Author: Edward M. Schoolman File Type: pdf Beginning with Saint Barbatianus, a fifth-century wonderworking monk and confessor to the Empress Galla Placidia, this book focuses on the changes in the religious landscape of Ravenna, a former capital of the Late Roman Empire, through the Middle Ages. During this period, written stories about saints and their relics not only offered guidance and solace but were also used by those living among the ruins of a once great cityparticularly its archbishops, monks, and the urban aristocracyto reflect on its past glory. This practice remained important to the citizens of Ravenna as they came to terms with the citys revival and renewed relevance in the tenth century under Ottonian rule. In using the vita of Barbatianus as a central text, Edward M. Schoolman explores how saints and sanctity were created and ultimately came to influence complex political and social networks, from the Late Roman Empire to the High Middle Ages. **

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Author: Anna Cristina Pertierra File Type: epub The field of anthropology took a long time to discover the significance of media in modern culture. In this important new book, Anna Pertierra tells the story of how a field - once firmly associated with the study of esoteric cultures - became a central part of the global study of media and communication. She recounts the rise of anthropological studies of media, the discovery of digital cultures, and the embrace of ethnographic methods by media scholarsaround the world. Bringing together longstanding debates in sociocultural anthropology with recent innovations in digital cultural research, thisbookexplains how anthropology fits into the story and study of media in the contemporary world. It charts the mutual disinterest and subsequent love affair that has taken place between the fields of anthropology and media studies in order to understand how and why such a transformation has taken place. Moreover, the book shows how the theories and methods of anthropology offer valuable ways to study media from a ground-level perspective and to understand the human experience of media in the digital age. Media Anthropologyforthe Digital Agewill be of interest to students and scholars of media and communication, anthropology, and cultural studies, as well as anyone wanting to understand the use of anthropology across wider cultural debates. **Review Writtenin a lively, well-informed style, this book offers an important introduction to an interdisciplinary field that will be of interest to anthropologists, media scholars, and others who are trying to understand what it means to live in the digital age for people and communities across the globe, from the Arctic to the global south. Faye Ginsburg, New York University About the Author Anna Cristina Pertierra is Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University.

Author: Geoff O'Brien File Type: pdf Following the success of its predecessor, this second edition of The Future of Energy Use provides essential analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their environmental and social impacts. It examines conventional, nuclear and renewable sources and technologies, using relevant case studies and providing a vital link between technology and related policy issues. The new edition has been comprehensively developed and updated, including new text, diagrams and tables, with entire new sections that reflect the significant changes that have occurred since the first edition. New material includes a stronger focus on climate change policy and energy security a discussion of the long run marginal costs of oil coverage of the biofuels debate in both the developed and developing worlds an outline of developments in the built environment (including transport issues) and the relationship between behaviour and energy use. It reviews policy shifts with relation to energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage, combined heat and power, and combined cycle gas turbines. There is new coverage of nuclear waste, storage and proliferation, and new material on microgeneration and biofuels, as well as essential new information on carbon markets and the hydrogen economy. The result is a unique introduction and guide to all the vital issues within energy for students, academics and professionals new to the field.ReviewThis is a comprehensive global overview of the immediate and medium-term problems of energy futures and a useful summary for academics. It is also a critical call to politicians to get moving. Paul Raskin, Director, Tellus Institute, USA An essential and salutary read for those who want an informed energy debate. Dr Yacob Mulugetta, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, UK A unique introduction and guide to all the vital issues within energy for students, academics and professionals new to the field. ISES Membership Newsletter 2010. About the AuthorPhil OKeefe is Director of ETC UK, a not-for-profit development organization, and Professor of Economic Development and Environmental Management at Northumbria University, UK. Dr Geoff OBrien is a senior lecturer at Northumbria University. Professor Nicola Pearsall is the Director of Northumbria Photovoltaics Applications Centre (NPAC) and group leader for the Energy Systems and Materials research group in the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, Northumbria University.