Göttinnen, Kinnaris, Königinnen – Modelle der Weiblichkeit in der thailändischen Tempelmalerei

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin H. Purfürst
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
Basic Set ◽  
Interdisciplinary Nature ◽  
Female Stereotypes ◽  
Gender Images ◽  
First Time

Religions design specific gender images and transport them into society through a variety of visual media. Kristin H. Purfürst focuses on designs of female role models in Thai Buddhist temple paintings and inquires about the emergence of female stereotypes in a process of mutual influence between religion and society. At the same time, the volume provides a basic set of methodological tools for the analysis of visual non-verbal sources from a religious studies perspective. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the problem, topics of gender studies, Southeast Asian religious and art history as well as the methodology of religious studies are linked for the first time.

Self-Regulation and Human Progress

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan Osborne
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Method ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Free Expression ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Human History ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
The Right ◽  
First Time

Does humanity progress primarily through leaders organizing and directing followers, or through trial and error by individuals free to chart their own path? For most of human history ruling classes had the capacity and the desire to tightly regiment society, to the general detriment of progress. But beginning in the 1500s, Europeans developed a series of arguments for simply leaving well enough alone. First in the form of the scientific method, then in the form of free expression, and finally in the form of the continuously, spontaneously reordered free market, people began to accept that progress is hard, and requires that an immense number of mistakes be tolerated so that we may learn from them. This book tells the story of the development of these three ideas, and for the first time tells of the mutual influence among them. It outlines the rise, and dramatic triumph, of each of these self-regulating systems, followed by a surprising rise in skepticism, especially in the economic context. Such skepticism in the 20th century was frequently costly and sometimes catastrophic. Under the right conditions, which are more frequent than generally believed, self-regulating systems in which participants organize themselves are superior. We should accept their turbulence in exchange for the immense progress they generate.

Learning from Past Mistakes and Living a Better Life: Report on the Workshop in Istanbul on “Ottoman Ego-Documents”

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-302
Author(s):  
Selim Karahasanoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Historical Society ◽  
Turkish Literature ◽  
History And Literature ◽  
Large Scope ◽  
First Time

A workshop entitled “Ottoman Ego-Documents” was held at Istanbul Medeniyet University on March 11–13, 2020. The workshop was organized by Istanbul Medeniyet University's Faculty of Letters in collaboration with the Center for Ego-Document Studies and supported by the Turkish Historical Society and the Foundation for Science, Art, History and Literature (İSTEV). It was attended by specialists in history, literature, law, and theology. This event marked the first time in Turkey that this topic was discussed with a large scope. The only previous organized discussion in Turkey on “ego-documents” seems to have been “Autobiographical Themes in Turkish Literature: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives,” held jointly by Boğaziçi University and the Orient-Institut der DMG in 2003. This discussion was mostly theoretical and the material covered belonged mainly to the post-Tanzimat era. A volume edited by Olcay Akyıldız, Halim Kara, and Börte Sagaster, the organizers of that event, was subsequently published by Ergon.

Preparation and Growth of Pb2Sr2Y0.5Ca0.5Cu3O8+δ Thin Film Superconductors

1992 ◽  
Vol 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.H.H. Naqvi ◽  
M. Vickers ◽  
S. Tarling ◽  
P. Barnes ◽  
I.W. Boyd
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Laser Deposition ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Dc Resistivity ◽  
Basic Set ◽  
Zero Resistance ◽  
Van Der Pauw ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACTThe lead based superconductor Pb2Sr2Y0.5Ca0.5Cu3O8+δ is a most complex material. If any oxygen is present in the PbO-CuOδ-PbO sandwich layer (i.e. if δ>0) the superconductivity deteriorates. This is also a most difficult material to grow not only because of the large number of cation stoichiometries which have to be precisely balanced but also because of the tendency for multiple phases to form. Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) has been applied to prepare thin films of the 2213-phase on MgO (100) single crystal substrates at low temperature (300°C) in low oxidizing atmospheres. A basic set of ex-situ growth conditions has been determined which produce for the first time good quality films of this material as characterized by DC resistivity using the Van der Pauw method, as well as EDX and XRD. The layers are reasonably c-axis oriented and display a superconducting onset transition temperature of 79K and zero resistance at 65K after subsequent annealing in a nitrogen ambient.

Migrants in Medieval England, c. 500-c. 1500

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Historical Linguistics ◽  
Source Material ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Medieval England ◽  
Medieval Studies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Different Types ◽  
First Time

This book is a ground-breaking study of the phenomenon of migration in and to England over the medieval millennium, between c. AD 500 and c. AD 1500. It reaches across traditional scholarly divides, both disciplinary and chronological, to investigate, for the first time, the different types of data and scholarly methods that reveal evidence of migration and mobility within the medieval kingdom of England. England offers the opportunity for studying migration and migrants over the longue durée, because it has been a recognisable political unit for over a millennium and because a wealth of source material has survived from these centuries. The data vary unevenly in quality and quantity across this period, but become considerably more powerful through multi-disciplinary approaches to data collection and interpretation. Fifteen subject specialists synthesise and extend recent research in a wide range of disciplines, including archaeology, art history, genetics, historical linguistics, history, literature and onomastics. They evaluate the capacity of different genres of evidence for addressing questions around migration and its effects on the identities of groups and individuals within medieval England, as well as methodological parameters and future research potential. The book therefore marks an important contribution to medieval studies, and to modern debates on migration and the free movement of people, arguing that migration in the modern world, and its reverberations, cannot be completely understood without taking a broad historical perspective on the topic.

Material Culture and Healing Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-290
Author(s):  
Anna Elizabeth Winterbottom
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Art History ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Medical Culture ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Late Nineteenth

Abstract The practice of medicine and healing is always accompanied by a range of paraphernalia, from pillboxes to instruments to clothing. Yet such things have rarely attracted the attention of historians of medicine. Here, I draw on perspectives from art history and religious studies to ask how these objects relate, in practical and symbolic terms, to practices of healing. In other words, what is the connection between medical culture and material culture? I focus on craft objects relating to medicine and healing in Lanka during the Kandyan period (ca. 1595–1815) in museum collections in Canada and Sri Lanka. I ask what the objects can tell us, first, about early modern Lankan medicine and healing and, second, about late nineteenth- and twentieth-century efforts to reconstruct tradition. Finally, I explore what studying these objects might add to current debates about early modern globalization in the context of both material culture and medicine.

Agafonov’s Early Kharkiv Creative Period: Dialogue with the Theatre

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-93
Author(s):  
V. Chechyk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
Partial Reconstruction ◽  
Theatrical Space ◽  
Native Art ◽  
History Of ◽  
Artistic Values ◽  
First Time ◽  
History Of Formation

This article is dedicated to the study of the nature of E. Agafonov’s creative ties with the theater – a topic that has been insufficiently covered in the native art history. The author’s field of view is set in the artist’s early Kharkiv period, marked as the years of 1905–1913. The article focuses on the exceptional role of E. Agafonov in the organization and the artistic practice of the first modernist theater “Blakytne Oko” in Kharkiv (1909–1911). Agafonov belonged to the constellation of masters who was very sensitive to the problem of evolving the artistic speech. He viewed the theater as a convincing platform for promoting and approving of the latest artistic values, discovered by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Experiments in easel art (with color, plastic, line, techniques, materials, etc.), largely inspired by the work of D. Burliuk (1906–1908), were directly reflected in Agafonov’s stage practice, namely in numerous designs of the modernist productions based on plays by M. Maeterlinkc, A. Schnitzler, S. Pshybyshevsky and O. Blok. In turn, it was established that theatrical motives were reflected in E. Agafonov’s easel art, as well as in the art of the students of his artistic studio – O. Rybnikov, I. Terentyev, M. Sinyakova, and K. Storozhnichenko. In this regard, a special attention is given to the linocuts by F. Nadezhdin. It was found that the program of “total” design of theatrical space (stage and auditorium), as well as the implementation of production ideas in the cabaret theater “Blakytne Oko” were the result of the master’s fascination with the concepts of artistic synthesis, actualized in the era of Modern. Agafonov moved from dramatization of paintings (of A. Beklin, F. Malyavin, and O. Rodin) to staging experimental show-programs like “The Evening of Autumn”, “Visiting Pierrot” and “In the Middle of Nowhere”, partial reconstruction of which was undertaken for the first time by the author of the article. Agafonov was close to the idea of artistic synthesis, identified by him in F. Malyavin’s paintings, in V. Komissarzhevska’s theatre and I. Duncan’s choreography. The study of E. Agafanov’s theatrical art expands the understanding of the history of formation and development of Ukrainian scenography at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Study of the biocompatibility of lactic acid bacteria and other microorganisms-antagonists isolated from natural sources

2021 ◽  
pp. 40-42
Author(s):  
Светлана Юрьевна Носкова ◽  
Мария Игоревна Зимина ◽  
Ольга Олеговна Бабич ◽  
Станислав Алексеевич Сухих ◽  
Александр Юрьевич Просеков ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Lactic Acid Bacteria ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Growth Characteristics ◽  
Natural Sources ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
First Time

Изучение биосовместимости молочнокислых бактерий и других микроорганизмов-антагонистов, выделенных из природных источников, является актуальной задачей. В данной работе впервые показано взаимное влияние изолятов молочно-кислых бактерий и других микроорганизмов-антагонистов при совместном культивировании. Установлено, что изолят 1 является биосовместимым с изолятами 6, 13, 19 и 20. Изолят 6 активно растет в присутствии изолятов 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 и 16. Изолят 7 биосовместим с изолятами 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, изолят 8 является биосовместимым с изолятами 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13 и 16. Для изолята 9 наблюдается биосовместимость с изолятами 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, для изолята 10 - с изолятами 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16. Изолят 11 показывает удовлетворительные ростовые характеристики при совместном культивировании с изолятами 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16. Изолят 12 биосовместим с изолятами 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 и 16. Изолят 13 является биосовместимым с изолятами 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16. Изолят 16 биосовместим с изолятами 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. Изолят 19 является биосовместимым с изолятами 1, 6, 13 и 20, изолят 20 - с изолятами 1, 6, 13 и 19. Полученные результаты позволяют сделать вывод о том, что изоляты 1, 6, 19 и 20 являются близкородственными, так же как изоляты 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 и 16. The study of the biocompatibility of lactic acid bacteria and other antagonist microorganisms isolated from natural sources is an urgent task. This work shows for the first time the mutual influence of isolates of lactic acid bacteria and other microorganisms-antagonists during co-cultivation. It was found that isolate 1 is biocompatible with isolates 6, 13, 19, and 20. Isolate 6 actively grows in the presence of isolates 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 16. Isolate 7 is biocompatible with isolates 6, 8, 9, 10 , 11, 12, 13, 16, isolate 8 is biocompatible with isolates 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 16. Isolate 9 is biocompatible with isolates 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, for isolate 10 - with isolates 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16. Isolate 11 shows satisfactory growth characteristics when co-cultivated with isolates 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16. Isolate 12 is biocompatible with isolates 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 16. Isolate 13 is biocompatible with isolates 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16. Isolate 16 is biocompatible with isolates 6, 7, 8 , 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. Isolate 19 is biocompatible with isolates 1, 6, 13 and 20, isolate 20 - with isolates 1, 6, 13, and 19. The results obtained suggest that isolates 1, 6, 19 and 20 are closely related as well as isolates 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 1 2, 13 and 16.

scholarly journals M38. PATIENT-PERSPECTIVE: NEED FOR CARE AFTER A FIRST PSYCHOSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S148-S149
Author(s):  
Inge Heijden-Hobus ◽  
Inge van der Heijden-Hobus ◽  
Bram-Sieben Rosema ◽  
Jacob Vorstman ◽  
Martien Kas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Psychotic Episode ◽  
Need For Care ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
First Psychotic Episode ◽  
Basic Set ◽  
Near Future ◽  
First Time ◽  
Clear Information

Abstract Background Only little is information is available about the needs and preferences regarding care and treatment of people who are going through a psychosis for the first time. A first psychotic episode is often an intense experience, which may not directly be recognized as a mental health problem. Given the unfamiliarity with the available options of care, it probably differs from subsequent psychoses. In order to design first psychosis programs to optimally meet patients preferences, we need to learn the care needs of these usually young people. Furthermore, peoples’ needs during the first psychosis, and the need for care after a psychotic episode have to be explored, in order to be able picking up life again after complete or incomplete remission. Methods Qualitative interviews were conducted with people (n = 20) who are in complete or partial remission after their first psychosis about their personal care needs. Interviews were conducted by an experience expert and a researcher together and lasted between 1 and 3 hours. Interviews were non-structured, but a basic set of 5 topics was used. Results Preliminary results of the interviews conducted so far (n = 14) show that people with a first psychosis have a great need for information about the symptoms they are suffering from. In addition, they believe that medication is an important ‘cornerstone’ to get rid of their symptoms. Furthermore, nearly all participants hope to be able to stop medication in the near future. Admission to a ward is in most cases experienced as frightening. One person indicated that the tranquility during admission was very welcome. At this stage, experience experts are not being reached out to yet, nor is there a clear need for social work in this stage of the disease. During and shortly after their first psychosis, the interviewees especially appreciate the support of family and close friends. Discussion Clear information about a first psychosis was mentioned as the first need. Family and close friends are most appreciated as “auxiliary troops”. Family support is therefore an important contributor in care for patients suffering from psychosis. Medication was appreciated as an important cornerstone, but only to induce remission, not as a mean for maintenance treatment. Admission was by most patients experienced as stressful. Additional research is recommended to further map what information this should be exactly, and how to bring it to the patient and his relatives.

‘What about the Boys?’: Schooling, Class and Crisis Masculinity

1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Máirtín Mac an Ghaill
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
School Level ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Gender Categories ◽  
Gender Images

Currently there is growing professional concern in education about ‘boys’ schooling underachievement'. At the same time, popular representations are emerging in the media that position boys as the new victims of institutional gender discrimination. Implicit in these accounts is the notion of fixed gender categories for girls and boys that are in the process of changing. In contrast, recent feminist research on schooling has shown the limits of earlier sex role models of socialisation, that operated with fixed gender images of male and female pupils. It is suggested in this paper that there is a need to draw upon this literature, in order to develop a more sophisticated framework of male identity formation at a school level. The emerging thesis of ‘boys’ underachievement' needs to be located within this framework, that suggests that schools make available a range of femininities and masculinities that young people come to occupy. This paper focuses upon an exploration of the cultural production of white working-class male students. More specifically there is a critical examination of a crisis masculinity experienced by specific sectors of young working class men, who are low academic achievers and have little prospect of future work. Of particular concern here is that new modes of school masculinity are being constructed at a time of retreat from social class analysis in critical accounts of schooling.

Material Culture

Buddhism ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kieschnick
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Art History ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Buddhist Art ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Material Culture Studies ◽  
Textual Representations ◽  
The Subject

The study of material culture belongs to a relatively young discipline that examines artifacts as well as ideas about, and practices related to, artifacts, with artifacts defined as material objects created or modified by people. Aspects of research in material culture overlap with art history, archaeology, and anthropology, but studies in material culture approach the subject from a different perspective, focusing on areas not necessarily emphasized in these disciplines. Unlike traditional art history, material culture studies concentrate on the function of objects, devoting little attention to their aesthetic qualities, with more emphasis, for instance, on miracles associated with icons than on the style or iconography of icons; unlike traditional archaeology, material culture studies do not necessarily focus on extant artifacts, giving as much attention to references to objects in texts as to extant objects; and, unlike traditional anthropology, material culture studies often give great emphasis to historical development, often over vast expanses of time. While the field of material culture studies has flourished for decades, religious studies have been slow to recognize the importance of material things. Many areas of religion in which material culture plays a prominent role remain largely unexplored, including the place of objects in ritual, religious emotion, pilgrimage, and doctrine. Readers interested in the material culture of Buddhism will want to consult entries for Buddhist art, archaeology, and anthropology as well; in the entries below, the focus is on areas of material culture not necessarily emphasized in these disciplines as well as on studies within these disciplines that are especially relevant to the study of material culture. The term visual culture overlaps with much of what is considered material culture, but excludes objects associated with other senses, such as taste, smell, and touch, which are covered by the term material culture. The material culture approach is particularly well suited for exploring the qualities of particular classes of objects. What is it about relics as body parts that accounts for their appeal? Why are miracles so often associated with physical representations of holy figures and how do these differ from textual representations? How do clothing and food differ from language as a medium of communication? To highlight this aspect of research in Buddhist material culture, the scholarship listed below is divided according to type of object. At the same time, material culture studies also offer an opportunity to examine attitudes toward the material world as applied to a wide variety of objects normally separated by discipline. The doctrine of merit inspired the creation of a wide variety of different types of objects, and the monastic ideal of renunciation permeates many different areas of Buddhist material culture.

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