821 research outputs found
Wittgenstein Reading
No full textWittgenstein's thought is reflected in his reading and reception of other authors. "Wittgenstein Reading" approaches the moment of literature as a vehicle of self-reflection for Wittgenstein. What sounds, on the surface, like criticism (e.g. of Shakespeare) can equally be understood as a simple registration of Wittgenstein's own reaction, hence a piece of self-diagnosis or self-analysis.
The book brings a representative sample of authors, from Shakespeare, Goethe, or Dostoyevsky to some that have received far less attention in Wittgenstein scholarship like Kleist, Lessing, Lewis Carroll, or Wilhelm Busch and Johann Nepomuk Nestroy. Furthermore, the volume offers means for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein's thoughts.
Unique to this book is its internal design. The editors' Introduction sets the scene with regards to both biography and theory, while each of the subsequent chapters takes a quotation from Wittgenstein on a particular author as its point of departure for developing a more specific theme relating to the writer in question. This format serves to avoid the well-trodden paths of discussions on the relationship between philosophy and literature, allowing for unconventional observations to be made. Furthermore, the volume offers means for the cultural contextualization of Wittgenstein's thoughts
A Grammar of Bru
No full textThis is a descriptive grammar of Bru, an Austroasiatic language spoken in the uplands of Nakai District, Khammouane Province, Laos. It is based on primary data obtained from original fieldwork conducted by the author in the villages of Serk and Makfùang in the remote upstream sections of the Nam Noi and Nam Theun rivers. This thesis also includes approximately 50 pages’ worth of texts gathered from transcriptions of Bru monologues and conversations, and a word list of approximately 2000 entries
Drawing National Boundaries in Barr's Ba-Bru Comic Strip Advertising
No full textInternational audienceBarr’s Irn-Bru (previously Iron Brew), Scotland’s best-known soft drink, was promoted by recurrent comic strip advertisements in Scottish newspapers from 1939 to 1970. ‘The Adventures of Ba-Bru’ featured an eponymous Indian character who was joined by a kilt-wearing companion known as Sandy. This article explores how what the firm presents as the longest-running promotional comic strip in history has helped shape the construction of Scottishness in the drink’s advertising. The exotic nature of the central Ba-Bru figure provides a counterpoint to manifestations of local particularism but also grounds the drink’s discourse on Scottishness in a wider imperial and unionist context. The comic strips also generate examples of intermedial transfer that underline the impact of quotidian consumption habits in a national identity shaped by popular culture
Consumer Nationalism and Barr’s Irn-Bru in Scotland
No full textInternational audienceThis book connects a detailed analysis of Irn-Bru’s brand identity over time to theories of national identity, consumer studies, and banal nationalism. It situates the commercial history of Barr’s Irn-Bru in a transnational context and shows how Irn-Bru has become a symbol of Scotland through processes of rewriting, reframing and institutionalized forgetting, linking the consumption of what began as a trans-national generic product to a specific national community. As such, Leishman presents a longitudinal, cross-disciplinary approach to analysing branding and advertising as multi-modal forms of discourse, in order to underline the role of commercial, non-state actors and popular consumerism in the phenomenon of banal nationalism. It will be of interest to students and scholars researching nationalism, consumption, and Scottish studies
Bell's dynamic interaction on a reinforced concrete bell tower
No full textThe present study shows a cheap and simple methodology to evaluate the dynamic behavior of a reinforced concrete bell tower built in 1974 made of concrete structural elements and brick masonry walls. The bell swinging vibrations on the tower are evident and they can be visually observed even without the use of any equipment. In this case a possible interaction between the bells’ swinging and the tower vibration has been dynamically identified by the methodology here proposed. An experimental campaign was carried out on the bell tower to record the environmental vibrations and the accelerations induced by the movement of the bells during their swinging. In order to develop the methodology here proposed, the main characteristics of the bells have been measured and the time history force generated by each bell during the swing has been evaluated. A numerical model of the tower has been developed and calibrated by the Operational Modal Analysis technique. The model has then been validated utilizing the acceleration time-histories recorded under forced excitations. Dynamic analyses have been carried out on the bell tower and the dynamic amplification factor (DAF) has been determined. From the results it is noticed that the bell tower does not comply with its maximum capacity due to the dynamic interaction with the bells swinging as evidenced by the presence of cracks on the facades of the tower. This paper highlights the dynamic problems that bells can cause to slender bell towers and proposes a simple and cheap solution
Realisme
No full text1r Congrés InternacionalAURS 2012. Lectura de comunicacions: Recycling (C. Jover): David López, Marta Domènech i Mariana Palumbo; Héctor Rivero; Ludovica Rossi i Fernando J. Ramos; 4. Xavier Vancells.
Realisme (E. Bru): Alba Arboix-Alió; Pedro Fonseca; Antoni Gelabert; Eduard Sancho.
Investigació creuada I+D+i (A. Peñín): Joaquim Girbau; Roberto Guadagna, Gustavo Azpiazu i Salvador Schelotto; Marc Sanabra.
Autonomia / Heteronomia (A. Armesto): Berta Bardí i Milà i Daniel García-Escudero; Ricardo Devesa; Arturo Frediani; Erica Sogbe; Roger Such.
Carlo
- Conclusions: Jaime Coll, Eduard Bru, Alberto Peñín, Antonio Armesto i Cristina Gastón.
- Acte de clausura: Lluís-Xavier Comerón i Graupera, Decano del COAC, Alfred Linares, Director Departament Projectes Arquitectònics, UPC i Josep Mª González-Barroso, Subdirector ETSAB-UPC
Realisme
No full text1r Congrés InternacionalAURS 2012. Lectura de comunicacions: Recycling (C. Jover): David López, Marta Domènech i Mariana Palumbo; Héctor Rivero; Ludovica Rossi i Fernando J. Ramos; 4. Xavier Vancells.
Realisme (E. Bru): Alba Arboix-Alió; Pedro Fonseca; Antoni Gelabert; Eduard Sancho.
Investigació creuada I+D+i (A. Peñín): Joaquim Girbau; Roberto Guadagna, Gustavo Azpiazu i Salvador Schelotto; Marc Sanabra.
Autonomia / Heteronomia (A. Armesto): Berta Bardí i Milà i Daniel García-Escudero; Ricardo Devesa; Arturo Frediani; Erica Sogbe; Roger Such.
Carlo
- Conclusions: Jaime Coll, Eduard Bru, Alberto Peñín, Antonio Armesto i Cristina Gastón.
- Acte de clausura: Lluís-Xavier Comerón i Graupera, Decano del COAC, Alfred Linares, Director Departament Projectes Arquitectònics, UPC i Josep Mª González-Barroso, Subdirector ETSAB-UPC
Bachelier and his times: A conversation with Bernard Bru
No full textLouis Bachelier defended his thesis "Theory of Speculation" in 1900. He used Brownian motion as a model for stock exchange performance. This conversation with Bernard Bru illustrates the scientific climate of his times and the conditions under which Bachelier made his discoveries. It indicates that Bachelier was indeed the right person at the right time. He was involved with the Paris stock exchange, was self-taught but also took courses in probability and on the theory of heat. Not being a part of the "scientific establishment," he had the opportunity to develop an area that was not of interest to the mathematicians of the period. He was the first to apply the trajectories of Brownian motion, and his theories prefigure modern mathematical finance. What follows is an edited and expanded version of the original conversation with Bernard Bru. Bernard Bru is the author, most recently, of Borel, LÊvy, Neyman, Pearson et les autres. He is a professor at the University of Paris V where he teaches mathematics and statistics. With Marc Barbut and Ernest Coumet, he founded the seminars on the history of Probability at the EHESS (êcole des Hautes êtudes en Sciences Sociales), which bring together researchers in mathematics, philosophy and the humanities.Louis Bachelier
“Original and Best”? How Barr’s Irn-Bru Became a Scottish Icon
No full textBuilding on theories of banal nationalism developed by Michael Billig (1995) and Tim Edensor (2002), this paper focuses on how a major 20th century icon of popular Scottishness, the carbonated drink Irn-Bru, has depended on the question of origins in its positioning. From the start, the manufacturers, Barr’s, keenly defended their product amidst strong competition by promoting authenticity over imitation. While today the firm AG BARR plc does not claim to have been the historical inventor of Iron Brew drinks (the original name for Irn-Bru) it still uses the strapline “Original & Best” which first appeared in 1904. In the second half of the 20th century the drink became widely perceived as a marker of Scottish identity. However, as recommended by Holt (2006), a more complete study of its historical trajectory as a brand shows that Iron Brew did not originate in Scotland at all. Indeed, rather than springing from a single source, the drink’s development in Scotland is the result of a confluence of other earlier elements. These will be studied to illustrate the mechanisms of appropriation and rewriting underlying this popular manifestation of “commercial nationalism” (Kania-Lundholm, 2014).En s’appuyant sur le concept de nationalisme banal exploré par Michael Billig (1995) et Tim Edensor (2002), cet article s’intéresse à la manière dont un icône contemporain de la scotticité, la boisson gazeuse Irn-Bru, se positionne commercialement autour de la question des origines. Depuis le début, son fabricant, la société Barr’s, a toujours promu son produit au sein d’un marché très concurrentiel en insistant sur son authenticité face à des imitateurs. Bien qu’aujourd’hui la société AG BARR plc ne prétende pas être l’inventeur historique des boissons portant le nom d’Iron Brew (l’ancienne appellation de l’Irn-Bru), elle utilise toujours le slogan « Original & Best » qui est apparue pour la première fois en 1904. Depuis la deuxième moitié du xxe siècle la boisson est perçue comme un marqueur d’identité écossaise. Toutefois, une étude plus approfondie de sa trajectoire en tant que marque commerciale, comme le préconise Holt (2006), illustre que l’Iron Brew n’est pas apparu en Écosse. En effet, au lieu d’être rattachée à une seule et unique source, l’évolution de la boisson en Écosse résulte de la confluence de divers éléments antérieurs. Ceux-ci seront étudiés afin d’illustrer les mécanismes d’appropriation et de réécriture qui sous-tendent cette manifestation populaire de « nationalisme commercial » (Kania-Lundholm, 2014)
“Original and Best”? How Barr’s Irn-Bru Became a Scottish Icon
No full textBuilding on theories of banal nationalism developed by Michael Billig (1995) and Tim Edensor (2002), this paper focuses on how a major 20th century icon of popular Scottishness, the carbonated drink Irn-Bru, has depended on the question of origins in its positioning. From the start, the manufacturers, Barr’s, keenly defended their product amidst strong competition by promoting authenticity over imitation. While today the firm AG BARR plc does not claim to have been the historical inventor of Iron Brew drinks (the original name for Irn-Bru) it still uses the strapline “Original & Best” which first appeared in 1904. In the second half of the 20th century the drink became widely perceived as a marker of Scottish identity. However, as recommended by Holt (2006), a more complete study of its historical trajectory as a brand shows that Iron Brew did not originate in Scotland at all. Indeed, rather than springing from a single source, the drink’s development in Scotland is the result of a confluence of other earlier elements. These will be studied to illustrate the mechanisms of appropriation and rewriting underlying this popular manifestation of “commercial nationalism” (Kania-Lundholm, 2014).En s’appuyant sur le concept de nationalisme banal exploré par Michael Billig (1995) et Tim Edensor (2002), cet article s’intéresse à la manière dont un icône contemporain de la scotticité, la boisson gazeuse Irn-Bru, se positionne commercialement autour de la question des origines. Depuis le début, son fabricant, la société Barr’s, a toujours promu son produit au sein d’un marché très concurrentiel en insistant sur son authenticité face à des imitateurs. Bien qu’aujourd’hui la société AG BARR plc ne prétende pas être l’inventeur historique des boissons portant le nom d’Iron Brew (l’ancienne appellation de l’Irn-Bru), elle utilise toujours le slogan « Original & Best » qui est apparue pour la première fois en 1904. Depuis la deuxième moitié du xxe siècle la boisson est perçue comme un marqueur d’identité écossaise. Toutefois, une étude plus approfondie de sa trajectoire en tant que marque commerciale, comme le préconise Holt (2006), illustre que l’Iron Brew n’est pas apparu en Écosse. En effet, au lieu d’être rattachée à une seule et unique source, l’évolution de la boisson en Écosse résulte de la confluence de divers éléments antérieurs. Ceux-ci seront étudiés afin d’illustrer les mécanismes d’appropriation et de réécriture qui sous-tendent cette manifestation populaire de « nationalisme commercial » (Kania-Lundholm, 2014)
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