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Intimacy Unguarded: Chris Kraus
No full textThe Central Saint Martins research project 'Intimacy Unguarded', run by Emma Talbot and Dr Jo Morra, hosted a visit to Central Saint Martins by United States author Chris Kraus. Kraus is a highly respected writer (I Love Dick, Summer of Hate, Aliens and Anorexia etc) and editor of the semi-texte series 'Native Agents'. In this event, Kraus gave a reading from 'I Love Dick' and was then interviewed by Emma Talbot, to a live public audience.
'Intimacy Unguarded' also ran a seminar called 'Write A Letter To Chris Kraus'. Mirroring the format for the celebrated book 'I Love Dick', in which Kraus uses the letter as a way of addressing a particular figure (with whom she is obsessed) whilst simultaneously unpacking her own personal thoughts and research, participants were invited to 'Write a Letter To Chris Kraus'.
Chris Kraus was present at the seminar, where letters were read aloud and Kraus was the first respondent. Those taking part were from Raven Row, CSM BAFA, MAFA and Afterall. An excerpt from Kraus's book and a selection of the letters will be published in the June 2017n issue of Journal of Visual Art Practice, to be guest-edited by Talbot and Morra
Start-Up Städtischer Bauhof, mit e-Services und agilen Strukturen auf dem Weg in die digitale, kommunale Zukunft
No full textIn diesem essential zeigen Claudia Schneider, Birgit Schenk und Stefan Kraus am Beispiel des Bauhofs der Stadtverwaltung Herrenberg praxisnah, wie sich Geschäftsprozesse, Organisationsstrukturen und Menschen gleichermaßen verändern müssen, damit wirkliche Innovation eine Chance hat. Neue e-Services sowie neue Formen der Zusammenarbeit und der Verantwortungsübernahme sorgen für die Steigerung der Leistungsfähigkeit der Organisation und die Erhöhung der Arbeitgeberattraktivität. Das Buch gibt wertvolle Hinweise für Entscheider, die sich auf den gleichen Weg machen wollen
Rede uitgesproken door den Rector Magnificus der Technische Hoogeschool ter gelegenheid van de plechtige opening der Technische Hoogeschool te Delft door Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina op maandag den 10den juli 1905
No full textProf. Jacob Kraus (Groningen, 14 oktober 1861, Den Haag, 29 augustus 1951), was een Nederlands waterbouwkundige en minister van Waterstaat. Kraus studeerde aan de toenmalige Polytechnische School in Delft. In 1890 werd hij hoogleraar waterbouwkunde in Chili en in 1898 aan de Polytechnische School in Delft. Hij was de eerste Rector Magnificus van de Technische Hogeschool. Als waterbouwkundige ontwierp Kraus waterwerken in Chili en Peru en adviseerde over de haven in Curaçao. Professor Kraus was van 1908 tot 1911 lid van de Provinciale Staten van Zuid-Holland en van 1911 tot 1933 lid van de Eerste Kamer. In het Kabinet-De Meester was hij van 1903 tot 1908 minister van Waterstaat voor de Liberale Unie
Georg Melchior Kraus (1737 - 1806): Maler - Pädagoge - Unternehmer ; Biographie und Werkverzeichnis
No full textDer aus Frankfurt am Main stammende Maler und Graphiker Georg Melchior Kraus (1737-1806) zählt zu den gleichermaßen bekannten wie populären bildenden deutschen Künstlern des 18. Jahrhunderts. Die vorliegende Dissertation zeichnet im ersten Band "Leben und Werk" den Lebens- und Arbeitsweg des Künstlers anhand von schriftlichen und bildlichen Quellen nach. Schwerpunkte sind zum einen die Ausbildung von Kraus bei unterschiedlichen Lehrern, zum anderen seine vielfältigen Tätigkeiten als Künstler in Weimar. Die speziellen Erkenntnisse in diesem Teil basieren wesentlich auf den Ergebnissen des zweiten Bandes "Katalog der Werke", der ein sowohl thematisch als auch chronologisch gegliedertes Verzeichnis der Werke des Künstlers darstellt. Zusammen liegt eine umfassende Werkmonographie über den Künstler vor
Interview of John Daniel Kraus by Robert W. Wagner
No full textGabe Skitek: graduate student assistant to Kraus who assisted in developing a radio telescope (p. 2)
-- Leo Goldberg: Chair of the Astronomy Dept. at University of Michigan (p. 4)
-- Prof. E. E. Dreese: Chairman of Electrical Engineering (p. 5)
-- Gordon Carson: Dean of Engineering (p. 5)
-- Myra Gearhart: graduate student, discoverer of most distant object then known in universe (p. 6)
-- Bob Dixon: Associate Director, Big Ear (p. 7)
-- Alan Hyneke: Prof. of Astronomy, and authority on extra-terrestrial research (p. 8)
-- Marion Poole: researcher on extra-terrestrial subjects (p. 9)
-- Sir Arthur Clarke: distinguished author of science fiction (pp. 9-11)
-- Victor Hess: Nobel prize winning researcher on cosmic rays (pp. 12-15)
-- Arnold Penzias & Robert Wilson: collaborators, co-discoverers of ultra-low temperatures (p. 17)
-- Anthony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell: discoverers of pulsars (p. 17)Dr. John Kraus was Professor of Electrical Engineering and Astronomy. He arrived in 1946 and immediately made significant contributions. Working in his basement he invented the helical antenna, which soon became in use worldwide, and especially on satellites in space and the space station. He was able to build an array of 96 of these antennae into a single unit that formed a radio telescope, one of the first ever built. The radio telescope was directed from a small building on a corner of the University Farms. The building was built by Kraus with his own hands, assisted by a graduate student, Gabe Skitek, and paid for by donated materials and a small grant from the College of Engineering. Unfortunately there was some serious fallout when the university central administration discovered that a building had been built on University property without their knowledge or permission. But the program continued despite an almost total lack of interest or cooperation from the Astronomy Department. “We were just a lot of black boxes that they did not understand.” He also taught for some years a course in radio astronomy. Several other universities, including the Universities of Michigan and Illinois, developed strong programs in radio astronomy.
The original 96-helix array was the forerunner to a much, much larger radio telescope, which was dubbed the “Big Ear.” Again the construction was done by Dr. Kraus and his students, and at very low cost to the University. This telescope discovered some of the most distant objects in the universe, although it was later demolished to make a golf course. It served as the model, however, for one in France four times as large as “Big Ear,” and which functions to this day. Architecturally the “Big Ear” was considered a “masterpiece.” The College of Engineering, especially Prof. E.E. Dreese, Chairman of Electrical Engineering, and Dean Gordon Carson, offered strong support.
One key benefit of the “Big Ear” was that it was a “fantastic teaching tool.” Students and others who used the telescope surveyed the sky and determined where radio emissions were coming from, although the signals did not come from any object known at the time. Myra Gearhart, a graduate student, found that some of these radio sources corresponded to an extremely faint optical object. It was numbered OH471. Astronomers at Stewart University obtained a spectrum of OH471, discovered by Gearhart, and proved it was the most distant known object in the universe. It was a page one story in the New York Times. Other discoveries followed from this student-built telescope. Preeminent among these was discovery of the so-called “WOW” signal, which moved with the stars and might have been from an extra-terrestrial intelligent civilization. No one can say for sure.
The search for extra-terrestrials continues today at other observatories notably at the SETI Institute in California. At Ohio State the leading investigators were Alan Hyneke and Marion Poole. Al Garrett was an administrator who was especially helpful. In time the reputation of the “Big Ear” was worldwide. Sir Arthur Clarke, the distinguished writer of science fiction, credits Dr. Kraus and his work on “Big Ear,” for some ideas used in his novels. Kraus published a book appropriately called The Big Ear. It was translated into Japanese and Chinese and other languages. Another successful book by Kraus was Our Cosmic Universe. The transcript of the oral interview includes a three-page quotation from this book which deals with the discovery of cosmic rays, and, in particular, with the work of the twelve-story tall German research balloon, the Boehmen, which lifted Dr. Victor Hess and other scientists some 5,350 meters high into the edges of the atmosphere. Thus it was proved that the higher one soared the stronger the radiation from above. This was the discovery of cosmic rays, which continually bombard the earth. Dr. Victor Hess won the Nobel Prize for the researches he conducted using the balloon. Dr. Kraus includes the story of this scientific breakthrough in Our Cosmic Universe.
Dr. Kraus closes his interview with the observation that so much more remains to be done in understanding the universe. “We know less about the universe than Columbus knew about America in 1492.” Earth is, after all, just a tiny little planet in a solar system in a huge galaxy. And there are billions of galaxies. “We are such an imperceptible speck that it’s awesome, it’s frightening, it’s overwhelming.” One small part of the research effort was the voyages of Voyager I and II which are both now beyond the outer limits of the solar system. They have provided much valuable data, but also their voyages were a symbolic thing to do since they sought to encapsulate for some distant, unknown intelligence what our civilization is like on Earth. Certainly current researchers and those who follow will fill in more and more details about the realms of space, and the possible existence of extra-terrestrial beings. Future discoveries may well be serendipitous, or accidental discoveries found while looking for something entirely different. Karl Jansky built an antenna to study radiation from thunderstorms and he discovered radio emission from our galaxy. Arnold Penzias and Robert Wilson sought to find the lowest level of radio emission from the sky, but in so doing found a minimum temperature of about three degrees Kelvin, which is the temperature of the Big Bang. Anthony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell wanted to study fluctuations in radio emissions from radio sources, and discovered a previously unknown object, the pulsars. They were all looking for something else when they made their most important discoveries.
It is clear that Dr. John Kraus in his 57 years at Ohio State made numerous important contributions, including teaching electrical engineering and astronomy courses, publishing over 100 articles and 9 books, and inventing new types of antennas that are in use world-wide and in space.
Leading Themes
Introduction of radio telescopes & radio astronomy to Ohio State
Construction and demolition of “Big Ear” radio telescope at OSU
Discovery of cosmic rays, and most distant objects known in space
Discovery of the “WOW” signal that is possibly of extra-terrestrial origin
Other key discoveries made in space researc
Personality of Karel Kraus
No full textThis thesis is dealing with the work of the dramaturge, translator and the theatre theorist Karel Kraus (1920 - 2014). The activity of this author is presented gradually with an accent on the chronology and domains of his production, as well as on the most significant subjects in his works. The main purpose of this thesis is to characterize and summarize Kraus's work as a whole unit. And there are primary sources (writings of Kraus) which are used to accomplish this intention. While the unit of Kraus's works is described step by step, we are also getting familiarized with his way of writing and his attitude. The thesis is extended of a supplement which consists of the bibliography of the essays and articles by Karel Kraus in the period from 2000 to 2014
Karl Kraus: The last days of mankind
No full textTitle: Die Letzten Tage der Menschheit (The last days of mankind) Originally published: excerpts and in serial form in Die Fackel from 1919; epilogue published in December 1918 as a special issue Language: German The excerpts used are from Karl Kraus, The Last Days of Mankind, edited by Frederick Ungar (New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1974), pp. 60–67, 153–155, 160. About the author Karl Kraus [1874, Jičín (Ger. Jitschin), Bohemia–1936, Vienna]: writer and journalist, playwright, po..
Karl Kraus et le naturalisme
No full textLe rapport que Karl Kraus entretient avec le naturalisme est ambigu : s’il s’en prend à ce mouvement autant qu’au cercle de la « Jeune Vienne », il reste néanmoins un admirateur du Gerhart Hauptmann d’Avant l’aube et des Tisserands. La fidélité de Kraus envers Hauptmann résiste même à l’épreuve de la Grande Guerre et des écrits nationalistes et bellicistes du dramaturge allemand, car Kraus la limite « à la jeunesse révolutionnaire » de l’auteur. Cet attachement au Gerhart Hauptmann des années 1890 ne signifie cependant pas un rattachement de Kraus au naturalisme. Dès les premiers numéros de Die Fackel, Kraus ne rate pas une occasion de critiquer le théâtre naturaliste, notamment tel qu’il a été pratiqué sur les scènes berlinoises. À Zola, il reproche de renoncer à l’autonomie esthétique de l’œuvre et considère que son écriture serait contaminée par le journalisme, bête noire, comme l’on sait, de Kraus. À cette réticence esthétique s’ajoute sa méfiance pour les dreyfusards, notamment à cause de la manière dont la presse libérale a relaté et instrumentalisé l’Affaire. Par ailleurs, l’animosité de Kraus envers Theodor Herzl, dont le drame Das neue Ghetto (Le Nouveau Ghetto) porte des traces de l’influence naturaliste, notamment de Germinal, explique également son attitude ; irrité aussi par les jugements à l’emporte-pièce de Hermann Bahr, Kraus érige Frank Wedekind en contre-modèle en deçà et au-delà du naturalisme.Das Verhältnis von Karl Kraus zum Naturalismus ist zwiespältig: einerseits kritisiert er diese Bewegung zumindest so heftig wie die Autoren des „Jungen Wien“, andererseits zeigt er echte Bewunderung für Gerhart Hauptmann, besonders für dessen naturalistische Periode und die Dramen Vor Sonnenaufgang und Die Weber. Diese Wertschätzung erhält er über den ersten Weltkrieg und die nationalistischen Texte Hauptmanns hinaus, wobei aber die Vorliebe von Kraus für Hauptmanns naturalistische Dramen keineswegs eine Anerkennung des Naturalismus selbst bedeutet. Von den ersten Nummern der Fackel an lässt Kraus keine Gelegenheit aus, das naturalistische Theater zu kritisieren, besonders in der Form wie es auf den Berliner Bühnen praktiziert wird. Zola wiederum wirft Kraus vor, die ästhetische Autonomie des literarischen Werks zu vernachlässigen und vom Journalismus verdorben zu sein. Zu dieser ästhetischen Kritik kommt noch sein Misstrauen gegenüber den Dreyfusards, vor allem wegen der Berichterstattung der liberalen Presse, die die Affäre instrumentalisiert. Eine Rolle spielt auch die Animosität von Kraus gegenüber Theodor Herzl, dessen Drama Das neue Ghetto besonders von Germinal beeinflusst scheint. Auch durch die Pauschalurteile Hermann Bahrs irritiert, sieht Kraus in Frank Wedekind eine Art Gegenmodell zum Naturalismus Zolas.Karl Kraus had ambivalent relations with Naturalism: although he criticised the movement as much as he criticised the “Das Junge Wien” (Young Vienna) group, he greatly admired Gerhart Hauptmann, the author of Before Sunrise and The Weavers. His loyalty towards Hauptmann survived even after the First World War and Hauptmann’s nationalist and bellicose writings, because Kraus attributed them to the playwright’s “revolutionary youth”. However, this devotion to the Hauptmann of the 90s did not mean that Krauss was affiliated with Naturalism. From the very first issues of Die Fackel, Kraus criticised Naturalist Plays at every opportunity, and more especially the way they were played on Berlin stages. He reproached Zola for renouncing the aesthetic autonomy of literary works and considered that his writings were tainted by journalism. In addition to this aesthetic judgment, Kraus was wary of the Dreyfusards because of the way the liberal press narrated the Dreyfus Affair and used it. Moreover, Kraus’s animosity towards Theodor Herzl can be explained by the influence of Germinal on his drama Das neue Ghetto (The New Ghetto). Irritated by Hermann Bahr’s sweeping judgements, Kraus made Frank Wedekind a counter-model to Zola’s Naturalism
Karl Kraus, \u27Dritte Walpurgisnacht\u27: An Online Edition, Part I
No full textNo other author in Austria has been the subject of computer-aided methods at an earlier point than Karl Kraus – think of the edition and database on Die Fackel. Bernhard Oberreither’s workshop report provides insights into a current edition project located at the Arbeitsstelle Österreichischer Corpora und Editionen at the Austrian Academy of Sciences under the name of Platform Karl Kraus 1933. Its aim is to make available an edition of Dritte Walpurgisnacht including reference material, utilizing the potential of the digital medium regarding contextualization, links to external resources, and an optimized user experience.
Kein anderer Autor war in Österreich so früh Gegenstand computergestützter Verfahren wie Karl Kraus – man denke an die Edition und Datenbank zu Die Fackel. Der Werkstattbericht von Bernhard Oberreither gibt Einblicke in ein aktuelles Editionsprojekt, das als Plattform Karl Kraus 1933 an der Arbeitsstelle Österreichischer Corpora und Editionen an der ÖAW angesiedelt ist. Das Ziel ist es, eine Edition der Dritten Walpurgisnacht und von Bezugsmaterialien bereitzustellen und dabei die Möglichkeiten des digitalen Mediums in Bezug auf Kontextualisierung, Verlinkung mit externen Ressourcen und eine optimierte User Experience zu nutzen.No other author in Austria has been the subject of computer-aided methods at an earlier point than Karl Kraus – think of the edition and database on Die Fackel. Bernhard Oberreither\u27s workshop report provides insights into a current digitalization project located at the Arbeitsstelle Österreichischer Corpora und Editionen at the Austrian Academy of Sciences under the name of Platform Karl Kraus 1933. Its aim is to make available an edition of Dritte Walpurgisnacht including reference material, utilizing the potential of the digital medium regarding contextualization, links to external resources, and an optimized user experience
Karl Kraus and Jaroslav Hašek on the First World War : A common enemy and different national perspectives?
No full textDraft of a paper about Karl Kraus. Also included is an essay by an anonymous author, "Im Besonderen das Allgemeine? : Über das Kriegsdrama von Karl Kraus."Processed for digitizatio
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