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Vagabondiana; or, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London; Drawn from the Life, London 1817
In the first decade of the 19th century the bourgeoisie felt increasingly pestered by the exploding army of beggars and pedlars. A royal commission of inquiry was appointed to remedy this, and in 1815 published a first Mendicity and Vagrancy Report. The commission´s recommendations resulted in countering the problem of homelessness and beggary with strict […]
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Denkt an Horthy! Die interventionistische Kunst von Mihály Biró.
Im Rahmen der Ausstellung „Turning Points. The Twentieth Century through 1914, 1939, 1989 and 2004“ in der Ungarischen Nationalgalerie Budapest ist das Melton Prior Institut mit einer umfangreichen Installation vertreten. Das Arrangement „Gondolj Horthyra / Think about Horthy,” mit der die Ausstellung zur wendungsreichen Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts am Beispiel Ungarns eingeleitet wird, konfrontiert zwei […]
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John Thomas Smith und die Erfindung investigativer Sozialreportage II: Republikanische Paläste
-3) Republikanische Paläste -4) Exkurs I: Blakes Cottage 3) Republikanische Paläste Remarks on Rural Scenery ist Smith’ kürzeste Publikation. Sie besteht aus einer Folge von zwanzig Radierungen, die alle „nach der Natur“ entstanden sind. Dargestellt sind ganz unterschiedliche Ausprägungen von ländlichen Armenbehausungen an der Peripherie der explodierenden Metropole London. Die Abbildungen sind mit möglichst präzisen […]
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Slums in the outskirts of London, 1797
“Remarks on Rural Scenery” was created by John Thomas Smith with the support of his student John Constable. It consists of a sequence of twenty etchings that were all made “after nature” and depict the most various kinds of rural housings for the poor on the periphery of the exploding metropolis of London. The places […]
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John Thomas Smith und die Erfindung investigativer Sozialreportage I: Wirkliche Ansichten
– 1) Einleitung – 2) Wirkliche Ansichten 1) Einleitung Die Anfänge investigativer Sozialreportage sucht man üblicherweise in der viktorianischen Epoche, in den vierziger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts, die die Gründerzeit des tagespolitischen Illustriertenwesens waren. Damals fanden die extremen gesellschaftlichen Verwerfungen, die durch die industrielle Revolution hervorgerufen waren, ihren Niederschlag in der Herausbildung eines organisierten Klassenbewusstseins. […]
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“The Boy who Spat in Sargrenti´s Eye.” A postcolonial Melton Prior novel by Manu Herbstein. A review.
Nicht übersetzt: Special artist Melton Prior plays a leading role in a new novel by distinguished South African writer Manu Herbstein. Composed in the form of a fictitious diary, the historical background of the adventurous story is provided by the second campaign of the British Empire against the powerful Asante nation, located in the regions […]
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Fresnes – Observations of a collaborateur. Part II
Rio was a pseudonym of Ralph Soupault (1904-1962), who became known in the 1920s as the leading cartoonist of the French nationalist reaction. Later on he joined the French fascist party PPF. Soupault was a supporter of the German occupying forces and became notorious for his anti-semitic propaganda. In 1946 he was arrested and sentenced […]
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“Elegant and dignified military operations in the present age.” – The imperfect invisibility of collateral damage in late 19th-century metropolitan illustrated magazines.
Nicht übersetzt: Adapted (05/2014) with permission from the chapter of the same title: p. 205-232 of Stephen J. Rockel and Rick Halpern (ed.s) Inventing Collateral damage: Civilian Casualties, War, and Empire Between the Lines Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009. ISBN 978-1-897071-12-0 This paper discusses some evidence of how overseas imperialism looked to imperialists at home, […]
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The Dilemma of Drawing
Nicht übersetzt: Jan Sundström has worked for 40 years as a director and producer at The Swedish Television Company (SVT). He did all kinds of productions – from art documentaries to multi-camera productions for sports events to entertainments. After his retirement he replaced the camera with the pen and started a column in a local […]
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Fresnes – Observations of a Collaborateur. Part I, Paris 1947
Rio was a pseudonym of Ralph Soupault (1904-1962), who became known in the 1920s as the leading cartoonist of the French nationalist reaction. Later on he joined the French fascist party PPF, which was led by the former communist activist Jacques Doriot. Like his friend, the groundbreaking novelist Celine, Soupault was a supporter of the […]