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Step back in time with Karen Maitland, author of the much-loved Company of Liars, as she explores some true-crime cases of murderous children throughout history. In Wicked Children: Murderous Tales from History, the Dark Ages meets Stephen King's Carrie or We Need to...
This Open Access book draws on the expertise of scholars, heritage experts, government officials, community representatives, and NGOs to redefine heritage authenticity from an African perspective. Exploring the interplay between tangible and intangible heritage,...
This open access book draws on unique ethnographic fieldwork carried out in four Quebec mental health courtrooms to examine the role courts play in the organization and implementation of psychiatric coercion. It provides a much-needed critical and empirical...
This open access book offers an elaboration on foodways as both a geographical concept and an area of study that recognizes local food systems as essential to social justice and long-term sustainability. Approaching food through the lens of foodways provides an...
This is an open access book.Taking into account these diverse yet interrelated concerns, this conference seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners from Humanities, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Food & Nutrition, Environmental Studies, and other...
This open access book is the first monograph written by a Chinese scholar on the systematic archaeological research conducted on the ceramic remains of the Liao Dynasty (916-1125 AD). These remains can be divided into two parts: “Liao-produced ceramics” and...
Research that occurs in the context of disasters requires attention to challenging contexts and circumstances. In Qualitative Disaster Research, Brenda D. Phillips walks readers through the ways in which those contexts can be managed to produce careful, rigorous, and...
This open access book addresses three themes which have been central to Leydesdorff's research: (1) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (2) the scientometric operationalization of these concept; and (3) the elaboration in terms of a Triple Helix of...
This open access book builds a bridge between migration and refugee studies and peace and conflict studies by examining the trans-local lives of people affected by violent conflict. Combining conceptual debates with rich insights from empirical research from across the...
This is an open access book. When effectively managed, South–South cooperation serves as a crucial driver for the development of Africa and other regions.This form of collaboration takes on particular significance in the context of Africa’s evolving...
This open access book focuses on modern interpretations of topics such as the origin and development, functional value, inheritance and protection, and resource transformation of China's excellent traditional culture. It involves special research on five aspects:...
This book is open access. The 1st International Conference on Communication and Digital Multimedia (ICCDM ) 2025 is a pioneering platform for scholars, researchers, digital practitioners, and policymakers to explore the evolving dynamics of communication and...
This open access book explores the resilience of Jewish civil society organizing in Ukraine during the tumultuous early months of the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion. Developed in collaboration with Paideia - the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden, the...
This open access book offers a profound exploration of Bracha L. Ettinger's theory of the matrixial borderspace through the lens of Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic teachings. By situating Ettinger’s work within a Lacanian context, this volume illuminates the...
Theories of transnational feminism often frame feminist knowledge as a project of Western hegemony to move ideas unilaterally from the "emancipated" West to other parts of the world. How does this framework resonate with feminists in times of authoritarianism? In...
This Open Access book explores the development of contemporary urban struggles in Sweden, offering a comprehensive and critical perspective on collective action in cities. It examines the practices of collective urban actors, highlighting both visible and hidden forms...
This open access book takes readers inside the minds and hearts of twenty urban visionaries transforming urban and rural environments across six continents. Rather than focusing on technical solutions or policy frameworks, Cathy Oke and Jorn Verbeeck reveal the deeply...
Debates about digitalization and democracy have always been controversial and range from optimistic views to sceptic or even dystopian perspectives. The former emphasize the potential of the internet to drive innovation in society and to enhance democracy. In contrast,...
This open access book centers the everyday experiences of forced and undocumented migrants in the Global North and Global South – specifically, the Netherlands, USA, and South Africa – through the prisms of engaged scholarship and co-creation as well as...
This Open access book explores the connections between everyday life, institutional politics, and social hierarchies that underlie the disputes between progressive forces and the radical right. It studies the case of Brazil, which is especially suggestive, given the...
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