…ina-Buenos Aires Cornelia Eckert María de Lourdes Beldi Alejandro Grimson ufrgs-Porto Alegre de Alcantara usam-Buenos Aires Cristina Puga usp-Sao Paulo Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier unam-Ciudad de México Mary Louise Pratt University of Victoria-Victoria Elisenda Ardèvol nyu-Nue…

…n of Social Science Research (IASSR). It is also printed with the financial support from IASSR. The papers are first reviewed by the independent reviewers, and then proof-read and edited by the editors. The opinions and views expressed in articles are not necessarily those of thi…

…tória de Além-Mar Universidade Nova de Lisboa Av. de Berna, 26C 1060-061 Lisboa Portugal Email: [email protected] 1st Edition: November 2002 ISBN: 972-98672-5-9 II CONTENTS Introduction A. Salema 1 Diseases in Ancient India M.S. Valiathan 18 Doctors as characters in Sanskrit narr…

…ope and potential of common user plant 79 Couriers 81 Alternative forms of transport 82 Distribution 84 Batching plants or concrete deliveries? 87 Barcodes and radio-frequency identification 90 Consolidation centres 91 References 94 6 Transport and Communications 95 Introduction …

…ion may be described as the most important political and "constitutional event" of the summer months of 2014. The period between the presidential election and the presidential "investiture" called the "transition period" led to intense constitutional disputes (see, constitutional…

…d the Seizure of Kabul, December 1979, Washington 2007; Jesse Ferris, Soviet Support for Egypt's Intervention in Yemen, 1962-1963, in: Journal of Cold War Studies 10 (2008), No. 4, S.5-36; Sergei Mazov, The USSR and the Former Italian Colonies, 1945-50, in: Cold War History 3 (20…

…nd Culture Instituto de Educação Nicosia, Cyprus Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education, CYCERE Jan Činčera Lemesos, Cyprus Department of Environmental Studies Masaryk University Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi Brno, Czech Rep…

…tive futures, scenarios. Abstract Inspired by the initial World Social Forum in Porto Alegre Brazil, over the past decade over 200 local and regional social forums have been held, on five continents. This study has examined the nature of this broader social forum process, in part…

…ments Acknowledgements This project would not have been possible without the support of Future Forum’s partners at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the Open Society Foundation. The editors would also like to thank those who have supported the discussio…

…pres- ence in the Global South. At the same time, however, we acknowledge the importance of structural constraints at national, regional, and international levels. To analyze the diverse and, at times, surprising resulting combinations, we have chosen case studies that cover hete…

…emands a matching pace in the development presented in this publication will support present of the skills and competencies required to fully and future discussions and developments in this leverage the benefits of these new technologies. area. This first issue throws a spotlight…

…rds ‘l’histoire, c’est le temps’.5 Many historians have also recognised the im- portance of the distinction between different temporal scales and rhythms – think of Fernand Braudel and Reinhart Koselleck, for example. Surprisingly, however, very few have investigated the subject …

…tive futures, scenarios. Abstract Inspired by the initial World Social Forum in Porto Alegre Brazil, over the past decade over 200 local and regional social forums have been held, on five continents. This study has examined the nature of this broader social forum process, in part…

…eginn des syrischen Bür- der sich Pilger Schutz und Heilung erhofften. Zum Transport gerkrieges archäologisch untersucht worden sind, erstmals dieser geweihten Substanzen wurden kleine Ampullen aus vorgestellt werden. Vor allem das Kloster von Ǧazal, das die billigem Material, g…

…n Studies (CNWS) in Leiden for providing a visiting scholarship and academic support during her stay in the Netherlands. She is also grateful to David E. Skinner, Professor of History at Santa Clara University, for his comments on parts of her book. Furthermore, she would like to…