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Collectio Mineralium
This work is the critical edition of the catalog of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold’s II mineralogical collection. The volume, unpublished and preserved at the Historical Archives of the University of Firenze Museum System, dates to 1765 and describes 242 mineralogical specimens coming primarily from the current Slovak-Hungarian mining district. This edition gives the transcription of the German manuscript and its translation into English together with an organized system of notation to illustrate the complex history of the text, the characterization of the mineralogical species, and the geographical location of the mineral extraction sites. This work represents to date the only published catalog of a mineralogical collection belonging to a member of the Habsburg-Lorraine family.
Reisen ins Unterirdische
Höhlen locken seit Jahrhunderten Forscher, Gelehrte, Künstler, Abenteurer und Einheimische in die Tiefe hinab. Am Schnittpunkt zahlreicher wissenschaftlicher und kultureller Diskurse sind sie nicht an den Rändern, sondern als Kern einer umfassenden Beschäftigung mit dem Unterirdischen im Zentrum der menschlichen Kultur zu verorten. Das Buch zeichnet in einem einzigartigen Bogen von der Antike bis ins 20. Jahrhundert die Geschichte der menschlichen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Höhlenphänomen nach.
Exploring the Natural Underground
This book explores the enigmatic world of the natural underground, viewing it as a site of leisure and a primary sphere of anthropotechnics. It reshapes the old language of caving into new ideas that broaden the possibilities of the sociology of caving. After outlining a novel methodological approach that can be used to understand new leisure trends and cultures in present modernity, Exploring the Natural Underground offers a comprehensive investigation of the societal context in which caving takes place. Thereafter it goes on to argue that the natural underground can be used as a means of escaping some of the unavoidable influences of consumer capitalism in the way that it stimulates imaginations, senses and emotions differently. Marking a turning point in the way that the natural underground is understood, and the degree to which sensory dimensions of leisure are valued, this book will appeal to anybody interested in caving, as well as scholars and students of leisure studies, the sociology of leisure, the ethnography of leisure, and human geography.
Lutheran Music Culture
This volume presents a novel and distinct contribution to previous research on the rich Lutheran heritage of music. It builds upon a current surge of interest in the field, which resonates with a wider interest in connections between music and religion, as well as with cultural and aesthetic dimensions of faith at large. The book situates the topic in relation to recent developments within historical and cultural studies that have developed a more nuanced and positive view of the interplay between theologians and other cultural agents in the evolution of Western modernity during post Reformation processes of ‘confessionalization’. It combines conceptual discussions of key terms relevant to the study of the development and significance of an Early Modern Lutheran Music Culture with theological readings of central texts on music, analytic approaches to historical repertoires and material perspectives on its dissemination.
The scientific dialogue linking America, Asia and Europe between the 12th and the 20thCentury.
The first volume of Viaggiatori “Curatele” series seeks to recreate some scientific dialogues, namely meetings, exchanges and acquisition of theoretical and practical scientific knowledge, thus linking the cultural, historical and geographical context of America, Asia, Europe and Mediterranean Sea between the 16th and the 20th century. More specifically, the main objective is to consider the role of travellers as passeurs, as “intermediaries” for building and allowing the circulation of knowhow and the practical and theoretical knowledge from one continent to another.
Wissenskulturen des Subterranen
Der Abstieg in die Höhlenwelt verbindet. Forscher schlugen als reisende Spezialisten Brücken, überwanden Grenzen, zirkulierten zwischen unterschiedlichen Räumen, sozialen Gruppen, wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen und verknüpften lokale, regionale und globale Kulturen. Die zwischen staatlichen Forschungseinrichtungen, gelehrten Kreisen, naturkundlichen Vereinen und literarisch-ästhetischen Zirkeln vermittelnden Mediatoren leisteten damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Verdichtung von Wissen. Anhand einer bio-bibliografischen Sammlung von 300 Lebensentwürfen von Forschern, Gelehrten, Künstlern und Abenteurern, die sich in Österreich und der Habsburgermonarchie mit dem Höhlenphänomen beschäftigten, zeichnet das Buch die Rolle dieser Zwischenhändler des Wissens im Feld des Subterranen nach.
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On the Way to the "(Un)Known"?
This volume brings together twenty-two authors from various countries who analyze travelogues on the Ottoman Empire between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. The travelogues reflect the colorful diversity of the genre, presenting the experiences of individuals and groups from China to Great Britain. The spotlight falls on interdependencies of travel writing and historiography, geographic spaces, and specific practices such as pilgrimages, the hajj, and the harem. Other points of emphasis include the importance of nationalism, the place and time of printing, representations of fashion, and concepts of masculinity and femininity. By displaying close, comparative, and distant readings, the volume offers new insights into perceptions of "otherness", the circulation of knowledge, intermedial relations, gender roles, and digital analysis.
