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Sonia D. Andras deposited Fashion, Dress, Costume: a Proposed Terminological Clarification in the Historical Research of Women’s Clothing in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThis paper delineates the conceptual variations between the notions ‘fashion’, ‘dress’ and ‘costume’ in English-language texts on women’s garment histories using relevant examples from interwar Romanian periodicals. The aim is to offer a more precise formulation, as these three terms have largely been used interchangeably. This paper is built on a…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Fashion, Cinema, and German-American Propaganda in 1930s Bucharest in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThis paper explores how Bucharest’s cinema-going public perceived the Nazi influence on Hollywood in the 1930s. The aim is to identify how Nazi propaganda was disseminated and consumed in interwar Bucharest and its similarities to the idea of glamour, relevant both to fashion and cinema. Considering the links between Goebbels’ propaganda mac…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Making Camden History: local history and untold stories in a small community in the group
Settler Colonialism on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThe Camden township is located 65 kilometres southwest of the Sydney CBD and, in recent years, has been absorbed by Sydney’s urban growth. The main streets are a mix of Victorian, Edwardian and interwar architecture comprising commercial, government and domestic buildings. The town site was originally the entry point into what became Governor…[Read more]
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Stephen Hewer deposited Epistemology of Translation: Erasing Viscountesses and Viscounts from High Medieval Legal Records, Selective ‘Anglo-Saxonism’, and Teleology in the group
Late Medieval History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoBy applying translation theories and discourse analysis to the study of thirteenth-century English law, it is apparent that some of the terms used in secondary works and printed editions of primary sources are not based on the actual manuscript sources but instead modern biases (intersecting ethnicity and gender). The knock-on effect of this…[Read more]
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Stephen Hewer deposited Epistemology of Translation: Erasing Viscountesses and Viscounts from High Medieval Legal Records, Selective ‘Anglo-Saxonism’, and Teleology in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoBy applying translation theories and discourse analysis to the study of thirteenth-century English law, it is apparent that some of the terms used in secondary works and printed editions of primary sources are not based on the actual manuscript sources but instead modern biases (intersecting ethnicity and gender). The knock-on effect of this…[Read more]
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Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Unrestricted Analysis of the COVID Narrative in Africa: Emphasis on the Ghanaian Medical Context in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThe COVID-19 pandemic with its concomitant lockdown policies exacerbated the worst living conditions in different regions of the world, Africa and Ghana in particular. The major discursive issues concerning the pandemic has glaringly or cunningly ignored the lack of emphasis on local dynamics concerning what ought to be or could have been done…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited दंगा नहीं, दमन in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoराजस्थान के गोपालगढ कस्बे में 14 सितंबर, 2011 को हुई सांप्रदायिक हिंसा का विश्लेषण
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Christopher S. Rose deposited Trial by Virus: Colonial Medicine and the 1883 Cholera in Egypt in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThis article explores how public health was transformed in Egypt soon after its occupation by Great Britain in 1882. Over the course of the nineteenth century, the Egyptian state had invested substantially in health to boost the nation’s economic and military strength, and, especially after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, to address E…[Read more]
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Harald Pittel deposited No More Playing in the Dark: Assembly by Natasha Brown in the group
British History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThe pre-publication praise Natasha Brown received for her debut novel Assembly (2021) from renowned writers like Bernardine Evaristo or Ali Smith is quite remarkable. The author had been virtually unknown to the larger public before winning one of the London Writers Awards in the literary fiction category in 2019. As a young Black British woman of…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited When Peppertrees were all the rage in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoIn the 1890s, Camden Municipal Council started beautifying the town area by planting various trees, including peppercorns. These cultural plantings defined the local urban landscape for decades, yet only a handful remain today.
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Jake Benson started the topic “Taking the Past into the Future”: Hybrid Symposium, 11–12 May 2023 in the discussion
Global DH on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoTaking the Past into the Future: Studying, Preserving, and Understanding Islamicate Manuscripts
Thursday 11 May, 10am-5pm and Friday 12 May 10am-4.30pm BST
University of Edinburgh
This two-day symposium hosted between the Centre for Research Collections (CRC) and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) will feature…[Read more] -
Julien A. Raemy started the topic Characterising the IIIF and Linked Art communities – Online Survey in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoDear all,
As part of my PhD in Digital Humanities, I have launched an online survey to find out the main practices and activities of the individuals involved in the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) and/or the Linked Art communities.
Are you involved or have you already been in contact with the IIIF and/or the Linked Art…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited Triveni Sangh in Literature and the Literature of Triveni Sangh in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoTriveni Sangh’s activities were primarily confined to Bihar, parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, adjoining Bihar, were also influenced by it. At the political level, the Triveni Sangh’s mission was carried forward by the Shoshit Dal, founded by Jagdev Prasad in 1967 in Bihar.
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Ian Willis deposited Colonial hotel is still serving in the group
Settler Colonialism on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThe Plough and Harrow Inn at 75-79 Argyle Street is the second oldest hotel in Camden and is still on the original site. The Camden Inn (1841) was the first hotel in Camden. Located on the Great South Road, the Plough and Harrow was part of the fabric of Macarthur’s private village of Camden within the Cowpastures. By the early 20th century,…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Colonial hotel is still serving in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThe Plough and Harrow Inn at 75-79 Argyle Street is the second oldest hotel in Camden and is still on the original site. The Camden Inn (1841) was the first hotel in Camden. Located on the Great South Road, the Plough and Harrow was part of the fabric of Macarthur’s private village of Camden within the Cowpastures. By the early 20th century,…[Read more]
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Elton Barker deposited Journeying through Space and Time with Pausanias’s Description of Greece in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoSometime in the second century CE, Pausanias of Magnesia (modern-day Turkey) wrote the Description of Greece. Ostensibly a tour of the places to see on the Greek mainland, the Description also provides historical accounts related to the topography through which Pausanias moves. Little attention has been given to how these building blocks of…[Read more]
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Elton Barker deposited Journeying through Space and Time with Pausanias’s Description of Greece in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoSometime in the second century CE, Pausanias of Magnesia (modern-day Turkey) wrote the Description of Greece. Ostensibly a tour of the places to see on the Greek mainland, the Description also provides historical accounts related to the topography through which Pausanias moves. Little attention has been given to how these building blocks of…[Read more]
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Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Contemporary History of the Increasing Use of Traditional Medicine among the Asante of Ghana: A Focus on Afigya Kwabre South District in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoUsing a qualitative method of research, the study investigated the increasing use of traditional medicine in Ghana, focusing on Afigya Kwabre South District. Traditional medicine has gone through various stages since time immemorial, especially with regard to how its patronage has evolved over time. The period ranges from the pre-colonial era,…[Read more]
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Pruritus Migrans deposited Black QR code in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoBlack QR code * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-ND
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Martin Roland deposited Der Dürnsteiner Stiftbrief. Multimedia im Mittelalter (2010) in the group
Late Medieval History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThe multimedia aspects of one of the most beautifully illuminated charters is in the focus of this paper.
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