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UNINA9910131353203321 |
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Mukhopadhyay Tito Rajarshi |
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Titolo |
Plankton dreams : what I learned in special ed / / Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay |
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Open Humanities Press, 2015 |
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London : , : Open Humanities Press, , 2015 |
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9781785420139 |
9781785420078 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (87 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Autistic youth - United States |
Special education - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Epilogue -- Afterword. |
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In Plankton Dreams,Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay crafts a proud, satiric style: the special ed student as literary troublemaker. 'Mother had always taught me to learn from circumstance,' he writes. 'Here, the circumstance was humiliation, a particularly instructive teacher.' 'But I’m not complaining,' he continues. 'Humiliation, after all, made me a philosopher.' For all of its comic effects, the book alerts readers to an alternative understanding of autism, an understanding that autistics themselves have been promoting for years. Frustrated by how most scientists investigate autism, Mukhopadhyay decides to investigate neurotypicality, treating his research subjects the way he himself was treated. Why shouldn’t the autist study the neurotypical? This artful parody of scientific endeavour salvages dignity from a dark place. It also reveals a very talented writer. It is most certainly time to study the neurotypical—his or her relentless assumptions. Perhaps by doing so we may devise a more humble and hospitable society. |
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UNINA9910779091103321 |
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Autore |
Farivar Cyrus |
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The internet of elsewhere [[electronic resource] ] : the emergent effects of a wired world / / Cyrus Farivar ; with a foreword by Vinton G. Cerf |
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New Brunswick, N. J., : Rutgers University Press, 2011 |
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1-283-86468-1 |
0-8135-5078-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Internet - Social aspects - Developing countries |
Internet - Political aspects - Developing countries |
Information technology - Social aspects - Developing countries |
Information technology - Political aspects - Developing countries |
Internet - Korea (South) |
Internet - Senegal |
Internet - Estonia |
Internet - Iran |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- South Korea -- Senegal -- Estonia -- Iran -- Conclusion. |
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Through the lens of culture, The Internet of Elsewhere looks at the role of the Internet as a catalyst in transforming communications, politics, and economics. Cyrus Farivar explores the Internet's history and effects in four distinct and, to some, surprising societies-Iran, Estonia, South Korea, and Senegal. He profiles Web pioneers and surveys the environments in which they each work. Farivar contends that despite California's great success in creating the Internet and spawning companies like Apple and Google, in some areas the United States is still years behind other nations.< |
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