Communication Law

ISSN: 2153-1390

Acknowledging the variety of ways in which the disciplines of communication and law converge, the aim of this series is to publish books at the nexus of these two areas with particular attention paid to communication in law in the changing media landscape. Utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, volumes in this series provide analysis of issues at the interdisciplinary and international level such as free and responsible speech, media law, regulation and policy, press freedoms and governance of new media.

12 publications

Speech Production and Perception

ISSN: 2191-8651

Speech production is a complex sensorimotor task that requires the coordination of numerous physically complex and very different biological systems. Furthermore, it is a sophisticated cognitive task that transmits information between speakers and listeners. Speech perception uses multi-modal information combining visible articulatory movements and audible acoustic properties in an adaptive way. Understanding the cognitive, motor and sensory mechanisms that underlie speech production and perception is a fascinating objective that requires interdisciplinary competences in various research areas such as linguistics, perception, psychology, cognition, neuroscience, motor control, biology, aerodynamics, acoustics, and biomechanics. The aim of this book series is to investigate the various mechanisms underlying speech production and perception. Each issue of this series will be devoted to a specific topic. This topic will be addressed from different, sometimes even controversial perspectives. Tutorials, up-to-date scientific papers, methodological reports and outstanding dissertations will be at the core of the series. The intended readers are graduate students and scientists from various research disciplines interested in speech production and perception. Scholars are welcome to submit suitable works to the editors. All articles in edited volumes undergo a double-blind peer review. All dissertations undergo a close reading by the series editors and authors will be invited to revise where required.

8 publications

Visual Communication

ISSN: 2153-277X

Visual communication is the process through which individuals in relationships, organizations, and cultures interpret and create visual messages in response to their environment, one another, and social structures. This series seeks to enhance our understanding of visual communication and it explores the role of visual communication in culture. Topics of interest include visual perception and cognition; signs and symbols; typography and image; research on graph ic design, use of visual imagery in education. On a cultural level, research on visual media analysis and critical methods that examine the larger cultural messages imbedded in visual images is welcome. By providing a variety of approaches to the analysis of visual media and messages, this book series is designed to explore issues relating to visual literacy, visual communication, visual rhetoric, visual culture, and any unique method for examining visual communication.

16 publications

Linzer Philosophisch-Theologische Beiträge

Die Katholisch-Theologische Privatuniversität Linz veröffentlicht unter der Leitung von Professor Günther Wassilowsky die Reihe «Linzer Philosophisch-Theologische Beiträge», die sich mit Aspekten der Theologie, aber auch mit Philosophie und Religionswissenschaft befasst. Die Monographien und Sammelbände der Reihe beschäftigen sich mit Themen wie Ethik und Religion, gelebtem Glauben, politischer Theologie und kirchengeschichtlichen Studien. In der Reihe erscheinen die Tagungsbände der Ökumenischen Sommerakademie Kremsmünster. Die Katholisch-Theologische Privatuniversität Linz veröffentlicht unter der Leitung von Professor Günther Wassilowsky die Reihe «Linzer Philosophisch-Theologische Beiträge», die sich mit Aspekten der Theologie, aber auch mit Philosophie und Religionswissenschaft befasst. Die Monographien und Sammelbände der Reihe beschäftigen sich mit Themen wie Ethik und Religion, gelebtem Glauben, politischer Theologie und kirchengeschichtlichen Studien. In der Reihe erscheinen die Tagungsbände der Ökumenischen Sommerakademie Kremsmünster. Die Katholisch-Theologische Privatuniversität Linz veröffentlicht unter der Leitung von Professor Günther Wassilowsky die Reihe «Linzer Philosophisch-Theologische Beiträge», die sich mit Aspekten der Theologie, aber auch mit Philosophie und Religionswissenschaft befasst. Die Monographien und Sammelbände der Reihe beschäftigen sich mit Themen wie Ethik und Religion, gelebtem Glauben, politischer Theologie und kirchengeschichtlichen Studien. In der Reihe erscheinen die Tagungsbände der Ökumenischen Sommerakademie Kremsmünster.

31 publications

Reflections on Signs and Language

This book series proposes themes that are generally associated with the so-called language and sign sciences, in the first place semiotics, linguistics and philosophy of language, inclusive of literary language. It also focuses on problems that interest the communication sciences, including mass-medial communication and the question of translation. However, the perspective is not limited to any one of these disciplinary spheres. Moreover, the series intends to propose a vision that is critical, open and dialogic, which means to say developed in terms of interdisciplinary dialogue. Such an approach is proficuous if it is not limited to encounter among specific disciplines, competencies and interests at a scientific level alone. In fact, a priority characterising this series is to create the conditions for encounter between the sciences of signs, language and communication, on the one hand, and the problems of everyday life which are closely involved, indeed are engendered in them, on the other. We live in a world where life overall as much as the life of each one of us depends increasingly on signs, language and communication. But there’s more: not only human life, but life in general, as biosemiotics now evidences unequivocally, consists of communication and is made of signs. We are looking forward to receiving contributions from all over the world, mindful of the series’ interdisciplinary orientation, characteristics and interests. Submissions should be written in English and will be peer-reviewed by the relevant specialists.

2 publications

Inclusion and Teacher Education

Historically, inclusive education developed as a reaction to the exclusion of students of minoritized identity groups marked by race, language, sexual orientation, disability, etc. Our position in this series is that inclusion can and should be more. It can be understood as embracing and planning for difference, building relationships across difference, teaching and learning that acknowledges and supports difference while also minimizing the use of identity categories as the foundation for arguments about inclusion. In other words, the silos of educational discourse based on identity categories need to be broken down, little by little, to reconceptualize inclusion as just, compassionate, and creative ways of living, teaching, and learning in a complex and diverse world. Inclusive teaching depends on deeply respectful relationships between teachers, students, and community members. Books in the series must make clear connections between theory and practice. Both are necessary ingredients for inclusion. This series will help teacher educators prepare teachers to be knowledgeable and skillful in teaching all students, regardless of their differences. Historically, inclusive education developed as a reaction to the exclusion of students of minoritized identity groups marked by race, language, sexual orientation, disability, etc. Our position in this series is that inclusion can and should be more. It can be understood as embracing and planning for difference, building relationships across difference, teaching and learning that acknowledges and supports difference while also minimizing the use of identity categories as the foundation for arguments about inclusion. In other words, the silos of educational discourse based on identity categories need to be broken down, little by little, to reconceptualize inclusion as just, compassionate, and creative ways of living, teaching, and learning in a complex and diverse world. Inclusive teaching depends on deeply respectful relationships between teachers, students, and community members. Books in the series must make clear connections between theory and practice. Both are necessary ingredients for inclusion. This series will help teacher educators prepare teachers to be knowledgeable and skillful in teaching all students, regardless of their differences. Historically, inclusive education developed as a reaction to the exclusion of students of minoritized identity groups marked by race, language, sexual orientation, disability, etc. Our position in this series is that inclusion can and should be more. It can be understood as embracing and planning for difference, building relationships across difference, teaching and learning that acknowledges and supports difference while also minimizing the use of identity categories as the foundation for arguments about inclusion. In other words, the silos of educational discourse based on identity categories need to be broken down, little by little, to reconceptualize inclusion as just, compassionate, and creative ways of living, teaching, and learning in a complex and diverse world. Inclusive teaching depends on deeply respectful relationships between teachers, students, and community members. Books in the series must make clear connections between theory and practice. Both are necessary ingredients for inclusion. This series will help teacher educators prepare teachers to be knowledgeable and skillful in teaching all students, regardless of their differences.

7 publications

Konzepte des Lehrens und Lernens

"Die Reihe Konzepte des Lehrens und Lernens präsentiert theoretisch und empirisch fundierte Arbeiten zum Lehren und Lernen und nimmt dabei insbesondere die Berufsbildung, die berufliche Weiterbildung sowie die Hochschule in den Blick. Die Beiträge präsentieren –basierend auf dem internationalen Stand der Forschung – Forschungsarbeiten zu modernen Konzepten des beruflichen Lehrens und Lernens, deren Umsetzung in die berufliche Praxis einer empirischen Überprüfung unterzogen wird. Die Bände zeichnen sich damit in besonderer Weise durch eine Verbindung von theoretischer Fundierung und empirischer Prüfung von Voraussetzungen und Bedingungen eines Transfers von Erkenntnissen und Maßnahmen in die Bildungspraxis aus. Die Reihe bietet vielfältige Grundlagen für die Entwicklung, Umsetzung und Evaluation von Lehr- und Lernarrangements sowie für die Reflexion von Lehren und Lernen in unterschiedlichen Settings. " "Die Reihe Konzepte des Lehrens und Lernens präsentiert theoretisch und empirisch fundierte Arbeiten zum Lehren und Lernen und nimmt dabei insbesondere die Berufsbildung, die berufliche Weiterbildung sowie die Hochschule in den Blick. Die Beiträge präsentieren –basierend auf dem internationalen Stand der Forschung – Forschungsarbeiten zu modernen Konzepten des beruflichen Lehrens und Lernens, deren Umsetzung in die berufliche Praxis einer empirischen Überprüfung unterzogen wird. Die Bände zeichnen sich damit in besonderer Weise durch eine Verbindung von theoretischer Fundierung und empirischer Prüfung von Voraussetzungen und Bedingungen eines Transfers von Erkenntnissen und Maßnahmen in die Bildungspraxis aus. Die Reihe bietet vielfältige Grundlagen für die Entwicklung, Umsetzung und Evaluation von Lehr- und Lernarrangements sowie für die Reflexion von Lehren und Lernen in unterschiedlichen Settings. " "Die Reihe Konzepte des Lehrens und Lernens präsentiert theoretisch und empirisch fundierte Arbeiten zum Lehren und Lernen und nimmt dabei insbesondere die Berufsbildung, die berufliche Weiterbildung sowie die Hochschule in den Blick. Die Beiträge präsentieren –basierend auf dem internationalen Stand der Forschung – Forschungsarbeiten zu modernen Konzepten des beruflichen Lehrens und Lernens, deren Umsetzung in die berufliche Praxis einer empirischen Überprüfung unterzogen wird. Die Bände zeichnen sich damit in besonderer Weise durch eine Verbindung von theoretischer Fundierung und empirischer Prüfung von Voraussetzungen und Bedingungen eines Transfers von Erkenntnissen und Maßnahmen in die Bildungspraxis aus. Die Reihe bietet vielfältige Grundlagen für die Entwicklung, Umsetzung und Evaluation von Lehr- und Lernarrangements sowie für die Reflexion von Lehren und Lernen in unterschiedlichen Settings. "

21 publications

Theologisch-Philosophische Beiträge zu Gegenwartsfragen

Ausgehend von aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Problemen entwickeln die "Theologisch-philosophischen Beiträge zu Gegenwartsfragen" unorthodoxe Lösungsansätze. Transformationen des Religiösen und Interkulturalität, Medien-Herrschaft, Neoliberalismus, Fundamentalismus, die Ermüdung westlicher Gesellschaften oder die Begegnung mit technologischen Veränderungen von Lebenswelten bilden den Anlass der Reflexion. Die Beiträge richten sich an ein Fachpublikum, sind aber in transparenter Sprache geschrieben.

32 publications

Disability Studies in Education

ISSN: 1548-7210

The book series Disability Studies in Education is dedicated to the publication of monographs and edited volumes that integrate the perspectives, methods, and theories of disability studies with the study of issues and problems of education. The series features books that further define, elaborate upon, and extend knowledge in the field of disability studies in education. Special emphasis is given to work that poses solutions to important problems facing contemporary educational theory, policy, and practice.

36 publications

Plants and Animals

Plants and Animals: Interdisciplinary Approaches aims to publish scholarly work that addresses common challenges across the fields of plant and animal studies from interdisciplinary perspectives. The series welcomes monographs and edited collections that focus and reflect upon interactions of plants, animals, and humans in innovative ways. At a time of large-scale anthropogenic species extinction, there is a pressing need to promote scholarship that can help us envision more equitable and harmonious forms of coexistence on the planet. The series therefore encourages submissions explicitly geared to build bridges not only between plant and animal studies, but also leading-edge research on other forms of life or ways of being, including fungi, lichens, algae and other microorganisms, as well as scholarship on fantasy creatures, cryptids, semi-living beings, and even non-living forms of existence. The goal is to abolish an artificially compartmentalized view of the world in order to add to the ways of knowing that are beginning to grow through the interconnections between these related fields of study. Grounded in the humanities, Plants and Animals welcomes trans-disciplinary perspectives that engage with scholarship in the social sciences and in the natural sciences. Editorial Board: Giovanni Aloi (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Helga Braunbeck (North Carolina State University), Danielle Celermajer (University of Sydney), Monica Gagliano (Southern Cross University), Joela Jacobs (University of Arizona), Daniel Heath Justice (University of British Columbia), John Miller (University of Sheffield), Stephanie Posthumus (McGill University), Parama Roy (University of California, Davis), Karen V. Lykke (University of Oslo), Oscar de la Torre (UNC Charlotte).

2 publications

History of Schools and Schooling

ISSN: 1085-0678

This series explores the history of schools and schooling in the United States and other countries. The series will examine the historical development of schools and educational processes, with special emphasis on issues of educational policy, curriculum and pedagogy, as well as issues relating to race, class, gender, and ethnicity. Special emphasis will be placed on the lessons to be learned from the past for contemporary educational reform and policy. Although the series will publish books related to education in the broadest societal and cultural context, it especially seeks books on the history of specific schools and on the lives of educational leaders and school founders. This series explores the history of schools and schooling in the United States and other countries. The series will examine the historical development of schools and educational processes, with special emphasis on issues of educational policy, curriculum and pedagogy, as well as issues relating to race, class, gender, and ethnicity. Special emphasis will be placed on the lessons to be learned from the past for contemporary educational reform and policy. Although the series will publish books related to education in the broadest societal and cultural context, it especially seeks books on the history of specific schools and on the lives of educational leaders and school founders. This series explores the history of schools and schooling in the United States and other countries. The series will examine the historical development of schools and educational processes, with special emphasis on issues of educational policy, curriculum and pedagogy, as well as issues relating to race, class, gender, and ethnicity. Special emphasis will be placed on the lessons to be learned from the past for contemporary educational reform and policy. Although the series will publish books related to education in the broadest societal and cultural context, it especially seeks books on the history of specific schools and on the lives of educational leaders and school founders.

73 publications

Mittelalter und Renaissance in der Romania

Mit den Akten der Tagung Aktualität des Mittelalters und der Renaissance in der Romanistik erscheint der erste Band der Schriftenreihe Mittelalter und Renaissance in der Romania (MIRA), die sich zum Ziel setzt, die Ergebnisse der interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen des gleichnamigen wissenschaftlichen Netzwerkes zu den Epochen Mittelalter und Renaissance in den romanischsprachigen Ländern zu veröffentlichen. Daneben sollen auch unabhängige Untersuchungen zu dieser Thematik in die Reihe aufgenommen werden, um so möglichst umfassend jenen Leserkreis zu erreichen, der sich für diesen gleichermaßen zeitlich-historisch wie sprachlich-kulturell definierten Gegenstandsbereich interessiert. Neben sprach- und literaturwissenschaftlichen Studien werden kulturwissenschaftlich sowie historisch ausgerichtete Untersuchungen Schwerpunkte der Schriftenreihe bilden, die aber auch weitere Disziplinen wie etwa die Kunstgeschichte, die Philosophie, die historischen Sozialwissenschaften oder die Theologie mit einbeziehen möchte. Die Gründung der Schriftenreihe ist mit der Hoffnung verbunden, zu einer Fokussierung der verschiedensten Forschungsarbeiten auf dem skizzierten Gebiet beizutragen, indem diese über die bestehenden Fachgrenzen hinaus ein Publikationsforum finden, um so den Kontakt von Forschern unterschiedlicher Bereiche bis hin zu einer transdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit anzuregen. Aus unserer Begeisterung für die Thematik und dem Bestreben heraus, diesen historischen Untersuchungsbereich nachhaltig zu stärken, resultiert der Wunsch, dass sich unsere Schriftenreihe durch Lebendigkeit auszeichnen möge. Diese Lebendigkeit wird getragen von der aktiven Beteiligung aller zum Mittelalter und der Renaissance arbeitenden Wissenschaftler und Wissenschaftlerinnen, insbesondere natürlich von ihrer Bereitschaft, die verschiedenen Studien der MIRA-Reihe zur Kenntnis zu nehmen und die Reihe auch selbst als Publikationsforum zu nutzen. Auf diesem Weg hoffen wir, zu einer lebhaften und innovativen Forschung beizutragen, der wir uns alle verpflichtet fühlen.

21 publications

Images of Disability. Literature, Scenic, Visual, and Virtual Arts / Imágenes de la diversidad funcional. Literatura, artes escénicas, visuales y virtuales

11 publications

German Studies in America

ISSN: 0721-3727

German Studies in America publishes research across the field of German studies in the broadest sense, from literary criticism to cultural studies. The editors welcome scholarly work that takes an innovative approach to German, Swiss, or Austrian history, literature, politics, philosophy, national identity, religion, popular culture, film, music, and/or visual art. We are also eager to consider projects that adopt interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches as well as studies with theoretical approaches including psychoanalysis, gender studies, feminism, Marxism, critical race studies, etc. We publish scholarly monographs, translations and edited volumes of essays in both German and English. This series adheres to the highest academic standards and is peer reviewed.

71 publications