Disability Studies Meets Microhistory : The Secret Life of Bíbí in Berlín

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910886972703321
• Autore: Guðrún Valgerður Stefánsdóttir
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024; ©2025
• ISBN: 9781040146842; 1040146848; 9781003363972; 1003363970
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): Sólveig Ólafsdóttir; MagnússonSigurður Gylfi
• Disciplina: 362.3092; B
• Soggetti: People with disabilities - Iceland - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: How to Combine Critical Disability Studies and Microhistory -- The Story in Brief - Bíbí in Berlín -- The 20th Century in Iceland -- The Book -- The State of the Art - Historical Background -- Methodology -- Ethical Challenges -- Interdisciplinary Ways of Doing Research: A New Approach -- How It All Happened -- From the Autobiography - Bíbí in Berlín -- 2. The Life of Bíbí in Berlín as a Text: Historical Sources -- The Archive -- The Autobiography - the Manuscript -- The Autobiography as a Historical Phenomenon -- Expressions and the Use of Language -- The Doll Collection -- The Garden -- Collection of Books and Manuscripts -- Books -- The Diary -- The Annal - Poetry -- Illustrations -- Counter-archive -- From the Autobiography - Bíbí in Berlín -- 3. The First Thirty Years in Berlín (1929-1958) -- The Stage Is Se -- Hofsós -- The Cottage Berlín -- "The Peculiar Attitude of the People" -- Within the Walls at Berlín -- Emotional Communities -- Inheriting an Emotional Community -- The Atmosphere at Home -- Brother Steini -- Diagnosis and the Impact of ; Being Stigmatized -- Education and Reading Lessons -- Confirmation -- Next Door Neighbors and Close Relatives of the Berlín Family -- The House Brekka -- Families at Naust and Þönglaskáli -- Maternal Aunts -- Adult Years at Berlín -- The 1950s - Slow Violence and Microaggression? -- When Everything Changed -- The Intrigues of the Maternal Aunts -- The Funeral and the Aftermath -- Bíbí's Material Inheritance -- From the Autobiography - Bíbí in Berlín -- 4. Stuck in an Institution (1958-1974) -- The Great Transition (May 1958) -- The Trip from Berlín -- A New Beginning -- The Town of Blönduós -- Hælið -- Everyday Life at Hælið (1958-1960).; Chief Physician Páll Kolka Receives a Letter -- Bíbí Moves In -- The Struggle for Anna: Bíbí's Early Days at Hælið -- Condescending Attitude and Bíbí's Resistance -- Miss Halldóra and Old Brynjólfur -- Finding Solace in the Company of Dolls -- Bíbí's Advocates (1960-1964) -- María from the Farm Bakki -- Björg - The Blessed Dove -- "A Crazy Roommate" -- Dear Imba - the Savior -- Heading Into a New Era (1964-1974) -- Dr Sigursteinn -- The Journey Down South in 1970 -- Resourcefulness and Practicality -- The Anticipation of Freedom -- From the Autobiography - Bíbí in Berlín -- 5. An Independent Person (1974-1990) -- The Basement (1974-1983) -- "Is This Fool Going to Live on Her Own?" -- Living an Independent Life: Challenges and Achievements -- Cooking on Her Own Terms -- Negative Interactions with Neighbors -- The Battle of Fagrihvammur -- The Beautiful Friendship of Anna and Bíbí -- More Adventures from Aðalgata 7 -- Bíbí's House (1983-1990) -- Friends Become Co-Owners -- Remarkable Self-Defense -- Writing for Alda -- From the Autobiography - Bíbí in Berlín -- 6. From Hofsós to the Other World: An Afterlife Story -- Bíbí in Her Element -- The Background -- Historical Discourse Analysis -- Reception Groups -- Untruth and Ingratitude - The Discourse in Hofsós -- Hero or Victim? - The Discourse in Blönduós -- Respect and Underestimation -- A Message from Bíbí -- Who Are the Guardians of Truth? -- From the Autobiography - Bíbí in Berlín -- 7. Inclusive Research and Bíbí's Life -- Team Bíbí -- New Research - a New Approach -- Bíbí's Life and the Research Process -- "Attitudes Led to Exclusion" -- "We Are Fighters Like Bíbí" -- Empowering Collaboration - Emotional Community -- Lessons Learned -- From the Autobiography - Bíbí in Berlín -- 8. Conclusion: Taking Life Head On! -- The Impact of Ideas and Trends on Bíbí's Life.; Intersectionality, Multiple Discriminations, Micro-Aggression, and Slow Violence -- Critical Disability Studies Meets Microhistory -- In the Final Analysis -- The Book - A Short Synthesis -- The First 30 Years -- Later in Life -- From the Autobiography - Bíbí in Berlín -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume explores the life of Bjargey "Bíbí" Kristjánsdóttir (1927-1999), an Icelandic woman with intellectual disabilities, through analysis of her autobiography and personal archive on the basis of the research disciplines of critical disability studies and microhistory.

Hydrology in practice / / Elizabeth M Shaw. [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960370503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Spon, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-351-99131-0; 1-315-27490-6; 1-4822-6570-2; 1-282-92958-5; 9786612929588; 0-203-03023-0
• Edizione: [Fourth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 543 p.) : ill., maps
• Altri autori (Persone): ShawElizabeth M
• Disciplina: 551.48024/627
• Soggetti: Hydrology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published by Chapman and Hall.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1 The hydrological cycle and hydrometeorology; Chapter 2 Hydrometric networks; Chapter 3 Precipitation; Chapter 4 Evaporation; Chapter 5 Hillslope and aquifer hydraulic parameters; Chapter 6 Hillslope moisture states and flows; Chapter 7 River flow; Chapter 8 Water-quality measurement; Chapter 9 Precipitation analysis; Chapter 10 Energy budget analysis, evapotranspiration and snowmelt; Chapter 11 River flow analysis; Chapter 12 Catchment modelling; Chapter 13 Estimating floods and low flows in the UK; Chapter 14 Flood routing; Chapter 15 Groundwater; Chapter 16 Flood risk management; Chapter 17 Water resources management; Chapter 18 Urban hydrology; Chapter 19 Hydrology, climate and catchment change; Chapter 20 The future of hydrology in practice; Appendix: useful tables; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Hydrology in Practice is an excellent and very successful introductory text for engineering hydrology students who go on to be practitioners in consultancies, the Environment Agency, and elsewhere. This fourth edition of Hydrology in Practice, while retaining all that is excellent about its predecessor, by Elizabeth M. Shaw, replaces the material on the Flood Studies Report with an equivalent section on the methods of the Flood Estimation Handbook and its revisions. Other completely ; revised sections on instrumentation and modelling reflect the many changes that have occurred over recent years. The updated text has taken advantage of the extensive practical experience of the staff of JBA Consulting who use the methods described on a day-to-day basis. Topical case studies further enhance the text and the way in which students at undergraduate and MSc level can relate to it. The fourth edition will also have a wider appeal outside the UK by including new material on hydrological processes, which also relate to courses in geography and environmental science departments. In this respect the book draws on the expertise of Keith J. Beven and Nick A. Chappell, who have extensive experience of field hydrological studies in a variety of different environments, and have taught undergraduate hydrology courses for many years. Second- and final-year undergraduate (and MSc) students of hydrology in engineering, environmental science, and geography departments across the globe, as well as professionals in environmental protection agencies and consultancies, will find this book invaluable. It is likely to be the course text for every undergraduate/MSc hydrology course in the UK and in many cases overseas too.