How a Book is Made
How does a book go from a bunch of Word documents to a printed and bound volume? The LPP team outline the stages of the book production process.
Ending Educational Inequities
The COVID-19 pandemic reproduced forms of educational exclusions by reiterating a “grammar of schooling”, yet it also offered an opportunity for teaching professionals to use their creativity and brilliance to rewrite it. Pushing back on educational inequities, these stories offer hope of more just and inclusive classrooms now and in the future.
The Autistic Way of Proceeding
Parents and medical professionals often look upon autistic behaviour as problematic, and sometimes harmful. They see "treatment" as a way to change the behaviour, measured externally by someone other than the autistic person. Jim Hoerricks offers a different perspective, from personal and professional lived experience.
Come Meet David Parker at the UKSG 46th Annual Conference and Exhibition in Glasgow
Lived Places Publishing (LPP) will be exhibiting at this year’s UKSG Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, April 13-15.
Lived Places Publishing Announces First Three Books in their Disability Studies Collection
Lived Places Publishing is proud to announce the release of the first three books in their Disability Studies Collection, aimed at promoting a deeper understanding of disability issues and advocating for a more inclusive society.
Pre-session Breakfast Social: Special Invitation for Attendees | AAS 18 March 2023
LPP Collection Editor and Author Dr Dong Wang and LPP Founder David Parker invite you to a pre-session celebration at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Conference in Boston, MA.
Roundtable Discussion: Teaching and Publishing in Asia and Asian Studies | AAS 3/18/23
LPP Collection Editor and Author Dr Dong Wang and LPP Founder David Parker will be participating in a roundtable discussion at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Conference in Boston, MA.
To Assimilate or Not to Assimilate: An Anthropologist's Lived Experience
Lived Places Publishing author Dr. Farhana Hoque talks about the “Cycle of Rejection” and the reasons that an immigrant might resist assimilation into their new culture.
Gregory Freeland Interviewed on the “Leadership with Darrell W. Gunter” Show
Lived Places Publishing author Gregory L. Freeland was interviewed about his book, Music and Black Community in Segregated North Carolina.
David Parker at ER&L in Austin Mar 6
Come Meet David Parker at the Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) Conference, Austin, TX
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Author Identity Metadata: Why a Small Publisher Can Address a Major Challenge
David Parker leads a discussion about the potential for developing more robust catalog records and searchable fields in publishers' online catalogs – with author-generated and author-approved identity metadata.
The Cultural Legacy of Slavery: A Reflection on African American Identity and Family Heritage
In this conversation between Chris McAuley, Black Studies Collection Editor at Lived Places Publishing and Deirdre Foreman, author of My Cultural Legacy: Slave Culture and the American South, they explore the cultural legacy of enslaved Africans in the American South through an ethnoautobiographical reflection of Deirdre's own African American identity and family heritage.
A Different Approach to Funding Open Access eBooks
David Parker (LPP) and Bill Maltarich (NYU) talk about new models that are sustainable, equitable, and most importanly – do not rely on book processing charges (BPC).
The Risks and Rewards of African Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Africa’s Challenging Landscape
This free seminar features LPP author Ike Onyema Obi, a Nigerian entrepreneur whose path to business success reflects the challenges many emergent entrepreneurs face. He has mastered being resilient and agile in an African context – taking risks and seizing opportunities, filling knowledge voids by learning persistently, and shaping his networks to help grow his businesses.
David Parker Presenting at Latina/o Studies Association Conference in Tempe (Apr 20)
David Parker, Co-Founder of Lived Places Publishing will be participating in a panel on Publishing in Latinx Studies at this year’s Latina/o Studies Association Conference in Tempe, AZ on April 20.
Family Advocacy: Zero-Sum Parenting and Educational Equity
Family advocacy varies widely in relation to a family’s social identity and, as educators, we need to walk into the world of family advocacy directly and deliberately. Certain types of "unproductive" advocacy can pull resources and attention away from other forms of meaningful family advocacy.