scholarly journals Museum cultural collections: pathways to the preservation of traditional and scientific knowledge

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 618-634
Author(s):  
Angela J. Linn ◽  
Joshua D. Reuther ◽  
Chris B. Wooley ◽  
Scott J. Shirar ◽  
Jason S. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The University

Museums of natural and cultural history in the 21st century hold responsibilities that are vastly different from those of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the time of many of their inceptions. No longer conceived of as cabinets of curiosities, institutional priorities are in the process of undergoing dramatic changes. This article reviews the history of the University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska, from its development in the early 1920s, describing the changing ways staff have worked with Indigenous individuals and communities. Projects like the Modern Alaska Native Material Culture and the Barter Island Project are highlighted as examples of how artifacts and the people who constructed them are no longer viewed as simply examples of material culture and Native informants but are considered partners in the acquisition, preservation, and perpetuation of traditional and scientific knowledge in Alaska.

Towards a Chronology of the Eritrean Red Sea Port of Adulis (1st – Early 7th Century AD)

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Zazzaro ◽  
Enzo Cocca ◽  
Andrea Manzo
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
Coastal Site ◽  
Related Material ◽  
Architectural Change ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
The University

The Eritrean coastal site of Adulis has been known to archaeologists since the second half of the 19th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Italian archaeologist Roberto Paribeni conducted extensive excavations in different areas of the site which uncovered the remains of monumental buildings, churches and houses, as well as rich deposits of related material culture. Since then, archaeological investigations have been limited to the activities of Francis Anfray in 1961–62 and to a survey conducted by the University of Southampton in 2003–04. Our team’s first excavations in stratified deposits began in 2011, and soon revealed a complex chronological sequence of great importance for the understanding of the cultural history of the southern Red Sea region and the Horn of Africa. The project’s main efforts were directed towards the identification of the main phases of occupation at Adulis, the establishment of a typological sequence of pottery, and the analysis of architectural change.

A Civic Debate on Florentine Higher Education (1460)

1981 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene Brucker
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The University

The recent publication by Armando Verde of a collection of documents on the Pisan Studio (1473-1503) has been recognized as a major contribution to the cultural history of Florence in the late Quattrocento. The yield from years of painstaking research in Florentine and Pisan libraries and archives is made available in four massive volumes, which document the history of the university after its transfer from Florence to Pisa in 1473. Verde has identified the professors who taught, and the 1600 students who were taught, at Pisa and Florence; he has also provided documentation, largely from archival sources, concerning the faculty and the student body: their background and education, their academic and professional careers. He has also collected information on more than one thousand young scholars who were identified in the Florentine tax records (catasto) of 1480 as having been enrolled in schools.

scholarly journals The History of the University of Cebu College of Nursing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemarie Eva A. Tolingin ◽  
Mauro Allan Padua Amparado
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
College Of Nursing ◽  
The University

The study explored the historical perspectives of the College of Nursing at the University of Cebu from 1973 to 2010. The findings of which were the basis for historical documentation. Specifically, the study answered the following queries: significant symbols embraced by the College of Nursing; achievements that transpired from 1973 to 2010; achievements obtained by the college from 1973 to 2010.This qualitative study utilized the historical design. The study was conducted at the College of Nursing, University of Cebu, Cebu City, Philippines. There were 37 graduates interviewed. Aside from interviews, relics in the college were also documented and analyzed.Findings revealed that the four most mentioned personalities were Mrs. Amparo Noel, Dr. Ramillita Romano, Dr. Helen Estrella, and Ms. Piluchi Villegas. The significant symbols of the college were the school pin (with the logo of CCC-Chong Hua Hospital and University of Cebu), the duty uniform, and the Nightingale’s lamp.The change of the school’s name from CCC-Chong Hua Hospital to University of Cebu was frequently mentioned. Other significant milestones were: the transfer of the school from Sanciangko St., Cebu City to Banilad, Cebu City; Dr. Ramillita Romano appointed as assistant dean; and the 2007 topnotchers Mr. Santonin Yu and Mr. Jundell Castardo.It is important for the college to continuously document the people, events and relics through a historical record. Recommended citation: Tolingin, R. E. A. & Amparado, M. A. P. (2016). The History of the University of Cebu College of Nursing. Journal of Research in Nursing, 2(1), 20-29.

Ecstasy in the Classroom

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayelet Even-Ezra
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Philip The Chancellor ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
Ecstatic Experience ◽  
Implicit Perception ◽  
The University

Ecstasy in the Classroom explores the interface between academic theology and ecstatic experience in the first half of the thirteenth century, which were formative years in the history of the University of Paris, medieval Europe's “fountain of knowledge.” It considers little known and often unedited texts by William of Auxerre, Philip the Chancellor, William of Auvergne, Alexander of Hales (OFM), Roland of Cremona (OP), Hugh of St Cher, and others, to reconstruct the ways in which they addressed questions about Paul’s rapture and other modes of seeing God. As the book’s subtitle suggests, it seeks to do three things. The first is to map and analyze the scholastic discourse of a group of theologians about rapture and other modes of cognition in the first half of the thirteenth century. The second is to explicate the complex, implicit perception of the self they imply and to locate its echoes in contemporary literature, hagiography and other materials. The third is to read these discussions as a window on the predicaments of a newborn community of medieval professionals and thereby elucidate foundational tensions in the emergent academic culture and its social and cultural context. With this triple aim, Ecstasy in the Classroom challenges the often rigid historiographical boundaries between scholastic thought and medieval cultural history and joins the unified approach to intellectual creation, the conditions of its production, and its key instruments.

scholarly journals Il Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze VOL. 1 LE COLLEZIONI DELLA SPECOLA

2009 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Important Research ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
The Third ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

The Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence, founded in 1775 by the Grand Duke Peter Leopold, is the oldest scientific museum in Europe. Firenze University Press opens the series dealing with the six sections of the Museum with this book on La Specola, situated in Palazzo Torrigiani, which represented the original nucleus. The articles in the first section reconstruct the historic background, the foundation of La Specola and the genesis and development of the collections. The second part considers the anatomical waxes, the entomological collections, and those of the vertebrates and the invertebrates, with a view to providing a description of the precious specimens that is at once precise and accessible. Finally, the third section completes the picture, retracing the important research activity that has accompanied the history of La Specola and reporting on the scientific projects in which the personnel are engaged. The largest collection in the world of anatomical wax models and the vast zoological collection are illustrated by the people directly involved in the related research, and by a superb selection of original photos produced specially for this publication.

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