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Languages and Literature
Reading between the lines
Author: This publication, coordinated by Andrew Monnickendam (UAB) and edited by David Owen (UAB) and Cristina Pividori (UPC), derives from a conference held in the Universitat Aut�noma de Barcelona in December, 2012, which brought together a number of lecturers from different universities to discuss approaches to teaching narration in the literature class. This initiative emerges within the framework of an inter-university literature-teaching project entitled “Between the Lines: Comprehensive Reading of Literary Texts in a Foreign Language”, which was awarded a two-year grant by the Catalan Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants, AGAUR (MQD 00121).
Summary: As a means of countering students’ excessive concern with essentially superficial aspects of literary texts and in order to facilitate their understanding of more complex textual issues, this book emphasises the issue of narrativity in literature teaching. Most of the contributions are inspired by the trials and eventual successes in the literature class, and by the resulting views and experiences of colleagues in both intra-and interuniversity contexts. Although each essay brings its own specific realm of enquiry and discussion to our attention, the shared premise is that effective teaching can only take place when we help our students shift the boundaries of their critical understanding of any literary genre. http://betweenthelinespublication.wordpress.com/
Publisher: Punctum Year of issue: 2013
Geography
Diccionari terminològic de Teledetecció
Author: Published by the Enciclopèdia Catalana and the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC), this dictionary, the first in Catalan dedicated to teledetection, has been prepared by Xavier Pons, UAB professor of Geography and CREAF collaborator and by Anna Arcalís, Master in Teledetection and GIS collaborator.
Summary: The preparation of this dictionary, which have nearly 600 pages, 3,484 entries, indexes of terms in English and Spanish, and two annexes of the spectral regions wavelengths and frequencies (synonyms), has required five years of research in original sources, calculations of characteristics of satellite sensors and aerotransported of all kinds and a long reflection on terminology to give the Catalan language the best terms adaptations of this discipline, that cross-links orbitografia, physics, sensors, spatial statistics, uses and land cover and its dynamics, etc..
Publisher: Enciclopèdia Catalana i l’Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC). Year of issue: 2012
Sociology
Public Private Partnerships in Education: New Actors and Modes of Governance in a Globalizing World
Author: Susan Robertson (University of Bristol), Francine Menashy and Karen Mundy (University of Toronto) and Antoni Verger, Ramon y Cajal researcher at the Department of Sociology at UAB, are editors of this volume. Member of the research group Globalisation, Education and Social Policies (GEPS), Verger main areas of research are, on the one hand, the global governance of education and the role of international organizations, transnational civil society networks and the private sector in global education politics and, on the other, the analysis of education privatization, public-private partnerships and quasi-markets in education and their impact in education inequalities.
Summary: This insightful book brings together both academics and researchers from a variety of international organizations and aid agencies to explore the complexities of public private partnerships (PPPs) as a resurgent, hybrid mode of educational governance that operates across scales, from the community to the global. The theoretical framing of the book draws upon leading theories of international relations to develop a unique perspective on the global governance of education. It will prove insightful for both scholars and policymakers in public policy and education.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Year of issue: 2012
Art and History
Vivir en guerra. La zona leal a la república (1936-1939)
Author: Joan Serrallonga, Just Casas and Manuel Santirso are professors at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where they also obtained their PhDs. Under the direction of Dr Serrallonga, their research group is working on the project "Living in war: the Republican zone, 1936-1939", which was defined from the beginning as a joint effort to recover and disseminate the memory of the living and working conditions of those difficult times.
Summary: How do people go about their daily lives during a war? Even in the heaviest fighting, life does not stop: both at the front line and in the rearguard, people try to subsist, but they also still have duties, desires, even dreams. They all toil in a space that has suddenly become a dangerous strategic game board. The Spanish Civil War was no exception. This book successfully accomplishes the difficult task of reconstructing everyday life and work on the Republican side. It was another fight, a silent struggle that still needs to be explained and remembered today.
Publisher: Edicions UAB Year of issue: 2013
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B.11870-2012 ISSN: 2014-6388