The transfer of theoretical learning content to the practical application of previously unregulated bio-based building materials is the focus of this technical book. To this end, planning and design principles of thermal, moisture and sound insulation are presented and demonstrated using new types of natural fibre-reinforced plastics (NFK) in façade applications. Results from current research on LFPs and in particular on wood-plastic composites (WPC) are explained in a comprehensible way a...

By repositioning democratic education not as something that can be achieved by following a certain, proven process, but as an inherently paradoxical enterprise in its dealings with the tension between schooling as the intentional production of citizens and the uncertainties of democracy, an alternative way of reading the curriculum emerges. This book aims not at arriving at the right combination of theory, policy and praxis that will provide the democratic utopia, but at historicizing the ...

This book features four peer-reviewed reviews on zero/no-till cultivation.The first chapter assesses the effect of no-till (NT) practices on soil health. The chapter explores the wide range of research on the effects of NT on the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils, as well as continuing challenges to address in NT research and practice.The second chapter reviews the role of no or minimum soil disturbance in Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems, focussin...

Over the last 500 years, capitalism has produced a world that is highly interdependent and at the same time highly asymmetrical. These asymmetries were often established by violent means and are in many cases vigorously defended to this day. In his ambitious global history of capitalism, Friedrich Lenger charts the course of these developments, which have left no one unaffected – from the indigenous people of America to the silk weavers of Bengal. This is a story of flagrant wealth and ext...

The four short works in Untimely Meditations were published by Nietzsche between 1873 and 1876.They deal with such broad topics as the relationship between popular and genuine culture, strategies for cultural reform, the task of philosophy, the nature of education, and the relationship between art, science and life. They also include Nietzsche's earliest statement of his own understanding of human selfhood as a process of endlessly 'becoming who one is'. As Daniel Breazeale shows in his in...

"They Told Us to Just Believe" (Critically thinking about the origins of beliefs - Are they real?) explores the difference between religious beliefs that are factual and those that are something else entirely - it combines religious history and critical thinking to help readers of all beliefs to have "not-so-blind faith." More broadly, getting better at differentiating between what is real, what is fantasy, and what is unknowable makes us savvier about misinformation, less likely to be foo...

"They Told Us to Just Believe" (Critically thinking about the origins of beliefs - Are they real?) explores the difference between religious beliefs that are factual and those that are something else entirely - it combines religious history and critical thinking to help readers of all beliefs to have "not-so-blind faith." More broadly, getting better at differentiating between what is real, what is fantasy, and what is unknowable makes us savvier about misinformation, less likely to be foo...

Pharmacographia offers a comprehensive exploration of medicinal plants and their uses, capturing the essence of 19th-century pharmacology and botany. This seminal work weaves an intricate tapestry of information, blending scientific rigor with cultural narratives of plant-based medicine. The collection encompasses a broad spectrum of styles, from meticulous scientific description to engaging historical anecdotes, each piece contributing to a deeper understanding of the era's pharmaceutical...

Pharmacographia: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met with in Great Britain and British India is a comprehensive and authoritative reference work authored by Friedrich August Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury. First published in 1874, this seminal volume meticulously documents the botanical, chemical, and pharmacological properties of the most significant plant-derived drugs used in British and Indian medical practice during the 19th century. Drawing on extensive research a...

This edited volume is the first book to engage in the specific connections between pop culture and the field of curriculum studies, interrogating the production of particular subjectivities and knowledges, posing questions about the educability of those on the outside of humanity, and how our imaginings of structures, institutions, and configurations beyond what seems possible may inform the work and thinking we are currently engaged in. This edited volume has contributions from scholars w...

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers—all whose lives reflect changes...

El Chavo del Ocho is one of the most influential pieces of popular culture to have hit Latin America in the last 50 years, having, at the peak of its popularity in the mid-1970s, reached an approximate audience of 350 million across the Americas. It is also a rare example of a cultural product that has travelled through Latin America, leaving a lasting impact for several decades.Resonances of El Chavo del Ocho in Latin American Childhood, Schooling, and Societiesa...