Author: P?draig Carmody File Type: epub Once marginalized in the world economy, Africa today is a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan. Chinas part in this story has loomed particularly large in recent years, and the American military footprint on the continent has also expanded. But a new scramble for resources, markets and territory is now taking place in Africa involving not just state, but non state-actors, including Islamic fundamentalist and other rebel groups. The second edition of Padraig Carmodys popular book explores the dynamics of the new scramble for African resources, markets, and territory and the impact of current investment and competition on people, the environment, and political and economic development on the continent. Fully revised and updated throughout, its chapters explore old and new economic power interests in Africa oil, minerals, timber, biofuels, land, food and fisheries and the nature and impacts of Asian and South African investment in manufacturing and other sectors. The New Scramble for Africa will be essential reading for students of African studies, international relations and resource politics, as well as anyone interested in current affairs. **

Author: P. Arthur File Type: pdf Advancing Digital Humanities moves beyond definition of this dynamic and fast growing field to show how its arguments, analyses, findings and theories are pioneering new directions in the humanities globally. **Review Advancing Digital Humanities is essential reading for those considering the future of our interdiscipline. - Professor Ray Siemens, Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing, University of Victoria, BC, Canada Defining Digital Humanities by what it does rather than wrestling with definitions of what it is, the essays in this vibrant anthology are reports of substantive engagements with the intellectual dimensions of technological tools. Each project in this collection starts from research in a core humanities discipline literature, history, cultural studies and extends its questions of style, authorship, influence, production and reception practices through digital means. An excellent volume for those new to the field as well as insiders, each of whom will take away something of value from the carefully crafted insights of these essays. - Johanna Drucker, Breslauer Professor of Bibliography, Information Studies, UCLA, USA This collection of essays is an essential travel guide for anyone who wishes to venture into the varied, complex and challenging intellectual terrain of the digital humanities. The volume moves discussion of digital humanities beyond arid debates about the definition of the field and illustrates the wider theoretical and cultural vistas that the digital humanities are opening up. This compelling collection of thought-provoking essays vividly illustrates how humanities scholars are using digital methods to refashion our cultural understanding and transform representations of knowledge across subjects ranging from Dickens to the Twittersphere. The contributors include not only some of the most distinguished international scholars in the field, but also young researchers engaged in innovative experimentation at the digital coalface, and their energy, diversity and intellectual ambition make this volume a captivating read. Advancing Digital Humanities is a fundamental and unmissable contribution to the intellectual and theoretical formation of this important new area of scholarly endeavour. - Andrew Prescott, Professor of Digital Humanities and Head, Department of Digital Humanities, Kings College London, UK This is a considered and timely intervention with chapters by many recognised voices in the DH community as well as many not well known beyond Australasia. Rich in analysis, these authors consistently demonstrate just how pervasive digital methods and theories are in changing the ways in which we do research in the humanities. - Susan Schreibman, Professor of Digital Humanities, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland About the Author Paul Longley Arthur, University of Western Sydney, Australia Katherine Bode, Australian National University, Australia Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Mark Byron, University of Sydney, Australia Mark Cote, Kings College London, UK yvind Eide, University of Passau, Germany Jack Elliott, University of Newcastle, Australia Julia Flanders, Northeastern University, USA Tim Highfield Queensland University of Technology, Australia Alan Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Willard McCarty, Kings College London, UK Richard Maltby, Flinders University, Australia Christopher Moore, University of Wollongong, Australia Tara Murphy, University of Sydney, Australia Peter Robinson, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Ned Rossiter, University of Western Sydney, Australia Sydney J. Shep, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Tomoji Tabata, University of Osaka, Japan Paul Turnbull, University of Tasmania, Australia Deb Verhoeven, Deakin University, Australia Dylan Walker, Flinders University, Australia Mike Walsh, University in Adelaide, Australia