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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"art interpretation"”.
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A Regional Approach to Rock Art Interpretation
Research on southern African rock art interpretation has been heavily steered to geographically ‘rich’ areas. As a result, such areas have over time become significant locations for academic research and touristic popularity (Ndlovu 2013). These areas tend to be rich in rock art, with the imagery …
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From tin trunk to world-wide memory : the making of the Bleek collection
… (notebooks, manuscripts, printed documents, artefacts, objects and original artworks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, books, photographs, paintings) became consolidated - or separated - as part of the making of what is now known as the Bleek-L1oyd archive. In addition, this …
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Dynamic Discriminant Analysis with Applications in Computational Surgery
… Two open problems in this field include smart surgical tools for identifying tissues via backend sensing, and classifying surgical skill level using laparoscopic tool motion. Prior work in these fields has been impeded by the lack of a dynamic discriminant analysis technique capable of …
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How to do things with petroglyphs: the rock art of Nevada
The focus of this thesis is the rock art of Nevada, a state in the western United States. While the previously dominant models of rock art interpretation (hunting-magic and shamanism) have produced significant bodies of research, I argue that both are based on faulty Anthropological theory and …
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The Artists' Oral History Project
<p>This project explores how an artist’s oral history can contribute to the visitor’s experience of museum exhibitions. Oral history can be a powerful tool to tell a story about the motivations, inspirations and process of creating art. These stories can give museum visitors an access point to gain …