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Mixed Methods Research Design for the Built Environment

Mixed Methods Research Design for the Built Environment

The application of mixed methods research design in the built environment discipline by students and academics has continued to grow exponentially. However with no dedicated mixed methods research design textbook in this domain students have struggled to conduct research projects involving a mixed methods research design. Mixed Methods Research Design for the Built Environment provides a useful research methodology resource for students academics and researchers across various disciplines in the built environment such as construction management and project management property and real estate management quantity surveying and commercial management building surveying building services engineering civil and geodetic engineering and other built environment disciplines. The book can also be useful for students and academics outside the built environment knowledge domain. This textbook offers practical and step-by-step guidance on how to apply mixed methods research design including an elucidation of the various philosophical and methodological underpinnings upon which the choice of a particular variant of the mixed methods research design is predicated. It provides practical case examples and guidance on the processes involved to design and undertake mixed methods research the advantages and disadvantages of using mixed methods research and how multiple sources of qualitative and quantitative data can be combined and applied to carry out research projects.

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Mixed Method Design Principles and Procedures

Mixed Method Design Principles and Procedures

The use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research. Renowned methodological experts Janice Morse and Linda Niehaus present a guide to intermediate and experienced researchers on the possibilities inherent in mixed method research. They offer the basic principles of conducting this kind of study then examine a wide variety of design options available to the researcher including their strengths and weaknesses and when to use them. Providing examples from a variety of disciplines examining potential threats to validity and showing the relationship between method and theory the book will be a valuable addition to the methodologist’s library and a useful text in courses in research design. | Mixed Method Design Principles and Procedures

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Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research Dialogues between Researchers and Philosophers

Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research Dialogues between Researchers and Philosophers

Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research provides a comprehensive examination of the philosophical foundations of mixed methods research. It offers new defences of the seven main approaches to mixed methods (the pragmatist approach the transformative approach the indigenous approach the dialectical approach the dialectical pluralist approach the performative approach and the realist approach) written by leading mixed methods researchers. Each approach is accompanied by critical reflections chapter from philosophers’ point of view. The book shows the value of the use of mixed methods from a philosophical point of view and offers a systematic and critical examination of these positions and approaches from a philosophical point of view. The volume also offers a platform to promote a dialogue between mixed methods researchers and philosophers of science and provides foundations for further research and teaching of this hotly debated topic. This volume is ideal for researchers and advanced students and anyone who is interested in research methods and the social sciences more generally. | Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research Dialogues between Researchers and Philosophers

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The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructors

The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructors

The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructors presents diverse pedagogical approaches to teaching 71 qualitative and mixed methods. These tried-and-true methods are widely applicable to those teaching and those being trained in qualitative and mixed-methods research. The methods for data collection cover ethics sampling interviewing recording observations of behavior Indigenous and decolonizing methods and methodologies as well as visual and participatory methods. Methods for analyzing data include coding and finding themes exploratory and inductive analysis linguistic analysis mixed-methods analysis and comparative analysis. Each method has its own 1 500-word lesson (i. e. chapter) written by expert methodologists from around the globe. In these lessons contributors give the reader a brief history of the method and describe how they teach it by including their best practices—with succinct step-by-step instructions—focusing on student-centered experiential and active learning exercises. This comprehensive one-of a-kind text is an essential reference for instructors who teach qualitative and/or mixed methods across the Social and Behavioral Sciences and other related disciplines including Anthropology Sociology Education and Health/Nursing research. | The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructors

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Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture Designing in Mixed Realities

Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture Designing in Mixed Realities

Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture: Designing in Mixed Realities presents a curated selection of projects and texts contributed by leading international architects and designers who are using virtual reality technologies in their design process. It triggers discussion and debate on exploring the aesthetic potential and establishing its language as an expressive medium in architectural design. Although virtual reality is not new and the technology has evolved rapidly the aesthetic potential of the medium is still emerging and there is a great deal more to explore. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the current use of virtual reality technologies in the architectural design process. Contributions are presented in six parts fully illustrated with over 150 images. Recent projects presented are distributed in five themes: introduction to mixed realities; space and form; context and ambiguity; materiality and movement; body and social. Each theme includes richly illustrated essays by leading academics and practitioners including those from Zaha Hadid Architects and MVRDV detailing their design process using data-driven methodologies. Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture expands the use of technology per se and focuses on how architecture can benefit from its aesthetic potential during the design process. A must-read for practitioners academics and students interested in cutting-edge digital design. | Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture Designing in Mixed Realities

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Color that Matters A Comparative Approach to Mixed Race Identity and Nordic Exceptionalism

Color that Matters A Comparative Approach to Mixed Race Identity and Nordic Exceptionalism

This book examines the ways in which mixed ethnic identities in Scandinavia are formed along both cultural and embodied lines arguing that while the official discourses in the region refer to a post-racial or color blind era color still matters in the lives of people of mixed ethnic descent. Drawing on research from people of mixed ethnic backgrounds the author offers insights into how color matters and is made to matter and into the ways in which terms such as ethnic and ethnicity remain very much indebted to their older racialized grammar. Color that Matters moves beyond the conventional Anglo-American focus of scholarship in this field showing that while similarities exist between the racial and ethnic discourses of the US and UK and those found in the Nordic region Scandinavia and Norway in particular manifests important differences in part owing to a tendency to view itself as exceptional or outside the colonial heritage of race and imperialism. Presenting both a contextualization of racial discourses since World War II based on documentary analysis and new interview material with people of mixed ethnic backgrounds the book acts as a corrective to the blind spot within Scandinavian research on ethnic minorities offering a new reading of race for the Nordic region that engages with the idea that color has been emptied of legitimate cultural content. | Color that Matters A Comparative Approach to Mixed Race Identity and Nordic Exceptionalism

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The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts Squaring the Octagon

The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts Squaring the Octagon

Mixed martial arts (MMA)—unarmed fighting games permitting techniques derived from a variety of martial arts and combat sports— has exploded from the fringes of sport into a worldwide phenomenon a sport as controversial as it is compelling. This is the first book to pay MMA the serious philosophical attention it deserves. With contributions from leading international scholars of the philosophy of sport and martial arts the book explores topics such as whether MMA qualifies as a martial art the differences between MMA and the traditional martial arts the aesthetic dimensions of MMA the limits of consent and choice in MMA and whether MMA can promote moral virtues. It also explores cutting-edge practical and ethical topics including the role of gender in MMA and the question of whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in the women’s divisions. The contributors to this anthology take down ground and pound and submit many essential questions about this fascinating recent development in the culture of sport and spectacle. This is important reading for anybody with an interest in combat sports martial arts or the philosophy sociology culture or history of sport. | The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts Squaring the Octagon

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Survey Development A Theory-Driven Mixed-Method Approach

Survey Development A Theory-Driven Mixed-Method Approach

Survey Development: A Theory-Driven Mixed-Method Approach provides both an overview of standard methods and tools for developing and validating surveys and a conceptual basis for survey development that advocates establishing and testing of hypotheses pertaining to presumptions and score-interpretation and use inferences and mixing quantitative and qualitative methods. The book has 14 chapters which are divided into four parts. Part A includes six chapters that deal with theory and methodology. Part B has five chapters and it gets into the process of constructing the survey using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Part C comprises two chapters devoted to assessing the quality or psychometric properties (reliability and validity) of survey responses. Finally the one chapter in Part D is an attempt to present a synopsis of what was covered in the previous chapters in regard to developing a survey with the TDMM framework for developing survey and conducting survey research. This provides a full process for survey development intended to yield results that can support valid interpretation and use of scores. Including detailed online resources this book is suitable for graduate students who use or are responsible for interpretation of survey research and survey data as well as survey methodologists and practitioners who use surveys in their field. | Survey Development A Theory-Driven Mixed-Method Approach

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Mixed or Single-sex School? Volume 3 Attainment Attitudes and Overview

Mixed or Single-sex School? Volume 3 Attainment Attitudes and Overview

Originally published in 1974. This final volume in the trilogy is concerned primarily with comparing the academic progress made by pupils of near-equal ability in the two types of school. It considers attainment in different subjects but also attitudes to different subjects and then follows up with a study of university students from both types of school background. | Mixed or Single-sex School? Volume 3 Attainment Attitudes and Overview

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Mixed or Single-sex School? Volume 2 Some Social Aspects

Mixed or Single-sex School? Volume 2 Some Social Aspects

Originally published in 1971. This second volume in this three-part set examines specific aspects of social relationships within the school and demonstrates that co-educational and single-sex schools are fundamentally different communities. These volumes examine in detail the social and psychosocial differences between co-educational and single-sex schools. This volume provides a wealth of evidence from pupils and ex-pupils about such aspects as discipline bullying happiness anxiety and attitudes to sex. | Mixed or Single-sex School? Volume 2 Some Social Aspects

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Mixed or Single-sex School? A Research Study in Pupil-Teacher Relationships

Mixed or Single-sex School? A Research Study in Pupil-Teacher Relationships

Originally published in 1969. This is the first volume in a trilogy which compares co-educational and single-sex schools. The study is based on the results of over twenty years’ experience among teachers and pupils and examines in detail the differences between the two types of school. This volume focuses on the teachers and on the pupil-teacher relationship. | Mixed or Single-sex School? A Research Study in Pupil-Teacher Relationships

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Exploring Dual and Mixed Mode Provision of Distance Education

Exploring Dual and Mixed Mode Provision of Distance Education

This book explores issues related to people policy and places of teaching and learning resulting from the trend towards dual and multi-mode provision of distance education. It explores reasons for the trend as well as some of the opportunities and challenges which may arise. In many developing countries demand for higher education provision outstrips the supply of full-time places; while in many developed countries the cost of full-time provision means that distance and online provision may be more accessible than full-time provision. At the same time the growing use of online learning platforms has generally resulted in more flexible forms of provision. Consequently an increasing number of higher education institutions now offer dual (contact and distance or online) or multi-mode (contact and distance and online and other) forms of provision. This volume helps to navigate this changing distance education landscape. The chapters in this book were originally published in Distance Education. | Exploring Dual and Mixed Mode Provision of Distance Education

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Further Language Learning in Linguistic and Cultural Diverse Contexts A Mixed Methods Research in a European Border Region

Further Language Learning in Linguistic and Cultural Diverse Contexts A Mixed Methods Research in a European Border Region

Further Language Learning in Linguistic and Cultural Diverse Contexts deals with the interdisciplinary area of multilingual and intercultural education and the increasing interest in sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of further language learning. It presents the individual family scholastic and extra-scholastic circumstances that promote or limit language learning and its outcomes among young learners of a further language. The intertwined dynamic interrelationship between intercultural and language learning at primary school is shown by means of the European border region South Tyrol that is characteristic for its linguistic and cultural diversity and serves to demonstrate authentic benefits challenges and difficulties in hyper complex and super-diverse contexts. The book analyzes experiences and perceptions as reported by primary school teachers children and parents considering the impact of many factors on further language learning including school organization extra curricular activities and self-initiated encounter pedagogy. Further Language Learning in Linguistic and Cultural Diverse Contexts will be vital reading for academics researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of education language learning sociolinguistics interculturalism and super-diversity. | Further Language Learning in Linguistic and Cultural Diverse Contexts A Mixed Methods Research in a European Border Region

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The Boundaries of Mixedness A Global Perspective

The Boundaries of Mixedness A Global Perspective

The Boundaries of Mixedness tackles the burgeoning field of critical mixed race studies bringing together research that spans five continents and more than ten countries. Research on mixedness is growing yet there is still much debate over what exactly mixed race means and whether it is a useful term. Despite a growing focus on and celebration of mixedness globally particularly in the media societies around the world are grappling with how and why crossing socially constructed boundaries of race ethnicity and other markers of difference matter when considering those who date marry raise families or navigate their identities across these boundaries. What we find collectively through the ten studies in this book is that in every context there is a hierarchy of mixedness both in terms of intimacy and identity. This hierarchy of intimacy renders certain groups as more or less marriable socially constructed around race ethnicity caste religion skin color and/or region. Relatedly there is also a hierarchy of identities where certain races languages ethnicities and religions are privileged and valued differently. These differences emerge out of particular local histories and contemporary contexts yet there are also global realities that transcend place and space. The Boundaries of Mixedness is a significant new contribution to mixed race studies for academics researchers and advanced students of Ethnic and Racial Studies Sociology History and Public Policy. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Intercultural Studies. | The Boundaries of Mixedness A Global Perspective

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Nominal Pluralization and Countability in African Varieties of English

Nominal Pluralization and Countability in African Varieties of English

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of nominal plural marking its morphosyntax and semantics across different African varieties of English. Mohr explores the rich diversity in the varieties and how different conceptualizations of the number category are realized across different cultures. The investigation of unstandardized noun plurals in Kenyan Tanzanian Ghanaian and Nigerian Englishes is based on a mixed methods design drawing on corpus linguistics acceptability questionnaires and psycholinguistic experiments. In this vein the book not only contributes to the description of each of these four varieties but also sheds light on standardization processes and language change in New Englishes. Importantly it is a plea for the triangulation of data and mixed methods approaches in World Englishes research as the combination of these methods grants insight into unforeseen areas of language structures and use. This volume is a useful reference work for students and researchers in World Englishes varieties of English and African Studies as well as those interested in linguistic anthropology. | Nominal Pluralization and Countability in African Varieties of English

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Learning and Development for a Multigenerational Workforce Growing Talent Amongst Age Diverse Employees

Learning and Development for a Multigenerational Workforce Growing Talent Amongst Age Diverse Employees

As the topic of age diversity in the workplace becomes increasingly important this book is the first to show how organizations can provide learning and development opportunities and activities for a mixed generational workforce and how to deal with the issues arising from such a strategy. Going beyond the theory the book uncovers how learning and development for a multigenerational workforce works in practice and provides case studies throughout. Key themes include: • how organizations can determine the learning and development needs of a multigenerational workforce and the psychology of learning for different groups; • how a strategy for learning and development for a mixed generation workforce can be established and delivered; • the resource implications of this provision and how organisations dealing with them to ensure flexibility; and • how the outcomes and impact of such provision can be measured. With both research-based and practical content the book is suitable for both Master’s level programmes in HRM and HRD and for learning and development professionals. | Learning and Development for a Multigenerational Workforce Growing Talent Amongst Age Diverse Employees

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Cities and Affordable Housing Planning Design and Policy Nexus

Cities and Affordable Housing Planning Design and Policy Nexus

This book provides a comparative perspective on housing and planning policies affecting the future of cities focusing on people- and place-based outcomes using the nexus of planning design and policy. A rich mosaic of case studies features good practices of city-led strategies for affordable housing provision as well as individual projects capitalising on partnerships to build mixed-income housing and revitalise neighbourhoods. Twenty chapters provide unique perspectives on diversity of approaches in eight countries and 12 cities in Europe Canada and the USA. Combining academic rigour with knowledge from critical practice the book uses robust empirical analysis and evidence-based case study research to illustrate the potential of affordable housing partnerships for mixed-income socially inclusive neighbourhoods as a model to rebuild cities. Cities and Affordable Housing is an essential interdisciplinary collection on planning and design that will be of great interest to scholars urban professionals architects planners and policy-makers interested in housing urban planning and city building. | Cities and Affordable Housing Planning Design and Policy Nexus

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Crafting Stories for Virtual Reality

Crafting Stories for Virtual Reality

We are witnessing a revolution in storytelling. Publications all over the world are increasingly using immersive storytelling—virtual reality augmented reality and mixed reality—to tell compelling stories. The aim of this book is to distill the lessons learned thus far into a useful guide for reporters filmmakers and writers interested in telling stories in this emerging medium. Examining ground-breaking work across industries this text explains in practical terms how storytellers can create their own powerful immersive experiences as new media and platforms emerge. | Crafting Stories for Virtual Reality

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Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

The twelfth-century philosopher Ibn Rushd also known as Averroes played a crucial role in the transmission of classical philosophy to Islam and his work had a profound influence on western scholasticism and on aspects of Renaissance thought. This book first published in 1991 sets out the main elements of Ibn Rushd’s work against the historical and cultural background of Muslim Spain. It shows how his writings formed part of the wider movement of Almohadism and seeks to understand the mixed reception of his thought and the rise and fall of his reputation. | Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

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Research Methods in Outdoor Studies

Research Methods in Outdoor Studies

Over the last two decades Outdoor Studies has emerged as an innovative and vibrant field of study. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive appraisal of established and cutting-edge research methods as applied to Outdoor Studies. Covering qualitative quantitative and mixed methods the book examines key methodologies themes and technologies such as digital research mobile methodologies ethnography interviews research design research ethics and ways of disseminating research. Featuring contributions from leading researchers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds this is an essential text for any Outdoor Studies course or for researchers looking for innovative and creative research techniques. | Research Methods in Outdoor Studies

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War by Others’ Means Delivering Effective Partner Force Capacity Building

War by Others’ Means Delivering Effective Partner Force Capacity Building

A new era of great power competition places a strategic premium on the efficiency with which states can pursue their aims. There is therefore likely to be an expanded scope for partnered operations. Partner force capacity building has a long history with very mixed results yet there is little historical memory in the institutions tasked with carrying it out. War by Others’ Means uses archival research interviews with practitioners and observation of capacity building to understand why states undertake it how they should select train and equip their partners and how they should manage the generation and withdrawal of trainers. | War by Others’ Means Delivering Effective Partner Force Capacity Building

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Intermediate Types among Primitive Folk A Study in Social Evolution

Intermediate Types among Primitive Folk A Study in Social Evolution

Intermediate Types among Primitive Folk expands on Carpenter’s idea of the Intermediate type; a person of mixed sexes such as a feminine body with a masculine mind or vice versa. Originally published in 1914 this text explores the role that intermediate types played amongst early civilisations as well as in religion and military situations. Whilst later civilisations tended to look down on those who did not fit into traditional gender roles some early peoples saw intermediate types as important figures in their social organisation. This title will be of interest to students of sociology gender studies and anthropology. | Intermediate Types among Primitive Folk A Study in Social Evolution

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The Curation and Care of Museum Collections

The Curation and Care of Museum Collections

Museum curators enter the profession with a specialist subject qualification and yet at some point in their career many curators find themselves in charge of a range of collections outside of their expert knowledge. Interpreting curating and caring for mixed collections demands of curators a wide range of knowledge and understanding. The Curation and Care of Museum Collections is designed to give curators the fundamental information and confidence they need to manage and care for all of the collections within their responsibility regardless of their previous training and experience. Comprising two sections – Museum Collections and Collection Development and Care – the chapters cover archaeology art history military and natural sciences collections as well as heritage properties. Every chapter in the book is focused on one type of collection but all chapters in the collection management section contain advice on topics such as organisational philosophy documentation legal issues and materials in order to provide a useful and comprehensive guide to managing collections. The collection care section is structured in the same way considering the issues of storage; display; handling; moving; packing; housekeeping; health and safety; emergency preparedness; and pest pollution environmental light and vibration management. The contributors to this book are experienced museum professionals each with their own specialism and a deep understanding of what it means to work in the context of mixed collections. Providing a highly practical guide The Curation and Care of Museum Collections is essential reading for curators working in all types of museums galleries and heritage sites and for students of museology courses around the world.

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Research Methods for Environmental Studies A Social Science Approach

Research Methods for Environmental Studies A Social Science Approach

The methodological needs of environmental studies are unique in the breadth of research questions that can be posed calling for a textbook that covers a broad swath of approaches to conducting research with potentially many different kinds of evidence. Fully updated to address new developments such as the effects of the internet recent trends in the use of computers remote sensing and large data sets this new edition of Research Methods for Environmental Studies is written specifically for social science-based research into the environment. This revised edition contains new chapters on coding focus groups and an extended treatment of hypothesis testing. The textbook covers the best-practice research methods most used to study the environment and its connections to societal and economic activities and objectives. Over five key parts Kanazawa introduces quantitative and qualitative approaches mixed methods and the special requirements of interdisciplinary research emphasizing that methodological practice should be tailored to the specific needs of the project. Within these parts detailed coverage is provided on key topics including the identification of a research project hypothesis testing spatial analysis the case study method ethnographic approaches discourse analysis mixed methods survey and interview techniques focus groups and ethical issues in environmental research. Drawing on a variety of extended and updated examples to encourage problem-based learning and fully addressing the challenges associated with interdisciplinary investigation this book will be an essential resource for students embarking on courses exploring research methods in environmental studies. | Research Methods for Environmental Studies A Social Science Approach

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On Comics and Legal Aesthetics Multimodality and the Haunted Mask of Knowing

On Comics and Legal Aesthetics Multimodality and the Haunted Mask of Knowing

What are the implications of comics for law? Tackling this question On Comics and Legal Aesthetics explores the epistemological dimensions of comics and the way this once-maligned medium can help think about – and reshape – the form of law. Traversing comics critical and cultural legal studies it seeks to enrich the theorisation of comics with a critical aesthetics that expands its value and significance for law as well as knowledge more generally. It argues that comics’ multimodality – its hybrid structure which represents a meeting point of text image reason and aesthetics – opens understanding of the limits of law’s rational texts by shifting between multiple frames and modes of presentation. Comics thereby exposes the way all forms of knowledge are shaped out of an unstructured universe becoming a mask over this chaotic ‘beyond’. This mask of knowing remains haunted – by that which it can never fully capture or represent. Comics thus models knowledge as an infinity of nested frames haunted by the chaos without structure. In such a model the multiple aspects of law become one region of a vast and bottomless cascade of perspectives – an infinite multiframe that extends far beyond the traditional confines of the comics page rendering law boundless. | On Comics and Legal Aesthetics Multimodality and the Haunted Mask of Knowing

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