scholarly journals Sneakerheads as fans and sneaker fandom as participatory culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Kulinicheva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Participatory Culture ◽  
Emotional Involvement ◽  
New Approach ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Difference ◽  
High Level

This paper considers sneakerheads, or sneaker collectors and enthusiasts, as fans. It explores both them and their participatory culture, developing a new approach to researching sneakerheads: I here conceptualize sneaker collecting as an object-inspired fandom to highlight the difference between sneaker fandom and other object-oriented fandoms. This paper demonstrates that sneaker collecting is about both collecting knowledge about the subject of sneakers and collecting sneakers themselves. The materiality of sneakers, the story behind a design, and the cultural history of sneakers attracts sneakerheads to sneakers. As such, I here explore the following characteristics of sneaker collecting: the importance of knowledge and its acquisition, the high value of the community's practices and activities, the high level of emotional involvement, fan art (sneaker art), and anticommercial ideologies and beliefs. The approach demonstrated in this paper could also be useful in research of other communities organized around collecting wearable goods, such as clothes or accessories, including football T-shirts, vintage denim, and bags.

scholarly journals Czech Film in Exile (Český film v exilu)

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Uhde
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Velvet Revolution ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

CZECH FILM IN EXILE (ČESKÝ FILM V EXILU). Jiří Voráč. Brno, Host 2004. 192pp, stills, index, English summary. ISBN: 8072941399.In Czech Film In Exile, Jiří Voráč turns to a topic painfully relevant for the cultural history of his country, yet ignored by his compatriot researchers for years. In the stifling times of the pre-1989 Communist dictatorship, the subject of the exile culture was strictly taboo. More surprising was that it continued to be neglected for almost fifteen years after the "velvet revolution" and subsequent democratization. Among the reasons may have been the geographic fragmentation, linguistic diversity and disorganization of the sources which had to be researched in countries on several continents. Another factor may have been a sort of ideological inertia among some of the Czech academic community, which did not seem to consider its own film exile a worthwhile academic subject.For Voráč, a film historian at Brno's Masaryk University,...

scholarly journals Simono Daukanto BUDĄ Senowęs-Letuwiu Kalnienu ĩr Ƶamajtiu (1845) šaltiniai

2020 ◽  
pp. 217-248
Author(s):  
Roma Bončkutė
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Comparative Linguistics ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Regional Historiography

SOURCES OF SIMONAS DAUKANTAS’S BUDĄ SENOWĘS-LËTUWIÛ KALNIENÛ ĨR ƵÁMAJTIÛ (1845) The article investigates Simonas Daukantas’s (1793–1864) BUDĄ Senowęs-Lëtuwiû Kalnienû ĩr Ƶámajtiû (The Character of the Lithuanian Highlanders and Samogitians of the Old Times, 1845; hereafter Bd) with regards to genre, origin of the title, and the dominant German sources of the work. It claims that Daukantas conceived Bd because he understood that the future of Lithuania is closely related to its past. A single, united version of Lithuanian history, accepted by the whole nation, was necessary for the development of Lithuanian national identity and collective feeling. The history, which up until then had not been published in Lithuanian, could have helped to create the contours of a new society by presenting the paradigmatic events of the past. The collective awareness of the difference between the present and the past (and future) should have given the Lithuanian community an incentive to move forward. Daukantas wrote Bd quickly, between 1842 and May 28, 1844, because he drew on his previous work ISTORYJE ƵEMAYTYSZKA (History of the Lithuanian Lowlands, ~1831–1834; IƵ). Based on the findings of previous researchers of Daukantas’s works, after studying the dominant sources of Bd and examining their nature, this article comes to the conclusion that the work has features of both cultural history and regional historiography. The graphically highlighted form of the word “BUDĄ” used in the work’s title should be considered the author’s code. Daukantas, influenced by the newest culturological research and comparative linguistics of the 18th–19th centuries, propagated that Lithuanians originate from India and, like many others, found evidence of this in the Lithuanian language and culture. He considered the Budini (Greek Βουδίνοι), who are associated with the followers of Buddha, to be Lithuanian ancestors. He found proof of this claim in the language and chose the word “būdas” (character), which evokes aforementioned associations, to express the idea of the work.

The neural crest and the acoustic ganglion

Development ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-541
Author(s):  
M. S. Deol
Keyword(s):  
Neural Crest ◽  
Sole Source ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Present Purpose ◽  
Difference Of Opinion ◽  
Mammalian Embryos ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Otic Placode ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Mutant Genes

Although the origin of the acoustic ganglion has been the subject of numerous studies there is no unanimity of opinion about it. Most of the earlier investigators (Bartelmez, 1922; Adelman, 1925), using mammalian embryos, believed that it arose from the neural crest, but the experiments of Campenhout (1935) and Yntema (1937) on amphibian embryos led them to the view that it was largely, if not wholly, of placodal origin. This view was supported by Halley (1955), who worked on the cat, and later by Batten (1958), who worked on the sheep. In fact Batten stated categorically that the otic placode was the sole source of the acoustic ganglion. It was thought that an entirely new approach to the problem, namely the use of mutant genes, might help to resolve the difference of opinion. The most suitable mutant for the present purpose seemed to be piebald-lethal (symbol s1; Lane, 1966).

Gerry Knowles, A cultural history of the English language. London: Arnold, 1997. Pp. x, 180. Hb $59.95, pb $20.00.

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-133
Author(s):  
Richard W. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
English Language ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
Linguistic Form ◽  
Language And Power ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
As If

In his preface, Knowles makes clear what his book is not. It is not a history of literary English, and it is not an account of changes in linguistic form; it is a “cultural history.” In the introductory chapter, he declares: “In view of the close connection between language and power, it is impossible to treat the history of the language without reference to politics” (9). Of course, books that purport to be histories of English have often “treated” the subject without apparent politics. Knowles is right in alleging that the politics of such books has often been implicit, since most of them provide information about the ascent of one variety of the language to the elevated status of a standard – as if that were an inevitable and desirable result of the spirit of goodness working itself out through speech.

scholarly journals Literature and Revolution

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samah Selim
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Tidal Wave ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Dead Weight ◽  
Revolutionary Politics ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Modern Arabic

The three-week uprising in Egypt that ended with the removal of Husni Mubarak on February 11 happened to coincide with the section of my spring course syllabus on the Egyptian novel from Najib Mahfuz to Ahmed Alaidy. As was the case for many of my colleagues and their students, the rapid and awe-inspiring events unfolding daily before us pushed purely academic concerns to the margins of class discussion. This tidal wave of revolutionary politics erupting into the classroom forced me to the realization that my larger syllabus was not simply some neutral or systematic survey of half a century's worth of Arabic literature. I began to think about the largely invisible dystopic intellectual and historical paradigms through which modern Arabic literature is often framed, at least in the United States. The nahḍa/naksa narrative, which compelled many of us to read Arab cultural history of the 20th century as a story of brief “awakening” followed by irredeemable decline and corruption, is clearly no longer tenable in the wake of February 11. This same narrative underpinned the highly self-conscious postmodernism that began to emerge in Egypt in the 1990s and that reached its apogee a couple of decades later at the end of the 2000s, a postmodernism that was celebrated (though by no means universally) as the true beginning of literary modernity and the emancipation of the subject from the dead weight of a past ideological age.

scholarly journals Georgy Maslov and Leonid Martynov: Meetings in the White Capital (Omsk, 1919)

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-253
Author(s):  
I. G. Devyatyarova
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Young People ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Labor School

The subject of this article arose in connection with the study of the cultural history of Siberia during the Civil War (1918–1922). An appeal to archival documents and L. N. Martynov’s memoirs made it possible to reveal many interesting facts from the life of the White capital and recall one of its significant episodes – the meeting of the schoolboy Leonid Martynov with the Petrograd poet Georgy Maslov in the summer of 1919. They met at the book collection office creating hospital libraries in August 1919. The meeting with the first real poet made a strong impression on Leonid. Young people met often, came to each other’s homes. It is not difficult to imagine how fascinating and informatively rich were he stories of the participant in the Pushkin seminary and the university’s “Circle of Poets” for the Omsk schoolboy. Maslov introduced the schoolboy and his friends N. Kalmykov and V. Shebalin to all the “stray” writers. Maslov wrote a lot and published poetry in local periodicals, and Martynov was probably one of the first to read them. Maslov firmly adhered to the anti-Bolshevik position, and in poetry on contemporary themes he expressed his high patriotic feelings, calling on his compatriots to enlightenment. These moods influenced the young Omsk citizen. In line with the influence of Maslov on the worldview of young Martynov – a positive attitude towards the personality of A. V. Kolchak. In the spring in Soviet Omsk, Leonid left the gymnasium, which, under the new government, has now become the United Labor School. This decision, formed, of course, under the influence of Maslov, was an expression of protest and a demonstration of Martynov’s attitude to the new government. At the end of May 1920, fifteen-year-old Martynov went to Krasnoyarsk, where he met with E. Ivanov, who told him about the long, painful retreat to the east, the death of Maslov, showed him the poems he had written on the way. Returning to Omsk, Martynov meets with Maslov’s friend Tanya Solovyova, with whom they remember the poet and read his poems. At this time, Martynov conceived the idea of a poem dedicated to the memory of a friend – “Harlequinade”. In May 1922, Martynov is in Moscow, where he meets with the participants of the Omsk literary meetings and participates in an evening in memory of Maslov. The short friendship between the “Pushkinist and the Futurist” was fruitful for the young Martynov. It played a decisive role in his professional development, the forming of his literary tastes, social guidelines. The name of Georgy Maslov remained dear to Leonid Martynov until the end of his life.

scholarly journals The History and Continuity of Kuningan Weaving

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fendi Adiatmono ◽  
Arif Rivai
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Behavior Patterns ◽  
Digital Cameras ◽  
Transmission Method ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Visual History

Human work is influenced by thinking and behavior patterns. Weaving as a result of human culture is no longer something that is considered important. Birth and development have not been comprehensively explored. Kuningan as a weaving region cannot be separated from the problem. Its development stalled during Colonial rule.This research aims to describe the development of weaving as a home industry in terms of cultural history, form of motives and management. This study aims to (1) describe the weaving motif in the Kuningan home industry; and (2) design forms of motifs that are in accordance with the history of Kuningan culture; and (3) suitable management of art applied to the Kuningan area. This research is a qualitative research where the data obtained from observations, interviews, documentation, and participant observations are presented in descriptive form. The instruments in this study were the researchers themselves with guidelines for observation, interviews, and documentation. The tools used in this study are digital cameras and writing equipment. The validity of the data from this paper is obtained by perseverance / regularity of observation and publication of research results. Analysis of the data used in the form of reduction, presentation of data, and conclusion. The results of this study indicate (1) the weaving motifs of home industry production are not in accordance with the development of other textile arts, such as batik. Then the form of the motive produced is the result of interference from outside countries; and (2) Kuningan home industry weaving is not in the right management, as evidenced by the death of the industry in the present.This research uses the theory of visual history and methods of anthropological approaches, forms of aesthetics, and symbols that are relevant to the subject and subject matter of the problem. So, the context that was built to be legitimate, text, oral and visual, both now and past has been used as a reconstruction. The contents of the study and his work aroused community sensitivity in formulating natural and human development constructions. The general objective of this research is the point of awareness, that it creates filters, balance, and makes a counter of global forces that try to make Indonesian society artificial.This research is expected to emit reference needs for public creativity in general. The written phrases are expected to be able to inspire the sensitivity of the people of Indonesia, to further dynamize the transmission method in the construction of the community.

scholarly journals O caderno de sabatinas: uma proposta de análise sobre culturas e práticas escolares do Colégio Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Farroupilha (Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil)

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 460
Author(s):  
Gisele Belusso ◽  
Terciane Ângela Luchese
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
School Cultures ◽  
School Practices ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Primary Teaching ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
History Of Institutions

O presente artigo comunica resultados de pesquisa na temática da História da Educação, atentando para o processo histórico do Colégio Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Farroupilha/RS (1922-1954). Nesse sentido, tem como objetivo analisar indícios das culturas e práticas escolares a partir da cultura material. Para tanto, utilizou-se, principalmente, um caderno de sabatinas e também outros documentos, tais como o livro de atas de comemorações cívicas, livros de chamada, legislação vigente e memórias de ex-alunos e ex-professoras-religiosas. O aporte teórico é o da História Cultural e, como metodologia, foi utilizada a análise documental e a história oral. A análise permitiu perceber elementos das culturas e práticas escolares que permearam o cotidiano do Colégio Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, no ensino primário, na década de 40 do século XX.Palavras-chave: Práticas escolares. História das instituições. Ensino Primário.AbstractThis article presents research results within the subject History of Education, paying attention to the historic process of Nossa Senhora de Lourdes School, Farroupilha/RS (1922-1954). In this sense, its objective is to analyze signs of culture and school practices from material culture. For this, an evaluation notebook and other documents were mainly used, as well as a minute book of civic commemorations, roll call books, existing legislation and memories of ex-students and ex-teachers-Sisters. The theoretical contribution is that of Cultural History, and, as methodology, the document analysis and oral history were used. The analysis allowed noting elements of school cultures and practices that permeated Nossa Senhora de Lourdes School daily routine, in primary school, in the forties of the twentieth century.Key words: School practices. History of institutions. Primary teaching. ResumenEste artículo comunica resultados de investigación en la temática de la Historia de la Educación, atentando para el proceso histórico del Colegio Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Farroupilha/RS (1922-1954). En este sentido, tiene por objetivo analizar indicios de las culturas y prácticas escolares a partir de la cultura material. Para tanto, se utilizó, principalmente, un cuaderno de pruebas y también otros documentos, tales como el libro de actas de conmemoraciones cívicas, libros de presencias, legislación vigente y memorias de ex-alumnos y ex-maestras religiosas. El aporte teórico es el de la Historia Cultural y, como metodología, fue utilizado el análisis documentario y la historia oral. El análisis permitió descubrir elementos de las culturas y prácticas escolares que permearon el cotidiano del Colegio Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, en la enseñanza primaria, en la década del 40 del siglo XX.Palabras clave: Prácticas escolares. Historia de las instituciones. Enseñanza Primaria.

scholarly journals Miteinander sprechen – verantwortlich, kompetent, reflektiert

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
The Self ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Self Image ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Speech Science ◽  
Professional Fields ◽  
High Level ◽  
Therapeutic Activities

Speech science has a history of over 120 years. In addition to the self-image of the discipline, this book focuses on everything that makes the subject so attractive: With its vital research and teaching subject, speaking and people talking to each other, it is both application-oriented and up-to-date. This explains the continuing high level of interest among students, research partners, and practical professional fields in education, art, media, counseling, therapy, and prevention. With study locations in Halle, Jena and Marburg, Speech Science is represented throughout Germany. As an interdisciplinary research and working subject with links to linguistics, medicine, pedagogy, psychology, politics and sociology, among others, there are also diverse collaborations in research, teaching and practice. This volume offers surprising insights into the diversity of speech science – from its history to the present to an outlook on what will be possible in the future. Susanne Voigt-Zimmermann holds a degree in speech science. After scientific, speech-educational, and clinical-therapeutic activities at the universities of Jena, Heidelberg, and Magdeburg, she has been a professor of speech science at the Department of Speech Science and Phonetics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg since 2017.

Geophysics Is Alive and Well

Geophysics ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin M. Barry
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
High Level

The fact that geophysics is alive and well today is quite obvious and this fact has generated a high level of optimism within all of us. The exploration geophysicist must, by nature, be an optimist when he probes the unknown subsurface with various sensing devices and techniques to locate the earth’s hidden resources. The pessimist is not inclined to take the risk of predicting anything he cannot put his finger on. There is an oft‐quoted rhyme that fits the situation well: Between the optimist and the pessimist, The difference is droll: The optimist sees the doughnut, But the pessimist sees the hole. In reviewing present activities and technology in exploration, we can appreciate why the geophysicist is not concerned with the hole — dry, empty, or otherwise — but is more optimistic than ever. In the last several years, our industry and SEG have seen an explosive growth in practically all areas of exploration geophysics, and in many respects 1981 is unique in the history of milestones in our profession.

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