Arts Handbooks

New and Published Handbooks

1. Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design

   Edited by Jesper Simonsen, Toni Robertson

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Participatory design is about the direct involvement of people in the co-design of the technologies they use. Its central concern is how collaborative design processes can be driven by the participation of the people affected by the technology designed. Embracing a diverse collection of principles...

   Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts

   Edited by Michael Biggs, Henrik Karlsson

   The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts is a major collection of new writings on research in the creative and performing arts by leading authorities from around the world. It provides theoretical and practical approaches to identifying, structuring and resolving some of the key issues in...

   Published January 5th 2012 by Routledge
3. Handbook on Sexual Violence

   Edited by Jennifer Brown, Sandra Walklate

   This book contextualizes the complexity of sexual violence within its broader context – from war to the resolution of interpersonal disputes – and covers a wide span including sexual harassment, bullying, rape and murder as well as domestic violence. Written by leading academics from a variety...

   Published October 18th 2011 by Routledge
4. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music

   Edited by Theodore Gracyk, Andrew Kania

   Series: Routledge Philosophy Companions

   The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics, subjects, thinkers and debates in philosophy and music. Over fifty entries by an international team of contributors are organised into six clear sections: general issues emotion...

   Published February 6th 2011 by Routledge
5. The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare

   Edited by John Russell Brown

   The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare is a major collaborative book about plays in performance. Thirty authoritative accounts describe in illuminating detail how some of theatre’s most talented directors have brought Shakespeare’s texts to the stage. Each chapter has a revealing story...

   Published April 25th 2010 by Routledge