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Tag: ARTS/CULTURE
If the glove fits
Modern tools and US Army-edition gloves may have uncovered the original dimensions of the tefach, a biblical unit of measurement used by ancient Israelites
Central Asian horse riders played ball games 3,000 years ago
Today, ball games are one of the most popular leisure activities in the world, an important form of mass entertainment and big business. But who invented balls, where and when? The oldest balls that are currently known about were made…
Interactive publication explores French theater during the Enlightenment and Revolution
Innovative, open access volume opens new avenues of inquiry and broadens the nature of humanities scholarship
Musical training can improve attention and working memory in children – study
Cognitive benefits could last a lifetime
‘Yeshiva Days’ records Lower East Side Jewish life
ITHACA, N.Y. – In 2012, Jonathan Boyarin, professor of modern Jewish studies at Cornell University, spent a year of academic leave studying Torah at Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ), New York’s oldest institution of rabbinic learning. He describes his experience in…
Lack of diversity means box-office blues for Hollywood films, UCLA study shows
High-budget movies stand to lose tens of millions during opening weekend
Transatlantic collaboration in digital music teaching
Joint project of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Texas State University receives EUR 73,000 in national funding
Danish King got enshrined in his own clothes, appeared with his brothers’ when examined
Scientific analysis solve puzzle about the age and destiny of precious silk textiles from AD 1100
RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection preserves Hebrew wood type
Rare collection includes wood types used to print ‘The Forward’
Artificial intelligence in art: a simple tool or creative genius?
Intelligent algorithms are used to create paintings, write poems, and compose music.
Artificial intelligence in art: a simple tool or creative genius?
A study shows how language humanizes AI
When painting reveals increases in social trust
Scientists from the CNRS, ENS-PSL, Inserm, and Sciences Po (1) revealed an increase in facial displays of trustworthiness in European painting between the fourteenth and twenty-first centuries. The findings, published in Nature Communications on 22 September 2020, were obtained by…
Cellular processes and social behaviors and… zombies?
Academic meeting embraces zombie apocalypse, spans the sciences, the arts and the scary
Shift in West African wildmeat trade suggests erosion of cultural taboos
New research by the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has demonstrated a clear fluctuation in the trade of wildmeat in and around the High Niger National Park in Guinea, West Africa
A 48,000 years old tooth that belonged to one of the last Neanderthals in Northern Italy
A milk-tooth found in the vicinity of “Riparo del Broion” on the Berici Hills in the Veneto region bears evidence of one of the last Neanderthals in Italy. This small canine tooth belonged to a child between 11 and 12…
Unknown details identified in the Lions’ Courtyard at the Alhambra
Experts from the University of Seville (Spain), the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) and the University of Granada (Spain) are collaborating on this research that has documented hitherto virtually unknown details
European ReIReS network launches online database for religious studies
Database combines the rich collections of various European institutions, offering improved access to research material and sources on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as on ancient and non-European religions
Phone calls create stronger bonds than text-based communications
AUSTIN, Texas — After months of social distancing mandates, people are leaning heavily on technology for a sense of social connection. But new research from The University of Texas at Austin suggests people too often opt to send email or…
Colors evoke similar feelings around the world
People all over the world associate colors with emotions. In fact, people from different parts of the world often associate the same colors with the same emotions.
Colors evoke similar feelings around the world
Mainz University involved in a study in around 4,600 participants from 30 nations on the association between colors and emotions
Paul de Lagarde (1827-1891) – scholar and anti-Semite
Research team from Göttingen and Potsdam examines the intellectual legacy of the Göttingen Orientalist
Lecturer takes laptops and smart phones away and musters student presence
Danish university lecturer experiments with banning screens in discussion lessons. In a new study, a UCPH researcher and her colleagues at Aarhus University analyzed the results, which include greater student presence, improved engagement and deeper learn
CAPPA scholars honored by Texas Society of Architects
Bell and Holliday receive 2020 Honor Awards for their contributions to the profession
Drone survey reveals large earthwork at ancestral Wichita site in Kansas
Results show possible council circle at what may be Etzanoa near Wichita
Godwin receives funding for performance project exploring human migration
Adrienne Bryant Godwin, Director of Programming, received $9,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for: “Cartography – Great Performances at Mason 2020-2021 season.” “CARTOGRAPHY” is a work that explores the global issue of migration through the eyes of four…
Greet to receive NEH funding for project on abstract art in the Andes
Michele Greet, Director, Art History Program, History and Art History, is set to receive $60,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the project: “Abstraction in the Andes, 1950-1970.” Funding for this work will begin in September 2020…
Vast stone monuments constructed in Arabia 7,000 years ago
New archaeological research in Saudi Arabia documents hundreds of stone structures interpreted as monumental sites where early pastoralists carried out rituals
New clues to a 500-year old mystery about the human heart
Scientists show that muscular structures first described by Leonardo da Vinci are essential for heart function
Research into ancient Chinese chime stones receives highest honour from Chinese Government
Her extensive research, the first comprehensive study of its kind, has earned her the ‘Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad’ by the China Scholarship Council
Analysis of ancient Mesoamerican sculptures supports universality of emotional expressions
Universal facial expressions uncovered in art of the ancient Americas: A computational approach
In Iraq, mixed-religion soccer teams helped build social cohesion, healed wounds after war
New findings in Science show that among persecuted Christians in post-ISIS Iraq, playing on soccer teams with Muslim players helped promote more open attitudes toward Muslims, but only Muslim players in their league, and not beyond.
Personal connections key to climate adaptation
Connections with friends and family are key to helping communities adapt to the devastating impact of climate change on their homes and livelihoods, a new study shows. The research found people are more empowered to respond when they see others…
Landmarks facing climate threats could ‘transform,’ expert says
How much effort should be spent trying to keep Venice looking like Venice – even as it faces rising sea levels that threaten the city with more frequent extreme flooding? As climate change threatens cultural sites, preservationists and researchers are…
Authors’ ‘invisible’ words reveal blueprint for storytelling
AUSTIN, Texas — The “invisible” words that shaped Dickens classics also lead audiences through Spielberg dramas. And according to new research, these small words can be found in a similar pattern across most storylines, no matter the length or format.…
An iconic Native American stone tool technology discovered in Arabia
The recovery of distinctive fluted points from both America and Arabia provides one of the best examples of ‘independent invention’ across continents
In ancient Arabia, some tools were created to show off skills
Fluted projectile points were used like a “peacock’s feathers”
The Second World War in the Twenty-First-Century Museum
From Narrative, Memory, and Experience to Experientiality
‘Selfish and loveless’ society in Uganda really is not
Study busts 50-year-old myth by anthropologist that spread among media and public
Concordian co-leads effort to see future of AI from an Indigenous perspective
A collaborative position paper challenges long-held assumptions about Western approaches to technology
Music on the brain
A neurological study of classical musicians trained in different styles
Uganda’s Ik are not unbelievably selfish and mean
Small ethnic group is cooperative and generous, contrary to 1972 book portrayal
Selling something? Tap into consumer arrogance
Study says arrogance is the secret to sales
Uganda’s Ik are not unbelievably selfish and mean
Small ethnic group is cooperative and generous, contrary to 1972 book portrayal
Selling something? Tap into consumer arrogance
Study says arrogance is the secret to sales
Mainz U history department secures EUR 2.8 million in EU funding to promote young researchers
Innovative practical elements are at the core of a new doctoral training program on Roman inscriptions; network of eight European partners selected in EU evaluation process
Biology in art: Genetic detectives ID microbes suspected of slowly ruining humanity’s treasures
DNA science may help restore, preserve historic works, unmask counterfeits; The trait elite baseball hitters share with Leonardo da Vinci: A ‘quick eye’ with higher ‘frames per second’ — a function of training, genetics, or both?
New analysis of human portraits reveals shift in culture, cognition
Throughout history, portraits featuring the human profile have evolved to reflect changing cultural norms. A new study led by Helena Miton, a Santa Fe Institute Omidyar Fellow, and co-authored by Dan Sperber of Central European University and Miko?aj Hernik, of…
New analysis of human portraits reveals shift in culture, cognition
Throughout history, portraits featuring the human profile have evolved to reflect changing cultural norms. A new study led by Helena Miton, a Santa Fe Institute Omidyar Fellow, and co-authored by Dan Sperber of Central European University and Miko?aj Hernik, of…
Discovery of oldest bow and arrow technology in Eurasia
New archaeological research demonstrates earliest projectile technology in the tropical rainforests of Sri Lanka