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Back to the Future

Back to the Future

The Colloquium in Context: The Democratization of Culture and Cultural Democracy

From: Accounting for Culture

There is a worrisome amnesia confronting the cultural sector in Canada today, as though the collective "hard drive" of the sector has been wiped clean of past policy and research experience. 8 $0.96 Add
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Backing the Attack
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Backing the Attack

Women Workers at War

From: Material Traces of War

Women pushed against many barriers during the world wars, breaking through some and weakening others, and the labour force was one of them. The women in this chapter came from a variety of … ; ; 66 $6.60 Add
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"Beach Blues" 1983

"Beach Blues" 1983

From: The Quebec Anthology

"Beach Blues," translated here by Sheila Fischman, is another of the linked stories that make up Sans coeur et sans reproche, which follows the lives of two young people from childhood … 28 $1.68 Add
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Before the Trial

Before the Trial

From: The Origins of Simultaneous Interpretation

This chapter explores the path leading to the invention of simultaneous interpretation, the decision to use it and its installation in the courtroom. It provides a brief historical description of … 33 $4.29 Add
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Between Canadians and Culture
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Between Canadians and Culture

The First Year of the CRTC

From: 1968 in Canada

This chapter considers the first year of the Canadian Radio-Television Commission, the country’s broadcasting (and eventually, telecommunications) regulator. The establishment of the CRTC … 19 $1.90 Add
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Beyond Infrastructure: Canadian and European Identities in Cyberspace

Beyond Infrastructure: Canadian and European Identities in Cyberspace

From: Cyberidentities

Preface 8 $1.12 Add
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Biased Books by Harmless Drudges: How Dictionaries Are Influenced by Social Values

Biased Books by Harmless Drudges: How Dictionaries Are Influenced by Social Values

From: Lexicography, Terminology, and Translation

As keepers of our language, monolingual dictionaries are important cultural objects and therefore must adhere to certain social rules. Some of those rules can affect the forms of the definitions … 19 $2.66 Add
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Bobby and Pierre
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Bobby and Pierre

From: 1968 in Canada

In the spring of 1968, the political campaigns of Robert Kennedy in the United States and Pierre Trudeau in Canada generated wild crowd scenes featuring passionate adoration of the candidates. … 23 $2.30 Add
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Border Acrobatics between the European Union and Africa: The Management of Sealed-off Permeability on the Borders of Ceuta and Melilla

Border Acrobatics between the European Union and Africa: The Management of Sealed-off Permeability on the Borders of Ceuta and Melilla

From: Borderlands

This chapter discusses the peculiar border regime that has governed people and commodity flows across the borders of Ceuta and Melilla since 1986. 19 $1.52 Add
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<i>Border Cultures</i>: A Retrospective
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Border Cultures: A Retrospective

Part 1. A Context for Border Cultures and Conversations with the Curator

From: Borders, Culture, and Globalization

In the years 2013, 2014, and 2015, the Art Gallery of Windsor featured consecutive exhibitions of Border Cultures, a landmark series of forty-five artist projects and essays on the “real, … 22 $2.20 Add
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Bordering Things
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Bordering Things

Objects and Subjugated Struggle at the Border

From: Borders, Culture, and Globalization

In this chapter the authors outline the centrality of objects, or physical things, at the border as instrumental and pivotal in struggles to formulate and assert legitimacy and to claim asylum, … 21 $2.10 Add
Borderlands

Borderlands

Comparing Border Security in North America and Europe

Border security has been high on public-policy agendas in Europe and North America since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City and on the headquarters of the … 393 View
Borders, Culture, and Globalization
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Borders, Culture, and Globalization

A Canadian Perspective

Border culture emerges through the intersection and engagement of imagination, affinity and identity. It is evident wherever boundaries separate or sort people and their goods, ideas or other … ; 376 View
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Borders, Culture, and Globalization
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Borders, Culture, and Globalization

Some Conclusions, More Uncertainties, and Many Challenges

From: Borders, Culture, and Globalization

The concluding chapter synthesizes the volume’s broader contributions and discusses the implications of the work undertaken. It begins by considering how the volume contributes to a new … 16 $1.60 Add
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Bounded Citizenship and the Meaning of Citizenship Laws: Ireland’s Citizenship Referendum

Bounded Citizenship and the Meaning of Citizenship Laws: Ireland’s Citizenship Referendum

From: Managing Diversity

Different conceptions of political community favour different constellations of citizenship laws. Although most states in practice combine elements of these, they may also incline towards one or … 26 $3.12 Add
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Can Translation be Taught?

Can Translation be Taught?

From: Teaching Translation from Spanish to English

Translation programs can help students to improve their translating skills. The foundation of schools of translation around the world suggests that this principie is accepted by a wide body of … 5 $0.60 Add