Vernacular

Imagining Vernacular Histories is centered on the idea of engaging with indigenous African cosmologies that signal at pluriversality. In conversation with Toyin Falola’s reading of the African pluriverse and his exploration of the idea of “ritual archives,” the contributors to this volume rethink the historical archive in search of vernacular histories. Simultaneously, they recognize the contributions from various other disciplines in pluralizing the term vernacular. The book brings together a wide range of topics, such as reflections on African historiography; the relationship between memory, history and literature; gender relations; and the construction of historical archives. While appropriating Falola’s conception of vernacular histories, the contributors collectively argue that pluriversality and ritual archives can potentially rescue African humanistic inquires from the sustained practices of epistemicide. Simultaneously, Imagining Vernacular Histories focuses on the emerging interdisciplinary conversations on constructing the pluriverse as well as on the geopolitics of knowledge production. Through a critical appreciation of Falola’s engagement with the ideas of postcoloniality, decolonizing epistemologies, and pluriversality, this book locates his scholarship in relation to postcolonial theory emerging from the Global South.

Tout à la fois historien et critique social, polyglotte et professeur itinérant, Ivan Illich (1926-2002) connut un grand succès dans les années 1970, à travers sa critique de la société industrielle et de l’idéologie du développement.
Avec ses ouvrages (Une société sans école, La Convivialité, Le Chômage créateur, Du lisible au visible, La Perte des sens,…), il aura contribué à de puissantes réflexions et propositions sur « l’après-développement », dont les thèmes reviennent en force à présent avec les menaces qui pèsent sur la planète, le modèle économique en berne d’une croissance exponentielle et l’augmentation mondiale des inégalités.
Avec les contributions d’Olivier Assouly, Humberto Beck, Renaud Garcia, Martin Fortier, Thierry Paquot, Simon Ravenscroft, Jean Robert et Étienne Verne, tous fins connaisseurs de l’œuvre d’Ivan Illich, dont certains ont été son ami.

Para produzir tipografias digitais inspiradas em letreiros urbanos, é essencial conhecer o tema a ser estudado. Com uma Olympus OM-1 - velha de guerra - na mão e alguns rolos de filme no bolso, durante dois meses, o autor Pedro Moura percorreu as ruas de diversas cidades em busca de registros interessantes e expressivos.

Opracowanie wydane w ramach projektu "Alpy Karpatom -programu na rzecz uwolnienia potencjału ekonomicznego górskich obszarów Podkarpacia poprzez transfer praktyk szwajcarskich" współfinansowanego przez Szwajcarię w ramach szwajcarskiego programu współpracy z nowymi krajami członkowskimi Unii Europejskiej, realizowanego przez Fundację Karpacką -Polska.

This paper aims to point out the resilience capacity that vernacular architecture has in its origins due to its continuous evolution over time, and its ability to adapt to the new established ecosystems after shocks and disasters. Furthermore, this paper investigates the contribution of the local building cultures on reducing the vulnerabilities of the urban and rural settlements of today. Indigenous knowledge can enhance resilience of social-ecological systems as this knowledge, accumulated through experiences, has demonstrated the ability to deal with complexity and changing of environmental factors. Unfortunately indigenous knowledge is not still adequately recognised as an instrument into the realm of science. With this present paper we aim to increase the awareness of learning resilient design principles from vernacular architectural culture and re-interpreting them in establishment of new urban strategies for the future cities. In particular, this research is deepened by examp...

Spectacular Posthumanism examines the ways in which VFX imagery fantasizes about digital disembodiment while simultaneously reasserting the importance of the lived body. Analyzing a wide range of case studies-including the films of David Cronenberg and Stanley Kubrick, image technologies such as performance capture and crowd simulation, Game of Thrones, Terminator: Genisys, Planet Earth, and 300-Ayers builds on Miriam Hansen's concept of “vernacular modernism” to argue that the “vernacular posthumanism” of these media objects has a phenomenological impact on viewers. As classical Hollywood cinema initiated viewers into the experience of modernism, so too does the VFX image initiate viewers into digital, posthuman modes of thinking and being. Ayers's innovative close-reading of popular, mass-market media objects reveals the complex ways that these popular media struggle to make sense of humanity's place within the contemporary world. Spectacular Posthumanism argues that special and visual effects images produce a digital, posthuman vernacular, one which generates competing fantasies about the utopian and dystopian potential of a nonhuman future. As humanity grapples with such heady issues as catastrophic climate change, threats of anonymous cyber warfare, an increasing reliance on autonomous computing systems, genetic manipulation of both humans and nonhumans, and the promise of technologically enhanced bodies, the anxieties related to these issues register in popular culture. Through the process of compositing humans and nonhumans into a seemingly seamless whole, digital images visualize a utopian fantasy in which flesh and information might easily coexist and cohabitate with each other. These images, however, also exhibit the dystopic anxieties that develop around this fantasy. Relevant to our contemporary moment, Spectacular Posthumanism both diagnoses and offers a critique of this fantasy, arguing that this posthuman imagination overlooks the importance of embodiment and lived experience. Publisher Website: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/spectacular-posthumanism-9781501340086/ Preview: https://bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/5ca77cd25f15030001900ebb

When faced with crises, different people respond in different ways; likewise, different groups of people also respond in different ways. Some groups react proactively and vigorously, while others react passively and defensively and take time to consider their options before attempting to resolve the crisis in their favor. The author uses conceptual blending theory (also known as conceptual integration theory) to understand better one type of response: the salvation or millennial movement, as it is portrayed in the conceptual blends found in their narratives describing their idea of the golden age, or what the author calls their “hope narratives”.

The concept of vernacular design allows for the understanding and appreciation of designs created without recourse to institutional qualifi cations in the fi eld of design. This thesis is based upon a study undertaken in the Iñupiaq village of Kaktovik on the North Slope of Alaska -the Iñupiat are also known as North Alaska Inuit (Eskimo) -on how Iñupiaq women practice and learn vernacular designing of present-day Iñupiaq clothing -annuġaaq with qupak trim. The study is based on a review of both design research and vernacular designing, as well as documentation based on the writer's participant observation of contemporary Iñupiaq clothing design and creation. This has been supplemented with interviews, dialogues and a process of research-by-design. An important part of the investigation has been the contextual situation: the people, the place, and the case -the Iñupiat, the village of Kaktovik and the Iñupiaq clothing. Christopher Alexander writes about design in unselfconscious cultures -here, vernacular design. Interpretations of the vernacular clothing designers discussed in this work have been inspired by Schön's theory of designers as refl ective practitioners and by the social learning theory of Lave's and Wenger's communities of practice. The present investigation of Iñupiaq clothing design indicates that learning-by-watching was the most common form of learning. Learning-by-watching can be seen as an elaboration of both Schön's and Wenger's theories of learning. Janne Beate Reitan (1956) did her Master in art and design education at A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s 11 S u m m a r y 17 S a m m e n d r a g 18 The Field 21 P o i n t o f D e p a r t u r e 21 F o c u s o f R e s e a r c h 26 T h e o r e t i c a l P o i n t s o f D e p a r t u r e 33 S t a t u s Q u e s t i o n i s 44 M y P a t h 64 The Iñupiat, Kaktovik and Iñupiaq Clothing 83 T h e I ñ u p i a t 83 T h e K a k t o v i k V i l l a g e 86 C o n t e m p o r a r y T r a d i t i o n a l C l o t h i n g f r o m K a k t o v i k 94 Practice and Learning in Iñupiaq Vernacular Design 135 I ñ u p i a q D e s i g n e r s a s R e f l e c t i v e P r a c t i t i o n e r s 136 I ñ u p i a q D e s i g n e r s a s a C o m m u n i t y o f P r a c t i c e f o r L e a r n i n g 166 New Perspectives on Design Practice and Learning 205 T h e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s i n s p i r e d o f S c h ö n v e r s u s W e n g e r 206 V e r n a c u l a r d e s i g n v e r s u s A c a d e m i c d e s i g n 215 P o s s i b l e C o n s e q u e n c e s i n D e s i g n E d u c a t i o n 223 F u r t h e r R e s e a r c h 229

In these essays Peter Dronke looks at some of the relations between sacred and profane ideas and images, and Christian and pagan motifs, particularly in the early Middle Ages. The first two parts of the book dwell on aspects of (in the widest sense) Christian Platonism, the one part focussing on themes, the other on some of the greatest thinkers in the Latin world, from Boethius in the sixth century to Thierry of Chartres in the twelfth. The emphasis throughout is on transformations and syncretisms far more than disjunctions. The final group of essays is concerned with poetic texts, Latin and vernacular, in which non-sacred elements make their way into the sacred, the biblical and the saintly realms. A brief Epilogue glances at early medieval profane poetry outside as well as within Europe.

The article provides an overview of marriage and how was it regulated in Estonia and Livonia during the 18th century. An introduction to the social and historical background of Estonian peasant life is given as an aid to understand these regulations and the way they were (or were not) applied.
The topic of marriage and issues connected with marriage are presented following the life span of the couple. The overview starts with the issues that are related to their life before marriage (how young people got to know each other in a village), and ends with the questions of possible divorce.
During the 18th century the Swedish Church Law (1686) was of key importance in the juristiction of the territory of Estonia and Livonia. Therefore, almost every section describes how the issue under consideration (betrothal, wedding, sexual relationship outside marriage, widowing etc.) was regulated under Swedish Church Law. However, as this legislation was not always in accordance with local habits and customs, information on local regulations and the actual practices among the peasants is also included.

Eric Firley, the co-author of a new compendium The Urban Housing Handbook, which investigates 30 major housing types from around the world, describes one of the most intriguing examples, situated in the Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Cette étude porte sur un type de cinéma italien appelé giallo. Ayant connu une forte popularité au tournant des années 1970 auprès d’un public dit vernaculaire, ces thrillers horrifiques sont encore aujourd’hui réputés pour leurs scènes de meurtre sanglantes et spectaculaires mettant à l’honneur un assassin ganté. Ce mémoire se propose de faire le point sur ces séquences de meurtre et surtout d’expliquer la façon particulière avec laquelle elles sont mises en scène. Pour bien y parvenir, nous en fournissons tout au long des exemples et les soumettons à une analyse détaillée. Notre approche analytique se veut essentiellement formaliste. Il s’agit de déconstruire ces scènes violentes afin d’en révéler certains des rouages. Dans un premier temps, nous rappelons quelques notions fondamentales du cinéma gore et nous penchons sur la problématique que pose invariablement la représentation de la mort au grand écran. Ceci nous permet ensuite d’observer plus amplement comment les réalisateurs du giallo traitent ces scènes d’homicide sur un mode excessif et poétique. Enfin, le rapport érotique à la violence entretenu dans ces scènes est considéré. Cela nous donne notamment l’occasion de nous intéresser à la figure du mannequin (vivant et non vivant) et de voir de quelles manières les cinéastes peuvent par son entremise transmettre un sentiment d’inquiétante étrangeté.

This study aims to explore giallo, a specific type of Italian cinema. Very popular with a vernacular audience at the turn of the 1970s, these horrific thrillers remain notorious for their bloody and spectacular murder scenes showcasing a gloved killer. With this thesis, we seek to review these murder sequences with a focus on explaining the particular way in which they are staged, shot and edited. To fully achieve this, we provide examples from these scenes and submit them to a detailed analysis. Our analytical approach is essentially formalist. We wish to deconstruct these violent scenes and reveal some of their inner workings. At first, we recall some basic notions of gore cinema and look at the problems that the depiction of death on the silver screen invariably raises. This allows us to see how giallo filmmakers treat these murder scenes in an excessive and poetic mode. Lastly, the erotic aspect of violence presented in these scenes is considered. This gives us the opportunity to focus on the figure of the model/mannequin (living and non-living) and see how filmmakers can use it to transmit an uncanny feeling.

Pádraic Moran, ‘Irish vernacular origin stories: language, literacy, literature’, in Norbert Kössinger, Elke Krotz, Stephan Müller & Pavlína Rychterová (eds), Anfangsgeschichten / Origin Stories. Der Beginn volkssprachiger Schriftlichkeit in komparatistischer Perspektive / The Rise of Vernacular Literacy in a Comparative Perspective, MittelalterStudien 31 (Munich: Fink, 2018), pp 259–273.

Hailed as the badshah of mizahiya shayri, Khateeb, who is still relatively unknown across the subcontinent, was prolific, and composed and performed a great number of his works in Dakhani. Suffused with regional idioms, pithy folk wisdom and the sumptuous inflections of the Deccan’s vernaculars, his poetry was accessible to and singularly popular among the people of the region. Khateeb was not just a guardian of Dakhani, he became one of its most be- loved ambassadors. He lit a lamp in the darkened corner to which the language had retreated; his poetry was like a stick of incense burnt in propitiation to its glorious history.

As the globalisation promptly captivate the cities of the world, the architecture of the globe become more monotonous and singular. The international style of architecture dominates the skyline from New Delhi, Tokyo, and London to Dubai irrespective of the environmental and cultural conditions of the place. This new architecture is completely detached from traditional learning's and knowledge base developed with time by the people. Vernacular architecture practices are the denominator of climatic issues, the aspirations of the people and satisfy the practical and socio cultural need of the society which generates them. When architectural expression become more than a physical manifestation and represents a social art and responds to a set of spatial criteria in order to decipher their values and culture, it is considered symbolic. The relevance of these symbols expressed through different means generates a non-verbal communication which evokes meaningfulness in its users. The intent of paper is to establish a connection between symbols and their meanings practised in different vernacular architecture and extract the learning which can help to lay the ground for modern practices to follow. Architecture of different region has various inherent meanings and ways of response which can be compared and can be categorised through this research. Hierarchy of spaces through spatial organisation, defining spaces for gender uses, designs inspired by cosmology and symbols which transform over time. Thus, establish an understanding with the help of examples from different vernacular practices. It is believed that architecture evolved from local is passively sustainable in terms of social and environmental concerns. The underline meaning of such symbols or designs can bridge the gap between the lost identity (of place) and factual development of the place rather than the proposition which dilute the multi cultural diversity of people and their livelihood.

Research about vernacular architecture is constantly evolving to include new building typologies, geographic regions, and new research methodologies. The purpose of this article is to examine the scientific literature in this field and identify the aspects and regions that might need investigation and the disciplines that can be involved in further research. A systematic analysis of published research about the topic was performed through a bibliometric methodology. Data related to more than 700 published articles was collected from the Web of Science and SCOPUS. Further computerized analysis was made to investigate the different characters of the collected data, such as countries of the most published papers, themes investigated and the scientific fields involved in this research during the past 70 years. The results show that the published scientific literature about vernacular architecture is progressively expanding, specifically after the turn of the third millennium. This topic is being increasingly addressed through "hard" sciences after having been examined by Humanities. It is invested by multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches. The present research has also revealed a shift in the center of production of scientific literature about the subject, from North America to Asia.

Discussing the work of Robert Burns as “complex,” may go against the Scottish Bard’s very nature as a simplistic poet of the Earth. How could the poet behind “Tam o’ Shanter” have been a self-aware linguistic marvel when his written word appears so unencumbered? Though Burns built his reputation and his legacy on his rustic language and principles, evidence points to Burns being more of a linguistic innovator than a mere copywriter of the speech he heard around him. This notion carries implications for both the legacy of his own work, and the work of those he influenced most.

FAKULTAS USHULUDDIN JURUSAN ILMU ALQURAN DAN TAFSIR UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI SUNAN GUNUNG DJATI BANDUNG TAHUN 2018 KATA PENGANTAR Alhamdulillah, Segala puji bagi Allah swt. atas nikmat Iman, Islam dan Ihsan yang diberikan kepada umat akhir zaman, serta diizinkannya keislaman rakyat Indonesia. Salawat serta salam selalu tercurah kepada Nabi Muhammad saw. selaku nabi umat akhir zaman yang telah membimbing umatnya sehingga mewarisi keislaman-keislaman yang cocok untuk Indonesia. Kami mengucapkan terima kasih kepada dosen pengampu matakuliah Studi Tafsir di Indonesia Bapak Dr. Dadang Darmawan, M.Ag., karena telah memberi kesempatan kelompok kami untuk membahas bagaimana vernakularisasi dapat berjalan dan menghasilkan produk-produknya.

This essay highlights the main characteristics of the architecture of the Welsh house and provides an analysis of the influences on its design over the centuries. The various terms involved in the field are clearly explained before the discussion is expanded, and pertinent examples are used of different forms of architecture in Wales and their locations, demonstrating effectively the factors that influenced design and its development over the years.

The traditional and vernacular houses constitutes a major section of built heritage in India generating a physical compendium of the rituals and culture of a civilization and its people. They were constructed by local craftspeople, using indigenous technologies which have evolved over the years. One of the most prominent natural material to be employed in these buildings is wood. The rich wooden heritage of India displays multiple types of crafts like wood carving, wood inlay, wood marquetry, wood turning and lacquer, carpentry and wood working.

The traditional wood craft practices are still thriving in India and they are embedded with an inherent empirical knowledge. The craftspeople not only encompasses the knowledge of material and skills of making in wood but also holds a holistic and intuitive understanding of sustainability in the larger context. But due to the shift in the building industry over period of time, the craftspeople working in the building wood craft sector have now moved to smaller scale of furniture and objects. Further over the last few decades the industrial production has reduced the skilled based handwork resulting into disintegration of wood craft practices.

The awareness about value of crafts is emerging back in India but the craftspeople are now posed with the challenge of blending traditional knowledge with emerging design trends to cater to the new markets. Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre (DICRC), CEPT University has developed a comprehensive mapping, documentation and innovation models, not only preserve and revive the craft skills but also to fuse design, craft and industrial process with each other to create synergies for innovation and generate new directions for crafts in current milieu.

This presentation is the journey through the traditional Indian wooden architecture to the wood craft practices to a systematic institutional model of research and innovation in the wood crafts of India.

The first attempt at spelling reform in South Korea took place in the early 1950s as the Korean War (1950–53) drew to a close. The subsequent Han’gŭl Crisis is often interpreted as an example of the authoritarianism of President Syngman Rhee (Yi Sŭngman), yet the event also represents a clash of generations between the supporters of the Unified Orthography of 1933 and the previous spelling standard. During the han’gŭl simplification debates, the legacies of Chu Sigyŏng (1876–1914) and Pak Sŭngbin (1880–1943) reemerged as their followers continued a contentious linguistic debate that stretched back into the colonial period. The event ended as a victory for the Unified Orthography of 1933, but several ambiguous questions remain for further investigation. Ultimately, behind the claims of “scientific rationalism” in the current han’gŭl spelling are the forgotten memories of linguistic activism and the difficulties in uniting divergent linguistic practices in post-Liberation Korean society.

Since colonial times the basis of the economy of Bangka Island, Indonesia, has been the production of tin and pepper. Today, the physical environment of the island is formed according to the location and distribution of these natural resources. Kampong Tua Tunu is one of many scattered villages on the island that has played an important role in pepper cultivation and production.
As one of the earliest forms of globalization — of modernity — colonialization by the Dutch changed spatial relationships throughout the island. For example, colonists forced the island’s originally nomadic population to create compact villages along the major paths across it. This condition can be seen in the location and linear arrangement of Kampong Tua Tunu. Such foreign influences, together with an underlying social pragmatism within Malay identity can be used to understand the formation of tradi- tional settlements on the island.
The paper examines the relationship between traditional set- tlements, ideological impacts on physical-spatial relationships, and theoretical understandings of spatial traditions originated by colonialization.

This essay examines the representation of working class characters, subversive protests against the imposition of European languages, and a creative reflection of the region’s transculturation, along with the tribute to oral tradition and folklore, as main inspirations for the use of vernacular in Anglophone Caribbean poetry.  Selected texts by Lorna Goodison, Louise Bennett, Kendel Hippolyte, and DerekWalcott are analyzed to illustrate the argument.

A népi építészet egyik alapvető jelensége a táji tagolódás. Akárcsak a tárgyi és szellemi néprajz egyes tárgyköreiben, mint például a népviselet vagy a népszokások esetében tapasztalhatjuk a lakáskultúra és az építészet is tájanként változik, és sajátos formát ölt. A földrajzi, társadalmi és etnikai szempontból egyaránt tagolt Erdélyben a népi építészet is nagyon változatos, csupán a Kárpátok és a Királyhágó közötti területen több mint 30 népi építészeti szempontból jól elkülöníthető kistájat tarthatunk számon.
Jelen munka összefoglaló jelleggel,tudományos és tárgyilagos, de könnyen érthető és jól illusztrált szerkesztésben kívánja Erdély népi építészeti kistájegységeit meghatározni, ezek történeti kialakulását és jellemzőit bemutatni.  Erdély népi építészetéről ilyen vonatkozású kiadvány még nem készült.

“China Too Cool: Vernacular Innovations and Aesthetic Discontinuity of China”, examines the cultural phenomenon and aesthetic style of "Too Cool": the unoriginal, tacky-cool styles of cultural productions "Made in China." I argued that there is a different kind of creativity involved in making low quality rip-offs, resulting in intriguing aesthetic outcomes. The birth of “Too Cool” is a two-fold phenomenon—a naive layer and a second layer of conscious remaking—and is a result of economic and generational differences in China. By examining aspects of fashion, popular culture, interior and graphic design in the Too Cool style, we gain a more nuanced understanding of Chinese cultural productions.

This paper was written in 2018 and was my graduating thesis from BA Critical and Visual Studies, Pratt Institute. I also discuss this topic in a podcast here: https://www.chimera-magazine.com/posts/podcast-on-the-aesthetics-of-tu-wei

Using the material gathered in field research in the vicinity of Negotin, the author presents an image of the current state of the tradition of charms in the researched area. The methodological problems of field research on charms, based on a very specifi­c attitude of the informer (and also researc­her) towards this “hidden“ segment of tradtional culture are pointed out. The paper describes the methods of obtaining the magical text, the degree of its “openness“ and the types of materialisation. Basic determinants of the informers are given, and also an brief overview of their perception of their own magical knowledge. The texts are commented from the aspect of perceived innovations. Special focus is given to the perceptive dimension of the magical text and commenting its status within the non-ritual microcontext, and also is formulated idea about the pseudo-ritual, reduced and artistic materialisation of text. The differences in the perceptions of text cause the author to wonder whether it is justified to view these texts as magical, as they have been spoken in a non-ritual context.

Resumen: La arquitectura vernácula es parte importante del Patrimonio Cultural y, como tal, está presente en las políticas y normativas patrimoniales y urbanísticas. Sin embargo, carece de una conceptualización específi ca, lo que genera numerosos confl ictos de cara a su estudio y conservación. Desde una posición cultural y humanística, este artículo propone una redefi nición de la arquitectura vernácula y una metodología de estudio acorde a ese signifi cado. Palabras clave: arquitectura vernácula, patrimonio cultural, teoría de la arquitectura, metodología.
A theoretical and methodological framework for vernacular architecture
Abstract: Vernacular architecture is an important part of Cultural Heritage and, as such, appears within heritage and urban policies and regulations. However, it lacks specifi c conceptualization, which generates many confl icts related to its study and conservation. From a cultural and humanistic perspective, this paper proposes a redefi nition of Vernacular Architecture and a methodology for its study according to that meaning.

Arhitectura rurală din Transilvania este foarte diversă și complexă. Varietatea formelor funcționale ale clădirilor, gospodăriilor și structurilor de localitate, diversitatea planimetrică, volumetrică, structurală și ornamentală a clădirilor rurale este o consecință clară a complexității geogra) ce și a caracteristicilor socio-economice, respectiv etnoculturale
ale regiunii. Scopul principal al lucrării este prezentarea și identificarea naturii și cauzelor diferențelor arhitecturii rurale, cât și a etapelor apariției diferitelor micro- și macrozone ale acestei arhitecturi, respectiv factorilor principali care au determinat aceste schimbări
și interferențele cu fenomenele socio-culturale generale.

Nais ko munang linawin ang layon ng panayam na ito, lalo na't baka sa pamagat o nabansagang paksa pa lamang ay iisipin agad-agad na may ambisyon akong turuan kayo kung paano magturo (how) ng panitikang popular at anong klase nito (what) ang nararapat ituro. Una, sarili kong paniniwala na ang mga kongkretong pamamaraan at nilalaman ng pagtuturo ng panitikan o kulturang popular (practical pedagogy of popular literature/culture), o anupamang paksain at materyal, ay binubuo ng mga lalo pang gumaling sa napiling propesyon.