Concrete: Case studies in conservation practice

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Aument
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Conservation Practice

scholarly journals CROFT, Catherin y MACDONALD, Susan (eds.). (2018). Concrete. Case Studies in Conservation Practice. Los Ángeles: The Getty Conservation Institute.

2020 ◽  
pp. 181-184
Author(s):  
Begoña Belén Martínez Rosado
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Conservation Practice

El hormigón es, sin duda, el material simbólico de la arquitectura moderna, paralelo a su desarrollo y determinador de su progreso. A pesar de los avances conseguidos en los últimos años en torno su conservación, siguen presentándose carencias importantes que urgen ser resueltas, carencias ante las cuales el Instituto de Conservación de la Fundación Getty puso en marcha en 2011 la Iniciativa por la Conservación de la Arquitectura Moderna, propuesta basada en el diálogo entre profesionales de diferentes ámbitos. Fruto de esta iniciativa surge Concrete: Case Studies in Conservation Practice (2018), libro inaugural de la serie Conserving Modern Heritage, cuyas páginas han querido desplegarse a modo de puente sobre los vacíos de la cuestión, manual que rehuye de soluciones genéricas y apuesta por la generación del conocimiento desde la experiencia.

Theoria Cum Praxi – Modeling Specialised Communication

Glottotheory ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-172
Author(s):  
Kristina Pelikan ◽  
Thorsten Roelcke
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
System Thinking ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
English As Lingua Franca ◽  
Further Development

Abstract As researchers from different nationalities and disciplines collaborate in research projects with joint grants, science becomes more and more global. For conducting the research, project members from several different professional and national backgrounds work together on a daily basis using English as lingua franca (ELF). This results in a very heterogenic linguistic setting, influenced by several mother tongues and languages for specific purposes (LSPs). Systematic approaches have been neglected during the last years while LSP research moved more and more towards applied approaches working on concrete case studies. The present study follows an alternative approach. Applied linguistics and further development of systematic approaches shall here be seen as a circular flow. For instance, communication optimisation during a case study benefits from system-thinking and vice versa. How could the project language of a case study be structured and which long established classifications need to be revised based on these data? Is there a need for a new understanding of applied LSP research?

scholarly journals Measuring bilingualism: The quest for a “bilingualism quotient”

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Viorica Marian ◽  
Sayuri Hayakawa
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Intelligence Quotient ◽  
Neural Function ◽  
Unified Approach ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Sociocultural Identity

Abstract The study of bilingualism has a history that extends from deciphering ancient multilingual texts to mapping the structure of the multilingual brain. The language experiences of individual bilinguals are equally diverse and characterized by unique contexts of acquisition and use that can shape not only sociocultural identity but also cognitive and neural function. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this variability in scholarly perspectives and language experiences has given rise to a range of methods for defining bilingualism. The goal of this article is to initiate a conversation about the utility of a more unified approach to how we think about, study, and measure bilingualism. Using concrete case studies, we illustrate the value of enhancing communication and streamlining terminology across researchers with different methodologies within questions, different questions within domains, and different domains within scientific inquiry. We specifically consider the utility and feasibility of a bilingualism quotient (BQ) construct, discuss the idea of a BQ relative to the well-established intelligence quotient, and include recommendations for next steps. We conclude that though the variability in language backgrounds and approaches to defining bilingualism presents significant challenges, concerted efforts to systematize and synthesize research across the field may enable the construction of a valid and generalizable index of multilingual experience.

Massimo Quaini: geografia storica, fonti, conoscenze territoriali e loro uso politico e socio-culturale

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-79
Author(s):  
Leonardo Rombai
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Historical Geography ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Institutional Planning ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Critical Contextualization

Quaini's commitment is aimed – with the development of the Gambian concept – towards the construction of a critical and operational historical geography (usable for the aware and sustainable management, institutional planning and socio-cultural use of territories), through innovative theoretical-methodological reflections and concrete case studies: with a focus on the landscape-territorial historicity and the heritage of regions and places, and openness to interdisciplinarity and local knowledge, integrating – with exemplary critical contextualization – the written and graphic documentary sources with those of the terrain.

Mother Earth, Mother Africa and Mission

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
African Women ◽  
Biblical Exegesis ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Scriptural Interpretation ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Women Scholars ◽  
Mother Earth

The volume is significant in bringing together voices of African women theologians and their allies on the urgent topic of ecology. First, it decisively intervenes into scholarly discourses on ecofeminism by highlighting the reflections of African women scholars and African women as subjects. This function of the volume is very important both at local and global levels. Second, it contributes to contextualizing of scriptural interpretation around the issue of ecology. Biblical reflection occurs throughout the volume and is put into dialogue with African traditions, with ecofeminism, with Africa-based mission projects, and with the current crisis of sustainability and African women’s roles in protecting the earth. Third, the volume includes several concrete case studies based on interviews and grassroots qualitative research, as well as especially original articles that integrate biblical exegesis of Genesis with reflections on patriarchal legal systems in Botswana, and an original take on “male headship” in relation to ecofeminism.

Challenges for the computer vision community

2021 ◽  
pp. 224-238
Author(s):  
Dan Morris ◽  
Lucas Joppa
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Conservation Science ◽  
Conservation Practice ◽  
Aerial Surveys ◽  
Core Technology ◽  
Tremendous Progress ◽  
Core Concepts

Computer vision (CV) is rapidly advancing as a tool to make conservation science more efficient, for example, by accelerating the annotation of images from camera traps and aerial surveys. However, before CV can become a widely used approach, several core technology challenges need to be addressed by the CV community. Taking into consideration several case studies in CV where tremendous progress has been made since the emergence of deep learning, this chapter will introduce core concepts in CV, survey several areas where CV is already contributing to conservation, and outline key challenges for the CV community that will facilitate the adoption of CV in mainstream conservation practice.

War against the experts: The 2020 staff tsunami in culture

Maska ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (201-202) ◽  
pp. 48-65
Author(s):  
Tjaša Pureber
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
The Past ◽  
Leadership Changes

The Slovenian government changed the leadership of several state museums in 2020. Highly politicized changes in cultural insti-tutions were happening in the past as well, but never before have we seen such systematic pushing out of experts. The Ministry of Culture declared a war on expertise. With their methodology of leadership changes, they reinforced a tectonic break with expert based decision making, to a cultural policy that prefers decision making based on highly politicized opinions of politicians. I am researching the latest wave of leadership changes through concrete case studies.

Contemporary Fabrication of Pasts and the Creation of New Identities?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Ludwig ◽  
Yi-Wen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Theme Parks ◽  
Conservation Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Comparative Case Studies ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Heritage Discourse

This chapter examines the selective usage of history, relics and practice to reconstruct specific versions of the past. The open-air Beamish Museum in Durham, UK and the historical theme parks in Hangzhou and Kaifeng, China are used as comparative case studies to unpack first, how ‘heritage’ is conceptualised in each context, and second, how particular versions of the past are selected, (re)invented, disseminated and consumed for contemporary purposes. Set within a theoretical framework of ‘living heritage’ and an analytical framework of the overlapping themes of authenticity, identity and national pride, tourism and education, the chapter examines the different ways in which the appropriation of cultural heritage takes place at each site. In doing so, we draw attention to the disparate interpretations of conservation practice and the idea of ‘living heritage’ in the UK and China and debate their continued relevance in the contemporary heritage discourse.

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