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The influence of African sculpture on British art, 1910-1930 [PDF]
, 2015 This thesis aims to discuss the influence of African wood sculpture on British art from 1910 to 1930. It proposes that the works, tastes and pronouncements of various 20th century British artists betray this influence and that although the British ...
Dogbe, Buckner Komla
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Fifth Elements: A Research Program in Italian Sound
California Italian Studies, 2014 What can it mean to talk or write or shout about "Italian sound"? I search for answers to this question in the history of Italian(ate) opera, dance, cinema, anthems, popular songs, taxi horns, violins, headphones and mopeds, as well as the braying of ...
Hillel Schwartz
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Facing Truths About Population Management
Zoo Biology, EarlyView.Populations of wildlife, and domestic animals have large sinks for surplus animals. By contrast, zoos don't. Humans in industrialized societies are socialized with companion animals, i.e. surplus (i.e., typically denied reproduction) originating from unseen breeding cores.
Marcus Clauss +48 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
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Une statue assise gallo-romaine de tradition celtique à Meillant (Cher)
Revue Archéologique du Centre de la France, 2011 An anthropomorphic stone statue was discovered in the park of the Château of Meillant (Cher) during the 1970s. This article provides a study of this sculpture which will be added to those of a series of Bituriges Gallo-Roman statues in sitting position.
Sophie Krausz, Gérard Coulon
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The Doctrine of State Necessity
The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.This article examines the doctrine of state necessity as a distinct but relatively underexplored doctrine of constitutional law. Drawing on case law from a range of jurisdictions, it considers instances in which courts have accepted otherwise unconstitutional measures as lawful in order to preserve the operation of state institutions or protect ...
Athanasios Peftinas
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Sarkophag der Aurelia Botiane Demetria aus Perge
GephyraThe sarcophagus found in the ancient city of Perge is exhibited in the Antalya Museum. The front and side faces of the sarcophagus are made in the form of Asia Minor columned sarcophagi. The back side is carved in Torre Nova type.
Hüseyin Sabri Alanyalı, Ünal Demirer
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Image as Contemplation Medium: Distributed Cogniton and the Extended Mind Theory [PDF]
In Medias Res, 2018 Andy Clark famously stated that humans are capable of transferring some of their cognitive functions into the environment in particular circumstances – he named it the “extended mind theory”. This theory has been widely debated since its first appearance
Josipa Lulić
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Intertextuality and Roman visual culture : A new approach to Roman ideal sculpture
, 2015 The aim of this project is to acquire new knowledge regarding the role of ideal sculpture in the Roman world. Since the mid-19th century, such sculptures have been studied primarily as Roman copies of Greek originals, using the method of copy criticism ...
Habetzeder, Julia,
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How are capital and the family interconnected in contemporary capitalism? In this article, we argue that they come together in owning relations. By owning capital across generations, families bridge the temporal gap between the durability of capital and the finite lifespan of private property holders and thus resolve the problem of bona ...
Jens Beckert, Isabell Stamm
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