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Making Art Work
The creative collaborations of engineers, artists, scientists, and curators over the past fifty years. Artwork as opposed to experiment? Engineer versus artist? We often see two different cultural realms separated by impervious walls. But some fifty years ago, the borders between technology and art began to be breached. In this book, W. Patrick McCray shows how in this era, artists eagerly collaborated with engineers and scientists to explore new technologies and create visually and sonically compelling multimedia works. This art emerged from corporate laboratories, artists' studios, publishing houses, art galleries, and university campuses. Many of the biggest stars of the art world—Rober...
Translating Samuel Beckett around the World
The global reception of Samuel Beckett raises numerous questions: in which areas of the world was Beckett first translated? Why were Beckett texts sometimes slow to penetrate certain cultures? How were national literatures impacted by Beckett's oeuvre? Translating Samuel Beckett around the World brings together leading researchers in Beckett studies to discuss these questions and explore the fate of Beckett in their own societies and national languages. The current text provides ample coverage of the presence of Beckett in geographical contexts normally ignored by literary criticism, and reveals unknown aspects of the 1969 Nobel Prize winner interacting with translators of his work in a number of different countries.
Islam, Civil Society and Social Work
The thesis analyses the role of Muslim voluntary welfare associations in Jordan from the perspective of their religious discourse and the related social activities, to assess whether they contribute to empowerment or reinforce dependency
Netherlands Yearbook of International Law - 2003
Two major factors brought about the establishment of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law in 1970: demand for the publication of national practice in international law, and the desirability for legal practitioners, state representatives and international lawyers to have access to the growing amount of available data, in the form of articles, notes etc. The Documentation section contains an extensive review of Dutch state practice from the parliamentary year prior to publication, an account of developments relating to treaties and other international agreements to which the Netherlands is a party, summaries of Netherlands judicial decisions involving questions of public international law (many not published elsewhere), lists of Dutch publications in the field and extracts from relevant municipal legislation. Although the NYIL has a distinctive national character it is published in English, and the editors do not adhere to any geographical limitations when deciding upon the inclusion of articles.
African Philosophy in an Intercultural Perspective
African philosophy under the specific conditions of a colonial and postcolonial world is – at least since the 20th century if not even earlier – inherently intercultural. The aim and target of the volume is to reveal, interrogate and analyse the intercultural dimension in African philosophy, and to critically interrogate the project of an intercultural philosophy from an African perspective. This volume is the first publication that explicitly discusses African philosophy as a challenge to the project of intercultural philosophy.
Sekse
De Nederlandse taal kent van oudsher een aantal woorden waarin de verschillen in lichaam, macht en status tussen vrouwen en mannen worden uitgedrukt: het allesomvattende ‘sekse’, het meer specifieke ‘geslacht’ en het ouderwetse ‘kunne’, woorden die meer en meer worden vervangen door het Engelse ‘gender’. Gender staat voor het inzicht dat sekse en geslacht niet vanzelfsprekend zijn af te lezen aan mensenlichamen van meerderlei kunne, maar een eeuwenlange geschiedenis kennen van denken en doen. Die geschiedenis wordt in deze bundel verkend, door een team van auteurs afkomstig uit wetenschapsgebieden als kunstgeschiedenis, historische letterkunde, politieke geschiedenis, wetenschapsstudies en genderstudies. Deze begripsgeschiedenis reikt van het snijtafelonderzoek van zeventiende-eeuwse anatomen tot de fotografische virtualiteit van een eenentwintigste-eeuwse beeldend kunstenaar, en bestrijkt daarmee een periode waarin de betekenis van sekse steeds opnieuw wordt gedefinieerd, bewaakt en betwist. Zo toont sekse zich als een historische, veranderlijke categorie.
Wat we gemeen hebben
De economische crisis, de pandemie en de klimaatcatastrofe hebben een deuk geslagen in ons (neoliberale) zelfbeeld als autonome individuen. Overal klinkt de roep om meer ‘gemeenschapszin’. Maar wat verbindt ons eigenlijk? Die vraag wordt meestal beantwoord in termen van ‘normen en waarden’ of ‘nationale identiteit’, en tegenwoordig zelfs onomwonden in termen van etniciteit of ras. Geïnspireerd door een breed scala aan kritische denkers, vindt Thijs Lijster een alternatief in de traditie van het denken over de zogenaamde commons, of meenten. De meenten zijn gedeelde bronnen waar iedereen gebruik van kan maken zonder dat ze iemands bezit zijn. Vroeger waren dat bossen of velden, maar ook (wetenschappelijke) kennis, de openbare ruimte in de stad of het internet kunnen als zo’n meent gezien worden. Het kapitalisme bedreigt de meenten en verandert ze steeds weer in (privé)bezit. Lijster laat zien waarom het van belang is dat we cruciale aspecten van ons leven (zoals wonen, zorgen en leren) niet als koopwaar behandelen, maar als meenten. Want zonder meenten hebben we niets gemeen.
Physics of Binary Star Evolution
A graduate-level textbook on the astrophysics of binary star systems and their evolution Physics of Binary Star Evolution is an up-to-date textbook on the astrophysics and evolution of binary star systems. Theoretical astrophysicists Thomas Tauris and Edward van den Heuvel cover a wide range of phenomena and processes, including mass transfer and ejection, common envelopes, novae and supernovae, X-ray binaries, millisecond radio pulsars, and gravitational wave (GW) sources, and their links to stellar evolution. The authors walk through the observed properties and evolution of different types of binaries, with special emphasis on those containing compact objects (neutron stars, black holes, a...
Art and Activism in the Age of Globalization
"Art and activism in the age of globalization" takes the measure of contemporary activist art. Is it a relevant practice or a pseudo-activity in the margins of its politics proper? What is the position of art and activism in the post-Fordian society of the spectacle? The book makes space for a critique of engagement as pose, but also for the present era's urgencies. Besides case studies by established figures such as Steven Cohen and Christoph Schlingensief, young pubs like Renzo Martens and Les Chiens de Navarre are also given a platform. There are also investigations into urban activism and the activism of anonymous networks, and there is special consideration for the effect of the 'War on terror' on activist practice.
