Processional walking: Theorising the ‘place’ of movement in notions of dwelling

This article rethinks dwelling as an active and emergent process through which (re)connections to place are valorised by humans collectively walking with each other in a recursive manner. We revisit Heidegger's notion of dwelling, often criticised for perpetuating enclosure and stasis, by revealing the interconnections between dwelling and movement. Drawing on a two‐century old religious procession—the Manchester and Salford Whit Walks—as an empirical example, our interpretive analysis is centred around three themes. First, we demonstrate how dwelling becomes embodied in performative and collective movement. Second, we examine how dwelling in this context is reinforced through repetition and iteration of that movement. Third, we show how such movement is reliant on repair and maintenance work, which facilitates the (re)emergence of dwelling. We contribute, therefore, empirical insights into how dwelling emerges from a movement through place which, in turn, cements a being in place. Finally, this article has important implications for thinking about how the movement of citizens through processional forms of walking can be a powerful tool for underpinning feelings of dwelling and related concepts of sense of place and civic pride.     

Probing the provenance of archaeological glaze colorants: Polychrome faunal reliefs of the Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way of Babylon

The polychrome glazes from the Processional Way and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon are among the best preserved from antiquity. Yet, little is known about the logistical choices involved in their production. Variations in isotope ratios can be useful for complementing an archaeological investigation of potential geological sources of raw materials. Consistent with archaeological evidence and ancient texts on trade in metals, Turkish ore deposits are thus tentatively proposed as possible sources of the metal oxide colorants used for the investigated polychrome glazes of three Neo‐Babylonian faunal reliefs that are now part of the collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.     

穿越神山墨尔多

<正>一场薄雾或细雨,给中路乡硬朗的大山增添了几分撩人的醉意,置身在这如画美景中,如同太虚幻境,也许这正是美人谷神秘的面纱吧,像此刻的墨尔多山,远远凝视,颦颦而笑,一切竟在若有似无中……中路:梦中的世外桃源这是我第二次到访四川甘孜州的丹巴县。原计划是到莫斯卡探访一番,但错过了前往的班车,刚好这时候开客栈的朋友向我们推荐了墨尔多神山穿越这条线路。和大多数人一     

Manufactured tradition? – the Victoria Cross

SUMMARY

The Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy, is commonly believed to be cast from the bronze of Russian cannon captured at Sebastopol during the Crimean War. There is no corroboration for this belief beyond an entry in The Times in 1857. Historical sources suggest that neither the Queen nor her Prime Minister would have favoured an association of the medal with Sebastopol. From 1914, however, it is likely that many Victoria Crosses were indeed sourced from captured ordnance, but probably using Chinese guns. Some may even have been cast from entirely unprovenanced metal. Recent examination of VCs and putative sources of their metal by X-ray fluorescence suggest multiple sources of material, presenting medals variously of bronze, brass and copper.     

Preaching the Cross: Liturgy and Crusade Propaganda

Abstract

This article is an exploration of preaching on the cross very broadly from the time of Ambrose of Milan and Augustine of Hippo onwards. After a brief examination of some early medieval examples, the discussion focuses on Rabanus Maurus and a sermon attributed to Odilo of Cluny. The discussion then centres on the High Middle Ages: sermons by Bernard of Clairvaux, Alan of Lille, an anonymous Cistercian abbot, the vita of Marie d'Oignies, Alexander of Ashby, and model sermons by Humbert of Romans. Before concluding, it explores opposition to the cross, as expressed in inquisitorial documents. The essay also includes crusade preaching, as well as liturgical preaching on the cross or involving the cross, and sermons on the cross that could serve for more than one purpose.     

Remembering and Fighting for Their Own: Vietnam Veterans and the Long Tan Cross

On the third anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1969, a simple but distinctive concrete cross was planted on the site of the battle to remember the eighteen Australian lives lost. The memorial cross was later toppled, lost and recovered but its physical form was never forgotten. In Australia, veterans made it a focus for their commemoration of all who served and died in the Vietnam War, replicating it across the country. This article analyses the complex motivations behind this process, revealing the Long Tan cross as a deeply personal symbol for Vietnam veterans and part of their fight for recognition in the aftermath of the war.     

重走晋商万里茶路 大江之西走上饶(上)

<正>上饶市位于江西省的东北部,现辖上饶、广丰、玉山、婺源、铅山、弋阳、横峰、波阳、余干、万年10县和信州区,代管德兴市等十县一市一区。面积22791平方公里,人口660万。     

重走晋商万里茶路 大江之西走上饶(下)

<正>6.从铅山到弋阳离开铅山的早晨,天空飘洒着绵绵不绝的小雨,被雨水淋湿的一切仿佛更能让人心动。在这里,走过了河口、石塘古镇,走过了鹅湖书院、辛弃疾广场以及     

从战地救护到社会服务——简论抗战后期中国红十字会的"复员"构想

抗战胜利后,中国红十字会进入复员时期。实际上,复员的准备工作在抗战期间即已开始,在美国红十字会的帮助下,中国红十字会拟具复员救济工作计划,在会内进行宣传发动,同时在组织机构、人员训练等方面也积极做好各项准备工作,为抗战胜利后复员时期慈善救助工作的全面展开创造了条件。     

Minimum Thrust of Rounded Cross Vaults

This study analyzes the static behavior of the rounded cross vaults based on the limit analysis approach developed for masonry structures and adopts a rigid no-tension constitutive model with no sliding. The kinematic theorem of the limit analysis with a compatible tridimensional mechanism is applied on these structures with the aim of evaluating the minimum thrust. In this way it was possible to build some abaci in which the ratio between the minimum thrust and the weight is plotted versus the geometrical characteristics of the vaults. Finally, the proposed abaci are used to calculate the thrust of the main vault of the Diocletian Baths in Rome.     

晚清时期的中国红十字会述论

中国红十字会的成立,是内因与外因互动、中西慈善化相互融合的结果。中国红十字会在清朝官方的重视和支持下,依靠一批热心慈善事业的中外善士,奉行一套完整、合理的运行机制,维持其自身的存在与发展。在晚清时期,中国红十字会以其所从事的各种慈善救护与赈济活动,发挥了重大的调节社会的作用。中国红十字会所开展的各种国际性交往,还促使清朝从封闭走向国际社会。