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Julia Rhyder deposited Centralizing the Cult: The Holiness Legislation in Leviticus 17–26. FAT 134. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019. in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis work provides new insights into the relationship between the Holiness legislation in Leviticus 17–26 and processes of cultic centralization in the Persian period. The author departs from the classical theory that Leviticus 17–26 merely presume, with minor modifications, a concept of centralization articulated in Deuteronomy. She shows how Lev…[Read more]
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Raihanah M Mydin deposited Intercultural dialogue in manga: Building friendships, sharing spaces and values in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe role of Japanese manga as a site for intercultural understanding and engagement is worth further investigation, and research in this area is
still growing. This article explores intercultural dialogue through a case study of the Japanese manga Satoko and Nada Volume 1 by Yupechika, which narrates the friendship between Satoko, a young…[Read more] -
Ilana Gershon deposited Bullshit Genres: What to Watch For When Studying the New Actant ChatGPT and Its Siblings. in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoI lay out what I believe ethnographers of AI who engage with large language models (LLMs) might want to pay attention to in the next couple of years.
My starting point is that it would be helpful to explore how people are responding to ChatGPT in terms of genre, that people’s reactions to ChatGPT is to treat it at its core as though it is a g…[Read more] -
Dora Apel deposited Memory and the Arts: Justice, Environment and Ruin – Dora Apel in Conversation with Martin Pogacar in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis conversation revolves around Dora Apel’s work in the field of art and memory. Memory, in its mediating force, is critical for our understanding of the present and the construction of a future, or, rather, as Dora Apel posits it in her recent book Calling Memory Into Place: “Memory effects are not about the past. How do they shape the pre…[Read more]
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Julia Rhyder deposited “Hellenizing Hanukkah: The Commemoration of Military Victory in the Books of the Maccabees.” Pages 92–109 in Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean. Edited by S. Ammann, H. Bezold, S. Germany, and J. Rhyder. CHANE 135. Leuven: Brill in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoEarly Jewish writings are replete with narratives of warfare and collective violence. Yet relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to how these accounts of violence affected the way Jews structured their festal calendar. This essay examines the festivals described in 1 and 2 Maccabees that serve to commemorate the most impressive m…[Read more]
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Julia Rhyder deposited Sonja Ammann, Helge Bezold, Stephen Germany, and Julia Rhyder, eds. Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean. CHANE 135. Leuven: Brill, 2023. in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis Open Access volume reveals how violent pasts were constructed by ancient Mediterranean societies, the ideologies they served, and the socio-political processes and institutions they facilitated. Combining case studies from Anatolia, Egypt, Greece, Israel/Judah, and Rome, it moves beyond essentialist dichotomies such as “victors” and “va…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Historical Synergies from Sumerian Temple Economy, Hunter Gatherers, Greek Patriarchal Gods, to Materialist Extreme Individualism: Rappaport, Durkheim, Mannheim, Voltaire, Gasset, Nietzsche in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoHistorical Synergy: Mannheim holds that historical and political thought is determined by the socio-historical location of the thinker and the political aspirations and material ambitions of the group or groups to which he belongs.
2. Prehistoric Artic Hunter-Gatherer Synergy of Beliefs in Animal Spirits w/ Economic-Political Realities Erica Hill…[Read more] -
Charles Peck Jr deposited Historical Synergies from Sumerian Temple Economy, Hunter Gatherers, Greek Patriarchal Gods, to Materialist Extreme Individualism: Rappaport, Durkheim, Mannheim, Voltaire, Gasset, Nietzsche in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoHistorical Synergy: Mannheim holds that historical and political thought is determined by the socio-historical location of the thinker and the political aspirations and material ambitions of the group or groups to which he belongs.
2. Prehistoric Artic Hunter-Gatherer Synergy of Beliefs in Animal Spirits w/ Economic-Political Realities Erica Hill…[Read more] -
Anna P. Judson deposited Wikipedia in Classics Education in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis article is a report of a roundtable discussion organised by the authors at the UK Classical Association conference, Cambridge, April 2023, under the aegis of #WCCWiki, the Women’s Classical Committee’s Wikipedia-editing project. It presents a summary of the participants’ wide-ranging uses of Wikipedia editing at schools, universities, and…[Read more]
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Chris Alen Sula started the topic CfP: Emergent Ideas – Lateral Books in Cultural Studies (Amherst, open access) in the discussion
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoEmergent Ideas: Lateral Books in Cultural Studies publishes concise analyses and interpretations of contemporary and emergent cultural phenomena. Titles in the series explore the objects, events, artifacts, and practices that shape and structure communities, politics, and movements. We are especially interested in work that explores cultural…[Read more]
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Ellie Bennett deposited Using Word Embeddings for Identifying Emotions Relating to the Body in a Neo-Assyrian Corpus in the group
Assyriologists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoResearch into emotions is a developing field within Assyriology, and NLP tools for Akkadian texts offers new perspectives on the data. We use PMI-based word embeddings to explore the relationship between parts of the body and emotions. Using data downloaded from Oracc, we ask which parts of the body were semantically linked to emotions. We do this…[Read more]
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Ellie Bennett deposited Using Word Embeddings for Identifying Emotions Relating to the Body in a Neo-Assyrian Corpus in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoResearch into emotions is a developing field within Assyriology, and NLP tools for Akkadian texts offers new perspectives on the data. We use PMI-based word embeddings to explore the relationship between parts of the body and emotions. Using data downloaded from Oracc, we ask which parts of the body were semantically linked to emotions. We do this…[Read more]
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James Louis Smith deposited Imaginary Worlds: Plural Seas, Liminal Foundations, Contested Identities in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoA Cultural History of the Sea in the Medieval Age, ed. by Elizabeth Lambourn.
The cultural history of the sea during the Middle Ages is a young and dynamic field. Born only recently in the literary criticism of European sources, this innovative volume pushes out beyond this European heartland to explore the shape and potential of a cultural…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Confronting the Legacy of Historical Trauma through Gothic Historical Television Drama in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis paper examines the use of the Gothic mode in historical television drama to suggest it is used to emphasise engagement with historical traumas, and suggest that these traumas still have relevance today. This emphasis works by engaging with the associations that are acquired around the Gothic mode through experience, recognising the aesthetic…[Read more]
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Ilana Gershon deposited Reflective Conversation: Revisiting and Revitalizing Ethnographies of Legislatures in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis year marks the tenth anniversary of PoLAR‘s publication of Ilana Gershon’s “Critical Review Essay: Studying Cultural Pluralism in Courts versus Legislatures.” This essay serves as a foundation for this conversation about anthropology’s interventions into legislative studies more broadly. Gershon’s argument that anything and anyone can…[Read more]
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Ilana Gershon deposited Hello to Tristes Tropes in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoJust how bleak is the academic job market for anthropologists? Job ads over the past twenty years reveal some surprises and point to ways departments are seeking to change themselves and the discipline
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Ilana Gershon deposited Zoom is the least of our problems in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoZoom is the least of our problems
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Ilana Gershon deposited Trump Gives Fascism a Bad Name in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoTrump Gives Fascism a Bad Name
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Ilana Gershon deposited Pyramid Scheme. #hautalk in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoPyramid Scheme. #hautalk
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Ilana Gershon deposited Studying Humanities Teaches You How to Get a Job in the group
Anthropology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoForget the tut-tutting of politicians: The skills you learn in the humanities are exactly the skills you use in a job search.
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