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The song remains the most basic unit of modern pop music. Shaped into being by historical forces—cultural, aesthetic, and technical—the song provides both performer and audience with a world marked off by a short, discrete, and temporally demarcated experience. One-Track Mind: Capitalism, Technology, and the Art of the Pop Song brings together 16 writers to weigh in on 16 iconic tracks from the history of modern popular music. Arranged chronologically in order of release of the tracks, and spanning nearly five decades, these essays zigzag across the cultural landscape to present one possible history of pop music. There are detours through psychedelic rock, Afro-pop, Latin pop, glam rock,...
Dieser Band informiert über alle relevanten Bereiche des Fachs Deutsch als Fremdsprache – von den Lernenden über die Lehr- und Lernformen bis hin zu den produktiven und rezeptiven Fertigkeiten. Im Zentrum der Einführung stehen die Lerngegenstände Sprache, Literatur und Landeskunde. Weitere Kapitel widmen sich den Lehrmaterialien und Medien, vom gedruckten Lehrwerk bis zum Internet, sowie den verschiedenen Konzepten der Fremdsprachenvermittlung. Im zweifarbigen Layout: Mit Definitionen, Beispielen und vielen Abbildungen. Für die 2. Auflage wurde der Band komplett durchgesehen, aktualisiert und u.a. um Abschnitte zum Einsatz digitaler Medien, zum neuen europäischen Referenzrahmen und zum zweisprachigen Sachfachunterricht ergänzt.
Unter Berücksichtigung komplexitätswissenschaftlicher Denkmodelle analysiert Henning Bandte das Phänomen Komplexität aus organisationstheoretischer Perspektive. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Notwendigkeit eines Paradigmenwandels, um angemessen mit Komplexität in Organisationen umgehen zu können.
"Highlighting recent projects, Norman Foster: Catalogue traces the development of the Foster studio from its formation in the 1960s to the present. More than 120 buildings and projects are featured in stunning full-color photographs and complemented by architectural sketches and drawings. The book examines the distinctive features of Foster's work and shows the full range of the practice's achievements as urban planners, architects, and industrial designers." "Including numerous current works, unbuilt projects such as Foster's design for the World Trade Center competition, as well as buildings that showcase the essential characteristics of Foster's distinctive design philosophy, this book presents the most comprehensive overview of the renowned architect's career to date." --Book Jacket.
Drawing on the latest research, this book investigates the processes underlying the evolution of science and technology policies in the European Union and its member states. The contributors explore the development of European Union policy since the 1980s, its influence on the policies of individual countries, the experiences of European Union collaborative research projects and the economic assumptions behind innovation policy.
Includes entries for maps and atlases.