Arts/Culture

Racial discrimination at heart of African Americans' lower participation rates in range of recreation, cultural activities, says new bookCredit: Courtesy Lexington Books That African Americans are underrepresented in outdoor activities…

Early Medieval Europe is frequently viewed as a time of cultural stagnation, often given the misnomer of the 'Dark Ages'. However, analysis has revealed new ideas could spread rapidly as communities were interconnected, creating a…

Credit: Georges Dumézil Like certain animal and plant species, some of the world's languages are in danger of extinction. Fortunately, the Pangloss Collection, an open archive started in 1995 by the Langues et civilisations à…

The School of Architecture's grant-giving worldwide programme will make records freely available onlineCredit: Ronald G. Knapp, 2019. The School of Architecture at Oxford Brookes Univ ersity has started a £5 million grant-giving…

Some 11 thousand years ago, Africa's furthest west harbored the last populations to preserve tool-making traditions first established by the earliest members of our speciesCredit: Eleanor Scerri Fieldwork led by Dr Eleanor…

~2.0 to 1.8 million year-old archaeological site demonstrates that early humans had the skills and tools to cope with ecological changeCredit: Michael Petraglia Olduvai (now Oldupai) Gorge, known as the Cradle of Humankind, is a UNESCO…

Parts of the planet that are diverse biologically and culturally show even more diversity than you'd expectCredit: (Figure: Hamilton et al, Scientific Reports) Most forms of life -- species of mammals, birds, plants, reptiles,…

The British Arts and Humanities Research Council and the German Research Foundation are funding the research project 'Spaces of Translation: European Magazine Cultures' run jointly by Nottingham Trent University and Mainz UniversityCredit:…

Credit: World Scientific Journey in Blue: A Peek into the Workers' Party of Singaporeby former non-constituency member of parliament (NCMP) Yee Jenn Jong covers Jenn Jong's unexpected leap into opposition politics just weeks…

Analyses of the materials in the scrolls helps put the object into an historical context and guides conservators in future restoration effortsCredit: The authors A picture may be worth a thousand words, but capturing…

Jewish emigrants took a plaster mask prepared upon Frank Wedekind's death with them into exile in New ZealandCredit: photo/©: Editions- und Forschungsstelle Frank Wedekind More than 100 years after the author's death, a professor of…

A female-typical language style promotes the popularity of talks in the digital context and turns out to be an underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence. This was shown by UZH psychologists in an international study…

Findings help map the lost land of PuntCredit: Figure by Jonathan Chipman and Nathaniel J. Dominy. Ancient Punt was a major trading partner of Egyptians for at least 1,100 years. It was an important source of luxury goods,…

Live virtual journal launch to take place on Dec. 17, 2020Credit: University of Guam Press The 19th issue of the University of Guam's literary journal, "Storyboard: A Journal of Pacific Imagery," will launch on Thursday, Dec. 17, at a…

Credit: Miriam Truffa Giachet & Nicolas Spuhler Article Title: "Compositional and provenance study of glass beads from archaeological sites in Mali and Senegal at the time of the first Sahelian states" Funding: This study…

In her doctoral dissertation, Laura Hekanaho investigates attitudes towards English third person singular pronouns; the use of pronouns is very politicizedCredit: Pexels / Sharon McCutcheon In her doctoral dissertation, Laura…

Cranfield University is co-leading a new international project to examine the role of culture and archives in enhancing possibilities for peace and preventing conflict in communities around the world. Imagining Futures through…

Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. -- The ancient inhabitants of the American Southwest used around 11,500 feathers to make a turkey feather blanket, according to a new paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The people who made…

Dr. Jeff Russell is shining a light on a segment of concussion patients who often go unnoticed in comparison to athletes: performing artistCredit: Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions ATHENS, Ohio (Nov. 23,…

Scientific analysis of an ancient portrait pigment reveals long-lost artistic detailsCredit: The Walters Art Museum. How much information can you get from a speck of purple pigment, no bigger than the diameter of a hair, plucked…