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Disciples of a crazy saint: The Buchen of Spiti
No full textThe Buchen are specialist religious performers from Spiti, a culturally Tibetan valley in North India. They are widely known for performing an elaborate exorcism ritual that culminates in a slab of stone, marked with images of demons, being smashed on a man’s belly. In winter groups of Buchen perform their religious theatre, a localised form of Ache Lhamo, the Tibetan Opera. This book, published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford is the result of a research project and substantial fieldtrip funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, with project partnership from the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Patrick Sutherland has been photographing in Spiti for nearly two decades and working with the Buchen for several years.
The book consists of a self-reflexive essay by Patrick Sutherland illustrated with historical photographs and his own photographs, followed by four sections of photographs and captions by Patrick Sutherland. It concludes with a substantial essay, placing the Buchen into a wider cultural and historical context, by Tashi Tsering, founding Director of the Amnye Machen Institute (Tibetan Centre for Advanced Studies) in Dharamsala. This essay is also illustrated with historical photographs
Art, Biography, Sexuality: Patrick Procktor and Keith Vaughan
No full textThis critical review forms a reflection on the research published within the following publications:
Patrick Procktor: Art and Life (Unicorn Press, 2010)
Keith Vaughan: The Mature Oils 1946-1977, (Sansom & Co., 2012)
The research is on two artists, Patrick Procktor (1936-2003), and Keith Vaughan (1912-1977). The monograph on Procktor – previously one of the least documented of the generation of artists who came to prominence in London in the Sixties – positions him in a history of art from which he had been notably absent. The research on Vaughan asserts a new reading of his work, one that is both deeper and more nuanced in its analysis of the ways in which personal experience and sexuality are encoded autobiographically within his work. Crucially, in both artists biography and work are symbiotically linked; the research therefore examines the links between life and art.
Revisionary in intent, the work examines trajectories of experience of gay British (or rather, English) artists in the twentieth century, artists who sought to express themselves and forge careers within the constraints of a heteronormative society, albeit one in which attitudes to sexuality were undergoing change. As gay men, both were constrained by the social mores of their times, and each used painting as a means to affirm personal and sexual identities. A key research interest is in the ways in which sexuality and persona are reflected in critical responses to the artist’s work: in Vaughan, Procktor and other gay male artists of the period. The writing on both Procktor and Vaughan examines the relationship between their personal and professional/artistic lives, framed within a broader socio-political and art historical context. It asserts the place of biography as a means to understand and form new readings of the work. The work adds substantially to the literature and wider discourse on post-war British painting and social history
Patrick Chamoiseau Recovering Memory
No full textThis timely new book skillfully examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). His books have gone on to sell millions and his work has been translated by a number of academic presses. McCusker sets the author in context, providing a valuable contribution to 'memory studies' by looking at literary representation of memory in Martinique, a society founded on slavery but now politically assimilated to the metropolitan centre, France.Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: Beginnings: The Enigma of Origin -- 2: 'Une tracée de survie': Autobiographical Memory -- 3: Memory Re-collected: Witnesses and Words -- 4: Memory Materialized: Traces of the Past -- 5: Flesh Made Word: Traumatic Memory in Biblique des derniers gestes -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThis timely new book skillfully examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). His books have gone on to sell millions and his work has been translated by a number of academic presses. McCusker sets the author in context, providing a valuable contribution to 'memory studies' by looking at literary representation of memory in Martinique, a society founded on slavery but now politically assimilated to the metropolitan centre, France.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Replication Data for: Endogenous Price Commitment, Sticky and Leadership Pricing: Evidence from the Italian Petrol Market
No full textThe do-file contains the code to replicate "Endogenous Price Commitment, Sticky and Leadership Pricing: Evidence from the Italian Petrol Market", published in the International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol. 40(C), pages 32-48, by Patrick Andreoli-Versbach and Jens-Uwe Franck.
Contact author is Patrick Andreoli-Versbach. E-Mail: [email protected]
Replication Data for: Endogenous Price Commitment, Sticky and Leadership Pricing: Evidence from the Italian Petrol Market
No full textThe do-file contains the code to replicate "Endogenous Price Commitment, Sticky and Leadership Pricing: Evidence from the Italian Petrol Market", published in the International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol. 40(C), pages 32-48, by Patrick Andreoli-Versbach and Jens-Uwe Franck.
Contact author is Patrick Andreoli-Versbach. E-Mail: [email protected]
The investigation in "Dora Bruder" of Patrick Modiano
No full textreservedIl presente lavoro si propone di affrontare il tema dell’indagine, dell’inchiesta investigativa nel romanzo “Dora Bruder” dello scrittore francese Patrick Modiano, pubblicato nel 1997. Si tratta del più noto successo editoriale dell’autore, il quale, in una narrazione al contempo biografica ed autobiografica, si mette sulle tracce di Dora Bruder, una giovane ragazza ebrea scomparsa nel 1941, di cui si sono perse definitivamente le tracce. La presente tesi si compone di tre capitoli. Nel primo, si analizzeranno i motivi che spingono l’autore ad occuparsi della vicenda della giovane ragazza scomparsa proprio durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Successivamente, nel secondo capitolo, si passerà ad affrontare come l’autore compie la propria indagine per comprendere che cosa le sia accaduto, diventando una sorta di investigatore su un vecchio caso di scomparsa. Ed infine, nell’ultimo capitolo, si analizzerà quale sarà l’esito della sua indagine.This work proposes to deal with the subject of investigation in the novel "Dora Bruder" by French writer Patrick Modiano, published in 1997. It’s the most known publishing success of the author, which, in a narrative in the meantime biographical and autobiographical, goes on the trail of Dora Bruder, a young Jewish girl disappeared in 1941, of whom all traces have been definitively lost. This thesis is composed by three chapters. In the first, we will analyse the reasons why the author deal with the story of the young girl vanished during the Second World War. Then, in the second chapter, we will approach how the author does his own investigation to understand what happened to her, becoming sort of a detective on an old case of disappearence. Finally, in the last chapter, we focus on which it’ll be the outcome of his investigation
Patrick Procktor and the Galleria del Cavallino
No full textreservedLa presente tesi, intitolata “Patrick Procktor e la Galleria del Cavallino”, si propone di indagare la relazione tra l’artista inglese contemporaneo Patrick Procktor e la seconda gestione della Galleria del Cavallino a Venezia, gestita da Paolo e Gabriella Cardazzo dal 1966 al 2003. Attraverso un'analisi approfondita del percorso artistico e biografico di Procktor, con particolare attenzione alla sua produzione artistica, si è cercato di analizzare l’attività espositiva del Cavallino delle proposte britanniche dal 1970 al 1994, accennando alla storia e all’attività editoriale della Galleria. Attraverso l’analisi dettagliata dei documenti d’archivio, delle corrispondenze e delle opere riguardati le mostre di Procktor al Cavallino, recuperati presso il Fondo Cardazzo, conservato alla Fondazione Giorgio Cini Onlus, si è cercato di delineare il ruolo cruciale svolto dalla galleria nel promuovere la carriera e lo sviluppo artistico di Procktor. L’elaborato cerca quindi di esprimere le reciproche influenze tra l'artista e la Galleria del Cavallino durante gli anni Settanta, Ottanta e Novanta, evidenziando l'importanza di questa collaborazione nel contesto della scena artistica internazionale
Reinforced concrete columns exposed to standard fire: comparison among different constitutive models for concrete at high temperature
No full textConcrete behaviour at high temperature was investigated in depth since the 1970s, in order to highlight the main issues linked to its mechanical performance in hot conditions, such as chemical processes, kinematic behaviour (transient and creep strains) and evolution of the physico-mechanical properties. Thanks to these studies, a few constitutive models have been proposed in the literature for concrete at high temperature, with the aim of modelling reinforced concrete structural behaviour during heating. Within this context, a Beam Finite Element code for thermo-mechanical analyses has been developed by using a Fortran solver and GID as pre- and post-processor. A number of well-documented full-scale tests on reinforced concrete columns exposed to Standard Fire (without cooling) was simulated numerically, by implementing four different constitutive models proposed in the literature for concrete at high temperature. The main goals are: to highlight the role of some critical aspects regarding reinforced concrete members in hot conditions, in particular second-order effects, transient and creep strains (a), and to make a systematic comparison between numerical and experimental results in order to assess the reliability of both 1D numerical modelling (b) and the adopted constitutive models for concrete (c). The results confirm that 1D numerical modelling is generally consistent with the experimental evidence if transient and creep strains, as well as second-order effects are carefully taken into account. Moreover, the differences among the four investigated models for concrete behaviour in compression are quite limited
FIRE PERFORMANCE OF R/C AND FRC TUNNELS EXPOSED TO FIRE: COMPARISON BETWEEN LINEAR AND NON LINEAR ANALYSES VIA A SIMPLIFIED 1D APPROACH
No full textThe mechanical response of reinforced concrete tunnels (R/C) exposed to fire can represent a critical issue in the design phase of this kind of infrastructures, due to the combination of a few negative aspects such as the development of severe fire scenarios, the development of sizable indirect actions and the severe compression state which can foster spalling phenomenon. It follows the need for a reliable evaluation of the fire performance of tunnels exposed to high temperature, considering the decay of the material properties and the evolution of the internal actions. This task is however often complex, since it can need the implementation of non-linear analyses which consider the diffusion of heat in the structural elements, the variation of the mechanical properties of the materials and the interaction between lining and surrounding soil. Such analyses are often performed by means of advanced finite element codes which can perform multi-physics simulations (as for example Abaqus or Safir). On the other hand, in the present study, a simplified approach is described for linear and non-linear analyses of deep R/C tunnels exposed to fire, based on the main assumption of axisymmetric loading and heating. This assumption is generally kept for deep tunnels, in which the ratio between vertical and horizontal pressure is usually not too far from the unit value. The assumption of axisymmetry makes it possible to describe the behavior of the lining via a sectional analysis (1D approach), in which the plane section assumption is kept. Such algorithm can be rather easily implemented in any work sheet or programming code (as for example Matlab, Fortran, or similar). This simplified approach allows to rapidly perform parametric analyses necessary for understanding the role played by different key parameters, and to understand the advantages of performing a non-linear analysis allowing the plasticization of the section
William Patrick, 15th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textWilliam Patrick has published a collection of poetry, Letter to the Ghosts, and a novel in poetry and prose, Roxa, which won the 1990 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for the best first work of fiction. He has also written an original teleplay, Rachel\u27s Dinner , which aired in 1991, and starred Olympia Dukakis and Peter Gerety. Mr. Patrick\u27s most recent screenplay, Brand New Me , has been optioned by Force Ten Productions in Hollywood, and he is the author of Who All Killed Cock Robin?, the play which was adapted from The Death of Cock Robin by W.D. Snodgrass and DeLoss McGraw, and whose premiere opens this year\u27s Literary Arts Festival. He is the Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion University, and Director of this year\u27s Literary Arts Festival
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