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Indigenous Networks: Mobility, Connections and Exchange

2019

Author(s): Carey J, Lydon J

This edited collection argues for the importance of recovering Indigenous participation within global networks of imperial power and wider histories of "transnational" connections.

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Integrated Community-Managed Development

2019

Author(s): Slikkerveer JL, Baourakis G, Saefullah K., (Eds.)

This book provides a well- documented foundation for a new integrated community-managed development strategy for sustainable community development. It presents a practical guide for the strategy’s worldwide implementation to reduce poverty.

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The book demonstrates how tourism initiatives that center on indigenous cultural heritage and recognition do not self-evidently empower indigenous citizens, and may pave the way for extracting indigenous heritage as a national resource to the benefit of local elites and tourist visitors.

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The book specifically demonstrates the use of autobiographical ethnicity as a methodological approach, where the writer draws on lived experience and ethnic background towards creative and academic writing.

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The book provides valuable historical and political insight into the lingering impact of colonization, considering the issues faced by Indigenous peoples today and reflecting on the ability of their cultures, languages and identities to survive in the twenty-first century.

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The Language Loss of the Indigenous

2018

Author(s): Devy GN, Davis GV, Chakravarty KK

This volume explores the issue of language and cultural erosion in various post-colonial settings. This statement asserts that the aphasia experienced by indigenous people is merely a visible indication of a more profound problem - the disconnect between the mutually beneficial relationship that indigenous communities have with their environment, and the concept of development that is presented to them as their future.

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The Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Europe and Central Asia

2018

Author(s): Rounsevell M, Fischer M, Torre-Marin Rando A, Mader A (Eds.)

This regional assessment provides invaluable information for policymakers in Europe and Central Asia to make informed decisions regarding the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

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This book investigates the discursive and performative strategies employed by Australian Indigenous rappers to make sense of the world and establish a position of authority over their identity and place in society.

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This book offers the first systematic analysis of agreement outcomes and the factors that shape them, based on evaluative criteria developed especially for this study.

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This book offers an Indigenous supplement to the rich and growing area of visual legal scholarship. Organized around three narratives, each with an associated politico-poetic reading, the book addresses three major global issues: climate change, the trade in human body parts and bio-policing.