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Living Art : Indonesian Artists Engage Politics, Society and History
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Abstract: Living Art: Indonesian Artists Engage Politics, Society and History is inspired by the conviction of so many of Indonesia's Independence-era artists that there is continuing interaction between art and everyday life. In the 1970s, Sanento Yuliman, Indo...
Art Unlimited? : Dynamics and Paradoxes of a Globalizing Art World
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Abstract: Until recently still a blank spot on the world map of art, China today occupies one of the top positions in the rankings of the global art market and has moved into the center of the speculations and the covetousness of its protagonists. But what is re...
The Datafied Society : Studying Culture Through Data
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Abstract: As machine-readable data comes to play an increasingly important role in everyday life, researchers find themselves with rich resources for studying society. The novel methods and tools needed to work with such data require not only new knowledge and s...
Art Beyond Borders : Artistic Exchange in Communist Europe (1945-1989)
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Abstract: This book presents and analyzes artistic interactions both within the Soviet bloc and with the West between 1945 and 1989. During the Cold War the exchange of artistic ideas and products united Europe's avant-garde in a most remarkable way. Despite the...
Art As a Political Witness
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Abstract: The book explores the concept of artistic witnessing as political activity. In which ways may art and artists bear witness to political events? The Contributors engage with dance, film, photography, performance, poetry and theatre and explore artistic ...
Arts-Based Methods for Decolonising Participatory Research
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Abstract: In an effort to challenge the ways in which colonial power relations and Eurocentric knowledges are reproduced in participatory research, this book explores whether and how it is possible to use arts-based methods for creating more horizontal and democ...
Commoning Art - Die transformativen Potenziale von Commons in der Kunst
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Abstract: Auf Selbstorganisation und Fürsorge basierende Commons-Ansätze eröffnen auch der Kunst Chancen zur Veränderung und Transformation. Aber wie kann Gemeinschaffen - Commoning - in der Kunst gelingen? Das transdisziplinäre Autor•innenteam verbindet die akt...
Warlike and Peaceful Societies : The Interaction of Genes and Culture
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Abstract: Are humans violent or peaceful by nature? We are both. In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Agner Fog presents a ground-breaking new argument that explains the existence of differently organised societies using evolutionary theory. It combines natu...
Art and Economics in the City : New Cultural Maps
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Abstract: Emerging forms of alternative economic frameworks are changing the structure of society, redefining the relationship between centre and periphery, and the social dynamics in the urban fabric. In this context, the arts can play a crucial role in formula...
The Agency of Things in Medieval and Early Modern Art : Materials, Power and Manipulation
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Abstract: This volume explores the late medieval and early modern periods from the perspective of objects. While the agency of things has been studied in anthropology and archaeology, it is an innovative approach for art historical investigations. Each contribut...