Introduction for the Challenges of Metadata Distribution for Open-Access Books session.

Despite a lack of a traditional cinema culture, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has recently witnessed an increase in film production. This rise can be attributed to a number of factors, not least of which, is the opening of movie theaters, the establishment of international film festivals and the arrival of film companies. These ventures have…[Read more]

Despite a lack of a traditional cinema culture, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has recently witnessed an increase in film production. This rise can be attributed to a number of factors, not least of which, is the opening of movie theaters, the establishment of international film festivals and the arrival of film companies. These ventures have…[Read more]

Article about the Spanish composer, teacher and musicologist Felipe Pedrell, founder of the Modern Musicology in Spain

This book explores how young Cuban filmmakers have expanded the range of sexual subjectivities on screen. It analyzes cine joven (films made by young directors) from the late 1980s to the early 2020s, film reviews, articles, and materials from the Cinematheque of Cuba’s archive to illustrate the confluence of sexuality, cinema, and discourses of…[Read more]

This chapter argues that cultural appropriation can be an exploitative act but need not be; it all depends on what users do with Shakespeare. Due to the unequal status of the parties engaged in appropriative exchange, some appropriations deploy Shakespeare to protect conventional power structures. Appropriations are rarely negotiated on a level…[Read more]

Collaborative learning as a pedagogical method effectively reflects the communal character of the performing arts. By creating knowledge about Shakespearean performance collaboratively, students and educators lay claim to the ethics and ownership of that knowledge, an act that is particularly urgent and meaningful in the age of COVID-19 when we…[Read more]

एक अखबार को दिए गए साक्षात्कार में साई बाबा ने बताया था कि हैदराबाद में “मेरा राजनीतिक जीवन मंडल आयोग और आरक्षण की लड़ाई से शुरू हुआ।” जिसमें वसंथा भी उनके साथ शामिल थीं। उसी दौरान मार्च, 1991 में उन्होंने विवाह भी किया। वह लड़ाई वे आजीवन लड़ते रहे।

इसी प्रकार हैनी बाबू ने भी अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग के हितों की अनेक बड़ी लड़ाईयां, जिस…[Read more]

Literary translations work with, rather than out of, the space between languages. Translations evolve not only across linguistic and cultural borders but also across time. It is notable that Shakespeare’s own play texts feature translational properties that can be amplified in translation. This translingual property makes Shakespeare’s text inh…[Read more]

इक्कसवीं सदी के दूसरे दशक में भारत में महिषासुर आंदोलन द्विज संस्कृति के लिए चुनौती बनकर उभरा। इसके माध्यम से आदिवासियों, पिछड़ों और दलितों के एक बड़े हिस्से ने अपनी सांस्कृतिक दावेदारी पेश की।

लेकिन यह आंदोलन क्या है, इसकी जड़ें समाज में कहां तक फैली हैं, बहुजनों की सांस्कृतिक परंपरा में इसका क्या स्थान है, मौजूदा लोक-जीवन में महिषासुर क…[Read more]

महिषासुर आंदोलन के इस कदर अचानक फैल जाने का एक बड़ा कारण था कि बहुजन समाज में इन परंपराओं की जड़ें बहुत गहरी रही हैं और इनका प्रसार उसके अवचेतन तक रहा है। इन समुदायों से आने वाले फुले, आंबेडकर, पेरियार समेत सभी चिंतकों ने असुर-संस्कृति की न सिर्फ विस्तृत गवेषणा की है, बल्कि अगर आप ध्यान से देखें तो पाएंगे कि यही उनकी वैचारिकी का प्रस्थान…[Read more]

On the night of April 21, 2010, the powerful Jat community at Mirchpur in Haryana’s Hisar district attacked a Dalit colony. A 70-year-old man and his handicapped daughter were burnt alive in this fire. After that, the Dalits of Mirchpur had to leave the village and run away.

Scholar and journalist Pramod Ranjan visited Mirchpur in July 2012. He…[Read more]

On the night of April 21, 2010, the powerful Jat community at Mirchpur in Haryana’s Hisar district attacked a Dalit colony. A 70-year-old man and his handicapped daughter were burnt alive in this fire. After that, the Dalits of Mirchpur had to leave the village and run away.

Scholar and journalist Pramod Ranjan visited Mirchpur in July 2012. He…[Read more]

21 अप्रैल 2010 की रात को हरियाणा के हिसार जिला के मिर्चपुर में दबंग जाट समुदाय ने दलितों की बस्ती में लगा दी थी। इस अग्निकांड में 70 साल के बुर्जुग और उनकी अपंग बेटी जिंदा जला दिया गया था। उसके बाद मिर्चपुर के दलितों को गांव छोड़कर भागना पड़ा था।

अध्येता प्रमोद रंजन ने जुलाई, 2012 में मिर्चपुर का दौरा किया। वे जिला मुख्यालय हिसार में मिर…[Read more]

People who reach the highest positions in the Indian Army come from the upper castes. In the army, the fight for supremacy also goes on within them on the basis of caste. In 2012, the controversy regarding General VK Singh was the result of a similar caste war. These trends at the highest level of the military are dangerous for India’s security.

Research about the influence of the musicological outpput of relevant Researcher Constantin Floros

The present study, carefully edited, already announces in its title a very precise description of its subject. It is preceded by another, published in 2012 (La música en la Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor de Talavera de la Reina durante el siglo XVIII), in which the same author revealed the existence, until then little or not known, of an i…[Read more]