Introduction -- Oxford, 1566 -- Sandwich, 1573 -- Canterbury, 1573 -- Bristol, 1574 -- Worcester, 1575 -- Norwich, 1578 -- Conclusion. "In a 1572 visit to Warwick, Queen Elizabeth looked out the window of her lodgings and saw local people dancing in the courtyard, a seemingly s…
Introduction -- Ancient and modern -- Biennale -- Salzburg -- Cannes -- Edinburgh -- Proliferation -- Asserting identity -- Conclusion. "Festivals have always been part of city life, but their relationship with their host cities has continually changed. With the rise of industr…
Introduction. The Social Study of Musical Performance Institutions -- Conceptualizing Musical Performance Culture Clubs in Everyday Urban Life -- The Social Study of Music in Cities -- The Commercial Institutionalization of Rock Clubs in New York -- How Did Institutionalization …
"Known as the "Father of Festival Sound," Bill Hanley (b. 1937) made his indelible mark as a sound engineer at the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair. Hanley is credited with creating the sound of Woodstock, which literally made the massive festival possible. Stories of his on-t…
This book explores the linkages between tourism and festivals and the various ways in which each mobilises the other to make social realities meaningful. Drawing upon a series of international cases, festivals are examined as ways of responding to various forms of crisis - socia…
"Ancient China and Greece are two classical civilizations that have exerted far-reaching influence in numerous areas of human experience and are often invoked as the paradigms in East-West comparison. This book examines gender relations in the two ancient societies as reflected …
Zum Planetarium: Wissensgeschichtliche Studien
Als begehbares, immersives Modell des Kosmos gewährte das Projektionsplanetarium zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts erstmals die Erfahrung einer vollkommen technisch durchdrungenen Natur.In den Jahren 1919 bis 1925 wurde in den Jenaer Zeiss-Werken ein kuppelförmiges Gebäude erfunden…