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Book The Rise of Heritage

    Book Details:
  • Author : Astrid Swenson
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2013-12-19
  • ISBN : 0521117623
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book The Rise of Heritage written by Astrid Swenson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated book exploring the origins of the modern fascination for heritage, comparing preservation in France, Germany and England.

Book Regards crois  s sur le patrimoine dans le monde    l aube du XXIe si  cle

Download or read book Regards crois s sur le patrimoine dans le monde l aube du XXIe si cle written by Maria Gravari-Barbas and published by Presses Paris Sorbonne. This book was released on 2003 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Un ensemble de réflexions et de témoignages sur la diversité des pratiques en matière de prise en compte du patrimoine dans les différentes aires géographiques et culturelles. Présentation des acteurs, des enjeux, des conflits autour de cette notion, des politiques patrimoniales urbaines, des approches de la restauration et de l'esthétique patrimoniale, des nouveaux objets et nouvelles approches.

Book Bourdieu in Question  New Directions in French Sociology of Art

Download or read book Bourdieu in Question New Directions in French Sociology of Art written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bourdieu in Question: New Directions in French Sociology of Art, Jeffrey A. Halley and Daglind E. Sonolet offer to English-speaking audiences an account of the very lively Francophone debates over Pierre Bourdieu’s work in the domain of the arts and culture, and present other directions and perspectives taken by major French researchers who extend or differ from his point of view, and who were marginalized by the Bourdieusian moment. Three generations of research are presented: contemporaries of Bourdieu, the next generation, and recent research. Themes include the art market and value, cultural politics, the reception of artworks, theory and the concept of the artwork, autonomy in art, ethnography and culture, and the critique of Bourdieu on literature. Contributors are: Howard S. Becker, Martine Burgos, Marie Buscatto, Jean-Louis Fabiani, Laurent Fleury, Florent Gaudez, Jeffrey A. Halley, Nathalie Heinich, Yvon Lamy, Jacques Leenhardt, Cécile Léonardi, Clara Lévy, Pierre-Michel Menger, Raymonde Moulin, Jean-Claude Passeron, Emmanuel Pedler, Bruno Péquignot, Alain Quemin, Cherry Schrecker, Daglind E. Sonolet.

Book Popular and Visual Culture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ricardo Campos
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2014-10-02
  • ISBN : 1443868310
  • Pages : 325 pages

Download or read book Popular and Visual Culture written by Ricardo Campos and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular and Visual Culture: Design, Circulation and Consumption is a transnational project that fosters a dialogue with multiple origins, both in geographical and academic terms. From the onset, this book questions the concepts of visual and popular culture, terms which are currently applied both to describe scientific fields, as operative concepts in theoretical discourse, and to characterize specific cultural contexts. The book’s analysis and categorization of visual and popular culture pursues discourses and practices which mark different historical eras and shape social orders. Because popular iconic and written productions are the outcome of a network of political, economic, ideological and social circumstances that are often hardly detectable and too taken for granted to be critically recognized, even by those who draw, paint or write (and live) under their influence. That is why visual figurations of popular culture should be studied as the support of a deeply motivated symbolic discourse on the values shared by a community. This book deals, in a way or another, with how popular and visual artefacts and sceneries are socially built, preserved and/or contested. The volume brings together, not only different disciplinary perspectives, but also diverse empirical phenomena, while approaching the wide subject of visuality and popular culture.

Book Alternative countrysides

Download or read book Alternative countrysides written by Jeremy Macclancy and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. A fresh anthropological look at a central but neglected topic: the profound changes in rural life throughout Western Europe today. As locals leave for jobs in cities they are replaced by neo-hippies, lifestyle-seekers, eco-activists, and labour migrants from beyond the EU. With detailed ethnographic examples, contributors analyse new modes of living rurally and emerging forms of social organisation. As incomers’ dreams come up against residents’ realities, they detail the clashes and the cooperations between old and new residents. They make us rethink the rural/urban divide, investigate regionalists’ politicisation of rural life and heritage, and reveal how locals use EU monies to prop up or challenge existing hierarchies. They expose the consequences of and reactions to grand EU-restructuring policies, which at times threaten to turn the countryside into a manicured playground for escapee urbanites. This book will appeal to anyone seriously interested in the realities of rural life today.

Book Biodiversity and Local Ecological Knowledge in France

Download or read book Biodiversity and Local Ecological Knowledge in France written by Laurence Bérard and published by Editions Quae. This book was released on 2005 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The knowledge of nature held by autochthonous and local communities has been the subject of international talks, notably on biodiversity, but has primarily been studied from an autochthonous angle. French experience of conserving and promoting local know-how, which is the subject of this book, is based on the notions of heritage and of terroirs. This original approach could feed international debate. The book is thus primarily intended for negotiators and political leaders, along with local players who may be interested by the global dimension of such know-how.

Book Milton Santos  A Pioneer in Critical Geography from the Global South

Download or read book Milton Santos A Pioneer in Critical Geography from the Global South written by Lucas Melgaço and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, Milton Santos (1926-2001) has been considered one of the most influential thinkers in Brazilian and Latin American social sciences and geography. Yet his writings, most of which have not been translated into English, are largely unknown to European and North American audiences. This book introduces English-speaking scholars to Professor Santos through critical engagement with his ideas and writings. The chapters presented here reveal the breadth and originality of his critical thought, as well as its ongoing importance to contemporary debates. The book features a biography of Santos and includes an annotated translation of one of his most-cited texts, The Return of the Territory, offered here for the first time in English. This text demonstrates how Santos’s provocative insights continue to transform core concepts of political and human geography. The book also includes a number of short chapters written by scholars from Brazil, Spain and France. Through reflections on Santos’s work, the various authors demonstrate the value and possibilities of extending the geographer’s theories. They explore key geographical themes across political economy, rural studies, territorial planning, environmental crisis, digital networks, indigenous peoples, transportation and public health. This collection invites geographers from around the world to engage with this rich intellectual tradition from Brazil.

Book Africa

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 680 pages

Download or read book Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Proceedings of the Executive council and List of members, also section "Review of books".

Book Pr  dikat  Heritage

Download or read book Pr dikat Heritage written by Dorothee Hemme and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2007 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die kulturellen Praktiken der Heritage-ifizierung - der Herausbildung und Nutzung von kulturellem Erbe - sind es, die in diesem Band in ethnographischer und historischer Perspektive einer Bestandsaufnahme unterzogen werden. Ein interdisziplinäres Autorenfeld untersucht Fallbeispiele vom Baltikum bis nach Südmexiko und durchleuchtet die spätmoderne Konjunktur des kulturellen Erbes auf ihre historische Genese und gegenwärtige Ausprägung. Die Beiträge erkunden die Rolle der Wissenschaften in der Produktion von kulturellem Erbe und fragen nach analytischen Zugangsweisen an das Thema heritage.

Book Patrimonialiser la nature tropicale

Download or read book Patrimonialiser la nature tropicale written by Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem and published by IRD Editions. This book was released on 2002 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Le patrimoine des universit  s europ  ennes

Download or read book Le patrimoine des universit s europ ennes written by Nuria Sanz and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les universités sont des institutions européennes par excellence. Si l'on est généralement conscient qu'elles ont une longue histoire, on connaît moins la valeur de leur patrimoine: l'expérience accumulée et l'importante culture matérielle transmises de génération en génération, ainsi que le rôle de ce patrimoine aujourd'hui. Les auteurs explorent le patrimoine matériel et intellectuel des universités dans toute sa diversité, et la manière dont il s'est transmis dans les pays d'Europe. Le but est de souligner le rôle clé que jouent les universités dans le patrimoine culturel de l'Europe et de les encourager à coopérer au niveau européen. Les auteurs, issus d'une quinzaine d'institutions, travaillent dans le domaine de la gestion et de la préservation du patrimoine des universités.

Book PATRIMOINE MECONNU DU SUD DE L AISNE

Download or read book PATRIMOINE MECONNU DU SUD DE L AISNE written by Rémi DEMARQUET and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Town Plans in Place and Time

Download or read book Town Plans in Place and Time written by Hélène Vacher and published by Aalborg University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealth of innovations and urban representations have accumulated through town planning competitions. Such contests have also mediated social ethos and professional practice to respond to pressures for change of the built environment. Presenting a detailed record of the competition for the extension of the capital city of Denmark, this book explores the many different approaches to cope with the temporal character of urban change. In doing so the book throws new light on the Civic Art stream of design in Europe that echoed with the National Romantic movement in Denmark. The first section is devoted to the 31 participants who present a fair cross section of the professional milieu in the Nordic countries, and especially examines the contribution of the German surveyors to planning. The examination of the graphic documents submitted for the competition forms the basis of the second part, which analyses how conservation, landscaping and city architectonic issues are handled by the different entries. Colour plans and drawings are reproduced and commented. Finally HÃ?Â(c)lÃ?Â]ne Vacher examines alternative values underlying conservation lobbies and activities competing for the historicity or the enhancement of the 'old city' emerging as the core of Great Copenhagen. Seeking to show how town planning competitions can be investigated as a narrative of urban history, this book is aimed at those with an interest in planning history, urban geography, conservation in terms of planning, environmental, social and cultural policy, professionalization in planning, as well as at those with a general interest in the city of Copenhagen.

Book Comparative Romance Linguistics Newsletter

Download or read book Comparative Romance Linguistics Newsletter written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Les vocabulaires locaux du  patrimoine

Download or read book Les vocabulaires locaux du patrimoine written by Julien Bondaz and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2014 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le souci du "patrimoine" constitue aujourd'hui une activité universelle dont la diffusion est soutenue par les grandes organisations internationales. Elle produit chaque jour de nouveaux espaces de contacts entre les doctrines occidentales et le reste du monde. Mais que sait-on au juste des terminologies et des pratiques de conservation qui fonctionnent en dehors des canons occidentaux ? Ce livre s'attache à décrire et comparer les vocabulaires indigènes du "patrimoine", en montrant la diversité des conceptions locales et leur dialogue avec les politiques internationales. Se révèlent ainsi les ajustements et les oppositions linguistiques et pratiques que les acteurs activent, depuis leurs propres lieux, pour distinguer ces biens singuliers que nous appelons "patrimoine".

Book El futuro de los espacios rurales

Download or read book El futuro de los espacios rurales written by Soledad Nogués Linares and published by Ed. Universidad de Cantabria. This book was released on 2004 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desde una visión interdisciplinar, esta obra se centra en el futuro del mundo rural, profundizando en la áreas temáticas de la política de desarrollo rural, las tendencias de la economía rural, las infraestructuras y la organización territorial, el patrimonio natural, el arquitectónico y cultural, y la nueva sociedad rural, exponiendo experiencias y explorando nuevas ideas que contribuyan a hacer de las áreas rurales espacios dinámicos e innovadores.

Book Laboratories of Art

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sven Dupré
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business
  • Release : 2014-04-25
  • ISBN : 3319050656
  • Pages : 220 pages

Download or read book Laboratories of Art written by Sven Dupré and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the interconnections and differentiations between artisanal workshops and alchemical laboratories and between the arts and alchemy from Antiquity to the eighteenth century. In particular, it scrutinizes epistemic exchanges between producers of the arts and alchemists. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the term laboratorium uniquely referred to workplaces in which ‘chemical’ operations were performed: smelting, combustion, distillation, dissolution and precipitation. Artisanal workshops equipped with furnaces and fire in which ‘chemical’ operations were performed were also known as laboratories. Transmutational alchemy (the transmutation of all base metals into more noble ones, especially gold) was only one aspect of alchemy in the early modern period. The practice of alchemy was also about the chemical production of things--medicines, porcelain, dyes and other products as well as precious metals and about the knowledge of how to produce them. This book uses examples such as the Uffizi to discuss how Renaissance courts established spaces where artisanal workshops and laboratories were brought together, thus facilitating the circulation of materials, people and knowledge between the worlds of craft (today’s decorative arts) and alchemy. Artisans became involved in alchemical pursuits beyond a shared material culture and some crafts relied on chemical expertise offered by scholars trained as alchemists. Above all, texts and books, products and symbols of scholarly culture played an increasingly important role in artisanal workshops. In these workplaces a sort of hybrid figure was at work. With one foot in artisanal and the other in scholarly culture this hybrid practitioner is impossible to categorize in the mutually exclusive categories of scholar and craftsman. By the seventeenth century the expertise of some glassmakers, silver and goldsmiths and producers of porcelain was just as based in the worlds of alchemical and bookish learning as it was grounded in hands-on work in the laboratory. This book suggests that this shift in workshop culture facilitated the epistemic exchanges between alchemists and producers of the decorative arts.