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The Utopianism of Smart City Megaprojects
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The Utopianism of Smart City Megaprojects

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 9 explores megaprojects. Topics discussed include profits, the rise of entrepreneurial urbanization,’ the quasi-privatized new cities, and the examples of … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Velocity of Perception
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The Velocity of Perception

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

Through the intersectionality of multiple crises such as the near-civil war following the 2007 Kenya election, the Covid-19 pandemic, global economic collaspe, the Black Lives Matter movement, … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Vicious Circle of Overpolicing and Underprotection
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The Vicious Circle of Overpolicing and Underprotection

From: Canadian Policing

In The Vicious Circle author Kent Roach examines how Indigenous, Black, and other intersecting groups of disadvantaged peoples have been both aggressively overpoliced in Canada and inadequately … 34 $3.40 Add
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The View from the Terrace
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The View from the Terrace

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Two explores Louise’s childhood in Svensksund, Sweden. The chapter explores her relationships with her mother, father, and sister. It also examines the influence the natural … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Way Forward
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The Way Forward

PART 3

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter muses on the way forward from here for our food system, looking to social-ecological resilience thinking, which offers new concepts, a new language and an effective framework for … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Way of the Peasant
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The Way of the Peasant

From: Civilizing the State

The Way of the Peasant begins with the impact of industrial agriculture on peasant farmers in India, before focusing on the resistance to these impacts through the anti-globalization and … 15 $1.50 Add
The Web of Meaning
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The Web of Meaning

Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe

This book lays out an entirely different foundation for a civilization that could lead us sustainably through this century and beyond. It reveals the flaws hidden within the current worldview, … 530 View
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The Whiteness of Medicine
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The Whiteness of Medicine

From: White Benevolence

In chapter 13, Jaris Swidrovich examines how the whiteness of medicine has direct and detrimental impacts on access to care by Indigenous Peoples. Deeply rooted racism, whiteness and both … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Wild Place
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The Wild Place

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 7 reflects on Wanda’s time as a displaced person in the Wildflecken displaced persons camp, which housed more than fifteen thousand displaced Poles. The chapter covers the living … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Winds of Change
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The Winds of Change

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 9 explores Canada’s role in taking those displaced by the Second World War and the conclusion of the UNRRA project. The chapter discusses British and Canadian plans to exchange four … 12 $1.20 Add
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The World Unmasked
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The World Unmasked

From: Civilizing the State

The World Unmasked takes a look at what was learned about governance, the role of the state, our cultural values and differences during the COVID-19 pandemic. 18 $1.80 Add
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Them’s the Brakes
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Them’s the Brakes

Out “Smarting” Traffic Safety Efforts in Edmonton

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

Chapter 11 explores the ways in which the public resists the implementation of smart city technologies 15 $1.50 Add
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Theories in Motion
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Theories in Motion

Mapping the Roots and Routes of a Rebel Generation

From: Thinking While Black

In this chapter the author introduced the work of Paul Gilroy, a British scholar of global African American Studies and Armond White, an American music and film critic. 18 $1.80 Add
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Theorizing Decolonial Equity
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Theorizing Decolonial Equity

Coyote takes a chapter

From: Decolonizing Equity

In chapter 1, Billie Allan uses the analogy of a Coyote to explore and share her own efforts to understand and theorize decolonial equity. Topics explored in this chapter include unpacking … 21 $2.10 Add
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There’s Life after Politics

From: Alexa!

Looks at Alexa’s tenure as president at Mount Saint Vincent University and the early onset of her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Details her triumph and struggle with dementia as the years … 17 $1.70 Add
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These Walls, These Roads
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These Walls, These Roads

From: Messy Cities

Ameer Idreis chronicles the hardship of Palestinians living under Israeli control, but reminisces about his connections with the land. 12 $1.20 Add