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Cultures of Natural History

Author : Nicholas Jardine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521558945
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (589 download)

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Download or read book Cultures of Natural History written by Nicholas Jardine and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-26 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This copiously illustrated volume is the first systematic general work to do justice to the fruits of recent scholarship in the history of natural history. Public interest in this lively field has been stimulated by environmental concerns and through links with the histories of art, collecting and gardening. The centrality of the development of natural history for other branches of history - medical, colonial, gender, economic, ecological - is increasingly recognized. Twenty-four specially commissioned essays cover the period from the sixteenth century, when the first institutions of natural history were created, to its late nineteenth-century transformation by practitioners of the new biological sciences. An introduction discusses novel approaches that have made this a major focus for research in cultural history. The essays, which include suggestions for further reading, offer a coherent and accessible overview of a fascinating subject. An epilogue highlights the relevance of this wide-ranging survey for current debates on museum practice, the display of ecological diversity and concerns about the environment.

Cultures and Institutions of Natural History

Author : Michael T. Ghiselin
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333633899
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Cultures and Institutions of Natural History written by Michael T. Ghiselin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cultures and Institutions of Natural History: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science This volume consists mainly of papers delivered at two meetings cosponsored by the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. The first, on the Culture of Natural History, was held in Milan, November l4-l 6, I996. The second, on Institutions of Natural History, was held in San Francisco, October 5 - 7, 1998. They followed two earlier conferences on Biology as History (pinna and Ghiselin I996; Ghiselin and Pinna I996) likewise held in Milan and San Francisco. We intend to continue the series of meetings and have publications based on them in commemoration of the Academy's sesquicentennial in 2003. The emphasis here is mainly upon natural history museums and the kind of science that goes on in them. Although the essays were originally written to stand by themselves, when arranged in chronological order they suggest a common theme. To paraphrase Darwin, the culture and institutions of natural history have been, and are being, evolved. They have adapted to local circumstances, diversified, and sometimes even progressed. We may hope that the future holds more than just retrogression and extinction in store. Read as case studies the essays provide valuable insights into not just how, but why, the institutions have come into being and subsequently been transformed. Previous generations had quite different ideas than we do about how a collection of naturalia is supposed to function and how it should be organized. And there were con icting goals and serious disputes about policy, much as there are today. Often, though not always, the institutions turn out to be very different from what had been envisioned by their founders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

CULTURES AND INSTITUTIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY

Author : MICHAEL T. GHISELIN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033672457
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (724 download)

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Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland

Author : Diarmid A Finnegan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317315723
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland by : Diarmid A Finnegan

Download or read book Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland written by Diarmid A Finnegan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between science and civil society is essential to our understanding of cultural change during the Victorian era. Finnegan's study looks at the shifting nature of this process during the nineteenth century, using Scotland as the focus for his argument.

Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society

Author : Anne Goldgar
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047405447
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society written by Anne Goldgar and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers new insights into the self-perceptions, strategies, and rituals through which early modern institutions functioned. Its wide range and its comparative vision of the nature of institutions prompts a new interpretation of the role of institutions in society. With contributions by Florence Hsia, Ian Anders Gadd, Gayle K. Brunelle, Christopher Carlsmith, Susan E. Brown, Victor Morgan, Steve Hindle, Janelle Day Jenstad, Eve Rosenhaft, Reed Benhamou, James Shaw, Kristine Haugen.

Employment Trends and Practices of Cultural Institutions Receiving Federal Funds

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
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Download or read book Employment Trends and Practices of Cultural Institutions Receiving Federal Funds written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Institution in Cultures: Theory and Practice

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900445506X
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Institution in Cultures: Theory and Practice written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-07-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book represents a selection of papers presented at an international symposium in Singapore on the role of theory and practice in the mutually interactive and mutating relations between institutions and cultures. In effect, the papers turn about a single theme: the ways in which power is expressed through those institutions by means of which cultures mediate their requirements. The symposium brought together scholars and academics from a variety of disciplines, including literature, philosophy, cultural studies, sociology, comparative literature and comparative religions. In terms of the geography of cultures and the history of institutions, the range of reference to this book of the symposium is global: from Hong Kong awaiting 1997, through the travails of political democracy in Singapore, and Cultural Studies à la Greenblatt or under the aegis of Shakespeare as cultural idol, through German Romantic theory and its relevance to current theorizing about theory in America, to Zen Buddhism and Nagarjuna and how these two sources refract the concerns of Jung, Lacan and Derrida; through Colonialism and postcoloniality and how they have shaped identity and mediated power to the current crises in education created by these mediations, specifically, in literary studies. The aim of the symposium was twofold: to theorize about the impulse to theorize in relation to the plurality of cultures and institutions which comprises our contemporary world; and to ground this impulse in those specificities and contingencies which provide resistance to such theorizing.

Culture Works

Author : Arlene M. Dávila
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814744311
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Culture Works written by Arlene M. Dávila and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on research in Puerto Rico, New York, and Buenos Aires.

Film Criticism as a Cultural Institution

Author : Huw Walmsley-Evans
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317286987
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Film Criticism as a Cultural Institution written by Huw Walmsley-Evans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the 21st century film criticism was described as in crisis. The decline of print journalism, a series of lay-offs of prominent critics, and the rise of "amateur" reviewing online spurred a conversation about the decline, even death, of film criticism. This discourse flourished in part because film criticism has been little examined in scholarship to date. This book takes a deeper look at film criticism by focusing on its institutional contours. This is achieved through a combination of archival research and interviews with prominent film critics and stakeholders, including Adrian Martin (LOLA), Stephanie Zacharek (Time), Peter Bart (Variety), and Andrew Sarris (The Village Voice). Film Criticism as a Cultural Institution first examines the contemporary crisis conversation surrounding film criticism, comparing this to historical precedents. It then provides what today’s crisis conversation does not: an account of film criticism’s institutional formations. Using primarily U.S. and Australian case studies based on interviews, observation and archival research—as well as accounts from other national schools—the book maps contemporary film criticism. Across various sites, such as publications or online spaces, and organisations, such as film critics circles, it elucidates film criticism’s institutional practices, tasks, comportments, and personae. Looking at the history of conversations about film criticism shows us that "crisis" has always been a leitmotif. While acknowledging the considerable changes and challenges that film criticism faces today, this book situates these within an historical context and proposes an institutional framework that allows us to move beyond crisis discourse. Looking at film criticism in this way allows us to see that the very question of what counts as film criticism is continually contested within an institutional ecology made up of distinctive critical comportments addressed to distinctive audiences.

National Geographic Kids Encyclopedia of American Indian History and Culture

Author : Cynthia O'Brien
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
ISBN 13 : 1426334532
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book National Geographic Kids Encyclopedia of American Indian History and Culture written by Cynthia O'Brien and published by National Geographic Kids. This book was released on 2019 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Complete with compelling stories told by tribal members and customs passed down through the ages, historical milestones, and profiles of prominent, modern-day leaders, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE is a richly illustrated and authoritative family reference." -- page 4 of cover.

Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions

Author : Emily Marsh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000852180
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions written by Emily Marsh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions will show you how to create digital exhibits and experiences for your users that will be informative, accessible and engaging. Illustrated with real-world examples of digital exhibits from a range of GLAMs, the book addresses the many analytical aspects and practical considerations involved in the creation of such exhibits. It will support you as you go about: analyzing content to find hidden themes, applying principles from the museum exhibit literature, placing your content within internal and external information ecosystems, selecting exhibit software, and finding ways to recognize and use your own creativity. Demonstrating that an exhibit provides a useful and creative connecting point where your content, your organization, and your audience can meet, the book also demonstrates that such exhibits can provide a way to revisit difficult and painful material in a way that includes frank and enlightened analyses of issues such as racism, colonialism, sexism, class, and LGBTQI+ issues. Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions is an essential resource for librarians, archivists, and other cultural heritage professionals who want to promote their institution’s digital content to the widest possible audience. Academics and students working in the fields of library and information science, museum studies and digital humanities will also find much to interest them within the pages of this book.

A Natural History of Human Morality

Author : Michael Tomasello
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674088646
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book A Natural History of Human Morality written by Michael Tomasello and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Tomasello offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral psychology. Based on experimental data comparing great apes and human children, he reconstructs two key evolutionary steps whereby early humans gradually became an ultra-cooperative and, eventually, a moral species capable of acting as a plural agent “we”.

The Promise of Cultural Institutions

Author : David Carr
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 058547186X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book The Promise of Cultural Institutions written by David Carr and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004-09-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thought-provoking collection of essays is essential reading for anyone who cares about cultural institutions and their role in the community of learners. These institutions—often museums or libraries—have the power to profoundly alter our sense of ourselves and of the world around us, but that power carries with it obligations. David Carr challenges us to contemplate both the effects and the responsibilities, to examine carefully the nuances of these experiences. Yet a visit to a cultural institution is itself only one act in the broader activity of learning throughout our lives. Carr has much to say about the experience of learning in its best sense and thus speaks not only to lovers of cultural institutions, but also to lovers of learning everywhere.

107-2 Hearings: Department Of The Interior And Related Agencies Appropriations For 2003, Part 4, 2002, *

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Total Pages : 1126 pages
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Culture, Institution, and Development in China

Author : C. Simon Fan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317241835
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Culture, Institution, and Development in China written by C. Simon Fan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does culture shape history, and history shape culture? This book answers this question by bringing readers on a fascinating journey through the evolution of Chinese culture, political and legal institutions, and "national character" of historical and contemporary China. It illustrates how "national character" evolves endogenously along with an institutional environment through the use of economic theories. Recognizing the unique role of "personality" in violence and social order – important variables that contribute to successful economies, the book provides a meaningful take on "personality" from the "average personality" of a country’s people. It analyses the relationship between culture, institution and "national character", providing gainful, interesting insights into the monumental transformation of China.

Culture, Leadership, and Organizations

Author : Robert J. House
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452208123
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Culture, Leadership, and Organizations written by Robert J. House and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2004-04-29 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture, Leadership, and Organizations reports the results of a ten-year research program, the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) research program. GLOBE is a long-term program designed to conceptualize, operationalize, test, and validate a cross-level integrated theory of the relationship between culture and societal, organizational, and leadership effectiveness. A team of 160 scholars worked together since 1994 to study societal culture, organizational culture, and attributes of effective leadership in 62 cultures. Culture, Leadership, and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies reports the findings of the first two phases of GLOBE. The book is primarily based on the results of the survey of over 17,000 middle managers in three industries: banking, food processing, and telecommunications, as well as archival measures of country economic prosperity and the physical and psychological well-being of the cultures studied.

Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1990: National Endowment for the Arts

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
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