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From tenth-century South India to twenty-first-century cultural events, from the court assemblies to the public space: Attentive Minds takes you on a journey through the fascinating world of avadhāna, a complex and long-living performative art of India whose practitioners showcase highly developed cognitive skills (like attention, ability to multitask, memory) and specialized knowledge.
With the help of epigraphic and literary sources and field research, Hermina Cielas reconstructs avadhāna’s history in its socio-cultural context and provides a detailed systematization of the art. Her multifaceted study investigates the cultural phenomenon scarcely known outside of India. It explores avadhāna’s multiple forms, from games and puzzles, through a display of mnemonic or motor skills, to multilingual literary feasts.
With the help of epigraphic and literary sources and field research, Hermina Cielas reconstructs avadhāna’s history in its socio-cultural context and provides a detailed systematization of the art. Her multifaceted study investigates the cultural phenomenon scarcely known outside of India. It explores avadhāna’s multiple forms, from games and puzzles, through a display of mnemonic or motor skills, to multilingual literary feasts.
Author:
From tenth-century South India to twenty-first-century cultural events, from the court assemblies to the public space: Attentive Minds takes you on a journey through the fascinating world of avadhāna, a complex and long-living performative art of India whose practitioners showcase highly developed cognitive skills (like attention, ability to multitask, memory) and specialized knowledge.
With the help of epigraphic and literary sources and field research, Hermina Cielas reconstructs avadhāna’s history in its socio-cultural context and provides a detailed systematization of the art. Her multifaceted study investigates the cultural phenomenon scarcely known outside of India. It explores avadhāna’s multiple forms, from games and puzzles, through a display of mnemonic or motor skills, to multilingual literary feasts.
With the help of epigraphic and literary sources and field research, Hermina Cielas reconstructs avadhāna’s history in its socio-cultural context and provides a detailed systematization of the art. Her multifaceted study investigates the cultural phenomenon scarcely known outside of India. It explores avadhāna’s multiple forms, from games and puzzles, through a display of mnemonic or motor skills, to multilingual literary feasts.
Dada Techniques in East-Central Europe
This rich, in-depth exploration of Dada’s roots in East-Central Europe is a vital addition to existing research on Dada and the avant-garde. Through deeply researched case studies and employing novel theoretical approaches, the volume rewrites the history of Dada as a story of cultural and political hybridity, border-crossings, transitions, and transgressions, across political, class and gender lines. Dismantling prevailing notions of Dada as a “Western” movement, the contributors to this volume present East-Central Europe as the locus of Dada activity and techniques. The articles explore how artists from the region pre-figured Dada as well as actively “cannibalized”, that is, reabsorbed and further hybridized, a range of avant-garde techniques, thus challenging “Western” cultural hegemony.
Dada Techniques in East-Central Europe
This rich, in-depth exploration of Dada’s roots in East-Central Europe is a vital addition to existing research on Dada and the avant-garde. Through deeply researched case studies and employing novel theoretical approaches, the volume rewrites the history of Dada as a story of cultural and political hybridity, border-crossings, transitions, and transgressions, across political, class and gender lines. Dismantling prevailing notions of Dada as a “Western” movement, the contributors to this volume present East-Central Europe as the locus of Dada activity and techniques. The articles explore how artists from the region pre-figured Dada as well as actively “cannibalized”, that is, reabsorbed and further hybridized, a range of avant-garde techniques, thus challenging “Western” cultural hegemony.
Zum Schrecken des Alltäglichen
Der Band ist den existenziellen Turbulenzen gewidmet, die dem Menschen nicht als katastrophales Ereignis widerfahren, sondern seinen unentrinnbaren Alltag formen. Egal ob Verschiebungen im universitären Selbstverständnis (Vinken), Umgang mit geschlechtlicher Abweichung (Ungelenk; Hordych), Brüchen im Familiengefüge (Brook; Goldmann), Kampf gegen Abholzung (Nixon), technische Totalüberwachung im Alltag (Søilen/Maurer), narratologische Erkundungen von Zeit oder Gattung (Horst; Pierstorff; Reisener), stets erweist sich scheinbar banaler Alltag als erstaunlich produktiver Ausgangspunkt für gesellschaftliche, künstlerische und denkerische Prozesse. Das Gewöhnliche des Alltags ist nicht länger bloß statische Folie für einbrechende Ereignisse – es ist selbst als generatives Werden nobilitiert, das nun aber doppelbödige Wertung annimmt: Alltag verliert im Zuge einer Philosophie der Moderne das Verlässliche (Hüsch; Khurana), wird bedrohlich; zugleich bietet diese neue Unruhe des Alltags, sein "trouble", aber auch Chancen für Veränderung und feministisch-kritische oder künstlerische Intervention.
Zum Schrecken des Alltäglichen
Der Band ist den existenziellen Turbulenzen gewidmet, die dem Menschen nicht als katastrophales Ereignis widerfahren, sondern seinen unentrinnbaren Alltag formen. Egal ob Verschiebungen im universitären Selbstverständnis (Vinken), Umgang mit geschlechtlicher Abweichung (Ungelenk; Hordych), Brüchen im Familiengefüge (Brook; Goldmann), Kampf gegen Abholzung (Nixon), technische Totalüberwachung im Alltag (Søilen/Maurer), narratologische Erkundungen von Zeit oder Gattung (Horst; Pierstorff; Reisener), stets erweist sich scheinbar banaler Alltag als erstaunlich produktiver Ausgangspunkt für gesellschaftliche, künstlerische und denkerische Prozesse. Das Gewöhnliche des Alltags ist nicht länger bloß statische Folie für einbrechende Ereignisse – es ist selbst als generatives Werden nobilitiert, das nun aber doppelbödige Wertung annimmt: Alltag verliert im Zuge einer Philosophie der Moderne das Verlässliche (Hüsch; Khurana), wird bedrohlich; zugleich bietet diese neue Unruhe des Alltags, sein "trouble", aber auch Chancen für Veränderung und feministisch-kritische oder künstlerische Intervention.