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The theory of modernization basically reduces the meaning of development to economic growth often measured by Growth Domestic Product of the country or overall purchase power parity of the nation. This approach ignores the variety of perspectives on development, hence excludes the role of culture, identity, and spirituality as social determinants of good development. More importantly, modernization theory which informs the mainstream view on development ignores the structural causes of underdevelopment, including colonial heritage or the current unbridled capitalism in many societies. Against reductionist views of development, fundamental questions are raised about the theory and programming of development. From what perspective is the conception of development perceived? Who should decide and depict development goals? What kind of development could result in desirable changes? Is it morally desirable to dictate an exclusively Western understanding of development to others? Is there

Smartphone Inc. In Smartphone Inc. , you become a CEO of one of the largest smartphone-producing companies in the time when smartphones were only beginning to conquer the world. Research technologies, develop your factory, build your worldwide office network, and outprice your competitors. Smartphone Inc. is an economic simulation Euro-game. Over five rounds, players program their decisions about price, production, research, and expansion in order to earn more profits and become the most successful company in the world by earning more money than rivals. The game features a unique mechanism of planning, which combines patching mechanisms with bidding and action selection. Each of the rounds consists of eight simple phases: planning, pricing, production, development, research, expansion, selling, and profits.In the planning phase, all players simultaneously make a decision for the next year by patching their two plan cards and all of their development tiles. This plan determines all of t…

Public libraries want to contribute to an inclusive and innovative society and aim to enable their patrons to acquire the necessary 21st century skills. Dutch public libraries are therefore gradually adding more and more activities to their curriculum, teaching these different types of skills, such as 'invention literacy'. They also often provide a 'performative space' (i.e. a makerspace) for their patrons. This means library spaces are no longer dominated by books, but rather reflect the current development in libraries' core business, moving from collections to connections in order to serve their local communities. The KB, the National Library of The Netherlands, participated in the KIEM project Performative Spaces in Dutch Public Libraries. Stepping Stones of Inclusive Innovation, researching the development of performative spaces in libraries. This project, a collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at the Delft University of Technology, fits the KBs

With this work in the form of a book, Maria Lalou & Skafte Aymo-Boot present the phenomenon of a particular pending architecture mutely present all over Athens. The concrete skeletons of polykatoikia - multi-story apartment buildings - are emblematic of the development of modern Greece throughout the second half of the twentieth century. The book deals with the politics of urban space by treating the unfinished buildings as study objects and tracing their individual histories. Through the words of current owners and by means of photographs, archival documents and found artefacts, a different chronicle of the development of modern Arthens is taking shape. Essays by Brooke Holmes, Platon Issaias and Elpida Karaba critically touch upon the phenomenon from different perspectives. Moving in scale from a tactile portrait of one specific concrete structure to a complete building index, the Atlas introduces a method for extracting forgotten memories and hidden structures, suggesting an

In Go Nagai's celebrated Getter Robo series, Dr. Saotome of the Saotome Getter Ray Research Institute has dedicated his research to the development of the Getter Robo, a robot optimized to handle land, sea, and air for space exploration. However, an underground empire of sentient dinosaurs has breached the surface to take over the Earth. In a world threatened by the evil Dinosaur Empire, he must use the invaluable Getter Rays of his robot to save Earth. He tasks three typical teenagers from Asama High School, named Hayato Jin, Ryouma Nagare, and Musashi Tomoe, to pilot the three powerful jets that make up the Getter Robo.Although they are just high school students, the three are driven by a strong will and their individual talents. The Getter Team must face Emperor Gore and his Mechasaurus army through many explosive battles with their Getter Robo. All the while, the fate of the Earth's surface hangs in the balance.This limited-edition release of the Getter Robo Robot Elite Bust exhibi…

For Dutch see below - English - In recent decades, the drawing practices in landscape design and urbanism have seen a number of transformations. Current developments in theory and practice have rendered the distinction between the two more diffuse. Both disciplines are no longer regarded as architecture - or gardening - 'on a larger scale', primarily anchored in questions of housing, land development or embellishment. Today ecology, energy transition or 'metabolic' issues are much more present, which leads to new forms of drawing. Leaving an object-oriented thinking behind, both disciplines seem to be convinced of the importance of the process and the impact of the factor of time. Space has become understood as an intersection - a 'coagulation' - of a multiplicity of flows and processes. For designers it is an essential question how all these flows and processes come together, materialize, and become visible, and how their 'spatialization' in drawings is represented in analysis and

Golem Golem is an engine-building game by Simone Luciani, Virginio Gigli and Flaminia Brasini, the same team that brought you Grand Austria Hotel and Lorenzo il Magnifico. The game is based on the 16th-century legend of the Golem of Prague, an anthropomorphic creature that Rabbi Loew animated from a clay statue to protect his people. In the game, players take on the role of rabbis who create and grow these powerful creatures that will be moved around the neighborhoods of Prague under the control of students. Be careful, because if a golem becomes too powerful, it will destroy everything it encounters on its way. Players can also kill their Golems in order to get bonuses.Players also create powerful artifacts and acquire knowledge by collecting ancient books.The game is divided into four rounds, and each round is composed of 7 phases:1) Refresh2) Golem Movement3) Actions (2 marble actions and 1 rabbi action)4) Turn Order5) Influence Character6) Income and Development7) Golem ControlAt t…

Dit is de officiële Juventus Rubik's cube. De 3x3 cube van Juventus bevat 6 verschillende afbeeldingen en prints van de voetbalclub uit Turijn, Italië. Met de Rubik's cube puzzel heb je uren plezier! Ideaal voor de echte Juve fan. Officieel gelicentieerd productOngeveer 6 cm x 6 cm x 6 cmProductgewicht 192 gIn een displaydoos

Een degelijke wegenkaart met aanduidingen van o.a. nationale parken, vliegveld. Als overzichtskaart goed te gebruiken. his is a brand new title for ITMB and reflects the growing interest in travel to Cuba resulting from improved relations with the USA. Licenses to fly into the country from a dozen cities have already been approved; 60 more are awaiting approval. All are for flights into Havana and Varadero airports – in other words, the western half of the country. ITMB already has an exceptionally good map of the entire country. We also have a separate map of Havana. This map expands the scale and opens the information for the western half of the island nation as a double-sided map, with the portion west of Havana (La Habana) to Pinar del Rio province in the far west and south to the Isla de la Juventud (better known, but mis-named, as the Bay of Pigs Invasion Site). This side also has an excellent map of the Varadero beach resort area as an inset, and a map of greater Havana. The ot…

Dit is de officiële Manchester City Rubik's cube. De 3x3 cube van Manchester City bevat 6 verschillende afbeeldingen en prints van de voetbalclub uit Manchster, Engeland. Met de Rubik's cube puzzel heb je uren plezier! Ideaal voor de echte Man City fan. Officieel gelicentieerd productOngeveer 6 cm x 6 cm x 6 cmProductgewicht 192 gIn een displaydoos