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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Clock: Selling Exclusivity Through Conspicuous Goods on Evolution
No full textDespite the increase of specialised law enforcement and commercial art crime databases concerning the registration of luxury products, it remains an often-overlooked category in art crime research. This chapter analyses the market for luxury products, focusing specifically on watches, jewellery, and designer clothing, on defunct anonymous marketplace Evolution, which was active between January 2014 and March 2015. We argue that this marketplace works as a way to buy exclusivity through the purchase of both original and counterfeited luxury goods, here called ‘conspicuous goods’. The goods we focus on in our analysis endow cultural value, and their possession allows consumers to display a higher level of distinction. However, rather than looking at consumers who desire to differentiate themselves by purchasing these objects, we were more interested in how the market is structured to best sell these products. Therefore, we have implemented a series of statistical analyses on the market supply, focusing on the type of traded object, their brand, and the average prices in Bitcoin, finding that a brand effect on price is at work both in counterfeited and original conspicuous goods. This signals that the market is aware of the dynamics of conspicuous goods and its sellers behave accordingly
Introduction
No full textCriminologists and sociologists are poorly represented in academic discourse on art and heritage crimes. Within criminology and sociology, art crime is considered an ultra-niche topic, a subject of focus for few, of passing interest for some, and usually relegated without much elaboration to some broader categorisation of crime: white collar crime, organised crime, etc. It does not exist as a delineated space of contemplation and research. With this volume, we seek to encourage not only an increased focus on art crime within criminology and sociology, but also to promote the utility of criminological and sociological frameworks and tools for art crime research. In developing the concept of this volume, we sought contributions which moved decidedly beyond case studies, towards methodological or theoretical advancement. We called for chapters that pushed boundaries, considered new questions, and reframed existing understandings of ‘art crimes’. Using criminology and sociology as unifying themes, we selected chapters that focused on elaboration, not description; experimentation, not reporting
Introduction
No full textThis introduction provides an overview of the chapters in this volume which focus on expanding the boundaries and concepts of art crime to spaces previously unconsidered. The chapters are embedded within a diverse set of disciplinary perspectives and empirical observations, and this introduction provides a brief contextualisation of each
Before the hammer falls: an empirical analysis of the market reaction to art thefts
Get PDFThis study investigates the effects of art theft on art auction sales. In particular, it focuses on the impact on the auction sales when an artist’s artwork has been stolen and reported in a public list of stolen art. By using criminal data from Interpol’s International Stolen Works of Art Database (SWoA) from 2002 to 2016 all over the world, and auction data concerning all lots put at auction by Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips in New York and London between 2012 and 2016, we build a hand-collected data on top-tier international auction sales of modern and contemporary artists whose artwork have previously been stolen. The empirical analysis is based on an economic framework of the art auction and on hedonic regression models to test the effect of theft on auction prices. The results hint at a negative effect of theft on the prices of the artworks at market level, which gets stronger as the number of reported stolen artworks from the same artist increases. Overall, the paper provides a nuanced understanding of the complex incentives and disincentives surrounding the reporting of stolen artworks, emphasising the need to balance private interests with broader goals of art theft prevention and recovery. It invites further exploration of potential solutions and their practicality in addressing these conflicts of interest in the art world
Naomi Duff Smith papers
No full textNaomi Duff Smith (1902-1973) was a poet, author of short stories and radio scripts, and owner of a Baltimore, Maryland, public relations firm. Her collection consists of poems, short stories, correspondence, and awards documenting her literary output and business and civic achievements. Significant correspondents represented in the collection include Lizette Woodworth Reese, R. P. Harriss, Millard E. Tydings, Amy Winslow, Alan P. Hoblitzell, E. Paul Mason, Joseph R. Byrnes, Emory J. Niles, William D. MacMillan, and Hugo R. Hoffman
Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Science Historian and Author
No full textThe Global Change Center at Virginia Tech welcomed Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Harvard historian and author, for a Distinguished Lecture on September 2, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA. Dr. Oreskes is a professor of the history of science and affiliated professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University. Her research focuses on the earth and environmental sciences, with a particular interest in understanding scientific consensus and dissent. Dr. Oreskes has received international acclaim for her 2010 book, "Merchants of Doubt, How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco to Global Warming," co-authored with Erik M. Conway. It was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Time Book Prize, received the 2011 Watson-Davis Prize from the History of Science Society, and was recently adapted into a documentary film. Dr. Oreskes' visit represents the second in a Public Distinguished Lecture Series sponsored by the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech. The lecture series is designed to bring some of the world's leading scholars to the Blacksburg community to discuss critical environmental and societal issues in an open forum.Virginia Tech. Global Change CenterVirginia Tech. Interfaces of Global Change Interdisciplinary Graduate Education ProgramVirginia Tech. WLP Endowed Lecture FundVirginia Tech. Office of Undergraduate ResearchVirginia Tech. Department of HistoryVirginia Tech. Graduate SchoolVirginia Tech. Fralin Life Science InstituteDr. Oreskes' lecture was given at 4:00pm, September 2, 2015 at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, Virginia.Video editing by Elizabeth McVo
An interview with Naomi L. Shin
Get PDFNaomi L. Shin is an Associate Professor of Linguistics and Hispanic Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. Her primary interests include child language acquisition, bilingualism, language contact, and sociolinguistics. Her research focuses on patterns of morphosyntactic variation, examining how these patterns are acquired during childhood and how they change in situations of language contact. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Journal of Child Language, Cognitive Linguistics, International Journal of Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Language Variation and Change, Language in Society, Foreign Language Annals, Spanish in Context, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, and International Journal of the Sociology of Language. She is the co-author of Gramática Española: Variación Social, which explores grammar in a way that emphasizes the social underpinnings of language.Website: http://www.unm.edu/~naomishin/index.htm
An interview with Naomi L. Shin
No full textNaomi L. Shin is an Associate Professor of Linguistics and Hispanic Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. Her primary interests include child language acquisition, bilingualism, language contact, and sociolinguistics. Her research focuses on patterns of morphosyntactic variation, examining how these patterns are acquired during childhood and how they change in situations of language contact. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Journal of Child Language, Cognitive Linguistics, International Journal of Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Language Variation and Change, Language in Society, Foreign Language Annals, Spanish in Context, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, and International Journal of the Sociology of Language. She is the co-author of Gramática Española: Variación Social, which explores grammar in a way that emphasizes the social underpinnings of language.Website: http://www.unm.edu/~naomishin/index.htm
New Security Challenges at Museums and Historic Sites: The Case of Spain
No full textNo existe versión digitalizadaSecurity at museums and heritage sites has been an issue that has traditionally been oriented towards the protection of buildings and their contents against theft, and the evacuation of people in the event of a fire. But nowadays, analysing the wide range of risks and threats that they may be affected by is becoming increasingly complex. While contemporary societies are continually changing in terms never seen before, the risks and threats are increasing and evolving faster. This article aims to analyse how other security-related areas can help to resolve these challenges, for example, the different perspectives prepared by the National Security Plans and Civil Protection Systems, making an analysis of Spain, as an example within the European Union, and how the COVID-19 crisis has made these shortcomings even more evident.Depto. de Pintura y Conservación-RestauraciónFac. de Bellas ArtesTRUEpu
Naomi Shihab Nye, 34th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textNaomi Shihab Nye is the author and/or editor of more than 25 volumes. Her books of poetry include 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East (a finalist for the National Book Award), A Maze Me: Poems for Girls, Red Suitcase, Words Under the Words, Fuel, and You & Yours. Her poems for young adults, Honeybee, won the 2008 Arab American Book Award in the children’s/young adult category. Two new books are forthcoming in winter 2012: There Is No Long Distance Now (a collection of very short stories) and Transfer (a book of poetry and prose)
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