Indelible Memories
Title | Indelible Memories PDF eBook |
Author | Bob Orrick |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2010-10-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1456801066 |
Indelible Memories
Title | Indelible Memories PDF eBook |
Author | Eugenie Knox |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2010-10-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1453594434 |
In ʻIndelible Memoriesʼ Eugenie Knox reveals one of the most colorful facets of the diamond which is the Melbourne arts world. Her story encompasses a wondrous family life, not without tragedy; through the heady times of the sixties and seventies; with travel to Europe and the U.S.A., and life in India; along with the vagaries of tree, and sea change. A key figure in bringing from overseas modern twentieth century dance and the practices of yoga and spiritual faith, Eugenie formed a creative mould from which many Melbourne artists have drawn. Melanie Wiltshire, traveller, reader, homemaker. Those lucky enough to have seen her performances know they have been privy to the work of a genius within a small pearl of the arts scene. The Dance of Life Studio which Eugenie founded long ago remains a place of influence. And her yoga classes on the Mornington Peninsula are as invigorating and inspirational as ever. Written and illustrated by Eugenie, this is a book which will astound the unsuspecting and delight all . Herein is a remarkable offering from a woman who now by way of words, parts the curtains and leads us again onto paths of discovery.
Indelible in the Hippocampus
Title | Indelible in the Hippocampus PDF eBook |
Author | Shelly Oria |
Publisher | McSweeney's |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-09-10 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9781944211714 |
This truly intersectional collection of essays, fiction, and poetry sound the voices of black, Latinx, Asian, queer, and trans writers and says "me too" 22 times. Whether reflecting on their teenage selves or their modern-day workplaces, each contributor approaches the subject with unforgettable authenticity and strength.
Performing the Past
Title | Performing the Past PDF eBook |
Author | Karin Tilmans |
Publisher | Amsterdam University Press |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9089642056 |
Karin Tilmans is an historian, and academic coordinator of the Max Weber Programme at the European University Institute, Florence. Frank van Vree is an historian and professor of journalism at the University of Amsterdam. Jay M. Winter is the Charles J. Stille Professor of History at Yale. --
Memory and Movies
Title | Memory and Movies PDF eBook |
Author | John Seamon |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2024-10-29 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0262553295 |
How popular films from Memento to Slumdog Millionaire can help us understand how memory works. In the movie Slumdog Millionaire, the childhood memories of a young game show contestant trigger his correct answers. In Memento, the amnesiac hero uses tattoos as memory aids. In Away from Her, an older woman suffering from dementia no longer remembers who her husband is. These are compelling films that tell affecting stories about the human condition. But what can these movies teach us about memory? In this book, John Seamon shows how examining the treatment of memory in popular movies can shed new light on how human memory works. After explaining that memory is actually a diverse collection of independent systems, Seamon uses examples from movies to offer an accessible, nontechnical description of what science knows about memory function and dysfunction. In a series of lively encounters with numerous popular films, he draws on Life of Pi and Avatar, for example, to explain working memory, used for short-term retention. He describes the process of long-term memory with examples from such films as Cast Away and Groundhog Day; The Return of Martin Guerre, among other movies, informs his account of how we recognize people; the effect of emotion on autobiographical memory is illustrated by The Kite Runner, Titanic, and other films; movies including Born on the Fourth of July and Rachel Getting Married illustrate the complex pain of traumatic memories. Seamon shows us that movies rarely get amnesia right, often using strategically timed blows to the protagonist's head as a way to turn memory off and then on again (as in Desperately Seeking Susan). Finally, he uses movies including On Golden Pond and Amour to describe the memory loss that often accompanies aging, while highlighting effective ways to maintain memory function.
Exhibitions for Social Justice
Title | Exhibitions for Social Justice PDF eBook |
Author | Elena Gonzales |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2019-07-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1351869175 |
Exhibitions for Social Justice assesses the state of curatorial work for social justice in the Americas and Europe today. Analyzing best practices and new curatorial work to support all those working on exhibitions, Gonzales expounds curatorial practices that lie at the nexus of contemporary museology and neurology. From sharing authority, to inspiring action and building solidarity, the book demonstrates how curators can make the most of visitors’ physical and mental experience of exhibitions. Drawing on ethnographic and archival work at over twenty institutions with nearly eighty museum professionals, as well as scholarship in the public humanities, visual culture, cultural studies, memory studies, and brain science, this project steps back from the detailed institutional histories of how exhibitions come to be. Instead, it builds a set of curatorial practices by examining the work behind the finished product in the gallery. Demonstrating that museums have the power to help our society become more hospitable, equitable, and sustainable, Exhibitions for Social Justice will be of interest to scholars and students of museum and heritage studies, gallery studies, arts and heritage management, and politics. It will also be valuable reading for museum professionals and anyone else working with exhibitions who is looking for guidance on how to ensure their work attains maximum impact.
Rows of Memory
Title | Rows of Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Saul Sanchez |
Publisher | University of Iowa Press |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2014-04-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1609382595 |
Every year from April to October, the Sánchez family traveled—crowded in the back of trucks, camping in converted barns, tending and harvesting crops across the breadth of the United States. Although hoeing sugar beets with a short hoe was their specialty, they also picked oranges in California, apples in Washington, cucumbers in Michigan, onions and potatoes in Wisconsin, and tomatoes in Iowa. Winters they returned home to the Winter Garden region of South Texas. In 1951, Saúl Sánchez began to contribute to his family’s survival by helping to weed onions in Wind Lake, Wisconsin. He was eight years old. Rows of Memory tells his story and the story of his family and other migrant farm laborers like them, people who endured dangerous, dirty conditions and low pay, surviving because they took care of each other. Facing racism both on the road and at home, they lived a largely segregated life only occasionally breached by friendly employers. Despite starting school late and leaving early every year and having to learn English on the fly, young Saúl succeeded academically. At the same time that Mexican Americans in South Texas upended the Anglo-dominated social order by voting their own leaders into local government, he upended his family’s order by deciding to go to college. Like many migrant children, he knew that his decision to pursue an education meant he would no longer be able to help feed and clothe the rest of his family. Nevertheless, with his parents’ support, he went to college, graduating in 1967 and, after a final display of his skill with a short hoe for his new friends, abandoned migrant labor for teaching. In looking back at his youth, Sánchez invites us to appreciate the largely unrecognized and poorly rewarded strength and skill of the laborers who harvest the fruits and vegetables we eat. A first-person portrait of life on the bottom rung of the food system, this coming-of-age tale illuminates both the history of Latinos in the United States and the human consequences of industrial agriculture.