scholarly journals Peasant Frontiers and the Enigma of Peasant Work

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
Eric Vanhaute
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
World History ◽  
Global South ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
China And India ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World

Peasant households produce most of the food in the world today, as they have for millennia. Concentrated in China and India, and spread across the Global South, the variegated persistence of differentiated peasantries and their labor remains one of the most fundamental questions of the 21st century. In this contribution, Eric Vanhaute argues that peasants have underwritten and fueled the expansion of civilizations, empires, states, and economies for the last ten millennia, embodying what he calls “peasant frontiers.” He reflects on how peasant work is foundational for resolving contemporary socio-ecological crises, including those related to capitalist industrial livestock production. The contribution is based on his new book, Peasants in World History, Routledge, 2021. 

Editorial

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-7
Author(s):  
Diane Diacon
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Global South ◽  
Special Edition ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
World Today ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
Award Competition ◽  
Innovative Approaches

For twenty years the World Habitat Award competition organised by the Building and Social Housing Foundation has identified innovative and long-lasting solutions to housing problems faced by countries of the global South as well as the North. Included in this special edition of Open House International are eighteen housing projects which demonstrate successful approaches to some of the most prevalent housing problems in the world today. These are all winners or finalists in the competition over the last five years. A brief description is provided of each project, together with a summary of the key innovative approaches used. Details are provided at the end of each chapter as to where further information can be obtained.

Introduction

Tea War ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Andrew B. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
China And India ◽  
World Today ◽  
Tea Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
Imperial China ◽  
Indian Tea

This introductory chapter provides a background of Chinese and Indian tea. It was in early imperial China where tea was first ritually imbibed as a medicinal and religious drink, and it was eighteenth-century Chinese merchants who helped popularize it as a global commodity, enabling it to become the most consumed commercial beverage in the world today. And yet, over the course of the next century, the Indian tea industry—operated by British colonial planters and based in the northeast territory of Assam—suddenly overtook China as the world's top exporter. British and, later, Japanese propagandists seized upon this inversion in the global division of labor. Propagandists dismissed Tang- and Song-era (618–1279) records of tea in China as unreliable, asserting instead that the true “birthplace of tea” must have been in India or Japan. This book presents the histories of Chinese and colonial Indian tea as a dynamic, unified story of global interaction, one mediated by modern capitalist competition. Their implications challenge many of the conventional assumptions about capitalism in China and India—or its absence thereof—and in so doing, they provocatively contribute to a more global conception of capitalism's history as a whole.

scholarly journals The Relevance of Louis Adamic in the 21st Century

Two Homelands ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janja Žitnik Serafin
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Research Results ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World

The article first outlines the literature on Louis Adamic (1898–1951), the most successful writer of the Slovenian diaspora. The author then highlights Adamic’s prescience in a number of works dedicated to his original homeland. This is followed by a discussion of Adamic’s views on the mid-20th century global situation and the prospects for its development, which include some of the most pressing social issues in the world today. The author employs the overview method by supplementing her current research results with other scholars’ findings.

scholarly journals A 21st Century Imperative: integrating intercultural competence in Tuning

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darla K. Deardorff
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Increasing Demand

<p class="Default">Given the increasing demand for interculturally competent graduates and employees, it is incumbent upon the Tuning community to incorporate intercultural competence into Tuning Frameworks. With the growing diversity in the world today, beyond national diversity, intercultural competence cuts across disciplines, subjects, and contexts. This essay highlights the first research-based definition and framework of intercultural competence which can be translated into any subject and context and makes the case for why intercultural competence must be embedded into Tuning Frameworks around the world.</p>

New stylistic discoveries “Fluid Fusion” and “Flowinggraphics” in the works of the duet of artists Alexei and Irina Polyakov

2021 ◽  
pp. 671 (756)-676 (760)
Author(s):  
G.N. Ginzburg
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
World History ◽  
English Version ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
History Of Art ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Art Community ◽  
Acrylic Paints

In the world history of art, various graphic techniques for making and printing works of art have had their own names: etching, woodcut, linocut, lithography, etc. The new definitions of the 21st century sound quite reasonable: “Flowinggraphics” and “Fluid Fusion”, based on technological and chemical discoveries work with acrylic paints. The purpose of my article is to acquaint the art community with new techniques and terms. English version of the article on pp. 756-760 is available at URL: https://panor.ru/articles/fluid-fusion-and-flowing-graphics-new-stylistic-descoveries-in-the-works-of-the-duet-of-artists-alexey-and-irina-polyakov/70067.html

scholarly journals Integrating 21st Century Skill into EYL Class: A New Ideal Course Design and Planning for EYL Class

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Erik Yuda Pratama
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Main Aspect ◽  
21St Century Education ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Class A ◽  
World Today ◽  
21St Century Skill ◽  
The World

The economical, political, business and social challenges faced by the world today demand the 21st century skill-integrated as the main aspect that must be mastered by every child nowadays. This paper explores some important aspects related to integrating the 21 century skill into EYL class. Included in the discussion of this essay are the framework of 21st century skill, the 21st century curriculum, and designing appropriate syllabus for 21st century education suitable for EYL classroom, such as project-based syllabus and theme-based syllabus. This paper also describes several ICT media tool that can be used to promote our children 21st century skill, such as cartoon story maker (computer software) and kidblog (online blogging).

scholarly journals WESTERNIZATION, ASIANIZATION AND AFRICANIZATION THE WORLD BETWEEN 1500 AND 2100

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-99
Author(s):  
Luca DIACONESCU ◽  
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
The West ◽  
China And India ◽  
Chinese Continent ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
Similar Path

Until 1800, China and India were the dominant powers of the world, when they are overtaken by the powers of Western Europe, and after 1900 they will be overtaken by the USA, then by Russia and Japan. Now it is time for the Chinese continent to re-assert itself, and after 2050 India will have a similar path and after the end of the demographic explosion in Africa predicted towards the end of the 21st century, it will also become one of the world's rulers, thus proving that the West is only a tab in the history of the movement of wealth on Earth.

Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
World History ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
New York Public Library ◽  
The World ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
Over Time

580 entriesFrom the big bang to the 21st century, this renowned encyclopedia provides an integrated view of human and universal history. Eminent scholars examine environmental and social issues by exploring connections and interactions made over time (and across cultures and locales) through trade, warfare, migrations, religion, and diplomacy.Over 100 new articles, and 1,200 illustrations, photos, and maps from the collections of the Library of Congress, the World Digital Library, the New York Public Library, and many more sources, make this second edition a vital addition for world history-focused classrooms and libraries.

scholarly journals Effects of the increasing use of technology upon marketing in the 21st century

2018 ◽  
Vol XIX (1) ◽  
pp. 313-316
Author(s):  
Zechia Dana Carmen
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
World Today ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
And Performance

Technology is changing the face of the world today. It is one of the most catalysts for today’s changes in how marketing is done. However, consumers have great and collective power to ‘dictate’ what companies do. We can highlight several of the more apparent impacts of technology on markets and the organizations competing in these markets. While change is challenging, it is also exciting. Organizations that are market-driven and learn how to leverage technologies and other competencies can anticipate promising opportunities for growth and performance.

Atheism: A Very Short Introduction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Baggini
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Natural World ◽  
European History ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Richard Dawkins ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
New Atheism

Atheism: A Very Short Introduction discusses the case for atheism. Atheism is often seen as simply a rejection of theism, but it encompasses so much more. Atheists are typically naturalists, who believe that meaning and morality are possible in a finite, natural world. ‘New Atheism’, a powerful new movement in atheism in the early 21st century, driven by books from authors such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, has left a legacy. There is an important question to consider: whether East Asia has been historically atheist or not. Atheism can be located in recent European history. What is the position of atheists around the world today?

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