Fictional Practices of Spirituality provides critical insight into the implementation of belief, mysticism, religion, and spirituality into worlds of fiction, be it interactive or non-interactive. This first volume focuses on interactive, virtual worlds - may that be the digital realms of video games and VR applications or the imaginary spaces of life action role-playing and soul-searching prac…
Open Access Musicology (OAM) publishes peer-reviewed, scholarly essays primarily intended to serve students and teachers of music history, ethno/musicology, and music studies. The constantly evolving collection ensures that recent research and scholarship inspires classroom practice. OAM essays provide diverse and methodologically transparent models for student research, and they introduce diff…
Game studies, formalism, game analysis, aesthetic theory of games.
Meet EXO, a K-Pop sensation like no other, in the first unofficial biography of the band who have been topping charts and stealing hearts since 2012. Nine boys, from South Korea and China, are taking the world by storm. Their catchy songs, beautiful music videos and incredible live performances have won them millions of passionate fans who have stuck with them through the bad times and watched…
New York City's imposin skyscrapers and instantly recognizable skyline define the idea of the modern city, big, bold, beautifully designed and futuristic. This book describes over 50 seminal structures in authoritive and compelling style. The accompanying illustrations press out of the page, transforming your book into a cityscape to treasure and display.
London is by turns cutting edge and ancient, refined and gritty, and the streets of this city of contrasts are lined with idiosyncratic and beautiful architechture. This book describes over 50 key structures in authoritive and compelling style. The accompanying illustrations press out of the page, transforming your book into a cityspace to treasure and display.
For those who feel like there is no escape from the rigours of the modern-day office. Killer sudoku is the answer! Killer Sudoku is often seen as the most challenging Sudoku variant, and so this is the perfect puzzle book for anyone who loves to be tested in their spare time. With hundreds of tricky puzzles, you will require all of your logic and skill to solve them.
The capacity for sound to be powerfully evocative is unquestionable. An old photograph, or even a silent cine film from one’s childhood, brings back memories and can have strong emotional resonances. Listening to the ‘unseen sound’ of an old audio recording however, can almost without warning, engulf us in the feelings it triggers. The sound of a distant night-time …
Historically, the notion of man-made climate has been the decisive theo-retical interface along which the mutual appropriation of modern urban climatology and modern architecture and urban planning has taken place. Berlin and Vienna in particular were laboratories and intellectual centers of urban climatology in the 1920s and 30s, which can be ex-plained not least by the political conditions in…
On the outskirts of Oslo, there is a clearing in the woods. The tall trees that once grew here were felled in 2014, leaving a sharp border between the dark forest and the open space [figure 1]. In this clearing, a new gener-ation of Norwegian spruce is growing. The young trees are marked by red ribbons and, after growing for a hundred years, these trees will be felled, transformed into paper, a…
Advertising has played a central role in shaping the history of modern media. While often identified with American consumerism and the rise of the 'Information Society', motion picture advertising has been part of European visual culture since the late nineteenth century. With the global spread of ad agencies, moving image advertisements became a privileged cultural form to make people experien…
he concept of a ‘musical city’ is based on Henri Lefebvre’s philosophy of rhythmanalysis,2 developed in the 1980s by the French philosopher and urbanist as a way of understanding our cities through the experi-ence of its rhythms. He was to develop philosopher Gaston Bachelard’s rhythmic view of life as a composition of rhythms and apply it to …
Music practices, understood as activities connected to humanly organized sound, extend beyond enclosed spaces both physically and metaphorically, crossing borders of all kinds. When they cross the borders of national states and create stable networks among musicians, fans, people involved in the music business, etc., they can be considered transnational. Cen…
In Catholic doctrine, the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary is the belief that Mary, the mother of Christ, was exempt from original sin from the moment of her conception, and thereby a co-redeemer alongside her son. Praise for this complicated devotion took place in Europe throughout the medieval period and resounded in the Americas with the founding of the first convent in Mexico City u…
The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities (PHI) Time and Space were compiled to establish a multidisciplinary platform for presenting, interacting, and disseminating research. It also aims to foster awareness and discussion on Time and Space, focusing on different visions relevant to Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Design and Social Sciences, and its importance and benefits …
Time is running out to meet the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Despite efforts by some regions to decarbonise, transport emissions will not fall fast enough, as transport demand will grow in the years to come. By 2050, passenger demand will increase by 79% under the Current Ambition scenario and freight demand will…
asting a long shadow across the cinemagraphic landscape, the monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is arguably the most recognizable artefact in science fiction film. Simultaneously ancient and futuristic, this enigmatic signifier of the origin and evolution of homo technologus is an apropos ‘site’ to introduce the central concern of t…
Cover songs are a familiar feature of contemporary popular music. Musi-cians describe their own performances ascovers, and audiences use the cat-egory to organize their listening and appreciation. However, philosophershave not had much to say about them.A common philosophical approach is to consider historical positions—for example, asking what Plato or Kant said on a topic. That makes no h…
When the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened in 1825, it was the first steam-powered railway to carry passengers. Since then there has been no shortage of music connected with trains and railways: orchestral pieces and popular songs describing railway journeys; those that celebrate the opening of a new line; work songs and blues describing the hardship of building the railroads, even the first…
Although not di-rectly related to GAS, it is worth mentioning that the German music instrument re-tailer Thomann (2019) hosts an annual summer camp as part of its ‘Gearhead Uni-versity’. YouTubers get the opportunity to review each piece of equipment in Thomann’s warehouse in a small village in southern Germany, document their ex-periences on video and share them online with fe…
In recent international literature addressing the history of twentieth-century archi-tectural theory, the year 1968 is often seen as a decisive moment, giving rise to a “new” architectural theory. From that moment onwards, less emphasis was placed on the aesthetics of architecture, and more on its critical potential. Increasingly, and also from that moment onwards, architectural theory beca…
he final weekend brought better weather and we went down to our installation to take photos. We were surprised to find the streets were full of people pushing strollers, children, couples, elderly people, crowds from all walks of life. Sydney came outdoors at night in winter and did so with a vengeance. Building on this early success, Vivid Sydney went on to become a major light festival (owned…
Starting as a f ilm that almost single-handedly transformed the American f ilm industry, expanding into a merchandising and branding juggernaut, and resulting in one of the world’s most prof itable entertainment fran-chises, Star Wars has, over the past 40 years, redef ined the popular media landscape. Its multiple transformations make it not only a vivid case study of media-indust…
The seeds of this publication were sown during a series of conversations held while organising a conference supported by the UCL Rome Fund and the University of L’Aquila in the 10th anniversary year of the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake. At the suggestion of the host university’s Provost Paola Inverardi, historian Lucia met urbanist Paola and we found ourselves discussing th…
As apartments, manor houses, accessory dwelling units, laneway housing, and secondary suites continue to play their part in increasing suburban housing supply, they do so entwined in the debate around neighbourhood fit. Meanwhile, many low-rise neighbourhoods remain exempt from densification increases on the assumption that the detached single-family home should rema…
This is a book about architectural conservation. Today conservation receives unprecedented attention as a direct reflection of a more general interest in memory that has been apparent during the last few decades. During this period, we have witnessed an increasing desire for the per-petuation of memories from the past, a desire that applies to every aspect of our culture. There i…
he first chapter of this section traces Marcin Giz ̇ycki’s personal animation journey since 1980.As editor- in-chief of the ASIFAquarterly Animafilm,he published the now infamous definition on animation,which was agreed to at the Board’s meeting,taking place at the Animafest Zagreb in the same year: ‘The art of animation is the creation of moving images through the manipulation of all va…
In 2018 I had the chance to talk about photo novels during the international conference ECHIC 2018 – Equip & Engage. Research and Dissemination Infrastructures for the Humanities. My presentation was preceded by two speeches, one about digitizing ancient papyri recently found in Egypt, the other on the digitization of works by Shakespeare. During the Q&A that followed the panel, the first que…
A multi-perspective and knowledge-oriented examination of such influ-encing variables and parameters as globalization and migration; digitization and inclusion; phenomena of media democracy; increasingly non-national citizens or those with multiple identities; the changed, mediatized social-ization of children and young people; unequal distribution of power and re-sources betwe…
Today the demand for a sustainable clothing care system is higher than ever due to the continuous environmental impact caused by this system. When it comes to the environment (The State of Fashion 2020, 2020), the fashion industry record is well documented. Fashion accounts for 20 to 35 percent of microplastic flows into the ocean and outweighs the …
undance and connectivity are one way of looking at digital phenomena. Umberto Eco in his book The Infinity of Lists poses a challenge from the other side, by asking questions of meaning and hierarchy. As Eco points out, on the one hand, the elements are connected and information is wealthy and omnipotent but, on the other hand, information loses its meaning, and its hierarchies are unsettled in…
eveloping the analogy between the laws of nature and stage machinery—also known as the merveilleux—Pluche elects to remain in the audience, subject to the illusion, rather than venture backstage in order to determine how the special effects are achieved.3 This acknowledgment of the implicit limitations of reason and the senses, subsequently dubbed epistemological modesty, left open the ques…
The emergence of the contemporary graphic novel across many regions of the world has been closely implicated with posthumanist thought. Science fiction narratives forged from multiple real and imagined cou-plings between technology, bodies and subjectivities feature prom-inently in the various competing genealogies for the medium. The French bande dessinée tradition,…
It is then the rivers and the sea writ large that consti-tute the geographic template upon which this volume was developed. Why the Mediterranean? And why riv-ers? Taking up Fernand Braudel’s notion of a hinterland that is connected to the Mediterranean world, the vol-ume looks to the reverberations and echoes of this clas-sic site far beyond its shores and into the continent both North and E…
The personages of Steinberg all look like someone I know (I’m sure of it) but I can’t recall their name. Who is it? Where have I seen that face, that odd stance? I struggle with my memory, as if in a dream where its precision (and not the blur, contrary to what one believes) makes me the enigma. Steinberg does not reveal a schema; each time it is a figure, subtle and penetrating, …
While the usefulness of periodization in general has been questioned before,1 the established periodizations of Central and Eastern European art histories have not been systematically compared or criticized. At the heart of the issue is the relation-ship between Western models of periodization and the emerging discipline of art his-tory in the region. Wes…
he International Orpheus Academy for Music and Theory is the annual conference organised by the Orpheus Research Centre. For the Academy, a selected guest faculty with outstanding expertise in a specific topic is invited to attend a series of lectures and to write an individual essay. All researchers from the Orpheus Research Centre, as well as th…
This e-book contains smart city planning including both the framework and examples, regarding the priority areas, processes, and enablers for smart city development.
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he function of façades in architecture and the big portfolio of protective layersdeveloped by nature (skin, membranes, shells, cuticles) share several similarities. Innature, skin is the largest organ that protects the body from external invaders. Skinis a multitasker performing several functions critical for health and well-being oforganisms. Built from several layers, skin protects, regulate…
First things first. What are martial arts? What do we mean when we say ‘martial arts’? These two questions can be regarded as either very similar to each other or very different. Simplifying in the extreme, we might propose that, although there is a spectrum of possible answers, there are two main positions on these matters. On the one hand, there is a kind of strict or rigorou…
Wayang merupakan salah satu dari berbagai warisan kebudayaan masa lampau di Indonesia yang kini mulai pudar dicintai masyarakat. Wayang meliputi seni peran, suara, musik, tutur, sastra, lukis, pahat dan seni perlambang, harus dilestarikan jangan sampai punah atau hilang.
Kerani: "Hebat ya, Bapak bisa kepikiran ke situ." Bossman: "Itu namanya bertahan hidup! Kamu tahu gak? Yang penting kita gak digebukin kondektur bus. Dalam situasi kayak tadi, kita harus korbankan apa yang bisa kita korbankan." Kerani: "Kalau seandainya tadi gak ada mangga yang bisa dijual, gimana Pak?" Bossman: "Ya, saya jual kamu lah..."
The whole idea of cricket is to score more runs than the opposition. But, you can't do that if you are back in the pavillion. It is important that a batsman's game is built around a solid defence and technical proficiency. No player has all the shots, but he should be able to handle deliveries that test his weakter areas safely.
Firstly, the bidding: in 500, you might bid just to “stay in”. In Bridge you may re-enter the bidding and therefore you can pass with impunity. “Pass” is one of the most useful calls bridge players have. The second difference is in the play: after the opening lead, one player (the “Dummy”) faces their cards, as in Open Misére. If you’ve defended well against Open Misére you’ll…
Photography can be a fun and rewarding thing to learn, but where do you start? How should you set up your camera, what skills should you work on first, how should you be processing your photographs? This in-depth guide aims to answer those questions and help you create a foundation for success as you pick up this exciting new hobby of photography. When you unpack your first camera you may be i…
Reading your Art in Focus textbook will take you on a reading journey through art history. You will find a great amount of information in it. It is an example of nonfiction writing—it describes artworks, art styles, and artists from the real world, and introduces you to people, images, and ideas. Here are some reading strategies that will help you become an active textbook reader. Choose the …
While cleaning up – wanna-be Spring Clean, I found this book (at that stage half done) which I organized as a collaboration on IUOMA in December 2010. Final participants were Lauriana Glenny (South Africa), Jen Staggs (USA), Frank Oddette (Australia), Francoise Cheyne (South Africa), Katerina Nikoltsou(Greece), Test Tower(USA), Valentine Mark Herman (France), Angie Cope(USA) and myself . This…
Traditional film photography uses a chemical process to expose and capture images. The camera lens and body allow a prescribed amount of light to come into contact with the film, which is basically a sheet of plastic that has been coated with a light sensitive chemical compound. Once the film is sufficiently exposed to light an invisible picture is formed. When the film is developed, other chem…
Tradition and innovation, side-by-side in a landscape of great buildings, sporting venues hosting local and international events and vibrant open spaces: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will offer all of this and much more. It will be the crowning glory of London’s eastward shift, establishing a new hub for business, leisure and life. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will defi ne the next generation…