scholarly journals Manfredo Tafuri and the critique of realism

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-195
Author(s):  
Luka Skansi
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Historical Contextualization ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Historical Discourses

One of the main themes of Manfredo Tafuri's historical work, whether he was analyzing Renaissance, Enlightenment or the 20th century architecture, has been that of trying to illustrate the distance between architect's work and reality. This topic is also the premise, the introductory theoretical frame for his critical and historical discourses that are inherent to his "critique of realism": a critique that was expressed in the essay Architettura e Realismo [Architecture and Realism], published in 1985. A text that represented the conclusion of Tafuri's observation on the Italian postwar architectural culture. In this essay the Italian neorealism became the object of a rather unique historical contextualization, the object of Tafuri's deep critique and, ultimately, of his demystification.

scholarly journals Training as a Path to Ethos in the Formation of the Actor

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chavannes Péclat ◽  
Elias Lopes ◽  
Renato Ferracini
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Laboratory Practice ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Work Routines ◽  
Historical Contextualization ◽  
Fundamental Reference ◽  
Odin Teatret

ABSTRACT In this article, the authors discuss training as a way of shaping the ethos of the actor. The laboratory practice developed by the artists of the Odin Teatret and LUME Teatro serves as fundamental reference. Beginning with a historical contextualization of the European theater laboratories of the 20th century, the text moves on to focus on training within the context of the aforementioned groups. From the analysis of their artistic practices, the article proposed an interpretation of the training session as a place for developing and consolidating the ethos of the actor, understood as a catalyst for a set of practices and knowledge that artists acquire by through their work routines. In conclusion, the authors reaffirm the perspective that they offer by explaining how the laboratory practices of these theater groups has been reinvented, in light of the global pandemic restrictions of COVID-19.

scholarly journals Doomed Youth: Antonio Cánovas, a Young Sportsman in Time of War in 1930s Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Viuda-Serrano ◽  
Iker Ibarrondo-Merino
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Working Class ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Spanish Civil War ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Active Life ◽  
Historical Contextualization ◽  
Politically Active

During the Spanish Civil War (SCW) 1936–1939, many young working-class sportsmen volunteered. They were both physically and politically active and some of them outstanding athletes. The search of these unknown men has just begun. Doomed Youth is a tribute to them and the first step toward a bigger attempt to better comprehend the role of sportsmen volunteers enlisted during the first months of the SCW, a fact that to date has received little scholar attention. Archival research, especially war combatants' family records as well as newspaper archives, oral memories of the protagonists left alive, and historical contextualization were defined as the appropriate methods to conduct the research. This paper is devoted to one of these young volunteers, Antonio Cánovas, recently dead in 2018 at the age of 98, whose life story in the 1930s and 1940s may be taken as the epitome of the young working-class sportsman of the cutting-edge regions of Spain in the first half of the 20th century: youngsters aware of their political and social rights whose dreams of social justice and active life were dashed by the war.

scholarly journals Rastros de vanguarda em uma rua de mão única: caminhos possíveis em Walter Benjamin / Tracks of Avant-Guard in a One-Way Street: Possible Paths in Walter Benjamin

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Nathália Ananda Silva de Lima
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Historical Contextualization

Resumo: Ao elencar e organizar uma vasta coleção de textos fragmentários, que versam desde reflexões sobre suportes para o literário até o cotidiano dos alemães, Walter Benjamin revela em “Rua de mão única” (1928) uma possibilidade de aproximar sua proposta de escritura às estéticas de vanguarda do início do século XX. Desse modo, a presença da técnica de montagem permite entrever o rastro de elementos surrealistas, dadaístas e cubistas na constituição da obra. Assim, para ilustrar como tais artifícios ressoam em Benjamin, este trabalho apresentará contextualizações históricas de Nicolau Sevcenko e Francesco Careri e o estudo sobre técnicas de montagem de Willi Bolle junto a fragmentos da obra do pensador alemão.Palavras-chave: Walter Benjamin; vanguarda; Rua de mão única.Abstract: By cataloguing and organizing a vast collection of fragmentary texts, which cover aspects from his reflection about supports to the literary text to the German quotidian, Walter Benjamin revels, in “Rua de mão única” (1928), the possibility of approaching his proposal of writing to the Avant-guard aesthetics of the beginning of the 20th century.  This way, the presence of the montage technique allows us to glimpse the tracks of surrealist, dadaist and cubist elements in the constitution of the work. Thus, to illustrate how such artifices resonate in Benjamin, this work presents the historical contextualization by Nicolau Sevcenko and Francesco Careri and the study about techniques of montage by Willi Bolle, together with fragments of the German thinker’s work.Keywords: Walter Benjamin; avant-guard; one-way street.

Development of Reading Remediation for Dyslexic Individuals

2016 ◽  
Vol 224 (4) ◽  
pp. 240-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mélanie Bédard ◽  
Line Laplante ◽  
Julien Mercier
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Behavioral Data ◽  
Educational Neuroscience ◽  
Reading Remediation ◽  
Functional Brain ◽  
Neurophysiological Data ◽  
Brain Correlates ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Brain

Abstract. Dyslexia is a phenomenon for which the brain correlates have been studied since the beginning of the 20th century. Simultaneously, the field of education has also been studying dyslexia and its remediation, mainly through behavioral data. The last two decades have seen a growing interest in integrating neuroscience and education. This article provides a quick overview of pertinent scientific literature involving neurophysiological data on functional brain differences in dyslexia and discusses their very limited influence on the development of reading remediation for dyslexic individuals. Nevertheless, it appears that if certain conditions are met – related to the key elements of educational neuroscience and to the nature of the research questions – conceivable benefits can be expected from the integration of neurophysiological data with educational research. When neurophysiological data can be employed to overcome the limits of using behavioral data alone, researchers can both unravel phenomenon otherwise impossible to document and raise new questions.

Updating Our Knowledge of Reasoning in the 20th Century

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 764-765
Author(s):  
William E. Deuser ◽  
Craig A. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century
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