1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457648803321

Titolo

Beyond Wari walls [[electronic resource] ] : regional perspectives on Middle Horizon Peru / / edited by Justin Jennings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-63655-7

0-8263-4869-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JenningsJustin

Disciplina

985/.01

Soggetti

Huari Indians - Politics and government

Huari Indians - Material culture

Huari Indians - Antiquities

Culture diffusion - Peru - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Beyond Wari walls / Justin Jennings -- The nature of Wari presence in the mid-Moquegua Valley : investigating contact at Cerro Trapiche / Ulrike Matthies Green and Paul S. Goldstein -- Becoming Wari : globalization and the role of the Wari state in the Cotahuasi Valley of southern Peru / Justin Jennings -- Wari in the Majes-Camaná Valley : a different kind of horizon / Bruce Owen -- Local settlement continuity and Wari impact in Middle Horizon Cusco / Véronique Bélisle and R. Alan Covey -- Nasca and Wari : local opportunism and colonial ties during the Middle Horizon / Christina A. Conlee -- The Wari footprint on the central coast : a view from Cajamarquilla and Pachacamac / Rafael Segura Llanos and Izumi Shimada -- What role did Wari play in the Lima political economy? : the Peruvian central coast at the beginning of the Middle Horizon / Giancarlo Marcone F. -- The Wari state, its use of ancestors, rural hinterland, and agricultural infrastructure / Frank Meddens and Nicholas Branch -- Piecing together the middle : the Middle Horizon in the Norte Chico / Kit Nelson, Nathan Craig, and Manuel Perales -- Contextualizing the Wari-Huamachuco relationship / Theresa Lange Topic and John R. Topic --



Moche and Wari during the Middle Horizon on the north coast of Peru / Claude Chapdelaine -- Agency, identity, and control : understanding Wari space and power / William H. Isbell.

Sommario/riassunto

Wari culture and its influence in Andean prehistory is investigated here from a variety of geographic locales.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910316450703321

Autore

Armstrong Chris

Titolo

Access to knowledge in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : the role of copyright / / editors, C. Armstrong ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Claremont [South Africa], : UCT Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-80641-6

9786612806414

1-55250-490-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ArmstrongC

Disciplina

346.0482096

Soggetti

Copyright - Africa

Intellectual property - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book is a result of an international and interdisciplinary research project known as the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) project"--Acknowledgments.

"Published in association with the International Development Research Centre, the Shuttleworth Foundation and the LINK Centre, Graduate School of Public and Development Management (P&DM), University of the Witwatersrand"--T.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction. The importance of improving African education systems -- Connecting education with perspectives on copyright -- Existing research on copyright and education -- The ACA2K research project -- Research objectives -- Research methods, project design, monitoring -- ACA2K and gender -- Research results -- Egypt. Background -- Doctrinal analysis -- Qualitative analysis  -- Conclusions and recommendations -- 3. Ghana. Background -- Doctrinal analysis -- Qualitative analysis -- Conclusions and



recommendations -- 4. Kenya. Background -- Doctrinal analysis -- Qualitative analysis  -- Conclusions and recommendations -- 5. Morocco. Background -- Doctrinal analysis -- Qualitative analysis  -- Conclusions and recommendations -- 6. Mozambique. Background -- Doctrinal analysis -- Qualitative analysis -- Conclusions and recommendations -- 7. Senegal. Background -- Doctrinal analysis -- Qualitative analysis -- Conclusions and recommendations -- 8. South Africa. Background -- Doctrinal analysis -- Qualitative analysis -- Conclusions and recommendations -- 9. Uganda. Background -- Doctrinal analysis -- Qualitative analysis -- Conclusions and recommendations -- 10. Summary and conclusions. Introduction -- Doctrinal research findings -- Qualitative research findings -- Copyright and education in Africa: the road ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

Even those who consider themselves experts on IP will benefit immensely from this book and the broader ACA2K project's work.Sisule Musungu, President of IQsensato, GenevaThe emergence of the Internet and the digital world has changed the way people access, produce and share information and knowledge. Yet people in Africa face challenges in accessing scholarly publications, journals and learning materials in general. At the heart of these challenges, and solutions to them, is copyright, the branch of intellectual property rights that covers written and related works. This book gives the reader