{"product_id":"dark-skies-places-practices-communities-paperback-1","title":"Dark Skies: Places, Practices, Communities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTim Edensor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Skies\u003c\/i\u003e addresses a significant gap in knowledge in relation to perspectives from the arts, humanities and social sciences. In providing a new multi- and interdisciplinary field of inquiry, this book brings together engagements with dark skies from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Urban Design and Executive Director of Imagination, the design and architecture research lab at Lancaster University, UK. He is founding Director of the Dark Design Lab, exploring the impacts of nocturnal activity on humans and non-humans. Nick is a Director of DarkSky UK, promoting more sustainable relationships between the built environment and the night, as well as exploring ways to promote wider and inclusive participation with dark skies. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eDark Matters: A Manifesto for the Nocturnal City\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eRethinking Darkness: Cultures, Histories, Practices\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). Nick is a keen nightwalker, has curated exhibitions, and given invited talks at both literature and science festivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Edensor\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Social and Cultural Geography at the Institute of Place Management, Manchester Metropolitan University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eTourists at the Taj\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), \u003cem\u003eNational Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eIndustrial Ruins: Space, Aesthetics and Materiality\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), From \u003cem\u003eLight to Dark: Daylight, Illumination and Gloom\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and \u003cem\u003eStone: Stories of Urban Materiality\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). He is the editor of \u003cem\u003eGeographies of Rhythm\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Place\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003cem\u003eRethinking Darkness: Cultures, Histories, Practices\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and \u003cem\u003eWeather: Spaces, Mobilities and Affects\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). His most recent book, about a Scottish medieval cross, is \u003cem\u003eLandscape, Materiality and Heritage: An Object Biography\u003c\/em\u003e (2022). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47381566783737,"sku":"9781032528038","price":100.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QbJnMyTGd69781032528038_94fd59ad-edb6-4bdf-a758-7cfb162cf6fc.webp?v=1770087213","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dark-skies-places-practices-communities-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}