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Experimental Practices in Interdisciplinary Art : Engaging the Margins /
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Experimental Practices in Interdisciplinary Art presents the work of contemporary artists who are committed to experimenting in the marginal areas where artmaking, practice-based research, and scholarship intersect. Some work in laboratory settings, some in studios, and some in wild landscapes or abandoned buildings. But all are committed to interrogating the way that art is created and positioned in a culture that continues to marginalize artists working across disciplinary boundaries. Their projects range from inquiries into the way surveillance technologies are used to reinforce power structures to collaboratories that help us to re-envision our relationship with the natural world and with each other. In reflecting on their wide-ranging explorations and unusual methods, these unique artists provide fruitful insights for bringing creativity to bear on issues of public import. See Less
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1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004708174
Egyptology in the present : experiential and experimental methods in archaeology /
: "The volume ... is the result of an innovative conference held at Swansea University in 2010; a conference which brought together leading craftspeople and academics to explore the all-too-often opposed practices of experimental and experiential archaeology. While the focus is upon Egyptology, the volume has a wider importance."--Page vii. : xxxviii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781910589021
Experimental archaeology : making, understanding, story-telling : proceedings of a workshop in experimental archaeology : Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens with UCD Centre for Experimental...
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In this text, based on the proceedings of a two-day workshop on experimental archaeology at the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens in 2017, scholars, artists and craftspeople explore how people in the past made things, used and discarded them, from prehistory to the Middle Ages.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (vi, 106 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781789693201 (PDF ebook) :
An experimental approach to archaeomorphometrics : with special reference to metapodials of artiodactyls in Sri Lanka /
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Measurements of bones and teeth play an important role in zooarchaeology. This study aims to publish a set of metapodial (Artiodactyl) measurements to facilitate comparisons with other bones from archaeological sites and to help the interpretation of measurement data; and to gain a better understanding of metric data.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (iii, 62 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803271910 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
The constructed past : experimental archaeology, education, and the public /
: Papers originally presented at the third World Archaeological Congress held in New Delhi, India in December 1994. : xx, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 0415117682 (hb)
Artistic practices and archaeological research /
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This volume - which has come about through a collaborative venture between Dragos Gheorghiu (archaeologist and professional visual artist) and Theodor Barth (anthropologist) - aims at expanding the field of archaeological research with an anthropological understanding of practices that include artistic methods.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (ii, 184 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789691412 (ebook) :
Phenomenology of perception : theories, experimental evidence, models /
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Phenomenology of Perception: Theories and Experimental Evidence reconstructs and reviews the phenomenological research of the Brentano School, Edgar Rubin, David Katz, Albert Michotte and Gestalt psychology. Phenomenology is commonly considered a philosophy of subjective experience, but this book presents it instead as a set of commitments for philosophy and science to discover the immanent grammar underlying the objective meaning of perception. Pioneering experimental results on the qualitative and quantitative structures of the perceptual world are collected to show that, contrary to the received assumption, phenomenology can be embedded in standard science. This book will therefore be of interest not only to phenomenologists but also to anyone concerned with epistemological and empirical issues in contemporary psychology and the cognitive sciences.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004332201 :
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Investigations into the dyeing industry in Pompeii : experimental archaeology and computer simulation techniques /
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The scale of processing associated with the dyeing industry in Pompeii is a controversial subject. To determine the scale of manufacturing would allow an understanding of the operation of Pompeii's economy and its part in the Roman World. Previous studies have taken a theoretical approach, and no conclusive answer has been reached. Conversely, this book uses a new multi-disciplinary triangulated approach. A replica was constructed to gauge the operating parameters of a dyeing apparatus within the framework of the principles of experimental archaeology. The remains were re-examined in situ with the new operational and ergonomics understanding. The replica was amended to allow exploration of design features and ventilation. The throughput of the apparatus was placed within the context of the industry with modern manufacturing systems theory.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : illustrations, maps. :
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9781789697438 (PDF ebook) :
Conversations and controversies in the scientific study of religion : collaborative and co-authored essays /
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Luther H. Martin and Donald Wiebe together have spent the better part of a century exploring possibilities for a scientific study of religion. The following essays are a record of their conversations together and of their conversations and controversies with a number of leading scholars in religious studies that address that possibility. As with any scientific endeavor, knowledge advances when research assumptions and experimental designs are collegially discussed and critically assessed. It is hoped that these essays might provide the occasion for scholars in the field to discuss the theoretical and methodological issues they have raised, to debate and expand upon them, or, in the spirit of forthright scientific inquiry, to refute the arguments they have made.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004310452 :
2214-3270 ; :
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Innovative approaches and explorations in ceramic studies /
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This text celebrates thirty years of Ceramic Ecology, an international symposium initiated at the 1986 American Anthropological Association. Contributions explore the application of instrumental techniques and experimental studies to analyze ceramics and follow innovative approaches to evaluate methods and theories.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (vi, 144 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784917371 (ebook) :
A Hundred Years of Avant-Gardes : The Literary Experiment in Poland and Beyond 1917-2017 /
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For many Central-European countries, the inter- and post-war periods marked the beginning of their statehood and entailed the laying of the foundations for literary language itself. Experimental tendencies became a laboratory of bold and ambiguous visions of the world, inspiring many artists to join in the process of rebuilding their communities. Unlike other parts of the world, in Poland experiments thus conceived were not just about contesting bourgeois habits and forms, or testing the boundaries of social and aesthetic conventions. On the contrary, revolutionary-oriented circles supported the building of new centres of intellectual life, joined the cultural mainstream in the broadest possible sense, and, with time, became an important point of reference for the entire panorama of literary and artistic life.
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1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004730380
Poétique de l'Oulipo /
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La critique générale tend à ignorer la production des membres de l'Oulipo en l'enfermant dans le paradigme des jeux et acrobaties de langage. La critique oulipienne, même si elle a déjà effectué des incursions notoires, reste encore assez embryonnaire. L'Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, dont les activités ne cessent depuis 1960, l'année de sa fondation, constitue un laboratoire unique d'expérimentation en matière de poésie et de prose. Né du mariage des mathématiques et de la littérature, l'Oulipo s'est tôt saisi des ressources de l'informatique, dans le but de rechercher de nouvelles formes et structures à mettre à la disposition des écrivains. La complexité et le caractère parfois abstrus de ses textes-prototypes font que la critique tend à gloser sur la ou les contraintes qui génèrent le texte, au détriment du produit fini. Cette Poétique de l'Oulipo veut offrir, pour la première fois, d'une manière synthétique et concise, les bases d'une étude linguistique plus approfondie des textes oulipiens, pour eux-mêmes, en tenant compte de leur mode de composition, mais sans pour autant que celui-ci élude l'intention littéraire qui subsiste derrière cette énonciation spécifique. Les cinq grandes lois opératoires de la composition oulipienne, définies dans cet ouvrage, permet-tront de mieux comprendre la Praxis du texte oulipien. Néanmois, nous voulons montrer qu'il est possible d'appréhender ces textes pour eux-mêmes, dans toute leur dimension poétique, sans ignorer leur contenu structurel, mais en valorisant leur aspect esthétique, sémantique, et bien sûr ludique. See Less
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1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004649088
Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan : Volume 5: Survey, Zooarchaeology and Ethnoarchaeology.
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In Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan, Volume 5 , the authors present their research in the areas of regional survey, salvage excavation, zooarchaeology, ceramic typology, experimental archaeology and ethnoarchaeology. This work illustrates areas threatened and later destroyed by modern development and is a contribution to heritage documentation. These studies illuminate aspects of family and town life in the Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine and Late Ottoman-Early Mandate periods in central Jordan.
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Description based upon print version of record. :
1 online resource (593 pages) :
9789004316201 :
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On prejudices, judgments, and other topics in philosophy /
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The volume contains almost thirty papers by Kazimierz Twardowski (1866-1938), the founder of the Lvov-Warsaw School. The papers are published in English for the first time. They stem from the Lvov period, which is often contrasted with the earlier Vienna period of Twardowski's scientific activity. Contrary to received opinion, the editors argue that the Lvov period is just as important as the Vienna period. Indeed, the scope of Twardowski's investigations was much broader and more profound in later years. The papers concern fundamental problems of philosophy: the methods of philosophizing, the boundary of psychology and semiotics, the conceptual apparatus of metaphysics, ethical skepticism, the question of free will and ethical obligation, the aesthetics of music and so on. The systematic considerations are complemented by concise but excellent sketches of the philosophical views of Socrates, Aquinas, Leibniz, Spencer, Nietzsche, and Bergson.
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1 online resource (396 pages) :
9789401212045 :
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The Jewish Vanguard : A Cultural Moment /
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The Jewish Vanguard brings to light a spirited cultural moment when Jewish writers and artists were at the forefront of the avant-garde. Blending literary theory, cultural history, and Jewish studies, this book reveals how these figures reimagined identity, politics, and tradition through radical artistic and intellectual experimentation. From mystical thought to progressive utopias, their ideas resonated far beyond their immediate circles, even as their contributions have been marginalised in mainstream narratives. Featuring original archival research and fresh case studies, The Jewish Vanguard offers a compelling new perspective on Jewish participation on the early 20th-century cultural arena, challenging conventional views and opening new paths in avant-garde and cultural studies.
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1 online resource (120 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004744554
Rural History of Soviet Central Asia: Land Reform and Agricultural Change in Early Soviet Uzbekistan /
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In the mid-1920s, Uzbekistan's countryside experienced a 'land reform', which aimed at solving rural poverty and satisfying radical fringes among peasants and Party, while sustaining agricultural output, especially for cotton. This book analyses the decision-making process underpinning the reform, its implementation, and economic and social effects. The reform must be understood against the background of the wreckage caused by war and revolution, and linked to subsequent policies of 'land organisation' and regime-sponsored 'class struggle'. Overall, this is the first comprehensive account of early Soviet policy in Central Asia's agricultural heartland, encompassing land rights, irrigation, credit, resettlement, and the co-operative system.
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1 online resource (650 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004714250
Elemental World Cinema : Cinematic Entanglements of Earth, Fire, Water and Air /
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This is the first book-length study on the relationship between cinema and the classical elements. It centres on earth, fire, water and air to offer new perspectives on the intersection of film and the nonhuman in a time of climate emergency. Mobilising a range of analytical frameworks, including early film theory, Indigenous epistemologies and environmental sciences, the essays in this collection trace the complex agencies of the elements as they intersect with the material properties of the cinematic image across fiction, animation, documentary and experimental film. In doing so, the book positions elemental cinema as a multifaceted process and experience that might encompass attempts to think with, alongside or even 'like' the elemental, all the while recognising the limitations of our anthropocentric systems of meaning.
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1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004735125