Interpretation for the 21st Century

Interpretation for the 21st Century

Author: Larry Beck

Publisher: Sagamore Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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This book offers guidance for anyone who wishes to learn more about interpreting our cultural and natural heritage.


The World of Maps

The World of Maps

Author: Judith A. Tyner

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1462516483

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"Maps have power--they can instruct, make life easier, mislead, or even lie. This engaging text provides the tools to read, analyze, and use any kind of map and assess its strengths and weaknesses. Requiring no advanced math skills, the book presents basic concepts of symbolization, scale, coordinate systems, and projections. It gives students a deeper understanding of the types of maps they encounter every day, from turn-by-turn driving directions to the TV weather report. Readers also learn how to use multiple maps and imagery to analyze an area or region. The book includes 168 figures, among them 22 color plates; most of the figures can be downloaded as PowerPoint slides from the companion website. Appendices contain a glossary, recommended resources, a table of commonly used projections, and more"--


Song Interpretation in 21st-Century Pop Music

Song Interpretation in 21st-Century Pop Music

Author: Dr Ralf von Appen

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2015-05-28

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1472428005

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Existing books on the analysis of popular music focus on theory and methodology and normally discuss parts of songs briefly as examples. In this book the obverse is true: songs take centre stage. The authors analyse them from a variety of theoretical positions, compare their different hearings and discuss the ways in which they make sense of specific songs. By concentrating on 13 well-known and recent songs, this book offers some model analyses that can be studied at home or used in seminars and classrooms for students of popular music at all academic levels.


Interpreting in the 21st Century

Interpreting in the 21st Century

Author: Giuliana Garzone

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9789027216496

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This volume contains selected papers from the 1st Forle Conference on Interpreting Studies. The papers seek to take stock of the situation, at the turn of the 21st century, in research, training and the profession.


The Book of Enoch

The Book of Enoch

Author: Mark Joyner

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781735083803

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A MODERN LOOK INTO THE ANCIENT TEXT CALLED "THE BOOK OF ENOCH". THIS BOOK ELABORATES ON MANY CONFUSING PARTS IN THE ORIGINAL TRANSLATION AND CLARIFIES ALL OF THE DISCREPANCIES. THIS VERSION LOOKS AT THE TEXT WITH A MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY PRIVY VIEWPOINT. KEY CHARACTERS ARE FURTHER HIGHLIGHTED TO SHOWCASE WHICH ONES WERE TRULY EVIL AND WHICH ONES WERE TRULY GOOD, AS THE ORIGINAL TEXT FAILED AT KEEPING THE CHARACTERS' PERSONALITIES AND NAMES STRAIGHT. EXPANDS FROM 75 PAGES IN THE ORIGINAL TO 486 PAGES IN THIS NEW INTERPRETATION.


The Fear of Insignificance

The Fear of Insignificance

Author: C. Strenger

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-02-14

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 023011766X

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This book shows how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gospel of the free market became the only world-religion of universal validity. The belief that all value needs to be quantifiable was extended to human beings, whose value became dependent on their rating on the various ranking-scales in the global infotainment system.


Reading the Qur'an in the Twenty-First Century

Reading the Qur'an in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Abdullah Saeed

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-04

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1317974158

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Reading the Qur’an in the Twenty-First Century considers the development of Qur’anic interpretation and highlights modern debates around new approaches to interpretation. It explores how Muslims from various theological, legal, socio-political and philosophical backgrounds think about the meaning and relevance of the Qur’an, and how their ideas apply in the contemporary world. The book: reflects on one of the most dominant approaches to interpretation in the pre-modern period, textualism, and the reaction to that in Muslim feminist readings of the Qur’an today. covers issues such as identifying the hierarchical nature of Qur’anic values, the criteria for the use of hadith in interpretation, fluidity of meaning and ways of ensuring a degree of stability in interpretation. examines key Qur'anic passages and compares pre-modern and modern interpretations to show the evolving nature of interpretation. Examples discussed include: the authority of men over women, the death of Jesus, shura and democracy, and riba and interest. Abdullah Saeed provides a practical guide for interpretation and presents the principal ideas of a contextualist approach, which situates the original message of the Qur’an in its wider social, political, cultural, economic and intellectual context. He advocates a more flexible method of interpretation that gives due recognition to earlier interpretations of the Qur’an while also being aware of changing conditions and the need to approach the Qur’an afresh today.


Interpretation and Social Knowledge

Interpretation and Social Knowledge

Author: Isaac Ariail Reed

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2011-08-15

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 0226706729

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For the past fifty years anxiety over naturalism has driven debates in social theory. One side sees social science as another kind of natural science, while the other rejects the possibility of objective and explanatory knowledge. Interpretation and Social Knowledge suggests a different route, offering a way forward for an antinaturalist sociology that overcomes the opposition between interpretation and explanation and uses theory to build concrete, historically specific causal explanations of social phenomena.


Essentials of Visual Interpretation

Essentials of Visual Interpretation

Author: Rachel R Reynolds

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-12-29

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1000334708

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Essentials of Visual Interpretation explains how to talk and write critically about visual media and to examine how evolving visual environments, media, and technologies affect human selfunderstanding and culture formation. Lively and accessibly written chapters provide a solid foundation in the tools and ideas of visual meaning, familiarizing readers with a growing, cross-cultural subfield, and preparing them to pursue thoughtful work in a variety of related disciplines. The authors include rich examples and illustrations—ranging from cave paintings to memes, from optical science to visual analytics, from ancient pictographs to smart phones—that engage students with the fascinating complexity of visual interpretation. Each chapter introduces students to key terms and concepts relevant to visual analysis, with ideas for short individual or group exercises to enhance understanding. The book is ideal as a primer in visual analysis and visual communication for students in courses within communication studies, cultural studies, digital humanities, semiotics, media studies, and visual anthropology. Online support materials include multimedia activities for students and links to additional resources for students and instructors.


Interpretation and Application

Interpretation and Application

Author: Jeffrey D. Arthurs

Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1598569597

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The Preachers Toolbox series is designed to provide guidance on the essential elements of a variety of preaching forms and preparation to those in the pulpitprofessionals and laypersons alike.