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Iconografia e culti: statuette di suonatrici di tympanon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Figurine in terracotta raffiguranti suonatrici di tympanon sono state in Sicilia in contesti ...
Bellia, Angela
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The Sacred Engagement: Outline of a hypothesis about the origin of human ‘religious intelligence’. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The question that motivates the central hypothesis advanced in this paper regarding the emergence of early religious thinking is the following: ‘why does religion need material\ud culture?’ What basic functional or symbolic need renders material culture ...
Malafouris, Dr Lambros
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Ceramicists, Apprentices or Part-Timers? On the Modelling and Assembling of Peak Sanctuary Figurines

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2020
The question of who made peak sanctuary figurines has frequently been raised but seldom deeply examined. The assumption that the aesthetically refined pieces were carefully made by skilled ‘artists’ while the less visually pleasing ones were rapidly made
Céline Murphy
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L'archeologia sperimentale come metodo di indagine per lo studio delle Veneri del Paleolitico Superiore [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In this paper we propose a new methodology to approach the study of the Upper Paleolithic Venus figurines using the scientific principles of experimental archaeology.
Basile, Martina
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A tentative attempt to estimate the systemic number of the Late Neolithic Vinča culture figurines

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2016
In this paper an attempt is made to estimate the number of figurines which were in "use" in households of the Late Neolithic Vin!a culture. The number of accumulated figurines and houses is used as a starting point.
Marko Porčić
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Jouer à travailler. Idiome figuratif des groupes professionnels et figements narratifs du travail chez les figurines pour enfants

open access: yesImages du Travail, Travail des Images, 2018
This article highlights how two major toy companies offer a combination of profane images of work and professional groups. In addition to increasing the readability of their products, the use of professional categories provides a set of evocative topics ...
Michaël Meyer
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Max Ernst and the Aesthetic of Commercial Tourism: Max Among Some of His Favorite Dolls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
: "Max Ernst and the Aesthetic of Commercial Tourism: Max Among His Favorite Dolls" examines Surrealist artist Max Ernst's practice of collecting Hopi and Zuni kachina figurines.

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Immersive reality capabilities of relieving hiraeth

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding how immersive experiences foster a sense of presence sufficient to rival real‐world experiences remains an open research area. Prior work has largely examined episodic memory recall in simulated environments, but less is known about how immersive technologies can reconnect individuals with personal memories.
Erica Mi, Fred Fonseca
wiley   +1 more source

Pleistocene Palaeoart of Asia

open access: yesArts, 2013
This comprehensive overview considers the currently known Pleistocene palaeoart of Asia on a common basis, which suggests that the available data are entirely inadequate to form any cohesive synthesis about this corpus.
Robert G. Bednarik
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Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
wiley   +1 more source

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