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Pramod Ranjan deposited कोविड 19: पत्रकारिता से क्यों गायब हैं सवाल in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years agoफ़रवरी, 2020 तक भारतीय अख़बारों में दुनिया में एक नये वायरस के फैलने की सूचना प्रमुखता से आने लगी थी।
अख़बारों ने हमें बताया कि कोविड-19 सबसे अधिक जानलेवा है। लेकिन यह नहीं बताया कि हमारी हिंदी पट्टी में टी.बी, चमकी बुख़ार, न्यूमोनिया, मलेरिया आदि से मरने वालों की एक विशाल संख्या है। इन बीमारियों से सिर्फ़ हिंदी पट्टी में हर साल 5 से 7 लाख…[Read more] -
José Angel GARCÍA LANDA started the topic Classical historians in the discussion
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years agoPolybius is a treasure trove of insights. This is a paper on his contribution to the theory of cultural evolution.
_____. “Evolución, anaciclosis y dialéctica social de la historia.” In García Landa, Vanity Fea 27 Dec. 2022.* https://vanityfea.blogspot.com/2022/12/evolucion-anaciclosis-y-dialectica.html 2022
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Vitus Angermeier deposited Slides: Epidemiology in the Bhelasaṃhitā: The Chapter on Distinctions According to Land and People in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years agoPresentation in the working group “History of Science in Early South Asia” at https://www.chstm.org/early-south-asia on Dec. 19th 2022.
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Darwin: Del Big Bang al hombre in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years agoNotas tomadas en la Jornada de la Obra Social de IberCaja en colaboración con el Instituto Francés, “Darwin: Del Big Bang al Hombre (2013); organizadas simultáneamente en la sede de IberCaja en Zaragoza, y en el ayuntamiento de Brive (Francia). Las ponencias de la primera parte de la jornada versan sobre el contexto histórico y científico de Char…[Read more]
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Susanne Wosnitzka deposited Beethovens und Mozarts verschollene Oboenkonzert-Manuskripte: Eine gemeinsame ‘heiße Spur’ in Augsburg in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoIm Jahr 2002 kam die fast verzweifelte Suche nach Beethovens verschollenem Oboenkonzert zu einem vorläufigen Ende, weil die Forschung an dieser Stelle nicht weiterkam. Jetzt habe ich neue Hinweise auf das autographe Dokument gefunden – und auch auf Mozarts verschollenes Oboenkonzert sowie auf eine unbekannte Oper von Joseph Haydn. Es ist kein Zu…[Read more]
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Susanne Wosnitzka deposited Beethoven’s and Mozart’s Lost Oboe Concerto Manuscripts: A New Lead in Augsburg in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoIn 2002 the research for Beethoven’s lost oboe concerto came to a temporary end. Now I’ve found new leads to the autograph manuscript – and to Mozart’s lost oboe concerto, too, and to a lost opera of Joseph Haydn. It is no coincidence that all autograph manuscripts are missing at the same time: They were together and possibly are, played in a c…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited बजट 2021: मौत, अकाल की आहट और आर्थिक असमानता पर चुप्पी क्यों? in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoभारत में क्या हालत हो चुकी है, इसका अनुमान दिसंबर, 2020 में हुए एक सर्वेक्षण से लगता है। इस सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार भारत की आधी से अधिक आबादी को कोरोना-काल में पहले की तुलना में कम भोजन मिल रहा है। इनमें ज़्यादातर दलित और आदिवासी हैं।
लेकिन इन सूचनाओं से भी अधिक भयावह यह है कि भारत का बौद्धिक वर्ग, ग़रीबों के सर पर मँडराते मौत के इस साये से प्…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Asesinatos por encargo del PSOE: El Expediente Royuela in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoSpanish abstract: Un comentario sobre algunas de las implicaciones de un llamativo “escándalo silencioso” en la vida pública española, el llamado “Expediente Royuela”. Se trata de una marea de crimen, corrupción y asesinato que implica a muchas de las instituciones judiciales y políticas españolas, y muy especialmente al Partido Socialista que a…[Read more]
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Gabrielle Dean started the topic Society for Textual Scholarship 2023 Conference: Design and Text in the discussion
Textual Scholarship on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoThe Society for Textual Scholarship welcomes proposals from textual scholars, editors, designers, curators, and digital humanists across the disciplines for its upcoming in-person conference on the theme of Design and Text, June 1-3 2023, hosted by The New School, New York, NY. For CFP guidelines, please see the attached or visit the STS website…[Read more]
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Vitus Angermeier deposited Medication or Magic? Mantras in Early Āyurveda in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoThe seminal 1989 study “Mantra in Ayurveda” by Kenneth G. Zysk1 describes four areas in which mantras were used in early Ayurveda: the treatment of wounds and swellings/tumours, of poisoning, of mental disorders, and the collection and preparation of certain medicines. Although this article is a highly important contribution to the study of the…[Read more]
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Vitus Angermeier deposited Slides: Medication or Magic? Mantras in Early Āyurveda in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoThe seminal 1989 study “Mantra in Ayurveda” by Kenneth G. Zysk1 describes four areas in which mantras were used in early Ayurveda: the treatment of wounds and swellings/tumours, of poisoning, of mental disorders, and the collection and preparation of certain medicines. Although this article is a highly important contribution to the study of the…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited COVID-19, science and responsibility of the intellectuals in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoThe coronavirus-induced lockdown hasn’t just eroded our physical liberty; it has also eroded our intellectual freedom. Our freedom to think has been put under lock and key. Clearly, we are on the threshold of a dangerous phase. Which way we go from here will depend on how soon and how well we gauge the danger and start exploring the ways to c…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited Der Offenbarungseid in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoWissenschaftler und Denker haben sich widerstandslos für die Durchsetzung der herrschenden Corona-Agenda einspannen lassen.
Der durch das Coronavirus veranlasste Lockdown hat nicht nur unsere körperliche Freiheit ausgehöhlt, sondern auch unsere geistige Freiheit untergraben. In vielen Ländern wurde für das Denken Käfighaltung angeordnet. Offen…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited महामारी के दौर में डॉक्टरों की भूमिका, सीमाएं और प्रोटोकॉल के कुछ सवाल in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoअधिकांश लोग समझते हैं कि चिकित्सक ही जांच द्वारा तय करते हैं कि किसे कोविड है और किसे नहीं तथा अगर किसी की मौत होती है तो चिकित्सक ही यह तय करते हैं कि वह मृत्यु कोविड से हुई है या किसी अन्य कारण से। इसलिए जब कोई खुद को चिकित्सक बताता है या अपने परिवार में चिकित्सकों के होने का ज़िक्र करता है तो लोग उसकी बात पर अनिवार्य रूप से विश्वास करते ह…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited Covid-19: Role and limitations of doctors and treatment protocols in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoAs was expected, the country is witnessing an explosion of Covid cases, leading to chaos and mayhem. People are dying for want of oxygen. The protocol for the treatment of Covid patients is faulty and that is one reason for the high number of deaths. Thanks to the protocol, deaths due to other causes are also being added to the Covid toll. In this…[Read more]
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Elisabeth Moreau deposited Combining Atomism with Galenic Medicine: The Physiological Theory of Isaac Beeckman (1616-1627) in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoAlthough he obtained a medical degree at the University of Caen in 1618, Isaac Beeckman never practised medicine. Instead, he developed an atomistic conception of Galenic physiology by discussing, throughout his notebook, the constituents and functioning of the living body. Interestingly, Beeckman applied his atomistic interpretation to the notion…[Read more]
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Elisabeth Moreau deposited Combining Atomism with Galenic Medicine: The Physiological Theory of Isaac Beeckman (1616-1627) in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoAlthough he obtained a medical degree at the University of Caen in 1618, Isaac Beeckman never practised medicine. Instead, he developed an atomistic conception of Galenic physiology by discussing, throughout his notebook, the constituents and functioning of the living body. Interestingly, Beeckman applied his atomistic interpretation to the notion…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Red Cross humanitarianism and female volunteers in Australia in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoHistorically the Red Cross has created opportunities for women that were otherwise denied to them in their wider society. This role for female Red Cross workers is not a recent thing and is deeply embedded in the past and psyche of the organisation.
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Globalización y sostenibilidad in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years, 3 months agoSpanish abstract: Unas notas sobre el final del libro ‘El lugar del hombre en el cosmos’ de Fred Spier, sobre la sostenibilidad de la actual comunicación globalizada. La Gran Historia sitúa al ser humano en el contexto de la evolución cósmica y de la ecología de los recursos. Vivimos hoy en la Era de los Combustibles Fósiles. Con esta energ…[Read more]
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Alison Fox started the topic An open access history of scientific journals in the discussion
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 3 years, 3 months agoUCL Press has just published an open access book that will be of interest to many members of this community: A History of Scientific Journals: Publishing at the Royal Society, 1665-2015 by Aileen Fyfe, Noah Moxham, Julie McDougall-Waters, and Camilla Mørk Røstvik. It can be downloaded free from: https://bit.ly/3Rws4bS
Modern scientific research h…[Read more]
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