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Ian Willis deposited Narellan Heritage Walking Tour in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe Narellan Heritage Walking Tour is an interesting and informative way to observe and learn about the history and heritage of this Cowpastures village.
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited La panadera del “Libro de buen amor” y las otras panaderas de la poesía medieval castellana in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoDesde que el hispanista francés Félix Lecoy llamase en 1938 la atención sobre las
peculiaridades de los papeles atribuidos a las mujeres en la obra de Juan Ruiz, numerosos
trabajos académicos se han dedicado a esclarecer en lo posible las coordenadas históricas
y literarias de esta presencia femenina en el Libro de buen amor, sobre todo en lo r…[Read more] -
Vitus Angermeier deposited Slides: Crisis in Ancient South Asia – Concepts, Causes, Countermeasures in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoAlthough a plethora of ancient South Asian sources refer to situations that would be considered crises by modern standards, the early Sanskrit vocabulary lacks a word that we could understand as a distinct equivalent of the term “crisis” and its Greek and Latin predecessors. Nevertheless, the descriptions and discussions of personal and col…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited The Camden District was a field of dreams in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis article contributes to understanding regionalism by using a case study of the Camden district.
It is now hard to imagine now, but in days gone by, the township of Camden was the centre of a large district. The Camden district became the centre of people’s daily lives for over a century and the basis of their sense of place and community i…[Read more] -
Samuel Adu-Gyamfi deposited Cerebrospinal meningitis in the Colonial History of the Asante of Ghana in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe incidence of diseases in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) shaped encounters between colonial officials and indigenous people, yet this subject has merited minimum attention in the Ghanaian historiography. This paper examines the colonial healthcare interventions to combat the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in Asante and
how the presence…[Read more] -
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] -
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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Ian Willis deposited Graeme Clark, a world-famous Camden identity in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis paper provides a background on the life and times of Graeme Clark, a founder of the area of biomedical engineering and the cochlear implant, who grew up in the small town of Camden, NSW.
The life and times of Professor Graeme Clark, the pioneer of the Cochlear Implant, are part of the Camden story. He was a local boy who made good, improved…[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
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] -
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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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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Ian Willis deposited Unlock Camden, a local history festival in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis article contributes to the story of festivals and their importance to local communities in New South Wales.
In September this year, a local history festival, Unlock Camden, was held in the community of Camden at
the beginning of History Week. In its fifth year, the festival has aimed to unlock the stories and images
of the local area and…[Read more] -
Derek Johnston deposited Confronting the Legacy of Historical Trauma through Gothic Historical Television Drama in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 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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Charles Peck Jr deposited The Origins of the Symbol-Idea or Archetype of Spirit as Life-force: Archetypes-Collective Consciousness: genesis (Ruach as wind, breathe, spirit), Hinduism (prana) + Hebrew association of “spirit” w/ knowledge, genetic research + sociological evidence in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoThe Hebrew word “ruach” – the word connected to the idea-symbol of “spirit” translates alternately as “wind,” “breathe,” or “spirit.” In Arabic, there are two words for the words: spirit, soul or self – namely, ruH (spirit, soul) & nafs (spirit, soul, self). Both of these Arabic words are also connected to the ideas of breath or wind (e.g. ruH is…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited The Origins of the Symbol-Idea or Archetype of Spirit as Life-force: Archetypes-Collective Consciousness: genesis (Ruach as wind, breathe, spirit), Hinduism (prana) + Hebrew association of “spirit” w/ knowledge, genetic research + sociological evidence in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoThe Hebrew word “ruach” – the word connected to the idea-symbol of “spirit” translates alternately as “wind,” “breathe,” or “spirit.” In Arabic, there are two words for the words: spirit, soul or self – namely, ruH (spirit, soul) & nafs (spirit, soul, self). Both of these Arabic words are also connected to the ideas of breath or wind (e.g. ruH is…[Read more]
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Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited Manuscripts Don’t Burn in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoIn 2023, a new museum opened in Tbilisi, at the Writer’s House of Georgia that previously house the Soviet Writers’ Union: The Museum of Repressed Writers. The museum honours the executed poets from Georgia’s Soviet past, poets whose identities Soviet authorities tried to destroy. This article examines the story the museum tells about Soviet l…[Read more]
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Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited Manuscripts Don’t Burn in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoIn 2023, a new museum opened in Tbilisi, at the Writer’s House of Georgia that previously house the Soviet Writers’ Union: The Museum of Repressed Writers. The museum honours the executed poets from Georgia’s Soviet past, poets whose identities Soviet authorities tried to destroy. This article examines the story the museum tells about Soviet l…[Read more]
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Lloyd Graham deposited A life in the balance: Divine judgement by weighing in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoThis paper compares psychostasia and/or kerostasia concepts from Indo-European, Semitic and adjacent cultures, and relates them to Cognitive Metaphor Theory. In the context of metaphysical weighing, the religions of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome all associated lightness with goodness and/or a favourable outcome; Hinduism does likewise. The…[Read more]
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Ignacio Cabello Llano deposited ¿Un futuro sin Cristo? Voces de una generación in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoEste libro indaga en diferentes temas de la vida humana personal y social a la luz de Cristo. Su punto de partida es el acontecimiento de Jesús de Nazaret, y despliega sus implicaciones culturales, espirituales, sociales, éticas, políticas. Es original en la medida en que se dirige al mundo universitario, sin aceptar de antemano las re…[Read more]
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