Tag: Cultural

Free Download Culture and Computing. Interactive Cultural Heritage and Arts: 9th International Conference, C&C 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24-29, 2021, Proceedings, Part I by Matthias Rauterberg
English | PDF | 2021 | 500 Pages | ISBN : 3030774104 | 106.9 MB
The two-volume set LNCS 12794-12795 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Culture and Computing, C&C 2021, which was held as part of HCI International 2021 and took place virtually during July 24-29, 2021.

Free Download Helle Porsdam, "Copyrighting Creativity: Creative Values, Cultural Heritage Institutions and Systems of Intellectual Property"
English | 2016 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 0367598655, 1472431650 | EPUB | 2,6 mb
What is the relationship between creativity, cultural heritage institutions and copyright? Who owns culture and cultural heritage? The digital age has expanded the horizon of creative possibilities for artists and cultural institutions – what is the impact on legal regimes that were constructed for an analogue world? What are the tensions between the safeguarding of cultural heritage and the dissemination of knowledge about culture? Inspired by a three year research project involving leading European universities, this book explores the relationship between copyright and intellectual property, creativity and innovation, and cultural heritage institutions. Its contributors are scholars from both the humanities and the social sciences – from cultural studies to law – as well as cultural practitioners and representatives from cultural heritage institutions. They all share an interest in the contribution of intellectual property to the role of cultural institutions in making culture accessible and encouraging new creativity.

Free Download Christina Yi, "Colonizing Language: Cultural Production and Language Politics in Modern Japan and Korea"
English | 2018 | pages: 248 | ISBN: 0231184204 | EPUB | 17,6 mb
With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, Japan embarked on a policy of territorial expansion that would claim Taiwan and Korea, among others. Assimilation policies led to a significant body of literature written in Japanese by colonial writers by the 1930s. After its unconditional surrender in 1945, Japan abruptly receded to a nation-state, establishing its present-day borders. Following Korea’s liberation, Korean was labeled the national language of the Korean people, and Japanese-language texts were purged from the Korean literary canon. At the same time, these texts were also excluded from the Japanese literary canon, which was reconfigured along national, rather than imperial, borders.

Free Download Claire Perkins, "B Is for Bad Cinema: Aesthetics, Politics, and Cultural Value"
English | 2014 | pages: 276 | ISBN: 143844995X, 1438449968 | PDF | 6,4 mb
Considers films that lurk on the boundaries of acceptability in taste, style, and politics.

Free Download Accounting for Cultural Heritage Management: Resilience, Sustainability and Accountability by Michela Magliacani , Valentina Toscano
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 210 Pages | ISBN : 3031382560 | 19 MB
The transformative role of culture, its ability to create value for the benefit of current and future generations, is widely recognized by academics of many disciplines, professionals and policymakers. Notwithstanding, how culture can be a driving force for economic growth, a source of welfare and tools for social inclusion, still deserves to be investigated at various levels, starting with local communities. This book attempts to explain the relevance of accounting knowledge for managing cultural heritage by sustainable, resilient, accountable organizations, regardless of their public or private institutional form.

Free Download Stones
by Oldershaw, Cally;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1789147719 | 296 pages | True PDF | 42.52 MB
The story of our deep and multifaceted connections to geological matter-the very bedrock of our lives.

Free Download Shells
by Fabio Moretzsohn;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1789147131 | 176 pages | True PDF | 13.81 MB
Echoing with the sounds of the sea, an exquisite survey of the science and customs of conchs, clams, coquinas, cowries, and much more.

Free Download What We Sow: On the Personal, Ecological, and Cultural Significance of Seeds (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C74TGYH8 | 2023 | 13 hours and 23 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 387 MB
Author: Jennifer Jewell
Narrator: Jennifer Jewell
An insightful, personal, and timely exploration into the wonderful world of seeds. In What We Sow, Jennifer Jewell brings listeners on an insightful year-long journey exploring the outsize impact one of nature’s smallest manifestations-the simple seed. She examines our skewed notions where "organic" seeds are grown and sourced, reveals how giant multinational agribusiness has refined and patented the genomes of seeds we rely on for staples like corn and soy, and highlights the efforts of activists working to regain legal access to heirloom seeds that were stolen from Indigenous peoples and people of color.

Free Download Understanding Russia: A Cultural History by Lynne Ann Hartnett, The Great Courses
English | 2018 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07H5PX7LM | MP3@64 kbps | ~12:56:00 + PDF | 411 Mb
From the earliest recorded history of the Russian state, its people have sought to define their place in the world. And while many of us look to make sense of Russia through its political history, in many ways a real grasp of this awe-inspiring country comes from looking closely at its cultural achievements.
The 24 lectures of Understanding Russia: A Cultural History survey hundreds of years of Russian culture, from the world of Ivan the Terrible to the dawn of the Soviet Union to the post-war tensions of Putin’s Russia. Blending history with cultural studies, they are designed to bring you closer than ever before to the Russian people – not just the authoritarian rulers like Peter the Great, the Romanovs, and Stalin but the everyday men and women who sought their own meaning in the poetry of Pushkin, the comfort of early folk tales, the faith of medieval iconography, the avant-garde films of Eisenstein, and more.

Free Download Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BX4PRS1S | 2023 | 12 hours and 10 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 348 MB
Author: Elyssa Maxx Goodman
Narrator: Kevin R. Free, Natalie Duke
An intimate, evocative history of drag in New York City exploring its dynamic role, from the Jazz Age to Drag Race, in queer liberation and urban life. From the lush feather boas that adorned early female impersonators to the sequined lip syncs of barroom queens to the drag kings that have us laughing in stitches, drag has played a vital role in the creative life of New York City. But the evolution of drag in the city-as an art form, a community and a mode of liberation-has never before been fully chronicled.