Candi, Space and Landscape
A study on the distribution, orientation and spatial organization of Central Javanese temple remains
Véronique Degroot | 2009
Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between…
The Expression & Perception of Space in Wayana
Karen Hough | 2008
Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express ‘space’ from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe…
Visiting the Calvario at Mitla, Oaxaca
A critical look at the continuity of a religious practice
William R. Arfman | 2008
In the centre of the Mexican town of Mitla stands a run-down chapel on an overgrown pre-colonial pyramid. The chapel, housing three crosses, is the town’s Calvario, the local representation of the hill on which…
Vóór de veearts kwam...
Volksdiergeneeskunde van weleer
Servais Hutschemakers | 2008
Volksdiergeneeskunde is een vrijwel verdwenen, een wat geheimzinnige wereld van praktische oplossingen, kwakzalverij, toverij, geloof en bijgeloof. Een bijna ontoegankelijke wereld die alleen kan worden betreden door mensen die vertrouwen inboezemen, door intimi. Zo’n vertrouwens…
Photo-Museology
The presence of absence and the absence of presence
Mark Adams and Nicholas Thomas | Forthcoming
Ethnographic museums, now often rebranded as collections of ‘world cultures’, appear permanently problematic, even as their contexts and the orientation of their activities change. Across Europe and elsewhere, curators and other museum staff are committed…
Candi, Space and Landscape
A study on the distribution, orientation and spatial organization of Central Javanese temple remains
Véronique Degroot | 2009
Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between…
The Expression & Perception of Space in Wayana
Karen Hough | 2008
Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express ‘space’ from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe…
Visiting the Calvario at Mitla, Oaxaca
A critical look at the continuity of a religious practice
William R. Arfman | 2008
In the centre of the Mexican town of Mitla stands a run-down chapel on an overgrown pre-colonial pyramid. The chapel, housing three crosses, is the town’s Calvario, the local representation of the hill on which…
Vóór de veearts kwam...
Volksdiergeneeskunde van weleer
Servais Hutschemakers | 2008
Volksdiergeneeskunde is een vrijwel verdwenen, een wat geheimzinnige wereld van praktische oplossingen, kwakzalverij, toverij, geloof en bijgeloof. Een bijna ontoegankelijke wereld die alleen kan worden betreden door mensen die vertrouwen inboezemen, door intimi. Zo’n vertrouwens…
Photo-Museology
The presence of absence and the absence of presence
Mark Adams and Nicholas Thomas | Forthcoming
Ethnographic museums, now often rebranded as collections of ‘world cultures’, appear permanently problematic, even as their contexts and the orientation of their activities change. Across Europe and elsewhere, curators and other museum staff are committed…
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