In the first dedicated analysis of its kind, international experts review the rationale and results of arts-based approaches to research, teaching, and practice in social work. The book presents examples of their use and methods to evaluate and theorise results and shows how arts can form outputs from research too.

This biographical encyclopedia will provide the first comprehensive reference work on leading scholars and professionals who have contributed to the development and institutionalization of psychology in Latin America. The figures biographed will include scholars who have made a significant theoretical contribution to the discipline, as well as, practitioners and those who have contributed to the institutionalization of psychology, through their work in scientific organisations, professional bodies and publications. All persons included are recognized authorities and either natives of, or long-term residents in the region. It will offer an invaluable reference point, in particular for scholars of the history of psychology, Latin American studies, the history of science, and global psychology; as well as for historians, psychologists and social scientists seeking international perspectives on the development of the discipline.

The new challenges of our economic, social and ecologic global context require solutions that go beyond “business as usual” strategies. While Europe and North America have gone through a deep economic crisis, which has affected all aspects of life –especially housing and working conditions–, other areas of the world have continued to grow and develop. The changing global context has important implications on the ways human beings organize their settings for everyday life –their residential environments and communal services, in particular– and on the necessity for supporting transitions to sustainable societies. Table of Contents: 1 - Urban Sustainability: Innovative Spaces, Vulnerabilities and Opportunities Ricardo García Mira and Adina Dumitru 2 - The Education of the Architect in the XXI Century: Psychosocial New Findings and Environmental Sustainability Challenges Magda Saura, Josep Muntañola, and Sergi Méndez 3 - A Study on the Modernization and Sustainability of Traditional Hanok Seungkwang Shon 4 - Towards Human Sustainable Urbanism: Interrogating the Contemporary Approaches and the Traditional Turkish (Ottoman) City Derya Oktay 5 - Vulnerabilities and Resilience of Communities Living in Circumstances of Risk Edinéa Alcántara, Rubenilda Rosinha Barbosa, Fátima Furtado, and Alice Lancellotti 6 - Opportunities for Security Governance in the Face of Local Safety Crisis in Cities Abdul Samad Hadi, Shaharudin Idrus, Abdul Hadi Harman Shah, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, and Mohd Raffi Othman 7 - Perceived Safety, Comfort, and Satisfaction Related to the Stadium Experience Sara Manca and Ferdinando Fornara 8 - Healthy Workers and Healthy Workplaces: Psychosocial Evaluation in Organizational Environments Amelia Fraga Mosquera, Alberto Díaz Ayude, and Ricardo García Mira 9 - Experiments in Mapping Human Factors for Sustainable Design and Living Olga Bannova and Pernilla Hagbert 10 - Affective Maps: Validating a Dialogue Between Qualitative and Quantitative Methods Zulmira Aurea Cruz Bomfim, Bruno Halyson Lemos Nobre, Thais Leite Moraes Ferreira, Lívio Marcio Albuquerque de Araújo, Maria Zelfa Souza Feitosa, Ana Kristsia Silva Martins, Helenira Fonseca de Alencar, and Nazka Fernandes Farias 11 - Maps as Landscape Jesús Conde García 12 - Users’ Behaviours, Management and Technical Solutions: A Fundamental Integration for Low Carbon Buildings. The Case of Roma Tre University Lucia Martincigh, Paola Marrone, Judit Kimpian, and Marina Di Guida 13 - Public Participation in Water Management. The Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Galician River Basins Management Plans Isabel Lema Blanco and Ricardo García Mira 14 - Study of the Appropriation of Squares in Florianópolis, Brazil Gabriela Yoshitani da Luz, Larissa Miranda Heinisch, Vanessa Goulart Dorneles, Fábio Lúcio Lopes Zampieri, and Vera Helena Moro Bins Ely 15 - Public Facilities as Elements of Territorial Cohesion. Case Study University and Hospital Networks in Galicia, Spain Cristina García Fontán 16 - Constant Crisis? Innovative Approaches in Old Industrialised Regions in Central Europe Jörn Harfst 17 - Understanding the Transformation of Low-Rise Apartment Housing Unit Plans in Istanbul: An Interpretation Model and Analysis of the Changing Syntax and Semantics for Housing Space Organization Mehmet Emin Şalgamcioğlu and Alper Ünlü 18 - Unexpected Changes as a Principal Factor of Urban Disorganization Myriam Goluboff Scheps, Amparo Casares Gallego, and Cristina García Fontán 19 - Constructing Alternative Spatialities in Kampala City: Two Case Studies Lilian Namuganyi and Rolf Johansson

The consumption of culture is one of the most important aspects of tourism activity. Cultural tourism includes experiencing local culture, traditions and lifestyle, participation in arts-related activities, and visits to museums, monuments and heritage sites. This book reviews a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods applied to the field of cultural tourism, including surveys, mystery tourist visits, visitor tracking, grand tour narratives, collage, researcher-created video, photo-based interviews, ethnographic and actor-network approaches. It provides a practical guide on how to conduct research as well as a discussion and evaluation of the methods.

This handbook highlights innovative and affect-driven feminist dialogues that inspire social work practice, education, and research across the globe. The editors have gathered the many (at times silenced) feminist voices and their allies together in this book which reflects current and contested feminist landscapes through 52 chapters from leading feminist social work scholars from the many branches and movements of feminist thought and practice. The breadth and width of this collection encompasses work from diverse socio-political contexts across the globe including Central and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. The book is divided into six parts as follows: • Decoloniality, Indigeneity and Radical Theorising • Feminist Social Work in Fields of Practice • Academy and Feminist Research • The Politics of Care • Allyship, Profeminisms and Queer Perspectives • Social Movements, Engaging with the Environment and the More-than-Human The above sections present the diverse feminisms that have influenced social work which provides a range of engaging, informative and thought-provoking chapters. These chapters highlight that feminists still face the battle of working towards ending gender-based violence, discrimination, exploitation and oppression, and therefore it is urgent that we feature the many contemporary examples of activism, resistance, best practice and opportunities to emphasise the different ways feminisms remain central to social work knowledge and practice. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of social work and related disciplinary areas including the social and human sciences, global and social politics and policy, human rights, environmental and sustainability programmes, citizenship and women’s studies.