The 'Irish' , the 'Scots-Irish' and the United States of America in the Twentieth Century : Some Patterns of Exchange

2003 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-98
Author(s):  
Gary K. Peatling
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals The Trumpet of the Swan

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-186
Author(s):  
Karen Ann Donnachie ◽  
Andy Simionato
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cold War ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Autonomous Robot ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
War Propaganda ◽  
Natural Media

This paper will outline the ideation, background and development of the electronic artwork The Trumpet of the Swan (Donnachie & Simionato, 2017) presented by the authors at the Electronic Literature Organisation conference in Porto, Portugal in 2017. The artwork is a custom-coded drawing-robot which automatically inscribes in natural media, every post published from the personal Twitter profile of the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, identified on Twitter as @realDonaldTrump. The machine, which has the appearance reminiscent of a swan, including a broad “body” balanced on two short legs that end in webbed “feet”, is a semi-autonomous robot that writes in a pen, crowned by a long white plume, on a continuous scroll of paper while producing bird-like sounds. The drawing-robot remains permanently in a state of attention and the demonstrated sequence of actions can only be triggered remotely and by the 45th President of the U.S.A. himself (or more precisely, by whomever publishes a new tweet through his Twitter account ‘@realDonaldTrump’). In other words, to borrow a popular phrase taken from twentieth century cold-war propaganda: only the President has the ability to “launch” this artwork which otherwise remains dormant, in waiting.

The development of ornithology in Mexico and the importance of access to scientific information

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Townsend Peterson ◽  
Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza ◽  
Alejandro Gordillo-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bird Diversity ◽  
The World ◽  
Mexican Government ◽  
Science Community

Mexican ornithology has seen a curious trajectory, beginning with remarkably well documented indigenous knowledge, progressing to colonial expeditions and intensive nineteenth-century exploration. The baton passed to collectors and scientists from the United States of America around the beginning of the twentieth century, and most recently to Mexican scientists. The documentation of Mexican bird diversity grew in each of these phases, but has now become a Mexican enterprise, thanks to the combined availability of information (both from within the country and that “repatriated” from around the world) and funding (provided in largest part by the Mexican government). This evolutionary process of a science community is perhaps general and global, but with different phases emphasized in different countries, and at diverse points in the process.

Actualising History

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 79-92
Author(s):  
Aamir Aziz ◽  
Frans Willem Korsten
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Economic System ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Bertolt Brecht ◽  
The United States ◽  
Emotional Involvement ◽  
The Past ◽  
Performance Research

Whereas prior studies have focused on Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible in relation to the Puritan past of the United States of America, this article looks at the play’s present in relation to a future. If, as is the case, the play is an intervention in its contemporary circumstances, this is obviously with the aim of moving towards a better future. The question then becomes: how does the play deal with the past in the way that the Salem trials (1692) relate, by means of a theatrical intervention, to a future? In the twentieth century the relation of theatre, and of theatricality in general, with the future was paradigmatically explored in the work of Bertolt Brecht. In his view, the role of theatre was to produce a distance, not an unreflexive and emotional involvement in a plot. This distance or alienation was necessary to make people see behind the scenes of the socio-political and economic system, as a result of which they would start to think and become able to act in order to change the course of history. This appears to be an essential strategy as well if we think about the powers of spectacle, as they have been dealt with in previous studies in performance research, and a possible theatrical response to them.

Beyond Colonial Dichotomies: The deficits of Spain and the peripheral powers in treaty-port China

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (04) ◽  
pp. 1222-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLES BRASÓ BROGGI ◽  
DAVID MARTINEZ-ROBLES
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Treaty Port ◽  
Negative Balance ◽  
Treaty Ports

AbstractThe semi-colonial character of China during the treaty-port era brings into question the dichotomy between the colonizer and the colonized. China's foreign trade had an overall negative balance, and Great Britain, Japan, and the United States of America benefited from it. However, dozens of minor powers suffered a negative balance with China, despite the favourable conditions set in the treaty ports. This article examines the presence of Spain in China during the first decades of the twentieth century, focusing on trade, population, and issues of self-representation. Through a comparative analysis of the Sino-Spanish trade with that of other smaller powers in China, this article shows both the diversity of colonial formations in China and the existence of colonial relations that, although peripheral and complementary, pose a doubt on the adequacy, not only of the colonizer/colonized dichotomy, but also of the representation of colonialism in China.

scholarly journals Norman Mailer - the most influental critic of contemporary reality in the second half of the twentieth century

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Jasna Potočnik Topler
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Norman Mailer ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Entire Career ◽  
Contemporary Reality ◽  
Moon Landing ◽  
The Relationship

Norman Mailer, one of the most influential authors of the second half of the twentieth century, faithfully followed his principle that a writer should alsobe a critic of contemporary reality. Therefore, most of his works portray the reality of the United States of America and the complexities of the contemporary American scene. Mailer described the spirit of his time - from the terror of war and numerous dynamic social and political processes to the 1969 moon landing. Conflicts were often in the centre of his writing, as was the relationship between an individual and the society; he speaks of politicalpower and the dangerous power of capital, while pointing to the threat of totalitarianism in America. Mailer spent his entire career writing about violence, power, perverted sexuality, the phenomenon of Hitler, terrorism, religion and corruption. He continually pointed out that individuals were in constant danger of losing freedom and dignity.

scholarly journals The architecture and artistic features of high-rise buildings in USSR and the United States of America during the first half of the twentieth century

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 01032
Author(s):  
Svetlana Golovina ◽  
Yurii Oblasov
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Rise ◽  
The Us ◽  
The City ◽  
Us Cities

Skyscraper is a significant architectural structure in the world's largest cities. The appearance of a skyscraper in the city's architectural composition enhances its status, introduces dynamics into the shape of the city, modernizes the existing environment. Its architectural structure which can have both expressive triumphal forms and ascetic ones. For a deep understanding of the architecture of high-rise buildings must be considered by several criteria. Various approaches can be found in the competitive development of high-rise buildings in Moscow and the US cities in the middle of the twentieth century In this article we will consider how and on the basis of what the architectural decisions of high-rise buildings were formed.

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