scholarly journals Opera as Comics: Richard Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung in Craig P. Russell’s Graphic Adaptation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Weiss ◽  
Miroslav Urbanec
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
21St Century ◽  
American Music ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
German Immigrants ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ring Cycle ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Political Opinions ◽  
Or History

The paper discusses P. Craig Russell’s graphic adaptation of Richard Wagner’s dramatic tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung. Originally, the series was released monthly by Dark Horse Comics (2000-2001), in 2014 it was published as a two-volume paperback. Wagner’s music has entered the American cultural scene in the second half of the 19th-century, predominantly due to the notable influence of German immigrants, and its impact is still vivid in the 21st-century. Despite the fact that American acceptance of Wagner was not universal and his political opinions are still disputed, his work has significantly affected the development of American music, poetry, and popular culture. Though Russell does not belong to the greatest formal innovators in comics, his merging of opera and comics turned out to be not only original but also a critically acclaimed format. Russell interprets the Ring Cycle as an essential predecessor of American superhero comics, thereby making the complex work feel familiar to wide audiences. His Ring Cycle adaptation includes behind-the-scenes production art, notes of the artist, or history of the opera itself. Drawing on the hybridity of both comics and opera, the paper discusses the visual aspects of the adaptation and the transmedial methods which Russell used to adapt opera and its effects into graphic novel. The main focus will on the illustration style and its cultural impact on the unifying social function of the comics medium, and, more importantly, the methods of transmission of sounds into the silent medium, with special attention paid to the meaning and visual form of the Wagnerian leitmotiv.

PECULIARITIES OF THE ELITE SPORT POLITICIZATION PROCESS: HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 110-119
Author(s):  
E.V. SALNIKOV ◽  
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I.N. SALNIKOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
National State ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
Norbert Elias ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
History Of ◽  
Competitive Games ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Modern Era

The main purpose of the article is to reconstruct the history of sports politicization, by which the authors, in accordance with the position of Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu, understand the special practice of competitive games that arises in the states of the modern era. In this sense, the beginning of modern sports is the second half of the 19th century. The article demonstrates that throughout its development, sport goes through a complex evolution from the form of the embodiment of the power of the national state to the concept of sports outside politics, which is currently collapsing under the influence of explicit and hidden practices of the repoliticization of sports. Special attention is paid to the history of the fight against racism in sports, which in the 21st century is becoming a space for the realization of political interests, the hidden form of which is the practices of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.

A Brief History of Blockchain

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
John H. Larrier
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Private Enterprise ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
History Of ◽  
Digital Transactions ◽  
Digital Record ◽  
Successes And Failures

This chapter reviews the history of blockchain from its ideation in the early 1990s to the widespread development efforts of private enterprise and governments two decades into the 21st century. The chapter covers the early developments in securing the digital record; the origins of the immutable, decentralized ledger; and trustless digital transactions. The key people in blockchain's development are addressed including the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, developer of the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, which became for a while synonymous with blockchain. The successes and failures of blockchain are covered in this history as well as its status and the problems that need to be solved for blockchain to have a global economic and cultural impact.

3. History and heroes

2018 ◽  
pp. 46-82
Author(s):  
Ben Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Literature ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Culture Wars ◽  
Empire Building ◽  
Jewish Diaspora ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Western Perspective

Seen from a Western perspective, the history of comparative literature can be divided into three categories: how European literatures have been compared inside Europe; how European literature has been compared with other cultures outside Europe; and how literatures outside Europe have been compared among themselves. ‘History and heroes’ explains how from the empire building of the 19th century, via the Jewish diaspora of the 20th century, to the postcolonial culture wars of the 21st century, the problems and prejudices of comparative literature have formed a cultural counterpart to the problems and prejudices of modernity. To understand its history, in this spirit, is to understand why it matters.

scholarly journals Canguilhem and his Workgroup

2018 ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
José Ternes
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Positive History ◽  
Georges Canguilhem ◽  
Auguste Comte ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
History Of ◽  
Xixe Siecle ◽  
The 19Th Century

This paper develops a brief analysis of the book Du développement à l’évolution au XIXe siècle, by Georges Canguilhem and his research workgroup during the years 1958-1960. What is at stake is the history of two core concepts of biology in the 19th century whose unfolding continues to persist at the beginning of the 21st century. Concerning the positive history of modern science, influential works and authors in this history, particularly Spencer and Darwin, are addressed here, in addition to Auguste Comte and Lamarck, when taking into consideration their legendary aspect. Each of these concepts has a birthplace of its own. It is also possible to identify a remarkable historical démarche but also moments of rapprochement and even of inversion of their meanings; a history of errors, as well as a fundamental history of their histories and of their many retrospective illusions.

scholarly journals La Antropología Andaluza en el contexto de las Antropologías Mediterráneas.

Anduli ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 17-34
Author(s):  
Miguel-Ángel Carvajal-Contreras
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Community Studies ◽  
Folklore Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Present World

This article deals with the history of Andalusian anthropology from the second half of the 19th century to the present. We also address the connections of this anthropological tradition with others in the Mediterranean area as well as with others in the Spanish sphere to achieve a greater appreciation of those traditions of thought outside of hegemonic scopes. From the time of folklore studies, we go on to the ethnological stage and to the consolidation of anthropological studies. In so doing, we observe the different stages and topics of investigation, from popular culture to community studies, identity and the relationship between global and local scopes in the present world.

scholarly journals "Re-collecting" Caravan: an Architecturalisation of the New Zealand Cultural Relic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Shelly Clement
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Design Process ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Final Design ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Relic

<p><b>“Re-collecting” Caravan re-interprets caravaning as the basis of a 21st century New Zealand vernacular architecture. Two themes run through this thesis: the caravan as an article of nostalgia, and the caravan in architecture as marginal. The final design outcome is a new typology of holidaying vessels within New Zealand’s camping grounds. This thesis begins with the specific history of the caravan within New Zealand and the facts that surround the reality of caravaning in today’s society: the caravan has become a celebrated cultural relic of our recent past of which is now continually used as a symbol or icon of New Zealand. A fear for the loss of the caravan as a living holiday reality sparked a cultural nostalgia and the foundations for this research. To prevent the loss of the adored functional domestic vessel, the caravan was next analysed for its compositional and phenomenal attributes of which could later help inform an architectural response. It was the ‘retro’ aesthetic combined with the fact that ephemeral cultural artefacts (such as the caravan) do not typically ‘belong’ in the architectural realm that bought about the second theme. Kitsch as a by-product of a re-interpreted retro artefact is addressed before moving on to the design process and final design.</b></p> <p>Although orientated specifically toward the caravan, this thesis addresses the wider issues of celebrating and liberating the architectural influences of the margins. It deals with kitsch, lifestyles, nostalgia, miniature, popular culture, media, tourism, mobility, and iconism.</p>

scholarly journals Historiography of German Entrepreneurship in Siberia in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-27
Author(s):  
Yurii M. Goncharov ◽  
Olga G. Klimova
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Ethnic Entrepreneurship ◽  
German Immigrants ◽  
State Economy ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Agrarian Development

The historiography of ethnic entrepreneurship in pre-revolutionary Siberia has not yet been fully investigated. Individual works of researchers studied German entrepreneurship exclusively through the broader topic of foreign capital and its importance in the state economy. The subject of this article is historiography concerning the history of German entrepreneurship in the Siberian region. The purpose is to analyze the corresponding works on the history of entrepreneurial activity of the Germans in Siberia in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries. In this study both general and specialized scientific methods are used, which allowed to carry out a coherent analysis of the works of researchers on ethnic entrepreneurship in order to identify the main characteristics and approaches used. We have identified the characteristics and trends of German entrepreneurship considered by historians. German immigrants in Siberia in the second half of the 19th century became one of the main driving forces of the agrarian development in the region; they retained farms, acting both as independent merchants and as managers of firms. Historiographic analysis allows to formulate a conclusion about the positive influence of German entrepreneurship on the socio-economic development of Siberia in the period preceding the October Revolution. The article is of interest to researchers, teachers of history, and students of the humanities.

Historical Linguistics: Words and Things

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda M. Gonzales
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Historical Linguistics ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Rich History

Comparative historical linguistics is an approach comprising a set of methods that historians who have training in linguistics employ to reconstruct histories for periods of history for which written documentation is absent or scant. It is suggested that the use of comparative historical linguistics helped to push against the notion that people living in oral societies had to be deemed prehistorical, a category popularized in the 19th century, because it is premised that the rich history of the words comprising their languages hold troves of knowledge that historians can access and use to write narratives. Core steps of comparative historical linguistics are explained so that readers understand how researchers use modern-day spoken languages to work backward in time to reconstruct the histories of words that comprise the material items, ideas, and concepts that mattered to speakers of languages prior to the 21st century. The methods’ benefits are discussed, and their limitations highlighted.

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