This paper looks at aspects of the relationships between art, taxidermy, bio-politics and the shifting representations of Darwinian evolutionary theory within the history of the Darwin Museum, Moscow 1907-2010. The museum ...

This is a premiere recording of 'A Lough Neagh Sequence' by Philip Mead, piano, with the poems of Seamus Heaney read by himself. It also includes a recording of the Piano Sonata No 2. Philip Mead worked closely with the ...

The French Revolution radically reconfigured citizens' views of both real and imagined space. This article sets out to explore this process of reconfiguration and the relationship between politics and space from the period ...

After the October Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks embarked on an extensive, long-lasting, and very successful campaign to encourage the population of the Soviet Union to engage with sport and physical culture. The initial ...

This paper looks at aspects of the relationships between art, taxidermy, bio-politics and the shifting representations of Darwinian evolutionary theory within the history of the Darwin Museum, Moscow from 1907 to 2009. The ...

In this paper a process of negotiating identity among Polish migrants will be discussed in relation to their food habits: consumption, preparation and celebration. Through the ethnographic examination of food rituals the ...

From session: The Artist at Work in Early Modern Italy (c. 1450-1700): Methods, Materials, Models, Mimesis

Massimo Vignelli's design for the New York City subway map has become a classic piece of graphic design on a par with Harry Beck's London Underground map. Kerry William Purcell met up with Vignelli in New York to discuss ...