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
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
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
Bill Palmer home page
Bill Palmer is a member of the Surrey Morphology Group and is currently working on an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded research project concerning the use of possessive morphology to index subject on verbs in languages of the Northwest Solomonic branch of Oceanic (Austronesian). His homepage contains links to published and draft papers; a bibliography with links to some dictionaries of various languages; his PhD-thesis and masters thesis; and information about his field researc
Kitabkhana
Kitabkhana is a literary blog site which, while it has a fairly strong South Asian focus, also looks at publishing in English generally. The site is quite idiosyncratic - it is light hearted and humourous, but nonetheless gives an interesting critique of many modern works of fiction and on bodies of work. The South Asian bias of the site can be seen in the number of Indian authors that feature on it, as well as in the references to South Asian phenomena and trends in the reviews of other works.
dichtung digital
This is the homepage of Dichtung Digital (Digital Fiction), an online newsletter in German devoted to "contributions on digital aesthetics." The site contains annotated links to and commentary on a broad range of electronic literature; hyperfiction; Latin American cyberculture and cyberliterature; canonized hypertexts; trans-medial narrative theory; and digital poetry that references prehistoric texts and symbols. The site publishes reviews on digital literature and art; interviews with author
Karim Rashid
This is the website of award-winning designer Karim Rasid, who was born in Cairo in 1960 to Egyptian and English parents, raised in Canada, and is now based in New York. As well as a biography his website includes his manifesto which advocates that high-quality design should be available to everyone. For him design is not just about solving problems but about "a rigorous beautification of our built environments". The main sections of the website relate to the different aspects of his design work
Motley collection of theatre and costume design
This is the website of the Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design, which forms part of the Book and Special Collections Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The collection contains documentation on the history of theatre. It contains original materials on theatre comprising over 5000 items from more than 150 productions in England and the United States. These materials include costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and swatc
Ernst Barlach Gesellschaft Hamburg
This is the homepage of Ernst Barlach Association concerning the life and works of the German expressionist artist, Ernst Barlach (1870-1938), who was persecuted during the early Nazi period for creating so-called 'degenerate art.' Barlach's work was banned by the Nazi party because his works carried an anti-war theme in the period leading up to the Second World War. His pacifist stance stemmed from his experiences in the First World War. In the section, 'Vita,' the site provides a summary of
Kunstverein Hannover
This is the website of the Kunstverein Hannover, an art association that, set up in 1832, was one of the first of its kind in Germany. The 'About us' section on the website has information about the origins and history of the institution as well as an outline of its programmes and aims. An exhibition section has information about current, past and forthcoming exhibitions, as well as touring exhibitions and complementary events and discussions. The Kunstverein has a library, which can be visited
Forests and Chases of England and Wales c. 1000 to c. 1850
The website "Forests and Chases of England and Wales, c. 1000 to c. 1850" is a project pursued by dr. John Langton and dr. Graham Jones from the University of Oxford, a multidisciplinary survey into mapping medieval forests and their survival into the modern era. The groundbreaking research reveals the landscape history of Britain and Wales throughout the centuries but also social, economic and cultural aspects of human relationship with the forests and the environment. Detailed information abou
Points of view : capturing the 19th century in photographs
'Points of View: Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs' is the website and online exhibition of a major exhibition at the British Library in London. The free exhibition ends on 7th Mar 2010. The curators have selected works from the rich and rarely-seen 300,000-item photographic archives of the British Museum (now at the British Library, which has since added to the 19th century collection) to ask of the 19th century: "Who was making the photograph and why?" The website contains an online e
Telamon project
The Telamon Project is hosted by the department of Classics at St Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia and aims to create an online digital library of the ancient Greek inscriptions found in Bulgaria. In total there are over 3,500 such inscriptions, dating from the 6th century BC to the 4th century AD. Geographically the particular focus is on Roman Thrace, Philippopolis and Augusta Traiana. At the time of compiling this review only a very small proportion of the inscriptions was available on th
Search user interfaces
This is the website of a 2009 Cambridge University Press book on search design, possibly one of the most critical design issues of our age. 'Search User Interfaces' is freely available online in full-text form. The book by Marti Hearst examines the design of search interfaces across a range of platforms and delivery methods. Chapters include: 'Design of Search User Interfaces'; 'Evaluation of Search User Interfaces'; 'Presentation of Search Results'; 'Information Visualization for Search Interfa
Storia e futuro : rivista di storia e storiografia
"Storia e Futuro: Rivista di storia e storiografia" ["History and Future: Journal of history and historiography"] is an online journal dedicated to the study of history and historiography. The journal focusses on the social, economical, political and cultural changes of contemporary societies. Based at the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Bologna, the publication draws on the contributions of established historians and academics. The journal is subdivided into several sectio
American association of teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Founded in 1917, the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese promotes the study and teaching of these languages on the secondary and tertiary levels. Its extensive site provides information about the organisation (membership, officers), lists job postings, provides information about its annual conference, awards and scholarships. The site offers particularly important information about the organisation's publications ('Hispania;' 'Enlace;' the Association's newsletter; 'Portu
Fondos digitalizados : Universidad de Sevilla
The electronic collection of the University of Seville acts as a digital repository of historical photographs; PhD theses; and digitised version of old printed books, journals and manuscripts. The collection is divided in three clear sections for each type of materials. The electronic collection of ancient and rare materials includes books, newspapers and manuscripts from the 15th to the 20th century. It can be browsed by subject and date of publication; or the user may alternatively perform a f
Comptes des chatellenies Savoyardes : exercices de paléographie
Comptes des chatellenies Savoyardes is a website which provides images taken from 13th and 14th-century account rolls, using them in a number of self-guided palaeography exercises. The site is entirely written in French, but for those without French-language skills the exercises (based on Latin texts) are extremely easy to use and would therefore constitute useful practice for anyone already studying medieval palaeography. Small sections of document, in a number of different types of hands, ar
Global media journal : Mediterranean edition
The 'Global Media Journal: Mediterranean edition' is a full-text scholarly ejournal. The journal is published by the Global Communication Association, and supported by Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana. This is the Mediterranean edition of the journal, which has its own Editor, Advisory Board and content. This edition is published in English. At April 2009 there are six issues freely available online, with articles available in PDF format. Example article titles are: 'The First Cypr
British Museum : a catalogue of the Russian icons in the British Museum
The British Museum's online catalogue of Russian icons provides images of and information about the 72 icons which make up the Museum's collection. Information is provided about the meaning and history of icons, the nature and scope of the collection (which includes works from the 15th to the early 20th centuries), and the techniques and materials used to create them. The catalogue itself gives an image of each icon (small, large, and downloadable versions are offered), plus detailed information
