Indigenous Graphic Communication Systems
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Indigenous Graphic Communication Systems
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Author : Katarzyna Mikulksa
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2020-01-17
Indigenous Graphic Communication Systems written by Katarzyna Mikulksa and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-17 with Social Science categories.
Indigenous Graphic Communication Systems challenges the adequacy of Western academic views on what writing is and explores how they can be expanded by analyzing the sophisticated graphic communication systems found in Central Mesoamerica and Andean South America. By examining case studies from across the Americas, the authors pursue an enhanced understanding of Native American graphic communication systems and how the study of graphic expression can provide insight into ancient cultures and societies, expressed in indigenous words. Focusing on examples from Central Mexico and the Andes, the authors explore the overlap among writing, graphic expression, and orality in indigenous societies, inviting reevaluation of the Western notion that writing exists only to record language (the spoken chain of speech) as well as accepted beliefs of Western alphabetized societies about the accuracy, durability, and unambiguous nature of their own alphabetized texts. The volume also addresses the rapidly growing field of semasiography and relocates it more productively as one of several underlying operating principles in graphic communication systems. Indigenous Graphic Communication Systems reports new results and insights into the meaning of the rich and varied content of indigenous American graphic expression and culture as well as into the societies and cultures that produce them. It will be of great interest to Mesoamericanists, students, and scholars of anthropology, archaeology, art history, ancient writing systems, and comparative world history. The research for and publication of this book have been supported in part by the National Science Centre of Poland (decision no. NCN-KR-0011/122/13) and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Contributors: Angélica Baena Ramírez, Christiane Clados, Danièle Dehouve, Stanisław Iwaniszewski, Michel R. Oudijk, Katarzyna Szoblik, Loïc Vauzelle, Gordon Whittaker, Janusz Z. Wołoszyn, David Charles Wright-Carr
A Companion To Latin American Legal History
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-12-04
A Companion To Latin American Legal History written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-04 with Law categories.
This comprehensive volume offers fresh insights on Latin American and Caribbean law before European contact, during the colonial and early republican eras and up to the present. It considers the history of legal education, the legal profession, Indigenous legal history, and the legal history concerning Africans and African Americans, other enslaved peoples, women, immigrants, peasants, and workers. This book also examines the various legal frameworks concerning land and other property, commerce and business, labor, crime, marriage, family and domestic conflicts, the church, the welfare state, constitutional law and rights, and legal pluralism. It serves as a current introduction for those new to the field and provides in-depth interpretations, discussions, and bibliographies for those already familiar with the region’s legal history. Contributors are: Diego Acosta, Alejandro Agüero, Sarah C. Chambers, Robert J. Cottrol, Oscar Cruz Barney, Mariana Dias Paes, Tamar Herzog, Marta Lorente Sariñena, M.C. Mirow, Jerome G. Offner, Brian Owensby, Juan Manuel Palacio, Agustín Parise, Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo, Heikki Pihlajamäki, Susan Elizabeth Ramírez, Timo H. Schaefer, William Suárez-Potts, Victor M. Uribe-Uran, Cristián Villalonga, Alex Wisnoski, and Eduardo Zimmermann.
Systematic Innovation Partnerships With Artificial Intelligence And Information Technology
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Author : Robert Nowak
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-09-23
Systematic Innovation Partnerships With Artificial Intelligence And Information Technology written by Robert Nowak and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-23 with Computers categories.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International TRIZ Future Conference on Automated Invention for Smart Industries, TFC 2022, which took place in Warsaw, Poland, in September 2022; the event was sponsored by IFIP WG 5.4.The 39 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. They are organized in the following thematic sections: New perspectives of TRIZ; AI in systematic innovation; systematic innovations supporting IT and AI; TRIZ applications; TRIZ education and ecosystem.
Pilgrimage To Broken Mountain
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Author : Alan R. Sandstrom
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2023-01-20
Pilgrimage To Broken Mountain written by Alan R. Sandstrom and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-20 with Social Science categories.
An ethnographic study based on decades of field research, Pilgrimage to Broken Mountain explores five sacred journeys to the peaks of venerated mountains undertaken by Nahua people living in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Punctuated with elaborate ritual offerings dedicated to the forces responsible for rain, seeds, crop fertility, and the well-being of all people, these pilgrimages are the highest and most elaborate form of Nahua devotion and reveal a sophisticated religious philosophy that places human beings in intimate contact with what Westerners call the forces of nature. Alan and Pamela Sandstrom document them for the younger Nahua generation, who live in a world where many are lured away from their communities by wage labor in urban Mexico and the United States. Pilgrimage to Broken Mountain contains richly detailed descriptions and analyses of ritual procedures as well as translations from the Nahuatl of core myths, chants performed before decorated altars, and statements from participants. Particular emphasis is placed on analyzing the role of sacred paper figures that are produced by the thousands for each pilgrimage. The work contains drawings of these cuttings of spirit entities along with hundreds of color photographs illustrating how they are used throughout the pilgrimages. The analysis reveals the monist philosophy that underlies Nahua religious practice in which altars, dancing, chanting, and the paper figures themselves provide direct access to the sacred. In the context of their pilgrimage traditions, the ritual practices of Nahua religion show one way that people interact effectively with the forces responsible for not only their own prosperity but also the very survival of humanity. A magnum opus with respect to Nahua religion and religious practice, Pilgrimage to Broken Mountain is a significant contribution to several fields, including but not limited to anthropology, Indigenous literatures of Mesoamerica, Nahuatl studies, Latinx and Chicanx studies, and religious studies.
A Concise History Of The Aztecs
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Author : Susan Kellogg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2024-02-15
A Concise History Of The Aztecs written by Susan Kellogg and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-15 with History categories.
Moving beyond common misperceptions, this book sheds new light on Aztec history and civilization.
Handbook Of Latin American Studies Vol 76
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Author : Katherine D. McCann
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2023-04-11
Handbook Of Latin American Studies Vol 76 written by Katherine D. McCann and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-11 with Reference categories.
Beginning with Number 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and research underway in specialized areas.
The Tame And The Wild
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Author : Marcy Norton
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2024-01-09
The Tame And The Wild written by Marcy Norton and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-09 with History categories.
Marcy Norton tells a new history of the European colonization of the Americas, one that places wildlife and livestock at the center of the story. She reveals that it was, above all, the encounters between European and Native American beliefs about animal life that transformed societies on both sides of the Atlantic.
Inside Abstraction
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Author : Carolyn Dean
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2025-09-23
Inside Abstraction written by Carolyn Dean and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-09-23 with Art categories.
Illuminating the abstract art of the Inka, what it conveys about Inka values, and its relationship to those who view it. Inka visual culture is unusual in its tendency toward abstraction. Public stonework, vessels used at state feasts, garments worn by the imperial elite—these objects announcing status and power are adorned with geometric designs that refuse figuration. After searching in vain for hidden referents, many scholars have largely given up the search for meaning. Inside Abstraction develops a novel interpretation. Eminent art historian Carolyn Dean proposes that Inka geometries are neither ornamental nor coded depictions of other objects. Rather, Dean shows that in the Andean world, the designs were functionally self-aware, possessing perspectives of their own, quite literally looking back at and addressing viewers directly. Further, Dean contends that these agent-abstractions were teachers, conveying particular messages concerning social hierarchy: the relations among geometries and colors instructed viewers as to their own proper social relations. Inka designs thereby served imperial aims by wordlessly communicating the state’s values and demands for submission. Extensively illustrated and rigorously argued, Inside Abstraction is a dramatic step forward in our understanding of Inka art and political order.
Flower Worlds
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Author : Michael Mathiowetz
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2021-05-04
Flower Worlds written by Michael Mathiowetz and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-04 with History categories.
The recognition of Flower Worlds is one of the most significant breakthroughs in the study of Indigenous spirituality in the Americas.Flower Worldsis the first volume to bring together a diverse range of scholars to create an interdisciplinary understanding of floral realms that extend at least 2,500 years in the past.
Words And Worlds Turned Around
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Author : David Tavárez
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2017-12-14
Words And Worlds Turned Around written by David Tavárez and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-14 with Social Science categories.
A sophisticated, state-of-the-art study of the remaking of Christianity by indigenous societies, Words and Worlds Turned Around reveals the manifold transformations of Christian discourses in the colonial Americas. The book surveys how Christian messages were rendered in indigenous languages; explores what was added, transformed, or glossed over; and ends with an epilogue about contemporary Nahuatl Christianities. In eleven case studies drawn from eight Amerindian languages—Nahuatl, Northern and Valley Zapotec, Quechua, Yucatec Maya, K'iche' Maya, Q'eqchi' Maya, and Tupi—the authors address Christian texts and traditions that were repeatedly changed through translation—a process of “turning around” as conveyed in Classical Nahuatl. Through an examination of how Christian terms and practices were made, remade, and negotiated by both missionaries and native authors and audiences, the volume shows the conversion of indigenous peoples as an ongoing process influenced by what native societies sought, understood, or accepted. The volume features a rapprochement of methodologies and assumptions employed in history, anthropology, and religion and combines the acuity of of methodologies drawn from philology and historical linguistics with the contextualizing force of the ethnohistory and social history of Spanish and Portuguese America. Contributors: Claudia Brosseder, Louise M. Burkhart, Mark Christensen, John F. Chuchiak IV, Abelardo de la Cruz, Gregory Haimovich, Kittiya Lee, Ben Leeming, Julia Madajczak, Justyna Olko, Frauke Sachse, Garry Sparks