Sign Geography

Signs are significant elements of cultural landscapes throughout the world. Through their form and content, signs reveal a variety of information about places ranging from locational and physical geographic data through social, economic and political characteristics. Signs, which tell of past events, current conditions and future expectations, are landscape notes on the geography of change. Signs are frequently evidence of cultural diffusion and convergence. Many signs give direction to human activity and symbolize societal quest for order. Others reflect tastes, values and attitudes, in concert with prevailing belief systems. Signs are both cultural phenomena and landscape statements that attest to the way of life in a place.     

Sign discriminating field mill

The construction and analysis of a symmetric rotating field mill is described. Theoretical modelling of the mill's operation successfully predicts the experimentally observed features of the mill output. A pick-up phase signal generated by the mill rotor blades cutting field lines of a permanent magnet was used as a sampling pulse in a sample-and-hold electronic arrangement to determine both magnitude and direction of an impressed electric field. The mill's output voltage regressed on the electric field gave a correlation coefficient of 0.998. The sensitivity of the mill could be set arbitrarily and field changes of 0.5 V/m could be measured routinely. The time constant of 0.3 s makes the mill ideal for studies of the fair-weather field as well as of other phenomena with relatively long time constants. Special steps were incorporated in the mill construction to reduce effectively the damaging effects of water condensation on the performance of the mill.     

SWASTIKA:An Auspicious Sign

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论中国古代的幌子广告

中国古代幌子广告经历了一个长期发展的过程。幌子广告的出现与原始人的图腾崇拜有着最直接的渊源关系。幌子广告的发展则与行商坐贾的分化不无关系。中国古代幌子广告类型众多,但概括起来,主要分为形象幌子、标志幌和字幌三种基本类型。幌子广告具有鲜明的行业特点,是中国古代民俗化的载体。     

大汶口文化“”符号新解

分析新石器时代大汶口文化遗址出土的陶尊上刻划符号“”,结合仰韶文化庙底沟类型彩陶鸟纹的演变、良渚文化玉器上刻划的鸟纹图像,大汶口文化陶尊上刻划的符号“”应是鸟的简化和变形,是巫师借用来沟通天地的巫术符号。     

简论中国标志设计的发展趋势

21世纪,我国企业品牌形象设计得到了一定发展,标志设计理念逐步与国际接轨,国际化、民族化、情感化、个性化等特点突出,民族化成为中国标志设计发展的主要趋势。受当下数字技术及新媒体艺术广泛应用的影响,由静态化向动态化发展已经成为标志设计的另一种重要发展趋势。     

Embodiment,linguistics, space: American Sign Language meets geography

ABSTRACT

The relational turn in geography has led to an understanding of space and place as actively produced agents in people’s everyday lives. Geographers have also long recognized the importance of language in understanding the social and relational nature of space. The study of American Sign Language (ASL) presents a unique opportunity to examine how language use and language creation influence the production of linguistic space. For users of ASL, space is incredibly significant. Because of the visual and spatial nature of ASL, the space surrounding a signer’s body is important not only for the signer to communicate, but also for others involved in the conversation to participate. Environments created during conversations in ASL reflect the cultural and linguistic perception of the American Deaf community. By taking a critical perspective on the production of space, it will be shown that those who use ASL, through the medium of bodily performance, create linguistic, and communication spaces that are dynamic and visual. The embodied language of ASL and the Deaf community is a perspective geographers have yet to address.     

晚明陈和之款紫砂壶

宜兴紫砂壶是有着深厚的传统文化精神的民间工艺品,早在晚明时期就为人喜爱。其重要原因是因为紫砂壶由＂文人参与＂而制成。它讲究胎土的选料、泥料的淘炼都要精细醇厚;捏塑工艺要精巧雅致;同时与诗、书、画、刻作为器表的装饰,充分表现出紫砂壶是中国特有的一种蕴合传统文化和人文精神的艺术品,所以至令紫砂的魅力仍不减。     

宣德款黄釉花卉纹盘真伪考 英国大威德基金会藏

明宣宗朱瞻基（1426-1435年）（图1）在位仅10年,其间烧造的宣德官窑瓷器,其数量品类之盛,釉色纹饰之广,均为明代之首。明王世性（1547-1598年）所著《广志绎》载：＂……本朝以宣、成二窑为佳,宣窑以青花胜,成窑以五彩……＂因此,宣德官窑是古往今来海内外中国陶瓷收藏家梦寐以求的藏品。英国大威德基金会是全世界私人收藏中国历代陶瓷集大成者,收藏的宋元明清历代名瓷品类之盛,质量之上乘,无有出其右者。但瑕不掩瑜,笔者在仔细阅读其图录的过程中,     

志书质量标准体系的建立是地方志事业成熟的标志

地方志事业法制化建设的同时,志书质量标准体系的拟定也势在必行。制定志书质量标准体系具有9方面作用和2方面现实价值,而且有利于地方志事业的健康发展和学科建设。文章具体研究了志书质量标准体系的内涵和制定方法,认为志书质量标准体系的建立是地方志事业成熟的标志。     

试谈乾陵文物旅游景区标识系统的构建

标识系统最早应用于城市和公共空间领域。在旅游景区,标识系统起到了辅助游览的作用。近年来,由于文化遗产包含巨量的历史文化信息,被各地作为旅游资源来开发利用,并越来越受到人们的关注,出现了遗产旅游热。但是,由于文化遗产地尤其是人文景观和遗址类遗产旅游景区普遍缺乏成熟、系统的标识系统,导致参观者对遗产价值和文化内涵产生认知障碍。本文旨在探讨如何将标识系统这一体系引入遗址旅游领域,通过丰富和完善标识系统增加公众对于文化遗产的了解和认识,为考古遗址公园建设提供参考。     

A Sign of the Times: Scandinavian Town Directories as Sources for Urban Historical Geography

The position of town and trade directories as sources for the reconstruction of former urban geographies of Scandinavia is discussed. Scandinavian directories have a long history which, in the case of major urban centres, can be traced back to the eighteenth century. They contain valuable information with respect to the social, economic, political and demographic organization of modern Scandinavian urban environments through extensive listings of names and addresses. Despite the wealth of information contained therein, directories remain an underused and unresearched data source due mainly to their perceived incompatibility with the themes pursued by research in urban historical geography and the diversity of alternative high quality sources available. Admittedly, the use of directories is not without problems and an assessment of the accuracy, availability and reliability of directory information is presented in this paper. Nevertheless, to dismiss directories represents a serious oversight: the continued history, rapid rate of update and spatial ubiquity of publication across the region after the onset of industrialization make directories a powerful source for comparative urban historical geography research in Scandinavia. Moreover, directories are highly versatile data sources and represent powerful artefacts of modernity insofar as they function as mirrors of cultural change and consumption.     

浙江海宁汉画像石墓两幅祥瑞图考辨

海宁汉画像石墓前室的两方"祥瑞图"内容丰富,但因没有榜题而难以定名。本文在前人考辨的基础上,结合相关史料,对图中所刻祥瑞重新予以考析,并提出了自己的见解。     

武则天称帝与图谶祥瑞--以S.6502《大云经疏》为中心

一、引言 中国的封建专制制度,绵亘近三千年.据统计,大大小小的君侯、皇帝不下六百多人.他们之能够身登大宝,不外三途:一靠自己打天下,二靠祖荫承袭,三靠骨肉相残.但是无论在哪种情况下登基,他们都需要打出自己的招牌--制造理论根据;他们都需要显示皇天后土的支持--制造图谶祥瑞.一句话,他们都想争取平民百姓恭听恭顺,都需要愚弄百姓,都需要麻醉百姓.这类事件,古今中外概莫能外.     

中国饮食:多元文化的表征--第八届中国饮食文化学术研讨会综述

一位人类学家曾说过：了解文化，舌头是最直接的捷径。这句话形象地表达了“饮食”之于人类的重要性。在从10迄今的种种人类行为中，“吃”始终是最重要、最基本而最“有滋有味”的活动；它始于人类基于“果腹”需求的生存本能，又涉及生产、储存、交换等社会活动，还引发礼节、仪式、禁忌等文化现象。因此，“饮食文化”如同探入人世百态的望远镜，当我们通过这种永恒而普遍的行为去透视不同时代、不同地域的人群时，将可以瞥见差异表象下隐藏的深层文化制度，瞥见绵绵不绝的变迁历史以及人类层出不穷的智慧。