Bard Graduate Center: 3 books

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Ex Voto

Votive Giving Across Cultures

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Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016

Derived from Latin ex voto suscepto “in pursuance of a vow,” an ex voto embodies the hopes, dreams, and anxieties of the person who deposits it. Almost anything, regardless of size, weight, form, or original function, can become a votive object. Ultimately, the category refers to a subset of the...
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In Space We Read Time

On the History of Civilization and Geopolitics

by Karl Schlögel
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016

History is usually thought of as a tale of time, a string of events flowing in a particular chronological order. But as Karl Schlögel shows in this groundbreaking book, the where of history is just as important as the when. Schlögel relishes space the way a writer relishes a good story: on a quest...
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The Anthropology of Expeditions

Travel, Visualities, Afterlives

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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015

In the West at the turn of the twentieth century, public understanding of science and the world was shaped in part by expeditions to Asia, North America, and the Pacific. The Anthropology of Expeditions draws together contributions from anthropologists and historians of science to explore the role...
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