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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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Developing serious games for cultural heritage: a state-of-the-art review [PDF]

, 2010
Although the widespread use of gaming for leisure purposes has been well documented, the use of games to support cultural heritage purposes, such as historical teaching and learning, or for enhancing museum visits, has been less well considered.
A Lerner, A Nareyek, A Nareyek, A Watt, B Lintermann, C Cruz-Neira, C Jones, C Wyman, Christopher Peters, D Blythe, D Helbing, D Pletinckx, DA Forsyth, Eike Falk Anderson, EW Dijkstra, F Lamarche, F Liarokapis, Fotis Liarokapis, G Humphreys, G Lepouras, H Godbersen, H Tamura, H Tamura, J Blow, J Burton, J Jacobson, J Kim, JF Blinn, JF Blinn, K Engel, Leigh McLoughlin, M Lewis, M Macedonia, M Macedonia, M Nienhaus, M Overmars, M Zyda, MA Livingston, O Bimber, P Dutr, P Milgram, P Yin, Panagiotis Petridis, PSA Reitsma, R Azuma, R Azuma, R Burkersroda, R Dechter, R Sanwal, RJ Rost, S Cass, S Feiner, S Freitas de, S Smith, S Sylaiou, Sara de Freitas, T Sousa, T Zhou, TJ McGuire, TJ Purcell, V Vlahakis   +60 more
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Yoruba Histories of Marriage and Belonging: Gender, Power and Innovation in Eighteenth‐Century West Africa

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
wiley   +1 more source

The relation between archaeology, history of ideas, and genealogy in the philosophy of Michel Foucault

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This article explores the interconnections between archaeology, history of ideas, and genealogy in Michel Foucault’s philosophical framework, examining how these methodological approaches transform our understanding of historical processes and knowledge
Ahmeti Kushtrim
doaj   +1 more source

From pixel to mesh: accurate and straightforward 3D documentation of cultural heritage from the Cres/Lošinj archipelago [PDF]

, 2015
Most people like 3D visualizations. Whether it is in movies, holograms or games, 3D (literally) adds an extra dimension to conventional pictures. However, 3D data and their visualizations can also have scientic archaeological benets: they are crucial in ...
Doneus, Michael, Doneus, Nives, Verhoeven, Geert, Štuhec, Seta   +3 more
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FEMINISTS VERSUS MONUMENTS? From Protests to Anti‐monuments in Mexico City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of heritage spaces and monuments in the Historic Centre of Mexico City during ongoing feminist mobilizations. Feminists have claimed that the Mexican government is more concerned about protecting monuments and urban heritage than acting to prevent gender‐based violence and femicide.
Fernando Gutiérrez
wiley   +1 more source

High‐throughput information extraction of printed specimen labels from large‐scale digitization of entomological collections using a semi‐automated pipeline

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Natural history museums curate billions of insect specimens, representing an unparalleled record of biodiversity. Although large‐scale digitization has expanded access to specimen images, extracting label metadata remains a major bottleneck, typically requiring time‐intensive manual transcription.
Margot Belot, Joël Tuberosa, Leonardo Preuss, Olha Svezhentseva, Magdalena Claessen, Christian Bölling, Franziska Schuster, Théo Léger   +7 more
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Media, Power and (In)Equality in Archaeology and Heritage

Internet Archaeology, 2015
Decades of Internet study have arguably done little to shed light on the nature and implications of web-based communications in archaeology. Since the late 1990s, the online world has been lauded by archaeologists for its capacities to engender dialogue,
Sara Perry, Lucy Shipley, Jim Osborne
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On Being Receptive: Listening and Compliance on a University Campus

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How should you listen when you hear about harms in interpersonal life, such as sexual harassment or anti‐Black racism? Across a range of sites on a university campus, from bystander intervention workshops to reporting systems for sex‐ and gender‐based misconduct, we spotlight the way “listening” is mobilized to address harms of various kinds ...
Michael Lempert, Benjamin Davis, Alex Forrest   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source