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UrduNiyati Dhokai, Research Assistant Professor, and Rick Davis, Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA)/Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts Center, received $30,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for: “Creative Forces: The NEA Military Healing Arts Network.” For…
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Communities and Communication conference 2021: Connections
The virtual event, on 24 April 2021, will explore the ways in which communities start, develop and grow, what is created within those groups and how real connections are built within the virtual environment. The programme features contributions from musicians,…
Book shows how dance can help people reimagine their relationships with environment
Site, Dance and Body book brings together perspectives from site-dance, phenomenology and new materialism
Grasshoppers and roadblocks: Coping with COVID-19 in rural Mexico
Indigenous people fight pandemic with little government support
Ancient seashell resonates after 18,000 years
Almost 80 years after its discovery, a large shell from the ornate Marsoulas Cave in the Pyrenees has been studied by a multidisciplinary team from the CNRS, the Muséum de Toulouse, the Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès and the Musée…
New history of photography focuses on presidents
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — From the advent of photography to the age of social media, U.S. presidents have been among the most common subjects for the camera. So what better way to tell a story of the medium’s evolution than through…
Made in Finland: Studies in Popular Music
The story of Finnish popular music reflects the country’s Nordic soul and geographical position
Key metaphors in the most popular love songs speak of proximity and possession
A Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) study has analysed seven decades (1946 to 2016) of pop hits from the Billboard charts to explore how conceptions of love have changed.
Scientific investigations of believed remains of two apostles
In Rome lies the Santi Apostoli church, cared for by Franciscan brothers for more than 500 years. For more than 1500 years, this site has held the believed remains of two of the earliest Christians and Jesu apostles: St. Philip…
Series of dialogues to bring together scientific and cultural ways of knowing about fermented foods
Four experts lead discussion of fermentation science, Indigenous food sovereignty, performance, and feminist science studies
Jihadi online media productions and how different groups deal with them
A new book looks at the use of audiovisual media by jihadi groups and their supporters as well as at how these contributions are being countered
Endangered linguistic heritage: a new website for the Pangloss Collection
Like certain animal and plant species, some of the world’s languages are in danger of extinction. Fortunately, the Pangloss Collection, an open archive started in 1995 by the Langues et civilisations à tradition orale laboratory (CNRS/Université Sorbonne Nouvelle/Inalco), makes available…
New perspectives in human behavior and culture
It is at the confluence of different experiences that new theories come into being. Writing in this week’s “Perspectives” in the journal Science , ASU researchers Kim Hill and Rob Boyd comment on new science by Barsbai et al analyzing…
Oxford Brookes University hosts £5 million project to document endangered wooden buildings
The School of Architecture’s grant-giving worldwide programme will make records freely available online
Oldest hominins of Olduvai Gorge persisted across changing environments
~2.0 to 1.8 million year-old archaeological site demonstrates that early humans had the skills and tools to cope with ecological change
Anglo-German project to investigate the role of translation in post-war European magazines
The British Arts and Humanities Research Council and the German Research Foundation are funding the research project ‘Spaces of Translation: European Magazine Cultures’ run jointly by Nottingham Trent University and Mainz University
Book sheds light on work by opposition politicians in Singapore
Journey in Blue: A Peek into the Workers’ Party of Singapore by former non-constituency member of parliament (NCMP) Yee Jenn Jong covers Jenn Jong’s unexpected leap into opposition politics just weeks before the breakthrough 2011 General Election and his experience…
Archaeology: The aroma of distant worlds
Exotic Asian spices such as turmeric and fruits like the banana had already reached the Mediterranean more than 3000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought. A team of researchers working alongside archaeologist Philipp Stockhammer at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (LMU)…
Researchers deconstruct ancient Jewish parchment using multiple imaging techniques
Analyses of the materials in the scrolls helps put the object into an historical context and guides conservators in future restoration efforts
The journey of a death mask of German playwright Frank Wedekind
Jewish emigrants took a plaster mask prepared upon Frank Wedekind’s death with them into exile in New Zealand
Talking like a woman in TED Talks is associated with more popularity
Talking like a woman at online TED Talks is being “uniquely rewarded” with more views according to researchers, who say female language style is an “underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence”. The study published in PLOS ONE by…
Female language style promotes visibility and influence online
A female-typical language style promotes the popularity of talks in the digital context and turns out to be an underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence. This was shown by UZH psychologists in an international study in which they…
Mummified baboons shine new light on the lost land of Punt
Ancient Punt was a major trading partner of Egyptians for at least 1,100 years. It was an important source of luxury goods, including incense, gold, leopard skins, and living baboons.
Mummified baboons shine new light on the lost land of Punt
Findings help map the lost land of Punt
Authors from Oceania depict climate change struggles in University of Guam journal
Live virtual journal launch to take place on Dec. 17, 2020
Glass beads from medieval sites suggest more complex trade networks
Article Title: “Compositional and provenance study of glass beads from archaeological sites in Mali and Senegal at the time of the first Sahelian states” Funding: This study has benefitted from funding by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant no 101211_163022…
Pronouns matter — pronoun use conveys inclusivity
In her doctoral dissertation, Laura Hekanaho investigates attitudes towards English third person singular pronouns; the use of pronouns is very politicized
OHIO professor publishes first article that looks at concussion risk in stunt performers
Dr. Jeff Russell is shining a light on a segment of concussion patients who often go unnoticed in comparison to athletes: performing artist
Using art to build peace for a new generation
A research project using art and digital technology to empower and educate young people across the globe has been awarded funding worth £2 million from the Global Challenges Research Fund. The Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) project, led by Professor…
Science reveals secrets of a mummy’s portrait
Scientific analysis of an ancient portrait pigment reveals long-lost artistic details
Controversy continues over ’13 Reasons Why’ and adolescent suicide
PHILADELPHIA – After its release in 2017, the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” spurred controversy over concerns that its portrayal of a teenage girl’s suicide could increase suicide contagion among adolescents. Though a much-publicized 2019 study found a contagion effect…
X-ray imaging of a beetle’s world in ancient earthenware
Visualization of insect impressions in 3600-year-old pottery from Kyushu, Japan
AI tool may predict movies’ future ratings
Researchers use AI to identify violent, substance-abuse, sexual content in movie scripts before a single scene is shot
Researchers say culture and the arts should have a stronger role in healthcare
Studies show that culture and the arts can have positive effects on health. “Incorporating the arts in healthcare services is an investment in a person’s comprehensive wellbeing. It’s especially important in long-term care,” says researcher Kai Lehikoinen, who is the…
Mullen receives funding to help cultural heritage institutions accept micro-donations
Lincoln Mullen, Associate Professor, History and Art History, received $49,949 from Grant for the Web for a project at Mason’s Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM). RRCHNM will create an open-source software module that enables cultural heritage…
Don’t be fooled by pretty food, USC research warns
As the holiday season nears, thoughts of pumpkin pies, roasted chestnuts and turkey dinners fill our dreams and our grocery shopping lists. While visions of holiday food may be pleasing to the eyes and tantalizing to the palate, it would be a mistake to conclude that pretty food is healthier than other food.
Mare Plasticum – The Plastic Sea
Presented at the Genoa Science Festival 2020, this newly published book covers plenty of fascinating science, such as insights into the impacts of plastics and microplastics.
Irish and UK research helps to unravel secrets behind Game of Thrones
Researchers from five universities across the UK and Ireland – including UL’s Dr Pádraig MacCarron – came together to unravel ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, the books on which the TV series is based.
Don’t be fooled by pretty food, USC research warns
As the holiday season nears, thoughts of pumpkin pies, roasted chestnuts and turkey dinners fill our dreams and our grocery shopping lists. While visions of holiday food may be pleasing to the eyes and tantalizing to the palate, it would…
Fashion’s underappreciated role in presidential politics
Does a well-dressed president make for a better president? Yes, says political scientist David O’Connell.
Your favorite music can send your brain into a pleasure overload
Bringing neuroscience out of the laboratory and into the concert hall
Fashion’s underappreciated role in presidential politics
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Professors and team receive funding from creative forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network
Niyati Dhokai, Research Assistant Professor, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Jatin Ambegaonkar, Professor, School of Kinesiology, Gay Hanna, Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, and Kyla Christensen-Szalanski and Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil, Veterans and the Arts Initiative Staff, received $40,000 from Creative Forces:…
Can individual differences be detected in same-shaped pottery vessels by unknown craftsmen?
An interdisciplinary research team has investigated whether there are quantitative differences that can be used to identify individual potters who make traditional, fixed-shape vessels that have been made in the same way for generations. Consequently, they discovered that there are…
The rhythm of change: What a drum-beat experiment reveals about cultural evolution
Living organisms aren’t the only things that evolve over time. Cultural practices change, too, and in recent years social scientists have taken a keen interest in understanding this cultural evolution. Much research has focused on psychological factors among individuals, like…
War songs and lullabies behind origins of music
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Love is not the reason why we sing and create symphonies–at least not the primary reason, according to a new evolutionary theory of the origins of music. In an article published recently in the journal Behavioral and…
How’d we get so picky about friendship late in life? Ask the chimps
New study shows evidence of nonhuman animals selecting who they socialize during aging
Player behavior in the online game EVE Online may reflect real world country
Virtual worlds may reflect social and economic behavior in the real world, according to a study published October 21, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andres M. Belaza and colleagues from Ghent University, Belgium. People around the world…
Hittite cuneiform scripts will go online
3,500-year-old clay tablet cuneiform texts of the Hittites will be made fully accessible online; Funding by the German Research Foundation
Cultural diversity and racism in the Ancient World
Award will fund display of artefacts for education