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Survival in the 'Dumping Grounds' examines a defining aspect of
South Africa's recent past: the history of apartheid-era
relocation.
While scholars and activists have long recognised the
suffering caused by apartheid removals to the so-called
'homelands', the experiences of those who lived through this
process more often have been obscured. Drawing on extensive
archival and oral history research, this book explores the makings
and multiple meanings of relocation into two of the most notorious
apartheid 'dumping grounds' established in the Ciskei bantustan
during the mid-1960s: Sada and Ilinge.
Author Laura Evans describes
the local and global dynamics of the project of bantustan
relocation and develops a multi-layered analysis of the complex
histories-and ramifications-of displacement and resettlement in the
Ciskei.
Mapping out the world’s most infamous art thefts, forgeries, and acts
of vandalism, this unique and visually striking reference illuminates
the prevalence, motivations, and consequences of art crime in every
corner of the globe.
Art history is filled with stories of art crime―but the depth and
breadth of these incidents is not generally understood. This first book
of its kind illustrates and contextualizes seventy five incidents in a
unique format that allows readers to visualize the geography of art
crime from the past two centuries. Divided into sections on thefts,
vandalism, and forgeries, each crime is profiled with an absorbing
narrative and images of the artworks, perpetrators, and scenes of the
crime, alongside a map of where it took place.
Additional sidebars feature compelling information about the artist
and/or the subjects of the work of art. Including renowned crimes such
as the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, the 1975 attack on
Rembrandt’s Night Watch at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and Han van
Meegeren’s forgery of Vermeer’s Supper at Emmaus in 1936, this book
also includes lesser known incidents: the remarkably unnoticed theft of
a two-foot high statue weighting fifty pounds; a young couple who
mistook an exhibition canvas displayed with the paint cans used to
create it for an interactive piece; and a Chinese librarian who stole
one hundred forty-three paintings by famous Chinese artists and
replaced them with his own fakes.
Filled with intrigue, controversies, and power dynamics, this is a
captivating exploration of the darker side of art history.
As American Indian tribes seek to overcome centuries of political
and social marginalization, they face daunting obstacles. The
successes of some tribal casinos have lured many outside observers
into thinking that gambling revenue alone can somehow mend the
devastation of culture, community, natural resources, and sacred
spaces. The reality is quite different. Most tribal officials
operate with meager resources and serve impoverished communities
with stark political disadvantages. Yet we find examples of Indian
tribes persuading states, localities, and the federal government to
pursue policy change that addresses important tribal concerns. How
is it that Indian tribes sometimes succeed against very dim
prospects?
In Power from Powerlessness, Laura Evans looks at the successful
policy interventions by a range of American Indian tribal
governments and explains how disadvantaged groups can exploit
niches in the institutional framework of American federalism to
obtain unlikely victories. Tribes have also been adept at building
productive relationships with governmental authorities at all
levels. Admittedly, many of the tribes' victories are small when
viewed on their own: reaching cooperative agreements on trash
collection with municipalities and successfully challenging other
localities for more control over fisheries and waterway management.
However, Evans shows that in combination, their victories are
impressive-particularly when considering that the poverty rate
among American Indians on reservations is 39 percent. Not simply a
book about American Indian politics, Power from Powerlessness
forces scholars of institutions and inequality to reconsider the
commonly held view that the less powerful are in fact powerless.
Museums struggle to meet the educational needs of its diverse
patrons. Aimed at museum educators, Multiculturalism in Art Museums
Today seeks to marry museums and critical multicultural education
theory. It reveals how the union of museums and critical
multiculturalism yields more equitable educational practices and
guides museum educators to address misrepresentation, exclusivity,
accessibility and educational inequality. This contemporary text is
directive; it encourages museum educators to consider the critical
multicultural education theoretical framework in their day-to day
functions in order to illuminate and combat the crux of museum
education shortcomings. This book adopts a broad definition of
multiculturalism, which names not only race and ethnicity as
concerns, but also gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability,
age, and class. Each of the eleven main chapters is a case study or
a reflective essay that provides an example of how this has been or
can be done.To begin, the introductory chapter comprehensively
discusses the historic and academic origins of critical
multicultural education, its tenants, and key essential questions
and specifically, how museum educators can utilize the theoretical
tools as foci (Nieto et al, 2008). Following this four overarching
chapter sections that bring attention to: *Gender and Sexuality, *
Race and Ethnicity, *Economic Class, and *Age and Ability. Each
section contains three to five chapters (reflective essays and case
studies) which closely illustrate what critical multiculturalism
looks like in museum education, as it relates to the section topic.
While focusing on these various facets of identity, the authors
demonstrate how museums are social systems that should offer
comprehensive, diverse educational experiences not only through
exhibitions but through various other avenues in which education is
imparted. The authors pull from their own research and practical
experiences which exemplify how museums have been and can be
attentive to these areas of identity.Then, adding to the
instructional role of this book, each of the four sections conclude
with a section summary titled, Translations in which the editors
identify and review main points of the section's chapters. The
section summaries 1) recap key practices and synthesize significant
ideas brought forth by the section chapter authors and 2) provide
very explicit suggestions on how to further advance critical
multicultural education in museums, as it relates to the section's
topic. Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today is hopeful and
inspiring, as it identifies and commends the positive and effective
practices that some museum educators have enacted in an effort to
be inclusive. Museum educators are at the front-line, interacting
with publics, and therefore, can be the real avant-garde of change
and modeling critical multicultural behavior and practices.
Creating beautiful tatted lace is fun and easy If you can crochet,
you can needle tat. Show you care by sending a card with tatted
lace to a friend. Adding lace makes your work stand out from the
crowd. Embellish your quilt or mixed media project with lace. How
to Needle Tat by Laura Evans is an illustrated guide book. It gives
you all the information you need to get started today.
Have you ever wondered about spirit guides? Who are angels? Do we
all have guides? Why do we die? This book is directly channeled
from the author's spirit guides and angels. There are reasons we go
through suffering and pain. This book can help you to understand
much of what goes on in your life and why. It answers some
interesting questions about what we are doing here on planet earth.
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