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Le Corbusier in the Antipodes Art Architecture and Urbanism

Le Corbusier in the Antipodes Art Architecture and Urbanism

This book considers the architect Le Corbusier’s encounters with Australia and New Zealand as a two-way exchange showing the impact of his ideas and projects on architects of the region whilst also revealing counterinfluences on Le Corbusier in his post-war career that were activated by his contacts. Compiled from detailed archival research undertaken at the Fondation Le Corbusier Paris and nationally based archives Le Corbusier in the Antipodes brings together a set of episodes placing them in context with the history of modern art architecture and urbanism in 20th century Australia and New Zealand. Key exchanges between Le Corbusier and others never before described are presented and analyzed including Le Corbusier’s contact with Australian architect Harry Seidler at Chandigarh Le Corbusier’s drawing of the plan of Adelaide in 1950 and his creative collaboration with Jorn Utzon on art for the Sydney Opera House. This book also includes analysis of previously unseen Le Corbusier artworks which formed part of the Utzon family collection. In reading these personal and contingent moments of encounter the book puts forward new ways of understanding the dissemination and mediation of Le Corbusier’s ideas and their effects in post-war Australia and New Zealand. These antipodean contacts are set against the broader story of Le Corbusier’s career questioning received interpretations of his design methods and current assumptions about the influence of his work in national contexts beyond Europe. | Le Corbusier in the Antipodes Art Architecture and Urbanism

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Architecture and the Historical Imagination Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814–1879

Architecture and the Historical Imagination Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814–1879

Hailed as one of the key theoreticians of modernism Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc was also the most renowned restoration architect of his age a celebrated medieval archaeologist and a fervent champion of Gothic revivalism. He published some of the most influential texts in the history of modern architecture such as the Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture fran§aise du XIe au XVIe siècle and Entretiens sur l’architecture but also studies on warfare geology and racial history. Martin Bressani expertly traces Viollet-le-Duc’s complex intellectual development mapping the attitudes he adopted toward the past showing how restoration in all its layered meaning shaped his outlook. Through his life journey we follow the route by which the technological subject was born out of nineteenth-century historicism. | Architecture and the Historical Imagination Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814–1879

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Pro Tools LE and M-Powered The complete guide

Pro Tools LE and M-Powered The complete guide

Pro Tools LE and M-Powered is an authoritative guide to Digidesign's entry-level hardware and software systems. Illustrated throughout with color screen grabs the book starts by giving you useful overviews and advice about the hardware options available. Subsequent chapters are packed with easy-to-follow instructions valuable hints and time-saving tips on how to use the software. Includes:* Full coverage of all new features in version 7* Information on tempos clicks and grooves* Two chapters on MIDI* Useful tutorials on using Reason Live and SampleTank* Recommendations on backups and transfers* Guidance on the DV Toolkit for post productionFor troubleshooting technical problems advice on purchasing decisions or inspiration for new ideas keep this book by your side as a vital reference point. | Pro Tools LE and M-Powered The complete guide

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Baudelaire's Le Spleen de Paris Shifting Perspectives

Baudelaire's Le Spleen de Paris Shifting Perspectives

Maria Scott's study of the operation of irony in Baudelaire's Le Spleen de Paris contends that the principal target of the collection's spleen is its own readership. Baudelaire as one of the most perceptive cultural commentators of the nineteenth century was naturally very keenly aware of the growing dominance of the bourgeoisie in France not least as a market for art and literature. Despite being dependent on this market for his own writing the poet was highly critical of bourgeois values and attitudes. Scott builds on existing criticism of the collection to argue that these are indirectly mocked in Le Spleen de Paris often in the person of the poet's supposed textual alter ego. The contention is that the prose poems betray the trust of readers by way of an apparent transparency of meaning that functions to blind us to their embedded irony. Though focused on Le Spleen de Paris Scott's study engages with the full range of Baudelaire's writings including his art and literary criticism. Her book will be of interest not only to Baudelaire scholars but also to those engaged more generally with nineteenth-century French culture. | Baudelaire's Le Spleen de Paris Shifting Perspectives

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Geopolitics Northern Europe and Nordic Noir What Television Series Tell Us About World Politics

Geopolitics Northern Europe and Nordic Noir What Television Series Tell Us About World Politics

With its focus on the popular television genre of Nordic noir this book examines subtle and explicit manifestations of geopolitics in crime series from Scandinavia and Finland as well as the impact of such programmes on how northern Europe is viewed around the world. Drawing on a diverse set of literature from screen studies to critical International Relations Geopolitics Northern Europe and Nordic Noir addresses the fraught geopolitical content of Nordic television series as well as how Nordic noir as a genre travels the globe. With empirical chapters focusing on the interlinked concepts of the body the border and the nation-state this book interrogates the various ways in which northern European states grapple with challenges wrought by globalisation neoliberalism and climate change. Reflecting the current global fascination with all things Nordic this text examines the light and dark sides of the region as seen through the television screen demonstrating that series such as Occupied Trapped and The Bridge have much to teach us about world politics. This book will be of interest to those interested in geopolitics national identity and the politics of popular culture in: Scandinavian studies media/screen studies IR/political science human/cultural geography sociology anthropology cultural studies and communication. | Geopolitics Northern Europe and Nordic Noir What Television Series Tell Us About World Politics

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e-Research y español LE/L2 Investigar en la era digital

e-Research y español LE/L2 Investigar en la era digital

e-Research y español LE/L2: Investigar en la era digital es el primer volumen que aborda de manera conjunta las aportaciones al español LE/L2 de la lingüística de corpus la biblioteconomía y la edición digital. Es excelente para mejorar las técnicas de investigación a la vez que se toma conciencia sobre el uso de las tecnologías en los estudios sobre el español LE/L2. Características principales: visión interdisciplinar e internacional a partir del trabajo de expertos que ejercen su actividad docente investigadora y profesional en diferentes ámbitos y en distintos países; planteamiento teórico-práctico mediante la exposición de una reflexión teórica y la descripción de casos prácticos; sólido marco teórico que se presenta en los dos primeros capítulos; estructura homogénea dividida en útiles apartados (necesidades cómo ayudan las tecnologías y casos concretos) para que el lector pueda localizar los contenidos con facilidad; lectura del volumen que puede ser lineal (capítulo tras capítulo) o transversal (por ejemplo los casos prácticos que se presentan en cada capítulo); materiales complementarios en línea como por ejemplo glosario hipertextual y enlaces a los corpus y programas mencionados en los capítulos. Escrito en español de manera clara y accesible y con abundantes ejemplos e ilustraciones e-Research y español LE/L2: Investigar en la era digital es ideal para todas aquellas personas vinculadas con la investigación en torno al español LE/L2: estudiantes de máster y doctorado directores de tesis (PhD o máster) y profesores. e-Research y español LE/L2: Investigar en la era digital is the first volume that jointly addresses the contributions of corpus linguistics librarianship and digital publishing to Spanish as a second or foreign language (LE/L2). It is excellent for improving research techniques while raising awareness about the use of technologies in studies of Spanish LE/L2. Main features: interdisciplinary and international vision based on the work of experts who carry out their teaching research and professional activities in different fields and in different countries; theoretical-practical approach through the presentation of a theoretical reflection and the description of practical cases; solid theoretical framework which is presented in the first two chapters; each chapter is divided into three useful sections (needs how technologies help and specific cases) so that the reader can easily locate the contents; reading can be linear (chapter by chapter) or transversal (for example the practical cases presented in each chapter); supplementary online materials include a hypertext glossary and links to the corpus and programs mentioned in the chapters. Written in Spanish in a clear and accessible way and with abundant examples and illustrations e-Research y español LE/L2: Investigar en la era digital is ideal for all those involved in research on Spanish LE/L2 master's and doctoral students thesis supervisors and professors. | e-Research y español LE/L2 Investigar en la era digital

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Lingüística cognitiva y español LE/L2

Lingüística cognitiva y español LE/L2

Lingüística cognitiva y español LE/L2 constituye una valiosa aportación al estudio de la adquisición y la enseñanza del español LE/L2 desde la perspectiva teórica de la lingüística cognitiva. Se trata de la primera obra escrita en español en la que se ofrece una introducción a la lingüística cognitiva y su aplicación didáctica a la enseñanza del español LE/L2 desde una óptica internacional. Combina una orientación teórico-práctica que incluye diferentes estudios empíricos con pautas para ayudar a los profesores de español a integrar la lingüística cognitiva en la enseñanza de la lengua. Características principales: • Una estructura homogénea y facilitadora de la lectura de los distintos capítulos que sirve para integrar contenidos lingüísticos y gramaticales desde un punto de vista cognitivo; • Cuestiones clave en la enseñanza del español LE/L2 desde la óptica de la lingüística cognitiva: aspectos controvertidos de gramática el desarrollo de la competencia metafórica el aprendizaje del léxico la influencia de la lengua materna el foco en la forma el uso de la traducción pedagógica; • Pautas y sugerencias para aplicar la lingüística cognitiva en la enseñanza de la lengua así como futuras vías de investigación; • Una selección de imágenes gráfi cos e ilustraciones para facilitar la comprensión de los temas y conceptos que se abordan en el volumen; • Un glosario bilingüe (español e inglés) de términos clave para que cualquier lector pueda familiarizarse con los conceptos fundamentales de la lingüística cognitiva. Escrito en español de manera clara y accesible y con abundantes ejemplos Lingüística cognitiva y español LE/L2 es una obra de referencia para docentes de español como LE/L2 estudiantes graduados y formadores de profesores así como para cualquier persona que desee adquirir una perspectiva actual sobre las principales aportaciones teóricas y prácticas de la lingüística cognitiva a la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de segundas lenguas.

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Communication Yearbook 29

Communication Yearbook 29

For the past 55 years the International Communication Association (ICA) has provided a venue for scholars and researchers to share ideas and findings in all aspects of the field of communication through its expanding publications program and its annual conference. The Association also works to increase visibility for communication scholarship and to foster research internationally. Communication Yearbook 29 centers on the theme of Communication and the Future. Authors in this volume address the future as they review 12 diverse areas of communication research. There have been many changes in the world and this volume addresses questions such as: Has the discipline of communication kept up with change? Have we adapted to new technology and moved forward in our thinking? What do we as a discipline have to say about the future? Are there new areas in which we should be making a contribution? And are there new ways of looking at long-standing lines of communication research? The focus of this volume is on what we can do as communication scholars to make a difference in everyday life and in the future. Communication Yearbook 29 is an important reference for scholars and graduate students across the field of communication.

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Teoría sociocultural y español LE/L2

Teoría sociocultural y español LE/L2

Teoría sociocultural y español LE/L2 es una introducción académica a conceptos clave de la teoría sociocultural aplicada a la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de español como segunda lengua y lengua extranjera. Los capítulos han sido escritos por expertos de todo el mundo tanto por investigadores y profesores de larga trayectoria como por nuevos investigadores. La obra ofrece una revisión detallada del impacto de las ideas socioculturales en la enseñanza y aprendizaje de español. Es el primer libro que se publica en español con este enfoque. En sus páginas se documenta la transformación que el enfoque sociocultural está produciendo en la enseñanza-aprendizaje de segundas lenguas en su investigación y evaluación y en la formación docente. La obra concibe el aprendizaje y el desarrollo como actividades socioculturales e interpersonales y destaca el objetivo de la evaluación y de la investigación como herramientas de intervención dinámica para el aprendizaje y crecimiento y finalmente cómo un enfoque sociocultural ilumina la importancia de la mediación en los procesos de aprendizaje y desarrollo de la persona. El volumen tiene las siguientes características: Incluye una entrevista con James P. Lantolf uno de los investigadores más prominentes de la teoría sociocultural aplicada a las segundas lenguas Un uso consistente de la terminología de la teoría sociocultural en español a lo largo de toda la obra Cada capítulo tiene una estructura homogénea lo cual facilita su consulta No reproduce la literatura existente en inglés sino que desarrolla propuestas teóricas y de investigación propias y novedosas Incluye un glosario disponible en línea de términos relevantes en la teoría sociocultural con breves definiciones Diseñado y pensado para aquellos sin conocimientos previos de la teoría Teoría sociocultural y español LE/L2 ofrece explicaciones claras y accesibles sobre la TSC acompañadas de ejemplos concretos y aplicaciones prácticas para la clase de lenguas. Es un recurso esencial para cualquiera que enseñe español LE/L2 así como para quienes investiguen su adquisición. Teoría sociocultural y español LE/L2 introduces the key concepts of sociocultural theory (SCT) as they apply to the teaching and acquisition of Spanish as a second and foreign language. Contributions from leading experts from across the globe both well-established and emerging scholars offer an in-depth view of how a sociocultural approach can impact the teaching and learning of Spanish. The first book on this subject to be written in Spanish this unique volume examines the transformation that sociocultural ideas are producing and conceives learning and development as sociocultural and interpersonal activities. It highlights the objective of evaluation and research as dynamic intervention tools for learning and growth the active role learners must play and how a sociocultural approach illuminates the importance of mediation in the learning and development processes of the individual. Key features include: An interview with James P. Lantolf one of the most prominent researchers in SCT applied to second languages A consistent use of sociocultural theory terminology in Spanish throughout A homogeneous chapter structure which makes it easy to consult Its own newly developed theoretical and research proposals An online glossary of relevant terms in sociocultural theory with brief definitions Designed for those with no prior knowledge of the subject area Teoría sociocultural y español LE/L2 provides straightforward and accessible explanations of SCT accompanied by specific and practical applications for the language classroom. It is an essential resource for anyone teaching or studying to teach Spanish as well as researchers in Spanish second language acquisition.

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Sensing the World An Anthropology of the Senses

Sensing the World An Anthropology of the Senses

Sensing the World: An Anthropology of the Senses is a highly original and comprehensive overview of the anthropology and sociology of the body and the senses. Discussing each sense in turn – seeing hearing touch smell and taste – Le Breton has written a truly monumental work vast in scope and deeply engaging in style. Among other pioneering moves he gives equal attention to light and darkness sound and silence and his disputation of taste explores aspects of disgust and revulsion. Part phenomenological part historical this is above all a cultural account of perception which returns the body and the senses to the center of social life. Le Breton is the leading authority on the anthropology of the body and the senses in French academia. With a repute comparable to the late Pierre Bourdieu his 30+ books have been translated into numerous languages. This is the first of his works to be made available in English. This sensuously nuanced translation of La Saveur du monde is accompanied by a spicy preface from series editor David Howes who introduces Le Breton's work to an English-speaking audience and highlights its implications for the disciplines of anthropology sociology and the cross-disciplinary field of sensory studies. | Sensing the World An Anthropology of the Senses

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Medieval Narbonne A City at the Heart of the Troubadour World

Medieval Narbonne A City at the Heart of the Troubadour World

This volume presents a series of studies by Jacqueline Caille acknowledged as the leading expert on medieval Narbonne which chart the development and history of the city from its Roman origins to its decline in the late Middle Ages. They focus on the period of Narbonne's heyday from the mid-11th to the mid-14th centuries and a central place is held by Ermengarde viscountess for half the 12th century and celebrated figure in the 'world of the troubadours'. The book opens with an important new introductory survey in English setting the context for the detailed studies which follow several of which also appear in English for the first time and all being updated with additional notes. These articles cover the physical growth of the great medieval centre the relations and conflicts between its secular and ecclesiastical lords its administrative and religious life and its political and commercial connections with the areas around. Ce volume regroupe une série d'études de Jacqueline Caille spécialiste reconnue de l'histoire de Narbonne au Moyen Age. L'antique cité y est présentée depuis ses origines romaines jusqu' la fin du XVe siècle en insistant particulièrement sur la période la plus brillante des siècles médiévaux du milieu du XIe au milieu du XIVe siècle. Le recueil s'ouvre par un long survol historique inédit en anglais brossant le contexte général o¹ s'insèrent les études spécialisées qui suivent réactualisées par des notes additionnelles. Les principaux thèmes pouvant ªtre dégagés des ces articles concernent le développement topographique de cette grande ville médiévale les relations et les conflits entre les seigneurs qui la dirigent (archevªques et vicomtes) la vie administrative et religieuse de l'agglomération ainsi que ses relations politiques et commerciales avec les régions environnantes. Enfin une place de choix est faite l'une des éminentes figures du monde des troubadours la victomtesse | Medieval Narbonne A City at the Heart of the Troubadour World

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The Story of the Salem Witch Trials

The Story of the Salem Witch Trials

Providing an accessible and comprehensive overview The Story of the Salem Witch Trials explores the events between June 10 and September 22 1692 when nineteen people were hanged one was pressed to death and over 150 were jailed for practicing witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts. This book explores the history of that event and provides a synthesis of the most recent scholarship on the subject. It places the trials into the context of the Great European Witch-Hunt and relates the events of 1692 to witch-hunting throughout seventeenth-century New England. Now in a third edition this book has been updated to include an expanded section on the European origins of witch-hunts an updated and expanded epilogue (which discusses the witch-hunts real and imagined historical and cultural since 1692) and an extensive bibliography. This complex and difficult subject is covered in a uniquely accessible manner that captures all the drama that surrounded the Salem witch trials. From beginning to end the reader is carried along by the author’s powerful narration and mastery of the subject. While covering the subject in impressive detail Bryan Le Beau maintains a broad perspective on the events and wherever possible lets the historical characters speak for themselves. Le Beau highlights the decisions made by individuals responsible for the trials that helped turn what might have been a minor event into a crisis that has held the imagination of students of American history. This third edition of The Story of the Salem Witch Trials is essential for students and scholars alike who are interested in women’s and gender history colonial American history and early modern history.

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Writings by Pre-Revolutionary French Women From Marie de France to Elizabeth Vige-Le Brun

Writings by Pre-Revolutionary French Women From Marie de France to Elizabeth Vige-Le Brun

The present volume covers 30 Pre-Revolutionary French women providing a representative sampling of their manifold and varied contributions to intellectual and cultural history. This volume is unique in its grouping of essentially French writers from the Pre-Revolutionary period. The authors included here range from those prominent because of their social position or literary fame to those slowly becoming part of a new canon of Old Regime women writers - authors whose works were known to their contemporaries but who have slipped into near invisibility in the following centuries until their recent rediscovery and reassessment. | Writings by Pre-Revolutionary French Women From Marie de France to Elizabeth Vige-Le Brun

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The Sublime

The Sublime

Related to ideas of the great the awe-inspiring and the overpowering the sublime has been debated for centuries amongst writers artists philosophers and theorists and has become a complex yet crucial concept in many disciplines. In this thoroughly updated edition Philip Shaw looks at: Early modern and post-Romantic conceptions of the sublime in two brand new chapters The legacy of the earliest classical theories through those of the long eighteenth century to modernist postmodernist and avant-garde conceptions of the sublime Critical Introductions to major theorists of the sublime such as Longinus Burke Kant Schopenhauer Nietzsche Derrida Lyotard Lacan and Žižek The significance of the concept through a range of literary readings including the Old and New Testaments Homer Milton and writing from the Romantic period to the present day How the concept of the sublime has affected other art forms such as painting and film from abstract expressionism to David Lynch’s neo-noir The influence of the sublime on recent debates in the fields of politics theology and psychoanalysis. Offering historical overviews and explanations this remarkably clear study is essential reading for students of literature critical and cultural theory.

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Mapping the Posthuman

Mapping the Posthuman

This book works to delineate some of the major routes by which science and art intersect. Structured according to the origin myths of the posthuman that continue to shape the idea of the human in our technological modernity this volume gives space to narratives of alter-modernity that resonate with Ursula K. Le Guin’s call for a new kind of story which exposes the violence and exploitation driven by a sustained belief in human exceptionalism anthropocentrism and cultural superiority. In this context the posthuman myths of multispecies flourishing given in this collection which are situated across a range of historical times and locations and media and modalities are to be thought of as kernels of possible futures that can only be realized through collective endeavour. | Mapping the Posthuman

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The Gaullist Phenomenon The Gaullist Movement in the Fifth Republic

The Gaullist Phenomenon The Gaullist Movement in the Fifth Republic

Books on gaullism – or more precisely books on General de Gaulle – are not uncommon. Originally published in English in 1971 this claimed to be the first book of this sort on gaullism as a political force within the French political system. Since the publication of his work on the Union pour la nouvelle République Jean Charlot had become known as one of the few objective experts on gaullism. His knowledge of the British political system had helped him to appreciate the nature of the gaullist party which he saw from the first not as a transient party linked to the political career of General de Gaulle but as a major modern right-wing party comparable to the Conservative Party in Britain. In this book he demonstrates how the gaullist movement is a ‘voter-oriented’ party the first that France had really ever known. The strength of gaullism lies in the electorate which had fully accepted gaullist economic policies the institutional changes introduced under the Republic and the party’s foreign policy. This voter-oriented party had fundamentally changed the French party system. A majority party since 1962 the gaullist movement would force the left to regroup within a left-wing voter-oriented party if it did not want to face political sterility. Jean Charlot was one of the few specialists to publish an article just after the referendum (Le Monde May 2 1969) forecasting that the departure of General de Gaulle did not foreshadow the end of gaullism as a major political force. | The Gaullist Phenomenon The Gaullist Movement in the Fifth Republic

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Dam Safety Management / Gestion de la Sécurité des Barrages Pre operational phases of the dam life cycle / Phases de conception constructio

Dam Safety Management / Gestion de la Sécurité des Barrages Pre operational phases of the dam life cycle / Phases de conception constructio

Dam Safety Management is a major concern during the entire lifetime cycle of a dam scheme. This is particularly true for the operational phase of the scheme that represents by far the longest period in its lifetime cycle. Bulletin 154 presented a general approach and concepts to be applied to dam operation. The current Bulletin 175 extends the developed concepts to all phases preceding the operational phase. Many risks associated with the operation of existing dams have their origins in other phases preceding the actual operation. Although there are numerous ICOLD Bulletins addressing technical aspects of planning design construction and commissioning of dams there is not a single Bulletin which covers the subject in a comprehensive manner. The current document is a first attempt to capture all relevant dam safety aspects in all preoperational phases by systematically characterizing the actors involved their roles the activities and complex interactions present in different phases of the dam lifecycle. An Overarching Safety Management System is specifically developed that can be applied to all actors involved. La gestion de la sécurité des barrages est une préoccupation majeure pendant tout le cycle de vie d'un projet de barrage. Cela est particulièrement vrai pour la phase opérationnelle du système qui représente de loin la période la plus longue de son cycle de vie. Le Bulletin 154 présente une approche générale et des concepts à appliquer à l'exploitation des barrages. Le Bulletin 175 actuel étend les concepts développés à toutes les phases précédant la phase d'exploitation. De nombreux risques associés à l'exploitation des barrages existants ont leur origine dans d'autres phases précédant l'exploitation proprement dite. Bien qu'il existe de nombreux bulletins ICOLD traitant des aspects techniques de la planification de la conception de la construction et de la mise en service des barrages il n'existe pas un seul bulletin qui couvre le sujet de manière exhaustive. Le document actuel est une première tentative de capturer tous les aspects pertinents de la sécurité des barrages dans toutes les phases pré-opérationnelles en caractérisant systématiquement les acteurs impliqués leurs rôles les activités et les interactions complexes présentes dans les différentes phases du cycle de vie du barrage. Un système global de gestion de la sécurité est spécifiquement développé et peut être appliqué à tous les acteurs impliqués. | Dam Safety Management / Gestion de la Sécurité des Barrages Pre operational phases of the dam life cycle / Phases de conception constructio

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Bulgarian Harmony In Village Wedding and Choral Music of the Last Century

Bulgarian Harmony In Village Wedding and Choral Music of the Last Century

An in-depth study of the Bulgarian harmonic system is long overdue. More than two decades since the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares choir was awarded a Grammy (1990) there is no scholarly study of the captivating sounds of Bulgarian vertical sonorities. Kalin Kirilov traces the gradual formation of a unique harmonic system that developed in three styles of Bulgarian music: village music from the 1930s to the 1990s wedding music from the 1970s to 2000 and choral arrangements (obrabotki) - creations of the socialist period (1944-1989) popularized by Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. Kirilov classifies the different approaches to harmony and situates them in their historical and cultural contexts establishing new systems for analysis. In the process he introduces a new system for the categorization of scales. Kirilov argues that the ready-made concepts that are frequently forced onto Bulgarian music - ‘westernization’ ‘socialist’ or ‘Middle Eastern influence’ are not only outdated but also too vague to be of use in understanding the sophisticated modal and harmonic systems found in Bulgarian music. As an insider who has performed composed and arranged this music for 30 years Kirilov is uniquely qualified to interpret it for an international audience. | Bulgarian Harmony In Village Wedding and Choral Music of the Last Century

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The Philadelphia School and the Future of Architecture

The Philadelphia School and the Future of Architecture

Flourishing from 1951 to 1965 the Philadelphia School was an architectural golden age that saw a unique convergence of city practice and education all in renewal. And it was a bringing together of architecture city and regional planning and landscape architecture education under the leadership of Dean G. Holmes Perkins. During that time at the architecture school at the University of Pennsylvania (known as the Graduate School of Fine Arts or GSFA) Louis Kahn and Robert Venturi were transforming modern architecture; Romaldo Giurgola was applying continental philosophy to architectural theory; Robert Le Ricolais was building experimental structures; Ian McHarg was questioning Western civilization and advancing urban and regional ecology; Herbert Gans was moving into Levittown; and Denise Scott Brown was forging a syncretism of European and American planning theory and discovering popular culture. And in the city Edmund Bacon was directing the most active city planning commission in the country. This book describes the history of the school the transformation of the city of Philadelphia and the philosophy of the Philadelphia School in the context of other movements of the time and looks at what the Philadelphia School has to offer to architecture today and in the future all from the point of view of a student who was there. | The Philadelphia School and the Future of Architecture

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The Archetypal Artist Reimagining Creativity and the Call to Create

The Archetypal Artist Reimagining Creativity and the Call to Create

In this thoughtful and revelatory book Wood explores enduring and powerful theories on art creativity and what Jung called the creative spirit in order to illuminate how artists can truly understand what it means to be a creator. By bringing together insights on creativity from some of depth psychology’s most iconic thinkers such as C. G. Jung James Hillman and Joseph Campbell as well as featuring a selection of creators who have been influenced by these ideas such as Martha Graham Mary Oliver Stanley Kunitz and Ursula K. Le Guin this book explores archetypal thought and the role of the artist in society. This unique approach emphasizes the foundational need to understand and work with the unconscious forces that underpin a creative calling deepening our understanding of the transformational power of creativity and the vital role of the artist in the modern world. Acting as a touchstone for inquiries into the nature of creativity and of the soul this enlightening book is perfect for artists and creators of all types as well as Jungian analysts and therapists and academics interested in the arts humanities and depth psychology. | The Archetypal Artist Reimagining Creativity and the Call to Create

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