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  1. Information and Empire : Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600-1854
    Contributor: Franklin, Simon (Publisher); Bowers, Katherine (Publisher)
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  Open Book Publishers

    "From the mid-sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Russia was transformed from a moderate-sized, land-locked principality into the largest empire on earth. How did systems of information and communication shape and reflect this extraordinary... more

     

    "From the mid-sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Russia was transformed from a moderate-sized, land-locked principality into the largest empire on earth. How did systems of information and communication shape and reflect this extraordinary change? Information and Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600-1850 brings together a range of contributions to shed some light on this complex question. Communication networks such as the postal service and the gathering and circulation of news are examined alongside the growth of a bureaucratic apparatus that informed the government about its country and its people. The inscription of space is considered from the point of view of mapping and the changing public ‘graphosphere’ of signs and monuments. More than a series of institutional histories, this book is concerned with the way Russia discovered itself, envisioned itself and represented itself to its people.

    Innovative and scholarly, this collection breaks new ground in its approach to communication and information as a field of study in Russia. More broadly, it is an accessible contribution to pre-modern information studies, taking as its basis a country whose history often serves to challenge habitual Western models of development. It is important reading not only for specialists in Russian Studies, but also for students and non-Russianists who are interested in the history of information and communications."

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Contributor: Franklin, Simon (Publisher); Bowers, Katherine (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Social & cultural history; Cultural studies
    Other subjects: news circulation; postal service; russian empire; maps and atlases; history of communication; information; signs and monuments; communication; Apothecary; Grand Duchy of Moscow; Moscow; Saint Petersburg
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (444 p.)
  2. The Spectral Arctic : A History of dreams and ghosts in polar exploration
    Author: McCorristine, Shane
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  UCL Press

    Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith.... more

     

    Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the Northwest Passage. The narratives of Arctic exploration that we are all familiar with today are just the tip of the iceberg: they disguise a great mass of mysterious and dimly lit stories beneath the surface. In contrast to oft-told tales of heroism and disaster, this book reveals the hidden stories of dreaming and haunted explorers, of frozen mummies, of rescue balloons, visits to Inuit shamans, and of the entranced female clairvoyants who travelled to the Arctic in search of John Franklin’s lost expedition. Through new readings of archival documents, exploration narratives, and fictional texts, these spectral stories reflect the complex ways that men and women actually thought about the far North in the past. This revisionist historical account allows us to make sense of current cultural and political concerns in the Canadian Arctic about the location of Franklin’s ships.

     
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  3. Die Poesie der Dinge : Ziele und Strategien der Wissensvermittlung im lateinischen Lehrgedicht der Frühen Neuzeit
    Contributor: Markevičiūtė, Ramunė (Publisher); Roling, Bernd (Publisher)
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston

    Distillation flasks, sugar cane mills, and the brain – the scientific revolution created a spectacular range of themes, even in a traditional genre such as didactic poetry. In this volume, internationally renowned researchers in Latin didactic poetry... more

     

    Distillation flasks, sugar cane mills, and the brain – the scientific revolution created a spectacular range of themes, even in a traditional genre such as didactic poetry. In this volume, internationally renowned researchers in Latin didactic poetry examine the many facets of early modern scientific poetry and offer insights on these previously neglected texts.

     
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  4. Waltzing Through Europe : Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth-Century
    Contributor: Bakka, Egil (Publisher); Buckland, Theresa Jill (Publisher); Saarikoski, Helena (Publisher); Von Bibra Wharton, Anne (Publisher)
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Open Book Publishers

    "From ‘folk devils’ to ballroom dancers, Waltzing Through Europe explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards. A refreshing intervention in dance studies, this book brings together... more

     

    "From ‘folk devils’ to ballroom dancers, Waltzing Through Europe explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards. A refreshing intervention in dance studies, this book brings together elements of historiography, cultural memory, folklore, and dance across comparatively narrow but markedly heterogeneous localities. Rooted in investigations of often newly discovered primary sources, the essays afford many opportunities to compare sociocultural and political reactions to the arrival and practice of popular rotating couple dances, such as the Waltz and the Polka. Leading contributors provide a transnational and affective lens onto strikingly diverse topics, ranging from the evolution of romantic couple dances in Croatia, and Strauss’s visits to Hamburg and Altona in the 1830s, to dance as a tool of cultural preservation and expression in twentieth-century Finland. Waltzing Through Europe creates openings for fresh collaborations in dance historiography and cultural history across fields and genres. It is essential reading for researchers of dance in central and northern Europe, while also appealing to the general reader who wants to learn more about the vibrant histories of these familiar dance forms.

     

    Discourses We Live By approaches these questions through narrative research, in a process that uses words, images, activities or artefacts to ask people – either individually or collectively within social groupings – to examine, discuss, portray or otherwise make public their place in the world, their sense of belonging to (and identity within) the physical and cultural space they inhabit.

     

    This book is a rich and multifaceted collection of twenty-eight chapters that use varied lenses to examine the discourses that shape people’s lives. The contributors are themselves from many backgrounds – different academic disciplines within the humanities and social sciences, diverse professional practices and a range of countries and cultures. They represent a broad spectrum of age, status and outlook, and variously apply their research methods – but share a common interest in people, their lives, thoughts and actions. Gathering such eclectic experiences as those of student-teachers in Kenya, a released prisoner in Denmark, academics in Colombia, a group of migrants learning English, and gambling addiction support-workers in Italy, alongside more mainstream educational themes, the book presents a fascinating array of insights.

     

    Discourses We Live By will be essential reading for adult educators and practitioners, those involved with educational and professional practice, narrative researchers, and many sociologists. It will appeal to all who want to know how narratives shape the way we live and the way we talk about our lives."

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Contributor: Bakka, Egil (Publisher); Buckland, Theresa Jill (Publisher); Saarikoski, Helena (Publisher); Von Bibra Wharton, Anne (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Dance; Social & cultural history; Europe; Modern period, c 1500 onwards
    Other subjects: dance studies; historiography; cultural memory; folklore; dance; Waltz; Polka
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (494 p.)
  5. Guimarães Rosa und Meyer-Clason : Literatur, Demokratie, ZusammenLebenswissen
    Contributor: Ette, Ottmar (Publisher); Astor Soethe, Paulo (Publisher)
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston

    This edited volume, which features essays from prominent German, Brazilian, and Portuguese scholars, deals with the personal relations and intensive intellectual collaboration between Joao Guimaraes Rosa (1908–1967) and his German translator Curt... more

     

    This edited volume, which features essays from prominent German, Brazilian, and Portuguese scholars, deals with the personal relations and intensive intellectual collaboration between Joao Guimaraes Rosa (1908–1967) and his German translator Curt Meyer-Clason (1910–2012), a special case of German–Brazilian cultural exchange.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Contributor: Ette, Ottmar (Publisher); Astor Soethe, Paulo (Publisher)
    Language: German
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783110677713
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    Subjects: Literature: history & criticism; Social & cultural history
    Other subjects: Guimarães Rosa, João; Meyer-Clason, Curt; Brazil–Germany relations; Literary reception
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (284 p.)
  6. Das «Prohemium longum» des Erfurter Kartaeuserkatalogs aus der Zeit um 1475 : Edition und Untersuchung - Teil I und II
    Author: Märker, Almuth
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Bern

    Als herausragendes Beispiel mittelalterlicher Bibliothekskataloge gilt der um 1475 angelegte Katalog der Erfurter Kartause. Für ihn entstand zeitgleich ein einführendes Prohemium longum. Das Prohemium longum ist ein wichtiger Text geistlicher... more

     

    Als herausragendes Beispiel mittelalterlicher Bibliothekskataloge gilt der um 1475 angelegte Katalog der Erfurter Kartause. Für ihn entstand zeitgleich ein einführendes Prohemium longum. Das Prohemium longum ist ein wichtiger Text geistlicher Literatur und erweist sich als bedeutender Beitrag zum Verständnis kartäusischer Spiritualität am Ausgang des Mittelalters. Die vorliegende Arbeit liefert die erstmalige und vollständige Edition seines lateinischen Texts. Ergänzt wird diese mit Untersuchungen zu Fragen des Textverständnisses: Was weiss man über den Verfasser? Mit welcher Intention schrieb er? Ein Kapitel widmet sich der Kompilationsmethode, mit der das Prohemium verfasst wurde, ein weiteres der Darstellungsweise. Schliesslich gehen drei umfangreiche Abschnitte zentralen Begriffen des Texts und deren zeitgenössischer Bewertung nach: ignorancia, theologia mistica und lectio et studium.

     
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  7. Dietro al microfono. Intellettuali italiani alla Radio svizzera (1930-1980)
    Author: Valsangiacomo, Nelly
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona

    A gripping essay on the role that Italian intellectuals played in the organization and scheduling of Swiss public radio between the Fascist period and the so-called Anni di Piombo (Years of Lead). The book What was the role of Italian intellectuals... more

     

    A gripping essay on the role that Italian intellectuals played in the organization and scheduling of Swiss public radio between the Fascist period and the so-called Anni di Piombo (Years of Lead). The book

    What was the role of Italian intellectuals in the history of Swiss radio broadcasting culture? And what images of Switzerland and Italy were conveyed between 1930 and 1980?

    Ever since it began in the 1930s, Italian-language Swiss radio, a national public service broadcaster addressed to a linguistic minority, drew from intellectual resources external to its own political borders, a characteristic that contributed to defining its profile. During the Fascist period, for example, Italian intellectuals could express themselves from the microphones of this radio with a freedom that they were not allowed in their home country: Benedetto Croce’s 1936 speech is a memorable case in point. Subse-quently, when the interview and debate formats tended to undermine that of the radio lecture, journalists and writers such as Pier Paolo Pasolini and Eugenio Montale took advantage of the debating space that Swiss Italy offered them.

    By analysing the written and audio sources, many of which unpublished, Nelly Valsangiacomo’s essay reconstructs a complex as well as fascinating radio broadcasting panorama, brought to life by the voices of some of the greatest Italian intellectuals, such as Elio Vittorini, Maria Corti, Indro Montanelli, and Dario Fo. Voices that can now be listened to once again thanks to a web page completing the book: www.rsi.ch/dietroalmicrofono (Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana/Italian-language Swiss Radio and Television) Qual è stato il ruolo degli intellettuali italiani nella storia della cultura radiofonica svizzera? E quali immagini della Svizzera e dell’Italia sono state veicolate tra il 1930 e il 1980? Fin dai suoi esordi negli anni Trenta, la Radio svizzera di lingua italiana, emittente nazionale di servizio pubblico rivolta a una minoranza linguistica, attinse a risorse intellettuali esterne alle proprie frontiere politiche, caratteristica che contribuì a definirne il profilo. Durante il ventennio fascista, ad esempio, gli intellettuali italiani poterono esprimersi ai microfoni di questa radio con una libertà che in Patria non si sarebbero concessi: memorabile in tal senso il discorso di Benedetto Croce del 1936. In seguito, quando le forme dell’intervista e del dibatti-to tenderanno a scalzare quella della conferenza radiofonica, saranno giornalisti e scrittori come Pier Paolo Pasolini o Eugenio Montale ad approfittare di quello spazio di confronto che la Svizzera italiana offriva loro.

    Attraverso l’analisi delle fonti scritte e sonore, molte delle quali inedite, il saggio di Nelly Va-lsangiacomo ricostruisce un panorama radiofonico complesso e affascinante, animato dalle voci di alcuni tra i più grandi intellettuali italiani, come Elio Vittorini, Maria Corti, Indro Montanelli e Dario Fo. Voci che ora possono essere riascoltate grazie a una pagina web creata a complemento del volume: www.rsi.ch/dietroalmicrofono.

     
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  8. Kiistellyt tiet terveyteen: Parantamisen monimuotoisuus globaalihistoriassa
    Contributor: Kananoja, Kalle (Publisher); Hokkanen, Markku (Publisher)
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  Finnish Literature Society / SKS, Helsinki, Finland

    "Health and healing have been central concerns throughout human history. Individuals and societies have devised multiple ways to health. Healing practices have often been linked to questions of knowledge, power, politics, and morals. The limits of... more

     

    "Health and healing have been central concerns throughout human history. Individuals and societies have devised multiple ways to health. Healing practices have often been linked to questions of knowledge, power, politics, and morals. The limits of acceptable healing have been contested by men and women, priests and doctors, elites and commoners, indigenous peoples and colonialists. Successful healers have sometimes been labeled as witches, quacks, or dangerous political agitators. The contributions in this volume concentrate on healing in global history with case studies about Finland, southern Asia and Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean and North America. They discuss medical pluralism and consider the arguments for and against individual healers and different healing systems. The authors focus on the popularity of medical systems, the appropriation and adoption of healing practices in cross-cultural contexts, and the prohibition of certain forms of healing.

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    Contributor: Kananoja, Kalle (Publisher); Hokkanen, Markku (Publisher)
    Language: Finnish
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789522229083; 9789522228796
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    Subjects: Social & cultural history; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Public health & preventive medicine; Complementary medicine
    Other subjects: cultural anthropology; healing; medical anthropology; public health; sociocultural factors; folk medicine
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (356 p.)
  9. Historische Kulturwissenschaften. Positionen, Praktiken und Perspektiven
    Contributor: Dreyer, Mechthild (Publisher); Kusber, Jan (Publisher); Rogge, Jörg (Publisher); Hütig, Andreas (Publisher)
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, Germany

    Culture, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, Theory of History, History Der Begriff »Kulturwissenschaften« wird gegenwärtig in Kontexten genutzt, in denen gegen die fortschreitende Spezialisierung insbesondere in den... more

     

    Culture, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, Theory of History, History Der Begriff »Kulturwissenschaften« wird gegenwärtig in Kontexten genutzt, in denen gegen die fortschreitende Spezialisierung insbesondere in den Geisteswissenschaften und gegen die damit einhergehende Fragmentierung des Wissens plädiert wird. Neben einer Perspektivierung der einzelnen Disziplinen als Kulturwissenschaften im Plural wird aber auch eine Art Dachdisziplin »Kulturwissenschaft« als wesentlich für die Modernisierung der Geisteswissenschaften diskutiert. Aus disziplinärer Perspektive loten die Beiträge dieses Bandes Möglichkeiten und Grenzen kulturwissenschaftlichen Arbeitens aus. Sie finden zu einer interdisziplinären Verständigung aus einer dezidiert historischen Sicht, die scheinbar disparate Geisteswissenschaften integriert.

     
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    Source: OAPEN; transcript Open Access
    Contributor: Dreyer, Mechthild (Publisher); Kusber, Jan (Publisher); Rogge, Jörg (Publisher); Hütig, Andreas (Publisher)
    Language: German
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783839414415
    Other identifier:
    Subjects: Social & cultural history; Cultural studies
    Other subjects: cultural studies; culture; history; kulturtheorie; cultural history; kulturwissenschaften; geschichtswissenschaft; cultural theory; kulturwissenschaft; theory of history; geschichtstheorie; kultur; interdisziplinarität; geschichte; kulturgeschichte; Kulturwissenschaft
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (386 p.)
  10. Arrangierte Liebe : Leitfaden zur Sonderausstellung in der Ethnologischen Sammlung der Universität Göttingen
    Contributor: Racz, Julia (Publisher); Krüger, Gundolf (Publisher)
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Universitätsverlag Göttingen

    „Arranged Love“ deals with cross-cultural differences in understanding romantic love. All over the world we can find ideas of romantic love expressed by arts, poetry or material objects. The present publication attempts to show the varieties of... more

     

    „Arranged Love“ deals with cross-cultural differences in understanding romantic love. All over the world we can find ideas of romantic love expressed by arts, poetry or material objects. The present publication attempts to show the varieties of romantic love exemplified by artifacts of Ethnographical collection of the Göttingen University’s Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology. Überall auf der Welt träumen Menschen von der großen Liebe. Wie sie ihre Gefühle ausleben, ist von Kultur zu Kultur verschieden. Vorstellungen von Liebe und romantische Ideen werden vor allem durch Kunst, Literatur und Musik überliefert. Schönheitsideale und Liebessymbole prägen unsere Wahrnehmung, und auch Gegenständliches beeinfl usst unser Verhalten im Alltag. Anhand von ausgewählten Exponaten aus Asien, Afrika und Ozeanien, die aus der Ethnologischen Sammlung der Universität Göttingen stammen, wird versucht, folgenden Fragen nachzugehen: Wie verhält es sich mit romantischer Liebe in Gesellschaften, in denen die Anbahnung von Beziehungen und schließlich Ehen arrangiert werden? Wie drückt sich diese Liebe aus? Und welchem Wandel unterliegt sie?

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Contributor: Racz, Julia (Publisher); Krüger, Gundolf (Publisher)
    Language: German
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Folk art; Social & cultural history; Society & social sciences
    Other subjects: Romantic Love; Marriage; Ethnology
  11. Cultivating political and public identity: Why plumage matters
    Author: Barker, Rodney
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  Manchester University Press

    "Throughout the twentieth century, everyone from Marxists to economic individualists assumed that social and political activity was driven by the rational pursuit of material gain. Today, the fundamental importance of the cultivation and preservation... more

     

    "Throughout the twentieth century, everyone from Marxists to economic individualists assumed that social and political activity was driven by the rational pursuit of material gain. Today, the fundamental importance of the cultivation and preservation of identity is finally re-emerging. In this book, Rodney Barker explores the rich fabric of speech, dress, diet and the built environment from which human identity is made. The colour of a scarf or the accent of a conversation can unite people or divide them, and the smallest detail can play its part in signalling who are allies and who are enemies. Identity simultaneously generates equality and inequality – it is both the engine of public life and the cause of its confusion and conflict – and a better understanding of its subtleties is crucial if we are to confront the tensions that it produces in society.

     

    Synthesising methods and ideas from numerous disciplines – including history, political science, anthropology, law and sociology – Barker presents a picture of human life as more than just a collection of material interests. His ultimate aim is to show that no human activity is trivial or meaningless, that everything counts and plumage matters."

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Social & cultural history; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Political science & theory
    Other subjects: citizenship; speech; community; politics; identity politics; dress; religion; food; identity; social cohesion
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (272 p.)
  12. Representations of Finnishness in Sweden
    Author: Weckström, Lotta
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Finnish Literature Society / SKS, Helsinki

    "More than half a million Swedes – one in twenty – is of Finnish descent. This book explores Finnishness, multilingualism and identities of young people with Finnish background in Sweden. What does it mean to grow up in a Finnish family in Sweden?... more

     

    "More than half a million Swedes – one in twenty – is of Finnish descent. This book explores Finnishness, multilingualism and identities of young people with Finnish background in Sweden. What does it mean to grow up in a Finnish family in Sweden? Who are ‘real Finns’ and what does it take to be(come) one? Is a shared minority language essential for the survival of the minority, or can a minority culture stay viable without it? What is Finnishness and who, in the end, can define ethnicity? How to make sense of, and how to present interviews that are rich with imitations of accents, jokes and laughter? Representations of Finnishness is Sweden is an ethnographic interview study in the domain of applied language studies. This book is aimed at readers interested in sociolinguistics, linguistic ethnography, and the study of identities. Interviewees’ voices take a central position in this book and interview excerpts are used not only as illustrations, but also serve as starting points for discussing broader theoretical concepts.

    The author, Dr. Lotta Weckström, grew up bilingual – Finnish and Swedish – in Finland. She studied linguistics and migration studies in Germany and the Netherlands, and in this longitudinal study encompasses her expertise."

     
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  13. Experiments in self-determination: Histories of the outstation movement in Australia
    Author: Peterson, Nicolas; Myers, Fred
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  ANU Press

    Outstations, which dramatically increased in numbers in the 1970s, are small, decentralised and relatively permanent communities of kin established by Aboriginal people on land that has social, cultural or economic significance to them. In 2015 they... more

     

    Outstations, which dramatically increased in numbers in the 1970s, are small, decentralised and relatively permanent communities of kin established by Aboriginal people on land that has social, cultural or economic significance to them. In 2015 they yet again came under attack, this time as an expensive lifestyle choice that can no longer be supported by state governments. Yet outstations are the original, and most striking, manifestation of remote-area Aboriginal people’s aspirations for self-determination, and of the life projects by which they seek, and have sought, autonomy in deciding the meaning of their life independently of projects promoted by the state and market. They are not simply projects of isolation from outside influences, as they have sometimes been characterised, but attempts by people to take control of the course of their lives. In the sometimes acrimonious debates about outstations, the lived experiences, motivations and histories of existing communities are missing. For this reason, we invited a number of anthropological witnesses to the early period in which outstations gained a purchase in remote Australia to provide accounts of what these communities were like, and what their residents’ aspirations and experiences were. Our hope is that these closer-to-the-ground accounts provide insight into, and understanding of, what Indigenous aspirations were in the establishment and organisation of these communities.

     
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  14. The First Fleet Piano: Volume One and Two
    Author: Lancaster, Geoffrey
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  ANU Press

    During the late eighteenth century, a musical–cultural phenomenon swept the globe. The English square piano—invented in the early 1760s by an entrepreneurial German guitar maker in London—not only became an indispensable part of social life, but also... more

     

    During the late eighteenth century, a musical–cultural phenomenon swept the globe. The English square piano—invented in the early 1760s by an entrepreneurial German guitar maker in London—not only became an indispensable part of social life, but also inspired the creation of an expressive and scintillating repertoire. Square pianos reinforced music as life’s counterpoint, and were played by royalty, by musicians of the highest calibre and by aspiring amateurs alike. On Sunday, 13 May 1787, a square piano departed from Portsmouth on board the Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet, bound for Botany Bay. Who made the First Fleet piano, and when was it made? Who owned it? Who played it, and who listened? What music did the instrument sound out, and within what contexts was its voice heard? What became of the First Fleet piano after its arrival on antipodean soil, and who played a part in the instrument’s subsequent history? Two extant instruments contend for the title ‘First Fleet piano’; which of these made the epic journey to Botany Bay in 1787–88? The First Fleet Piano: A Musician’s View answers these questions, and provides tantalising glimpses of social and cultural life both in Georgian England and in the early colony at Sydney Cove. The First Fleet piano is placed within the musical and social contexts for which it was created, and narratives of the individuals whose lives have been touched by the instrument are woven together into an account of the First Fleet piano’s conjunction with the forces of history. Note: Volume 1 and 2 are sold as a set ($120 for both) and cannot be purchased separately.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781925022483
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    Subjects: Australia; Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles; Australasian & Pacific history; Social & cultural history
    Other subjects: music; first fleet; social history; piano
  15. Burials, Texts and Rituals : Ethnoarchaeological Investigations in North Bali, Indonesia
    Contributor: Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta (Publisher); Ardika, I Wayan (Publisher)
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Universitätsverlag Göttingen

    The villages on Bali’s north-east coast have a long history. Archaeological finds have shown that the coastal settlements of Tejakula District enjoyed trading relations with India as long as 2000 years ago or more. Royal decrees dating from the 10th... more

     

    The villages on Bali’s north-east coast have a long history. Archaeological finds have shown that the coastal settlements of Tejakula District enjoyed trading relations with India as long as 2000 years ago or more. Royal decrees dating from the 10th to the 12th century, inscribed on copper tablets and still preserved in the local villages as part of their religious heritage, bear witness to the fact that, over a period of over 1000 years, these played a major role as harbour and trading centres in the transmaritime trade between India and (probably) the Spice Islands. At the same time the inscriptions attest to the complexity in those days of Balinese society, with a hierarchical social organisation headed by a king who resided in the interior – precisely where, nobody knows. The interior was connected to the prosperous coastal settlements through a network of trade and ritual. The questions that faced the German-Balinese research team were first: Was there anything left over of this evidently glorious past? And second: Would our professional anthropological and archaeological research work be able to throw any more light on the vibrant past of these villages? This book is an attempt to answer both these and further questions on Bali’s coastal settlements, their history and culture. Desa-desa di pesisir timur laut Bali memiliki sejarah yang panjang. Penemuan arkeologi telah menunjukkan bahwa pemukiman pesisir di Distrik Tejakula menikmati hubungan perdagangan dengan India selama 2000 tahun yang lalu atau lebih. Dekrit kerajaan yang berasal dari abad ke-10 hingga ke-12, yang ditorehkan pada lempengan tembaga dan masih diawetkan di desa-desa setempat sebagai bagian dari warisan agama mereka, menjadi saksi fakta bahwa, selama lebih dari 1000 tahun, ini memainkan peran utama sebagai pelabuhan dan pusat perdagangan dalam perdagangan lintas waktu antara India dan (mungkin) Kepulauan Rempah. Pada saat yang sama prasasti tersebut membuktikan kompleksitas masyarakat Bali pada masa itu, dengan organisasi sosial hierarkis yang dipimpin oleh seorang raja yang bertempat tinggal di pedalaman - tepatnya di mana, tidak ada yang tahu. Interiornya terhubung dengan pemukiman pesisir yang makmur melalui jaringan perdagangan dan ritual. Pertanyaan yang dihadapi tim peneliti Jerman-Bali adalah pertama: Adakah yang tersisa dari masa lalu yang jelas gemilang ini? Dan kedua: Akankah penelitian antropologi dan arkeologi profesional kami dapat menjelaskan lebih jauh tentang masa lalu yang hidup di desa-desa ini? Buku ini adalah upaya untuk menjawab pertanyaan tersebut dan pertanyaan selanjutnya tentang pemukiman pesisir Bali, sejarah dan budayanya.

     
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    Contributor: Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta (Publisher); Ardika, I Wayan (Publisher)
    Language: English
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    Subjects: Social & cultural history; Society & social sciences; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
    Other subjects: Ethnoarcheology; Bali; Sembiran; Julah; Balinese people; Ratu
  16. Canada in the Frame : Copyright, Collections and the Image of Canada, 1895-1924
    Author: Hatfield, Philip J.
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  UCL Press

    Canada in the Frame explores a photographic collection held at the British Library that offers a unique view of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Canada. The collection, which contains in excess of 4,500 images, taken between 1895... more

     

    Canada in the Frame explores a photographic collection held at the British Library that offers a unique view of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Canada. The collection, which contains in excess of 4,500 images, taken between 1895 and 1923, covers a dynamic period in Canada’s national history and provides a variety of views of its landscapes, developing urban areas and peoples. Colonial Copyright Law was the driver by which these photographs were acquired; unmediated by curators, but rather by the eye of the photographer who created the image, they showcase a grass-roots view of Canada during its early history as a Confederation.

    Canada in the Frame describes this little-known collection and includes over 100 images from it. The author asks key questions about what it shows contemporary viewers of Canada and its photographic history, and about the peculiar view these photographs offer of a former part of the British Empire in a post-colonial age, viewed from the old ‘Heart of Empire’. Case studies are included on subjects such as urban centres, railroads and migration, which analyse the complex ways in which photographers approached their subjects, in the context of the relationship between Canada, the British Empire and photography.

     
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    ISBN: 9781787352995
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    Subjects: The arts; History; Regional & national history; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history
    Other subjects: Canada; Library; Photography; Archives; Copyright; British Empire; Postcard; Toronto
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (258 p.)
  17. Cultural Heritage Ethics : Between Theory and Practice
    Contributor: Constantine, Sandis (Publisher)
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Open Book Publishers

    "Theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind, to adapt a phrase from Immanuel Kant. The sentiment could not be truer of cultural heritage ethics. This intra-disciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice by... more

     

    "Theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind, to adapt a phrase from Immanuel Kant. The sentiment could not be truer of cultural heritage ethics. This intra-disciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice by bringing together a stellar cast of academics, activists, consultants, journalists, lawyers, and museum practitioners, each contributing their own expertise to the wider debate of what cultural heritage means in the twenty-first century. Cultural Heritage Ethics provides cutting-edge arguments built on case studies of cultural heritage and its management in a range of geographical and cultural contexts. Moreover, the volume feels the pulse of the debate on heritage ethics by discussing timely issues such as access, acquisition, archaeological practice, curatorship, education, ethnology, historiography, integrity, legislation, memory, museum management, ownership, preservation, protection, public trust, restitution, human rights, stewardship, and tourism.

    This volume is neither a textbook nor a manifesto for any particular approach to heritage ethics, but a snapshot of different positions and approaches that will inspire both thought and action. Cultural Heritage Ethics provides invaluable reading for students and teachers of philosophy of archaeology, history and moral philosophy – and for anyone interested in the theory and practice of cultural preservation."

     
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    Subjects: Museology & heritage studies; Social & cultural history; Cultural studies
    Other subjects: cultural heritage; ethics; curation; preservation; cultural heritage management; Acropolis; Athens; UNESCO; World Heritage Site
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (228 p.)
  18. Sakralmöbel aus Österreich: Von Tischlern und ihren Arbeiten im Zeitalter des Absolutismus. I: Östliche Landesteile
    Author: Bohr, Michael
    Published: 201710
    Publisher:  Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

    The study includes picture sources and written records to fully discuss the history of ecclesiastical interiors as well as the stylistic development of the furnishings in the early modern period. In addition, the study explores aspects relating to... more

     

    The study includes picture sources and written records to fully discuss the history of ecclesiastical interiors as well as the stylistic development of the furnishings in the early modern period. In addition, the study explores aspects relating to the social and economic history. Ausgehend von Bildquellen und schriftlichen Überlieferungen erörtert das Werk die Geschichte sakraler Interieurs und die stilistische Entwicklung des Mobiliars in der Frühen Neuzeit. Darüber hinaus werden wirtschafts- und sozialgeschichtliche Aspekte beleuchtet.

     
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  19. Hellenostephanos. Humanist Greek in Early Modern Europe : Learned Communities between Antiquity and Contemporary Culture
    Contributor: Päll, Janika (Publisher); Volt, Ivo (Publisher)
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  University of Tartu Press, Tartu

    The rebirth of Ancient Greek in Europe was promoted by Humanist education and ideas to such an extent that we can consider the Greek language as a formative element of Humanist culture. Next to Latin, the default common language, a Humanist has to... more

     

    The rebirth of Ancient Greek in Europe was promoted by Humanist education and ideas to such an extent that we can consider the Greek language as a formative element of Humanist culture. Next to Latin, the default common language, a Humanist has to know and use Greek, because he is not, cannot and will not be a barbarian: barbaros ou pelomai, as Julius Caesar Scaliger claimed in his verses in 1600. Wreaths (stephanoi) have been the symbols of the cult of Muses from ancient times. After the love for Greek Muses had been revived by Renaissance Humanist poets and scholars, it has remained with us both in poetic activity and in scholarship. The Hellenostephanos volume presents a collection of papers by scholars who study Humanist Greek, aspiring towards another revival of Hellenism, and trying to avoid being barbarians. The volume includes papers by Christian Gastgeber, Gita Bērziņa, Janika Päll, Charalampos Minaoglou, Erkki Sironen, Kaspar Kolk, Tua Korhonen, Johanna Akujärvi, Bartosz Awianowicz, Jean-Marie Flamand, Walther Ludwig, Alessandra Lukinovich, Martin Steinrück, Tomas Veteikis, Grigory Vorobyev, Vlado Rezar, Pieta van Beek, and Antoine Haaker.

     
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  20. The Internet Myth : From the Internet Imaginary to Network Ideologies
    Author: Bory, Paolo
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  University of Westminster Press, London

    ‘The Internet is broken and Paolo Bory knows how we got here. In a powerful book based on original research, Bory carefully documents the myths, imaginaries, and ideologies that shaped the material and cultural history of the Internet. As important... more

     

    ‘The Internet is broken and Paolo Bory knows how we got here. In a powerful book based on original research, Bory carefully documents the myths, imaginaries, and ideologies that shaped the material and cultural history of the Internet. As important as this book is to understand our shattered digital world, it is essential for those who would fix it.’ — Vincent Mosco, author of The Smart City in a Digital World The Internet Myth retraces and challenges the myth laying at the foundations of the network ideologies – the idea that networks, by themselves, are the main agents of social, economic, political and cultural change. By comparing and integrating different sources related to network histories, this book emphasizes how a dominant narrative has extensively contributed to the construction of the Internet myth while other visions of the networked society have been erased from the collective imaginary. The book decodes, analyzes and challenges the foundations of the network ideologies looking at how networks have been imagined, designed and promoted during the crucial phase of the 1990s. Three case studies are scrutinized so as to reveal the complexity of network imaginaries in this decade: the birth of the Web and the mythopoesis of its inventor; and the histories of two Italian networking projects, the infrastructural plan Socrate and the civic network Iperbole, the first to give free Internet access to citizens. The Internet Myth thereby provides a compelling and hidden sociohistorical narrative in order to challenge one of the most powerful myths of our time. This title has been published with the financial assistance of the Fondazione Hilda e Felice Vitali, Lugano, Switzerland.

     
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    Subjects: Communication studies; Ethical & social aspects of IT; History of ideas; Internet & WWW industries; Media studies; Social & cultural history
    Other subjects: media history; ideologies; Internet history; myth; Internet imaginary; networks
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (169 p.)
  21. ‘A world-proof life’
    Author: Wyndham, Marivic
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  UTS ePRESS, Broadway

    Eleanor Dark (1901-1985) is one of Australia's most celebrated writers of the inter-war years. Born with the twentieth century - a Federation baby - she published ten novels, amongst them one of the best loved Australian stories of all time, The... more

     

    Eleanor Dark (1901-1985) is one of Australia's most celebrated writers of the inter-war years. Born with the twentieth century - a Federation baby - she published ten novels, amongst them one of the best loved Australian stories of all time, The Timeless Land. Her life spanned successive global crises - two world wars, the economic depression of the 1930s, the Cold War - each issuing its own challenges to the artist and the people's writer she thought herself to be. By far the most privileged writer of her generation, her ultimate challenge was a personal one: to unlock the gates of her world-proof life to a society and a world in crisis. The first cross-cultural biography of this famous Australian writer, Marivic Wyndham's rich and controversial portrait of Eleanor Dark is based on extensive research of the author's public and private lives.

     
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  22. Envy, Poison, and Death : Women on Trial in Classical Athens
    Author: Eidinow, Esther
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    At the heart of this book are some trials conducted in Athens in the fourth century BCE. In each case, the charges involved a combination of supernatural activities, including potion-brewing and cult activity; the defendants were all women. Because... more

     

    At the heart of this book are some trials conducted in Athens in the fourth century BCE. In each case, the charges involved a combination of supernatural activities, including potion-brewing and cult activity; the defendants were all women. Because of the brevity of the ancient sources, and their lack of agreement, the precise charges are unclear; the reasons for taking these women to court, even condemning some of them to die, remain mysterious. This book takes the complexity and confusion of the evidence not as a riddle to be solved, but as revealing multiple social dynamics. It explores the changing factors—material, ideological, and psychological—that may have provoked these events. It focuses in particular on the dual role of envy (phthonos) and gossip as processes by which communities identified people and activities that were dangerous, and examines how and why those local, even individual, dynamics may have come to shape official civic decisions during a time of perceived hardship. At first sight so puzzling, these trials come to provide a vivid glimpse of the sociopolitical environment of Athens during the early to mid-fourth century BCE, including responses to changes in women’s status and behaviour, and attitudes to particular supernatural/religious activities within the city. This study reveals some of the characters, events, and local social processes that shaped an emergent concept of magic: it suggests that the legal boundary of acceptable behaviour was shifting, not only within the legal arena, but also with the active involvement of society beyond the courts.

     
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    Subjects: HBLA1; LAQ; HRKP3; JFSJ1; JHMC; HBTB; VXW; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Social & cultural history; Law & society
    Other subjects: Athens; women; magic; religion; law; courts; trial; fourth century; emotions; envy; phthonos; gossip
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (436 p.)
  23. Forbidden Literature : Case studies on censorship
    Contributor: Erlanson, Erik (Publisher); Helgason, Jon (Publisher); Henning, Peter (Publisher); Lindsköld, Linnéa (Publisher)
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Kriterium, Gothenburg

    "Freedom of the printed word is a defining feature of the modern world. Yet censorship and the suppression of literature never cease, and remain topical issues even in the most liberal of democracies. Today just as in the past, advances in media... more

     

    "Freedom of the printed word is a defining feature of the modern world. Yet censorship and the suppression of literature never cease, and remain topical issues even in the most liberal of democracies. Today just as in the past, advances in media technology are followed by new regulatory mechanisms. Similarly, any attempt to control cultural expression inevitably spurs fresh discussions about freedom of speech.

    In Forbidden Literature scholars from a variety of disciplines address censorship’s past and present, whether in liberal democracies or totalitarian regimes. Through in-depth case studies they trace a historical continuum in which literature reveals its two-sided nature: it demands both regulation and protection. The contributors investigate the logic of literary repression, particularly in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and analyse why it is thought essential to control literature. Moreover, the authors determine how literary practices are shaped and transformed by regulation and censorship."

     
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  24. The Web as History : Using Web Archives to Understand the Past and the Present
    Contributor: Schroeder, Ralph (Publisher); Brügger, Niels (Publisher)
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  UCL Press, London

    The World Wide Web has now been in use for more than 20 years. From early browsers to today’s principal source of information, entertainment and much else, the Web is an integral part of our daily lives, to the extent that some people believe ‘if... more

     

    The World Wide Web has now been in use for more than 20 years. From early browsers to today’s principal source of information, entertainment and much else, the Web is an integral part of our daily lives, to the extent that some people believe ‘if it’s not online, it doesn’t exist.’ While this statement is not entirely true, it is becoming increasingly accurate, and reflects the Web’s role as an indispensable treasure trove. It is curious, therefore, that historians and social scientists have thus far made little use of the Web to investigate historical patterns of culture and society, despite making good use of letters, novels, newspapers, radio and television programmes, and other pre-digital artefacts. This volume argues that now is the time to ask what we have learnt from the Web so far. The 12 chapters explore this topic from a number of interdisciplinary angles – through histories of national web spaces and case studies of different government and media domains – as well as an introduction that provides an overview of this exciting new area of research.

     
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    Contributor: Schroeder, Ralph (Publisher); Brügger, Niels (Publisher)
    Language: English
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    Format: Online
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    Subjects: Library, archive & information management; Social & cultural history; Media studies; Internet: general works
    Other subjects: world wide web; digital humanities; archive; communication; media and communications; Blog; Domain name; Hyperlink; Internet Archive; Web archiving; Yahoo! GeoCities
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (296 p.)
  25. Gli anni Sessanta a Leningrado
    Author: Stefania, Pavan
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Firenze University Press

    This book offers a portrait of Leningrad in the 1960s, of its cultural life in those years permeated by a great hope for change. Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, is the heir and witness of the rise and fall of the 'Soviet hope' for an authentic change,... more

     

    This book offers a portrait of Leningrad in the 1960s, of its cultural life in those years permeated by a great hope for change. Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, is the heir and witness of the rise and fall of the 'Soviet hope' for an authentic change, its evolution and its inevitable decline. Through an analysis of the poems of Iosif Brodskij, Stefania Pavan maps out the process that led the intelligencija of Leningrad to disclose their claims, to give shape to the intellectual conscience of the city, and that subsequently constrained them to adopt the opposite approach, concealing – in a semi-visible space and in the myriad modes of the 'samizdat' – the values, names and images of the hope of change. Through an analysis of the linguistic peculiarities of The dregs , one of the 'classic' short stories of Boris Ivanov, Simonetta Signorini proposes a micro-history of the Russian language in the 60s, to which the study carried out by Ljudmila Zubova on the poems of Viktor Sosnora makes a useful contribution. The essay by Irina Dvizova highlights an aspect of the culture of Leningrad that can be considered extremely topical, in terms both of argument and as a method of reading literary history: the relation between the city and the Dostoevskij museum. Il volume propone un ritratto di Leningrado degli anni Sessanta, della sua vita culturale nell'Unione Sovietica, in quegli anni attraversata da una forte speranza di cambiamento. Leningrado, oggi San Pietroburgo, è erede e testimone della parabola della 'speranza sovietica' di un mutamento autentico, del suo evolversi e inevitabile esaurirsi. Stefania Pavan, attraverso l'analisi dei versi di Iosif Brodskij, disegna il percorso che ha condotto l'intelligencija di Leningrado nel 'disvelare' le proprie istanze, nel dare forma alla coscienza intellettuale della Città, e che l'ha vista costretta ad adottare successivamente la via inversa, a 'celare' in uno spazio semivisibile e tramite infinite modalità del 'samizdat', i valori, i nomi e le immagini della speranza del cambiamento. Con l'analisi delle particolarità linguistiche di La feccia, uno dei racconti 'classici' di Boris Ivanov, Simonetta Signorini propone una micro-storia della lingua russa negli anni Sessanta, alla quale lo studio di Ljudmila Zubova condotto sui versi di Viktor Sosnora dà un utile contributo. Il saggio di Irina Dvizova mette in evidenza un aspetto della cultura di Leningrado che è da considerare molto attuale sia come argomento che come metodo di lettura della storia letteraria: il rapporto fra la città e il Museo Dostoevskij.

     
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    Language: Italian
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    Subjects: linguistics; Literary essays; Social & cultural history
    Other subjects: literature; russia; letteratura; poetry; poesia