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The Norwegian Hogganvik Stone as an Emblem of Social Status and Identity

2013

Abstract This paper scrutinizes the lexical content and sociocultural functions of the recently discovered Hogganvik runestone from 4th- or 5th-century Norway. Archaeological excavations in 2010 did not confirm the general expectation that the stone belongs to a grave and hence supported the suspicion that this type of runic monument neither constitutes a gravestone nor a prototypical memorial stone commemorating the dead. I argue that Hogganvik functions as an emblem of status and identity and hence prefigures sociocultural structures of power not unlike those evidenced by the early 7th-century Blekinge inscriptions with their lycophoric names, e.g., hAriwolAfz (KJ 96 Stentoften). This lex…

Arabic Medieval Inscriptions from the Republic of Mali. Epigraphy, Chronicles and Songhay-Tuāreg History. By Paulo F. de Moraes Farias (ed.). Fontes …

2004

Artefacts of Cognition: the Use of Clay Tokens in a Neo-Assyrian Provincial Administration

2014

The study of clay tokens in the Ancient Near East has focused, for the most part, on their role as antecedents to the cuneiform script. Starting with Pierre Amiet and Maurice Lambert in the 1960s the theory was put forward that tokens, or calculi, represent an early cognitive attempt at recording. This theory was taken up by Denise Schmandt-Besserat who studied a large diachronic corpus of Near Eastern tokens. Since then little has been written except in response to Schmandt-Besserat's writings. Most discussions of tokens have generally focused on the time period between the eighth and fourth millennium bc with the assumption that token use drops off as writing gains ground in administrativ…

Drowned Landscapes: The Rediscovered Archaeological Heritage of the Mosul Dam Reservoir

2023

Like natural catastrophes or armed conflicts, resource extraction projects herald the alteration or destruction of natural and cultural landscapes alike. Dam construction is a major threat to cultural heritage in Western Asian archaeology. One event may result in obliterating hundreds of sites, most of which never reappear or do so only sporadically following cyclical water fluctuation. Destruction of sites remains ongoing, necessitating constant assessment of damage and the establishment of strategies of documentation and maintenance. This paper proposes a new paradigm for future safeguarding and, more widely, a new tool for managing contiguous terrestrial and lacustrine cultural zones. It…

Reproductive rights or duties? The rhetoric of division in social media debates on abortion law in Poland

2019

This study explores the argumentative schemas used in claimmaking and the rhetorical resources for stance-taking in the online abortion law debate in Poland in late 2016. It shows how these discursive devices were used to divide and discredit the opponent in the social media by two social movements: the Stop Abortion coalition of conservative and religious organizations that sponsored the legislative proposal to considerably restrict abortion, and the Save Women committee that stood behind the ‘black’ protests opposing the project. The textual material is drawn from social media profiles of the two movements following a week of intense street protests and publicity activities (19–26 October…

Conference report. Reform of the French Art Market, Lyon, France (February 25, 1998)

2000

Let’s Play Tinder! Aesthetics of a Dating App

2019

This article provides an analysis of the “dating app” Tinder as an aesthetic ludic artifact. By scrutinizing the title’s features of gameplay and expressive–interpretive social interaction, Tinder usage is set into a frame theory context and shown to operate by multiple overlapping frames that allow romantic engagement to be entered as play and vice versa.

Policing prostitution: regulating the lower classes in late Imperial Russia

2021

Der Rigaer Deutsch-Baltische Mathematiker Piers Bohl (1865–1921)

1993

Vor kurzem jahrte sich zum 125. Male der Geburtstag und zum 70. Male der Todestag eines der bedeutendsten, vielleicht sogar des bedeutendsten Mathematikers Lettlands, Piers Bohls. Er lebte unter wechselnden politischen Regimen, aber verstand es stets, sich seiner Arbeit zu widmen. Piers Bohl wurde am 23. Oktober 1865 als Spros einer deutschen Kaufmannsfamilie im Stadtchen Walk (an der Grenze Lettlands und Estlands) geboren. Uber seine fruhe Kindheit scheint nichts bekannt zu sein. Ersten Unterricht erhielt er durch Privatlehrer, er besuchte dann die stadtische Elementarschule zu Walk sowie das livlandische ritterschaftliche Landesgymnasium in Fellin, dem heutigen estnischen Wiland. Fast gle…

Embodying the nation: The production of sameness and difference in national-day parades

2018

National-day parades constitute a common format of embodying the nation. Composed of numerous distinct bodies of persons with individual characteristics (being short or tall) and multilayered societal roles (being a nurse, a father etc.), parades primarily evoke an image of sameness, while they also display differences. Focusing on the preparation of the Burkinabè national-day parades, this paper explores practices of disciplining bodies and making them appear similar and/or different. We ask how national-day parades mirror and produce images of the nation and how they treat differences like sex, ethnic belonging and occupation. The paper highlights that performances of the nation, as prod…