods to financial instability, from climate chaos to an epidemic of de

Falling into the past will change their futures forever.Mary Davies finds safety in her ordered and productive life. Working as an engineer, she genuinely enjoys her job and her colleagues – par

Working from the Province of the Special Territory of Yogyakarta in the south-central part of Java, Daniels (Hofstra U., US) examines the variety of local projections for desirable futures, whether de

Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic book from award-winning authors Amal

A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we--the everyday people whose data powers AI--aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to a system we can't see and have no input into--one largely free from regulation or oversight. The big nine corporations--Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, Microsoft, IBM and Apple--are the new gods of AI and are short-changing our futures to reap immediate financial gain. In this book, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the foundations of AI--the people working on the system, their motivations, the technology itself--is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which d