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New research on the history of the construction of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Ad Limina, 2010
An interdisciplinary project by the BTU (Brandenburgische Technische Universität) Cottbus (Germany) and the University of Bern (Switzerland) is analysing the construction of the Romanesque cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
Bernd Nicolai, Klaus Rheidt
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State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
wiley   +1 more source

CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

Acoustic vessels as an expression of medieval music tradition in Serbian sacred architecture [PDF]

Muzikologija, 2017
Archaeoacoustics is a multidisciplinary field of research focused on the history of the relatedness of the field of sound and architecture. The architectural history of Europe, from Antiquity to the modern period, is abundant in the findings of ...
Đorđević Zorana, Penezić Kristina, Dimitrijević Stefan   +2 more
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
wiley   +1 more source

SPATIAL-TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF THE UKRAINIAN THEATER IN THE MIDDLE AGES

Вісник КНУКіМ: Серія Мистецтвознавство, 2018
The purpose of the research is to find out the peculiarities of the stage design of the Ukrainian theatre and its spatial and technical support in the Middle Ages.
Kateryna Yudova-Romanova
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Intellectual Solidarity and Reflexive Dislocation: Sociology in the Age of Global Authoritarianism

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to current debates on the ethics of critical scholarship in an era of authoritarian consolidation and institutional erosion. It introduces intellectual solidarity as an ethical stance and reflexive dislocation as a methodological practice that together offer a grounded response to the complicities and constraints of ...
Salvador Santino Regilme
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Approaches of Fast 360-degree Video-Based Survey of Inaccessible Heritage [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Fast survey documentation of inaccessible environments often forces surveyors to choose between acquisition speed and geometric accuracy of digital databases.
F. Galasso, R. Volzone
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Resonance and the Photographing of Medieval Architecture [PDF]

Paideusis, 2020
In this essay I aim to convey in text and photographs what it might mean to experience medieval architecture with some degree of connectivity or what Wittgenstein calls, poetically, “resonance.” I provide examples of personal experiences of medieval architecture, and argue for the importance of historical knowledge, sensuous acquaintance, and a ...
openaire   +1 more source

The Mysterious Stranger and Modern Enchantment

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociological accounts of modernity have long emphasized rationalization, alienation, and the attenuation of affective intensity. While these diagnoses capture crucial dynamics of modern social order, they leave underexplored a persistent and generative dimension of social life: enchantment.
Dmitry Kurakin
wiley   +1 more source