Yosef Kaplan, "Early Modern Ethnic and Religious Communities in Exile"
English | ISBN: 1443895806 | 2017 | 397 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In the Early Modern period, the religious refugee became a constant presence in the European landscape, a presence which was felt, in the wake of processes of globalization, on other continents as well. During the religious wars, which raged in Europe at the time of the Reformation, and as a result of the persecution of religious minorities, hundreds of thousands of men and women were forced to go into exile and to restore their lives in new settings. In this collection of articles, an international group of historians focus on several of the significant groups of minorities who were driven into exile from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The contributions here discuss a broad range of topics, including the ways in which these communities of belief retained their identity in foreign climes, the religious meaning they accorded to the experience of exile, and the connection between ethnic attachment and religious belief, among others.

Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis: Philosophy, History and Clinical Practice By John Gale (editor), Alba Realpe (editor), Enrico Pedriali (editor)
2008 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 041544053X | PDF | 6 MB
Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis offers a uniquely global insight into the renewed interest in the use of therapeutic communities for the treatment of psychosis, as complementary to pharmacological treatment. Within this edited volume contributors from around the world look at the range of treatment programmes on offer in therapeutic communities for those suffering from psychosis. Divided into three parts, the book covers: the historical and philosophical background of therapeutic communities and the treatment of psychosis in this context treatment settings and clinical models alternative therapies and extended applications.This book will be essential reading for all mental health professionals, targeting readers from a number of disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, social work, psychotherapy and group analysis.

To Catch the Sun: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harness their own solar energy, and how you can do it too! (To Catch the Resources) By Lonny Grafman, Joshua M. Pearce
2021 | 206 Pages | ISBN: 1947112627 | PDF | 17 MB
This book is for anyone looking to build solar projects and knowledge:Students and teachers. Especially high school and undergraduate university levels in science, math, engineering, environmental and social justice, and technical fields.Community organizers and builders looking to build solar projects.Entrepreneurs and inventors looking to build solar products.Families looking to learn together!Learn how to build photovoltaic systems for a:A small home in a financially rich countryA few homes in a financially poor countrySchool rooms and community spacesIsolated loads like electric gates, pumps, and telecommunications equipmentA tiny home or #vanlifeGlamping and backpacking equipmentEmergency supply, e.g., powering an oxygen machine during a power outageZombie-apocalypse equipmentLaptop and cellphone chargersSolar entrepreneurship devices

Resilient Communities and the Peccioli Charter: Towards the Possibility of an Italian Charter for Resilient Communities by Maurizio Carta
English | PDF,EPUB | 2022 | 292 Pages | ISBN : 3030858464 | 106.6 MB
This book explores urban resilience through significant, original and rigorous academic research, utilising the experiences of town planners, architects and decision makers to create a charter on resilient communities.

Suzanne W. Morse, "Smart Communities: How Citizens and Local Leaders Can Use Strategic Thinking to Build a Brighter Future"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1118427009 | PDF | pages: 177 | 1.3 mb
The new edition of the acclaimed guide to strategic decision-making in community planning, development, and collaboration

Fall A Sustainable Energy Access for Communities 2022 | 5.07 MB
English | 185 Pages

Title: Sustainable Energy Access for Communities: Rethinking the Energy Agenda for Cities
Author: Aminata Fall
Year: 2022

Getting Medieval: Sexualities and Communities, Pre- and Postmodern By Carolyn Dinshaw
1999 | 360 Pages | ISBN: 0822323656 | PDF | 25 MB
In Getting Medieval Carolyn Dinshaw examines communities-dissident and orthodox-in late-fourteenth and early-fifteenth-century England to create a new sense of queer history. Reaching beyond both medieval and queer studies, Dinshaw demonstrates in this challenging work how intellectual inquiry into pre-modern societies can contribute invaluably to current issues in cultural studies. In the process, she makes important connections between past and present cultures that until now have not been realized. In her pursuit of historical analyses that embrace the heterogeneity and indeterminacy of sex and sexuality, Dinshaw examines canonical Middle English texts such as the Canterbury Tales and The Book of Margery Kempe. She examines polemics around the religious dissidents known as the Lollards as well as accounts of prostitutes in London to address questions of how particular sexual practices and identifications were normalized while others were proscribed. By exploring contemporary (mis)appropriations of medieval tropes in texts ranging from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction to recent Congressional debates on U.S. cultural production, Dinshaw demonstrates how such modern media can serve to reinforce constrictive heteronormative values and deny the multifarious nature of history. Finally, she works with and against the theories of Michel Foucault, Homi K. Bhabha, Roland Barthes, and John Boswell to show how deconstructionist impulses as well as historical perspectives can further an understanding of community in both pre- and postmodern societies.This long-anticipated volume will be indispensible to medieval and queer scholars and will be welcomed by a larger cultural studies audience.

Stoyan Stefanov, Jeremy Rogers, Mike Lothar, "Building Online Communities with phpBB 2: A practical guide to creating and maintaining online discussion forums with phpBB, the leading free open source PHP/MySQL-based bulletin board"
English | 2005 | pages: 358 | ISBN: 1904811132 | PDF | 2,7 mb
Building Online Communities with phpBB

Laura K. Morreale, Nicholas L. Paul, "The French of Outremer: Communities and Communications in the Crusading Mediterranean"
English | 2018 | pages: 326 | ISBN: 0823278166 | PDF | 20,0 mb
The establishment of feudal principalities in the Levant in the wake of the First Crusade (1095-1099) saw the beginning of a centuries-long process of conquest and colonization of lands in the eastern Mediterranean by French-speaking Europeans. This book examines different aspects of the life and literary culture associated with this French-speaking society. It is the first study of the crusades to bring questions of language and culture so intimately into conversation. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the crusader settlements in the Levant, this book emphasizes hybridity and innovation, the movement of words and people across boundaries, seas and continents, and the negotiation of identity in a world tied partly to Europe but thoroughly embedded in the Mediterranean and Levantine context.

Language Communities in Japan by John C. Maher
English | April 25, 2022 | ISBN: 019885661X | 272 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This book offers a comprehensive sociolinguistic overview of the linguistic situation in Japan. Contemporary Japan displays rich linguistic diversity, particularly in urban areas, but the true extent of this diversity has often been overlooked. The contributors to this volume provide a new perspective, with detailed accounts of the wide range of languages spoken in different contexts and by different communities across the Japanese archipelago. Each chapter focuses on a specific language community, and systematically explores the history of the variety in Japanese culture and the current sociolinguistic situation. The first part explores the indigenous languages of Japan, including the multiple dialects of Japanese itself and the lesser-known Ryukyan and Ainu languages. Chapters in Part II look at community languages, ranging from the historic minority languages such as Korean and Chinese to the languages spoken by more recent migrant communities, such as Nepali, Filipino, and Persian. The final part examines languages of culture, politics, and modernization, from the use of English in international business and education contexts to the ongoing use of Latin and Sanskrit for religious purposes. The volume sheds new light on Japan's position as an important multilingual and multicultural society, and will be of interest to scholars and students not only of Japanese and sociolinguistics, but of Asian studies and migration studies more widely.