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Meredith Warren deposited “Accused of a Sodomy Act”: Bible, Queer Poetry and African Narrative Hermeneutics in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months agoThis article explores the role of poetry and narrative methods in African-centred queer biblical studies and theology. As a case in point, it presents a poem, titled “Accused of a Sodomy Act,” by Tom Muyunga-Mukasa, that was written as part of a queer Bible reading project with Ugandan LGBTQ refugees. The poem is a contemporary re-telling of the…[Read more]
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Meredith Warren deposited The Harm Principle and Christian Belief in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months agoThe article addresses the question why Christians often fail to achieve even the minimum standard of secular morality. It isolates from a long list of failures the undermining and maltreatment of women and sexual minorities. It describes four types of violence – gender, epistemic, symbolic, and hermeneutic – they are made to endure. It then und…[Read more]
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Meredith Warren deposited Editorial: Queer Theory and the Bible in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months agoThis special edition is a form of pride. It is a celebration of thirty years since the birth of queer theory. Of course, being queer, this was no normative conception or birth. More of an artificial insemination and fusion of gene pools, characterised by anarchy, activism, subversion, deconstruction, alongside identitarian and non-identitarian…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes uploaded the file: Exploring the Public Evidence on Open Access Monographs to
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years agoAuthor(s)
Altman, Micah
Abstract
In this blog post we look at the open data available on monograph publication, and use it to explore patterns and trends in open monograph publishing. This blog post takes the form of a guided, interactive, reproducible data analysis based on currently available public data. We aim for this exploration to inform…[Read more] -
Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years agoThe University of London Press (an OA press) is looking for a Publications Officer in a part-time capacity. “An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Publications Officer to join the newly launched University of London Press based in the School of Advanced Study at a pivotal moment in its history. The Press is being focused towards a new…[Read more]
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Pablo Markin started the topic A journal publisher’s perspective in the discussion
Open Access Books Network via email on Humanities Commons 5 years agoDear All,
In this post, Roger van Zwanenberg from Pluto Journals describes the context for its transition to Open Access, e.g., the decreasing viability of closed access, what decision-making options were available and the implications of the library-funded model, for journals as opposed to books:…[Read more]
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Ben Newbound deposited Heinrich Schliemann and the walls of Troy in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years agoArt forms in Troy’s city walls, and Schliemann’s awareness thereof.
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Thomas Barrows started the topic New Perspectives in Castle Studies in the discussion
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years agoPlease see the CfP for a new virtual conference this Spring:
New Perspective in Castle StudiesSpring 2021 Call For Papers Of the surviving examples of medieval monumental architecture, castles remain among the most iconic. However the structures are defined – architecturally, geographically, or sociologically – much scholarship has examined the…[Read more]
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Justin Walsh deposited Photography and the International Space Station Archaeological Project in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years agoThis chapter describes the International Space Station Archaeological Project and the importance of photography as a source of evidence for life and society on ISS.
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Justin Walsh deposited Photography and the International Space Station Archaeological Project in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 5 years agoThis chapter describes the International Space Station Archaeological Project and the importance of photography as a source of evidence for life and society on ISS.
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Justin Walsh deposited Eternity in Low Earth Orbit: Icons on the International Space Station in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years agoThis paper investigates the material culture of icons on the International Space Station as part of a complex web of interactions between cosmonauts and the Russian Orthodox Church, reflecting contemporary terrestrial political and social aairs. An analysis of photographs from the International Space Station (ISS) demonstrated that a particular…[Read more]
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Justin Walsh deposited Eternity in Low Earth Orbit: Icons on the International Space Station in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 5 years agoThis paper investigates the material culture of icons on the International Space Station as part of a complex web of interactions between cosmonauts and the Russian Orthodox Church, reflecting contemporary terrestrial political and social aairs. An analysis of photographs from the International Space Station (ISS) demonstrated that a particular…[Read more]
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Froilán Ramos R. deposited El mundo se resquebraja. la percepción chilena de las revoluciones de Europa oriental en 1989 in the group
History on Humanities Commons 5 years agoThis paper analyzes the perception of the Eastern European revolutions of 1989
through the Chilean press, in the context of the process of political change that Chile was experiencing
at that time. The research relies on the critical review of various contemporary media:
newspapers, magazines, and written testimonials, which allow us to…[Read more] -
James M. Tucker deposited From Ink Traces to Ideology: Material, Text, and Composition of Qumran Community Rule Manuscripts in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years agoThis study is a fresh analysis of a collection of scrolls and fragments grouped under the rubric, The Community Rule or Serekh ha-Yaḥad. As part of the manuscripts discovered in the Judean Desert, the Community Rule manuscripts are all fragmentary to various degrees, yet attest to important issues of legal dispute and community formation in the S…[Read more]
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James M. Tucker deposited From Ink Traces to Ideology: Material, Text, and Composition of Qumran Community Rule Manuscripts in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 5 years agoThis study is a fresh analysis of a collection of scrolls and fragments grouped under the rubric, The Community Rule or Serekh ha-Yaḥad. As part of the manuscripts discovered in the Judean Desert, the Community Rule manuscripts are all fragmentary to various degrees, yet attest to important issues of legal dispute and community formation in the S…[Read more]
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Gary Hall deposited A Stubborn Fury: How Writing Works in Elitist Britain in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years agoTwo fifths of Britain’s leading people were educated privately: that’s five times the amount as in the population as a whole, with almost a quarter graduating from Oxford or Cambridge. Eight private schools send more pupils to Oxbridge than the remaining 2894 state schools combined, making modern Britain one of the most unequal places in Eur…[Read more]
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Ostap Kushnir deposited Business, Values, and EU’s Response to Protests in Ukraine: Cases from 2003–2004, 2010, and 2013–2014 in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 5 years agoThis book aims to uncover and assess changes in the EU’s foreign policy towards Ukraine in the times of wide-scale social protests in Kyiv. To accomplish this task, this book enlists and analyses documents, agreements, and treaties which establish the frameworks for EU-Ukraine cooperation. It also identifies the interests of lobbying groups in…[Read more]
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Tom Mosterd replied to the topic Advancing Open Access in The Netherlands: discussion in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years agoHi, great to see this article which ‘opens up’ the conversation and explores additional steps that could be taken – including books and chapters.
To add to Agata’s comments:
If there is indeed some level of agreement on the limitations and extent to which the Gold OA model, through a ‘Book-Processing-Charge (BPC)’ model, can work on a…[Read more]
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Marco De Pietri deposited La “città” prima della città in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 5 years agoA didactic poster (written for schools) presented on the occasion of the conference “La città com’era, com’è, e come la vorremmo”, organized within the project “Pavia 100 Torri – Osservatorio Permanente sull’Antico”, held at the UNIPV on February 8th, 2013.
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Marco De Pietri deposited Review of: I. von Bredow 2017, Kontaktzone Vorderer Orient und Ägypten. Orte, Situationen und Bedingungen für primäre griechisch-orientalische Kontakte vom 10. bis zum 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr.”, Stuttgart in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 5 years agoReview of: I. von Bredow 2017, Kontaktzone Vorderer Orient und Ägypten. Orte, Situationen und Bedingungen für primäre griechisch-orientalische Kontakte vom 10. bis zum 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr.”, Stuttgart
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