Michael Kuhn is president of the World Social Sciences and Humanities Network and director of Knowwhy Global Research. His background is philosophy, political science, and international economics. His research interests include philosophy of science, epistemological and infrastructural implications of internationalizing social sciences, and economy and politics in the era of globalization.
Hebe Vessuri is a social anthropologist at the Centre of Science Studies of the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC), Caracas. Dr. Vessuri’s general interests are on the sociology and contemporary history of science in Latin America, science policy, and sociology of technology.
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Hebe Vessuri & Michael Kuhn: Contributions to Alternative Concepts of Knowledge
In the past, the European social sciences labelled and discredited knowledge that did not follow the definition for scientific knowledge as applied by the European social sciences as an alternative …
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Michael Christie: If I Fall, If I Die
The boy stepped Outside, and he did not die. Will has never been Outside, at least not since he can remember. For most of his young life he has lived happily and safely Inside his small house with …
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Michael Christie: Beggar’s Garden
Longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize Critically lauded, The Beggar’s Garden is a brilliantly surefooted, strikingly original collection of nine linked short stories that will delight as …
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Michael Christie: Emergency Contact
From the critically-acclaimed The Beggar’s Garden, "Emergency Contact" is the darkly comic tale of an emotionally isolated woman searching for human contact and love. The Beggar’s Garden …
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Michael Christie: Discard
From the short-story collection The Beggar’s Garden, "Discard" tells the story of Earl, who, after the death of his beloved wife, Tuuli, retreats into his basement. He emerges to track down …
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Michael Christie: Goodbye Porkpie Hat
Crack addict Henry bumps into theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the two set out on a drug-fuelled adventure, contemplating the nature of science, addiction, and the restlessness of …
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Michael Christie: Queen Of Cans And Jars
Bernice is a collector-of items rescued from her thrift shop and memories of a husband who abandoned her years ago-until one day she decides to take her sister’s advice and downsize. "The Queen …
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Michael Christie: Extra
From the critically acclaimed short-story collection The Beggar’s Garden, "The Extra" features a young, mentally disabled man and his best friend, Rick, who find work as extras on a film …
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Michael Christie: Ideal Companion
The reluctant owner of a wayward Andalucian wolfhound named Buddy, Dan discovers the immutable bond between man and his best friend. "An Ideal Companion" is part of Michael Christie’s …
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Michael Christie: King Me
Michael Christie delicately and convincingly explores the fragile world of mental illness through Saul, a hospital patient who stops taking his medication, reordering his perspective on the world. …
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Michael Christie: Quiet
Finch stole his first car when he was a nimble twelve-year-old. Hundreds of cars later, he slips behind the wheel of an emerald-green Benz and takes his chances in the night, picking up a passenger …
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Michael Christie: Beggar’s Garden
In the titular story of Michael Christie’s critically acclaimed debut collection, The Beggar’s Garden, Sam Prince moves into the shed behind his house as his marriage falls apart. He meets a local …
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Michael Christie: If I Fall, If I Die
A heartfelt and wondrous debut lauded by Philipp Meyer (New York Times bestselling author of The Son) as ‘astonishing’, introducing a supremely gifted and exciting new voice in fiction. Will has neve …
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Michael Christie: Das Flüstern der Bäume
Eine Familie, vier Generationen, schicksalhaft verbunden mit den Wäldern Kanadas – und unserer Zukunft
Jacinda Greenwood weiß nichts über ihre väterliche Familie, deren Namen sie trägt. Sie arbei …
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James Leach & Lee Wilson: Subversion, Conversion, Development
Explorations of design, use, and reuse of information technology in diverse historical and cultural contexts.This book explores alternative cultural encounters with and around information …
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Michael Christie: Greenwood
‘The truth is that all family lines, from the highest to the lowest, originate somewhere, on some particular day. Even the grandest trees must’ve once been seeds spun helpless on the wind, and then …
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