Publisher: The MIT Press

Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA

Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA

The first comprehensive critical analysis of the practices and consequences of ancient DNA research. This edited collection, Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA, presents a critical enquiry into the much-hyped “ancient DNA revolution”...
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238 pages
2024-07-02 Published
Women and Climate Change

Women and Climate Change

How ideas of gender and climate change intersect with our path to a livable future. When you think "climate change," who comes to mind? Who's doing the science, the reporting,...
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288 pages
2023-02-14 Published
Creative Hustling

Creative Hustling

The first book-length study of Nairobi-based female filmmakers—and how their dogged pursuit of opportunities, innovation, and cultural support is defining an industry. Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is home to...
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208 pages
2023-02-28 Published
Playing Oppression

Playing Oppression

A striking analysis of popular board games' roots in imperialist reasoning—and why the future of play depends on reckoning with it. Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment:...
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192 pages
2023-02-28 Published
On Linearization

On Linearization

The first attempt at a restrictive theory of the linear order of sentences and phrases of the world's languages, by one of the founders of cartographic syntax. Linearization, or the...
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184 pages
2023-03-07 Published
Data and Democracy at Work

Data and Democracy at Work

An exploration of how major companies have used advanced information technologies to limit worker power, and how labor law reform could reverse that trend. As our economy has shifted away...
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304 pages
2023-03-21 Published
Athena Unbound

Athena Unbound

A clear-eyed examination of the open access movement: past history, current conflicts, and future possibilities. Open access (OA) could one day put the sum of human knowledge at our fingertips....
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360 pages
2023-04-04 Published

¡Alerta!

A lively account of a controversial technology developed to mitigate earthquake risk and change how we live with threatening environments. The Sistema de Alerta Sísmica Mexicano is the world's oldest...
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224 pages
2023-04-11 Published
Constructing Student Mobility

Constructing Student Mobility

How universities in the US and South Korea compete for global student markets—and how university financials shape students' lives. The popular image of the international student in the American imagination...
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216 pages
2023-04-11 Published
To Know Is to Compare

To Know Is to Compare

How systematic comparative research can unlock the potential of social media scholarship. Though diverse and fruitful, social media scholarship too often focuses on single platforms in single countries, disconnected from...
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224 pages
2023-04-18 Published