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Evidentiary Authority as a System: Johann Christoph Gatterer and the Collective Making of Historical Knowledge in the Eighteenth Century [PDF]
How is historical evidence conveyed? How could an eighteenth‐century scholar vouch for the information stored on paper, drafted with the quill, and publicized in copperplate engravings or letterpress? In this article, I employ material and medial perspectives to reconstruct the multiple production stages of Johann Christoph Gatterer's Historia ...
André de Melo Araújo
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Racket sociality: investigating intimidation in North India
This article is an ethnographic investigation into acts of intimidation and threats. Theoretically, it dialogues with ‘racket’ – a key analytical term in the sociology of domination, state‐making, and mafias. The anthropology of power, violence, and crime has paid scant attention to the morphology of threats and the ways interpersonal intimidation ...
Lucia Michelutti
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Abstract Ancient Maya texts are informationally dominated by hieroglyphic inscriptions and visually dominated by figural art with distinctly formed hands. The hands suggest iconographically embedded hand signs, which would constitute a unique modality of semantic expression and a discourse complement to hieroglyphic writing.
Rich A. Sandoval
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Renaissance Culture, Emblems, and Interdisciplinary Research: The Reception of Alciato in Coimbra☆
Abstract Bearing in mind that emblem books were a manifestation of humanistic culture and its natural interdisciplinary, this paper discusses how the early reception of Alciato's Emblemata in Coimbra (Portugal) had an impact on artists, literary authors, jurists, and Jesuit teachers.
Filipa Araújo
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ABSTRACT This study presents the findings of a workshop designed to train health professionals from the Psychosocial Care Network in matrix support for alcohol and other drug care. This experience report is based on action research and involved 45 health professionals from a municipality in northern Brazil.
Ricardo da Silva de Jesus +5 more
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ArtProtect: Blockchain and NFC‐based anti‐counterfeit system for physical art
An anti‐counterfeiting system for physical art based on Ethereum blockchain and near‐field communication technology is proposed and implemented. The system leverages the use of Ethereum smart contracts and inter‐planetary file system to store artworks’ certificate of authenticity, and display them in a mobile app called ArtProtect.
Cindy Handoko Tantowibowo +1 more
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl
Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
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Melōsa and her prize: The victory of a woman in ancient Greece
Abstract The earliest example of the Ancient Greek word for a victor's prize, nikatērion, comes in a verse inscription from the sixth century bce on an Attic kylix (wine cup) from Taras. It records the victory of Melōsa in a competition with other young women. This article draws out the significance of her victory and redefines our understanding of who
Ian Plant
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Boreal ecopoetics: Christian Dotremont's site‐specific writing in Sápmi
Abstract Northern Fennoscandia entered Christian Dotremont's (1922–1979) imagination in 1956. The Belgian avant‐gardist was comfortable in Central‐European artistic milieus through his involvement in CoBrA (1948–1951), but a total of 12 journeys to Sápmi between 1956 and 1978 had a profound effect on his creative work, especially the logograms he is ...
Sami Sjöberg
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Abstract The rich and extensively studied archaeological record of the Near East provides an opportunity to develop a comprehensive archaeomagnetic dataset for exploring the behavior of the geomagnetic field with high precision. The Levantine archaeomagnetic curve (LAC) project is an ongoing effort to develop a continuous high‐resolution geomagnetic ...
E. Hassul +9 more
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