Ethnographers are social scientists who undertake research and writing about groups of
people by systematically observing and participating (to a greater or lesser degree) in the …

Visual Research Methods is a guide for students, researchers and teachers in the social
sciences who wish to explore and actively use a visual dimension in their research. This …

In art making, materials and media are the intermediaries between private ideas, thoughts
and feelings, and their external manifestation in a tangible, sensual form. Thus, materials …

Contemporary consumer culture sees the body as the crucial indicator of the self and
apparent bodily ageing as problematic. All bodies age, but how is evidence of ageing …

This article draws on Foucault's concept of the exercise of power and Gramsci's concept of
hegemony to examine how women used cosmetic surgery to exercise power over their …

This review of literature highlights the efforts teacher educators and researchers have made
over the past 18 years to work toward social justice in secondary English language arts …

Understanding Media Users: From Theory to Practice focuses on the blurred concept of the
“active audience” at the core of media studies. examines the relationship between media …

Ever caught somebody–or yourself–checking out the content of a 'fat'person's supermarket
trolley? Ever wondered what lies behind this behaviour, or what it might be like to be at the …

In the last few decades, the rapid growth of the demand-supply processes in the travel sector
has caused a dramatic development of the tourism industry. In order to sell the same product …

Arts for Change presents strategies and theory for teaching socially engaged art with an
historical and contemporary overview of the field. The book features interviews with over …