Download or read book Art of Captivity Arte del Cautiverio written by Kevin Lewis O'Neill and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a series of rich photographs, Art of Captivity / Arte del Cautiverio tells a compelling story about the war on drugs in Central America. Entirely bilingual in both English and Spanish, the book focuses on the country of Guatemala, now the principle point of transit for the cocaine that is produced in the Andes and bound for the United States and Canada. Alongside a spike in the use of crack cocaine, Guatemala City has witnessed the proliferation of Pentecostal drug rehabilitation centers. The centers are sites of abuse and torment, but also lifesaving institutions in a country that does not provide any other viable social service to those struggling with drug dependency. Art of Captivity / Arte del Cautiverio explores these centers as architectural forms, while also showcasing the cultural production that takes place inside them, including drawings and letters created by those held captive. This stunning work of visual ethnography humanizes those held inside these centers, breaks down stereotypes about drug use, and sets the conditions for a hemispheric conversation about prohibitionist practices – by revealing intimate portraits of a population held hostage by a war on drugs.
Download or read book Arte Popular written by The Mexican Museum and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arte Popular features 100 pieces from Rex May's extensive collection of exquisite hand-crafted objects from all over Mexico. Coming from the reputable Mexican Museum, this volume demonstrates the dramatic power of folk art. This bilingual volume provides a veritable treasure trove of discoveries for the curious reader. • Features bold and atmospheric photographs • Includes scholarly essays that delve into the collection's origins and significance • A visual treat for lovers of Mexican art, craft, and visual culture The Rex May Collection–bequeathed to the Mexican Museum by the legendary 39-Mile-Drive sign designer–demonstrates the dramatic power of folk art. This book is a companion to the opening of the Mexican Museum building in downtown San Francisco's Yerba Buena museum neighborhood. • Perfect for museum goers and fans of Mexican arts and crafts • The Mexican Museum has been a San Francisco cultural destination and educational resource for 37 years, and became the only San Francisco affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution in 2012. • You'll love this book if you love books like Mexican Details by Joe P. Carr and Karen Witynski, Crafts of Mexico by Margarita de Orellana and Alberto Ruy Sanchez, and Masks of Mexico: Tigers, Devils, and the Dance of Life by Barbara Mauldin.
Download or read book Aprender a aprender written by Estela d' Angelo Menéndez and published by Ediciones de la Torre. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presentamos un trabajo que descubre las posibilidades que ofrecen los escenarios habituales del aula de Educación Infantil para el desarrollo del aprendizaje de los niños. Las autoras proponen múltiples estrategias para la resolución de situaciones problemáticas y reflexionar sobre lo sucedido.
Download or read book Publications written by United States. Department of State. Central Translating Office and published by . This book was released on with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lo que cont el jaguar written by Alexandra V. Méndez and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jade está a punto de comenzar el octavo grado en una nueva ciudad––Atlanta. Ella solo quiere regresar a Chicago, donde están sus amigos y donde vive su abuela. Pero Jade disfruta caminar a su nueva escuela por el camino en el bosque detrás de su casa, donde las flores florecen y las hojas se mueven debajo de sus pies. En el bosque, Jade se siente segura, como si el bosque la estuviera escuchando. Es ahí donde Jade conoce a Itztli, un cuentacuentos que existe entre los sueños y la realidad. Durante el atardecer, Itztli aparece transformado en un jaguar. Pero cuando habla con Jade, es un anciano sabio que hace intrincadas obras de arte y le cuenta las historias ancestrales de México. Al principio, las historias de Itztli se sienten muy alejadas de la vida de Jade. Pero cuando su abuela se enferma repentinamente, dos torres se derrumban en la ciudad de Nueva York, y Jade se convierte en alguien o algo que aún no logra comprender, las historias de Itztli toman un nuevo significado. Jade debe aprender a tener la paciencia y la fuerza para convertirse en quien siempre estaba destinada a ser, cuando un antiguo poder empieza a despertar dentro de ella.
Download or read book La Guia Completa sobre Pisos written by Editors of CPi and published by Cool Springs Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ¡Pisos nuevos en sólo un fin de semana! Si duda alguna, instalar los nuevos productos para las cubiertas de los pisos es hoy en día una de las labores más fáciles de realizar para quienes se encaminan es esta clase de proyectos. Además quedará impresionado de cómo los nuevos pisos cambian el aspecto de la vivienda. Sin importar si instala tiras de maderos laminados, pisos de cerámica, alfombra, u otro material de las muchas opciones existentes en el mercado, estará en capacidad de darle una nueva apariencia a cualquier área de la casa. Siguiendo las instrucciones prácticas y actualizadas de esta obra, podrá llevar a cabo estos proyectos aún sin contar con previa experiencia y obtener fabulosos resultados con estilo profesional en la mayoría de estas instalaciones (y a su vez ahorrar una gran cantidad de dinero). * Indica todo lo que necesitara antes de iniciar su proyecto* Identifique con facilidad cada etapa del trabajo
Download or read book Pintura rupestre del estado de Hidalgo written by Otilio Arturo Acevedo Sandoval and published by UAEH. This book was released on 2002 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manufacturing Facilities Design and Material Handling written by Fred E. Meyers and published by Pearson Educación. This book was released on 2005 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project-oriented facilities design and material handling reference explores the techniques and procedures for developing an efficient facility layout, and introduces some of the state-of-the-art tools involved, such as computer simulation. A "how-to," systematic, and methodical approach leads readers through the collection, analysis and development of information to produce a quality functional plant layout. Lean manufacturing; work cells and group technology; time standards; the concepts behind calculating machine and personnel requirements, balancing assembly lines, and leveling workloads in manufacturing cells; automatic identification and data collection; and ergonomics. For facilities planners, plant layout, and industrial engineer professionals who are involved in facilities planning and design.
Download or read book El carnicero del Pirineo written by Ramon Feixa and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En un pueblo abandonado del Pirineo, Mikel Rey, un mediocre periodista de poco prestigio en busca de un buen reportaje sobre el abandono de muchos pueblos aislados y despoblados de las montañas. Descubre en una de las pocas casas que todavía quedan en pie y cuya puerta encuentra entreabierta, el cadáver de un hombre decapitado, asesinado de una forma bestial y al parecer siguiendo algún sanguinario y maligno ritual. Todo perece llevar algún tiempo abandonado. Dado el total aislamiento del lugar y lo avanzado de la tarde decide después de dudar entre salir corriendo o aprovechar la increíble historia periodística que se le aparece antes sus ojos, pasar la noche en su tienda de acampada en un prado cercano al lado de las ruinas del pueblo, y al día siguiente seguir con lo que cree será el reportaje de su vida..... En realidad aquello se convirtió para Mikel una pesadilla que nunca más olvidaría.
Download or read book Conserving Canvas written by Cynthia Schwarz and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most authoritative publication in nearly fifty years on the subject of conserving paintings on canvas. In 2019, Yale University, with the support of the Getty Foundation, held an international conference, where nearly four hundred attendees from more than twenty countries gathered to discuss a vital topic: how best to conserve paintings on canvas. It was the first major symposium on the subject since 1974, when wax-resin and glue-paste lining reigned as the predominant conservation techniques. Over the past fifty years, such methods, which were often destructive to artworks, have become less widely used in favor of more minimalist approaches to intervention. More recent decades have witnessed the reevaluation of traditional practices as well as focused research supporting significant new methodologies, procedures, and synthetic materials for the care and conservation of paintings on fabric supports. Conserving Canvas compiles the proceedings of the conference, presenting a wide array of papers and posters that provide important global perspectives on the history, current state, and future needs of the field. Featuring an expansive glossary of terms that will be an invaluable resource for conservators, this publication promises to become a standard reference for the international conservation community. The free online edition of this open-access publication is available at getty.edu/publications/conserving-canvas. Also available are free PDF and EPUB downloads of the book.
Download or read book Britannica Enciclopedia Moderna written by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 2982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Britannica Enciclopedia Moderna covers all fields of knowledge, including arts, geography, philosophy, science, sports, and much more. Users will enjoy a quick reference of 24,000 entries and 2.5 million words. More then 4,800 images, graphs, and tables further enlighten students and clarify subject matter. The simple A-Z organization and clear descriptions will appeal to both Spanish speakers and students of Spanish.
Download or read book The Material Culture of Sex Procreation and Marriage in Premodern Europe written by A. McClanan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary anthology takes as its starting point the belief that, as the material grounds of lived experience, material culture provides an avenue of historical access to women's lives, extending beyond the reaches of textual evidence. Studies here range from utilitarian tools used in Late Roman abortion to sacred, magical or ritual objects associated with sex, procreation, and marriage in the Renaissance. Together the essays demonstrate the complex relationship between language and object, and explore the ways in which objects become forms of communication in their own right, transmitting both rather specific messages and more generalized social and cultural values.
Download or read book Information Systems and Technologies written by Alvaro Rocha and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1977 Economic Censuses of Outlying Areas written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Puerto Rico, geographic area statistics -- 2. Puerto Rico, subject statistics, pt. 1. Establishment and firm size, legal form of organization, and corporate ownership. pt. 2. Miscellaneous subjects -- 3. Construction industries -- 4. Manufactures.
Download or read book Indo Hispanic Folk Art Traditions II written by Bobbi Salinas-Norman and published by Pinata Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bilingual presentation of elementary school, culturally based, creative and manual arts activities on the theme of Mexican-American festivities for All Soul's Day.
Download or read book Approximation Theory written by Ole Christensen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-03-18 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concisely written book gives an elementary introduction to a classical area of mathematics—approximation theory—in a way that naturally leads to the modern field of wavelets. The exposition, driven by ideas rather than technical details and proofs, demonstrates the dynamic nature of mathematics and the influence of classical disciplines on many areas of modern mathematics and applications. Key features and topics: * Description of wavelets in words rather than mathematical symbols * Elementary introduction to approximation using polynomials (Weierstrass’ and Taylor’s theorems) * Introduction to infinite series, with emphasis on approximation-theoretic aspects * Introduction to Fourier analysis * Numerous classical, illustrative examples and constructions * Discussion of the role of wavelets in digital signal processing and data compression, such as the FBI’s use of wavelets to store fingerprints * Minimal prerequisites: elementary calculus * Exercises that may be used in undergraduate and graduate courses on infinite series and Fourier series Approximation Theory: From Taylor Polynomials to Wavelets will be an excellent textbook or self-study reference for students and instructors in pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and engineering. Readers will find motivation and background material pointing toward advanced literature and research topics in pure and applied harmonic analysis and related areas.
