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Navigators of the Contemporary

Author : David A. Westbrook
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226887537
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Navigators of the Contemporary written by David A. Westbrook and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the image of anthropologists exploring exotic locales and filling in blanks on the map has faded, the idea that cultural anthropology has much to say about the contemporary world has likewise diminished. In an increasingly smaller world, how can anthropology help us to tackle the concerns of a global society? David A. Westbrook argues that the traditional tool of the cultural anthropologist—ethnography—can still function as an intellectually exciting way to understand our interconnected, yet mysterious worlds. Navigators of the Contemporary describes the changing nature of ethnography as anthropologists use it to analyze places closer to home. Westbrook maintains that a conversational style of ethnography can help us look beyond our assumptions and gain new insight into arenas of contemporary life such as corporations, financial institutions, science, the military, and religion. Westbrook’s witty, absorbing book is a friendly challenge to anthropologists to shed light on the present and join broader streams of intellectual life. And for those outside the discipline, his inspiring vision of ethnography opens up the prospect of understanding our own world in much greater depth.

We, the Navigators

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824815820
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book We, the Navigators written by David Lewis and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1994-05-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during recent decades, the story of the renaissance of star navigation throughout the Pacific, and material about navigation systems in Indonesia, Siberia, and the Indian Ocean.

Navigators: Pirates

Author : Peter Chrisp
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0753466112
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book Navigators: Pirates written by Peter Chrisp and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual guide to piracy, including the daily life of seafarers, their battles, and their treacherous travels across the high seas.

Reawakened

Author : Jeff Evans
Publisher : Massey University Press
ISBN 13 : 0995131813
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Reawakened written by Jeff Evans and published by Massey University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important book, ten navigators — the late Hec Busby, Piripi Evans and Jacko Thatcher from Aotearoa New Zealand; Peia Patai and Tua Pittman from the Cook Islands; and Kalepa Baybayan, Shorty Bertelmann, Nainoa Thompson, `Onohi Paishon and Bruce Blankenfeld from Hawai`i — share the challenges and triumphs of traditional wayfinding based on the deep knowledge of legendary navigator Mau Piailug.They also discuss the significance of receiving the title of Pwo (master navigator) from Piailug, and the responsibilities that come with that position. Their stories are intertwined with the renaissance of knowledge and traditions around open-ocean voyaging that are inspiring communities across the Pacific.

Cognition in the Wild

Author : Edwin Hutchins
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262581469
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Cognition in the Wild written by Edwin Hutchins and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1996-08-26 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edwin Hutchins combines his background as an anthropologist and an open ocean racing sailor and navigator in this account of how anthropological methods can be combined with cognitive theory to produce a new reading of cognitive science. His theoretical insights are grounded in an extended analysis of ship navigation—its computational basis, its historical roots, its social organization, and the details of its implementation in actual practice aboard large ships. The result is an unusual interdisciplinary approach to cognition in culturally constituted activities outside the laboratory—"in the wild." Hutchins examines a set of phenomena that have fallen in the cracks between the established disciplines of psychology and anthropology, bringing to light a new set of relationships between culture and cognition. The standard view is that culture affects the cognition of individuals. Hutchins argues instead that cultural activity systems have cognitive properties of their own that are different from the cognitive properties of the individuals who participate in them. Each action for bringing a large naval vessel into port, for example, is informed by culture: the navigation team can be seen as a cognitive and computational system. Introducing Navy life and work on the bridge, Hutchins makes a clear distinction between the cognitive properties of an individual and the cognitive properties of a system. In striking contrast to the usual laboratory tasks of research in cognitive science, he applies the principal metaphor of cognitive science—cognition as computation (adopting David Marr's paradigm)—to the navigation task. After comparing modern Western navigation with the method practiced in Micronesia, Hutchins explores the computational and cognitive properties of systems that are larger than an individual. He then turns to an analysis of learning or change in the organization of cognitive systems at several scales. Hutchins's conclusion illustrates the costs of ignoring the cultural nature of cognition, pointing to the ways in which contemporary cognitive science can be transformed by new meanings and interpretations. A Bradford Book

American Practical Navigator

Author : Nathaniel Bowditch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book American Practical Navigator written by Nathaniel Bowditch and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Natural Navigator

Author : Tristan Gooley
Publisher : The Experiment
ISBN 13 : 1615191550
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book The Natural Navigator written by Tristan Gooley and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.

The Science of Navigation

Author : Mark Denny
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421405601
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Science of Navigation written by Mark Denny and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s world of online maps and travel directions delivered wirelessly to hand-held devices, getting from place to place requires little thought from most of us—which is a good thing, since accurate navigation can be tricky. Get your bearings with Mark Denny—an expert at explaining scientific concepts in non-technical language—in this all-encompassing look at the history and science of navigation. Denny’s tour kicks off with key facts about the earth and how its physical properties affect travel. He discusses cartography and early mapmakers, revealing fascinating tidbits such as how changes over time of the direction of true north, as well as of magnetic north, impacted navigation. Denny details the evolution of navigation from the days of coastal piloting to GPS and other modern-day technologies. He explains the scientific breakthroughs in accessible, amusing terms and provides an insightful look at their effects on societies, cultures, and human advancement. Throughout, Denny frames the long history of navigation with amazing tales of such people as Pytheas, an ancient Greek navigator, and Sir Francis Drake and of such discoveries as the magnetic compass and radio direction finding. Whether you have an interest in orienteering and geocaching or want to know more about the critical role navigation has played in human survival and progress since ancient people learned to use lodestones, The Science of Navigation is for you. With it you’ll finally understand the why of wayfinding.

Dear Navigator

Author : Hu Fang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783956790348
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Dear Navigator written by Hu Fang and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hu Fang's Dear Navigator is a collection of ten short stories that reflect on contemporary society, politics, and the human condition. The author takes us on a journey across time and space to hidden realities where we meet culture workers, astronauts, airplanes, Zen masters, and hunger artists. The title story "Dear Navigator" is a collection of letters written during a 520-day simulated space mission to Mars--to test if humans can endure travel from Earth to Mars and back again. "Whale Song" tells the story of XP, a lonely male escort, as he goes on a surreal journey to self-realization, and "The Shame of Participation" tells a tale of two thieving artists who legally steal objects from those living in a city in desperation. When the reality turns into fiction, and the science fiction becomes reality, Hu draws on the experience of everyday life, the past, and the unknown future to create stories of otherworldly melancholy and humor. Hu Fang is a fiction writer and cofounder of Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou, and The Pavilion, Beijing. He lives and works in Guangzhou and Beijing. Previously published titles include Troubled Laughter (2012), Garden of Mirrored Flowers (2010), and Pavilion to the Heart's Insight (2008). His stories have been published in e-flux journal, Manifesta Journal, and various publications including Ming Wong: Life of Imitation, Drone Fiction, Odyssey: Architecture and Literature, and Gwangju Folly. Copublished with The Pavilion

The Lost Art of Finding Our Way

Author : John Edward Huth
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674072820
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Art of Finding Our Way written by John Edward Huth and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic in breadth, weaving together astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, and ethnography, The Lost Art of Finding Our Way puts us in the shoes, ships, and sleds of early navigators for whom paying close attention to the environment around them was, quite literally, a matter of life and death. Haunted by the fate of two young kayakers lost in a fog bank off Nantucket, Huth shows us how to navigate using natural phenomena—the way the Vikings used the sunstone to detect polarization of sunlight, and Arab traders learned to sail into the wind, and Pacific Islanders used underwater lightning and “read” waves to guide their explorations. Huth reminds us that we are all navigators capable of learning techniques ranging from the simplest to the most sophisticated skills of direction-finding. Even today, careful observation of the sun and moon, tides and ocean currents, weather and atmospheric effects can be all we need to find our way. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 specially prepared drawings, Huth’s compelling account of the cultures of navigation will engross readers in a narrative that is part scientific treatise, part personal travelogue, and part vivid re-creation of navigational history. Seeing through the eyes of past voyagers, we bring our own world into sharper view.

James

Author : The Navigators
Publisher : Tyndale House
ISBN 13 : 1615214526
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book James written by The Navigators and published by Tyndale House. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2.5 million LifeChange studies sold Growing in God takes work. We don’t wake up wise, and faith is not a reflex. James, a pastor in biblical times, recognized this as he wrote the book of James. His letter confronts the confidence we place in our own capacity for wisdom and faith. He challenges us to instead receive God’s wisdom—freely given and available to all—to fill in what we lack. Discover the practices of faith and wisdom that will help you grow more in Christ’s character. In this study you will find: 12 lesson to help lead you through the book of James Wide margins and extra space for your reflections Discussion questions for group study Thought-provoking reflection questions and prompts Notes for further study Applications to help you go deeper Helpful excerpts on the historical context LifeChange Bible studies offer a transformative encounter with each book of the Bible. Designed to help you discover and rediscover insightful and challenging truths in Scripture, each book is ideal for group or personal use.

Service Navigation

Author : Jennifer Davidson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1352009560
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Service Navigation written by Jennifer Davidson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new book is the first of its kind to offer an analysis of Service Navigation and provide a framework for understanding the role and its application across a range of fields of practice. With an emphasis on the participation of individuals in their own care, it directly addresses the recent changes in policy and service development in health and human services, including the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Developed by a team of experts at one of Australia's leading universities, this unique text helps social workers, nurses, and allied health workers navigate the various systems that the service user has to use to become responsible for managing their own care arrangements and to help them to achieve their desired goals.

Growing in Discipleship

Author : The Navigators
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 164158727X
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Growing in Discipleship written by The Navigators and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 7 Million Sold in the Series For fifty years, the bestselling Design for Discipleship Bible study series (DFD) has offered millions of new and experienced believers a chance to learn firsthand what it means to be a modern-day disciple of Jesus. Every study can be used individually, in one-on-one discipleship, or with small groups. In Growing in Discipleship, you’ll discover what a life of following Christ looks like through five Bible studies: What Is a Disciple? The Responsible Steward Helping Others Find Christ Establishing World Vision These field-tested studies offer interactive, discussion-prompting questions that inspire and nurture growth toward Christian maturity. There are seven studies in the series and a leader's guide. Go in order or choose the topic that best fits your need.

Prince Henry 'the Navigator'

Author : Peter Edward Russell
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300091304
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book Prince Henry 'the Navigator' written by Peter Edward Russell and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studie over de centrale rol die prins Hendrik de Zeevaarder (1394-1460) speelde bij de eerste Portugese ontdekkingsreizen.

Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels

Author : Sir Richard Phillips
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels written by Sir Richard Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Christopher Columbus was Portuguese!

Author : Manuel Luciano da Silva
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607028246
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Christopher Columbus was Portuguese! written by Manuel Luciano da Silva and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors maintain that Columbus never used that name in his writings. He used the name Colon. They point to medical and scientific data they believe proves that Colon was a pseudonym for Salvador Fernandes Zarco.

We Have Never Been Modern

Author : Bruno Latour
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674076753
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book We Have Never Been Modern written by Bruno Latour and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this fond conviction, Bruno Latour asks, what would the world look like? His book, an anthropology of science, shows us how much of modernity is actually a matter of faith. What does it mean to be modern? What difference does the scientific method make? The difference, Latour explains, is in our careful distinctions between nature and society, between human and thing, distinctions that our benighted ancestors, in their world of alchemy, astrology, and phrenology, never made. But alongside this purifying practice that defines modernity, there exists another seemingly contrary one: the construction of systems that mix politics, science, technology, and nature. The ozone debate is such a hybrid, in Latour’s analysis, as are global warming, deforestation, even the idea of black holes. As these hybrids proliferate, the prospect of keeping nature and culture in their separate mental chambers becomes overwhelming—and rather than try, Latour suggests, we should rethink our distinctions, rethink the definition and constitution of modernity itself. His book offers a new explanation of science that finally recognizes the connections between nature and culture—and so, between our culture and others, past and present. Nothing short of a reworking of our mental landscape, We Have Never Been Modern blurs the boundaries among science, the humanities, and the social sciences to enhance understanding on all sides. A summation of the work of one of the most influential and provocative interpreters of science, it aims at saving what is good and valuable in modernity and replacing the rest with a broader, fairer, and finer sense of possibility.