Tag: Humanities

Reconstruction, Replication and Re-enactment in the Humanities and Social Sciences


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English | ISBN: 9463728007 | 2020 | 298 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Performative methods are playing an increasingly prominent role in research into historical production processes, materials, bodily knowledge and sensory skills, and in forms of education and public engagement in classrooms and museums. This book offers, for the first time, sustained, interdisciplinary reflections on performative methods, variously known as Reconstruction, Replication and Re-enactment (RRR) practices across the fields of history of science, archaeology, art history, conservation, musicology and anthropology. Each of these fields has distinct histories, approaches, tools and research questions. Researchers in the historical disciplines have used reconstructions to learn about the materials and practices of the past, while anthropologists and ethnographers have more often studied the re-enactments themselves, participating in these performances as engaged observers. In this book, authors bring their experiences of RRR practices within their discipline into conversation with RRR practices in other disciplines, providing a basis for interdisciplinary cross-fertilization.

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Toward a Pragmatist Philosophy of the Humanities


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English | ISBN: 1438491050 | 2022 | 270 pages | EPUB, PDF | 721 KB + 2 MB
Develops a pragmatist approach to the philosophy of the humanities, interpreting history, literature, and religion in terms of pragmatic realism.

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Toward a Pragmatist Philosophy of the Humanities


Free Download Sami Pihlstrom, "Toward a Pragmatist Philosophy of the Humanities"
English | ISBN: 1438491050 | 2022 | 270 pages | EPUB, PDF | 721 KB + 2 MB
Develops a pragmatist approach to the philosophy of the humanities, interpreting history, literature, and religion in terms of pragmatic realism.

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Kinesic Intelligence in the Humanities


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English | ISBN: 103228921X | 2023 | 210 pages | EPUB, PDF | 5 MB + 11 MB
This research collection showcases how kinesic intelligence is fundamental to human communication and our ability to produce complex meaning, exploring its manifestations across a range of humanities disciplines, and connecting our past with our social and cultural future.

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Theory and the Transformative Humanities


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English | ISBN: 1527584925 | 2022 | 175 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Problems that face the humanities discipline today have sparked an intense debate across the globe. The theory of the transformative humanities envisions a domain of inquiry that attempts to transform cultures, individuals and society. This volume explores different theoretical perspectives and practical orientations through which to perceive, innovate and transform the world in which we live. It opens up diverse fields of thinking and research, and offers a wider perspective on how a critical-literary approach could be deployed in addressing the multidimensional and evolutionary nature of the humanities in a way that caters to the needs of the present. A compilation of scholarly essays on topics as diverse as post-millennial theory, trans-humanities, posthumanism, interdisciplinarity, psychoanalysis and film studies, the book provides an enabling platform for intellectuals, research scholars and experts in the humanities to tap into the transformative potential of the field.

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