Agriculture

2019 ◽  
pp. 452-462
Author(s):  
Carlos Gómez Bellard
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Study ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
Single Model ◽  
Urban Structures ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Agricultural Surplus ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Increasing Knowledge

Agriculture played a crucial role for the Phoenicians. Systematic study of the rural Phoenician world goes back only a few decades, thanks to archaeological surveys and excavations of non-urban structures and settlements. Despite our increasing knowledge of the subject, it is still difficult to define a single model. Still we can speak of some constant features. The chapter gives a view of coastal settlements producing an easily exported agricultural surplus, as well as husbandry, especially cattle, ovicaprids, and pigs. This was followed by a period of systematic occupation of the land, not necessarily welcomed by the native groups. Nevertheless, this occupation established organized and systematic exploitation and expansion of the “Mediterranean triad” (wheat, olive, wine). The success of this agricultural activity had a crucial role in the development of Phoenician-Punic cities.

THE G77@50 AND THE STRUGGLE FOR A DECOLONIAL FUTURE

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Siphamandla Zondi
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Colonial Legacies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Good For

 This introductory article outlines the importance of the subject discussed in this edition of UNISA’s Latin American Report, the Group of 77+ China. It seeks to locate this discussion at the centre of the search for an alternative world to one that remains haunted by colonial legacies and new imperial designs. It makes the point that the G77 is born into an evolving pursuit of a dream for a world in which former colonies realise fully their aspirations for a future that is good for all. It shows that the G77 has played a crucial role in this, while it also poses questions about the Group’s ability to implement what it works so hard to reach consensus on.

scholarly journals III.—Phases of the Living Greek Language

1892 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Blackie
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Political Life ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Public Mind ◽  
The Public ◽  
Radical Reform ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean

I will commence by stating that three reasons have moved me to bring this subject before the Society—(1) Because I found everywhere loose and even altogether false ideas possessing the public mind on the subject; (2) because I much fear that we, the academical teachers of the Greek language, are chiefly to blame for the currency of these false ideas; and (3) because, if Greek is a living and uncorrupted language, and dominating large districts of Europe and the Mediterranean, as influentially as French on the banks of the Seine and German on the Rhine, it follows that a radical reform must take place in our received methods of teaching this noble and most useful language. Now that the current language of the Greeks in Athens and elsewhere is not, in any sense, a new or a corrupt language, as Italian is a melodious and French a glittering corruption of Latin, may be gathered even a priori; for languages are slow to die, and the time that elapsed from the taking of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453 and the establishment of the Venetian power in the Morea in 1204, to the resurrection of Greek political life in 1822, was not long enough to cause such a fusion of contrary elements as produced the English language from the permanent occupation of the British Isles by the Normans.

The Technique of Blade Production in Mesolithic and Neolithic Times

1947 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 101-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred S. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Blade Production

This paper deals with the production of long blades of obsidian and flint and with the techniques employed in the production of short blades in Mesolithic and Neolithic industries. Owing to the exigencies of war and the inaccessibility of material the range and the treatment of the subject have necessarily been restricted. Nevertheless the existence of identical techniques in England, Scotland, France, Denmark, Hungary, the Mediterranean, India, America and S.W. Australia, may not be without interest.

scholarly journals Striving towards Social Relevance: New Curatorial Interpretations of the Soviet Period in Estonian and Latvian Museums

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-211
Author(s):  
Anu Kannike ◽  
Jana Reidla
Keyword(s):  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Voice

The main museums in Estonia and Latvia have lately staged new exhibitions that proceed from a contemporary museological approach and reflect the results of historical research. The article compares three cases which present alternative but complementary interpretations of the Soviet period. The authors pay special attention to the application of the biographical method prominent in contemporary cultural research, and the museological method of multivocality. They conclude that in the case of multivocality, effectively addressing different visitor groups is a great challenge to curators. There is a risk that the simplified mediation of contradictory memories and views will leave a gap for visitors with less prior knowledge about the subject of the exhibition. In large exhibition teams, the curator has a crucial role to play in negotiating with team members to prevent the concept from dispersing. In the cases studied, it is possible to observe the curators’ views and detect a similar attempt to interpret complex topics through biographies. The analysis concludes that in the context of contemporary museological approaches, the voice of the curator remains essential, especially when mediating exhibits, for they cannot speak for themselves.

scholarly journals Mediterranean Studies in the modern socio-humanistic knowledge

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Elizaveta Kravchenko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Science ◽  
Mediterranean Studies ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Sociocultural Processes ◽  
Humanistic Knowledge

Sociocultural processes, political situation and cultural contacts in the Mediterranean countries substantiate the relevance of development of the humanities section in Mediterranean Studies. The author discusses the problem on the advancement of Mediterranean Studies in Russia and abroad, as well as indicates the key questions faced by the scholars of Mediterranean Studies at the initial stage of analytical work. The object of this research is the establishment methodological framework of Mediterranean Studies in the sphere of humanities. The subject is the concepts of prominent theoreticians in the field of Mediterranean studies (D. Abulafia, R. Clement, S. Stroumsa, N. Bouchard, F. Braudel, H. Pirenne). The goal consists in determination of the relevant problems and approaches toward studying the Mediterranean Region. Due to the fact that in the Russian Science close attention is given to natural scientific vector of Mediterranean Studies, there are virtually no research on the development of Mediterranean Studies in the sphere of humanities, and namely culturology, which defines the scientific novelty of this work. The main conclusion consists in the analytical overview of the state of Mediterranean Studies in Russia, as well as in explication of foreign theories that reveal the concept of the “Mediterranean” and approaches towards its examination. This work can attract the attention of translators to the research bases of foreign centers of the Mediterranean Studies, contribute to scientific communication, as well as designate the topic for international research projects in the area of culturology, history, and international relations in Russia.

scholarly journals Continuidad y cambios en las actividades turísticas de Tijuana, 1920-1949

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (72) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Alfredo Gómez Estrada ◽  
Josefina Elizabeth Villa
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Historical Documents ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sexual Services ◽  
Siglo Xx

El estudio sistemático del turismo en Baja California en la primera mitad del siglo XX es todavía una tarea por hacer. Este trabajo, basado en análisis documental, es un primer acercamiento al tema, aunque enfocado en Tijuana. La novedad es la utilización de la prensa estadounidense y mexicana como fuente principal, que se complementa con documentos históricos. Se establecen las características generales de las actividades turísticas en la localidad, se describe y se explica la continuidad y los cambios más importantes ocurridos en el turismo entre 1920 y 1949. Se demuestra que los turistas llegaron en masa y que las apuestas y los juegos de azar atrajeron multitudes. También se documentan los cambios relevantes en el perfil del turista estadounidense y la ampliación de la demanda de servicios sexuales en la década de 1940.Continuity and changes in tourism activities in Tijuana, 1920-1949The systematic study of tourism in Baja California in the first half of the 20th century is still a task to be done. This paper, based on documentary analysis, is a first approach to the subject, although focused on Tijuana. What is the new is the use of the American and Mexican press as the main source, along with historical documents. General characteristics of tourism activities in the locality are established, and continuity and the most important changes taking place in tourism between 1920 and 1949 are described and explained. It was proven that tourists arrived en masse, and betting and gambling attracted crowds. Also, relevant changes in the American tourists profile and the increase in the demand for sexual services in the 1940s are documented.

scholarly journals A METADATA-BASED APPROACH FOR USING CCTV TO FACILITATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIV-3/W1-2020 ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
J-H. Hong ◽  
Y-T. Shi
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Visual Inspection ◽  
September 11 ◽  
September 11 Attacks ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring ◽  
2D To 3D

Abstract. The installation of closed-circuit television monitors (CCTV) has been rapidly increasing ever since the September 11 attacks and has become one of the most widely used types of sensors for the tasks that require instantaneous and long-term monitoring. With the distinguished characteristics of direct visual inspection of the subject of interests, the availability of CCTVs offers the EOC commanders a quick way to validate and access the reported disaster incidents during emergency response. However, the heterogeneity of CCTV systems and the lack of appropriate descriptions precludes the optimized use of CCTV and causes immense difficulties in effectively coordinating or appraising the use of CCTV systems. By arguing standardized metadata plays the most crucial role in quickly and precisely finding the needed CCTV during emergency response, regardless of its specifications, suppliers, or locations, we propose an integrated operational framework based on the CCTV metadata specifically designed for emergency response in this paper. This framework standardizes the metadata to unify the descriptions for heterogeneous CCTV systems and fulfill the requirements for searching and selecting CCTV. Instead of the 2D point-based location or sector-based CCTV FOV coverage, we also propose to extend the FOV from 2D to 3D to precisely describe the area and even the features that can be monitored by the CCTV. This not only improves the precision and efficiency of selecting CCTV but also increase the commander’s ability to make quick and accurate responses to disasters. The advantages of integrating heterogeneous CCTV systems can tremendously improve the possibility of monitoring and updating the real-time status caused by hazards.

Role Inversion and Its Function in the Iphigeneia at Aulis

Ramus ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Dale Chant
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Pyrrhic Victory

In the Iphigeneia at Aulis role and role inversion are paramount concerns. Indeed it could be contended that in this play we find Euripides' clearest and best defined account of human (and divine) variability. Agamemnon, Menelaos, Achilleus, Iphigeneia, and even, in the final analysis, Artemis, all take positions and attitudes diametrically opposed to those initially adopted. Moreover, the basic thrust behind these movements in position and attitude is the same for each of these characters. All are concerned, in one way or another, with the saving or destruction of Iphigeneia, a situation which most emphatically includes Iphigeneia herself. For on the one hand she wildly supplicates to be saved, while on the other she gladly offers her body to the blade. In addition, Iphigeneia plays a crucial role in greater destructions. If she is destroyed by Agamemnon's and the army's actions, then Greece is destroyed in turn by her (Agamemnon's and the Greeks' final triumph is a ‘Pyrrhic’ victory at best), a situation made all the more ironic by her affected stance of saviour to the fatherland. In Iphigeneia's case, however, the discrepancy between intention and the consequences of action is innocent enough. The play gives no hint that she is at all aware of the irony implicit in her actions. But such lack of awareness is not postulated with regard to Agamemnon, Menelaos and Achilleus. The duplicities and hypocrisies of these three have been the subject of much analysis, and it is at least a critical commonplace to observe that they are characterised in a way more reminiscent of the sour end of everyday life than of the due proprieties associated with heroic, or Homeric, behaviour.

The Dream Machine

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Bell
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Intellectual Foundations

This chapter opens with a discussion of the mutable vocabulary of empire and liberalism, before analyzing some of the most important recent scholarship on the subject. It argues that two main weaknesses run through scholarly commentary on liberalism and empire: a tendency to overlook the significance of settler colonialism and an over-reliance on canonical interpretations of liberalism. Settler colonialism played a crucial role in nineteenth-century imperial thought, and liberalism in particular, yet it has largely been ignored in the burst of writing about the intellectual foundations of the Victorian empire. Utilizing canonical interpretations of liberalism, meanwhile, has generated some skewed claims about the historical connections between liberal political thought and empire.

scholarly journals SU UNA MALEDIZIONE OSCA: TEONIMO O MATRONIMICO?

2007 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Romano Lazzeroni
Keyword(s):  
The Real ◽  
Ancient India ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Right

The “formula” osca. Maternal filiation or identification of the son? The formula matronimica in an oscan defixio (the so-called “curse of Vibia”: Vetter 6) it is not, as Lejeune sustained, an insult addressed to the subject of the curse (“child of demoniessa” or something similar), but it is the indication of the real filiation. The matronimico in the curses is a use present in a very huge area, from the Mediterranean to the Ancient India. The purpose is the right identification of the execrated person.

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