The physical seclusion of the village and the social aloofness of the Kanashicommunity have contributed to the maintenance of its traditional culture and lan-guage,butrecentdevelopmentsarethreateningthetraditionallifestyle,includingthe language, where especially contact with Hindi4is becoming an integral partof the villagers’ daily lives. This is the latest episode in a long history of contin…
Grand, extravagant, magnificent, scandalous, corrupt, political, personal, fractious; these are terms often associated with the medieval and early modern courts. Moreover, the court constituted a forceful nexus in the social world, which was central to the legitimacy and authority of rulership. As such, courts shaped European politics and culture: architecture, art, fashion, patronage, and cult…
The interplay of physical reality and digital media technologies is getting enhanced by new interfaces. The age of hyper-reality turns into the age of hyper-aesthetics and immersive image technologies – like mixed reality – enable a completely novel form of interaction and user relation with the virtual image structures, the different screen technologies, and embedded physical artefacts for…