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Combining transnationalism and exoticism, transorientalism is the new orientalism of the age of globalization. With its roots in earlier times, it is a term that emphasizes alteration, mutation, and exchange between cultures. While the familiar orientalisms persist, transorientalism is a term that covers notions like the adoption of a hat from a different country for Turkish nationalist dress, the fact that an Italian could be one of the most influential directors in recent Chinese cinema, …

This informal, fun guide is ideal for anyone involved in public speaking; addressing a group of people in a wide range of situations including lecturing as part of your day job, presenting research findings to your academic peers, and presenting to potential future colleagues as part of an interview process. These situations are all different, and as with many things, context is everything. Whether you're working with large or small audiences, there are basic rules for speaking that should …

This Palgrave Pivot explores the recent financial crisis from a new perspective. Reflecting on 40 years of banking experiences, the book will open new avenues to understanding banking and comment on possible ways to rehabilitate banking organisations. In 1965 the Bank of Ireland received a consultancy report from Mc Kinsey & Company, which heralded a new phase in banking practice and organisation. In the years that followed, the Bank of Ireland opened up its once traditional culture …

In the midst of the space race and nuclear age, Soviet Realist artists were producing figurative oil paintings. Why? How was art produced to control and co-opt the peripheries of the Soviet Union, particularly Central Asia? Presenting the ''untold story'' of Soviet Orientalism, Aliya Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen re-evaluates the imperial project of the Soviet state, placing the Orientalist undercurrent found within art and propaganda production in the USSR alongside the creation of new art forms in …

Die Frage unter welchen Voraussetzungen ein bestimmtes Verhalten eines Unternehmens nicht mehr gegen die Vorgaben des Art. 101 AEUV bzw. § 1 GWB verstößt, hat in der Praxis höchste Bedeutung. Neben dem Verjährungsbeginn bestimmt die Beendigung des Verstoßes dessen Dauer und somit einen wesentlichen Faktor bei der Bemessung eines möglichen Bußgeldes. Im Grundsatz und auf Basis der Regelungen der VO 1/2003 trägt die Europäische Kommission neben der Beweislast für das Vorliegen eines …

Bei einem gemütlichen Beisammensein mit ihren Freunden erfährt Asuna von dem außergewöhnlich starken Spieler 'Zekken', der einen herausragenden 'Original Sword Skill' erstellt hat. Dieser Spieler veranstaltet inoffizielle Duelle und auch Asuna tritt aus Neugier an. Doch noch bevor das Duell beginnt, erlebt Asuna eine große Überraschung … doch das ist nichts im Vergleich zu der verblüffenden Bitte, die Zekken nach dem Duell an sie richtet.

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Art – History of Art, grade: , RMIT University, course: Bachelor of Fine Arts, language: English, abstract: This essay demonstrates the progression of psychological depictions in art, and thus representations of mental illness throughout art history. Early Renaissance artists such as Vittore Carpaccio and Matthias Grunewald interpret mental illness through the lens of religious and spiritual imagery. Later Renaissance artists such as Albrecht Durer were …

Zekken lädt Asuna ein, gemeinsam mit seiner Gilde 'Sleeping Knights' den nächsten Ebenenboss in Neu-Aincrad zu besiegen. Es gibt da nur ein Problem: Die 'Sleeping Knights' sind nur zu sechst. Mit Asuna wären sie sieben Kämpfer. Die Boss-Raids sind aber so schwer, dass selbst komplette Gruppen mit 49 Spielern scheitern. Soll das ein Witz sein?

Every product owner faces a complex and unique set of challenges within their team. This provides each individual the opportunity to fill the role with different ambitions, skills, and insights. Your product ownership journey can take a variety of paths, and The Art of Agile Product Ownership is here to be your guide.Author Allan Kelly, who delivers Agile training courses to major companies, pulls from his experience to help you discover what it takes to be a successful product owner. You will …

The clinical and therapeutic experience, alongside with the research findings, which are presented in the book, demonstrate some advantages and scientific evidences of the art psychotherapy programs that the authors have used and developed throughout the last fifteen years. They strived to integrate their approaches with the art psychotherapy practice into the system of mainstream medical care applied at hospitals that embrace both biological treatments and some more traditional therapies …

Yuuki ist aus ALO verschwunden. Sie ist wie vom Erdboden verschluckt. Asuna setzt alles daran, sie zu finden. Kann Kazuto ihr dabei helfen? Und wie wird Yuuki reagieren, wenn sie sich tatsächlich wiedersehen? Yuukis Freunde, die Krieger der Sleeping Knights raten Asuna jedenfalls dringend davon ab, das Mädchen aufzuspüren. Was steckt hinter dieser Geheimniskrämerei?

The Art of Czech Animation is the first comprehensive English language account of Czech animation from the 1920s to the present, covering both 2D animation forms and CGI, with a focus upon the stop-motion films of Jirí Trnka, Hermína Týrlová, Jan Švankmajer and Jirí Barta. Stop-motion is a highly embodied form of animation and The Art of Czech Animation develops a new materialist approach to studying these films. Instead of imposing top-down Film Theory onto its case studies, the …

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Literature – General, grade: 1, National University of Ireland, Galway, language: English, abstract: 'The Trilogie des Wiedersehens' is surely a controversial play: there is no real plot but just a series of characters brought together into the space of an art exhibition. The audience is put in a critical position as they are asked to observe the attitude of the characters towards the works of art on stage as well as to analyze their own attitude …

Der Soul Translator, ein neues Full-Dive-Gerät, ist in der Lage, unvergleichlich realistische VR-Welten zu generieren und zwar, indem es Erinnerungen direkt ins Bewusstsein schreibt. Kirito wird als Testperson für das revolutionäre Gadget engagiert, kann die Erinnerung an seine Erlebnisse aber nicht in die Realität mitnehmen, bis ihn eines Tages ein Unglück in der realen Welt zurück in die Testumgebung 'Underworld' katapultiert …

Art museums today face the challenge of opening themselves up as institutions to a changing society. This publication offers new perspectives on museological trends that are developing in various countries and cultures. Through increasingly flexible, inclusive and unexpected museum typologies, institutions aim to give their visitors greater access to art. The essays define the role of the museum as a medium of social change, as a protagonist in an education process and as a technologically …

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Didactics for the subject English – Literature, Works, University of Passau, language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is to find out the reason why animal characters are so common in graphic novels and also if there is a deeper meaning behind the concrete chosen animals. Because it would go beyond the scope of this papers purpose I will just pick the animal metaphor in Spiegelman’s work , , Maus“ as an example, as it is best suited …