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... Social games War games Education-Systems Black Boxes Kazuo Ishiguro Artificial Life ...

... is Kazuo Ishiguro’s recent novel about artful forms of life and death, secluded education, and ecologies of ignorance, in the systems epoch: Never Let Me Go . Ishiguro’s fiction is about art in the systems epoch in being about artificial life in the autonomy-enclaves of that epoch. Social games...

... Chapter 11 examines the Cuban educational system, how it grew and changed over time, and how its influence has changed Cuba and the rest of the world. It features Yes I Can, the Cuban program that has brought adult literacy to dozens of countries. education adult literacy Yo sí puedo...

... that is in effect a popularization of systems thinking–-Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: Thinking Without Thinking —with war game scenarios its focus Another is Kazuo Ishiguro’s recent novel about artful forms of life and death, secluded education, and ecologies of ignorance, in the systems epoch: Never Let Me Go...

... This retrospective coming-of-age narrative is set against the tense backdrop of the longue durée Sino-Japanese war and its manifold of consequences. The protagonist weaves diverse tales of school experience in the Chinese socialist education system, the intricacies of gender, parental...

... changing China, in which the promises of China’s education system, and its labor regimes, are anything but certain. migrant education documentary film ethics representation futurity ...

... of the British education system. This chapter revisits the original questionnaires but reads them for the rich variety of interpretive possibilities contained in the students’ comments. While some “symptoms” lend themselves to medicalization, ultimately many of the students seem to be revealing concerns not so...

... The current system of accommodation in higher education is not only ineffective; it actively impedes sustainable access. Crip spacetime, a theory of disability that focuses on systems, power, and privilege rather than individuals, demonstrates how and why that occurs. The theory of crip...

... textbooks employed by the American medical and education systems to identify, stigmatize, and attempt to “cure” adolescent boys whose persistent high pitch was perceived as a sign of immaturity and potential homosexuality. Some crooning voices have nevertheless persisted in popular culture because...

... postcolonial criticism has continued to interrogate aspects of Europe’s legacy in Africa—as they affect language, political and educational systems, and culture broadly—the pervasive and lasting impact of functional tonality and the attendant “underdevelopment" of local tonal resources have not received...

... the communal “Nigerian personality” and the individualistic demands of the British education system. This chapter revisits the original questionnaires but reads them for the rich variety of interpretive possibilities contained in the students’ comments. While some “symptoms” lend themselves to medicalization...

... This essay explores the rise of Asian Americans as a paradigmatic “model majority” in contemporary U.S. higher education. Focusing specifically on the University of California and its problematic relation with this racial group alongside other people of color, the essay builds a case for ethnic...

... that these films allow us to think more broadly about the precarious place of migrant children in a rapidly changing China, in which the promises of China’s education system, and its labor regimes, are anything but certain. This chapter uses Liu Zhenyun’s 2007 novel Wo jiao Liu Zhenyun [ I Am Liu Yuejin...

... This chapter introduces an alternative way of thinking about power and systems of control. It argues that rather than understanding oppression in the form of intentional, individual bias, discrimination or violence, we should examine how purportedly neutral systems are administered in ways...

... imperative. A more centralized management and budgeting system was needed and this in turn created tumult and resistance among some constituencies reluctant to part with traditional ways. Genentech Inc. Biomedical Research Education Clinical Care Duke University Medical Center Organization ...

... in Amsterdam, and deliberating as part of a jury panel at the Porn Film Festival in Berlin. These moments speak to the rich history of indie porn, its community grounding, and the regulatory systems (economic, technological, legal) that mark and shape it. film festivals sex education feminist...

.... Beyond the hyperprofessionalization of higher education, a new academic habitus can play a crucial role in cocreating a radical democratic habitus capable of powerfully resisting and providing alternatives to neoliberal capitalism that is destroying democracy, planetary ecology, and higher education...

... of Europe’s legacy in Africa—as they affect language, political and educational systems, and culture broadly—the pervasive and lasting impact of functional tonality and the attendant “underdevelopment" of local tonal resources have not received adequate attention. Drawing on musical examples from the Central...

... This chapter discusses how quiz and game show formats, one of the most popular program types during socialism, were deployed as instruments for mass education. The argument zooms out to consider how quiz and game shows crystallized the logic of competition. Competition embraced and permeated...

... Scaling up the narrative's scope, chapter 6 examines how postwar US agents of rural development, public health, and education began eyeing Bolivia as a good testing ground for its experiment in the “soft power” of informal empire. Washington's early experiments in rural extension education...