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Rapunzel
"Trapped in her tower, Rapunzel has nothing but time to kill and hair to brush, but what if she could use her long locks to engineer an escape? In this retelling of the classic fairy tale, readers will use STEM problem-solving activities to help Rapunzel reach her happy ending. Engaging projects, such as testing a strand of hair's strength against cotton thread and designing a zip wire, introduce readers to key STEM concepts. Readers will love exercising their critical thinking and creativity to play a part in Rapunzel's story. Charming illustrations and the interactive format make this innovative book a valuable addition to any library."
The Princess and the Pea
"To prove her royalty, the princess must pass an impossible test: to feel a single pea under layers of mattresses. In this innovative retelling of the classic fairy tale, readers will problem-solve the princess out of her predicament. Fun activities introduce key science, technology, engineering, and mathematics concepts and challenge readers' critical thinking. Readers will build confidence in their abilities and take interest in STEM material. Original illustrations and hands-on activities give readers an interactive experience. Even readers reluctant to learn STEM materials will love this immersive format, ensuring this book will be a popular addition to any library or classroom."
Good Victims
In Good Victims, Roxani Krystalli investigates the politics of victimhood as a feminist question. Based on in-depth engagement in Colombia over the course of a decade, Krystalli shows how victimhood becomes a pillar of reimagining the state in the wake of war, and of bringing a vision of that state into being through bureaucratic encounters. The book also sheds light on the ethical and methodological dilemmas that arise when contemplating the legacies of transitional justice mechanisms.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Too hot! Too cold! Goldilocks is one picky eater. In this retelling of Goldilocks classic conundrums, readers will use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve problems such as finding that perfect porridge temperature! This unique story-driven format is just right for readers who are reluctant to learn STEM materials. Theyll love engineering their way to a happily ever after using critical thinking and creativity. Adorable illustrations immerse readers in this beloved fairy tale, while engaging activities allow them to strengthen their STEM skills. Unlike a certain blonde intruder, this versatile combination of literature and STEM will be at home in any library.
Origami for Easter
Easter usually happens right at the beginning of spring. Flowers are just beginning to bloom, grass and trees start to get greener, and baby animals are just about ready to be born. The beauty of spring and the historic Christian meaning of Easter make wonderful origami projects for readers to try! Step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs guide them through each fold of little Easter bunnies, egg baskets, and spring flowers. Fact boxes add interesting information about Easter's origins and symbols as readers create them to decorate their home for the holiday.
Jack and the Beanstalk
"Fee, fi, fo, fum. How will Jack and his beanstalk fare against a hungry giant? This interactive book retells the classic story of Jack, but this time, readers will use science, technology, engineering, and math to help the mischievous hero reach his happily ever after. Engaging STEM activities, such as charting the life cycle of beans, make these important curriculum materials fun and accessible. This unique, story-driven approach will attract even readers who are reluctant to learn science and math. They'll love using critical thinking and creativity to engineer solutions to this famous fairy tale, making this book a valuable addition to any library."
Atmospheric Violence
Atmospheric Violence grapples with the afterlife of environmental disasters and armed conflict and examines how people attempt to flourish despite and alongside continuing violence. Departing from conventional approaches to the study of disaster and conflict that have dominated academic studies of Kashmir, Omer Aijazi’s ethnography of life in the borderlands instead explores possibilities for imagining life otherwise, in an environment where violence is everywhere, or atmospheric. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the portion of Kashmir under Pakistan’s control and its surrounding mountainscapes, the book takes us to two remote mountainous valleys that have been shaped by recurring envir...
Different Voices
The concept of the "human" has been broadly re-visited and modified, and the term "posthuman" has now become a term of continuous inquiry. Gender (representations) play(s) a critical role in works of literature, culture, and art, and focusing on gender is crucial to uncovering the anthropocentrism or androcentrism that may underlie the work and the times to which it belongs. While maintaining a solid literary emphasis, the ten chapters included in this volume focus on feminist debates about women, technology, and the body, on gender representation and the posthuman, on post-gender figurations, on gender and trans/post/humanism, biotechnology/biopolitics/bioethics, on feminist posthumanism, on animals, the human-machine, and ecological posthumanism. The aim of the volume is to analyse how useful these concepts may be for thinking about the subject, its definition and identity in a changing society.
A Troubling Inheritance
As long as there have been formal curricula, there have been disappointing curricula. In an increasingly authoritarian world, problematic curricula are on the rise, leaving teachers in a bind. When faced with these problematic curricula, some teachers will submit and do as they are told, while other teachers will oppose the problematic curricula, and, in some cases, face the consequences. Instead, Seth McCall argues for reworking problematic curricula. Turning to the nearest bookshelf, he engages with his own troubling inheritance, a problematic curriculum: E. D. Hirsch et al.’s The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. As a gift from a beloved family member, that text proved too dear to discard and too problematic to accept unchanged. Drawing on examples of assemblage art, the author reworks the problematic curriculum through cutting, juxtaposing with other materials, and re-contextualizing in a different setting. Navigating in the wake of reactionary movements, A Troubling Inheritance: Reworking Problematic Curricula encourages teachers to find forms of subsistence while continuing to work toward a larger vision of social justice.
The Routledge Companion to Decolonizing Art, Craft, and Visual Culture Education
This companion demonstrates how art, craft, and visual culture education activate social imagination and action that is equity- and justice-driven. Specifically, this book provides arts-engaged, intersectional understandings of decolonization in the contemporary art world that cross disciplinary lines. Visual and traditional essays in this book combine current scholarship with pragmatic strategies and insights grounded in the reality of socio-cultural, political, and economic communities across the globe. Across three sections (creative shorts, enacted encounters, and ruminative research), a diverse group of authors address themes of histories, space and land, mind and body, and the digital realm. Chapters highlight and illustrate how artists, educators, and researchers grapple with decolonial methods, theories, and strategies—in research, artmaking, and pedagogical practice. Each chapter includes discursive questions and resources for further engagement with the topics at hand. The book is targeted towards scholars and practitioners of art education, studio art, and art history, K-12 art teachers, as well as artist educators and teaching artists in museums and communities.
