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Frans Prasetyo deposited The Harbour City that Never Was… and the Smart City that May (Never) Become in the group
Urban Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoToronto has become known for applying ‘smart’ solutions to modern urban problems. In 2014, the city
was awarded the title of “Intelligent Community of the Year” by the Intelligent Community Forum for its
array of technological answers to housing, transportation, and environmental issues. More recently,
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Wladimir Fischer-Nebmaier deposited Von Einschusslöchern und Gesäßabdrücken. Spuren von MigrantInnen aus der südöstlichen Peripherie in Wiens Großstadttextur um 1900 in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoHow did migrants’ presence manifest itself in the Vienna urban space and how can we study it?
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Frans Prasetyo deposited Straight Edge City : Bandung, Indonesia in the group
Urban Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis article draws on the scene history of HC/punk in Bandung, specifically SXE, traced through collectives, spaces, political communities, music, gigs, zines, and merchandise. I’m trying to weave this into the history of urban youth culture in the city, reflecting both the Indonesian and the global context.
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Raphael Grazziano deposited O eficiente motor do status quo in the group
Urban Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoAnalysis of the idea of “efficiency” and its deadlock in environmental studies, mainly discussing the Jevons Paradox.
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Raphael Grazziano deposited Aspectos do debate entre realismo socialista e concretismo: a obra de vilanova artigas in the group
Urban Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis monograph explores the ambivalent position of Artigas in the political-cultural debate of the Cold War, during the 1950s, when two principal art movements were opposed. On one side, socialist realist tendencies that emerged in post-revolutionary Russia, particularly after the ascension of Stalin, who intended it to be the new art of the…[Read more]
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Raphael Grazziano deposited A arquitetura do século XX segundo Henri Lefebvre in the group
Urban Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThe urban turn in Henri Lefebvre: its spatial tenets and his architectural references
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Raphael Grazziano deposited Corporate urbanism internationally certified: use and contradiction of LEED© ND in Parque da Cidade in the group
Urban Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED©) is a certification used to assess the degree of environmental sustainability attained by a project. However, LEED© has an impact not only on the technical specifications, but also on design. The objective of this paper is to evaluate what the impact of its version for neighborhoods (LEED© ND…[Read more]
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Raphael Grazziano deposited Space and the otherness: an anthology in the group
Urban Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoAlexander Cuthbert published a daring anthology on architecture and urban design, completed in 2011. The project began in 2001 resulting in three volumes: Designing Cities (2003), The Form of the Cities (2006) and Understanding Cities (2011). Unlike other anthologies on architecture, this author organized it as follows: critical selection of…[Read more]
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James L. Smith deposited Rural Waterscape and Emotional Sectarianism in Accounts of Lough Derg, County Donegal in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThe story of Lough Derg in Ireland’s County Donegal is arranged around clusters of sectarian narratives in juxtaposition, synthesis and conflict. The Sanctuary of Saint Patrick sits on Station Island, a small rocky islet set within the waters of the lake. The site became well known in the early Middle Ages as the place of Saint Patrick’s del…[Read more]
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Raphael Grazziano deposited The presence of Henri Lefebvre in the contemporary academic debate of architecture in the group
Urban Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoHenri Lefebvre’s (HL) large production about cities, urban, urban space and society could indicate its relevance to the architecture produced after the heyday of the neoliberal cycle and its crisis in 2008. This author introduced the practical-sensitive basis in the debate between the spatial and social processes to discuss the ideological d…[Read more]
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Narasimhananda Swami deposited Review The Making of Early Kashmir by Shonaleeka Kaul VIF October 2019 in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months agoThrough The Making of Early Kashmir, Shonaleeka Kaul, who teaches in the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, deftly presents a new discourse on Kashmir’s culture and history and successfully argues not only that a traditional Sanskrit text can indeed function as a historical text, but that the very fact that s…[Read more]
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James L. Smith deposited The 1795 Disaster: Casualties of the Spiritual Waterscape of Lough Derg, County Donegal in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months agoIn the cultural and religious history of Saint Patrick’s Purgatory—a centuries-old Catholic pilgrim site situated on Station Island within the waters of Donegal’s Lough Derg—the mass drowning of 1795 stands out. The aftermath was devastating, stamping a lasting mark on the memory of place. The disaster continues to be complicated by its entangl…[Read more]
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Robert M. Kelly deposited Selections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR. PDF 3: The Scenic Revival of the Twentieth Century in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoSelections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR: Pour une histoire matérielle du papier peint 1770-1914 (From the Workshop to the Wall – Toward a Material History of Wallpaper 1770-1914) a thesis by Dr. Bernard Jacqué, University of Lyon, 2003. Translated by Robert M. Kelly.
PDF 3: The Scenic Revival of the Twentieth Century
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Robert M. Kelly deposited Selections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR. PDF 2: Zuber’s “Indépendance” (1853), a hand-painted restatement of “Scenic America” (1835) in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoSelections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR: Pour une histoire matérielle du papier peint 1770-1914 (From the Workshop to the Wall – Toward a Material History of Wallpaper 1770-1914) a thesis by Dr. Bernard Jacqué, University of Lyon (2003). Translated by Robert M. Kelly.
PDF 2: Zuber’s “Indépendance” (1853), a hand-painted restatement of “Scenic…[Read more]
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Robert M. Kelly deposited Selections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR. PDF 1: A Historiography of Wallpaper in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoSelections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR: Pour une histoire matérielle du papier peint 1770-1914 (From the Workshop to the Wall – Toward a Material History of Wallpaper 1770-1914) a thesis by Dr. Bernard Jacqué, University of Lyon (2003). Translated by Robert M. Kelly.
PDF 1: A Historiography of Wallpaper
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Roger Gillis deposited Historic Nova Scotia: Briding the Gap with Digital Storytelling in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoHistoric Nova Scotia is a digital humanities and public history project that aims to bring community histories to life online (https://historicnovascotia.ca/). This paper will explore how collaborative, digital-storytelling can help bridge the gap between heritage theory and practice. We will provide an overview of the project followed by specific…[Read more]
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Chaokang Tai deposited Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Science in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoAnton Pannekoek (1873-1960), prominent astronomer and world-renowned socialist theorist, stood at the nexus of the revolutions in politics, science and the arts of the early twentieth century. His astronomy was uniquely visual and highly innovative, while his politics were radical. Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society collects…[Read more]
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Koca Mehmet Kentel deposited Call of Duty: Empire Mapped and Played in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoThe genealogy of board games in Britain is also an expression of its imperial past. Built on colonialist and orientalist tropes that reinforce a hierarchy of race, their legacy is still discernible in the worlds created for the games played today.
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Martin Munke deposited Sachsens Glanz – Preußens Gloria – Polens Niedergang. Zum Bild der sächsisch-polnischen Union bei Józef Ignacy Kraszewski in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoThe chapter deals with the image of the personal union between Saxony and Poland as portrayed in the novels of the Polish writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, who emigrated to the Saxon capital of Dresden in the 19th century. His so called Saxon Novels are an important source for popular conceptions of history until today.
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Martin Munke deposited Vom Scheitern eines Experten. Georg Leibbrandt im Nationalsozialismus in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoGeorg Leibbrandt (1899-1982), one of the leading figures in the NSDAP Office of Foreign Affairs and the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, claimed his status as an expert for questions concerning Eastern Europe on the basis of his origin: Born as a Volksdeutscher in the Ukraine, he devoted himself early to racial thinking and to…[Read more]
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