How can we research the not-as-yet? The Research Event is concerned with enabling and nurturing an empirical and analytic sensibility that can address – that is speculate on – the emergent and the prospective in social life.A distinctive and novel contribution, this book introduces and expands on the notion of the ‘research event’, equipping the researcher with the speculative means to connect with the changing landscape of social scientific research. As such the research ...

In this thought-provoking and engaging book, Mike Michael brings us a powerful overview of Actor-Network Theory. Covering a breadth of topics, Michael demonstrates how ANT has become a major theoretical framework, influencing scholarly work across a range of fields.Critical and playful, this book fills a notable gap in the literature as Michael expertly explicates the theory and demonstrates how its key concepts can be applied. Comparing and contrasting ANT with other social scient...

In this exciting new book, Mike Michael uses case studies of mundane technologies such as the walking boot, the car and the TV remote control to question some of the fundamental dichotomies through which we make sense of the world. Drawing on the insights of Bruno Latour, Donna Haraway and Michel Serres, the author elaborates an innovative methodology through which new hybrid objects of study are creatively constructed, tracing the ways in which the cultural, the natural and the technologi...

Read about the trials and tribulations of Auburn's friends, Bernie, Ralph and Donnie. How God taught them self reliance, self respect, the joy of helping others, and the benefit of working for ones self. How Auburn, and Gods tough love showed them the way to Christ.Enjoy the giggles and smiles from your children as you read them this bedtime story. From being mistaken for giant chickens to becoming world class athletes, prosperous farmers and land owners.Teach your children ...

In a present marked by planetary crisis, a radical rethinking of aesthetics is necessary. This inspirational collection proposes a new way of thinking about aesthetics as fundamental to cultivating more liveable futures.Drawing on the philosophies of Alfred North Whitehead and Félix Guattari, the book develops aesthetics as central to all more-than-human forms of experience, including knowledge practices. Each contribution invites readers on an adventure to explore how this broader...

This essential case book is aimed at nurses studying pharmacology/medicine management at pre-registration level as well as qualified nurses studying Non Medical Prescribing. The cases cover a variety of conditions helping students to learn what to do in many types of scenarios.

Grace Kelly will go down in history as the actress who sacrificed her own career for love, aged just 26. One thing she did not forsake, however, was the headlines. They, and the lenses of the world’s press, followed her wherever she went, and while High Society, the last of her 11 movies, in 1956, brought down the curtain on her Hollywood career, the legend lived on.Her rapid rise through the Hollywood star firmament was assisted by the likes of director John Ford, who said her aud...

Are you interested in growing your business through one of the most prominent social media companies today?Facebook isn’t just a social media platform to share selfies and update statuses about activities in life.Facebook unlike the initial years of its launch when only a selected few were on the Facebook bandwagon, is one of the most popular social networking available today. Individuals today spend a major portion of their time on the internet, especial...

A fast, accurate, and up-to-date desk reference for information security and privacy practitioners everywhereInformation security and privacy roles demand up-to-date knowledge coming from a seemingly countless number of sources, including several certifications—like the CISM, CIPP, and CISSP—legislation and regulations issued by state and national governments, guidance from local and industry organizations, and even international bodies, like the European Union.

Conference Room Wars is The Phoenix Project meets the popular comedy series The Office, without the hilarity.When Noel Rennick joined the St Louis office of Cramdler Innovative Government Solutions (CIGS) he expected to be part of a professional organization, dedicated to meeting the client's expectations. Instead, he found disfunction, chaos, and a toxic organizational environment.Noel is determined to apply everything he learned in graduate school and hi...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Stigma has long been a central concern for social scientists studying health and illness. Yet, in existing work, stigma often escapes definition and clarification, is treated as universal and constant, and becomes a vague catch-all term for a range of conditions and situations.This book initiates a process of recalibrating the conceptualisation of stigma. The book features original analyses from early- and mid-career...

On the fortieth anniversary of the historic "Miracle on Ice," Mike Eruzione—the captain of the 1980 U.S Men’s Olympic Hockey Team, who scored the winning goal—recounts his amazing career on ice, the legendary upset against the Soviets, and winning the gold medal.It is the greatest American underdog sports story ever told: how a team of college kids and unsigned amateurs, under the tutelage of legendary coach—and legendary taskmaster—Herb Brooks, beat the elite Sovi...