Phenomenology's Material Presence Local history

Phenomenology's Material Presence Local historyThis book draws on work in phenomenology, embodiment and cinema and extends the field by examining metaphysical presence in postcolonial cinema. Through a meditation on three experimental videos by Trinidadian filmmaker Robert Yao Ramesar, this book makes the case that video performs an act of phenomenological inquiry.

His first outing

and analyses the films’ socio-cultural negotiation with death

multidisciplinary and—equally importantly—extremely readable

almost documentary

culture and the legacies of social documentary

It charts new settlements in children's television

the invasion and occupation of Iraq and Israel's 2006 bombardment of Lebanon

and how practices create impactful change

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson

and powerful engineering capabilities have marked the arrival of nanotechnology

extracts from Haussmann’s own writing and historical maps that allow for an intriguing look at the shifting city plan

From an Eastern nation on the global periphery to a European neoliberal democracy enmeshed in transnational networks