Four minutes into Gillian Armstrong’s last major fi lm, Women He’s Undressed (2015), costume designer Orry-Kelly delivers an unin-terrupted monologue describing the early days in his friendship with Archie Leach/Cary Grant in the years when they fi rst arrived in New York City, before either became famous. Kelly delivers the monologue while seated in a red rowboat on the …
ll the research we present in this book took place in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen (Datalogisk Institut Københavns Universitet [DIKU]), in Denmark. Thus, our work is situated in Denmark, and since gender is culturally shaped (Butler 1999), providing some contextual information about the Computer Science Department is important. The Univer…
Debates about the aging process go back into ancient societies. Philosophers suchas Aristotle, Cicero, and Seneca pondered questions about the life-course and theways that human nature develops into advanced age. Age(ing) is often regardedin relation with ‘old’ age, as the stage in life that is most commonly associatedwith derogatory stereotypes of decay. Andrew W. Achenbaum explains that R…
ccording to the statistics provided by Confederation of Danish Industries, 4 bil-lion people around the globe live on less than US$ 2 per day. The low-income market constitutes the majority of the consumers in the countries from Sub-Sa-haran Africa and Asia, and covers parts of Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Caribbean region. Despite the fact that 2.86 billion or 83 % of the Asian …
Imagination bzw.Einbildungskraft bezeichnetdie Fähigkeit,Ideen und Bildersowohl im Geiste alsauch mit HilfevonMedien zu kreieren.¹Zentral ist dabei diementaleund durch Medien wie z. B. Bilder, Karten undTexte materialisierteVi-sualisierungvonetwas hier und jetzt (noch) nicht Präsentem odervonetwas, dassich möglicherweise niemals realisieren wird. Imaginationen sindkeine irrealenHirngespinst…
This lively and accessible book focuses on the philosophy and argument of Plato's writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy and the general themes of his thinking. It discusses Plato's style of writing: his use of the dialogue form, his use of what we today call fiction, and his philosophical transformation of myths. It also looks at his discussions of love and philosoph…
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which the notes of discussion and argument constantly resound. This book introduces ancient debates, engaging us with the ancient developments of their themes. Moving away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of great thinkers, the book gives readers a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ancient p…
Caroline Barron leads the field on medieval London and her work on its politics, governance, economy and fabric has greatly enhanced our understanding of the late medieval city. It is, however, her interest in and enthusiasm for the men and women who lived and worked in, or were visitors to, the capital, and her ability to inspire that interest and enthusiasm …
The dynamic processes of knowledge production in archaeology and elsewhere in the humanities and social sciences are increasingly viewed as the collaborative effort of groups, clusters and communities of researchers rather than the isolated work of so-called ‘instrumental’ actors. Shifting focus from the individual scholar to the wider social contexts of her work and the dynamic creative pr…