Transporting Viewers Beyond the “Hoe and the Machete” The Rhetoric of Mobility in Cuban Mobile Cinema

Transfers ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-44
Author(s):  
Nicholas Balaisis
Keyword(s):  
Documentary Film ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Cuban Revolution ◽  
Virtual Mobility ◽  
Mobile Cinema ◽  
Rural Sites ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the Cuban mobile cinema campaign in the 1960s as a case study for thinking about the relationship between cinema and mobility. I examine the rhetoric around mobile cinema in Cuban journals such as Cine Cubano, and in the documentary film Por primera vez (For the first time, 1967). I argue that cinema is linked with mobility in two primary ways: as a virtual mobility stimulated by onscreen images, and as a more literal mobility expressed by the transportation of film into remote rural sites of exhibition. These two kinds of mobility reflect the hopes and ambitions of filmmakers and critics energized by the resurgent nationalism of the Cuban revolution, and the excitement of cinema as a “new” technology in rural Cuba.

scholarly journals ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW ARANA ◽  
PAOLO MANCOSU
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Practice ◽  
Problem Area ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
The Third ◽  
Solid Geometry ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Desargues Theorem ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Traditional geometry concerns itself with planimetric and stereometric considerations, which are at the root of the division between plane and solid geometry. To raise the issue of the relation between these two areas brings with it a host of different problems that pertain to mathematical practice, epistemology, semantics, ontology, methodology, and logic. In addition, issues of psychology and pedagogy are also important here. To our knowledge there is no single contribution that studies in detail even one of the aforementioned areas.In this paper our major concern is with methodological issues of purity and thus we treat the connection to other areas of the planimetry/stereometry relation only to the extent necessary to articulate the problem area we are after.Our strategy will be as follows. In the first part of the paper we will give a rough sketch of some key episodes in mathematical practice that relate to the interaction between plane and solid geometry. The sketch is given in broad strokes and only with the intent of acquainting the reader with some of the mathematical context against which the problem emerges. In the second part, we will look at a debate (on “fusionism”) in which for the first time methodological and foundational issues related to aspects of the mathematical practice covered in the first part of the paper came to the fore. We conclude this part of the paper by remarking that only through a foundational and philosophical effort could the issues raised by the debate on “fusionism” be made precise. The third part of the paper focuses on a specific case study which has been the subject of such an effort, namely the foundational analysis of the plane version of Desargues’ theorem on homological triangles and its implications for the relationship between plane and solid geometry. Finally, building on the foundational case study analyzed in the third section, we begin in the fourth section the analytic work necessary for exploring various important claims about “purity,” “content,” and other relevant notions.

scholarly journals From Excerpt to Cosplay. Paths of Knowledge in the Nordic Museum Archive

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-140
Author(s):  
Simon Ekström
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Productive Force ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eye Opening ◽  
Extensive Collection ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this article is to shed some light on the situation that occurs when scholarly knowledge, once highly valued, is successively undermined, while elements of the same learning live on as attractive resources to other stakeholders. More accurately, the research question relates to the process that starts with many ethnologists who, over time, come to increasingly view formerly important materials as less relevant to their own academic issues. For the sake of the argument, the Nordic Museum’s extensive collection of excerpts concerning folk customs and beliefs is used as an eye-opening case study. During the 1960s and 1970s, folklore researchers and ethnologists retreated from researching those lingering traces of the past—of which the Nordic Museum’s excerpt collection constitutes a powerful material centre—and thus this field was left free for others to claim. By drawing attention to both the productive force of the Nordic Museum’s collection of excerpts, and a number of contemporary and popular representations of ancient folklore, this article actualises a set of questions that deal with the relationship between new and old knowledge; for what becomes of previously sought after academic learning, once treasured in the Nordic Museum Archive, when the vast majority of the discipline heads for new materials, methods and theories?

scholarly journals From Gothic to Bauhaus: A Lineage for Modern Curtain Wall Façade Construction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Rushton ◽  
Guy Marriage ◽  
Marc Aurel Schnabel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Curtain Wall ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

From the craft production of the Gothic to the standardised industrial production of the Bauhaus, this research follows the development of modern architecture and the evolution of façade construction. This paper examines how, as technology has continued to advance and modes of production have evolved, complete dematerialisation - defined in this paper as a non-structural glass exterior walls - of the façade was achieved with the curtain wall. This research aimed to establish a link between Gothic and Bauhaus architecture to propose a lineage for modern curtain wall façade production and construction. The paper argues that changing modes of production is in response to construction issues, technological innovation and are dependent on the socio-cultural context of a specific time. Presenting a lineage that places this evolution into three stages - pre-industrial, industrial, and post-industrial - the relationship of architecture, technology and how construction methods respond to new technology will be illustrated. This paper will examine the curtain wall's arrival in New Zealand as a case study for the international dissemination of this system, to conclude with a discussion that outlines how the architecture of a post-industrial age both favours and can produce customised and complex façades.

scholarly journals Becoming a Librarian Amidst a Professional Identity Crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9
Author(s):  
Ashley Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Intellectual Freedom ◽  
The Core ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Core Value ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Adopted in the late 1930s, the Library Bill of Rights grounded the profession in the core value of intellectual freedom. This core value was challenged in the 1930s, the 1960s, the 1990s, and again in recent years by calls for social responsibility within our ranks. The re-occurrent discomfort with upholding intellectual freedom is particularly evident today in the case of public library third party meeting room bookings by controversial speakers. Both the Toronto Public Library and the Vancouver Public Library (as well as the Edmonton Public Library for lending its support) have come under scrutiny by both specific voices within the field as well as the community more broadly. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last time, that publicly funded libraries are faced with controversy surrounding intellectual freedom.   Using critical information theory, this presentation examines important questions: How is intellectual freedom defined, redefined and confined today? What is the relationship between the core value of intellectual freedom and sister core values such as social responsibility, diversity and democracy? How do we uphold professional ethics (e.g., IFLA Code for Librarians and Other Information Workers) in instances when our personal, professional, institutional and/or association commitments do not align? As a 2019-20 SLIS research assistant, these questions are rooted in my ongoing academic explorations with Dr. Samek of the nature and extent LIS curricula (for both professionals and paraprofessionals) prepares graduates to negotiate the perpetually complicated core value of intellectual freedom from a position of confidence, and not fear, defensiveness or divisiveness.

scholarly journals From Gothic to Bauhaus: A Lineage for Modern Curtain Wall Façade Construction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Rushton ◽  
Guy Marriage ◽  
Marc Aurel Schnabel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Curtain Wall ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

From the craft production of the Gothic to the standardised industrial production of the Bauhaus, this research follows the development of modern architecture and the evolution of façade construction. This paper examines how, as technology has continued to advance and modes of production have evolved, complete dematerialisation - defined in this paper as a non-structural glass exterior walls - of the façade was achieved with the curtain wall. This research aimed to establish a link between Gothic and Bauhaus architecture to propose a lineage for modern curtain wall façade production and construction. The paper argues that changing modes of production is in response to construction issues, technological innovation and are dependent on the socio-cultural context of a specific time. Presenting a lineage that places this evolution into three stages - pre-industrial, industrial, and post-industrial - the relationship of architecture, technology and how construction methods respond to new technology will be illustrated. This paper will examine the curtain wall's arrival in New Zealand as a case study for the international dissemination of this system, to conclude with a discussion that outlines how the architecture of a post-industrial age both favours and can produce customised and complex façades.

Selected Writings

October ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 153 ◽  
pp. 14-41
Author(s):  
Roberto Jacoby
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Art World ◽  
Military Dictatorship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

This selection of texts by the Argentinean artist Roberto Jacoby includes seven that are here published in English for the first time, and two others rendered in new translations. The majority of the texts (all but three) were written in the 1960s. Some, such as “Scale Model of an Artwork” (1966), “Automatic Circuit (work no. 1 for Telephone Circuit)” (1967), and “Message at the Di Tella Institute” (1968), are short descriptions of artworks. Another, “An Art of Communications Media (Manifesto)” (1967), takes the form of a manifesto, co-written by Jacoby and two other artists. “Demonstration: A Mass Media Artwork” (1967) touches on various issues topical in the mid-1960s art world in Argentina and beyond, including the relationship between art and life, society, and politics, and “Against the Happening” (1967) considers an art that harnesses the mass media for its production. The section also includes translations of song lyrics written by Jacoby that link intimate themes of love with international politics. The songs were put to music and recorded by the Argentinian rock group Virus for its fifth record, “Surfaces of Pleasure” (1987). The section concludes with “Strategy of Joy” (2000), an article that theorizes a biopolitical form of resistance to the civil-military dictatorship that brutalized the Argentinian population in the 1970s and early 1980s, and “Report on the Venus Project” (2002), which focuses on an experimental community formed in the midst of the social, economic and political crisis that befell Argentina in the summer of 2001, and, according to some, is ongoing.

Jewish Atheists in Foxholes?

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-73
Author(s):  
Stacey Gutkowski
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract War and other forms of collective political violence raise existential questions for those touched by them. Recent advances in the study of ‘atheism in foxholes’ have been hitherto overlooked in the sociology of war. But they can further illuminate the relationship between war and existential questions. Bringing these literatures into conversation for the first time, this article analyses a sample of young, secular Jewish-Israelis (hilonim) interviewed in the aftermath of the 2014 Israel-Gaza War. It shows how speakers borrowed from both Jewish and Western secular formations to answer existential questions and ‘manage luck.’ Contributing to the theorization of war as social practice through a case study of ‘foxhole atheism’, the article also invites us to think of war as having a ‘secular’ ontology.

scholarly journals Case Study on the 20 Years Propagation of Carbonation in Existing Concrete Facades and Balconies

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jukka Lahdensivu ◽  
Elina Lahdensivu ◽  
Arto Köliö
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Service Life ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Initiation Phase ◽  
Root Model ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
First Time

Abstract In the most service life models of reinforced concrete structures the initiation phase is the most crucial, because according to models, service life of the structure will end underestimation on conservative side when carbonation achieves the reinforcement for the first time. The square root model is widely used in predicting carbonation depth of reinforced concrete. The model is based on diffusion laws and thereby arguable for inhomogeneous concrete. The model was evaluated by field measurements from one existing concrete building by conducting condition investigation twice at a time interval of 20 years. Samples were taken from exposed aggregate concrete sandwich panels and balcony side panels. Compared to the data collected from large number of buildings, the measured carbonation rates were very common for Finnish concrete buildings made during the 1960s and 1970s. According to this study, in solid concrete the progress of carbonation of concrete can be predicted reliably with Fick’s second law. This model, however, gives too pessimistic predictions for concrete suffering from freeze-thaw damage. Therefore, a new model has been presented for damaged concrete.

scholarly journals De cultuur van het televisiedebat - Veranderende percepties van de relatie tussen media en politiek, 1960 - heden

2014 ◽  
Vol 127 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harm Kaal
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
The Media ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Televised Debates

This article adopts a new perspective on the interaction between political parties and Dutch television in election campaigns from the 1960s onwards. Rather than exploring the ‘real’ impact of television on the nature and content of political campaigning, it presents a case study of televised debates in order to explore changing perceptions among parties and press regarding the so-called mediatization of politics. It shows that televised debates were at first perceived as a means to bridge the gap between politics and people. In the 1970s and early 1980s, when parties tried to control the set-up of these debates, they met with increasing criticism and were perceived as having hardly any influence on the outcome of the elections. Although the staging of the debates remained the same, midway through the 1980s perceptions of the impact of television dramatically changed. In response to the surprising outcome of the 1986 general election a discourse of mediatization and Americanization became dominant. This in turn resulted in a re-evaluation of the relationship between politics and the media in which the latter were now said to hold the upper hand.

scholarly journals Ostracods as freshwater pollution indicators: a case study from the Ouseburn, a polluted urban catchment (Tyneside, NE England)

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Boomer ◽  
Frances Attwood
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Quality Assessment ◽  
Urban Catchment ◽  
Biological Water ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pollution Events

Abstract. The relationship between ostracod occurrence and water quality is investigated in the Ouseburn (Newcastle upon Tyne, NE England) in both a spatial and temporal context. For the first time, ostracod assemblages are used alongside traditional biological water quality indices. Physico-chemical parameters of the water are used in conjunction with standard macro-invertebrate-based biological indices (BMWP, ASPT) to assess general water quality. This is also the first detailed study of ostracod occurrence within a small urban catchment. Ostracod, macro-invertebrate and environmental samples were taken during the summer of 2001, with a small number of late autumn replicates taken to characterize the impact of known pollution events. The pollutants encountered in this study are primarily organic in nature and include sewage, agricultural sources (such as slurry) and de-icer runoff from the local airport. The head-water and tributaries are generally characterized by good water quality despite a number of pollution events recorded during the study. Ostracod diversity and abundance, although often low, support the evidence from the traditional methods of water quality assessment, both of which decrease downstream. An inverse relationship observed between ostracod abundance and macro-invertebrate indices suggests that relatively clean-water macro-invertebrate assemblages out-compete the ostracods or may be preying upon them.

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