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“benjamin duester”

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  • Tomorrow on Cassette

    Tape Jams in the New Media Age

    by Dr. Benjamin Duester ...
    Growing sales numbers for cassette tapes in the Global North since the early 2010s have led mass media outlets to repeatedly proclaim a tape revival.Yet, the grassroots projects of devotees in niche punk, noise and hip-hop DIY music scenes have continuously upheld the unique material benefits of cassettes while wider society considered them a relic of bygone times.Contrasting the popular notion of ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • The Leisure of Grey Spaces, Urban Play and the Chromatic Turn

    Edited by Paul O’Connor, Indigo Willing, Benjamin Duester, Sander Hölsgens ...
    This book explores the concept of leisure through the lens of colour, offering a fresh and innovative perspective on how chromatic elements shape our understanding of health, wellbeing, and environmental ethics. By focusing on the material and symbolic significance of hues, particularly blue, green, and grey, the book delves into the ways these colours influence leisure spaces and activities. From ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Sound Knowledge and the Liminal

    Oceanic Wellbeing in the Anthropocene

    by Benjamin Duester ...
    Sound Knowledge and the Liminal explores liminality as a key feature of life in the Anthropocene. Drawing on a 6-month research project conducted in Mājro, Marshall Islands, it not only contextualises existing continental literature on liminality with a Pacific-centred perspective but also proposes that sound functions as a principal pathway for understanding wellbeing in one of Micronesia’s most ... Read more

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  • The Wake of Crows

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  • The Revenge of Analog

    Real Things and Why They Matter

    by David Sax ...
    A heartfelt defense of the analog world, from film photography to brick-and-mortar stores**“Insightful and entertaining. . . . A powerful counternarrative to the techno-utopian belief that we would live in an ever-improving, all-digital world.” —**The New York TimesAn International BestsellerNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times • <em... ... Read more

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  • This is Sociology

    A Short Introduction

    by Dan Woodman, Steven Threadgold ...
    This is Sociology is an engaging, concise introduction to the key concepts used for studying social life. It covers a diverse range of theorists from the rich history of sociology and shows how thinking sociologically can help us understand our lives, the groups we are part of, and the rapid social changes and inequalities that shape contemporary societies.Key features:Uses compelling ... Read more

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  • Together, Somehow

    Music, Affect, and Intimacy on the Dancefloor

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    In Together, Somehow, Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta examines how people find ways to get along and share a dancefloor, a vibe, and a sound. Drawing on time spent in the minimal techno and house music subscenes in Chicago, Paris, and Berlin as the first decade of the new millennium came to a close, Garcia-Mispireta explains this bonding in terms of what he calls stranger-intimacy: the kind of warmth ... Read more

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  • OCR Sociology for A Level Book 1

    by Sue Brisbane, Katherine Roberts, Paul Taylor, Steve Chapman, Jannine Jacobs-Roth, Nayda Ali ...
    Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Build students' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a team of leading subject authors.- Develop knowledge and understanding of key Year 1 concepts in... ... Read more

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  • Smarter Than You Think

    How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better

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  • The Anthropology Book

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  • Everything I Need I Get from You

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