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Following directions from the job site boss, construction workers carry out important tasks at a construction site using heavy machinery, including a bulldozer, an excavator, and a loader.
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Imagining the Nation through Television Fiction: Memory, Proximity and Daily Life
This paper reflects on the importance of television (especially TV fiction) in the imaginary of Nations. With this end in view, we first look at the role played by television as an instrument of socialization, as well as its ability to consolidate and naturalise an imaginary based on the dissemination of various ideological representations of reality. Second, we explore the ritual function of television and its incarnation in daily life, routines, and the family setting of the broad masses. It is a dimension that studies on the nation and nationalism are increasingly taking into account as central factors in the process of national construction — especially regarding the fostering of a sense of belonging and in imagining an abstract community. Last but not least, we focus on television fiction because it makes up the lion’s share of the programmes in most TV stations and is probably the most relevant narrative we can find in contemporary societies. Among the various discursive strategies shaping this definition of the nation, we examine the construction of the story of the nation’s past and present (in which the stories are set within nationally-defined regions and spheres) and the tactical resort to cultural and linguistic proximity
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Builder mouse
Edgar the mouse is frustrated when his architectural and artistic creations, made from tasty leftovers, are gobbled up by other mice, until he finds the perfect solution.
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The town of Turtle
Lonely Turtle's only friend is his shadow until he decides to build a deck, then a garden, then houses and other buildings until, while he naps, new friends arrive.
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Word-Building Methods of English Terms in Science Fiction Literature and Cinema: An Attempt of Classification
This paper deals with methods of creating terms in English science fiction using literature and cinema as the source. The units under study are classified according to their functional activity and lexical-semantic groups. The most active method applied in this research is statistical sampling which allows classifying grammemes according to the word-formation method used. The semantic method enabled the study of units through their explicit meaning and their representation in the context. Stylistic analysis has opened up prospects for studying word-play and secondary nomination processes. Among morphological methods of word formation, the prefix and suffix methods have the highest functional activity nominating humans (human-like beings or mechanisms) or machines in the futuristic reality. Compounding is a powerful way of coining grammemes which name equipment or machines used for exploration of distant worlds. Abbreviation is represented by a wide range of subtypes, one of which, namely acronyms, is actively integrated in the modern English language. Non-morphological means of word formation are generally represented by the lexical-semantic method as a means of reinterpretation of already existing lexemes by extending their primary semantics or using word-play. Other subgroups of non-morphological methods of word building are represented by sporadic examples.
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The Endermen invasion : an unofficial Minecrafter's novel
\"Steve is invited to compete in an elite building competition on Mushroom Island, much to the joy--or jealousy--of his neighbours. When they finally arrive on Mushroom Island, Steve needs to focus on building his own dream house, but at the moment of judgement the island is overrun with Endermen. Everyone suspects it is the work of a griefer, but is it actually one of the contestants? Will everyone battle together and defeat the invasion? Who is their leader, why have they come and will they succeed in destroying the competition?\"--Page 4 of cover.
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The Bubble Metropolis: Manhattan Island Crises in Contemporary Science Fiction
As “the island at the center of the world,” Manhattan has inspired countless writers and has served as a spatial archetype in science fiction’s world-building. From the interdisciplinary perspective of literature and economics, this article discusses the crisis imagination of the “bubble metropolis” in five contemporary Manhattan-related science fiction novels including Cities in Flight (1970), The Blister (1975), Terminal World (2010), Zone One (2011), and New York 2140 (2017). The spatial variety of Manhattan Island in these science fiction novels is closely combined with its economic condition. The characters, plots, and spatial imagery of these novels gather to reflect the different stages of the operation of a bubble economy, illustrating a historical cycle of capitalism that can never be escaped. Manhattan Island has long been the symbol of the world’s rush for wealth. The fear of economic recession, environmental degradation, and class conflict have formed the special geographical features of the island in the future. The crisis imagination of the “bubble metropolis” also seeks to stimulate critical thinking on economic ethics, urban design, and high technology, calling for social justice and public welfare.
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Builders & breakers
This picture book about an urban construction site celebrates builders, breakers, and the machines they use.
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Less Than One But More Than Many
How might one responsibly review a field just coming into being—such as that provoked by the term Anthropocene? In this article, we argue for two strategies. First, working from the premise that the Anthropocene field is best understood within its emergence, we review conferences rather than publications. In conference performances, we glimpse the themes and tensions of a field-to-come. Second, we interpret Anthropocene as a science-fiction concept, that is, one that pulls us out of familiar space and time to view our predicaments differently. This allows us to explore emergent figurations, genres, and practices for the transdisciplinary study of real and imagined worlds framed by human disturbance. In the interplay and variation across modes for constructing this field, Anthropocene scholarship finds its shape.
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