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Polaroid, aperture, and Ansel Adams: rethinking the industry-aesthetic divide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article takes the history of Polaroid photography as an opportunity to question a presupposition that underpins much thinking on photography: the split between industrial (ie useful) applications of photography and its fine art (ie aesthetic ...
Buse, P
core   +2 more sources

Identity formation through cultural expression: Exploring Chinese spaces of ethnic consumption in Sydney, Australia

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper examines how Chinese‐run commercial spaces in Hurstville, Sydney, function as dynamic platforms for immigrant identity formation, highlighting the interplay of ethnicity, nationality, and national origin. Through mixed‐methods research, the study reveals the complex ways in which cultural expression, consumer perceptions, and ...
Yingfei Wang, Weijie Hu
wiley   +1 more source

Two Indian dialectical logics: saptabhangi and catuskoti [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
A rational interpretation is proposed for two ancient Indian logics: the Jaina saptabhaṅgī, and the Mādhyamika catuṣkoṭi. It is argued that the irrationality currently imputed to these logics relies upon some philosophical preconceptions inherited from ...
Schang, Fabien
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Making geography move: The Royal Geographical Society and the exchange of periodical knowledge, 1830–1900

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper examines how the Royal Geographical Society's (RGS's) Library and Map Committee disciplined the exchange of the first English‐language geographical journal in the nineteenth century. The periodical's archive reveals the institutional mechanisms that shaped the journal's networks of gifting and exchange but also the deliberate ...
Benjamin Newman
wiley   +1 more source

Out in the cold? A review of Early Middle Palaeolithic settlements in northern Central Europe, age data and geological preconditions for site formation and preservation

open access: yesBoreas, EarlyView.
The characteristics of settlement of Neanderthals in northern Central Europe during the earlier phases of the Middle Palaeolithic (Marine Isotope Stage 8–6) have been a matter of debate for decades, specifically regarding the population dynamics at such latitudes during the coldest phases. In this paper, we review the known archaeological record of the
Gianpiero Di Maida   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

AS - Wyndham Lewis, Pablo Picasso and the Question of Eclecticism

open access: yesMiranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone, 2016
This article examines aspects of Wyndham Lewis’s critical writings on Picasso between 1919 and 1950 and on the spirit of eclecticism he associated closely with the Spanish artist.
Annelie Fitzgerald
doaj   +1 more source

Mosque architecture in Malaysia : classification of styles and possible influence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The main purpose of the research is to set up an initial framework of architectural description of Muslim architecture in Malaysia within the context of the architectural concern of ‘style’.
Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin
core  

The Proliferation of Theoretical Paradigms Quandary: How One Novice Researcher Used Eclecticism as a Solution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
When a doctoral student plans to conduct qualitative education research, the aspect of the dissertation that often becomes problematic is determining which theoretical paradigm(s) might frame the study.
Stinson, David W.
core   +2 more sources

Block scheduling in practice: An optimal decomposition strategy for nonidentical operating rooms

open access: yesDecision Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract We develop and implement a Master Surgery Schedule for a real‐life hospital, assigning operating room (OR) time to surgical specialties over a multi‐week horizon. Through action research, we identify a critical operational challenge: the issue of split blocks. Split blocks allow two specialties to share an OR on the same day—one in the morning,
Vincent J. J. van Ham   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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