Introduction: Andeans Articulating Colonial Worlds

An Archaeology of Sexualities within Colonial Worlds

Although archaeological studies of the historic past have long explored the dynamics of European colonialism, broader issues of sexuality, embodiment, commemoration, reproduction, and sensuality have only recently become acknowledged as essential components of the “imperial project.” How can we better appreciate the material implications of human sexuality when we come to interpret these comple...

Many Worlds? An Introduction

This problem of getting the interpretation proved to be rather more difficult than just working out the equation. Ask not if quantum mechanics is true, ask rather what the theory implies. What does realism about the quantum state imply? What follows then, when quantum theory is applied without restriction, if need be to the whole universe? This is the question that this book addresses. The answ...

Introduction: Creating New Worlds out of Old Texts Introduction. Creating New Worlds out of Old Texts

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Functions in Biological and Artificial Worlds: Comparative Philosophical Perspectives (Introduction)

Figured Worlds and Education: An Introduction to the Special Issue

Identity and Self are concepts that are not only constituted by the labels—‘‘smart girl’’, ‘‘delinquent’’, ‘‘incompetent’’, or ‘‘beloved teacher’’—that people place on themselves and others, especially in schools. Identity is also very much about how people come to understand themselves, how they come to ‘‘figure’’ who they are, through the ‘‘worlds’’ that they participate in and how they relat...