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In today’s world, there are interwoven crises affecting us at every level. This book explores the impact of these crises on applied social research. It shows how using a complexity framework in research is key to tackling global challenges effectively. By featuring illustrative examples from the UK, China, Brazil, South Africa and the US, the authors demonstrate how an action research programme based around the use of existing social research methods embedded in processes of co-production and participation can drive real-time social change. In doing so, the book highlights the transformative role of action-oriented research in addressing today''s complex global challenges.

Come funziona la musica è l''esuberante celebrazione di un soggetto cui David Byrne ha dedicato la propria esistenza creativa. Byrne attinge alla propria pluriennale esperienza con i Talking Heads, Brian Eno e una miriade di altri collaboratori – insieme a viaggi in teatri lirici wagneriani, villaggi africani e in qualunque luogo esista la musica – per mostrare come la creazione musicale non sia solo l''opera del compositore solitario, bensì il risultato miracoloso di circostanze sociali. Come funziona la musica, qui in una nuova edizione arricchita da un capitolo inedito, è il libro di una vita, che racconta con passione il potere liberatorio e vitale delle note.

Berlino, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Manila, Sydney: fin dai primi anni ottanta la bicicletta è stata per David Byrne il mezzo di trasporto prediletto e, da quando ha scoperto quella pieghevole, la bici è diventata la sua fedele compagna di viaggio e di tour in tutto il mondo. In questi Diari della bicicletta il musicista ci guida al cuore delle città che ha più amato, regalandoci cartoline e istantanee di vita urbana, aneddoti, curiosità, personaggi picareschi, mode e tendenze. Ben prima dei Fridays for future, Byrne ha illuminato per noi le contraddizioni di un’urbanistica tiranneggiata dall’automobile e la necessità di riplasmare le nostre città per migliorare la qualità della vita secondo le esigenze umane e dell’ambiente.

Discussions of time are central to many questions in the social sciences and to official announcements of policy. Despite the growing popularity of applying Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to social science research questions, before now there have been few attempts to measure expressions of time. This paper provides a methodology to measure the "third T of Text": the Time dimension. We also survey the techniques used to measure the other Ts, namely Topic and Tone. We document key stylised facts relating to temporal information in a corpus of policymaker speeches.

This book examines the impact of the Famine on Sir William Palmer''s Mayo estates, one of the largest in the county. It describes the estates'' social and economic structures, and its tenants'' living conditions and experiences before, during and after the Famine. It explores the relationship Lord Palmer, an absentee landlord, had with his tenants and the influence and control he had on the locality, its politics and the lives of the community on his estates.

Inequality in a Context of Climate Crisis after COVID uses a complex realist approach to examine the crisis of three interconnected problems: economic inequality, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Widely acknowledged as the key driver of political discontent and social instability, economic inequality across high and middle-income countries is profoundly interconnected with climate change. Both of these issues are now set within the particularly acute context of COVID-19 and its aftermath. Confronting the crisis of these inherently interwoven issues is now the major problem for all political and governance systems. This book uses a complex realist frame of reference to understand the character of social-cultural-economic-political-ecological systems. It gives us a vocabulary and modes of thinking to confront these societal challenges and inform future action. Contributing to our thinking about dynamic social systems, this text deploys complex realism to understand our trajectory towards increasing inequality. It puts complexity to work in addressing fundamental social issues in a context of climate crisis after COVID-19. This book will be of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences, in particular to those studying social inequality, climate change, heterodox economics, complex systems, and Master''s students in prgrammes with an applied focus. It will be of use to policymakers and practitioners.

From former Talking Heads frontman and multimedia visionary David Byrne and revered bestselling author, illustrator, and artist Maira Kalman--an inspiring celebration in words and art of the connections between us all. Don''t miss the Spike Lee film of the Broadway hit American Utopia--on HBO. A Beat Most Anticipated Graphic Novel of Fall 2020 A joyful collaboration between old friends David Byrne and Maira Kalman, American Utopia offers readers an antidote to cynicism, bursting with pathos, humanism, and hope--featuring his words and lyrics brought to life with more than 150 of her colorful paintings. The text is drawn from David Byrne''s American Utopia, which has become a hit Broadway show and is now a film from Spike Lee on HBO. The four-color artwork, by Maira Kalman, which she created for the Broadway show''s curtain, is composed of small moments, expressions, gestures, and interactions that together offer a portrait of daily life and coexistence. With their creative talents combined, American Utopia is a salvo for kindness and a call for jubilation, a reminder to sing, dance, and waste not a moment. Beautifully designed and edited by Alex Kalman, American Utopia is a balm for the soul from two of the world''s most extraordinary artists.

Are you a democrat? Do you love the freedoms that are granted to you that people all over the world can only dream of having? Well then you should hate referendums! Forget everything you''ve been told about them. Brexit was not the ''Biggest Democratic Exercise'' in the history of the UK. Nor does it have to be a ''Once in a generation'' vote. You''re not taking power out of the hands of politicians - you''re simply doing their bidding. You may think that by voting in referendums you are making history, but the only history you are making is providing yet another example in a long list of why referendums are a bad idea.

It''s 1975. In Leeds, the Millgarth Incident Room is the epicentre of the biggest manhunt in British police history. We follow Sergeant Megan Winterburn as she joins hundreds of officers working around the clock to find the man known as the Yorkshire Ripper. With public pressure mounting, the investigation resorts to increasingly audacious attempts to catch one of Britain''s most notorious serial killers. Olivia Hirst and David Byrne''s play The Incident Room goes behind the scenes to investigate the case that broke the British police force. It was first staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2019, and receives its London premiere at the New Diorama Theatre in February 2020.

From November 2012, for eleven months I was employed as the CEO by a new company called Euro Forex Investment Ltd (EFIL). It was the UK subsidiary of a private Asian business whose official name was Euro Fx. Being quite a mouthful to say, the name, "Euro Forex Investments Limited" was often shortened to "Euro Fx" by the Asian executives, both verbally and on literature. It was this seemingly innocuous, but deliberate, abbreviation that was to have dire consequences later. After leaving the company it was revealed that the whole set up had been a scam, fleecing billions of dollars from unsuspecting victims, and I had been set up as the "fall guy". Whilst visiting Shanghai in 2016, I was arrested; accused of being one of the orchestrators, and placed under arrest. Facing a possible death penalty or many years in jail, a mission of discovery to prove my innocence began.

For over thirty years, besides making music, David Byrne has focused his unique genius upon forms as diverse as the archaeology of music as we know it, architectural photography and the uses of PowerPoint. Now he presents his most personal work to date, a collection of drawings exploring the form of the tree diagram. Arboretum is an eclectic blend of science, automatic writing, self-analysis and satire. A journey through irrational logic – the application of scientific rigour and form to irrational premises, proceeding from careful nonsense to unexpected sense. The tree diagram is a form that might reveal more about yourself than you dreamed possible.

Mit ›Wie Musik wirkt‹ ermöglicht Musiker David Byrne den Lesern einen außergewöhnlichen Blick in die Welt der Musik – die Mischung aus Musikgeschichte, Autobiographie und Handbuch ist so vielseitig wie der Talking Heads-Gründer selbst David Byrne ist ein Vordenker des Pop und ihm immer einen Schritt voraus. Nach all den Jahren im Musikbusiness weiß er genau, wie unterschiedlich Musik in Kellerkneipen und Aufnahmestudios, auf afrikanischen Dorfplätzen und in den Opernhäusern dieser Welt klingt. Aber wie genau funktioniert und wirkt Musik – akustisch, wirtschaftlich, sozial und technologisch? Diesen Fragen widmet sich Byrne mit seinem Buch, einer lebendigen Mischung aus Musikgeschichte und Autobiographie, anthropologischer Untersuchung und erklärendem Handbuch. Mit Verve und Witz nimmt er die Leser mit auf eine inspirierende Reise. Ein Buch für alle Fans von David Byrne und den Talking Heads – und für alle, die sich für die Kunstform Musik interessieren. Enthält zahlreiche farbige Abbildungen. »David Byrne ist ein brillanter, origineller und exzentrischer Rockstar, und er hat ein Buch geschrieben, das zu seinen vielfältigen Talenten passt.« The New York Times »Ein gut recherchiertes und wahnsinnig fesselndes Stück Musikgeschichte« The Independent

La 4ème couverture indique :"Qu''est-ce que la musique ? Elle était autrefois un évènement social dans la continnuum de nos vies : on allait l''écouter ou on la pratiquait collectivement. Avec l''enregistrement, elle est aussi devenue un produit-un objet qui peut être vendu, acheté, privatisé et rejoué indéfiniment dans n''importe quel contexte. Les communautés humaines ne cessent, partout dans le monde, d''adapter leurs manières de créer, conserver, distribuer et recevoir la musique. Retracer ces métamorphoses, c''est comprendre ce qu''elle est pour nous aujourd''hui et , peut-être, pourquoi nous l''aimons autant. Dans ce livre-somme, l''auteur dévoile la fabrique de la musique, tout ce qui la fait vivre et nous fait vibrer : le processus de création, l''architecture des lieux d''écoute, ses effets sur nos émotions, l''influence des technolohies et jusqu''aux logiques économiques qui régissent l''industrie musicale. En filigrane de cette exploration se dessinent et la figure et le parcours du compositeur et musicien David Byrne, depuis mes premiers concerts de Talkin Heads au milieu des années 1970. Témoin et acteur d''une scène expérimentale naissante, l''artiste revisite son apprentissage en amateur, ses pratiques collaboratives et la découverte d''autres univers musicaux à Bali, au Japon, en Afrique de l''Ouest ou au Brésil".

The transition to twenty-first century post-industrial capitalism from the ‘welfare’ industrial capitalism of the twentieth century, has affected the ways in which class is lived in terms of relational inequality and the factors that structure identity. Class After Industry takes a complex realist approach to the dynamics of individual lives, places, the social structure and analyses their significance in terms of class. A wide range of quantitative and qualitative studies are drawn on to explore how ‘life after industry’ shapes class, and the consequent potential for social change. The book will be of interest across the social sciences and beyond, to those concerned with how class forms might translate into political action.

Inspired by Yuval Harari''s international bestseller, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation. “How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual”—The Boston Globe Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, David Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Byrne’s magnum opus uncovers thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.

"Vandekeybus brought into focus a whole new genre of modern dance... Combat rolls, breakneck sprints and savagely wrestled duets became the defining vocabulary of a new generation." The Guardian In 2016, Wim Vandekeybus'' company Ultima Vez celebrates its 30th birthday. Never before has his oeuvre been recorded in a book. Until now. This extraordinary book is a visual trip through the most powerful images from his repertoire, a quest for the ideas and themes that inspire him. It also contains unpublished texts, notes and scripts from his shows and films. A number of compagnons de route, such as David Byrne, Mauro Pawlowski, and Peter Verhelst, offer a personal textual contribution. Choreographer, filmmaker and photographer Wim Vandekeybus and his company Ultima Vez are at the top of the dance industry in Belgium - and around the world. After a cooperation with Jan Fabre, Vandekeybus founded his very own company Ultima Vez in 1986. His first performance, What the Body Does Not Remember (1987), was an international success and was awarded a Bessie Award (New York Dance and Performance Award), a prize awarded for pioneering work. SELLING POINTS: * First book ever on this international choreographer and his company Ultima Vez

For the past two decades, ‘complexity’ has informed a range of work across the social sciences. There are diverse schools of complexity thinking, and authors have used these ideas in a multiplicity of ways, from health inequalities to the organization of large scale firms. Some understand complexity as emergence from the rule-based interactions of simple agents and explore it through agent-based modelling. Others argue against such ‘restricted complexity’ and for the development of case-based narratives deploying a much wider set of approaches and techniques. Major social theorists have been reinterpreted through a complexity lens and the whole methodological programme of the social sciences has been recast in complexity terms. In four parts, this book seeks to establish ‘the state of the art’ of complexity-informed social science as it stands now, examining: the key issues in complexity theory the implications of complexity theory for social theory the methodology and methods of complexity theory complexity within disciplines and fields. It also points ways forward towards a complexity-informed social science for the twenty-first century, investigating the argument for a post-disciplinary, ‘open’ social science. Byrne and Callaghan consider how this might be developed as a programme of teaching and research within social science. This book will be particularly relevant for, and interesting to, students and scholars of social research methods, social theory, business and organization studies, health, education, urban studies and development studies.

This important book examines how social science is applied now and how it might be applied in the future in relation to social transformation in a time of crisis.

Two essays contextualising Bern Porter''s work accompany his 1972 poetry collection.