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As he stared at the corpse's face, he realized an endless dark cavity beneath the dead skin. There's no one there. Even if he shouted with all his might, it was not the echo that would greet him but the silence that engulfed his voice. - SOLACE In "Good Friends," a little girl collects dolls her family can't afford from the neighbor's trash bin. But who is the ghostly figure sharing them with her? A mysterious married woman reaches out to an ojek driver in "Confide," and a young man's attempt to kill himself goes awry in "Zombie." In "The Crains" a new wife discovers her in-laws' dangerous forays into black magic, and "Solace" follows a young man with a terrifying secret in his bedroom… These are just some of the spine-tingling stories of Solace and Other Stories, a surreal collection sure to keep you up at night!
This book challenges the way development has been conceptualized and practiced in South Asian context, and argues for its deconstruction in a way that would allow freedom, choice and greater well-being for the local people. Far from taking development for granted as growth and advancement, this book unveils how development could also be a destructive force to local socio-cultural and environmental contexts. With a critical examination of such conventional development practices as hegemonic, patriarchal, devastating and failure, it highlights how the rethinking of development could be seen as a matter of practice by incorporating peopleâ (TM)s interest, priorities and participation. The book theoretically challenges the conventional notion of hegemonic development and proposes alternative means, and, practically, provides nuances of ethnographic knowledge which will be of great interest to policy planners, development practitioners, educationists and anyone interested in knowing more about how people think about their own development.
This book challenges the way development has been conceptualized and practiced in South Asian context, and argues for its deconstruction in a way that would allow freedom, choice and greater well-being for the local people. Far from taking development for granted as growth and advancement, this book unveils how development could also be a destructive force to local socio-cultural and environmental contexts. With a critical examination of such conventional development practices as hegemonic, patriarchal, devastating and failure, it highlights how the rethinking of development could be seen as a matter of practice by incorporating people’s interest, priorities and participation. The book theoretically challenges the conventional notion of hegemonic development and proposes alternative means, and, practically, provides nuances of ethnographic knowledge which will be of great interest to policy planners, development practitioners, educationists and anyone interested in knowing more about how people think about their own development.
Drawing upon ethnographic descriptions of three grassroots ethnic organizations, which work for indigenous peoples in promoting economic livelihood, education and strive for social justice, this book investigates the possibilities and challenges of alternative development.
Many believe that pirates and other water-bound terrorists present a significant threat to international maritime security. Testing the validity of this claim, Martin N. Murphy scrutinizes recent incidents of maritime terrorism and locates the commonalities between pirates and maritime terrorists that enable them to commit their extensive crimes. Murphy's research opens up surprising sites of contact between pirates and wider criminal networks, organizations that pursue their corrupt agendas not only on sea but also on land. It is these relationships, Murphy argues, that bring about the destabilization of states and regions in which piracy occurs. Murphy's most significant revelation is the ...
This book constitutes the Proceeding of the Computational Intelligence in Information Systems conference (CIIS 2020), held in Brunei, January 25–27, 2021. The CIIS conference provides a platform for researchers to exchange the latest ideas and to present new research advances in general areas related to computational intelligence and its applications. The 23 revised papers presented in this book have been carefully selected from 55 submissions.
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: the paradise poisoned -- 2 Arsenic poisoning: culture, health and development perspectives -- 3 Arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh: causes, health impacts and health care services -- 4 Ghaa: the social construction of arsenicosis -- 5 Arsenicosis as ghaa and health-seeking behaviour -- 6 Arsenic mitigation strategies: why do they fail? -- 7 Conclusion: the primacy of culture in health and development -- Bibliography -- Index
Writing is one of the central skills a student must master. Why should they be tested? How should they be tested? What tasks should be used? The answers to these questions are provided by this book, which examines the theory behind the practice of assessing a student's writing abilities.
This book gathers a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented at the International Conference on Big Data, IoT and Machine Learning (BIM 2021), held in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, during 23–25 September 2021. The book covers research papers in the field of big data, IoT and machine learning. The book will be helpful for active researchers and practitioners in the field.
The UK Catalysis Hub is a consortium of universities working together on fundamental and applied research to find out how catalysts work and to improve their effectiveness. The contribution of catalysis to manufacturing contributes to almost 40% of global GDP, making development and innovation within the field integral to industry.Modern Developments in Catalysis, Volume 2 provides a review and update of current research and practice on catalysis. Topics range from the treatment of water using novel techniques for carbon neutrality, cutting-edge techniques using intense radiation including Operando Synchrotron Infrared Microspectroscopy to innovation in homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis and biocatalysis. Edited by leaders of the UK Hub, this book provides insight into one of the most important areas of modern chemistry — it represents a unique learning opportunity for students and professionals studying and working towards speeding up, improving and increasing the rate of catalytic reactions in science and industry.