Knowledge Commons | Andrea Talaber | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/atalaber/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Andrea Talaber is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:37:02 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 24490bc9a6e75ec71004a40226b4cd8e Matthew Kidd started the topic Participate in a survey on generative AI and archival research practices in the forum History https://hcommons.org/groups/history/forum/topic/participate-in-a-survey-on-generative-ai-and-archival-research-practices-4/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:16:41 -0500 Dear all,

We would like to invite you to take part in an anonymous online survey exploring how the growing use of generative AI tools (including ChatGPT) is reshaping user practices and expectations in relation to searching, discovering, and interpreting digitised and born-digital archival records.

The survey forms part of a research project…[Read more]

]]> fd7fbe07078dc96723de978ed2c25935 Ian Willis deposited Exploring ‘Just the Two of Us’ at Tegel Gallery 581 in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902198/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 03:00:02 -0400 This blog post explores a new exhibition at the Tegel Gallery 581 in Cobbitty, NSW, called 'Just the Two of Us'. It features 100 paintings by local artists Nola Tegel and Patricia Johnston. This collection reflects their artistic journeys and love for the Camden countryside and their travels. The exhibition runs until 27 October 2024, excluding…[Read more]

]]> 0 8e7c9a8ae4f6af9ea0f57264cf61be47 Juan Antonio Fernandez Rivero deposited La fotografía comercial y los álbumes de viaje en la España del XIX. in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902150/ Sun, 20 Oct 2024 03:00:37 -0400 The study of 44 albums has allowed us to make an approximation to the topographic photography that professional photographers carried out in Spain and to observe the relative importance of each one according to their production and their ability to become part of the albums of those travelers who traveled the Spanish geography from 1860
to 1900.…[Read more]

]]> 0 17ac0b173a7592a87653d374df2e3d10 Ian Willis deposited Exploring Camden Realism: Art as storytelling in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1902147/ Sun, 20 Oct 2024 03:00:02 -0400 This blog post explores Camden Realism, an art style emerging in the Macarthur region, characterized by storytelling through representational artworks. Artists like Nola Tegel and Patricia Johnston, influenced by Alan Baker, capture local history and change. Exhibitions at Campbelltown Arts Centre showcase their work, reflecting the evolving…[Read more]

]]> 0 66018f1d94484e95bc4558b23f2a3ede Ian Willis deposited Exhibition Notes: Hardy Wilson’s Old Colonial Architecture 1924-2024, University of Sydney Library in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901506/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 03:00:16 -0400 This bulletin article provides an overview of the exhibition Hardy Wilson’s Old Colonial Architecture 1924-2024 at the University of Sydney Library. William Hardy Wilson was an architect, artist, and author of profound importance in architectural history in Australia, despite his odious views on race and politics in the late 1920s and 1930s. The e…[Read more]

]]> 0 0111b10e196df1f001ec4ca5372d4b0b Ian Willis deposited Exhibition Notes: Hardy Wilson’s Old Colonial Architecture 1924-2024, University of Sydney Library in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901504/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 03:00:02 -0400 This bulletin article provides an overview of the exhibition Hardy Wilson’s Old Colonial Architecture 1924-2024 at the University of Sydney Library. William Hardy Wilson was an architect, artist, and author of profound importance in architectural history in Australia, despite his odious views on race and politics in the late 1920s and 1930s. The e…[Read more]

]]> 0 37eead17c03c4ebfdedd41b5cd9b8691 Ian Willis deposited Explore Belgenny Farm: A Journey Through Time 2024 in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901424/ Sat, 12 Oct 2024 03:01:32 -0400 The 2024 Back to Belgenny festival showcased living history at Belgenny Farm, featuring reenactments, traditional trades, and various activities such as sheepdog trials and guided tours. The event included a demonstration by Governor Macquarie’s regiment and highlighted the farm's historical significance, providing visitors with an immersive g…[Read more]

]]> 0 d57168d5a0c5a0d5e76208ffa54f62b5 Marianna Charitonidou deposited Towards Non-Eurocentric Historiographies: Challenging Europe’s Position in the Formation of Architectural Histories in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901093/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:01:32 -0400 The point of departure for this paper is the idea that Europe as a concept is related to the project of thinking and accomplishing universality. It represents the potential for an enlightened resistance in a world that is progressively becoming dominated by the mono-perspectivism of globalism. In this sense, Eurocentrism is specifiable only within…[Read more]

]]> 0 78ff8153752a79f93088072c72fe5097 Ian Willis deposited Camden Police Station and Residence in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901076/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:00:18 -0400 This newspaper article examines policing in the Camden district of NSW. Policing was an integral part of the NSW colony, as was the building of residences for the local police constables and premises to keep offenders. Policing started in the Camden village in 1840, with the first police presence at the Nepean River crossing in 1804. With the…[Read more]

]]> 0 69a13c61cd9c40491042768af50b7b94 Ian Willis deposited Future of the former Camden police barracks: community concerns in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901075/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:00:15 -0400 This blog post explores the current position of the former Camden police barracks, which has been vacant since 2011 and represents a risk of neglect and disrepair. The Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council, which acquired the site in 2020, has yet to disclose plans for its future use. The community seeks clarity on whether the building will be…[Read more]

]]> 0 cc8b2b2124dab11b7660c498a5f5d120 Ian Willis deposited Future of the former Camden police barracks: community concerns in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901074/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:00:03 -0400 This blog post explores the current position of the former Camden police barracks, which has been vacant since 2011 and represents a risk of neglect and disrepair. The Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council, which acquired the site in 2020, has yet to disclose plans for its future use. The community seeks clarity on whether the building will be…[Read more]

]]> 0 31c918f2e6b8c3f248758b8d51eb8e10 Afrim Krasniqi deposited Ngjarjet e korrikut 1990 dhe përpjekjet e regjimit për ta minimizuar impaktin e tyre politik in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1900969/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:16:30 -0400 Koncepti i “armikut” politik ishte një prej tipareve thelbësore të regjimit njëpartiak në Shqipëri (1944-1990). Punimi im analizon konceptin e armikut në aktet e rëndësishme zyrtare, - aktet kushtetuese dhe politike të nxjerra nga Presidiumi i Kuvendit Popullor në periudhën e fundit të regjimit njëpartiak (1990) dhe në periudhën e parë t…[Read more]

]]> 0 b43e2707ca05a3974999e6428542d8c7 Ian Willis deposited Revitalizing John Street: A Vision for Community Placemaking in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1900968/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:16:28 -0400 This blog post explores a proposal to transform John Street in Camden into an Italian-style piazza, enhancing community bonding and social capital. By activating and enhancing various existing and under-utilised elements, this revitalized space could foster deeper connections among residents and serve as a vibrant, meaningful heart for the town.

]]> 0 99f92b0e564e4b4be3c17844d9a53a53 Ian Willis deposited Unveiling Hardy Wilson’s architectural legacy and his influence on Camden’s aesthetics in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1900824/ Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:00:05 -0400 This blog post examines the role of William Hardy Wilson, a largely unrecognized architect and artist, who authored The Cow Pasture Road in 1920, impacting Camden's cultural narrative. His work celebrates colonial architecture and aesthetics, leading to a recent exhibition at the University of Sydney Library, which explores his dual legacy as both…[Read more]

]]> 0 a5cf8f37d543bc6c1c432aa69b4e317b Ian Willis deposited Exploring the Cowpastures, the historical unveiling of a cultural region in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1900694/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 03:00:04 -0400 This blog post explores The Cowpastures, a region in New South Wales that originated in the late 18th century with the escape of cattle from the First Fleet. It evolved through European settlement, shaping cultural landscapes influenced by Aboriginal peoples. By the 1840s, it had become a defined regional identity, later overshadowed by the…[Read more]

]]> 0 25ef5960413b7b47018960966694399a Marianna Charitonidou deposited Marianna Charitonidou, "Intersectional Theory in Architectural and Urban History: Digital Curation and Archives of Architects", in Rosa Tamborrino, ed., Città che si adattano?/Adaptive Cities? Volume 4 (Turin: AISU International, 2024), 1329-1337. in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1900466/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 03:01:19 -0400 This paper explores the role of digital curators in architectural archives and their use of intersectional theory and practice to examine the representation of women and black men in the digital curation of architectural drawings in cultural institutions. It investigates how concepts and tools from intersectionality can inform digital curation…[Read more]

]]> 0 65c1083ad7df4ba1eb27b3ca1b899a1e Marianna Charitonidou deposited Marianna Charitonidou, “Urban Mobility Patterns and Welfare Politics: Constructing Cities for the Space of Flows”, in Rosa Tamborrino, ed., Città che si adattano?/Adaptive Cities? Volume 1 (Turin: AISU International, 2024), 678-690. in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1900464/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 03:01:08 -0400 The paper explores urban mobility patters in some characteristic New Towns in the UK, France and Sweden, such as Harlow and Cumbernauld in the UK, Toulouse-Le Mirail in France, and Vällingby in Sweden. To investigate the urban mobility patterns in these Welfare State contexts, the paper compares them, placing particular emphasis on the concepts…[Read more]

]]> 0 7725c92c8d149a1361424e75bb6d4595 Marianna Charitonidou deposited Marianna Charitonidou, “Constantinos A. Doxiadis and Adriano Olivetti’s Conception of Urbanism and Urban Public Space”, in Rosa Tamborrino, ed., Città che si adattano?/Adaptive Cities? Volume 1 (Turin: AISU International, 2024), 508-521. in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1900347/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 03:00:44 -0400 This paper sheds light on the complex relationship between the Cold War policies including the European Recovery Program (ERP), and urban public space. Its main objective is to provide a precise and deep understanding of how the Marshall plan politics, contributed to the formation of national identity in Greece and Italy. The paper focuses on two…[Read more]

]]> 0 4e0e170cc2ccda9649d71e7bfe0d6680 Guylian Nemegeer started the topic Conference: Pan-Movements, Regeneration, and Modernity (29 October) in the forum History https://hcommons.org/groups/history/forum/topic/conference-pan-movements-regeneration-and-modernity-29-october/ Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:51:32 -0400 Dear colleagues,

Members in this group may be interested in the following conference. It is possible to attend the event online. Registration is needed: https://event.ugent.be/registration/event/89430443-ec0a-4dd1-8d2c-d3dfb82ad014

Pan-Movements, Regeneration, and Modernity (29 October)

This conference investigates the global development of…[Read more]

]]> bfca62a4fd7034079c1a17b010acf0f8 Ian Willis deposited Camden History Journal September 2024 v5n8 in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899676/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:00:21 -0400 CAMDEN HISTORY, Journal of the Camden Historical Society Inc. Ian Willis (editor). Contents: Kellee Cordina, ‘Celebrating the life of Neidra Hill AM’, p.357; Dianne Matterson, ‘Government Savings Bank: Camden Branch’, p.362; Zoe McPherson, ‘Always was, always will be, wasn’t easy’, p. 370; Paula Muir, ‘The Elizabethan Way’, p. 376; Jacques Mich…[Read more]

]]> 0 2d6631bb9e771bbcbbe4a4d24148d632 Ian Willis deposited Young Women Enlisted in the Land Army in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899675/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:00:11 -0400 This newspaper article explores the experiences of young women who enlisted in the Australian Women's Land Army during the Second World War in the Camden district at Orangeville. The land army was used to fill a manpower shortage in the Australian farming sector and was tasked with providing food and materials to the Allies in the Pacific…[Read more]

]]> 0 26ea11a81a9db1ee6274680f71e959b4 Marianna Charitonidou deposited Cosmopolitics and Virtual Environments in Architectural Design Studio Teaching: Collaborative Computer-Aided Strategies and Social and Environmental Equity in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899367/ Sat, 21 Sep 2024 03:00:13 -0400 The necessity to combine sustainable methods in architectural and urban design and democratization calls for a shift from technical to the socio-technical perspectives within the field of architecture and urbanism, which is related to a need to reshape pedagogical agendas. At the center of the paper is the conviction that this endeavor of…[Read more]

]]> 0 7af1af85af7a74136486f12a0e76f474 Ian Willis deposited Denbigh Open Days: Exploring Historic Colonial Farm in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898807/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 03:00:02 -0400 The blog post explores the history of Denbigh, a significant colonial farming complex in Australia that recently opened its gardens to the public for a rare charity viewing. The property, with a dark history of conflict and anxiety, reveals layers of history, from dispossession of Aboriginal lands to dairying to urban invasion. Denbigh's fortified…[Read more]

]]> 0 c865448f737efd8c7d45af8e3162bb75 Ian Willis deposited Force or Face, Community Consultation in Local Government in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898619/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 03:00:17 -0400 Trust and understanding in the community engagement process are considered by many an essential part of a successful urban planning process. Yet these issues have proved problematic for the stakeholders in one New South Wales local government area.
This paper examines a case study of a community engagement process in New South Wales which has…[Read more]

]]> 0 76f4ba01d39e99ef7e4b1577e2b10715 Ian Willis deposited Force or Face, Community Consultation in Local Government in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898617/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 03:00:02 -0400 Trust and understanding in the community engagement process are considered by many an essential part of a successful urban planning process. Yet these issues have proved problematic for the stakeholders in one New South Wales local government area.
This paper examines a case study of a community engagement process in New South Wales which has…[Read more]

]]> 0 10934e849f3d5a40f3c2f8c32a417d38 Ian Willis deposited Hawaii arrives in Camden in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898149/ Sun, 08 Sep 2024 03:00:02 -0400 This newspaper article examines the arrival of Hawaiian music and dance after sweeping the rest of the country on the stage, at the movie and broadcast across the radio waves. The craze of the 1920s and 1930s was centred on hula dancing and the steel guitar. The first mention of Hawaiian culture in Camden occurred in 1925 when young Daphne Butt…[Read more]

]]> 0 bcb3e5cfe5d298df18f9b288065c307c Ian Willis deposited Explore Unlock Camden 2024: Uncover Camden’s Rich History in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898106/ Sat, 07 Sep 2024 03:01:09 -0400 This blog post explores how Unlock Camden is back in 2024, offering a celebration of the town's history and culture. The event, scheduled for September 28th, will feature a variety of activities, including historical re-enactments, art demonstrations, musical performances, and guided walking tours. The event aims to promote the area's historic…[Read more]

]]> 0 21bb3194c47c6e1fedb42cb71c180749 Ian Willis deposited Explore Unlock Camden 2024: Uncover Camden’s Rich History in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898104/ Sat, 07 Sep 2024 03:00:56 -0400 This blog post explores how Unlock Camden is back in 2024, offering a celebration of the town's history and culture. The event, scheduled for September 28th, will feature a variety of activities, including historical re-enactments, art demonstrations, musical performances, and guided walking tours. The event aims to promote the area's historic…[Read more]

]]> 0 79a84f04deadf42ba4e5b6f598342121 Ian Willis deposited History Week 2024, ‘The Memory Landscape of the Cowpastures’, Ian Willis in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1898031/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:00:01 -0400 Australia Historical Association Newsletter 5 September 2024
History Week 2024, ‘The Memory Landscape of the Cowpastures’, Ian Willis
Camden Library, John Street, Camden, Saturday 7 September 2024, 1.00pm AEST
In this talk, Dr Ian Willis OAM will offer a new look at the Cowpastures story in the Macarthur region. Ian will use examples of mem…[Read more]

]]> 0 e508750d3f20d841a6095b670a356ed9 Ana Dumitran deposited Ecclesia super omnia in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897872/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 03:00:32 -0400 The volume includes some of the papers presented in the Museikon section of the Annual Scientific Conference organised in 2023 by the Alba Iulia National Museum of the Great Union (Romania). The studies cover topics such as: the pious behavior of women in the Transylvanian Middle Ages, the possession of slaves and gypsies by the Wallachian…[Read more]

]]> 0 a2fa898aca393b0f199768f5c9bc8e27 Ian Willis deposited Life So Full of Promise: Further Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation - Presentation Report in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897865/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 03:00:02 -0400 This report summarises a presentation by Ross McMullin on his book 'Life So Full of Promise: Further Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation' published in 2023 as part of the Open Forum Series for the Independent Scholars of Australia Association NSW Chapter Bulletin

]]> 0 795ae82557100bbd9af9d21e958d3a55 Ian Willis deposited Why does the sale of a local church create community angst? What is going on? in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897546/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 03:00:25 -0400 This blog post examines the sale of church land, which has sparked community angst, particularly at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Bankstown. The proposed heritage listing has led to concerns about redevelopment and closure. Similar issues have arisen in Tasmania, where local church sales have evoked strong emotional and historical attachments. The…[Read more]

]]> 0 62ff5ab4e158999d1ff11f5fd300b411 Ian Willis deposited Why does the sale of a local church create community angst? What is going on? in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897544/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 03:00:12 -0400 This blog post examines the sale of church land, which has sparked community angst, particularly at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Bankstown. The proposed heritage listing has led to concerns about redevelopment and closure. Similar issues have arisen in Tasmania, where local church sales have evoked strong emotional and historical attachments. The…[Read more]

]]> 0 41648396ba64958418c3801b50364317 Ian Willis deposited Back to Belgenny 2024, a festival of living history in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897198/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 03:01:06 -0400 This blog post examines the 2024 Back to Belgenny festival at Belgenny Farm in South Camden. The festival showcased living history with reenactments, traditional trades, and stalls selling arts and crafts of the past. Activities included sheepdog trials, live music, vintage cars, and guided history tours of the site. The farm represents settler…[Read more]

]]> 0 15727cba890fee55ba406735630cf0f6 Ian Willis deposited Australia Day 1915 in Camden: Record-breaking Wartime Fundraiser in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897194/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 03:00:48 -0400 This blog post examines the story of mid-1915, when the Camden Patriotic Fund took over Australia Day fundraising, directing proceeds to the Red Cross for Australian wounded. Supporting the Camden Red Cross, the fund raised substantial funds through various events. Meanwhile, on a national scale, Australia Day's significance evolved, and in 1915,…[Read more]

]]> 0 34b828e1aa7b3a3126b722d0353ba0d4 Ian Willis deposited Australia Day 1918, Red Cross Fundraising Activities in Camden in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897125/ Sat, 24 Aug 2024 03:00:20 -0400 This blog post examines Australia Day fundraisers in 1918, which were crucial in supporting the war effort. There were various activities, such as selling badges, public subscriptions, prayer services, lectures, and doorknocks. The Camden Red Cross raised a significant amount, as did the Menangle and Narellan branches. The total effort amounted to…[Read more]

]]> 0 801dfa88bc4493fa252d4b320aa26b16 Ian Willis deposited Camden and the Great War in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897123/ Sat, 24 Aug 2024 03:00:01 -0400 This presentation provides an overview of the Great War's impact on the town of Camden, including its effects, serving overseas and on the homefront, and the collective memory of Camden and the Great War.

]]> 0 107822a5841db3048592ee32d9fa5ed0 Ian Willis deposited Menangle, A Historic English-Style Estate Village in Camden Park in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896786/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 03:01:12 -0400 This blog post outlines a brief history of the village of Menangle. The village is situated within the Camden district and reflects an English-style private estate village that has evolved over 150 years. Embodying rural Englishness, it has experienced both prosperity and decline, closely tied to the history of the Camden Park estate. The…[Read more]

]]> 0 3069f441ed8a1e80be7252a24743de4a Ian Willis deposited Menangle, A Historic English-Style Estate Village in Camden Park in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896784/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 03:01:02 -0400 This blog post outlines a brief history of the village of Menangle. The village is situated within the Camden district and reflects an English-style private estate village that has evolved over 150 years. Embodying rural Englishness, it has experienced both prosperity and decline, closely tied to the history of the Camden Park estate. The…[Read more]

]]> 0 966cb1628c176afb8575d8f0f37283c8 Sonia D. Andras deposited Romanian-American Negotiations in Education, Science, Culture, and Arts in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896776/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 03:00:33 -0400 As a political model for the young democracy in interwar Romania, as a protector against threats to the sovereignty and integrity of the state, as a cultural model, and as a daily life, America represented for Romania a reference point, a factor of stability and progress. America was a model and ally of the civilized world!
Unfortunately,…[Read more]

]]> 0 d520ac316d1818494184aef81a69d53a Karina Sembe deposited On the Brink of Sovereignty: Maroon Chief Alonso de Illescas and Vernacular Agency in the Colonial Atlantic in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896640/ Sun, 18 Aug 2024 03:00:49 -0400 Marronage is often treated in academic discussions as a compelling example of resistance, a type of agency that has a definitive insurgent impulse. This approach makes the study of maroons vulnerable to ideological taint because it can downplay the full complexity with which slave rebels and free people of color achieved social mobility and…[Read more]

]]> 0 b57411e142b3aa3b79cd5df78b0ca5be Peter van Druenen deposited CLIO’S ABACUS (On the Arrival of the Annales School in the Netherlands and the Development of Historical Arithmetic) in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896635/ Sun, 18 Aug 2024 03:00:24 -0400 Clios’Abacus is an intriguing exploration in literature into the way quantitative historical research in the Netherlands over the past half-century has been shaped, largely based on outdated and never updated source material. In the background, the implementation of ideas from the French Annales School (Febvre, Braudel, Le Roy Ladurie, among o…[Read more]

]]> 0 72e717342519dcb0f9d79d08db854fbf Peter van Druenen deposited CLIO’S ABACUS (On the Arrival of the Annales School in the Netherlands and the Development of Historical Arithmetic) in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896633/ Sun, 18 Aug 2024 03:00:15 -0400 Clios’Abacus is an intriguing exploration in literature into the way quantitative historical research in the Netherlands over the past half-century has been shaped, largely based on outdated and never updated source material. In the background, the implementation of ideas from the French Annales School (Febvre, Braudel, Le Roy Ladurie, among o…[Read more]

]]> 0 c6df9eecd4af1bbe2936a6a5cd0174ad Ian Willis deposited Camden Police Station and Residence: A Historical Landmark in Camden in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895956/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 03:00:36 -0400 This blog post is about the Camden Police Station, a single-storey brick building designed by colonial architect James Barnet in the late 19th century. It has historical significance as the centre of the Police District, with well-preserved features such as the corrugated iron-hipped roof and carved timber posts. It is no longer used as a police station.

]]> 0 144f16f50b460f236726206e3e6a8ab7 Ian Willis deposited Camden Police Station and Residence: A Historical Landmark in Camden in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895954/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 03:00:26 -0400 This blog post is about the Camden Police Station, a single-storey brick building designed by colonial architect James Barnet in the late 19th century. It has historical significance as the centre of the Police District, with well-preserved features such as the corrugated iron-hipped roof and carved timber posts. It is no longer used as a police station.

]]> 0 8d1ca0e9b1e34abcf595dd5e15f596d0 Ian Willis deposited Red Cross ladies contributed to the war effort in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895944/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 03:00:09 -0400 This newspaper article outlines the foundation of the Red Cross in the country town of Camden, NSW, at the outbreak of World War One in August 1914. The new organisation attracted conservative women who wanted to exercise their agency and support the war effort through sewing, knitting, cooking and spinning for God, the King, and the Country. The…[Read more]

]]> 0 8f0a06a0f9626d855b1ebdc80404082d Ana Dumitran deposited The Icons of Alexander Ponekhalsky. Jertfa di la mine zugrău Alexa cel păcătos in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895892/ Sat, 10 Aug 2024 03:01:12 -0400 This editorial project capitalizes on a first sample of the religious art of Maramureș, carefully and meticulously inventoried by Alexandru Baboș alongside the study of the architecture of the wooden churches of Maramureș. Since they alone account for almost half of all preserved icons from Maramureș, Alexander Ponekhalskyi's icons have been sep…[Read more]

]]> 0 5d57e3bf3d12ddb2da9860743e2891e1 Marianna Charitonidou deposited Takis Zenetos and High-Tech Architecture: Electronic Urbanism vis-à-vis Autonomous Ecological Living Units in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895815/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 03:00:20 -0400 At the core of Takis Zenetos’s understanding of high-tech architecture and urbanism were the ways in which technology can have a positive impact on how citizens inhabit space. This paper analyses Zenetos’s project entitled ‘Electronic Urbanism’, which concerned the design of housing units adapted to the conditions of working from home. Zenetos…[Read more]

]]> 0 4eed3dfcaff3cee09a7b2fff60703488 Seddik Sadiki amari deposited كتاب جماعي بعنوان: علوم التربية والترجمة: الواقع والآفاق in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895440/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 03:00:31 -0400 وجدت التربية مع وجود الحياة الإنسانية، وهي ظاهرة اجتماعية بامتياز عرفها الإنسان منذ أن وطئت قدماه الأرض، كما أنها كانت موضوع اهتمام الأديان عبر العصور والأزمنة، وهذا يدل على دورها الفعال والهام في تطوير الشعوب والأمم وتقدمها. وقد عرفت تطورات نوعية وكيفية عميقة جنبا إلى جنب مع التحولات الاقتصادية والثقافية والاجتماعية والسياسية... إلى أن أصب…[Read more]

]]> 0 5e7ee16397c72447509bdbd3205e939c Marianna Charitonidou deposited Marianna Charitonidou, "Constantinos Doxiadis and Adriano Olivetti and Marshall Plan politics: Urban planning and the formation of national identity", paper presented at the 76th Annual International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians in the group Urban Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895174/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 04:00:25 -0400 The paper is built upon the general understanding that the Marshall Plan played a crucial role in the reconstruction of Europe after the Second World War. Architecture and urbanism were very important in this respect. A starting point for the paper is the identification of certain key players regarding the connection between the politics of the…[Read more]

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