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How propaganda works
Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about public issues. Even so, many of us believe that propaganda and manipulation aren't problems for us--not in the way they were for the totalitarian societies of the mid-twentieth century. In How Propaganda Works, Jason Stanley demonstrates that more attention needs to be paid. He examines how propaganda operates subtly, how it undermines democracy--particularly the ideals of democratic deliberation and equality--and how it has damaged democracies of the past.
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Architetture della memoria divisa: i memoriali di Bogdan Bogdanović tra eredità e frammentazione
The contribution aims to offer a reflection on the complex process of heritage-making surrounding World War II memorials built in the former Yugoslavia, with particular attention to the work of Bogdan Bogdanović (1922–2010). The Serbian architect’s oeuvre provides a framework for understanding a phenomenon of considerable interest, not only for the intrinsic historical and cultural values of these monuments but also for the contemporary challenges of conservation and protection. The network of architectures, originally conceived under the ideal of Brotherhood and Unity, now lies fragmented among countries with deeply different systems of heritage preservation and theoretical approaches to restoration. The article presents an analysis of several case studies designed and realized by Bogdanović between the 1950s and the 1980s, focusing in particular on two countries – Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia – which in recent years have pursued distinct policies of conservation and restoration for these memorials. Through the examination of archival materials and the study of the design and construction processes, the research relates these aspects to the current state of conservation, heritage policies, and contemporary and future scenarios. The goal is to highlight how the dialogue between the homogeneity of the past and the heterogeneity of the present can foster reflections on future perspectives and on the commitment and role that academia and international experts may play in addressing this specific theme.
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Greetings from the barricades : revolutionary postcards in Imperial Russia
Amid the chaos and violence of the 1905 Revolution in Russia, the Tsar's opponents printed and distributed vast quantities of picture postcards. Easy to share, hide and smuggle, postcards were a way to beat the censor and spread a message of defiance. Produced by a diverse set of revolutionaries, liberals, and opportunists, the content of these cards is equally wide-ranging: from satirical caricatures directed against the government to rare photographs of revolutionary demonstrations. Many of the cards are darkly humorous, combining laughter with a sense of raw indignation at the injustices of Imperial Russia.
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Algunas precisiones sobre los macella romanos y la función del pórtico de sus fachadas
Abstract The traditional role attributed to the external porch of the macellum (the most representative commercial building in the Roman world) as an element hiding the market building should be revisited. [...]several examples demonstrate that this type of porch underlined the presence of the macella in their urban landscape by its design and decoration: the porch of the façade was conceived both as an element linked to urban planning and as a representation of a complex system (city, macellum, visual propaganda, ideology, culture). For this reason, this characteristic architectural structure, when it was included in the urban plan, highlighted the building of the Roman market instead of hiding it and allowed its approval and homologation by the citizens. Es un hecho ampliamente aceptado que Los pórticos siempre han tenido una importancia crucial en la síntesis social y cultural de la arquitectura romana -más evidente aún en el ámbito provincial-, así como que han sabido conservar a lo largo del tiempo esta prerrogativa casi inalterable, incluso ampliándola en ciertos aspectos (Corbeill, 2002; 2004; Frakes, 2009; Dey, 2015, p. 47).
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Distorsion y silencio en el Lienzo de Tlaxcala
Descripcion de la ciudad y provincia de Tlaxcala (1581-1585), a Tlaxcalan manuscript that contains homologous images to the ones in Lienzo de Tlaxcala (of which there are only modern copies in existence), was found in 1976 and published in three modern editions since 1981. Even though this sixteenth-century manuscript offers authentic images on the history of colonial Tlaxcala, literary critics and historians continue to use the Lienzo de Tlaxcala copied by the painter Genaro Lopez and edited by Alfredo Chavero in 1892. To develop a critique of these methodological practices through the consideration of the historical and ideological context of production of the Lienzo de Tlaxcala under the Porfirian state, this work identifies and examines a critical difference between both codices that has not been discussed by experts before: the reformulation, by Porfirian intellectuals and artists, of a sixteenth-century Tlaxcalan discourse of conquest that silences or erases fundamental aspects of that local historical narration. This article argues that our Lienzo de Tlaxcala is Descripcion de la ciudad y provincia de Tlaxcala and that the 1892 edition of the Lienzo by Chavero responds, rather, to the interests of nationalistic and propagandistic projects by the Mexican modern state under the Porfiriato.
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The discourse of propaganda : case studies from the Persian Gulf War and the War on Terror
\"Using case studies from recent American military interventions, examines propaganda as an intertextual process, one in which discourse is recontextualized faithfully by multiple parties over time. Explores how messages are constructed, performed, and recontextualized in new and diverse situations\"--Provided by publisher.
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Distorsión y silencio en el Lienzo de Tlaxcala (1892) de Alfredo Chavero: Notas metodológicas
La Descripción de la ciudad y provincia de Tlaxcala (1581–1585), un manuscrito tlaxcalteco que contiene imágenes homólogas al Lienzo de Tlaxcala (del que solo existen copias pero no el original), fue encontrado en 1976 y publicado en tres ediciones y reimpresiones modernas a partir de 1981. Aunque este manuscrito del siglo XVI ofrece imágenes auténticas al investigador, la práctica corriente sigue siendo la consulta o uso asiduos de las imágenes del Lienzo de Tlaxcala publicado por Alfredo Chavero en 1892. Como intervención ante estas prácticas metodológicas, y tomando como punto de partida el contexto ideológico de producción de la copia del Lienzo de Tlaxcala publicada por Alfredo Chavero, este artículo identifica y examina una diferencia fundamental entre ambos códices no discutida por expertos hasta ahora: una reformulación del discurso tlaxcalteca de conquista por intelectuales del Porfiriato que silencia o borra aspectos fundamentales de la narración histórica tlaxcalteca según presentada en el siglo XVI. Finalmente, este trabajo argumenta que nuestro Lienzo de Tlaxcala del siglo XVI es la Descripción de la ciudad y provincia de Tlaxcala y que la edición de Chavero responde, más bien, a los proyectos nacionalistas y propagandistas del estado moderno mexicano durante el Porfiriato. Descripción de la ciudad y provincia de Tlaxcala (1581–1585), a Tlaxcalan manuscript that contains homologous images to the ones in Lienzo de Tlaxcala (of which there are only modern copies in existence), was found in 1976 and published in three modern editions since 1981. Even though this sixteenth-century manuscript offers authentic images on the history of colonial Tlaxcala, literary critics and historians continue to use the Lienzo de Tlaxcala copied by the painter Genaro López and edited by Alfredo Chavero in 1892. To develop a critique of these methodological practices through the consideration of the historical and ideological context of production of the Lienzo de Tlaxcala under the Porfirian state, this work identifies and examines a critical difference between both codices that has not been discussed by experts before: the reformulation, by Porfirian intellectuals and artists, of a sixteenth-century Tlaxcalan discourse of conquest that silences or erases fundamental aspects of that local historical narration. This article argues that our Lienzo de Tlaxcala is Descripción de la ciudad y provincia de Tlaxcala and that the 1892 edition of the Lienzo by Chavero responds, rather, to the interests of nationalistic and propagandistic projects by the Mexican modern state under the Porfiriato.
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