This long-awaited bibliography of recent books about theatre architecture, scenography and costume, published with the support of Belgian Ministry of Culture and the -Theatre & Publics- Association, has been prepared in collaboration with experts in five languages: English, French, German, Italian and Russian. This extensive bibliography, which meets the demands of the International Theatre Institute organizations and the International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians, will prove useful to theatre practitioners as well as to confirmed or young theatre...

-Beyond Lisbon: A European Strategy for Globalisation- is the product of six months work and extensive Europewide consultations within the framework of a mission entrusted to Laurent Cohen-Tanugi by the French government ahead of France s presidency of the European Union.
It provides the first assessment of the Lisbon strategy generally presented as -the European response to globalisation- established at the initiative of a Member State since its 2005 relaunch, as well as an analysis of the new challenges and opportunities facing the EU in the years to come.
Against that background,...

In recent years, new and more intrusive surveillance technology has found its way into workplaces. New medical tests provide detailed information about workers' biology that was previously unthinkable. An increasing number of employees work under camera surveillance. At the same time, computers allow for a detailed monitoring of our interactions with machines, and all this information can be electronically stored in an easily accessible format. What is happening in our workplaces? Has the trend towards more humane workplaces been broken? From an ethical point of view, which types and degrees...

The texts collected in this book are all produced and located within the converging fields of navigation and displacement. The connection between navigation and narration becomes clear when we realise that most of the authors and heroes of the accounts discussed by the author were, in one way or another, involved in shipping and navigation and that their accounts were produced within fluid and floating spaces and in the course of intriguing voyages and long cruises. In all cases, these narratives start with the narrators on board ships and end with them once again taking charge of their ships...

In this volume, the author presents a version of Africa s longest oral recitation of myth of origination, the black bagr myth found among the Dagara of Northern Ghana and Southern Burkina Faso, and discusses in detail its historical and literary significance for the society. Hence, the author first outlines the historical conditions possibly responsible for the coming into existence of both the mythical narratives and the rites of initiation that accompany the narration; and then presents the literary frame and structure in which the black bagr narrative is composed.
The...

The impact of recent shifts in global geopolitics and economic markets has led to the re-conceptualization of national borders. Scholars have shifted their analysis away from the narrow idea of -borders-, and moved their attention towards the wider view of -borderlands-, -border regions-, and -border zones-, thus, leading to the conceptual re-definition of border politics. These recent approaches have identified border areas as socially constructed territories that demonstrate many of the characteristics of independent polities. Border communities seem to have come to life, creating a degree...

How and why do policies change? The author addresses this question by examining the renewable electricity policies of five European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK) over the last thirty years.
Employing a comparative approach that is qualitative yet consistent and rigorous, she describes how these countries policies changed over time, whether incrementally or comprehensively, and shows how those changes may be explained, citing political, economic, social, and technological factors."

In a world society ruled by economic globalisation, by political interests and theories such as Huntington s -clash of civilisations- that widen the gap between the North and the South, the question should be asked of the role of the religion.
To what extent religion and politics can work together? Can faith still be thought as a means of saving the world? Considering that Christianity, Islam and Judaism have much in common, this collection of miscellanies wonders if these religions can join their forces for public benefit.
Senior and junior scholars from all over the world,...

Proceedings of the doctoral summer seminar, -Changing times. Germany in 20th-Century Europe: Continuity, Evolution and Breakdowns-, organised by the European Academy of Yuste Foundation in cooperation with the SEGEI network, in the Royal Monastery of Yuste and Palace of Charles V (10th 15th September 2007).
Actes du seminaire doctoral d ete, - Les temps qui changent. L Allemagne dans l Europe du 20e siecle: Continuite, evolution et rupture -, organise par la Fondation Academie Europeenne de Yuste et le reseau SEGEI dans le Monastere Royal de Yuste et le Palais de Charles Quint (du 10 au...

In the last decades of the twentieth century, North American drama has powerfully enacted the problematic notions of cultural memory and identity, as the essays assembled in this critical anthology demonstrate. Echoing Derrida s non-essentialist interpretation of the term -signature-, this collection provides an innovative focus on North American theatre and drama as a site of latent cultural memories. In this volume, the concept of cultural memory offers a privileged vantage point from which to redefine issues of diasporic identities, exilic predicaments, and multi-ethnic subject positions...