... blending scholarly analysis, biography and fiction, the book demonstrates how data are shaped by social and political forces, and the extent to which they influence our daily lives. The book begins with an overview of the sociality of data. Data-driven endeavours are as much a result of human values...

...This chapter examines the daily lives of Liao women based on pictorial and archaeological evidence, with particular emphasis on the pastoralist lifestyle, daily life of Kitan women, and the lifestyles of haner women living under Liao rule. The lands of the Liao and Jin states were...

...This chapter investigates the ways the medium of money itself established a conceptual framework for the experience of the great German inflation. It examines how the hyperinflation damaged the basic functions of money and how the daily lives of people were affected by the increasing breakdown...

... daily lives—waiting for a bus, daydreaming by the window, performing a routine task—and illuminate these “empty” times as full of significance. The book leads us to rethink the ordinary and find meaning in today's hypermodern reality....

...2024 This chapter tackles the everyday reality of being part of the surveillance culture. It raises the argument that the surveillance culture is inescapable. In a surveillance culture, people get used to (or uneasy about) their daily lives being increasingly transparent to themselves and unknown...

... of hindsight it is clear that the psycholinguistic efficiency factor assumed in the report is not the only force operating on the success or failure of vernacular literacy programmes; in fact, it seems not to be even a major one. Background Design of the Study make use impact upon their daily lives ab...

...This chapter examines the daily lives of Jin women based on histories and other documents, along with incidental information from collections of Jin literature and various sources of information on material culture in the Jin period. Jurchen women were praised for martial acts, and Jurchen girls...

... people's dwellings, landscapes, material culture, and daily lives in great detail. Through concise chapters written scholars in the field, this book describes the key principles, methodologies, and revealing results of past and present archaeological investigations of wetland environments. The volume...

... This chapter aims to provide guidance on how to conceptualize “intensive” longitudinal studies that capture participants’ daily lives at multiple times over (relatively) short intervals. Such methods are especially valuable for research questions concerning the emergence, change, and stability of specific...

... of waitresses' daily shifts and daily lives. The author of this book traveled across the United States—from border to border and coast to coast—to hear firsthand what waitresses think about their lives, their work, and their world. Part journalism and part oral history, the book introduces an eclectic cast...