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Backstage Talks 5 | Life can easily feel too fast or too slow. But how can we find the right pace? We went looking for answers with some of the world's best creatives, researchers and strategists. In this issue, you can look forward to 5 essays on work, time and pace. Further in the quick 'To the point' section, we asked 9 of the people whose work we admire 3 questions on how they manage their time. Read the answers from Shantell Martin, Khoi Vinh, Veronica Ditting, Scott Dadich, Milota Sidorova, Dean Poole, Henrieta Moravcikova, John Maeda, and Sara Hilden-Bengtsson. And in 'The hidden gem' section - A gallery of works by one of the most significant Slovak architects, Vladimír Dedecek. Plus 12 long-read interviews:With illustrator Jean Jullien about building a life-long career in the industry obsessed with newness. With Pentagram New York partner Eddie Opara about why design is about creating systems, not solving problems. With designer Suzy Tuxen on the false economy of overtime culture. With Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK, on why we shouldn't assume people act rationally. With Marina Willer - designer, filmmaker, and partner at Pentagram London - on giving ourselves the chance to appreciate the little things and helping others reflect on life through our work. With Jenni Rommaniuk, who has spent decades researching what makes a successful brand: "If you don't have metrics, how is anyone supposed to believe you?"With Francesco Franchi about the future of printed press, the feeling of reading a newspaper and how printed press became a status symbol. With Game UX researcher Graham McAllister about how big budget games crash on lack of feedback during development, misaligned teams and, simply, being boring. With Lance Wyman, who revolutionised the use of symbols with his legendary identity for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, we spoke about understanding different cultures and why he is not planning to retire anytime soon. With Lou Downe, on fixing badly designed government services - the biggest unnecessary cost to the UK taxpayer. With ReD Associates on asking the right questions and conducting rigorous ethnographic research to help companies navigate their strategy in changing and challenging times. With Gail Bichler on her fast-paced, social, ambitious, exhilarating, stressful, amazing, and experimental role as the Design Director of The New York Times Magazine. Backstage Talks is a magazine of casual, but in depth dialogues on design and business. Our decisions shape and influence this complex world-to have a chance to make the right ones, we need to talk.

In the twenty-first century, cyberspace and the 'real world' have become inseparable. The stability and security of cyberspace therefore affect, in increasingly profound ways, the economies, international reputations, national security, military capabilities and global influence of states.

This book investigates whether African cultures can appropriate some useful aspects of Western cultures, or whether doing so risks falling into the metaphysical empire and diluting African identity.

Shakespeare in the Age of Mass Incarceration brings together theatre artists, currently and formerly incarcerated actors, and college-in-prison educators and students, describing powerful encounters in classrooms and rehearsal rooms as they explore the complexity of "prison Shakespeare."

Shakespeare in the Age of Mass Incarceration brings together theatre artists, currently and formerly incarcerated actors, and college-in-prison educators and students, describing powerful encounters in classrooms and rehearsal rooms as they explore the complexity of "prison Shakespeare."

Surviving the Odd is a rare and deeply personal glimpse into a childhood spent in the halls of one of Californias first homes for the mentally ill. With humor and an unflinching eye, Candi recounts growing up amidst psychiatric patients, a father who ran the care home like a nightclub, and a world where madness and laughter often blurred together. As she navigates through the chaos, she unearths a story of resilience, love, and the determination to find her own voice amidst the clamor of mental illness and societal disregard in the Bay Area during the 1970s.This book is an unforgettable exploration of what it means to survive in a world that often feels on the edge, wrapped in the bittersweet absurdity of a life lived between punchlines and lithium prescriptions.

Human dignity, equality, and freedom are central to the South African Constitution. This book examines these values through a conflictual democratic lens, which views conflict, power, and disagreement as constitutive of democracy. The book will be an important read for researchers of constitutional law and critical legal theory.

The book surveys crucial theories and practices and academic research in the field of public administration and Organizational theory.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.   Focusing on the provision of gender-affirming care, Health Care Civil Rights analyzes the difficulties and potential of discrimination law in healthcare settings. The application of civil rights law could be a powerful response to health inequalities in the U.S., but conservative challenges and the complex and fragmented nature of our health care system have limited the real-world success of this strategy. Revealing deep divides and competing interests that reverberate through patient experiences, insurance claims, and courtroom arguments, Anna Kirkland explains what health care civil rights are, how they work in theory and practice, and how to strengthen them.

Discussing Émile Zola and three writers connected to him - Ferdinand Brunetière, Henry Céard and Saint-Georges de Bouhélierr - the book shows how their four very different political engagements in the Dreyfus Affair all emerged from their earlier ideas about literature, and specifically about Zola's naturalist fiction.

This book investigates the causes and consequences of election-related violence, analyzing why politicians employ violence and how it affects their electoral prospects. It offers novel insight into election campaigns, democratic development, and the impact of violence on voters and provides new ideas to combat election-related violence.

A history of colonial legacies in United Nations peacekeeping from 1945-1971, focusing on the influence of UN staff deployed to conflicts in the Global South. Margot Tudor identifies the unexplored colonial structures, racial prejudices, and organisational politics that shaped UN peacekeeping practices during the instability of decolonisation.

This volume re-examines popular sovereignty, a vital principle of modern politics jeopardized by deepening polarization and the global rise of authoritarian populism. Eighteen cutting-edge contributions from scholars and practitioners engage with the dilemmas of popular sovereignty through interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives.

Tracing the evolution of Islamist political parties and their rise to power in Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia, Sebnem Gumuscu explains why some remained committed to democracy while others took an authoritarian turn. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in three countries, Gumuscu considers the impact of party affairs on incumbents' democratic commitments.

This powerful follow-up to the first Drop the Disorder! book (PCCS Books, 2019) assembles a huge array of contributors who write about what they have done and are doing to actively challenge and change the mainstream narrative around mental health and 'disorders'.

The Protection of Green Spaces for Climate Change Adaptation identifies how spatial planning and climate change adaptation are linked by examining the protection of green spaces in cities across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South America and Australia.