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Book The Dress Detective

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  • Author : Ingrid E. Mida
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2015-11-19
  • ISBN : 1472580532
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book The Dress Detective written by Ingrid E. Mida and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dress Detective is the first practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enrich interdisciplinary research. This accessible book provides readers with the tools to uncover the hidden stories in garments, setting out a carefully developed research methodology specific to dress, and providing easy-to-use checklists that guide the reader through the process. Beautifully illustrated, the book contains seven case studies of fashionable Western garments – ranging from an 1820s coat to a 2004 Kenzo jacket – that articulate the methodological framework for the process, illustrate the use of the checklists, and show how evidence from the garment itself can be used to corroborate theories of dress or fashion. This book outlines a skillset that has, until now, typically been passed on informally. Written in plain language, it will give any budding fashion historian, curator, or researcher the knowledge and confidence to analyze the material in front of them effectively.

Book Provoking the Field

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  • Author : Anita Sinner
  • Publisher : Artwork Scholarship: International Perspectives in Education
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 9781783209910
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Provoking the Field written by Anita Sinner and published by Artwork Scholarship: International Perspectives in Education. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provoking the Field invites debate on, and provides an essential resource for, transnational arts-based scholars engaged in critical analyses of international visual arts education and its enquiry in doctoral research. Divided into three parts--doctoral processes, doctoral practices, and doctoral programs--the volume interrogates education in both formal and informal learning environments, ranging from schools to post-secondary institutions to community and adult education. This book brings together a global range of authors to examine visual arts PhDs using diverse theoretical perspectives; innovative arts and hybrid methodologies; institutional relationships and scholarly practices; and voices from the field in the form of site-specific cases. A compendium of leading voices in arts education, Provoking the Field provides a diverse range of perspectives on arts enquiry, and a comprehensive study of the state of visual arts PhDs in education.

Book Story Intelligence

Download or read book Story Intelligence written by Richard Stone and published by Booklogix. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story Intelligence-SQ-helps you become a master of your story, a pursuit indispensable to personal and professional success. By developing your SQ, you'll amplify and unleash every aspect of your intelligence, including your IQ and EQ. In this book, you'll also learn how you're wired for story and the ways it can set a positive trajectory for every facet of your life journey. Developing this level of mastery is imperative today because four in ten Americans have not discovered a satisfying life purpose. Nearly a quarter of us-about one hundred million people-do not have a strong sense of what makes our lives meaningful. We need more than ever ritual fires where we can gather to create new stories that transcend the old metanarratives that no longer enrich and satisfy the yearnings of our hearts and souls. Story is a potent medicine that can re-enchant our lives. By re-storying ourselves, consciously building it into everyday living, we can make space to hear ourselves better, listen more deeply to each other, and discern the tales the earth is quietly whispering in our ears. Hopefully, Story Intelligence will help you stoke a new kind of fire, assisting you in illuminating what the Japanese call "ikigai"-translated loosely as "that which most makes one's life seem worth living." Through mastering story, we believe you can build a more durable source of meaning and personal fulfillment, as well as have a broader impact for good in your community and the world. In this book, you'll also learn how to: harness the power of story to live with greater efficacy; become a more influential communicator; solve complex challenges using story-based solutions; transform your workplace and community; heal old wounds, change dysfunctional beliefs, and bridge differences by resolving deeply seated conflicts; and, acquire the narrative tools to craft a more desirable future.

Book The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

Download or read book The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect written by Roger Williams and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2003-10-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out simply to build an artifical intelligence that can pass as human, and finds himself instead with one that can pass as a god. Taking the Three Laws of Robotics literally, Prime Intellect makes every human immortal and provides instantly for every stated human desire. Caroline finds no meaning in this life of purposeless ease, and forgets her emptiness only in moments of violent and profane exhibitionism. At turns shocking and humorous, "Prime Intellect" looks unflinchingly at extremes of human behavior that might emerge when all limits are removed. An international Internet phenomenon, "Prime Intellect" has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its free release in January 2003. It has been read and discussed in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Slovenia, South Africa, and other countries. This Lulu edition is your chance to own "Prime Intellect" in conventional book form.

Book Stories of Intellect

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  • Author : Edgar Allan Poe
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Stories of Intellect written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ungifted

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  • Author : Scott Kaufman
  • Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
  • Release : 2013-06-04
  • ISBN : 0465025544
  • Pages : 428 pages

Download or read book Ungifted written by Scott Kaufman and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questioning everything we know about the childhood predictors of adult greatness, a cognitive psychologist, who was told as a child that he wasn't smart enough to graduate from high school, explores the latest research to uncover the truth about human potential.

Book Into the Story 2

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  • Author : Carole Miller
  • Publisher : Intellect (UK)
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 9781783205745
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Into the Story 2 written by Carole Miller and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a well-argued approach to the value of children's picture books as a way to look at contemporary issues of social justice while building connections that promote a literacy that is multi-dimensional.

Book Perceptual Intelligence

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  • Author : Brian Boxer Wachler, MD
  • Publisher : New World Library
  • Release : 2017-09-15
  • ISBN : 160868475X
  • Pages : 282 pages

Download or read book Perceptual Intelligence written by Brian Boxer Wachler, MD and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret Behind Our Perceptions Finally Revealed! Why do we gravitate to products endorsed by celebrities? Why does time seem to go by faster as we get older? Why are some athletes perpetual winners and others losers? Exploring the brain’s ability to interpret and make sense of the world, Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler describes how your perception can be reality or fantasy and how to separate the two, which is the basis of improving your Perceptual Intelligence (PI). With concrete examples and case studies, Dr. Brian (as he’s known to his patients) explains why our senses do not always match reality and how we can influence the world around us through perceptions, inward and outward. By fine-tuning your PI, you can better understand what’s really going on and make more insightful decisions in your life.

Book Our Final Invention

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  • Author : James Barrat
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2013-10-01
  • ISBN : 1250032261
  • Pages : 142 pages

Download or read book Our Final Invention written by James Barrat and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elon Musk named Our Final Invention one of 5 books everyone should read about the future A Huffington Post Definitive Tech Book of 2013 Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the "smart" in your smartphone and soon it will drive your car. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls vital energy, water, and transportation infrastructure. But Artificial Intelligence can also threaten our existence. In as little as a decade, AI could match and then surpass human intelligence. Corporations and government agencies are pouring billions into achieving AI's Holy Grail—human-level intelligence. Once AI has attained it, scientists argue, it will have survival drives much like our own. We may be forced to compete with a rival more cunning, more powerful, and more alien than we can imagine. Through profiles of tech visionaries, industry watchdogs, and groundbreaking AI systems, Our Final Invention explores the perils of the heedless pursuit of advanced AI. Until now, human intelligence has had no rival. Can we coexist with beings whose intelligence dwarfs our own? And will they allow us to?

Book Stories of Intellect  Little Classics  Annotated

Download or read book Stories of Intellect Little Classics Annotated written by Rossiter Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the time-Rossiter JOHNSON, author and publisher, b. in Rochester, New York, on January 27, 1840. His father, Reuben Johnson, a native of Norwich, Connecticut, was a member of the small force that defeated the barges and defeated the British Commodore's fleet, Hardy, when Stonington was bombed on August 9, 1814. His mother was Almira Alexander, a native of Stonington. Reuben Johnson studied at Williams College, emigrated to western New York, and became a teacher. His two most prominent students were Lewis Swift, the astronomer, who received special honors for his discovery of comets, and Colonel Patrick H. O'Rorke, who led his class at West Point and fell to the head of his regiment in the occupation. of Little Round Top, Gettysburg.Rossiter Johnson received his early education in the common schools and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1863. He read the poem on class day, and in subsequent years was called three times to deliver the poem to the University in the opening week. He received the degree of Ph.D. in 1888, and that of LL.D. in 1893. In 1864-68 he was on the editorial team of the Rochester "Democrat" associated with Robert Carter.

Book Aristotle in Hollywood

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  • Author : Ari Hiltunen
  • Publisher : Intellect (UK)
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 172 pages

Download or read book Aristotle in Hollywood written by Ari Hiltunen and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2002 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the centuries Aristotle's Poetics remained something of a mystery. What was the great philosopher trying to say about the nature of drama and storytelling? What did he mean by pity, fear and catharsis? In this book, Ari Hiltunen explains the mystery of the 'proper pleasure', which, according to Aristotle, is the goal of drama and can be brought about by using certain storytelling strategies. Hiltunen develops Aristotle's thesis to demonstrate how the world's best-loved fairy tales, Shakespeare's success, and empirical studies on the enjoyment of drama and brain physiology, all give support to the idea of a universal 'proper pleasure' through storytelling. Examining the key concepts and logic of Poetics, Hiltunen offers a unique insight to anyone who wants to know the secret of successful storytelling, both in the past and in today's multi-billion dollar entertainment industry. Ari Hiltunen concludes that Aristotle's ideas and insights are as valid today as they were over 2000 years ago. This book will be of interest to all those working and studying in the fields of communication, media and writing.

Book Social Intelligence

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  • Author : Daniel Goleman
  • Publisher : Bantam
  • Release : 2006-09-26
  • ISBN : 0553903195
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book Social Intelligence written by Daniel Goleman and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2006-09-26 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emotional Intelligence was an international phenomenon, appearing on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year and selling more than five million copies worldwide. Now, once again, Daniel Goleman has written a groundbreaking synthesis of the latest findings in biology and brain science, revealing that we are “wired to connect” and the surprisingly deep impact of our relationships on every aspect of our lives. Far more than we are consciously aware, our daily encounters with parents, spouses, bosses, and even strangers shape our brains and affect cells throughout our bodies—down to the level of our genes—for good or ill. In Social Intelligence, Daniel Goleman explores an emerging new science with startling implications for our interpersonal world. Its most fundamental discovery: we are designed for sociability, constantly engaged in a “neural ballet” that connects us brain to brain with those around us. Our reactions to others, and theirs to us, have a far-reaching biological impact, sending out cascades of hormones that regulate everything from our hearts to our immune systems, making good relationships act like vitamins—and bad relationships like poisons. We can “catch” other people’s emotions the way we catch a cold, and the consequences of isolation or relentless social stress can be life-shortening. Goleman explains the surprising accuracy of first impressions, the basis of charisma and emotional power, the complexity of sexual attraction, and how we detect lies. He describes the “dark side” of social intelligence, from narcissism to Machiavellianism and psychopathy. He also reveals our astonishing capacity for “mindsight,” as well as the tragedy of those, like autistic children, whose mindsight is impaired. Is there a way to raise our children to be happy? What is the basis of a nourishing marriage? How can business leaders and teachers inspire the best in those they lead and teach? How can groups divided by prejudice and hatred come to live together in peace? The answers to these questions may not be as elusive as we once thought. And Goleman delivers his most heartening news with powerful conviction: we humans have a built-in bias toward empathy, cooperation, and altruism–provided we develop the social intelligence to nurture these capacities in ourselves and others.

Book Natural History of Intellect and Other Papers

Download or read book Natural History of Intellect and Other Papers written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Radical Intellect

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher M. Tinson
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2017-09-11
  • ISBN : 1469634562
  • Pages : 347 pages

Download or read book Radical Intellect written by Christopher M. Tinson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of black radicalism in the 1960s was a result of both the successes and the failures of the civil rights movement. The movement's victories were inspirational, but its failures to bring about structural political and economic change pushed many to look elsewhere for new strategies. During this era of intellectual ferment, the writers, editors, and activists behind the monthly magazine Liberator (1960–71) were essential contributors to the debate. In the first full-length history of the organization that produced the magazine, Christopher M. Tinson locates the Liberator as a touchstone of U.S.-based black radical thought and organizing in the 1960s. Combining radical journalism with on-the-ground activism, the magazine was dedicated to the dissemination of a range of cultural criticism aimed at spurring political activism, and became the publishing home to many notable radical intellectual-activists of the period, such as Larry Neal, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Harold Cruse, and Askia Toure. By mapping the history and intellectual trajectory of the Liberator and its thinkers, Tinson traces black intellectual history beyond black power and black nationalism into an internationalism that would shape radical thought for decades to come.

Book Storytellers of Art Histories

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  • Author : Yasmeen Siddiqui
  • Publisher : Intellect (UK)
  • Release : 2021-11-29
  • ISBN : 9781789384277
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Storytellers of Art Histories written by Yasmeen Siddiqui and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology amplifying the voices of the figures reshaping art histories across disciplines and a range of fluid practices. With a focus on gender, race (including whiteness), class, sexuality, and transnationality--all of which are often marginalized in dominant art histories--each individual has provided short, often personal contributions detailing how they become passionate about their practice. The contributors' offerings are varied and surprising, appealing equally to people enmeshed in the field through their work as well as those with a beginner's interest. Their pieces take various forms--epistolary, children's fable, interview, coauthored narrative, pastiche, memoir, manifesto, and apology--and a number of the essays perform in their structure or content the theories they explore about publishing, curating, and archival work.

Book The House of Intellect

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  • Author : Jacques Barzun
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2002-12-03
  • ISBN : 0060102306
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book The House of Intellect written by Jacques Barzun and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2002-12-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this international bestseller, originally published in 1959, Jacques Barzun, acclaimed author of From Dawn to Decadence, takes on the whole intellectual -- or pseudo-intellectual -- world, attacking it for its betrayal of Intellect. "Intellect is despised and neglected," Barzun says, "yet intellectuals are well paid and riding high." He details this great betrayal in such areas as public administrations, communications, conversation and home life, education, business, and scholarship. In this edition's new Preface, Jacques Barzun discussess the intense -- and controversial -- reaction the world had to The House of Intellect.

Book Stories of Intellect

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  • Author : Charles Dickens
  • Publisher : DigiCat
  • Release : 2022-06-13
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 149 pages

Download or read book Stories of Intellect written by Charles Dickens and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Dickens is widely considered one of the most prominent and important writers in history. Though not one of his more well-known pieces, "Stories of Intellect" is no different. This collection of short stories shows what Dickens does best. Each tale creates an atmospheric reading experience that transports audiences far and wide. All while writing a magical yet very real example of life in England in the 19th century.