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Aunque la Paz (en mayúscula y como construcción estatal) ha posibilitado la emergencia de organizaciones de mujeres y oportunidades de participación, también ha supuesto la intervención del Estado, la academia y la cooperación internacional en sus vidas, sus cuerpos y sus territorios, bajo las lógicas de la productividad y el desarrollo. Por ello, en este libro asumimos una doble tarea: primero, evidenciar las complejas articulaciones existentes entre el colonialismo, el capitalismo y el heteropatriarcado en la constitución de la categoría de intervención “Mujer Rural”, con el fin de establecer que las mujeres en contextos rurales se encuentran en la encrucijada entre la polít...
a continuous visual narrative runs through minh t's images, inspired by architecture, nature and geometry; they are thought provoking and romantic, as if each image is part of a prevailing fairytale. with a background in graphic design and architecture, his work nevertheless eschews an overly technical approach and instead runs with feeling, fantasy and emotion. through instagram he has managed to enchant audiences from across the globe, including notable publications, fashion houses and fellow photographers, translating his social media profile from casual hobby to an internationally acclaimed aesthetic. - isabel carmichael
This new fifth edition of Information Resources in Toxicology offers a consolidated entry portal for the study, research, and practice of toxicology. Both volumes represents a unique, wide-ranging, curated, international, annotated bibliography, and directory of major resources in toxicology and allied fields such as environmental and occupational health, chemical safety, and risk assessment. The editors and authors are among the leaders of the profession sharing their cumulative wisdom in toxicology's subdisciplines. This edition keeps pace with the digital world in directing and linking readers to relevant websites and other online tools.Due to the increasing size of the hardcopy publicati...
The important German collector Thomas Olbricht presents a personal selection of his most recent acquisitions, including Maurizio Cattelan, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Larry Clark, Thomas Demand, Marlene Dumas, Carroll Dunham, Marcel Dzama, Isaac Julien, Richard Phillips, Alexis Rockman, Gregor Schneider, Taryn Simon, Hiroshi Sugito, Nicola Tyson and Barry X-Ball. As Olbricht writes in the epilogue, 'Collecting art, for me, is an elixir of life÷ Seemingly anything goes and nothing is sure. This productive restlessness makes collecting a great adventure--that's one thing this picture book is meant to tell; another thing is that, for me, the variety of positions I'm continuously concerning myself with combines to become a cosmos full of life.' Contains an illustrated appendix and an introduction by Jean-Christophe Ammann.
L4 HOUSE is one of Kruk's most mature works, one in which he managed to stretch his esthetic and spatial search to the extreme. The author's philosophy and architectural values emerge through a thorough study of this house. "You learn watching", Luciano sometimes says.
This guide to Chile refreshingly focuses on the country's natural history and culture. It encompasses every aspect of this geographically diverse country, from the immense deserts and peaks in the north, via the fertile central valleys, to the dense rainforests and glaciers of the south. There is opportunity to discover the culture of Chile, including mummies from the 5th century BC found in the Atacama Desert and Inca ruins. Travellers can hike the Andes, savour fine and affordable wine, and venture off shore to sail and kayak. This guide details every aspect of travel, from accommodation and eating out to national parks and sailing, in this most easy of Latin American countries for independent travellers.
Este libro está organizado en tres capítulos que corresponden a características geográficas, temáticas y cronológicas del Magdalena. El primero reúne los trabajos referentes a la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, el Parque Nacional Tayrona y la población de Taganga. El segundo, que es el más extenso, está compuesto por los trabajos referentes a historias locales de Santa Marta. Y el tercero aborda la presencia y resistencia afro en Santa Marta y el Caribe colombiano. La selección final de los textos que aquí se publican se basó en el nivel de profundidad e investigación, y a la aplicación y utilización de herramientas metodológicas y teóricas para abordar las temáticas, máxim...
This book constitutes thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the workshops of the 16th International Conference on Parallel Computing, Euro-Par 2010, held in Ischia, Italy, in August/September 2010. The papers of these 9 workshops HeteroPar, HPCC, HiBB, CoreGrid, UCHPC, HPCF, PROPER, CCPI, and VHPC focus on promotion and advancement of all aspects of parallel and distributed computing.
Aimed at the enthusiast who would like to gain a greater understanding of technical and design issues facing MotoGP constructors, this fascinating book provides detailed analysis of the cutting-edge technology used in the sport’s premier class today. Each area of a racing motorcycle’s design is explained and separate chapters for each manufacturer trace the development of each machine over the years through to the detailed specification of the current version.