747 research outputs found
Letter from Kurt Kramer to James Stooke (September 3, 1999)
No full textThis is a letter from Kurt Kramer to James G. Stooke written on September 3, 1999. The letter is in regards to the retirement of James G. Stooke.For more information on James Garland Stooke, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/87
A self-conscious Kurt Vonnegut: an analysis of Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions
No full textThe works of Kurt Vonnegut stand as seminal in the American literary canon. Looking at three of his most influential novels, namely Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions, this study aims to better understand the mechanisms which inform his fiction. Working chronologically through the novels, the study examines historical context, narrative technique, theoretical underpinnings and the social critique of each novel. Guided by an idea of the postmodern novel the study examines how these elements interact, concluding that by way of what may be considered "simple" yet self-conscious metafiction and prose as well as variations in narrative technique, Vonnegut is able to more accurately convey his opinions on the American situation as well as demonstrate his stance on the role of fiction and the writer in contemporary society. The study also considers closely the role of the reader and the author/reader/text relationship
Inventory for a Reverse Journey. Photographic Image and Found Object - An investigation of travel and material transformation as a paradigm of artist's practice: Ed Ruscha, Douglas Huebler, Bas jan Ader, Jimmie Durham, Gustav Metzger, Kurt Schwitters & Cian Quayle.
Get PDFInventory for Reverse Journey is the title of a collection of photographic artefacts and found objects, which I have collected over the last twenty years. The title refers to one specific type of artist's journey, which is applicable to the `chronotope' of my archive, as a `metaphorical journey in space and time' (Bakhtin 1981, p. 81). The `city',`provincial town', `road', `threshold' and `interior' are recurrent motifs, which Bakhtin fused together to describe the historical evolution of the novel in relation to its different genres. Bakhtin's motifs are expanded as the basis of an evolutionary nomenclature of the artist's-journey, as a form of spatial mapping and identity formation. Alongside other sources from literature (Alain Robbe-Grillet), cinema (Michelangelo Antonioni), psychoanalysis (Kierkegaard) and critical theory (Walter Benjamin) I have developed a theoretical framework, which initially originated in an empirical process, that is reflected in the antecedents of this project. The research process, as a journey itself, has concretised this approach within a systems-based practice. This is mirrored in the work of the artists under investigation, as their differences and similarities are highlighted within a broad contextual analysis. Accordingly the tone of the writing shifts its register at different points in the thesis.
My journey is just one example of several paradigmatic formations of `travel' as a strategy, which investigates the work of six different artists, as a voluntary or involuntary form of exile. A deskilled use of the photographic image is examined in the work of Ed Ruscha, Douglas Huebler and Bas jan Ader in the spatial mapping of their chosen locations. The work of these artists manifests travel, as a strategy, in a benign form of regional and expatriate exile. The investigation shifts its focus from the New World to Europe, where the work of Jimmie Durham, Gustav Metzger and Kurt Schwitters is analysed in relation to their transformation of found objects and materials, and their relationship with a former 'home'. Their position registers different degrees of the `impossibility of return' to a point of origin, which exists in the mind rather than as a physical location. The transience of their work, and use of disparate materials, is counterbalanced by their physical presence in the work. Conversely Ader, Huebler and Ruscha are linked by a scale of decreasing visibility, as they are sublimated within their work in the formation of, what is now construed as, a unique photographic presence. The starting point for which is a return to the formative years of conceptualism in the 1960's, which set the scene for Durham and Metzger from the 1970's onwards. The spectre of Schwitters practice of forming (Formung) and unforming (Entformung) is significant for my analysis of the dematerialisation of the art-work and artist, by processes of series and repetition, distance and proximity, movement and stasis. Although `travel' is a ubiquitous term, I continue to use it as a portmanteau, which carries with it the themes and `salient' features of a typology of artist's journeys. In a moment of perceived obsolescence as digital information systems engender a culture of `selective-amnesia', these thoughts have informed my work, which runs parallel to the artist case-studies, and the material transformation of the photographic image and found object
A Scalable Architecture for Harvest-Based Digital Libraries - The ODU/Southampton Experiments
No full textThis paper discusses the requirements of current and emerging applications based on the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) and emphasizes the need for a common infrastructure to support them. Inspired by HTTP proxy, cache, gateway and web service concepts, a design for a scalable and reliable infrastructure that aims at satisfying these requirements is presented. Moreover it is shown how various applications can exploit the services included in the proposed infrastructure. The paper concludes by discussing the current status of several prototype implementations
La teoria del campo di Kurt Lewin e le sue applicazioni in criminologia
Get PDFDopo aver affrontato i temi riguardanti globalizzazione e crimine e aver messo in evidenza l’evolversi e lo sviluppo della criminalità, l’autore prende anche in considerazione quei crimini che si attuano sullo sfondo delle organizzazioni criminali e che si collegano alla criminalità dei colletti bianchi. Quindi, esamina la possibilità di applicare il modello della psicologia topologica di Kurt Lewin alla interpretazione del crimine, riprendendo la nota formula C = F (P,A) secondo la quale si tende a spiegare il comportamento criminale di un individuo ponendolo in relazione allo stato della persona e alle caratteristiche dell’ambiente. L’autore ripropone e valorizza per la criminologia l’approccio proposto da K. Lewin, perché ritiene che questa prospettiva possa aprire nuovi orizzonti per quanto riguarda sia la ricerca scientifica che le applicazioni pratiche nelle scienze criminologiche. Après avoir abordé les thèmes de la mondialisation et du crime et avoir mis en évidence l’évolution et le dévéloppement de la criminalité, l’auteur prend aussi en considération ces crimes qui sont commis sur le fond des organisations criminelles et qui sont liés à la criminalité en col blanc. Ensuite, il examine la possibilité d’appliquer le modèle de la psychologie topologique de Kurt Lewin à l’interprétation du crime, reprendant la formule connue C = F (P,A) ; sur la base de cette formule on peut expliquer le comportement criminel en le liant à l’état de la personne et aux caractéristiques de l’environnement. Dans le cadre de la criminologie, l’auteur repropose et met en valeur l’approche présentée par K. Lewin car il considère que cette perspective permettrait d’ouvrir des horizons nouveaux non seulement pour la recherche scientifique, mais aussi pour les applications pratiques des sciences criminologiques. After dealing with topics concerning globalization and crime along with its relevant transformation, the author focuses on those crimes related to white collar –criminality and committed on behalf of organized crime. Then he considers the possibility of applying Kurt Lewin’s topological psychology to the interpretation of crime: in particular, the attention is directed to the formula: B = f (P, C) ,which should account for the criminal behaviour of a person by relating this behaviour to the state of the person and to the characteristics of his/her environment. Because of its importance for the scientific research and for its practical applications, the author proposes the great value even for criminology of Kurt Lewin’s approach
Kurt Weill: the 'composer as dramatist' in American musical theatre production
No full textPhDThe aim of this thesis is to critically examine Weill‘s negotiation of American cultural industries and his collaborative practice in making musicals there. It addresses the influence of the earlier, now discredited, concept of ‗Two Weills‘, which has engendered an emphasis on identity within the current literature. It proposes that Weill scholarship has been further constrained by problematic perceptions of Weill‘s position as both a European modernist composer and an exile in America. Each of these contexts suggests romanticised notions of appropriate behaviour, for a composer, and of autonomy and separation from popular culture. This thesis examines how Weill troubles those notions by engaging with the musical, a so-called ‗middlebrow‘ form, with a disputed cultural value. It traces the reconsideration of the musical as a location for sociocultural analysis, highlighting David Savran‘s requirement that approaches to the musical recognise the form‘s material conditions of production. The thesis establishes its methodology built on Ric Knowles‘s cultural materialist approach to contemporary performance. This enables Weill‘s activities to be seen in their proper context: Weill‘s negotiation of entry into American art worlds, and the subsequent exchange of economic assets and Weill‘s active management of his cultural capital through the media are followed for the first time, clearly revealing the composer‘s working practices. The thesis suggests that Weill is a practitioner who consciously engages with American cultural industries. It addresses questions of authorship, demonstrating how Weill‘s contribution can be understood within complex sets of agencies. It establishes how Weill can be seen through his own model of the ‗composer as dramatist‘ and through Adorno‘s depiction of the composer as a Musikregisseur
Tra silenzio e parola: riflessioni sul linguaggio nella letteratura tedesco-orientale dopo il 1989: Christa Wolf e Kurt Drawert
Get PDFDopo la caduta del Muro per gli intellettuali dell’Est tedesco la difficile transizione da un passato familiare, per quanto controverso, a un domani riunificato e ancora sconosciuto costituisce lo sfondo su cui, come già in altri momenti di svolta della storia tedesca contemporanea, la scrittura letteraria è indotta a interrogarsi intorno allo strumento per eccellenza dell’agire intellettuale, artistico e sociale: la lingua. Il saggio sceglie due autori che, nonostante la diversa appartenenza generazionale, sono parimenti esemplari di questa problematica cruciale: Christa Wolf (1929), massima rappresentante della letteratura tedesco-orientale, e Kurt Drawert (1956), fino al 1990 vicino alla scena anarco-intellettuale di Prenzlauer Berg. I loro testi pubblicati tra il 1989 e il 1996 si rivelano un lucido affondo nella crisi e poi nella scomparsa del mondo tedesco orientale, assumendo le parole stesse come luogo privilegiato del proprio scandaglio. Le riflessioni sulla lingua e sulla sua espressione più elevata, la letteratura, si inseriscono in tal modo all’interno dell’indagine letteraria ed esistenziale di chi, come Wolf e Drawert, si concentra sui codici della propria storia e del proprio presente per sondare se stesso e il mondo circostante
Bibliographics for the 983 eprints in the live archives of E-LIS : trends and status report up to 7th July 2004, based on author-self-archiving metadata
Get PDFThe priority for ideas and philosophy related to "Network Theory" have been traced back and documented by Braun(2004),and credit goes to Karinthy(1929).The IT has empowered to realise it, as the most practical phenomena and it is no more a humour. The OAI (Open Archives Initiatives)and ACIS (Academic Contributor Information System)are progressive in the direction ,which may lead to realise the "Collective Genius" at global level. Focus of present study is on Author-Self-Archiving (A-S-A)Metadata of the 983 Eprints in the Live Archives of the E-LIS (EPrints of Library and Information Science),which were approved till 7th July 2004.The A-S-A Metadata was used for librametric analysis. Self-explanatory bibliographics are illustrated.The highlights include: Conference papers (34%); highest approval, June 2004 (28%); published archives (76%);not refereed (52%); not in public domain (60%); highest self-archiving-author (De Robbio, Antonella).The Nos. of EPrints having single JITA domain specifications were: Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information(27); Information use and sociology of information(80);Users,literacy and reading(13);Libraries as physical collections(30);Publishing and legal issues(57);Management(13);Industry, profession and education(36);Information sources, supports, channels(113) ; Information treatment for information services, Information functions and techniques (101); Technical services libraries, archives and museums(25); Housing technologies(1); Information technology and library technology(92); and Inter-domainery (395) i.e. having specifications of two or more than two JITA classes
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