scholarly journals Working life in Canada, 1890–1930: rehousing the Edith Sarah Watson albums at the Art Gallery of Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avery Steel
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Master Of Arts

Working Life in Canada, 1890–1930: Rehousing the Edith Sarah Watson Albums at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Avery Steel, Master of Arts, 2019, Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management, Ryerson University. The Edith S. Watson albums, held in the photography collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), are a collection of 16 scrapbook style photographic albums that contain 1,070 gelatin silver prints created by Edith Watson and dated from 1890 to 1930. This thesis project explores a method of rehousing photographic albums with a focus on preserving the albums’ structure, the photographs, and the tactile experience of viewing an album, as well as facilitating access to these albums within the AGO’s collection through the creation of facsimile albums. My thesis will be divided into three sections: first, I assess the historical significance and the condition of the albums; second, I examine three case studies, each an album dated from the late 19th to early 20th century and held in different institutions; third, I summarize the method of preservation and outline the steps for the rehousing of the Edith Watson albums.

scholarly journals Working life in Canada, 1890–1930: rehousing the Edith Sarah Watson albums at the Art Gallery of Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avery Steel
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Master Of Arts

Working Life in Canada, 1890–1930: Rehousing the Edith Sarah Watson Albums at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Avery Steel, Master of Arts, 2019, Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management, Ryerson University. The Edith S. Watson albums, held in the photography collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), are a collection of 16 scrapbook style photographic albums that contain 1,070 gelatin silver prints created by Edith Watson and dated from 1890 to 1930. This thesis project explores a method of rehousing photographic albums with a focus on preserving the albums’ structure, the photographs, and the tactile experience of viewing an album, as well as facilitating access to these albums within the AGO’s collection through the creation of facsimile albums. My thesis will be divided into three sections: first, I assess the historical significance and the condition of the albums; second, I examine three case studies, each an album dated from the late 19th to early 20th century and held in different institutions; third, I summarize the method of preservation and outline the steps for the rehousing of the Edith Watson albums.

scholarly journals Arrangement, description and presentation of the Fairlie Family collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario: a case study in collections management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura C. Gentili
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Information ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Northern Ontario ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Object Level

This thesis presents the results of an applied project in Collections Management, comprising the intellectual arrangement of the Fairlie Family fonds at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), and the creation of a finding aid to facilitate future access and research. This project analyzes twelve Canadian family albums from the AGO’s collection of photography that were compiled by the Fairlie family between the years of 1880 and 1950. This project is comprised of three major parts: (1) an analytical paper, (2) extensive inventories and object-level cataloguing records, and (3) the creation of a finding aid for the family documents and related ephemera. The first part of this thesis consists of an analytical paper discussing the historical context of the albums and what they can tell us about the Fairlie family and the time and place in which they were created. The albums document the family’s exploits in photography, from mining in northern Ontario, various travel destinations, summer camping in Temagami, and life in upper-middle-class Toronto during the first half of the twentieth century. The practical component of this project includes genealogical research; detailed inventories for each of the twelve albums; the intellectual arrangement, rehousing, and creation of a finding aid for the textual records and related ephemera; and updated cataloguing records linking the albums with the Fairlie Family fonds in The Museum System database (TMS) so that both the photographic collection and contextual information are more accessible.

scholarly journals Arrangement, description and presentation of the Fairlie Family collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario: a case study in collections management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura C. Gentili
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Information ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Northern Ontario ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Object Level

This thesis presents the results of an applied project in Collections Management, comprising the intellectual arrangement of the Fairlie Family fonds at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), and the creation of a finding aid to facilitate future access and research. This project analyzes twelve Canadian family albums from the AGO’s collection of photography that were compiled by the Fairlie family between the years of 1880 and 1950. This project is comprised of three major parts: (1) an analytical paper, (2) extensive inventories and object-level cataloguing records, and (3) the creation of a finding aid for the family documents and related ephemera. The first part of this thesis consists of an analytical paper discussing the historical context of the albums and what they can tell us about the Fairlie family and the time and place in which they were created. The albums document the family’s exploits in photography, from mining in northern Ontario, various travel destinations, summer camping in Temagami, and life in upper-middle-class Toronto during the first half of the twentieth century. The practical component of this project includes genealogical research; detailed inventories for each of the twelve albums; the intellectual arrangement, rehousing, and creation of a finding aid for the textual records and related ephemera; and updated cataloguing records linking the albums with the Fairlie Family fonds in The Museum System database (TMS) so that both the photographic collection and contextual information are more accessible.

scholarly journals Pharmaceuticals and modern statecraft in South Africa: the cases of opium, thalidomide and contraception.

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Parle ◽  
Rebecca Hodes ◽  
Thembisa Waetjen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Pharmaceutical Regulation ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
History Of ◽  
Medical Histories ◽  
Pharmaceutical Governance

This article provides a history of three pharmaceuticals in the making of modern South Africa. Borrowing and adapting Arthur Daemmrich’s term ‘pharmacopolitics’, we examine how forms of pharmaceutical governance became integral to the creation and institutional practices of this state. Through case studies of three medicaments: opium (late 19th to early 20th century), thalidomide (late 1950s to early 1960s) and contraception (1970s to 2010s), we explore the intertwining of pharmaceutical regulation, provision and consumption. Our focus is on the modernist imperative towards the rationalisation of pharmaceutical oversight, as an extension of the state’s bureaucratic and ideological objectives, and, importantly, as its obligation. We also explore adaptive and illicit uses of medicines, both by purveyors of pharmaceuticals, and among consumers. The historical sweep of our study allows for an analysis of continuities and changes in pharmaceutical governance. The focus on South Africa highlights how the concept of pharmacopolitics can usefully be extended to transnational—as well as local—medical histories. Through the diversity of our sources, and the breadth of their chronology, we aim to historicise modern pharmaceutical practices in South Africa, from the late colonial era to the Post-Apartheid present.

MASCULINIZING THE FEMININE IN TU LUC VAN DOAN (A CASE STUDY KHAI HUNG’S COCK-HEN (TRỐNG MÁI))

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 22-28
Author(s):  
Tam Phan Thi Thanh
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Vietnamese Literature ◽  
The Creation

Concerning an issue of individual emancipation and a feminist sense in Vietnamese literature in the 1930s, Khai Hung’s Cock-Hen describes Hien as a representative of an innovative women image in compare with the traditional culture. Masculinizing rules of the feminity in the creation of a character have provided Hien most characteristics of male privileges such as a powerful body, a strong personality, and the interest in adventures and risks. Cock-Hen, thus, helps us to identify a feature of feminism in Vietnamese society in the early 20th century.

The use of humour in diplomatic tweets: The affiliative potential of ridicule

2020 ◽  
pp. 001083672097545
Author(s):  
Akos Kopper
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Us ◽  
British Embassy ◽  
Layered Complex ◽  
Security Concern

Today diplomacy increasingly relies on tweets. Yet, as tweets only allow for 280 characters, statements must be brief and impactful, which encourages the use of humour in conveying one’s message. This article scrutinizes irony and ridicule in diplomatic interactions. Even though these forms of humour may antagonize parties and even turn issues into a security concern, this article points out that they also have an affiliative aspect and could play a conflict-mediating role. Because humour, especially irony, is easy to misunderstand (especially in cross-cultural settings), many warn against using them in diplomatic exchanges. Nevertheless, I will argue that they are ideal for expressing multi-layered messages, enabling the speaker to rely on what is often called ‘constructive ambiguity’, which is often useful in diplomatic conduct. Two case studies illustrate the argument. The first focuses on cartoons ridiculing President Wilson in the early 20th century for his reluctance to commit the US to join WWI (suggesting that cartoons of the time might be predecessors of today’s tweets), and the second on tweets published by the British Embassy in London apropos of the Skripal case (offering an example how humorous tweets can convey multi-layered, complex messages).

scholarly journals THE PROJECT OF ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM AT THE ALL-RUSSIAN MUSEUM CONFERENCE OF 1919

2021 ◽  
pp. 437-443
Author(s):  
В. Г. Ананьев ◽  
М. Д. Бухарин
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Special Report ◽  
Revolutionary Era ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Archeological Museum ◽  
First Time

В начале ХХ в. в России активно обсуждался вопрос создания специализированного археологического музея. Этой проблеме был посвящен ряд выступлений на профессиональных форумах музейных работников. Обсуждалась она и на Первой Всероссийской конференции по делам музеев в Петрограде в феврале 1919 г. Со специальным докладом на эту тему выступил авторитетный археолог А. А. Миллер, имевший опыт музейной работы и активно проявивший себя в революционную эпоху как организатор музейного дела. В обсуждении доклада приняли участие такие видные ученые, как С. А. Жебелёв, Н. Я. Марр и др. В данном сообщении авторы впервые анализируют материалы стенограммы этого обсуждения и помещают его в контекст развития отечественной археологической/музейной мысли начала ХХ в. In the early 20thcentury the creation of a specialized archaeological museum was actively discussed in Russia. A number of communications in professional forums of museum workers were devoted to this problem. It was also discussed at the First AllRussian Museums' Conference in Petrograd in February 1919. A special report on this subject was held by archeologist A. A. Miller, who had experience of museum work and showed himself in the revolutionary era as an organizer of museum activity. Prominent scholars such as S. A. Zhebelyov, N. Ya. Marr and others took part in the discussion of his report. In this article the authors analyze the materials of the transcript of this discussion for the first time and place it in the context of the development of Russian archaeological/ museum thought of the early 20th century.

scholarly journals Narratives of War: Acehnese Perception of the Prang Kaphe in 19th/20th Century Colonial Era

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-154
Author(s):  
Noriah Taslim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Popular Belief ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Interesting Conclusion

The so-called narratives of war refer to hikayat literature composed especially during the Dutch occupation of Aceh in 19th century and early 20th century; they relate mostly battles and exploits of the Acehnese heroes and fighters against the Dutch incursion, beginning in 1873. Since war fought against the Dutch was considered as a jihad war, these hikayats then came to be known as the Hikayat Prang Sabi (or the story of the war in the path of God) or Hikayat Prang Kaphe (or war against the infidels). Besides their cultural and historical significance, these hikayats are also reliable documents to understand the Acehnese perception of the jihad war or the prang kaphe . This essay then is an attempt to study these hikayats as sources in reading the Acehnese perception of jihad . To facilitate analysis, three war hikayats viz. the Hikayat Prang Sabi , Hikayat Prang Cut Ali and Hikayat Prang Rundeng will be chosen as focus of critical study. From the analysis the essay comes to an interesting conclusion: that contrary to popular belief, the jihad war did not have a similar grip on every Acehnese; apparently there were varied responds and emotions towards the war which influence Acehnese perception towards the whole ideology of jihad. Keywords: narrative of war, Hikayat Prang Kaphe , Acehness perception, jihad

scholarly journals The Arnold Newman Collection of Photographs at the Art Gallery of Ontario finding aid.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Fraser Corscadden
Keyword(s):  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario

The Arnold Newman Collection of Photographs consists of 4820 photographs taken by photographer Arnold Newman between the years 1938 and 2004. This thesis acts as a research project investigating the collection and making it accessible to researchers and collections management at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The project includes research on the sitting subjects, an overview of the physical photographs, an annotated bibliography and the organization and housing of the collection for permanent accession into the Art Gallery of Ontario's photography collection. The paper consists of an analytical portion which outlines the methodology of creating the finding aid. The finding aid acts as a standalone paper designed to assist researchers navigating the collection.

scholarly journals The Klinsky Press Agency Finding Aid at the Art Gallery of Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Yarnell
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Access Points ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario

The Klinsky collection (comprised of Klinsky I and Klinsky II) contains over 20,000 press photographs from the 1930s and 1940s and was amassed by Emil Klinsky, the owner and operator of Recla, a picture distribution agency located in Amsterdam. Operating primarily during the 1930s, Klinsky at the helm of Recla, handled picture distribution in the Netherlands for numerous media agencies in Germany. The Klinsky I collection encompasses 9,236 press photographs, assembled from illustrated magazines and press agencies from the 1930s. The Art Gallery of Ontario acquired it in 2002 from the Archive of Modern Conflict. Although the Klinsky collection is one of largest photographic collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, access to the collection is hindered by its lack of organization. The creation of a finding aid enables new access points to the collection which will facilitate and promote research. An intellectual arrangement based on 16 subject terms was implemented, and a database was created to reflect the new organization of the contents.

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