Ecocriticism
3rd edn

(Routledge, 2023)
EME 1202-2

Ecocriticism explores the ways in which we imagine and portray the relationship between humans and the environment across many areas of cultural production, including Romantic poetry, wildlife documentaries, climate models, the Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, and novels by Margaret Atwood, Kim Scott, Barbara Kingsolver and Octavia Butler.

Greg Garrard’s animated and accessible volume responds to the diversity of the field today and explores its key concepts, including: pollution, pastoral, wilderness, apocalypse, animals, Indigeneity, and the Earth.

Thoroughly revised to reflect the breadth and diversity of twenty-first-century environmental writing and criticism, this edition addresses climate change and justice throughout, and features a new chapter on Indigeneity. It also presents a glossary of terms and suggestions for further reading.

Concise, clear and authoritative, Ecocriticism offers the ideal introduction to this crucial subject for students of literary and cultural studies.

(Description Source: Routledge)

Author

Greg Garrard is the associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies at the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, and a professor of Environmental Humanities at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). He is an English-sounding Canadian who lived in the Netherlands, Lebanon, England and Wales before coming to Kelowna in 2013. He teaches and researches in the fields of ecocriticism, human-animal studies and culture and climate change.

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Bloom Spaces
Reproduction and Tourism on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica

(University of Toronto Press, 2024)
EME 1202-2

This creative ethnography explores the surprising entanglements between tourism and reproduction on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

Tourism generates intense atmospheric relations between people and places. Exploring the complex nature of these relations, Bloom Spaces considers the experiences of women who travel to Costa Rica in search of health and wellness, and find that it leads to unexpected pregnancy. The book probes the ways that the reproductive experience resonates with powerful tourist imaginaries of the Caribbean and multisensory environments of culture and place. Inviting readers into a world of yoga studios, beaches, and rainforests, Susan Frohlick investigates how atmosphere can create “bloom spaces” that lead tourists down reproductive paths. Through an experimental approach that combines creative nonfiction, poetry, photography, and narrative ethnographic writing, this book seeks to capture the feelings and sensations that influence reproduction in tourist destinations. Ultimately, the book urges a rethinking of tourism that takes reproduction into consideration, highlighting the multiple actors involved and the inequities that are reproduced.

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Susan Frohlick is a professor of Community, Culture and Global Studies UBC Okanagan. Her scholarship examines the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, transnational movement, tourism, and immigration, and has contributed new knowledge about how mobility across borders affects social and intimate relations, individuals, and communities. She has established a reputation nationally and internationally for detailed, local ethnographic investigations of contemporary transnational “flows” of people, such as travel, tourism, migration, diaspora, and settlement, and the lived experience and formations of gender, sexuality, and racial subjectivities within these contexts.

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New Directions in Art, Fashion and Wine
Sustainability, Digitalization, and Artification

(Lexington Press, 2023)
EME 1202-2

Sustainability, digitalization, and artification have become the cornerstones of a successful business model in a world rocked by the effects of a pandemic and a climate crisis. Organizational strategies in the art, fashion, and wine industries have to be redesigned to reflect these changes. The circular model discussed in this work provides guidance and a vision for systematically moving towards social and environmental sustainability from both a production and consumption perspective. Digitalization provides a viable alternative to brick and mortar and helps create a hybrid presence for brands in both real and virtual worlds. Artification is the process of elevating an object into a work of art and closely mirrors the aestheticization of society in a postmodern world. While selling online is a given, creating an auratic atmosphere to envelop and provide an unforgettable experience requires greater levels of creativity. Each chapter focuses on aspects of consumer culture theory, with its emphasis on identity, lifestyle, and symbolic meaning, with the introductory chapter paying more attention to the application of practice theory to the study of sustainability, artification, and digitalization. The complementarity between the practice turn and the cultural turn promises new insights.

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Author

Annamma Joy is the associate dean, Research and Professor of Marketing at UBC Okanagan. Before assuming her position in January 2008, she was a professor of Marketing at Concordia University in Montreal. She is an acknowledged expert on fashion, luxury brands, and art and some of her work has appeared in Financial Times 50 journals such as the Journal of Consumer Research and the Journal of Consumer Psychology.

Her research interests are primarily in the area of consumer behaviour and branding with a special focus on luxury brands, fashion brand experiences, wineries and wine tourism, consumer behaviour in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and aesthetic consumption. She has been a visiting scholar at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China-Europe International Business School, Shanghai, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, SDA Bocconi, Milan, the Helsinki School of Economics, and Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland.

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We, The Data
Human Rights in the Digital Age

(MIT Press, 2023)
FIP 140

Our data-intensive world is here to stay, but does that come at the cost of our humanity in terms of autonomy, community, dignity, and equality? In We, the Data, Wendy H. Wong argues that we cannot allow that to happen. Exploring the pervasiveness of data collection and tracking, Wong reminds us that we are all stakeholders in this digital world, who are currently being left out of the most pressing conversations around technology, ethics, and policy. This book clarifies the nature of datafication and calls for an extension of human rights to recognize how data complicate what it means to safeguard and encourage human potential.

As we go about our lives, we are co-creating data through what we do. We must embrace that these data are a part of who we are, Wong explains, even as current policies do not yet reflect the extent to which human experiences have changed. This means we are more than mere “subjects” or “sources” of data “by-products” that can be harvested and used by technology companies and governments. By exploring data rights, facial recognition technology, our posthumous rights, and our need for a right to data literacy, Wong has crafted a compelling case for engaging as stakeholders to hold data collectors accountable. Just as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights laid the global groundwork for human rights, We, the Data gives us a foundation upon which we claim human rights in the age of data.

(Description Source: MIT Press)

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Wendy H. Wong is a professor of Political Science at UBC Okanagan. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego. Her main research interests lie at the crossroads of International Relations and Comparative Politics. She is interested in the politics of organization, why human beings choose to act collectively, their choices to go about doing it, and the effects of those choices. Research interests include: human rights, humanitarianism, international law, social movements, indigenous politics, the rights of ethnic minorities, and the role of networks. Her research has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Successful Societies research program. Her book, Internal Affairs, was published by Cornell University Press in 2012.

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Divine Creation in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Thought
Essays Presented to the Rev’d Dr Robert D. Crouse

(Brill, 2007)
FIP 140

Throughout his academic career Robert Crouse has insisted that the patristic and medieval philosophical and theological traditions, which have so profoundly shaped western culture, cannot be understood apart from the subtle and complex dialogue between Christianity and Hellenic culture out of which these traditions emerged.
In this volume in Father Crouse’s honour, twenty-two eminent scholars from across North America and Europe examine various moments within the emergence of the doctrine of creation in the patristic and medieval periods, the Hebraic and Hellenic pre-history of this movement, as well as modern reactions to the partristic and medieval syntheses.

Student and specialist alike will appreciate not only the depth of scholarly research clearly evident in the individual essays, but also the broad scope of the volume as a whole.

Contributors include: Stephen Andrews, Stephen F. Brown, Mary T. Clark, RSCJ, Kevin Corrigan, Lawrence Dewan, Robert Dodaro, OSA, Wayne J. Hankey, Walter A. Hannam, Michael Harrington, Paige E. Hochschild, Dennis House, Edouard Jeauneau, Angus Johnston, Torrance Kirby, Terence J. Kleven, Marguerite Kussmaul, Matthew L. Lamb, D. Gregory MacIsaac, Ralph McInerny, Luca Obertello, Willemien Otten, Neil G. Robertson, Horst Seidl, and Michael Treschow.

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Michal Treschow is an assistant professor of English at UBC Okanagan. His research career has stalled several times due to family illness, death, and ensuing disruption. These experiences, however, have begun to inform a renewal of his work. His personal interests tend towards the outdoors, especially hiking and skiing. Hiking with a dog is one of the most rewarding activities he knows. He also has a devotion to basketball, which for him lately has evolved into a spectator sport.

Willemien Otten is a professor of the History of Christianity and dean of Theology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Walter Hannam is an assistant professor of Systematic Theology and Anglican Studies at the College of Emmanuel and St Chad, Saskatoon, Canada, and a doctoral candidate in the Department of Theology, Boston College.

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“Comparative Genomics Reveals Putative Evidence for High-Elevation Adaptation in the American Pika (Ochotona princeps)”

(G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics, vol. 12, issue 1, November 2022)
FIP 140

High-elevation environments have lower atmospheric oxygen content, reduced temperatures, and higher levels of UV radiation than found at lower elevations. As such, species living at high elevations must overcome these challenges to survive, grow, and reproduce. American pikas (Ochotona princeps) are alpine lagomorphs that are habitat specialists typically found at elevations >2,000 m. Previous research has shown putative evidence for high-elevation adaptation; however, investigations to date have been limited to a fraction of the genome. Here, we took a comparative genomics approach to identify putative regions under selection using a chromosomal reference genome assembly for the American pika relative to 8 other mammalian species targeted based on phylogenetic relatedness and (dis)similarity in ecology. We first identified orthologous gene groups across species and then extracted groups containing only American pika genes as well as unclustered pika genes to inform functional enrichment analyses; among these, we found 141 enriched terms with many related to hypoxia, metabolism, mitochondrial function/development, and DNA repair. We identified 15 significantly expanded gene families within the American pika across all orthologous gene groups that displayed functionally enriched terms associated with hypoxia adaptation. We further detected 196 positively selected genes, 41 of which have been associated with putative adaptation to hypoxia, cold tolerance, and response to UV following a literature review. In particular, OXNAD1, NRDC, and those genes critical in DNA repair represent important targets for future research to examine their functional implications in the American pika, especially as they may relate to adaptation to rapidly changing environments.

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Bryson M.F. Sjodin is a PhD candidate in the Department of Biology at University of British Columbia (Okanagan).

Michael Russello is a professor of Biology at UBC Okanagan. He specializes in population genomics, conservation genetics, molecular ecology, and life-history evolution.

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A Practical Guide to Data Analysis Using R
An Example-Based Approach

(University of Illinois Press, 2023)
FIP 140

Using diverse real-world examples, this text examines what models used for data analysis mean in a specific research context. What assumptions underlie analyses, and how can you check them? Building on the successful Data Analysis and Graphics Using R, 3rd edition (Cambridge, 2010), it expands upon topics including cluster analysis, exponential time series, matching, seasonality, and resampling approaches. An extended look at p-values leads to an exploration of replicability issues and of contexts where numerous p-values exist, including gene expression. Developing practical intuition, this book assists scientists in the analysis of their own data, and familiarizes students in statistical theory with practical data analysis. The worked examples and accompanying commentary teach readers to recognize when a method works and, more importantly, when it doesn’t. Each chapter contains copious exercises. Selected solutions, notes, slides, and R code are available online, with extensive references pointing to detailed guides to R

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Author

John Braun is a professor of Statistics at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). After completing his PhD in Statistics at the University of Western Ontario, he held positions at a number of universities, including Western for 14 years where he attained the rank of Full Professor and was Chair of the Statistics Graduate Program for 5 years. In 2014, he became Head of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The following year he became Deputy Director of the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI).

His research in statistics has often been motivated by scientific problems, coming from psychology, biology, medicine, engineering and physics. His methodological research is concerned with smoothing and inference techniques as they apply to data visualization and process monitoring.

John H. Maindonald is a contract associate at Statistics Research Associates and was previously visiting fellow at the Australian National University.

Jeffrey Andrews is an associate professor of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan).

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Purple Power
The History and Global Impact of SEIU

(University of Illinois Press, 2023)
FIP 140

Chartered in 1921, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a worldwide organization that represents more than two million workers in occupations from healthcare and government service to custodians and taxi drivers. Women form more than half the membership while people in minority groups make up approximately forty percent.

Luís LM Aguiar and Joseph A. McCartin edit essays on one of contemporary labor’s bedrock organizations. The contributors explore key episodes, themes, and features in the union’s recent history and evaluate SEIU as a union with global aspirations and impact. The first section traces SEIU’s growth in the last and current centuries. The second section offers in-depth studies of key campaigns in the United States, including the Justice for Janitors and Fight for $15 movements. The third section focuses on SEIU’s work representing low-wage workers in Canada, Australia, Europe, and Brazil. An interview with Justice for Janitors architect Stephen Lerner rounds out the volume.

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Author

Luis L.M. Aguiar is an assistant professor of Sociology at UBC Okanagan. His academic research career focuses on investigating building cleaners’ campaigns to ‘crisise’ neoliberalism. By ‘crisising’, he means their campaigns and organized attempts to argue the trauma of neoliberalism and its consequences in cleaners’ workplaces, personal lives and communities. This interest leads him to study cleaners’ strategies and discourses of resistance neoliberal policies of the erosion of industrial citizenship. He seeks to understand and follow how resistance against an emerging post-industrial citizenship is being organized between cleaners and their union across borders.

Andrew Herod is a professor of History and executive director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University.

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The Dirty Work of Neoliberalism
Cleaners in the Global Economy

(Blackwell Publishing, 2006)
FIP 140

In this collection of essays, an international group of scholars investigate the global building cleaning industry to reveal the extent of neoliberalism’s impact on cleaners.

This book provides the first intensive study focusing on building cleaners and their global experiences. It brings together an international group of scholars and experts to investigate different national contexts and examples. This book also draws out important commonalities and highlights significant differences in these experiences.

It extends by examining topics including erosion of cleaners’ industrial citizenship rights, the impact of outsourcing upon their working conditions, economic security, and the intensification of their work and its negative effects on physical health. It also considers how cleaners are mobilizing to resist and respond to the restructuring of their work.

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Luis L.M. Aguiar is an assistant professor of Sociology at UBC Okanagan. His academic research career focuses on investigating building cleaners’ campaigns to ‘crisise’ neoliberalism. By ‘crisising’, he means their campaigns and organized attempts to argue the trauma of neoliberalism and its consequences in cleaners’ workplaces, personal lives and communities. This interest leads him to study cleaners’ strategies and discourses of resistance neoliberal policies of the erosion of industrial citizenship. He seeks to understand and follow how resistance against an emerging post-industrial citizenship is being organized between cleaners and their union across borders.

Andrew Herod a professor of Geography, adjunct professor of International Affairs, and adjunct professor of Anthropology at the University of Georgia.

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Sacred Engagements
Interfaith Marriage, Religious Toleration, and the British Novel, 1750–1820

(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023)
FIP 140

Bringing together feminist theory, novel criticism, and religious studies, Alison Conway’s Sacred Engagements advances a postsecular reading of the novel that links religious tolerance and the eighteenth-century marriage plot. Conway explores the historical roots of the vexed questions that interfaith marriage continues to raise today. She argues that narrative wields the power to imagine conjugal and religious relations that support the embodied politics crucial to a communal, rather than state-sponsored, ethics of toleration.

Conway studies the communal and gendered aspects of religious experience embedded in Samuel Richardson’s account of interfaith marriage and liberalism’s understandings of toleration in Sir Charles Grandison. In her readings of Frances Brooke, Elizabeth Inchbald, and Maria Edgeworth, Conway considers how women authors reframe the questions posed by Grandison, representing intimacy, authorship, and women’s religious subjectivity in ways that challenge the social and political norms of Protestant British culture. She concludes with reflections on Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park and the costs of a marriage plot that insists on religious conformity.

By examining the complex epistemologies of the interfaith marriage plot, Sacred Engagements counters the secularization thesis that has long dominated eighteenth-century novel studies. In so doing, the book recognizes those subjects otherwise ignored by liberal political theory and extrapolates how a genuinely inclusive tolerance might be imagined in our own deeply divided times.

(Description Source: Johns Hopkins University Press)

Author

Alison Conway is a professor of English, Cultural Studies, as well as Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at UBC Okanagan. She is also the associate dean of research, graduate and postdoctoral studies for the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She is the author of Private Interests: Women, Portraiture, and the Visual Culture of the English Novel, 1709-1791, as well as The Protestant Whore: Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750.

Professor Conway is Past President of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and currently a Trustee for the Women’s Caucus of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. She serves on the Editorial Board of Eighteenth-Century Fiction and on the Advisory Board of Eighteenth-Century Studies.

Since 2017, Alison Conway has been writing, as a guest contributor for the blog, Fit is a Feminist Issue, about how a late immersion into the world of sport has shaped her thinking about feminism, politics, and the body.

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