The Drawing Book. A survey of drawing: the primary means of expression

‘The Drawing Book’ was conceived and edited by Kovats. Other invited authors included Kate Macfarlane and Katherine Stout (The Drawing Room, London), and Charles Darwent (art historian and writer). The publication sought to survey drawing as the primary means of expression. The book explored whether it was possible to employ a renaissance model, the commonplace book, which is primarily a text-based model, visually. Drawings were gathered together to explore certain themes that then form a visual narrative rather than a text-based one. The book was also an exploration of the subjective nature of visual memory, a journey into the imagination of an individual, in itself a model of the form of drawing, as a personal and subjective cosmology of drawing. The vast collection of drawings span the history of art and design, including the rich dynamic state of contemporary drawing today. This book examines the relationship between drawing and thinking, and looks at what drawings do, as well as how they look. It is organized into thematic chapters based on the form of a commonplace book. The selected drawings trace the continuous line flowing through detailing how artists, scientists, architects, designers, philosophers understand our world and our experience in it. Originally printed as a hardback copy (January 2006), the book has subsequently been reprinted in paperback (June 2007). The book has been reviewed in Blueprint (Andrew Ross, No. 242, May 2006) and Varoom Magazine - The Journal of Illustration and Made Images (Ian Massey, Issue 2, November 2006)

Problems of intellectual and political accountability in respect of emerging european Roma policy

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die neuere europäische Politik von Institutionen und Intellektuellen gegenüber Roma-Minderheiten seit Anfang der 90er Jahre. Der Autor zeigt auf, dass die Roma-Politik einen neuen Streitpunkt darstellt, da sie immer mehr die Interessen der Mainstream-Institutionen reflektierte und die Interessen der Menschen und Gemeinden weniger berücksichtigt wurden. Die Roma-Angelegenheiten wurden zunehmend in kultureller Hinsicht als eine Art der Diskriminierung definiert, ohne dass die Merkmale und Ursachen der objektiven Probleme vieler Roma benannt wurden, nämlich Armut, Arbeitslosigkeit, schlechte Wohnverhältnisse, mangelnde Gesundheitsversorgung. Die Rolle von Intellektuellen sollte es dabei sein, Methoden und Theorien für die praktische Politik zu entwickeln, die diese in die Lage versetzen, die hochkomplexen Bedingungen zu verstehen, unter denen die unter dem Begriff Roma zusammengefassten, sehr unterschiedlichen Menschen leben. Bis jetzt ist dieses Ziel nicht erreicht worden, zum Teil deshalb, weil die Grenzen zwischen Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern verwischt wurden. (ICD

The political significance of the first national gypsy minority self-government (Orszagos Cigany Kisebbsegi Önkormanyzat)

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Aktivitäten der ersten nationalen Regierung von Roma-Minderheiten in Ungarn (1995-98). Das ungarische Modell der Repräsentation von Roma-Minderheiten ist das Ergebnis von Konflikten und Spannungen, die zum einen durch die Desintegration der Roma im politischen und sozialen System hervorgerufen werden und zum anderen durch die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit sich entwickelnder politischer Aktivitäten. Der Autor geht zunächst auf die Politisierung der Roma seit Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts ein und stellt fest, dass diese seit 1995 einen nationalen Ausdruck findet. Danach werden die Entwicklung der Roma-Interessensvertretung und die Folgen auf die Roma-Bevölkerung behandelt. Im Anschluss daran geht der Autor ausführlich auf die nationale Regierung von Roma-Minderheiten ein und erklärt deren Struktur und Initiativen. Danach wird untersucht, wie diese Regierung ihre Macht und Einflussmöglichkeiten ausbaute, besonders berücksichtigt wird dabei der mittelfristige Aktionsplan. (ICD

Dirty Water:London’s Low Tide

At low tide on Thursday 21 September 6,000 copies of a limited-edition artwork by internationally renowned artist Tania Kovats were given away at twenty locations from east to west along the River Thames. Produced in newspaper format, Dirty Water, London’s Low Tide is a collection of drawings, images, secret musings and writings edited by old River Thames herself, offered to those traversing the river at low tide on the morning of the Autumn Equinox. Dirty Water was also part of Totally Thames, the annual 30-day season of events celebrating the River Thames

An approach for assessing human health vulnerability and public health interventions to adapt to climate change.

Assessments of the potential human health impacts of climate change are needed to inform the development of adaptation strategies, policies, and measures to lessen projected adverse impacts. We developed methods for country-level assessments to help policy makers make evidence-based decisions to increase resilience to current and future climates, and to provide information for national communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The steps in an assessment should include the following: a) determine the scope of the assessment; b) describe the current distribution and burden of climate-sensitive health determinants and outcomes; c) identify and describe current strategies, policies, and measures designed to reduce the burden of climate-sensitive health determinants and outcomes; d) review the health implications of the potential impacts of climate variability and change in other sectors; e) estimate the future potential health impacts using scenarios of future changes in climate, socioeconomic, and other factors; f) synthesize the results; and g) identify additional adaptation policies and measures to reduce potential negative health impacts. Key issues for ensuring that an assessment is informative, timely, and useful include stakeholder involvement, an adequate management structure, and a communication strategy

Affirming Indigeneity in Public Spaces: Indigenous Mexican Testimonios About Higher Education

The purpose of this study was to provide a deeper understanding of the lived experiences and identity formation of Indigenous Mexican students in U.S. higher education. Latinx critical race theory and critical Latinx Indigeneity served as conceptual frameworks for this study, and a decolonial lens was employed to distinguish the unique educational experiences of Indigenous Mexican students from the broader Latinx student population in the United States. A testimonio research design was used to explore two research questions: (a) What is the role of higher education in the identity formation of Indigenous Mexican students? and (b) How do Indigenous Mexican college students challenge or disrupt colonial perceptions about Indigenous people on their college campus and in their communities? Twelve Indigenous Mexican (Mixtec/Ñuu Savi, Zapotec/Bene Xhon, and Nahua) college students and graduates participated in the study, which involved participation in a 90-minute oral testimonio interview. Through a constant comparative analysis of the data, multiple readings of the participants’ transcripts and testimonios, and feedback from the participants, four themes emerged: (a) defining Indigeneity in diaspora, (b) higher education as a consciousness-raising space, (c) tensions within Chicanx Studies and Chicanx-based campus organizations, and (d) the urgency for public Indigeneity on and off campus. Findings revealed how participants publicly affirmed their Indigenous identities during college, particularly when exposed to courses in Ethnic Studies, Chicanx Studies, and Anthropology. Findings also shed light on intra-Latinx discrimination and its impact on Indigenous Mexican decisions to advocate for their respective Indigenous communities both on and off campus. The study contributes to the limited body of research on Indigenous Mexican students and their experiences in U.S. schools. It also begins to interrogate the ways Indigeneity is represented within Chicanx Studies curricula and Chicanx-based campus organizations from the perspective of Indigenous Mexican college students