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The Second Law and Energy
This Nobel Prize-winning scientist admits to staying up late the night before his talk to bone up on thermodynamics. He puts his research to good use, discussing the history and application of the laws of thermodynamics, which have served as “the scientific foundation of how we harness energy, and the basis of the industrial r
Mission Control Operations
Chris Kraft manages to present in a single event the ultimate in engineering case studies, as well as an insider’s history of 20th century space missions and a pep talk for AeroAstro students. This blunt raconteur describes the challenges of the earliest space pioneers. His story begins with Project Mercury in the 19
The Craft of Science Fiction
Joe Haldeman provides a sneak preview of an upcoming novel whose story plays out in MIT’s past, present and distant future. In his conversation with Henry Jenkins, Haldeman admits that he has “a lot of fun with the sociology of being in this joint.” He also discusses the history of his genre, and his own literary approa
History of Boston Transportation
1630-1990
Fred Salvucci ponders the role of contingency in history, and in the evolution of Boston and its transportation system. He starts from the time the glaciers pulled back from Boston, leaving a soggy near-island and a river for the first white settlers to contend with. “The reason the city is here because
Global Media
Just as digital technology has expanded the means of producing media, so has it increased the geographic range new media may travel. Locally generated content can zip around the world in a heartbeat. But, says moderator Henry Jenkins, “as a society we’re in a contradictory state in terms of having greater access to glob
Egyptian economy and non-royal women: their status in public life
The online version of a lecture given 21 June, 1995, at Brown University, by William A. Ward deals with the status of women in ancient Egypt society. Although pharaonic Egypt was in most respects a male society, with men holding positions in public life while women dominated the private life, Ward points to the fact that there is plenty of evidence that women, throughout ancient Egyptian civilisation could own, bequeath and inherit land. Furthermore women seem to have been able to hold positions
Estudios de dialectología Norteafricana y Andalusí (EDNA)
The academic journal for 'North African and Andalusian Dialectological Studies' (EDNA) is a publication from the Spanish 'Institute of Islamic and Near Eastern Studies'. The journal is devoted to the study of the Arabic language in the Western regions of Maghreb and Alandalús, thus combining studies on contemporary and historical issues of Arabic dialects in these regions. Available on the site is the full-text content for all issues published between 1996 and 2004. Although Spanish is the main
Black spirits, white saints : sub-Saharan music, spirit possession and the geo-cultural imagination
This PDF document describes an AHRC-funded investigation into the Tunisian “healing music” stambeli. This underground music and associated rituals has its origins in the largely vanished network of houses that supported freed slaves and sub-Saharan migrants across Tunisia, and represents the meeting of ‘black’ sub-Saharan African and ‘white’ Islamic and Middle Eastern cultures through its motifs of black spirits and white saints. The project will produce a det
National park service archeology program
This website provides access to the archaeology and ethnography program of the U.S. National Park service. It is a portal to the many projects across America and American legislation on archaeological matters. The projects are accessible via a map or textual hyperlinks from the "sites and collections" section. A special section of the site examines the Antiquities Act. The section entitled "peoples and cultures" presents instead all the ethnographic projects. Another special section worth lookin
Institute for Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies
The website of the Institute of Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies (IAMS), an international research body which since 1973 has promoted the study of the origins and developments of metallurgy within its cultural and historical context from the earliest period to recent times. The website sketches the background to previous research in ancient metallurgy and provides a useful chronicle of IAMS-sponsored projects in major metal producing areas of the ancient world, including the Sinai, the Negev (parti
Julia Morgan : an online exhibition
This online exhibition highlights the work of American architect Julia Morgan, who in 1904 became the first woman licensed to practice architecture in California. Taken from the archive papers at the Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), the website provides scope notes for the collection and related collections. The online exhibition covers Morgan's biography; education; early work; Morgan's design of William Randolph Hearst's estate in San Simeon, Calif
Civic society initiative
This is the website of the Civic Society Initiative an umbrella organisation uniting local civic societies around the UK. These societies are typically concerned with the architectural environment and built heritage of individual towns and take an active campaigning role. The Civic Society Initiative steps into the void left when the national Civic Trust folded and aims to support local groups and give a national voice to the movement. The site showcase the broad range of activities across the c
Drawing out meaning : 500 years of architectural history
'Drawing out Meaning: 500 years of architectural history' is an online resource that is part of RIBA's website. It presents a workshop that is based on a seminar first delivered to the Manchester School of Architecture. The workshop provides 19 examples, dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries, that illustrate the nature of drawing as a tool for the architect to communicate his ideas. The notes and images are accessed via the names of the architects, which include Palladio, Inigo Jones, Nicho
Snøhetta - works : annual architecture lecture 2009
The website for the Royal Academy of Arts has provided this podcast of the 2009 annual architecture lecture by Craig Dykers and Kjetil Thorsen, co-founders of the Norwegian architectural practice Snøhetta. This lecture 'Snøhetta - Works' is available as an MP3 file, and this website also offers a selection of the images and video that accompanied the lecture. This international architecture, landscape architecture and interior design practice is based in Oslo, Norway and New York City, and a
Cyberfibres
This website, entitled Cyberfibres, is a searchable online database of Australian fashion and textile design created by a team led by Kaye Ashton for the Frances Burke Textile Resource Centre and the RMIT University School of Fashion and Textiles in Melbourne Australia. The website contains a brief history of the Cyberfibres project, its content, origins and how to use it. The database can be searched by keyword, by a structured search facility including Date and Role functions, or can be browse
Transforming cultures ejournal
'Transforming Cultures' is peer-reviewed full-text ejournal. It is published by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. At January 2009 there are six issues online, offering articles in PDF format. The journal contains scholary articles, interviews, opinion, and book reviews, within a focus on research on... "narratives of the local in Australia, and in the regions of the Pacific and Indian Oceans". Issues have themes, such as: 'Cultural Currents
