کانون پرورش فکری کودکان و نوجوانان
«کانون پرورش فکری کودکان و نوجوانان» موسسهای با گسترهای از فعالیتهای آموزشی، فرهنگی و هنری برای کودکان و نوجوانان است که در دسامبر ۱۹۶۵ بنیاد نهاده شد. این…
Navigating Lockdown: What Studying Vipassana Mediation Taught Me About Surviving Melbourne’s Intense Lockdown
While last year I was busy being quite the adventurous backpacker, this year my biggest achievement has been to walk beyond the well-worn path between my bedroom and…
Architektur und Alltag 13
Ein aufgegebenes Industriegebäude im Südosten Berlins, genauer gesagt, in Oberschöneweide. Hier schlug einst ein industrielles Herz der DDR. Mittlerweile stehen hier einige Ruinen, aber es entsteht au…
Temporary Marriage an Approved Way of Submission
Abstract Temporary Marriage-An Approved Way of Submission Temporary marriage is a multi-dimensional topic. It allows Muslim men and women to be considered as husband and wife for a…
„Gezeiten der Wirtschaft“. Konjunkturprognosen und ihre Inszenierung
Die Unsicherheit in Zeiten von Corona spiegelt sich auch in der Unsicherheit der aktuellen Konjunkturprognosen. Doch waren Konjunkturprognosen jemals „sicher“? Nicht wirklich – und dennoch schaffen si…
Prólogo a "Vagabundeos por el Oeste de África", de Richard F. Burton
Richard F. Burton Prólogo al libro de Richard Francis BURTON, Vagabundeos por el Oeste de África. I. Madeira y Tenerife, Laertes. Barcelona, 1999. PRÓLOGO Manuel Delgado Vagabundeos por…
Architektur und Alltag 12
Ein Haus, drei Etagen, sechs Fenster (drei, zwei, eins) und allen Ernstes vier unterschiedliche Fensterformate. Daraus resultiert die bemühte, aber doch nicht konsequente Symmetrie der Fassade. Es ist…
Was wir lesen? “Literarische Diverse”.
Was wir lesen? Dieser Beitrag erschien gestern auch auf https://eire-verlag.de/newsfeed/. Die “Was wir lesen”-Reihe wurde im Januar 2020 gestartet – jeden Monat schreiben v…
Links & Contents I Liked 385
Hi all, Sitting down on Friday afternoons to compile my weekly #globaldev links has become part of my weekly routine without actually being a routine at all…but this…
Archaeology Worlds, Art Worlds
Archaeologists move from avoiding talking about art to engaging in the critical practice of art. Despite the many books on the subject of archaeology and art, a reader…
How to Make a Zine
Feeling boxed in by traditional professional or academic publishing outlets? A zine—a small self-published pamphlet or booklet—can be a powerful tool for unlocking creativity and expanding the reach…
Thinking Without a Concept
How an artistic method can challenge and enrich our understandings of vision and knowledge. Imagine […] an eye which does not respond to the name of everything but…
Singing with Pippa Bacca
In noughties Italy, the Bubble Gum choir performed a liberatory counterimage of the feminine. Today, Bacca’s chorus breathes new life into the ensemble of characters and an impermanent…
All Things Ape
One illustrator’s approach to conveying the multidimensional lives of apes with particular focus on their anatomy. *This essay includes scientific illustrations as well as descriptions of the observin…
El Geontopoder: el Virus, el Desierto y el Animista.
“Toda la vida ha partido de un único organismo original. (…) el hecho de que todo se base en el ADN (o en su primo hermano, el ARN)…
Amit S. Rai, “Jugaad Time: The Ecologies of Everyday Hacking in India” (Duke UP, 2019)
In India, the practice of jugaad—finding workarounds or hacks to solve problems—emerged out of subaltern strategies of negotiating poverty, discrimination, and violence but is now cel… Visit New Books…
George Musgrave, “Can Music Make You Sick?: Measuring the Price of Musical Ambition” (U Westminster Press, 2020)
It is often assumed that creative people are prone to psychological instability, and that this explains apparent associations between cultural production and mental health problems. In their detailed…
George Musgrave, “Can Music Make You Sick?: Measuring the Price of Musical Ambition” (U Westminster Press, 2020)
It is often assumed that creative people are prone to psychological instability, and that this explains apparent associations between cultural production and mental health problems. In their ……
Amit S. Rai, “Jugaad Time: The Pragmatics of Everyday Hacking in India” (Duke UP, 2019)
In India, the practice of jugaad—finding workarounds or hacks to solve problems—emerged out of subaltern strategies of negotiating poverty, discrimination, and violence but is now celebrated … Visit New…
#Corona: Idols that ring hollow
For the occasion of this year’s Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, the likeness of a migrant woman was chosen for a much-celebrated idol of the Hindu goddess Durga.…
De Hipatia a Bridget Jones
«No es que no hayan existido mujeres que filosofaran. Es que los filósofos han preferido olvidarlas, tal vez después de haberse apropiado de sus ideas». Umberto Eco, “Filosofare…
Fall 2020 Epidemics and Society Syllabus
Epidemics and Society (LBST 2101) UNC Charlotte, Fall 2020 Online/Asynchronous This syllabus contains policies and expectations I have established for this course. Please read the enti…
The One-Two Punch
One hundred and nine years ago, The New York Times ran a full-page overview of Franz Boas’s recently published book, The Mind of Primitive Man. [1] The headline…
Brotgelehrte-Transparenz: Oktober-Statistik
Auch für den Monat Oktober können wir steigende Klickzahlen verbuchen. Das freut uns natürlich und zeigt auch, dass das, was wir tun, bei Euch auf Interesse stößt. Wir…