Passport to Peckham

Passport to Peckham
Author: Robert Hewison
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2022-04-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 191338005X

An entertaining and engaging social and cultural history of the London community of Peckham that offers lessons in urban living. “Is there life in Peckham?” asks a pop song of the 1980s. Peckham has been treated as a joke and a place to be avoided. It has been celebrated in television comedies, and denigrated for its levels of crime. It is a center for the arts and the creative industries, yet it also suffers from social deprivation and racial tension. Passport to Peckham is a guide to an unofficial part of London—social and cultural history written from the ground up. In this entertaining and engaging account, Hewison invites readers to explore Peckham’s streets and presents the portrait of a community experiencing the stresses of modern living. Old and new residents rub against each other as they try to adjust to the challenges created by urban regeneration and the more subtle process of gentrification. Artists have lived and worked in Peckham for more than a century, and now Caribbean and West African communities are adding their own flavors in terms of music, drama, poetry, and film. Focused on a few square miles, Passport to Peckham raises issues of urban policy, planning, culture, and creativity that have a far wider application. As London and other major cities recover from the COVID crisis, are there lessons in urban living to be learned from the pleasures and pains of Peckham? The answer from one of Britain’s most distinguished cultural critics is an emphatic yes.

Passport to Beauty

Passport to Beauty
Author: Shalini Vadhera
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2006-05-02
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1429973994

Throughout the world, every country has age-old, time-tested secrets that women use for looking and feeling beautiful. Shalini Vadhera, celebrity make-up artist and internationally recognized beauty expert takes you on an adventure -- to Europe, Asia, Africa, the United States, South America, Australia and beyond - revealing secrets for luxurious hair, glowing skin, and more. Passport to Beauty features unique, yet simple beauty tips and techniques as well as instructions for creating cleansing masks, exfoliation blends, and moisturizers for hair and body. Learn how women around the world stay beautiful: · turn back the hands of time with a white clay mask like Australian beauties do · refresh your complexion with white tea – an ancient Chinese anti-aging secret · use coconut oil for glossy, shimmering hair as South Asian women have done for centuries A beauty treatment and make-over with an exotic flair is only as far away as your local grocery store – learn how to unleash the beatifying power of yogurt, lemon, olive oil, honey, and other surprising ingredients. Additionally, Shalini Vadhera will introduce you to the secrets of spices, natural remedies, and spa treatments from around the globe. And once you've got your skin and hair looking wonderful, Shalini Vadhera dips into her bag of international beauty tricks and reveals a multitude of techniques for selecting and applying make-up and always looking your absolute best. No matter your latitude or longitude on the globe, by using the information in this book you can truly become a global goddess!

Creativity Workout

Creativity Workout
Author: Edward de Bono
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2011-02
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1459610644

Tap into your Creative potential Creativity was once thought to be a talent bestowed upon a lucky few. Today it is understood as a skill that we can all learn, develop and apply. And in today's economy--with information available to everyone and support services outsourced overseas - creativity is the most valuable asset you can possess and the ...

The Period Passport

The Period Passport
Author: Chaste Christopher Inegbedion
Publisher: Padbanque Inc
Total Pages: 93
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

As early as 8 years old, a girl can experience her first period. Are you prepared to answer her questions? The Period Passport, a self-help guide to understanding all there is to know about periods, answers the core questions pertinent in young minds, such as the mystery behind menstruation, the role Google could play in ending Period Poverty, and even bridging the disparity in gender education. One may be tempted to ask, ‘Why exactly should boys be educated on menstruation since it is not part of their physiology?’ The more they know, the better they can empathize with and understand the women in their lives. The Period Passport helps us see different perspectives while bringing to light the reasons male education for menstruation is important, and how it could affect the near future. This booklet does not only stand for education but advocates for the eradication of Period Poverty and the part we could play towards achieving this. The Period Passport is a call to action to the concerned parts of ourselves, parts that could be instruments of change in our world, in solving one of the biggest problems menstruating individuals face today. A unique factor that pushes The Period Passport to the limelight is how it delivers information. We all know that having the right information is important, but conveying that right information properly is even more important. This is because comprehension is the key to knowledge. With its user-friendly interactive outlook, The Period Passport is an easy, organized way to disseminate information on menstruation. In addition, the Period Genie is standing by, ever willing to help!

The Creativity Code

The Creativity Code
Author: Marcus Du Sautoy
Publisher: Belknap Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0674244710

“A brilliant travel guide to the coming world of AI.” —Jeanette Winterson What does it mean to be creative? Can creativity be trained? Is it uniquely human, or could AI be considered creative? Mathematical genius and exuberant polymath Marcus du Sautoy plunges us into the world of artificial intelligence and algorithmic learning in this essential guide to the future of creativity. He considers the role of pattern and imitation in the creative process and sets out to investigate the programs and programmers—from Deep Mind and the Flow Machine to Botnik and WHIM—who are seeking to rival or surpass human innovation in gaming, music, art, and language. A thrilling tour of the landscape of invention, The Creativity Code explores the new face of creativity and the mysteries of the human code. “As machines outsmart us in ever more domains, we can at least comfort ourselves that one area will remain sacrosanct and uncomputable: human creativity. Or can we?...In his fascinating exploration of the nature of creativity, Marcus du Sautoy questions many of those assumptions.” —Financial Times “Fascinating...If all the experiences, hopes, dreams, visions, lusts, loves, and hatreds that shape the human imagination amount to nothing more than a ‘code,’ then sooner or later a machine will crack it. Indeed, du Sautoy assembles an eclectic array of evidence to show how that’s happening even now.” —The Times

Career Creativity

Career Creativity
Author: Maury Peiperl
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780199248728

This work shows that careers and creativity are connected, both at the level of the individual and of the larger institutions. It explores models of creativity and careers and links them with examples from a range of professions, countries and industries.

Re|shaping cultural policies: advancing creativity for development

Re|shaping cultural policies: advancing creativity for development
Author: UNESCO
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2017-12-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9231002562

"This Report demonstrates that innovative cultural policies implemented at regional and local levels have a positive impact on the whole of cultural governance. It highlights the strategic frameworks best adapted to the digital environment, the emergence of exchange platforms and the dynamism of artistic incubators in the global South. It also points to the persistent inequalities and underrepresentation of women in the culture sector, trade barriers on cultural goods and services from the global South and the vulnerability of artists at risk. By providing yet unpublished statistics and data in these areas, this Report is essential for developing and implementing public policies that are adapted to the evolving needs of the culture sector"--Foreword.