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Developing Theatre in the Global South proposes a fundamental re-examination of the historiography of theatre in emerging countries after 1945. It investigates the institutional factors that led to the emergence of professional theatre in the post-war period throughout the decolonizing world.

The first English-language collection of critical essays by Gianni Celati, one of Italy's most important contemporary authors. Selected Essays and Dialogues is a collection of translations of Italian essayist Gianni Celati's theoretical and musing work from the late 1960s to the present. Its topics range from environmental perception and archaeological conceptions of historical knowledge to street theater, writing, photography, cinema, and translation. The book provides a framework of key literary, theoretical, and artistic movements of the past fifty years, as well as a guide for English-language readers to place Celati's work in historical, cultural, and biographical contexts. Celati's fondness for the unexpected ordinary tempts readers to wander and become lost in the webs of his daring thoughts. Indeed, a genial adventurousness can be found within all of his writings collected here, driven by an affectionate and light-hearted engagement with the surrounding world. This collection offers a taste of his adventures of the mind and body, led by a lithe sensitivity not restricted to the so-called high arts or letters, but also very much engaged with the everyday lives, places, and tales we all constantly share.

The first English-language collection of critical essays by Gianni Celati, one of Italy's most important contemporary authors. Selected Essays and Dialogues is a collection of translations of Italian essayist Gianni Celati's theoretical and musing work from the late 1960s to the present. Its topics range from environmental perception and archaeological conceptions of historical knowledge to street theater, writing, photography, cinema, and translation. The book provides a framework of key literary, theoretical, and artistic movements of the past fifty years, as well as a guide for English-language readers to place Celati's work in historical, cultural, and biographical contexts. Celati's fondness for the unexpected ordinary tempts readers to wander and become lost in the webs of his daring thoughts. Indeed, a genial adventurousness can be found within all of his writings collected here, driven by an affectionate and light-hearted engagement with the surrounding world. This collection offers a taste of his adventures of the mind and body, led by a lithe sensitivity not restricted to the so-called high arts or letters, but also very much engaged with the everyday lives, places, and tales we all constantly share.

Urban Informality and the Built Environment brings a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of informality and the built environment in diverse contexts.

Urban Informality and the Built Environment brings a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of informality and the built environment in diverse contexts.

Defines an innovative research agenda for Roman archaeology, highlighting the diverse ways in which the Empire was made materially tangible in the lives of its inhabitants. The volume explores how material culture was integral to the process of imperialism, and in doing so provides up-to-date overviews of major topics in Roman archaeology.

Defines an innovative research agenda for Roman archaeology, highlighting the diverse ways in which the Empire was made materially tangible in the lives of its inhabitants. The volume explores how material culture was integral to the process of imperialism, and in doing so provides up-to-date overviews of major topics in Roman archaeology.

The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 3 continues the journey of the two previous volumes into the world's open secrets, unwritten rules and hidden practices.

Focusing primarily on local government in South African cities, the book draws on officials' first-experiences and ethnographies to investigate how far 'progressive' city authorities reduce inequalities. Day-to-day practices question generalised explanations of state failure and the book aims to open paths for achievable alternative urban policies.

Focusing primarily on local government in South African cities, the book draws on officials' first-experiences and ethnographies to investigate how far 'progressive' city authorities reduce inequalities. Day-to-day practices question generalised explanations of state failure and the book aims to open paths for achievable alternative urban policies.

An accessible exploration of the methodology of the history of reading. Few articles in the humanities have had the impact of Lisa Jardine and Anthony Grafton's seminal "Studied for Action," a study of the reading practices of Elizabethan polymath and prolific annotator Gabriel Harvey. Their excavation of the setting, methods, and ambitions of Harvey's encounters with his books ignited a new interdisciplinary field, the history of reading, which quickly became one of the most exciting corners of the scholarly cosmos. A generation inspired by the model of Harvey fanned out across the world's libraries and archives, seeking to reveal the many creative, unexpected, and curious ways that individuals throughout history responded to texts, and how these interpretations, in turn, illuminate past worlds. Three decades on, Harvey's example and Jardine's work remain central to cutting-edge scholarship in the history of reading. By uniting "Studied for Action" with new studies on Gabriel Harvey, some of which are published here for the first time, by Jardine, Grafton, and the scholars they have influenced, this collection provides a unique lens on the place of marginalia in textual, intellectual, and cultural history. The chapters capture subsequent work on Harvey and map the fields opened by Jardine and Grafton's original article, collectively offering a posthumous tribute to Lisa Jardine and an authoritative overview of the History of Reading.

This collection presents the seminal 1990 article 'Studied for Action' by Lisa Jardine and Anthony Grafton alongside published and unpublished studies on Harvey to provide a unique lens on the place of marginalia in textual and cultural history. It offers a posthumous tribute to Lisa Jardine and an authoritative overview of the History of Reading.

Case studies of creativity in varying educational settings explore the ground-breaking work undertaken across the globe to support, develop and future-proof educators with creative methods. Creativity in Education provides practical insights, with each chapter followed by two critical responses from international contributors.

This edited book explores important concepts that are relevant to the idea of learning; meta-concepts such as epistemology, rationality and critical realism, and meso-concepts such as assessment, system, race, friendship and curriculum. Like the first volume of On Learning, it is a response to empiricist and positivist conceptions of knowledge.

This edited book explores important concepts that are relevant to the idea of learning; meta-concepts such as epistemology, rationality and critical realism, and meso-concepts such as assessment, system, race, friendship and curriculum. Like the first volume of On Learning, it is a response to empiricist and positivist conceptions of knowledge.

Violent Extremism illuminates the nature of violent extremism and advocates for prevention-driven practice.

In Social Research for our Times researchers from the 50 years of UCL's Thomas Coram Research Unit share some of the most important results of their studies. Taking a unique opportunity to reflect on research context as well as findings, chapters address the key strategic question of what the relationship between research and policy should be.

Educational research can address today's global challenges of sustainability, structural inequality and social justice. Here, diverse international studies investigate the relationship between policy and practice, opportunities and constraints in education systems, challenges and opportunities for higher education, and the perspectives of students.

Global goods - Indian textiles, Chinese porcelain - were central to the material culture of 18th-century country houses. They tied wealthy property owners in Europe, America and Asia into global systems of supply and the processes of empire. This book offers fresh insights into the multi-directional flow of goods and culture of the time.