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Alicia Colson deposited Do not make snap decisions about what you are seeing: how digital analysis of the images from the Canadian Shield highlights the difficulties in classifying shapes in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThe act of classification has the widest implications for scholarship. Whatever the format, it involves the totality of our being. The use of our eyes indicates that decisions about whatever it is that we observe have already been made. Yet the interaction between the mechanical act of seeing and the mind or memory has rarely been registered. An…[Read more]
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Alicia Colson deposited WHAT DO THESE SYMBOLS MEAN? A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE IMAGES FOUND ON THE ROCKS OF THE CANADIAN SHIELD WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE PICTOGRAPHS OF THE LAKE OF THE WOODS in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoReview of the literature on pictograph sites in the Canadian Shield with specific reference to those found in the Lake of the Woods, in north-western Ontario, Canada.
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Alicia Colson deposited Shifting perspectives: method, media and the complex image in the group
Historical theory and the philosophy of history on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThis article argues that the analysis of a threedimensional image demanded a three-dimensional approach. The authors realise that discussions of images and image processing inveterately conceptualise representation as being flat, static, and finite. The authors recognise the need for a fresh acuteness to three-dimensionality as a meaningful – a…[Read more]
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Alicia Colson deposited Shifting perspectives: method, media and the complex image in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThis article argues that the analysis of a threedimensional image demanded a three-dimensional approach. The authors realise that discussions of images and image processing inveterately conceptualise representation as being flat, static, and finite. The authors recognise the need for a fresh acuteness to three-dimensionality as a meaningful – a…[Read more]
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Alicia Colson deposited What is a Heritage River? in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoEssay on the NiCHE-Canada website: https://niche-canada.org/2023/10/30/what-is-a-heritage-river/
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Alicia Colson deposited Review of Susan M. Kooiman. Ancient Pottery, Cuisine, and Society at the Northern Great Lakes. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2021. Illustrations, tables. 240 pp. $34.99, e-book, ISBN 978-0-268-20147-0. in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoBook review
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Alicia Colson deposited Identifying Stories: The Challenges of New Sites, New Images and Different Interpretations of the images found on Pictograph sites in Lake of the Woods, Central Canada. in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThis article discusses four pictograph sites in the Lake of the Woods where the images were interpreted by several Indigenous peoples.
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Tiago Queimada e Silva deposited Lectio praecursoria: The Good Noblemen Who Conquered the Kingdom: Islam, Historiography, and Aristocratic Legitimation in Late-Medieval Portugal in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThis text consists of the ‘lectio praecursoria’ given at the defense of my doctoral dissertation “The Good Noblemen Who Conquered the Kingdom: Islam, Historiography, and Aristocratic Legitimation in Late-Medieval Portugal”. This dissertation deals with aristocratic historiography and political legitimation in late-medieval Portugal (late…[Read more]
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Eliseo Ferrer deposited Interview: Entrevista a ELISEO FERRER, autor de SACRIFICIO Y DRAMA DEL REY SAGRADO. in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoFour intense pages (Revista RELACIONES, Montevideo) in which an atheist materialist speaks in depth about Christianity, religion and the anthropological phenomenon of the sacred.
Entrevista a ELISEO FERRER, autor de SACRIFICIO Y DRAMA DEL REY SAGRADO.
A propósito del largo itinerario temporal de «la genealogía, la antropología y la his…[Read more] -
Eliseo Ferrer deposited Interview: Entrevista a ELISEO FERRER, autor de SACRIFICIO Y DRAMA DEL REY SAGRADO. in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoFour intense pages (Revista RELACIONES, Montevideo) in which an atheist materialist speaks in depth about Christianity, religion and the anthropological phenomenon of the sacred.
Entrevista a ELISEO FERRER, autor de SACRIFICIO Y DRAMA DEL REY SAGRADO.
A propósito del largo itinerario temporal de «la genealogía, la antropología y la his…[Read more] -
Mark Beumer deposited From Mithras to Jesus. Ritual Dynamics of Christmas in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoAt Christmas, Christians celebrate that Jesus was born on December 25 as the son of God andthe Virgin Mary. But this event is not unique. In this article, I show that the birth of Jesus hasseveral non-Christian predecessors, whereby various elements of the ritual dynamics have beenChristianized and implemented into the figure we know today as Jesus Christ.
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Jörg Matthias Determann started the topic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History in the discussion
Science and Technology Studies (STS) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoDear friends and colleagues,
It is with the deepest gratitude that I announce the publication of my new book entitled Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History (Springer, 2023). Free review copies are available.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History
Key points:
Tells the modern…[Read more]
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Jörg Matthias Determann started the topic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History in the discussion
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoDear friends and colleagues,
It is with the deepest gratitude that I announce the publication of my new book entitled Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History (Springer, 2023). Free review copies are available.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History
Key points:
Tells the modern history of…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Arctic Hunter Gatherer beliefs in animal spirits as “Human relationships with the natural world which are embedded in the Arctic Hunter Gatherer Society and family roles (Erica Hill) as social consciousness in context of William James “Practical Use” Prin in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoErica Hill emphasizes, “Their thoughts and actions established and maintained relationships with prey animals and may be more productively conceptualized as dynamic social behaviours embedded within the context of daily life than as privileged ritual acts.”
It would appear readily apparent that in many different ways spiritual and religious bel…[Read more] -
Charles Peck Jr deposited New Approach to Spirituality (practical use) Counterpoint to materialist maxim “All spirituality is unreal” – spirituality with real world context (Muzafer Sherif) and Practical Use (William James) J E Kennedy “Very little research” on people in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoDr Farra “Our models are out reality. But our models are not reality!” That coincides with the immortal philosopher Kant who argue we do not perceive the real world – but “representations” of the real world. Similarly, Bargh – from unconscious research – emphasizes mental categories and norms/stereotypes. Jung emphasizes symbols – which he argues…[Read more]
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Elisabeth Moreau deposited Temperament and the Senses: The Taste, Odor and Color of Drugs in Late-Renaissance Galenism in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoAccording to the medical tradition, the temperament of bodies came from the balance of their primary qualities – hot, cold, dry, and moist. However, physicians associated additional sensory properties with temperament in the field of pharmacology. These sensations included taste, color, and odor, which allow an appraisal of the constitution and a…[Read more]
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Pruritus Migrans deposited Criminally Insane AssassinS in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoCriminally Insane AssassinS * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-ND
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Pruritus Migrans deposited 1963.11.22-12:30 in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months ago1963.11.22-12:30 * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-SA
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Pruritus Migrans deposited JUSTICE FOR ALL! in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoJUSTICE FOR ALL! * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-SA
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