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Edmundo Murray deposited Art Discovery and Censorship in the Centre William Rappard of Geneva: Building the Future in the group
History of Art on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThis is a history of the Centre William Rappard, the first building designed to house an international organization in Geneva, and its art treasures. For nearly a century, these works of art and decorations offered by governments and institutions encouraged smooth diplomacy and fluent international negotiations in the fields of labour, trade and…[Read more]
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Edmundo Murray deposited Art Discovery and Censorship in the Centre William Rappard of Geneva: Building the Future in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThis is a history of the Centre William Rappard, the first building designed to house an international organization in Geneva, and its art treasures. For nearly a century, these works of art and decorations offered by governments and institutions encouraged smooth diplomacy and fluent international negotiations in the fields of labour, trade and…[Read more]
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Christopher Crosbie deposited Refashioning Fable through the Baconian Essay: De sapientia veterum and Mythologies of the Early Modern Natural Philosopher in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoShortly after publishing the first edition of his Essays in 1597, Francis Bacon drafted De sapientia veterum, a series of unpublished essays designed to re-read classical mythology as indicative of political and scientific truths. An early, if partial, expression of Bacon’s project to facilitate mastery over the natural order, De sapientia has c…[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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Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Unrestricted Analysis of the COVID Narrative in Africa: Emphasis on the Ghanaian Medical Context in the group
Cultural Studies 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 किन्नौर में बहु-पति प्रथा : ‘मैं अपने दोनों बेटों को कहता हूं कि वे एक ही लड़की से विवाह करें’ in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoखूबसूरत प्राकृतिक दृश्यों से परिपूर्ण किन्नौर का समाज व संस्कृति शेष भारत से अलग है। यह बौद्ध धर्म का इलाका है, जिसे हिंदूवादी संस्कृति लीलती जा रही है। आर्थिक संपन्नता के आगमन से जाति-आधारित उत्पीड़न और भेदभाव कम हो रहा है। प्रमोद रंजन ने इस यात्रा संस्मरण में किन्नौर की विशिष्ट संस्कृति, बहु पत्नी प्रथा, वहां के समाज और राजनीति…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited किन्नौर में बहु-पति प्रथा : ‘मैं अपने दोनों बेटों को कहता हूं कि वे एक ही लड़की से विवाह करें’ in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoखूबसूरत प्राकृतिक दृश्यों से परिपूर्ण किन्नौर का समाज व संस्कृति शेष भारत से अलग है। यह बौद्ध धर्म का इलाका है, जिसे हिंदूवादी संस्कृति लीलती जा रही है। आर्थिक संपन्नता के आगमन से जाति-आधारित उत्पीड़न और भेदभाव कम हो रहा है। प्रमोद रंजन ने इस यात्रा संस्मरण में किन्नौर की विशिष्ट संस्कृति, बहु पत्नी प्रथा, वहां के समाज और राजनीति…[Read more]
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Christopher Crosbie deposited “’Strange Serious Wantoning:’ Early Modern Chess Manuals and the Ethics of Virtuous Subterfuge in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThis essay examines English Renaissance chess manuals in order to understand why chess, a game that encourages subterfuge and stratagem, was nonetheless figured as the paradigmatic example of a virtuous pastime. Particular attention is given to da Odenara Damiano’s The Pleasaunt and Wittie Playe of the Cheasts (1564), Arthur Saul’s The Famous Gam…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited दंगा नहीं, दमन in the group
Place Studies 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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Beverly Dywan deposited Like. Comment.Share. Transforming Engagaement at The Museum in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoAn examination of how museums can change how they relate to the public, through engagement opportunities.
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Harald Pittel deposited No More Playing in the Dark: Assembly by Natasha Brown in the group
Cultural Studies 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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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Do English Audiences Have the Toughest Time with Shakespeare?,” Quarto: The Magazine of the Shakespeare Theatre Association, Spring/Summer, 2023 in the group
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoAll the world’s a stage, but the irony is the rest of the globe often has an easier time understanding William Shakespeare than English speakers. “English audiences are at a disadvantage because the language has evolved and is more and more distant. They need footnotes, props and staging to understand,” said Alexa Alice Joubin, a Shakespeare schol…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited गोगा जी की मेड़ी और नाथपंथी आंबेडकरवादी साधु in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoएम्स से चिकित्सा शास्त्र की डिग्री लेने वाले नाथपंथी एकआम्बेडकरवादी साधु से संबंधित यात्रा संस्मरण।
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Pramod Ranjan deposited गोगा जी की मेड़ी और नाथपंथी आंबेडकरवादी साधु in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoएम्स से चिकित्सा शास्त्र की डिग्री लेने वाले नाथपंथी एकआम्बेडकरवादी साधु से संबंधित यात्रा संस्मरण।
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Pramod Ranjan deposited Goga ki Medi and a Nathpanthi Ambedkarite sadhu in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoA team of journalists led by Pramod Ranjan, editor, FORWARD Press, is touring India to explore Bahujan India and its culture. The team invites FP readers to join this odyssey. We will keep you posted with what we see and learn through regular reports and articles. Here is a report by Pramod Ranjan from Rajasthan
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Pramod Ranjan deposited Goga ki Medi and a Nathpanthi Ambedkarite sadhu in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoA team of journalists led by Pramod Ranjan, editor, FORWARD Press, is touring India to explore Bahujan India and its culture. The team invites FP readers to join this odyssey. We will keep you posted with what we see and learn through regular reports and articles. Here is a report by Pramod Ranjan from Rajasthan
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Ian Willis deposited When Peppertrees were all the rage in the group
Urban Studies 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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Ian Willis deposited When Peppertrees were all the rage in the group
Place Studies 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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Pramod Ranjan deposited ज्ञान निर्माण की प्रक्रिया: विश्वविद्यालय बनाम पिछड़े क्षेत्र और समुदाय in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoइस लेख में यूनिवर्सिटियों में सामाजिक न्याय की अवहेलना के कारण होने वाले नुकासान की चर्चा की गई है। लेख में कहा गया है कि प्राध्यापकों का मुख्य काम शिक्षण, यानी ज्ञान की व्याख्या करना है। ज्ञान का निर्माण एक सतत प्रक्रिया है, जो समाज में घटित होती है, यूनिवर्सिटियां भी इस प्रकिया का उतना ही अंग हैं, जितना किसी किस…[Read more]
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