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Colin Humphris
No full text"Colin Humphris 2 Sqdrn. RAAF. 1941 - 1942 Author of - 'Trapped on Timor' (as a result of bombing of Darwin Feb. 19, 1942)".Colin Humphris. 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force 1941 - 1942. Author of - 'Trapped on Timor' (as a result of bombing of Darwin February 19, 1942)
Interview with Colin Wilson, part 4, undated
No full textInterview with Colin Wilson, part 4, features an interview with author Colin Wilson in which he discusses his views regarding society and art, his reclusive nature, and the intellectual and fantastical elements of his works, undated
Interview with Colin Wilson, part 2, undated
No full textInterview with Colin Wilson, part 2, features an interview with author Colin Wilson in which he discusses his views regarding society and art, his reclusive nature, and the intellectual and fantastical elements of his works, undated
'Ode to Colin Wiggins', in Flight: Drawing Interpretations
No full text‘Ode to Colin Wiggins’
-A project by Andrew Kenny in collaboration with the National Gallery
The National Gallery was founded ‘to give the people an ennobling enjoyment’ and this democratic approach to high-art was something I wanted to explore with this project. My original aim was to find out how people today gained this ‘ennobling enjoyment’ and in particular, how it related to my own specialism of Textiles for Fashion.
To do this I asked my undergraduate textiles students to visit the gallery and pick out two or three paintings that appealed to them. I then filmed them at the gallery talking about what it was that they liked about them and how they inspired their own practice. I was accompanied on these interviews by Colin Wiggins, Head of Education at the NG and asked him to talk to the student and myself about each painting after the interview.
I was stuck not only by Colin’s vast knowledge of the paintings, but also by how he managed to bring each one to life by connecting its story directly to the life in interests of the student. I decided that, as Colin had been such an inspiration, it might be nice to dedicate the project to him and his inspiring narratives of the paintings.
To draw from this research I explored the textile medium of patchwork to represent the storytelling that I found so inspiring. My final piece, entitled ‘Ode to Colin Wiggins’ takes the form of a full-scale embroidered and printed patchwork quilt and brings together many drawings based on the interviews that I conducted.
The process used to drawing the picture of Colin (featured centrally on the quilt) connects the embroidery with the paintings and the history of the paintings with their modern narratives. It was created by subverting the use of a CAD embroidery machine by attaching a paintbrush to the head of a CAD embroidery machine. The needle on the machine is prevented from going down and fabric was replaced in the embroidery hoop by paper which was dragged underneath the paintbrush producing strokes and marks which look like stitches. The embroidered and printed patches around his head, and the magazine in his arms visually represent the stories and narratives for the interviews.
This work was part of a larger project executed by researchers of London College of Fashion’s Drawing Hub in collaboration with the National Gallery over the period of a year. The research was presented at a symposium in May 2013 at LCF and the results of this work and shown in an event at the National Gallery on 14th June 2013.
‘Flight: Drawing Interpretations’ was an exhibition that brought together a group of researchers from London College of Fashion who, over a period of a year, engaged directly with the collection at the National Gallery in London in response to the theme of ‘Flight’. The process of drawing as a means of investigation, of thinking and articulating ideas, played a pivotal role in the development of this research. Late Night Exhibition at the National Gallery showcased this research
The Good Drawing
No full textA series of essays by artists, designers and historians that take as their subject "what is a good drawing". The book is an edited and augmented version of a day long conference held at the National Gallery In London as a part of a collaboration between, UAL, RMIT, Melbourne and the National Gallery, London
Providence College Faculty Author Series 2017-2018: D. Colin Jaundrill
No full textIn this installment of the Faculty Authors Series, D. Colin Jaundrill (History, Providence College) discusses his newest book, Samurai to Soldier: Remaking Military Service in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Providence College Faculty Author Series 2017-2018: D. Colin Jaundrill
No full textIn this installment of the Faculty Authors Series, D. Colin Jaundrill (History, Providence College) discusses his newest book, Samurai to Soldier: Remaking Military Service in Nineteenth-Century Japan
The future of small farms for poverty reduction and growth:
No full text"The people operating small farms in developing countries have to cope with the risks of these small businesses and have long faced heavy challenges. Today, these challenges are particularly severe, and the aspirations of young people on small farms have changed. Globalization and the integration of international markets are stimulating intense competition, offering some opportunities but also new risks. In light of these pressures and others, many of the world's millions of small farmers are simply not making it. Indeed, half of the world's undernourished people, three-quarters of Africa's malnourished children, and the majority of people living in absolute poverty live on small farms. The transformation of the small-farm economy is one of the biggest economic challenges of our time. For some, it entails growth into specialized, market-oriented farms; for others, part-time farming combined with off-farm rural jobs; and for others, a move out of agriculture. The pathways of transformation differ by region and location and will take decades. Policy must take a long-run view to support and guide this process efficiently, effectively, and in social fairness. The role of women farmers and their livelihoods requires particular attention. In this paper, Peter Hazell, Colin Poulton, Steve Wiggins, and Andrew Dorward address several crucial questions. Do small farms in fact have a future? In what situations can small farms succeed? What strategies are most appropriate for helping to raise small-farm productivity? The authors review both sides of the debate over the future of small farms before coming to their conclusions. Coming down firmly on the side of policy support for small farms, they point to small farms' significant potential for reducing poverty and inequity. They also clarify the differing roles of and needs for small farms in different country contexts and spell out a policy agenda for promoting small-farm development. This discussion paper is based on a literature review and the deliberations of an international workshop, “The Future of Small Farms,” organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 2020 Vision Initiative, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and Imperial College London in Wye, England, from June 26 to 29, 2005. (A proceedings volume for this workshop is available from IFPRI, www.ifpri.org/events/seminars/2005/smallfarms/sfproc.asp.) We hope that this discussion paper will help stimulate renewed attention among many stakeholders— including policymakers, researchers, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations—to small-scale agricultural development. Healthy and productive small farms could serve as a crucial mechanism for achieving the poverty and hunger Millennium Development Goals. " From Foreword by Joachim von BraunPro-poor growth, Agriculture, Economic development, small farms, Poverty reduction, Sustainable livelihoods, Non-farm development, Rural-urban linkages, small farms,
Interview with Colin Jerolmack
No full textColin Jerolmack is an Assistant Professor at New York University
in Sociology and Environmental Studies. He is the author of The
Global Pigeon (forthcoming) and an alumnus of the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Program at Harvard
University
Colin Fraser
No full textPhotograph - Colin Fraser (third from right) in a loaded scow leaving for Fort Chipewyan from Athabasca, Alberta. A group of men are also standing on the pie
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