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This book is dedicated with gratitude to the staff of the Music Library of the University of Pretoria: Isobel Oosthuizen, Gertrud Meyer and Marie Stals Gender and Sexuality in South African Music Published by SUN ePReSS, a division of AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, Stellenbosch ...

Brutalism has a privileged role in the history of modern architecture. After World War II, when the discussion of modernism began, Brutalism might have been the first tendency that criticized modern architecture and discussed its positive and negative aspects. In the literature on the history of architecture, two "Brutalisms" have been mentioned. One of these paths was that of Le Corbusier and his buildings, especially those produced after 1950; the other was the Brutalism of those following Smithson, who shaped their ideas in an intellectual area, with the name of "New Brutalism", more than that of the built environment. However, in both, the common traits were the expression of the structure, materials, and functions of a building, and also the use of materials in their natural, "rough" appearance and for their unpretentious honesty. Using raw material-especially raw concrete (beton brut)-also suggested an ethical implication for brutalists: staring at reality without any veils, purified from all ornaments, and observing the naked and uncontaminated beauty of naturality. The Brutalist movement flourished from the 1950s to the mid-1970s and expanded into local architecture all over the world. The Brutalist effects on architectural products are not only observed in the use of raw concrete, but also in its structural expressionism, using different materials in their pure and natural state, fragmental mass conception in contrast with the huge, monoblock prisms of the International Style, and also in searching for the patterns in old, urban areas. Hence, Brutalism was shaped into delighting forms and, in the hands of talented architects in different localities, many competent Brutalist samples were produced. Although it is generally accepted that Brutalism largely fell into disuse by the 1980s, it has experienced an "updating" of sorts in recent years. Many of the Brutalist aspects have been observed in newer buildings all over the world, with concrete façades, precast elements, using raw materials, and structural expressionism. Accordingly, this Special Issue is aimed at critically analyzing Brutalism again, in all its forms, and to scrutinize the newer Brutalist tendencies throughout the world. Of special interest is a focus on local experiences in Eastern and Asian countries. Topics of primary interest include, but are not limited to: Theoretical frame of Brutalism and its history Brutalist examples in history of architecture Local examples of Brutalism, especially in Eastern and Asian countries We look forward to receiving your submission. Conflicts of Interest: The author declares no conflicts of interest.

C hemist Carl Djerassi published his first full-length autobiography just before his 70th birthday. Now, just weeks after his 91st, he delivers his second. Remarkably, In Retrospect does have new things to say. At an age when most scientists retire, Djerassi launched a second career as a novelist and playwright. And in the preface, he announces that In Retrospect is largely an "autopsychoanalysis", searching within his fiction for an understanding of his true self and motivations. The book is, however, much more wide-ranging and outward-looking than that implies, although Djerassi's powerful ego is ever-presentsometimes irritatingly, but often endearingly. Djerassi was born in Vienna to secular Jewish doctors who divorced, then remarried after Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, so that Carl and his mother could escape to his father's native Bulgaria. From there, mother and son emigrated to the United States, where Djerassi learnt English and studied ferociously. In 1949, he joined the labs of the pharmaceutical company Syntex in Mexico City, where he led the research team that synthesized the first orally active steroid contraceptive compound, norethindrone. In 1959, he became a member of the chemistry faculty at Stanford University in California; he consolidated his reputation as a front-line chemist over three decades. Then he shifted his academic attention to outreach, before becoming a professor emeritus in 2002. Djerassi became enormously wealthy thanks to the soaring value of the Syntex stock acquired when he worked at the company, and he took up art (and house) collecting. Emotionally, his life was turbulent: he married three times, and had to face the tragedy of his daughter's suicide in 1978. His marvellous first autobiography, The Pill, Pygmy Chimps and Degas' Horse (Basic, 1992), covers this era in his life. In Retrospect goes over some of the same ground, using the prism of his other writingsrediscovering his Jewish identity through fictional characters in his books and plays, for example.

Na presente dissertacao, pretendemos perceber se existira na nossaidentidade nacional actual, tracos da identidade nacional salazarista.Para responder a esta pergunta, efectuamos uma analise baseadana identidade nacional e nos simbolos/momentos que julgamos seremrelevantes para elaboracao deste estudo. Comecamos por definira identidade e a nocao de identidade nacional, onde efectuamos deforma sintetizada um percurso pela identidade nacional. Apos estaapresentacao, elencamos os mencionados simbolos/momentos quepensamos serem relevantes para a formacao de uma nocao de identidade.Neste capitulo, varias narrativas visuais serao apresentadas,demonstrando o exaustivo trabalho na construcao da identidade nacionalefectuado pelo regime do Estado Novo, mas tambem o processode construcao de identidade efectuado apos a queda do regime fascista.Finalmente, elaboramos uma analise comparativa de algumasnarrativas visuais, tentando a partir delas pensar a identidade nacionalexistente, analisando va...

We investigated the effects of the degradation of natural rubber in a test piece of artwork as well as in test samples that have been exposed to accelerated degradation by UV irradiation. Two types of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) have been applied. Unilateral 1 H NMR is non-invasive and is applied directly to an artwork. It allows for spatial resolution in the form of depth profiles to be obtained. The results were compared to solid state 1 H and 13 C NMR, which requires sampling, but yields more detailed chemical information due to its spectroscopic resolution. Both techniques allow for the detection of changes in natural rubber due to degradation. 13 C NMR spectroscopy reflects the differences in the chemical process of degradation caused by short, intense, irradiation compared to long-term oxidative degradation. 1 H NMR spectroscopy assesses to what extent the hydrogen sites in a sample contribute to the T 2 decays measured by unilateral NMR. The signal from very rigid parts of the sample decays too fast to be detected by this method.

The global move toward reducing the usage of lead in electronics manufacturing industry is driving the industry to switch from tin-lead alloys to pure tin (Sn) for its component plating process. This transition has resulted in a reliability concern due to the formation of conductive Sn whiskers, which can grow from the component after the plating process within a few hours to months, with their length ranging from 10 micrometers up to several millimeters. The conductive Sn whiskers may cause current leakage or short circuits, leading to catastrophic failure in the field. This paper presents the results of an experimental study on Sn whisker formation based on the effects of annealing for 1 h at 150°C and environmental test conditions from the joint electron devices engineering council standards. This paper consisted of one temperature cycling test and two isothermal storage tests. The characterization results obtained confirm that temperature cycling and isothermal storage favor the formation of whiskers on Sn-plated copper lead frames. The average maximum length of the whiskers increased with the number of temperature cycles and duration of isothermal storage. It is also shown that annealing for 1 h at 150°C of the samples is effective in reducing the average maximum length of whiskers. Growth mechanisms of the Sn whiskers due to the effects of annealing and without annealing are also discussed.

The current focus on high-stakes testing has pressured schools to focus on a narrow range of literacy skills at the expense of oral language, vocabulary, and background knowledge. This article argues that theatre arts lessons can be an effective way for teachers to engage in rich verbal interactions with many children at once, providing feedback and building vocabulary. A K-2 theatre arts program initiated in the San Diego Unified School District is described, with links to on-line lesson plans and streaming videos of classroom instruction. Participants comment on the effect K-2 theatre activities had on classroom culture and student learning especially the literacy skills of English language learners.

The proliferation of books on leadership continues to be fed by a widespread anxiety about leadership. When in doubt, wicked problems in organizations are often defined as leadership problems, and every new offering from the leadership ÔalchemistsÕ is seized on in the hope that at last there may be technique which enables us to turn everything to organizational gold. The flow of books on leadership shows no sign of diminishing, and we do not seem to be much closer to having a practical grasp of the subject. How much progress are we making? If we look harder under the lamp post where most of the work has been done and therefore where the light is, will we find out about leadership? Or are we seeking answers in the wrong place? This paper argues that we have indeed been looking for answers in the wrong place, and suggests new areas to search instead. In particular, it argues that:

This paper evaluates the connections between art and marketing in order to develop enhanced insight into how art and the art world can inform marketing theory and practice. Design/Methodology/Approach: An in-depth analysis of a wide range of relevant literatures is carried out in order to heighten our understanding of art as a way of knowing within the marketing discipline. A range of meanings of art and marketing are considered and an analyses of their intersections is carried out. Findings: A number of potentially useful concepts are developed, including that of the marketing manager as an artist. Viewing marketing through art is seen as an avant garde response to addressing the continuing theory/practice gap. Research limitations/implications: Following an art-based way of knowing in marketing has the potential to challenge more mainstream paths of thinking by opening up the ways in which we visualise marketing theory and practice. Practical implications: Artistic creativity is seen as a key factor in stimulating marketing decisions. Viewing the marketer as artist also mirrors the actual behaviour of the marketing manager by providing insight into intuitive thought processes and visualisation techniques. Originality/value: Arts marketing research in general is making progress in terms of its theoretical and practical contributions to the wider marketing discipline. It is believed that papers such as this will contribute to the ongoing research agenda by stimulating much needed critical debate.

Esta dissertacao tem como objetivo a analise da cidade de Viseu durantea ocupacao romana, entre os seculos II/I a.C. e IV/V d.C., usando odesenho como principal metodo de analise, sobre as teorias e achados.A primeira parte pretende enquadrar o tempo e local de estudo,clarificando sobre as alteracoes que ocorreram a nivel global na areaonde se insere Viseu. A percecao do territorio e da sua ordenacaopermitem tracar a area politica em que a cidade romana de Viseu seinseria, a Lusitânia. A compreensao da sua organizacao aos varios niveiscria uma base de estudo mais solida, apoiada em fatos e exemplos que,certamente, influenciaram Viseu.A segunda parte, considerada pratica, visa estudar a cidade e a suaevolucao atraves da analise e reconstrucao do que seria o seu urbanismo,recorrendo a tratadistica romana e aos estudos e escavacoes feitospor outros investigadores sobre a cidade de Viseu e outras cidades daLusitânia. A sobreposicao de diferentes camadas de informacao, defontes e context...

The “Earthrise” photograph, taken on the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, became one of the most significant images of the 20th Century. It triggered a profound shift in environmental awareness and the potential for human unity—inspiring the first Earth Day in 1970. Taking inspiration from these events 50 years later, we initiated Project Earthrise at our 2020 annual conference of inVIVO Planetary Health. This builds on the emergent concept of planetary health, which provides a shared narrative to integrate rich and diverse approaches from all aspects of society towards shared solutions to global challenges. The acute catastrophe of the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn greater attention to many other interconnected global health, environmental, social, spiritual, and economic problems that have been underappreciated or neglected for decades. This is accelerating opportunities for greater collaborative action, as many groups now focus on the necessity of a “Great Transition”. While ambitious integr...

The Sukuma Sensorium Before discussing the sensory shifts that are pivotal in Sukuma healing, an introduction to the human sensorium may be in order. As a Western ethnographer, I am inevitably influenced by Euro-American conceptions in which ...

Pakistan is, locally known as Rohi which covers an area of about 16,000, square km and extends into the Thar Desert of India. The word Cholistan is derived from Cholna which means "moving". The people of Cholistan lead a semi-nomadic life, moving from one place to another in search of water and fodder for their animals. It is said that Cholistan has not always been a desert. It flowed a river between 4000 and 1000 B.C, the area was fertile and also populated as the various remain of its settlements show. All through the Punjab, North West Rajistan and Sind thee are civilization of rivers which suddenly close down to flow or changed their rout. This ancient river once irrigated Cholistan usually identified Hakra River, known as the Saravati in Vedic times, considered sacred by the Aryans (Mares, M.A., 1999). At one time there were 400 forts in the area and archaeological finds around the Darawar Fort, the only place with a perennial waterhole, indicate that it was contemporaneous with the Indus Valley Civilization. The average annual rainfall is only 12 cm, and the little cultivation there is made possible by underground wells, drawn up by the camels. The water is stored in troughs, built by the tribes, between sand hills and din waterholes called tobas, (Auj, N., 1991). Objectives of the Study • To divulge information regarding Cholistani culture and architecture. • To provide awareness about Cholistan desert's life, festivals, local, regional arts and crafts. • To identify the possible role of libraries, information centers, documentation and survey centers for the preservation and promotion of Cholistani cultural heritage. • To encourage and promote study and research in the field of architecture and culture Research Methodology This study is based on review of literature; (books, newspaper articles, research theses in the Department of Saraiki and material from the Internet were consulted. Informal interviews were conducting with intellectuals and native academicians of the area. Special information was provided by well known poet and writer, ex-programme manager Pakistan Radio, Bahawalpur station and Chairman, Department of Saraiaki (a native language), the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Prof. Dr. Nasrullah Khan Nasir. Discussion with library science specialists was made in order to identify the role of libraries and information in promoting the Cholistani culture and architecture. Uch Sharif Uch Sharif, is 75 km away from Bahawalpur. Historical facts show that in the beginning of the second century of Hijra, the name of the city was not Uch but Askandra (or Alexandria). According to a traditional estimate, Uch existed before the arrival of Bikarmjit when Jains and Buddhists ruled over the sub-continent. It is believed to be the town mentioned by Rashid-ud-Din as the capital of one of the principalities of Sind under Aynad, the son of Kafand, who ruled

Today's society is increasingly digitalised, with mobile smartphones being routinely carried and used by a significant percentage of the population. This provides an augmented experience for the individual that does not depend on their geographical separation with respect to their community of friends and other contacts. This changes the nature of relationships between people. Individuals may live in a "digital bubble", close to others physically, but far away from them in their digital world. More specifically, digital images can be generated and shared with ever greater ease. Sometimes the digital image takes on an important part of the individual's experience of reality. This paper explores examples of the phenomenon, within the context of the arts in particular and culture in general. We also consider the assortment of terms used in a variety of ways by researchers in different fields with regard to our ever more digital society, such as digitalism, digitality, digitalisation, digital culture, digital philosophy, etc. We survey these terms, exploring them from alternative viewpoints, including sociological and philosophical aspects, and attempt to pinpoint some of these terms more precisely, especially in a cultural and artistic context.

In this volume, the aesthetic contours of literacies and communication are explored through a collection of chapters authored by educators, emerging and established researchers, youth researchers, and teaching artists whose lives intersect with those of young people inside and outside of formal institutional settings. At the heart of the varied research and curricular projects – ranging from writing workshops and photography walks to a theater elective at an alternative to incarceration program – represented in this volume is the pursuit of play, imagination, multimodal expression. The authors share their experiences working with court-involved youth to explore issues related to justice, community, identity, and representation through engagement with multiple media and modes – including photography, theater, writing, painting, and video.

This study examines existing research on the use of arts-based methods in approaching issues sensitive for youth and children. We conducted a qualitative, systematic review of twenty academic publications on this topic from 1997 to 2017. Our results show the use of arts-based methods to (1) recognize and  make visible previously invisible experiences, acts, voices and histories; (2) nurture change and transformation in the lives of the youth; and (3) allow exploring the
more-than-human, more-than-present and less-than-conscious aspects in the lives of youth and children – aspects that traditional study methods might not readily access. Our findings offer teachers, researchers, practitioners, psychologists and social workers greater awareness of the use of arts-based methods in matters young people find sensitive. This review allows education professionals to achieve
a broader view of methods emerging from the arts in addressing the social and psychological issues that young human beings might face.

Artikkelissa tarkastellaan taidelähtöisten tutkimusmenetelmien ja käytänteiden mahdollisuuksia käsiteltäessä herkkätuntoisia aihepiirejä lasten ja nuorten kanssa. Tutkimuksessa toteutettiin laadullinen systemaattinen kirjallisuuskatsaus, johon valikoitui 20 akateemista englanninkielistä julkaisua vuosilta 1997–2017. Katsauksen perusteella taidelähtöiset lähestymistavat voivat olla avuksi tutkimuksessa
ja käytännössä (1) tehtäessä näkyväksi lasten ja nuorten elämän hankalasti tunnistettavia sekä heikosti tiedostettuja kokemuksia, käytänteitä, ääniä ja historioita; (2) etsittäessä muutoksen mahdollisuuksia lasten ja nuorten oikeuksia rikkovissa kysymyksissä; ja (3) tutkittaessa lasten ja nuorten elämänpiireihin sisältyviä
materiaalisia sekä inhimillisen ja nykyhetken ylittäviä kietoumia. Tutkimus tuottaa uutta tietoa taidelähtöisten menetelmien ja käytänteiden sellaisista ulottuvuuksista, joita perinteisillä puhe- ja tekstilähtöisillä menetelmillä on usein vaikea tavoittaa. Se tarjoaa tutkijoille, kasvattajille ja päättäjille välineitä hyödyntää taidelähtöisiä lähestymistapoja tutkittaessa ja käsiteltäessä lasten ja nuorten
kanssa herkkätuntoisia aihepiirejä.

Colour is visual identification or perception of a property derived from spectrum of light by human eyes. When a beam of light from sun or light source passes through a glass prism, it dispersed in to seven colours of rainbow. Sunlight has a high color temperature, a fairly uniform spectrum and is considered a standard for white light. A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon caused by reflection and refraction of light in water droplets present in the atmosphere. The rainbow colours are violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red (vibgyor). Electromagnetic radiation in the visible range is generally called as light.

Addressing the coronation issue in France always comes down to talking about Reims, its archbishop, its cathedral, and its Holy Ampulla. If these elements are indeed constitutive of the consecration ceremony, they only became so from the 13th century onwards. Before that, Reims had difficulty asserting its alleged prerogative to welcome the consecration’s ceremony. The practice of “festival crowing”, practiced by monarchs to assert their authority, did not indeed help the metropolitan Reims to assert its monopoly. In this context, Saint-Denis sought recognition of his rights to host the royal ceremony. Saint-Denis has always been intimately connected to the monarchy and hosted Pepin the first consecration, Pepin the Short and his heirs, in 754. In the 12th century, Abbot Suger’s arrival at Abbey’s head marked a new impetus for the Abbey in this race for prestige. The Saint-Denis church’s reconstruction and its liturgical organization demonstrate the great project that the Abbey purs...

This paper aims at reading The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock with respect to T.E.Hulme’s argument in Romanticism and Classicism. The researchers try to apply T.E.Hulme’s notion of Romanticism and Classicism on dramas and poems. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock poem will be examined and illustrated from two differing but independent classical and romantic perspective based on Hulme’s definitions. It shows that the poem contain characteristics of both classical and romantic art forms. The effect of Hulme’s notion can be seen particularly clearly in the works of T.S.Eliot and other poets of the 1930’s.  T.E.Hulme’s insistence on order and exactness sowed the seed of ‘Classical revival”, to which Eliot contribute a great deal in his poems.

I Usein kuulee sanottavan, tilanteen ollessa riittävän vakava tai harras, ettei tämä tai tuo asia ole "leikin asia". Lausuma on tuttu niin sananlaskuista, arkisista tilanteista kuin politiikasta. Entinen pääministeri Jyrki Katainen esimerkiksi kertoi, ettei Ilkka Kanervan seksikohu ollut puolueelle "leikin asia". Kun taas selitämme lapselle, joka näyttää vähät välittävän vakavuudestamme, toteamme turhautuneesti, ettei tässä ole mitään hauskaa: "tämä ei ole leikin asia".

The thesis of this essay can be stated quite directly: Slavoj Žižek, despite having little to say about mashup and remixing in any direct way, engages this new media phenomena in both theory and practice, providing contemporary culture with both a conceptual understanding of the mashup and a carefully executed illustration of its methodology. The examination of this will proceed by way of two movements. The first investigates how Žižek's work, especially his general interest in "short circuiting," provides theoretical insight for understanding the mashup and its cultural significance. The second turns things around, demonstrating how the mashup explains and describes Žižek's own compositional practices. In other words, the first part explains the mashup by way of Žižek, while the second explains Žižek by way of the mashup.

The current focus on high-stakes testing has pressured schools to focus on a narrow range of literacy skills at the expense of oral language, vocabulary, and background knowledge. This article argues that theatre arts lessons can be an effective way for teachers to engage in rich verbal interactions with many children at once, providing feedback and building vocabulary. A K-2 theatre arts program initiated in the San Diego Unified School District is described, with links to on-line lesson plans and streaming videos of classroom instruction. Participants comment on the effect K-2 theatre activities had on classroom culture and student learning especially the literacy skills of English language learners.

Our creative arts help to define our societies and our civilisation. Digital developments are democratising enjoyment of the arts and participation in the arts. The creative arts can address social issues, reach excluded groups, open-up creative, financial, entrepreneurial, active involvement, sustainability and other opportunities, break down barriers, widen perspectives, change expectations, bridge urban-rural divides and stimulate creative thinking, imagination and innovation. They can expose people to various physical/tangible expressions of individuals, movements and prevailing views from different ages, arenas and societies and encourage them to think, question and challenge. They can also enable people to produce designs, artefacts and other works that express their responses and views in a richer variety of ways than just the written or spoken word. An education in the creative arts can enhance, enable, enrich and empower. It can help to stimulate the exploration and commitment that can lead to responsible and fulfilling lifestyles and successful invention and entrepreneurship.

""Electronic Visualisation in Arts and Culture explores a variety of new theory and technologies, including devices and techniques for motion capture for music and performance, advanced photographic techniques, computer generated images derived from different sources, game engine software, airflow to capture the motions of bird flight and low-altitude imagery from airborne devices.

The international authors of this book are practising experts from universities, art practices and organisations, research centres and independent research. They describe electronic visualisation used for such diverse aspects of culture as airborne imagery, computer generated art based on the autoimmune system, motion capture for music and for sign language, the visualisation of time and the long term preservation of these materials. Selected from the EVA London conferences from 2009-2012, held in association with the Computer Arts Society of the British Computer Society, the authors have reviewed, extended and fully updated their work for this state-of-the-art volume.
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This report presents a Strategic Plan for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in Kentucky. The purpose of this Strategic Plan is to offer a vision for ITS in Kentucky and to identify key goals for each functional area of ITS. Some of the fundamental elements of achieving the ITS vision are presented and discussed, including public relations and marketing, operations and maintenance, and organizational structure. This plan serves as the foundation for development of a Statewide ITS Architecture and an ITS Business Plan, both of which are currently in progress. To place Kentucky's Strategic Plan in its proper context, this report presents information on the national ITS program, including some history and a description of ITS functional areas and user services. An overview of the National ITS Architecture is provided, including a summary of the architecture development process, a brief description of the architecture documentation, and a discussion of the value of an ITS architecture. An inventory of existing ITS projects in Kentucky was conducted, and the resulting project summaries are included in Section 4.0 of the report. Also included in Section 4.0 is a map of Kentucky showing the project locations. Kentucky's ITS Strategic Plan development began in early 1997. The Plan was developed in two phases. The first phase focused on the areas of Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS), Advanced Rural Transportation Systems (ARTS), and Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO). The remaining areas of Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS), Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS), and Advanced Vehicle Safety Systems (AVSS) were included in the second phase of the project. The first phase results were published in an interim report in May 1998. 1 The final report, completed in June 2000, includes the results of both phases of the project and is designed to be a stand-alone document.

The research focuses on the importance of the interrelationship between identity and heritage as a bonding factor that brings together all those who contributed to the formation of this heritage, regardless of the other ethnic, religious and linguistic affiliations within one identity, the Syrian national identity.

العنوان: الهوية والتراث الثقافي المادي في سورية

يركز البحث على أهمية الترابط بين الهوية والتراث باعتباره يشكل عامل ترابط يجمع كل من أسهم في تكوين هذا التراث بغض النظر عن الانتماءات الآثنية والدينية واللغوية الآخرى ضمن هوية واحدة هي الهوية الوطنية السورية.

Art galleries, which exist as a cottageindustry, like many small businesses face a very challenging and changingcompetitive environment that demands attention to strategy formation andexecution. Many galleries, though, operate as though they were immune fromtechnology and consolidation. Their traditional business model is underpressure from globalization and the Internet. Data on 132 private art galleries in Colorado were collected by mail survey.In addition to gallery and owner characteristics, data for three sets ofvariables were collected: (1) economic and technological forces affectinggallery success, (2) changes in performance, and (3) adaptive strategic levelresponses to performance change. Findings indicate gallery business is very complicated, with a mix ofdriving forces. Gallery owners and managers are relatively unconcerned aboutkey external economic and technological pressures affecting their businesses.Their perceptions are not related to changes in performance. Owners i...

Intercountry adoptees as scholars and artists are coming forward and offering perspectives and ideas about adoption that challenge the standard sociological literature on the adoption triad represented by the mother, the adoptive mother and the adoptee. As transnational and transracial adoptees speak out, the adoption community and broader society have become more aware of the challenges and complexities of the adoptee experience. Both the dissertation and the playscript Umbilical is structured around what is known in a\the adoption field as the adoption triad-the birth mother, the adoptive mother and the adoptee.

With deliberation on the architecture of Iran in Islamic period, it can be said that spaces and decorations used in its buildings have a deep relationship with cultural beliefs and world-view of Islam. Although, it is assumed in the first look that the space of these works have been shaped according to local and climatic conditions of Iran, but with more profound look, it can be observed that they are at the result of the spiritual and wise attitudes of the artists who have created their works by concerning to these principles. The authors of this paper intend to introduce the architectural and decorative arrays used in the soltaniyeh dome, and investigate the theosophical principles of light and colour, also analysis their symbolic meanings in this masterpiece of art and architecture in Ilkhani era. Research findings show that the use of light and arrays reflected it, as well as a variety of special colours, such as blue and green in this tomb are rooted in the religious beliefs of...

Japanese film culture is one of the oldest and most prolific in the world. Today, few people are surprised by the scope of its fiction-film industry, which was the largest in the world after Hollywood. However, the production of documentary films in Japan has not received the attention it deserves:, it is often believed that Japan never developed a true documentary tradition, due to an apparentpreference for stylisation originating in the country’s theatrical tradition (Richie 1990). Yet, this filmography is not isnignificant. Japan has left one of the most important legacies in terms of non-fiction films in the world, with 130,000 works since the end of World War II (Maruyama 2010). This constitutes a huge cultural heritage but its cataloguing is a job that exceeds the capacity of any one researcher. "Trends in Japanese Documentary Film" seeks to challenge the predominance of fiction film in the literature on Japanese Cinema. Thus, this Special Issue proposes new approaches to film history and theory from non-fiction genres that contribute to identifying, analysing and categorising distinctive schools, artistic and intellectual movements, and trends in the history of Japanese documentary.

Book Review: Talking Prices by Olav Velthuis

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
I. Introduction
II. Juxtaposition of art and commerce: the trichotomy of the avant-garde galleries, conservative dealers and auction houses
III. Money as the building block of relationships between artists, dealers and collectors
IV. Pricing works of art: bending rationality and twisting the economic principles
V. Social fabric of the art market
VI. Conclusion

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Revealing a substantial amount of evidence hitherto missed by pertinent literature reviews, this article sets out to offer a critical appraisal of the empirical research literature on the contributions arts-based programmes may make to the process of desistance from crime. The article begins by focusing on evaluations of arts-based programmes run by practitioners inside prisons, and their effects in terms of three sets of developments that are thought to advance desistance: psychological and attitudinal changes; increased learning capacity and motivations; and social skills building. Our appraisal then proceeds to address the effects of arts-based prison programmes after participants’ release into the community; a theme that has received very limited research attention to date, and even less attention in extant literature reviews. In the next section of the article, we briefly discuss our own evaluation of an arts-based programme that is aimed at prolonging and enhancing desistance through providing former prisoners with opportunities to continue engaging with the arts after release. We conclude with a few short remarks as to the lessons that can be drawn from this article for the design of arts-based programmes in the field of criminal justice.

This paper problematises the term 'festival tourism'. It conceptualises festivals as socially sustaining devices and argues that while they frequently function as tourist attractions, their social significance extends far beyond tourism. Using empirical material gathered in two case study arts festivals in Ireland, the paper demonstrates how festivals can contribute to arts development by inter alia creating demand for the arts, enhancing venue infrastructures, encouraging local creativity and animating local involvement. The paper contends that arts festivals, irrespective of their initial objectives almost inevitably develop tourist profiles over time and it proceeds to examine how changing tourism priorities in the two festivals studied impact upon sustainable festival practices. The findings suggest that tourism emerged as a key force promoting festival growth and expansion. It was found to be associated with increased revenue flows but also with increased arts activity on a year-round basis and with an improved venue infrastructure in both places. However, problems were identified with respect to the quality of the relationship forged between the festivals and local populations in the respective places. The paper concludes by arguing that festivals' engagement with tourism needs to be carefully managed in the interests of promoting the socially sustaining function of festivals and of encouraging sustainable approaches to tourism development.

This paper analyses the taxonomy, distinctive features and evolution of Kant’s conceptions of friendship by examining Kant’s accounts of this topic in his different Lectures on Ethics from the mid 1770’s till early 1790’s and his Metaphysics of Morals from 1797 as well as his scattered remarks on friendship in some of his smaller writings and notes from his manuscript remains. On the basis of this analysis, I show that (1) Kant’s taxonomy of friendship is far more intricate that the distinction between friendship based on need, taste and disposition as Lynch (2005) claims; (2) from the late 1770’s till the late 1790’s, Kant’s writings on friendship display an increasing focus and emphasis on moral friendship, whereas his discussion of friendship of need and taste from the early Lectures on Ethics disappears in his late Lectures on Ethics and the Metaphysics of Morals ; (3) although – following Marcucci (1999) – one can distinguish between an ‘anthropological’ or ‘phenomenological’ a...

Als Goethe in seiner monumentalen Farbenlehre (1810) versuchte, Newtons Theorie des Lichts und der Farben anzugreifen, setzte er eine Methode ein, die er als Vermannigfachung der Erfahrungen bezeichnete: Er variierte verschiedene Parameter der newtonischen Experimente, um neuen Spielraum für Alternativen zur Theorie Newtons zu gewinnen. Dabei erzielte er durchaus Erfolge. U.a. entdeckte er das Komplement zum newtonischen Spektrum (das aussieht wie dessen Farbnegativ und durch Vertauschung der Rollen von Licht und Finsternis entsteht). Ingo Nussbaumer hat Goethes Methode kongenial fortgeführt. Dabei hat er sechs weitere Farbspektren entdeckt. Sie entstehen, wenn man anstelle des Hell/Dunkel-Kontrasts (in Newtons und Goethes Experimenten) mit Paaren bunter Komplementärfarben arbeitet. Die neuen Farbspektren sehen genauso differenziert aus wie Newtons und Goethes Spektrum; doch anders als diese enthalten sie die unbunten "Farben" Schwarz und Weiß. Die vielfältigen Ordnungsbeziehungen und Symmetrien, die Ingo Nussbaumer in der Farbenwelt der insgesamt acht Spektren ausgemacht hat, verhelfen uns vielleicht zu einem tieferen Verständnis der Prinzipien menschlicher Farbwahrnehmung. Und sie tauchen die überkommenen Prinzipien der additiven und der subtraktiven Farbmischung in neues Licht.