Introduction to Knowledge Organization

Introduction to Knowledge OrganizationThis book provides a complete introduction to the rapidly expanding field of Knowledge organization (KO), presenting historical precedents and theoretical foundations in a discursive, intelligible form, covering the philosophical, linguistic and technical aspects. In the contemporary context of global information exchange through linked data, Knowledge organization systems (KOS) need to be represented in standard inter operable formats. Different

Explores the political mobilisation of the two largest French veterans’ associations during the interwar years

Assesses the relevance of anarchism to understanding debates about globalisation and the nature of contemporary protest

Draws on inspiration from Ernesto Laclau

on child care

This book explores how natural  hazards in the Philippines can amplify the environmental harm prevalent in mining and pose a substantial threat to the livelihoods of archipelago’s poor

The story of a short-lived but vehement eugenics movement that emerged among a group of Europeans in Kenya in the 1930s

This book explores

‘Bakhtin and his Others’ offers fresh theoretical insights into Bakhtin’s ideas on (inter)subjectivity and temporality

and significant writers in the first half of the twentieth century

the very concept of "faithful historical re-creation" takes on a much broader and more complex character

Artificial intelligence and robotics have defined and redefined work environments worldwide

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