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Heroic Africans
Issued in connection with an exhibition held Sept. 20, 2011-Jan. 29, 2012, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and at the Rietberg Museum, Zeurich, at later dates.
Ubangi
A fantastic new colour school thesaurus for ages 10+ in the best-selling Gem format. Written specially to help with school work and homework, this new edition of the Gem School Thesaurus provides thousands of synonyms to increase vocabulary, with examples to show context for every synonym listed. This handy thesaurus includes all the newest words in the English language, plus a useful supplement to provide help with finding the right word. Unlike any other school thesaurus, with the Collins Gem School Thesaurus you can be sure you're using the right word every time. Every entry has a definition, and each alternative word is followed by its own example, helping you decide which word is the most appropriate to use. The perfect companion to the new Collins Gem School Dictionary, and an indispensable tool for any school student aged 10+. Using a thesaurus has never been easier!
Being Object, Being Art
Cultures contribute to the richness of this world through their uniqueness and variety - as do their material products. This is reflected in the ethnographic collections from Africa, the Americas, South East Asia, Oceania and East Asia at the Museum of World Cultures in Frankfurt. Using exceptional photographs, 130 everyday objects or ritual items are presented from the huge collection.The objects in this volume are described and interpreted simultaneously as works of art. The book questions the environment in which the work was created and which ideas about design, colour, form, symmetry, balance, etc., might have influenced their production. The common goal is to present what it is about these works that are exceptional, elaborate, other, perfect or imperfect in fact, harmonious or disturbing.
Cameroon
The ancient kingdoms of the Cameroon Grassfields are famous for their splendid artworks--ornamented thrones, wooden figures, enormous drums, finely carved jewelry made from ivory and brass, and fabulous masks. This book presents 150 masterpieces from the courts of the Grassfield kingdoms. Historical photographs illustrate the magnificent life at the courts encountered by European visitors in the late 19th century. Additional field photographs taken in recent years show that the traditions in the Grassfields are still alive today. Two leading scholars in the field of Cameroonian art give an important introduction to the fascinating and complex world of the Grassfield kingdoms: their rituals, secret societies, and, above all, the meaning of art in this context.
Availability, Reliability, and Security in Information Systems and HCI
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.4, 8.9, TC 5 International Cross-Domain Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, CD-ARES 2013, held in Regensburg, Germany, in September 2013. The 21 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the volume. The papers concentrate on the many aspects of information systems bridging the gap between research results in computer science and the many application fields. They are organized in the following topical sections: economic, ethical, legal, multilingual, organizational and social aspects; context-oriented information integration; data/information management as a service; context-oriented information integration and location-aware computing; security and privacy; risk management and business continuity; and security and privacy and location based applications. Also included are 15 papers from a special session on Human-Computer Interaction and Knowledge Discovery (HCI-KDD 2013).
Tribal Art
Quarterly journal of the art, culture and history of traditional peoples and Old World civilizations.
Three Centuries of Woodlands Indian Art
The art and objects of the Indians of the Eastern Woodlands, past and present, are given full attention in this lavishly illustrated volume. Leading scholars from Europe and North America discuss the cultural significance of Native art and objects as well as examine the composition and history of particularly distinctive museum collections. Subjects include traditional and contemporary Iroquois art, war clubs, captains' coats, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, and famous collections in Scotland and Germany as well as at the Musée d'Yverdon, the Manchester Museum, and the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.
Trustworthy Cyber-Physical Systems
Trustworthiness is a key success factor in the acceptance and adoption of cyber-physical systems. The author first discusses various existing definitions of trust and trustworthiness and extends them to cyber-physical systems. A comprehensive framework is proposed, including methods that cover all phases of development: requirements engineering, system design, trustworthiness evaluation, run-time maintenance, and evidence-based assurance. To support a smooth integration of the methods into development projects, these methods are provided in the form of so-called capability patterns. A running example from the ambient assisted living domain is used to demonstrate the application of the methods. About the Author: Nazila Gol Mohammadi is currently working as an associate researcher at paluno – The Ruhr Institute for Software Technology in Essen, Germany. Her research interests include software engineering, requirements engineering, digitalization, cloud computing, cyber-physical systems, and trustworthiness of software systems.
Ästhetik des (Nicht)Wissens
Kann zeitgenössischer Kunst im Feld ethnologischer Museen ein epistemisches Potenzial zuerkannt werden, das sich jenseits herkömmlicher Erkenntnisformen zeigt? Beatrice Barrois konzentriert sich auf die Kategorie des (Nicht)Wissens als ästhetische Erfahrung im Ausstellungsraum und entfaltet so neue Sichtweisen auf künstlerische Positionen, die sich kritisch mit ethnografischen Sammlungen auseinandersetzen. Dabei wird schwerpunktmäßig die Ausstellung „Ware&Wissen (or the stories you wouldn´t tell a stranger)“ fokussiert, die 2014/15 im Frankfurter Weltkulturen Museum stattfand. Darüber hinaus werden Bezüge zu anderen ethnologischen Ausstellungen und Künstlern wie etwa Fred Wilson hergestellt. Mit ihrer epistemologischen Exkursion liefert die Autorin eine Perspektive, die Grenzen des Wissens deutlich und das künstlerische Experiment zum Gegenstand neuer Wissens(un)ordnungen macht.
