Arts/Culture

Paper urges archaeologists and historians to work closely with people who are grappling with racism in public monuments When most Americans imagine an archaeologist, they picture someone who looks like Indiana Jones. Or, perhaps, Lara…

LAWRENCE - Whereas most people look at Antoine Vollon's sumptuous painting "Mound of Butter" and see pure, yellow joy, University of Kansas Professor of Art History Marni Kessler sees a severed head and underlying rancidity. Same sort of…

Machine learning opens new doors in archaeologyCredit: Mimal Land Management Aboriginal Corporation (MLMAC) Rock art of human figures created over thousands of years in Australia's Arnhem Land has been put through a…

A 4-day retreat emphasizing knowledge-sharing, survival skills, ceremony and inclusivity builds a sense of belongingCredit: Concordia Universitry Indigenous traditions often place land at the centre of their cultures. However, with…

A new study published in the journal Climatic Change examines the cultural impacts of climate change in Italy during the first millennium ADCredit: Filippo Lippi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Until now, historians have…

At the entrance of Nature of Robotics a couple of robotic snails slither around the floor, leaving behind slimy trails. Two visitors, young boys, enter the exhibit and squat next to the slimy creatures, trying to follow both of them at…

UNIST's Department of Design and the University of Ulsan's Department of Industrial Design are hosting a joint exhibition in the Design Showroom at UNIST. Started on March 15, the exhibition will held throughout the weekdays until March…

Women sent the first computer into space and programmed some of the 1970's most iconic computer games; nevertheless, women are invisible in both the history and culture of computer scienceCredit: Photo: Emilie Thejll-Madsen …

Credit: University of Guam Recognizing the need to make instructional resources about the CHamoru language and culture more accessible to the community, Inetnon Lalåhen Guåhan -- the Young Men's League of Guam -- presented the…

Images As far back as the Greek historian Herodotus, a group of people called the Scythians were considered highly mobile warrior nomads. Scythian-era people lived across Eurasia from about 700 BCE to 200 BCE, and have long been…

'Plain of Jars' dates put at 1240 to 660 BCECredit: Plain of Jars Archaeological Research Project New research conducted at the UNESCO World Heritage listed 'Plain of Jars' in Laos has established the stone jars were likely placed…

New report shows that young women feel under constant scrutiny, and this anxiety and distress has been amplified during the Covid-19 pandemic Professor Rosalind Gill, from City, University of London's Gender and Sexualities Research…

UNLV social media expert Natalie Pennington shares the top 10 takeaways of research on the impact of video chats, email, online gaming, and other communication tech on stress, loneliness, and relationships. When stay-at-home orders were…

Accolade for innovative live performance recordCredit: Flinders University A world-leading digital humanities platform preserving and showcasing the history of Australian live performance has been rewarded with a UNESCO Memory of the…

PITTSBURGH--Babies whose births were depicted in Bollywood films from the 1950s and 60s were more often than not boys; in today's films, boy and girl newborns are about evenly split. In the 50s and 60s, dowries were socially acceptable;…

In her latest book, Mary Foltz examines the ways several postmodern authors produce scatological works to critique how humans treat each other and the natural worldCredit: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020 "There is no big secret about sh*t:…

https://virtual-communities.thegovlab.org BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 -The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering released a report, "The Power of Virtual Communities," which examines the…

Credit: Kumamoto University Library In Japan, the suppression of Christianity increased from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century, and many missionaries and Japanese believers were martyred during this…

BEER-SHEVA, Israel...February 22, 2021 - A new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers resulted in a nearly unanimous response: driving is "absolutely impossible" without music. "To young drivers 18-29, music in…

Niyati Dhokai, Research Assistant Professor, and Rick Davis, Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA)/Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts Center, received $30,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for: "Creative…