401 research outputs found
Researching Natural Disasters in the Later Middle Ages
No full textThis is the introductory chapter of the book 'Waiting for the end of the world? New perspectives on natural disasters in medieval Europe' which provides an overview over the theoretical approach of the volume and its contents
Catalogue of medieval disasters
No full textCatalogue of major disasters occurred in medieval Europe. It describes twenty natural disasters including, among the others, the volcanic eruptions of AD 536 and 540 363, the 1117 earthquake in northern Italy, the 1222 Cyprus earthquake, the 1248 Mont Granier landslide, the 1348 Carinthia and Friuli earthquake, the 1356 Basel earthquake, the 1382 Straits of Dover earthquake, Excavating the 1522 earthquake and landslide on the island of São Miguel, Azores, The 1531 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami. These entries were written by Paolo Forlin
Conclusions. Medieval archaeology and natural disasters: what’s next?
No full textReflecting on the contents of this volume, the authors stress the following observations for making medieval archaeology relevant in disaster studies.
• Medieval archaeology should seek to make a more active contribution to contemporary debates around resilience by providing evidence for how people have adapted to environmental risk in the past.
• The application of archaeological theory to environmental hazards is not well developed. The impact of post-processual archaeology, for example, is not yet fully evident, although this volume does include several theoretically informed contributions.
• Any study of resilience of medieval societies should consider an analysis of the vulnerability which caused a natural hazard to become a disaster.
• Regional syntheses are required which summarise case studies of disasters at the landscape scale.
• The adoption of a landscape archaeology approach should contribute towards assessments of the risk posed by natural disasters in the fu tu re. A holistic archaeological assessment of environmental disasters can generate valuable knowledge applicable to disaster risk reduction (DRR) programmes.
Special emphasis must be placed on the dissemination and communication of
results to the wider public.
Historische Katastrophenforschung
No full textDie Untersuchung von Katastrophen in historischer Perspektive unter Anwendung stark interdisziplinär ausgerichteter Zugänge hat sich zu einem sehr dynamischen Forschungsfeld entwickelt. Geschichtswissenschaft, Archäologie, Sozialanthropologie, Soziologie, Literaturwissenschaften, Philosophie, Theologie, Klimatologie, Geografie und zahlreiche weitere Disziplinen leisten dazu wesentliche Beiträge. Gemeinsam ermöglichen sie Einblicke, wie historische und heutige Gesellschaften Extremereignissen wahrnahmen, interpretierten, bewältigten und sich daran erinnerten, welche längerfristigen Adaptionsstrategien sie entwickelten. Auch methodische Überlegungen zur Natur von Katastrophen, von Risiko, Vulnerabilität und Resilienz sind dabei zentral. Die Reihe steht für Publikationen sowohl in deutscher als auch englischer Sprache offen und ist ebenso auf Monografien (u.a. die Druckfassung exzellenter Dissertationen und Habilitationsschriften) wie Sammelbände ausgerichtet.The investigation of catastrophes from a historical perspective using highly interdisciplinary approaches is now a very dynamic field of research. History, archaeology, social anthropology, sociology, literary studies, philosophy, theology, climatology and geography are just some of the disciplines making vital contributions. Together they seek to understand how past and present societies have perceived, interpreted, coped with and remembered extreme events and what kinds of long-term adaptation strategies have been developed. Methodological considerations on the nature of hazards, risk, vulnerability and resilience are key issues as well. This series is open for publications in both German and English and focuses on monographs (including printed versions of excellent dissertations and theses) as well as edited volumes
Christopher M. Gerrard et Alejandra Gutiérrez (dir.), The Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain
No full textL’énorme somme éditée par Christopher Gerrard et Alejandra Gutiérrez s’inscrit à la suite du Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology (Helena Hamerow, David Hinton et Sally Crawford dir., 2011). Elle témoigne toutefois d’orientations assez différentes, qui sont pour partie liées aux problématiques propres au Moyen Âge tardif (Late Middle Ages ou High Middle Ages, 1066-ca 1550) et à la diversité croissante des sources mobilisables pour cette période. Synthétiser en quelques paragraphes le co..
MAYER: Designing a modular upgradeable subscription speaker for Gerrard Street
No full textGerrard Street is a company that designs and produces a modular set of headphones called BIRD. The BIRD is not for sell, but is part of a subscription to consumers. If something breaks the user can request a new part for repair as part of the service. In the near future Gerrard Street is going to launch a new Bluetooth, Wired and Noise Cancelling variant of the headphone, but what can they do after?This project is about MAYER a Bluetooth speaker designed using the Gerrard Street philosophy and attending to the needs of consumers. This project uses the agile bussiness canvas a main methodology.Integrated Product Desig
Historische Katastrophenforschung
No full textThe investigation of catastrophes from a historical perspective using highly interdisciplinary approaches is now a very dynamic field of research. History, archaeology, social anthropology, sociology, literary studies, philosophy, theology, climatology and geography are just some of the disciplines making vital contributions. Together they seek to understand how past and present societies have perceived, interpreted, coped with and remembered extreme events and what kinds of long-term adaptation strategies have been developed. Methodological considerations on the nature of hazards, risk, vulnerability and resilience are key issues as well. This series is open for publications in both German and English and focuses on monographs (including printed versions of excellent dissertations and theses) as well as edited volumes.Die Untersuchung von Katastrophen in historischer Perspektive unter Anwendung stark interdisziplinär ausgerichteter Zugänge hat sich zu einem sehr dynamischen Forschungsfeld entwickelt. Geschichtswissenschaft, Archäologie, Sozialanthropologie, Soziologie, Literaturwissenschaften, Philosophie, Theologie, Klimatologie, Geografie und zahlreiche weitere Disziplinen leisten dazu wesentliche Beiträge. Gemeinsam ermöglichen sie Einblicke, wie historische und heutige Gesellschaften Extremereignissen wahrnahmen, interpretierten, bewältigten und sich daran erinnerten, welche längerfristigen Adaptionsstrategien sie entwickelten. Auch methodische Überlegungen zur Natur von Katastrophen, von Risiko, Vulnerabilität und Resilienz sind dabei zentral. Die Reihe steht für Publikationen sowohl in deutscher als auch englischer Sprache offen und ist ebenso auf Monografien (u.a. die Druckfassung exzellenter Dissertationen und Habilitationsschriften) wie Sammelbände ausgerichtet
Global Public Policies and Programs : Implications for Financing and Evaluation
No full textThese are the proceedings from a World
Bank workshop on global public policies, and programs,
assembled from transcripts, and accompanying papers. The
combination of market failure, and limited institutional
capacity to influence economic, and social change across
national borders, underlies public discontent with aid. This
formed the basis for discussions, looking for new approaches
to the development assistance business, taking into account
the growing integration of the global economy, and arguing
that, beyond supporting market-friendly reforms, aid
strategies must be designed to overcome social, and
structural constraints to sustainable development. The broad
range of cases examined include efforts to craft commonly
accepted standards for the design, and operation of large
dams; they address issues of global financial instability;
explore the implications of intellectual property rights
protection for developing countries; describe the promotion
of international agricultural research; probe the
implementation of international public health programs; and,
identify the dilemmas associated with the financing, and
evaluation of global public policies, and programs. Such
programs have become center stage because of irreversible
processes associated with globalization, and, similar
initiatives will dominate the development scene for years to come
Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain)
No full textThis paper discusses recent archaeological fieldwork conducted at El Castillejo, a medieval Islamic settlement in Los Guájares, Granada, southern Spain. Results from combined archaeological excavation and archaeoseismological assessment of standing structures suggest that the site was affected by a destructive earthquake during its occupation. Radiocarbon samples and OSL analysis point to a seismic event in the period CE 1224–1266. The earthquake occurred within an area marked by a ‘seismological gap’ in terms of historic seismicity and the causative fault has been tentatively identified in the Nigüelas-Padul Fault System which lies north of the settlement. This event is not recorded by national or European seismic catalogues and represents the oldest historic earthquake in the Granada area. Our work stresses the significant impact that targeted archaeological investigations can generate in our understanding of the local historic seismicity, thus providing clear implications for seismic disaster prevention and reduction
Looking South: Spain and portugal in the middle ages
No full textThis chapter explores medieval contact and trade between Britain and the Iberian Peninsula. For the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain, archaeological evidence includes coins, burials, badges, scallop shells, and souvenirs of bone, ivory, and jet as well as artistic influences on heraldry and artistic representation. The important heavy goods being transported were wool, cloth, metals, and bulk foodstuffs for which there is an emerging archaeology of production in Spain and Portugal. There was also minor trade in leather and salt as well as in foodstuffs like honey and wine, figs, and candied fruit. Pottery and tile exports from Spain are today the most telling indication of commercial contact and personal exchange but English embroideries and alabaster devotional panels are among the items of exchange which travelled south and have survived. Overall, Anglo-Iberian contact in the Middle Ages has left an oddly skewed signature in the archaeological record.</p
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