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Anthropological Provenance Research at the Museum der Kulturen Basel

by Anna Schmid, Isabella Bozsa, Basil Bucher, Tabea Buri, Silvia Greber, Taloi Havini, Zainabu Jallo, Tevodai Mambai, George Paul Meiu0, Daniela Müller1, Aila Özvegyi2, David Rentsch3, Julia Singh4, Beatrice Voirol5, Beat Keusch6 ...

Provenance research is so much more than a search for origin: It offers new perspectives on objects, collections, their histories, and the multifaceted relationships embedded within them. The Museum der Kulturen Basel is systematically examining its collection for coloniality and highlighting the central importance of collaborating with communities in the Global South. This work also reveals how ... Read more

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Provenance research is so much more than a search for origin: It offers new perspectives on objects, collections, their histories, and the multifaceted relationships embedded within them. The Museum der Kulturen Basel is systematically examining its collection for coloniality and highlighting the central importance of collaborating with communities in the Global South. This work also reveals how
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Advances in organic dairy cattle farming

by Dr Mette Vaarst, Dr Mette Vaarst, Dr Stephen Roderick, Dr Stephen Roderick, Dr Lindsay Whistance, Dr Lindsay Whistance, Dr Morten Kargo, Dr Morten Kargo0, Dr Hannah Jones1, Dr Hannah Jones2, Dr Gillian Butler3, Dr Gillian Butler4, Dr Kerstin Barth5, Dr Kerstin Barth6, Dr Lisa Morgans7, Dr Lisa Morgans8, Dr Maria Groot9, Dr Maria Groot0, Dr Stig Milan Thamsborg1, Dr Stig Milan Thamsborg2, Dr David Rose3, Dr David Rose4, Dr Will Simonson5, Dr Will Simonson6, Dr Otto Schmid7, Dr Otto Schmid8, Dr Julie Brastrup Clasen9, Dr Margot Slagboom0, Dr Hannah Davis1, Dr Marie Haskell2, Dr Silvia Ivemeyer3, Dr Julie Føske Johnsen4, Dr Catarina Svensson5, Dr Julie Duval6, Dr Ariane Maeschli7, Dr Michael Walkenhorst8, Dr Nadine Ravinet9, Dr Miguel Peña-Espinoza0, Dr Andrew Williams1, Dr Helena Mejer2, Dr Philip J. Skuce3, Dr Juliette Schillings4, Dr Eden Keily-Thurstain5, Dr Hannah Stolz6, Dr Karlotta Koch7, Dr Claudia Meier8, Dr A. Muller9, Dr C. Schader0, Prof. Florian Leiber1, Dr Bernadette Oehen2 ...

Series Book 153 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Highlights the potential role organic dairy farming can play in addressing some of the key challenges facing the dairy sectorConsiders how the one-welfare perspective can be utilised to optimise the welfare of calves, adult cows and the humans that care for themShows how pasture-based production can contribute to improved cattle health and welfare, product quality and sustainability ... Read more

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Highlights the potential role organic dairy farming can play in addressing some of the key challenges facing the dairy sectorConsiders how the one-welfare perspective can be utilised to optimise the welfare of calves, adult cows and the humans that care for themShows how pasture-based production can contribute to improved cattle health and welfare, product quality and sustainability
... Read more

Africa’s Struggle for Its Art

History of a Postcolonial Defeat

by Bénédicte Savoy ...

Translated by Susanne Meyer-Abich ...

A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powersFor decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. In Africa’s Struggle for Its Art, Bénédicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important history. One of the ... Read more

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A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powersFor decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. In Africa’s Struggle for Its Art, Bénédicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important history. One of the
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Art, History, and Anachronic Interventions Since 1990

by Eva Kernbauer ...

This book examines contemporary artistic practices since 1990 that engage with, depict, and conceptualize history.Examining artworks by Kader Attia, Yael Bartana, Zarina Bhimji, Michael Blum, Matthew Buckingham, Tacita Dean, Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica, Omer Fast, Andrea Geyer, Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno, Hiwa K, Amar Kanwar, Bouchra Khalili, Deimantas Narkevičius, Wendelien van ... Read more

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This book examines contemporary artistic practices since 1990 that engage with, depict, and conceptualize history.Examining artworks by Kader Attia, Yael Bartana, Zarina Bhimji, Michael Blum, Matthew Buckingham, Tacita Dean, Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica, Omer Fast, Andrea Geyer, Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno, Hiwa K, Amar Kanwar, Bouchra Khalili, Deimantas Narkevičius, Wendelien van
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The Guerrilla Diet & Lifestyle Program

Wage War On Weight And Poor Health And Learn To Thrive In The Modern Jungle

by Galit Goldfarb ...

The Guerrilla diet is the ideal diet for human consumption, one that has been proven to reverse disease and will help you easily and naturally lose weight and achieve optimal health. This lifestyle program is called The Guerrilla Diet because you will have to learn to combat all that you were taught and told to believe is healthy for you. The Guerrilla Diet is based on proven facts that examine ... Read more

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The Guerrilla diet is the ideal diet for human consumption, one that has been proven to reverse disease and will help you easily and naturally lose weight and achieve optimal health. This lifestyle program is called The Guerrilla Diet because you will have to learn to combat all that you were taught and told to believe is healthy for you. The Guerrilla Diet is based on proven facts that examine
... Read more
Architecture, Power and National Identity

by Lawrence Vale ...

The first edition of Architecture, Power, and National Identity, published in 1992, has become a classic, winning the prestigious Spiro Kostof award for the best book in architecture and urbanism. Lawrence Vale fully has fully updated the book, which focuses on the relationship between the design of national capitals across the world and the formation of national identity in modernity. Tied to ... Read more

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The first edition of Architecture, Power, and National Identity, published in 1992, has become a classic, winning the prestigious Spiro Kostof award for the best book in architecture and urbanism. Lawrence Vale fully has fully updated the book, which focuses on the relationship between the design of national capitals across the world and the formation of national identity in modernity. Tied to
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Lifelines of Our Society

A Global History of Infrastructure

by Dirk van Laak ...

Translated by Erik Butler ...

Series series Infrastructures
A comprehensive history and examination of global infrastructures and the outsized role they play in our lives.Infrastructure is essential to defining how the public functions, yet there is little public knowledge regarding why and how it became today’s strongest global force over government and individual lives. Who should build and maintain infrastructures? How are they to be protected? And why ... Read more

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A comprehensive history and examination of global infrastructures and the outsized role they play in our lives.Infrastructure is essential to defining how the public functions, yet there is little public knowledge regarding why and how it became today’s strongest global force over government and individual lives. Who should build and maintain infrastructures? How are they to be protected? And why
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Evolving Human Nutrition

Implications for Public Health

by Neil Mann, Sarah Elton, Stanley J. Ulijaszek ...

Series Book 64 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the products of industrialization and often suffer as a consequence. This book considers aspects of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives. It considers what a 'natural' human diet might be, how it has been ... Read more

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While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the products of industrialization and often suffer as a consequence. This book considers aspects of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives. It considers what a 'natural' human diet might be, how it has been
... Read more
Culture and Value

Tourism, Heritage, and Property

by Regina F. Bendix ...

An "eminently readable" collection of essays exploring what happens when cultural heritage meets commerce ( Asian Ethnology).When heritage becomes a commodity, when culture is instrumental in driving tourism, and when individuals assert ownership over either, social, ideological, political, and economic motivations intertwine. Bestowing value on "culture" is itself a culturally rooted act, and the ... Read more

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An "eminently readable" collection of essays exploring what happens when cultural heritage meets commerce ( Asian Ethnology).When heritage becomes a commodity, when culture is instrumental in driving tourism, and when individuals assert ownership over either, social, ideological, political, and economic motivations intertwine. Bestowing value on "culture" is itself a culturally rooted act, and the
... Read more
Aquaponics Food Production Systems

Combined Aquaculture and Hydroponic Production Technologies for the Future

Edited by Simon Goddek, Alyssa Joyce, Benz Kotzen, Gavin M. Burnell ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This open access book, written by world experts in aquaponics and related technologies, provides the authoritative and comprehensive overview of the key aquaculture and hydroponic and other integrated systems, socio-economic and environmental aspects. Aquaponic systems, which combine aquaculture and vegetable food production offer alternative technology solutions for a world that is increasingly ... Read more

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This open access book, written by world experts in aquaponics and related technologies, provides the authoritative and comprehensive overview of the key aquaculture and hydroponic and other integrated systems, socio-economic and environmental aspects. Aquaponic systems, which combine aquaculture and vegetable food production offer alternative technology solutions for a world that is increasingly
... Read more
Well Fed

How modern diets are failing us (and what we can do about it)

by James Collier ...

What you eat doesn’t just impact you – it shapes the world around you.Wonderfully enlightening and engagingly written. Dr IdzIf you are looking at ways to combat the exploitation of the planet this book is for you. Rhiannon LambertWell Fed is a vital tool in the ongoing battle against nutrition misinformation. Robbie Lockie, Plant Based News––In <em... ... Read more

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What you eat doesn’t just impact you – it shapes the world around you.Wonderfully enlightening and engagingly written. Dr IdzIf you are looking at ways to combat the exploitation of the planet this book is for you. Rhiannon LambertWell Fed is a vital tool in the ongoing battle against nutrition misinformation. Robbie Lockie, Plant Based News––In <em...
... Read more

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The Long Shadow of German Colonialism

Amnesia, Denialism and Revisionism

by Henning Melber ...

From 1884 to 1914, the world's fourth-largest overseas colonial empire was that of the German Kaiserreich. Yet this fact is little known in Germany and the subject remains virtually absent from most school textbooks. While debates are now common in France and Britain over the impact of empire on former colonies and colonizing societies, German imperialism has only more recently become a topic of ... Read more

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From 1884 to 1914, the world's fourth-largest overseas colonial empire was that of the German Kaiserreich. Yet this fact is little known in Germany and the subject remains virtually absent from most school textbooks. While debates are now common in France and Britain over the impact of empire on former colonies and colonizing societies, German imperialism has only more recently become a topic of
... Read more

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