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In at least twelve kingdoms between the 12th and the 16th centuries medieval kings were compared to the biblical Magi. This type of comparison brings in various important issues related to the royal authority and the perception of the... more
In philosophy, there is an as yet unresolved discussion on whether there are different kinds of kinds and what those kinds are. In particular, there is a distinction between indifferent kinds, which are unaffected by observation and... more
This article considers the (re)production of Hong Kong’s urban space in cyberpunk cinema, specifically in the American interpretation (2017) of Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (1995). How Chinatowns and Asian cities have inspired... more
The article reads the invention of the Exodus-Narrative in its historical context of the religious and political system of the Ancient Near East. It reconstructs the revolutionary different approach to political power and theological... more
Bachelor Thesis about Julian the Apostate’s 'imperial tradition', being a combination of his policy, ideas and representation thereof, it contains an analysis of the effectiveness of these topics in regard to later emperors as well as a... more
In this special issue, authors provide theories, practices, and examples of how the arts are wonderful tool to teach literacies to emergent bilingual students, families, and communities. It concludes with a chapter of multiple resources... more
En este trabajo abordo el tema de la representación del ciego y la ceguera en el trabajo documental de Marco Antonio Cruz, fotógrafo mexicano que trabajó el tema durante 17 años, tras los cuales logró formar un impresionante archivo de... more
Wayne Vucinic Book Prize 2007, "for the most important contribution to Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences." Endorsement by Slavoj Zizek: "Alexei Yurchak's Everything... more
This essay examines the historiography of international exhibitions, seen as geopolitical phenomena of modernity to which are associated the rise of middle classes, nationalist and colonialist movements, as well as an exhibitionary... more
Az idős személyekre vonatkozó, kulturálisan beágyazott sztereotípiák sokrétűen hatnak életünkre: korábbi kutatási eredmények szerint e vélekedések befolyásolják motoros viselkedéseinket, társas viselkedésünket, kognitív teljesítményünket,... more
This review essay of two edited volumes sketches how STS scholars have analyzed scientific representation and visualization in recent work. Several key foci have emerged, among them attending closely to materiality, engaging the digital... more
In the early 1990s, Ontario’s Royal Commission of Learning published a report titled For the Love of Learning, which recommended that “all [school] boards have at least one student member, entitled to vote on all board matters, subject to... more
Realistic renderings contain a large amount of information about the spatial, geometric and material properties of prospective buildings that can directly affect design decisions, yet these images are most of the time used as... more
Zoom Book launch event. REPRESENTING 21ST-CENTURY MIGRATION IN EUROPE: Performing Borders, Identities and Texts. Edited by Nelson González Ortega and Ana Belén Martínez García. Berghahn Books, Feb. 2022. Roundtable with authors.
In this paper we analyse the Women’s and Feminist Movement (WFM)’s representation of work and power relations. We state that these are challenging the labour relations and the formal system of work by means of opening up new discursive... more
Traditional leadership often coexists with modern political institutions; yet, we know little about how traditional and state authority cues—or those from male or female sources—affect public opinion. Using an original survey experiment... more
This paper looks at the conditions of the emergence of "race" as a new scientific category during the eighteenth century, arguing that two modes of discourse and visualization played a significant role: that on society,... more
Globalization has typically been regarded as challenging representative democracy at the state level. This chapter outlines four of these challenges-that of democratic externalities, of transnational global processes and supranational... more
Based on a brief overview of the history of ontology and on some philosophical problems of virtual reality, a new approach to virtuality is proposed. To characterize the representational (information, cognitive, cultural, communication)... more
Jelen tanulmány legfőbb célja rávilágítani a választójog mint alapjog, egyik aspektusa, a választójog egyenlősége szerepére a jogállamiság koncepciójában, felvázolva a tudomány jeles képviselőinek erre vonatkozó álláspontját. A magyar... more
The thesis explores the relations between current archaeological research and the information presented to the general public. To illuminate the circumstances, a case study of French Palaeolithic cave art has been applied. A chronology of... more
This paper considers the role that representational methodologies play in the dialogue between archaeological material data and narrative creation. It does this specifically in relation to the production and consumption of knowledge at... more
Mit diesem Titel liegt eine veröffentlichte Magisterarbeit vor, deren redaktioneller Beschreibungstext auf dem Buchrücken einen „Blick über den Tellerrand hinaus“ verspricht. Dieses Versprechen soll sich durch drei Leitaspekte einlösen,... more