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Bruno Buike deposited Gorbatschow. 90 Jahre und kein bischen närrisch. Schreibübung zu einer arte-ARD-Doku in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 3 months agoBBWV E34 Gorbatschow. 90 Jahre und kein bischen närrisch – Schreib-Übung zu einer arte-ARD-Doku. Anhang:- M.S. Gorbatschow: Perestroika and New Thinking. A Retrospective; 2./9. August 2021- M.S. Gorbatschow: Rede, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, München, 10.12.2011- Buike – Chasbulatow – Ru(c)skoi : Die Russen wussten, daß Jelzin CIA-gesteuert war – a…[Read more]
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Pedro P. Palazzo deposited Programa de estudios para una arquitectura sostenible y sensible al patrimonio in the group
Architectural History and Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 4 months agoLa aptitud para emplear de modo corriente materiales de baja energía incorporada y para hacerlo en armonía con el carácter de las construcciones verná- culas será capaz de cerrar la brecha conceptual entre la conservación de edificios de valor patrimonial y las metas de reducción de emisiones de carbono en la industria de la construcción. Para ca…[Read more]
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Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D. started the topic A Conversation Around the Book "Imagining the Evident" by Alvaro Siza. in the discussion
Architectural History and Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 4 months agoDate: October, 7, 2021
Time: New York 12.30″ Talk with Álvaro Siza,
Francesco Dal Co,
Kenneth Frampton,
Barry Bergdoll,
Peter Testa,
Daniela Sá” The launch of the first English edition of Imagining the Evident with a conversation between Álvaro Siza, Francesco Dal Co, Kenneth Frampton, Peter Testa, and Daniela Sá, moderated by Barry Ber…[Read more]
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Uwe Fuhrmann deposited Wie „Enteignungen“ die Soziale Marktwirtschaft retten können in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 4 months agoHow “expropriations” can save the social market economy
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Martin Janello deposited Philosophy of Happiness: A Basic Primer in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 4 months agoA down-to-earth exposition of the work by Martin Janello on the Philosophy of Happiness. It introduces the fundamental notions that happiness is of existential importance for individuals and humanity – and that we each have it within our power to improve our lives and make this a better world in the process. It also spells out that our success in…[Read more]
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Christiane Wagner deposited Art Style, Art & Culture International Magazine, no. 8.1, part 2 in the group
Architectural History and Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 4 months agoArt Style | Art & Culture International Magazine is an open access, biannual, and peer-reviewed online magazine that aims to bundle cultural diversity. All values of cultures are shown in their varieties of art. Beyond the importance of the medium, form, and context in which art takes its characteristics, we also consider the significance of…[Read more]
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Christiane Wagner deposited Art Style, Art & Culture International Magazine, no. 8.1, part 1 in the group
Architectural History and Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 4 months agoArt Style | Art & Culture International Magazine is an open access, biannual, and peer-reviewed online magazine that aims to bundle cultural diversity. All values of cultures are shown in their varieties of art. Beyond the importance of the medium, form, and context in which art takes its characteristics, we also consider the significance of…[Read more]
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Martin Janello deposited The Happiness Principle: Why We Need A Personal Philosophy Of Happiness in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 4 months agoHappiness is a universal human objective. We all want to be happy. But how we define, pursue, and maintain happiness often seems vague and elusive. That is why we need a personal philosophy of happiness.
This presentation lays out the underlying considerations and examines why other avenues of securing happiness are not succeeding. And it…[Read more]
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Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D. started the topic Conversation on Recent Book by Reinhold Martin (Knowledge Worlds…) in the discussion
Architectural History and Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoCelebrating Recent Work by Reinhold Martin (Knowledge Worlds: Media, Materiality, and the Making of the Modern University):
Conversation with Reinhold Martin, Weihong Bao, Mabel O. Wilson, Zeynep Çelik Alexander, Lucia Allais, May 14, 2021.
“..What do the technical practices, procedures, and systems that have shaped institutions of higher…[Read more]
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Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D. started the topic Antoine Picon, 2020, The Materiality of Architecture, Uni. of Minnesota Press. in the discussion
Architectural History and Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago“…Through a retrospective review of canonical moments in Western European architecture, Picon offers an original perspective on the ways materiality has varied throughout centuries, demonstrating how experiences of the physical world have changed in relation to the evolution of human subjectivity….” ,…[Read more]
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Christopher S. Rose deposited Food, Hunger, and Rebellion: Egypt in World War I and its Aftermath in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoOver two percent of the Egyptian population perished during World War I due to starvation, malnutrition, and disease. Although technically neutral, Egypt was the staging ground for British and Dominion troops fighting the campaign against the Ottoman Empire. The prioritization of military needs led to government recruitment of civilian…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk deposited A State of Extraction: Navigating Taxation in Ancient Polities in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoAn overview of taxation in ancient states.
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Karsten Schubert deposited The Dismantler in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoA short story about the pitfals of a new law, the General Act for the Dismantling of Normalising Power and Structures of Privilege, and, more philosophically, about the problems of institutionalizing progressive politics through law. Published in The Cabinat of Imaginary Laws, by Peter Goodrich and Thanos Zartaloudis: Returning to the map of the…[Read more]
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Michael Maidan deposited Idolatry, Secularization, Philosphy in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoThe role of the concept of idolatry in Levinas’ thought. Idolatry and Totalitarian thought.
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Michael Maidan deposited El enigmatico Felix Weil in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoThe life of Felix Weil, one of the creators of Frankfurt’s Institut for Social Research, the cradle of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory..
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Tiago Queimada e Silva deposited Aristocratic neo-Gothicism in fourteenth-century Iberia: the case of Count Pedro of Barcelos in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoOne of the main arguments used to legitimise Christian military expansion in medieval Iberia was the location of the origin of the Christian Iberian kingdoms in the ancient Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo (507–711), which established a notion of political continuity between these entities. The legitimacy of the Visigothic Kingdom was reflected in t…[Read more]
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Karsten Schubert deposited A New Era of Queer Politics? PrEP, Foucauldian Sexual Liberation, and the Overcoming of Homonormativity in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoGay men have been severely affected by the AIDS crisis, and gay subjectivity, sexual ethics, and politics continue to be deeply influenced by HIV to this day. PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) is a new, drug-based HIV prevention technique, that allows disentangling gay sex from its widespread, 40 yearlong association with illness and death. This…[Read more]
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Luis de Orueta deposited Vivre à la Maison Smith de Richard Meier in the group
Architectural History and Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoDans ce court essai, l’auteur examine l’effet d’un bâtiment emblématique sur la conduite de la personne qui y vit. Il prend comme référence la première maison que le célèbre architecte a conçue et projette son irradiation sur des expériences autobiographiques qui couvrent de multiples aspects de la vie quotidienne. Partant de l’interrelatio…[Read more]
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Julia Mattes deposited Neolithische Kunst der zirkumpolaren Jäger und Sammler Die Figuren der Grübchenkeramischen Kultur und ihre Deutung in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoThe neolithic figurines of North – and North-East Europe, belonging to Pitted Ware culture and Pit-Comb Ware culture, are a desideratum to research. These pretty creations, often sculptures of human and animals such as bears, moose, seals, wild-horse, domestic animals and fantastic four-limped beings are spatially distributed over the Baltic R…[Read more]
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Meral Ekincioglu started the topic Collective Memory & Historical Documentation on Diverse Women Architects (Panel) in the discussion
Architectural History and Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoHello everyone, if you are interested in diversity, equity and inclusion in architectural archives, please see for our online panel record:
https://wwd2021.com/diverse-women-artitects, last accessed on 7.30.2021. Our aim is to continue this discussion online. Please, stay tuned!
Panelists:
*Prof. Dr. Mary Norman Woods, Professor Emerita at…[Read more]
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