Hi Magnus and Karin,




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Winged Victory of Samothrace

The context of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, discovered in 1863, is controversial, with proposals ranging from the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC as the event being celebrated. Datings based on stylistic evaluation have been equally variable, ranging across the same three centuries, but perhaps tending to an earlier date.^[3] For much of the 20th century, the prevailing theory, based on the works of Hermann Thiersch and Karl Lehmann, considered it a Rhodian monument dedicated following the victories at Side and Myonessos in 190 BC, and suggested that it might have been carved by the Rhodian sculptor Pythocritus.^[4]However, by the mid-2010s, the reconstructions of the monument proposed by Lehmann have been shown to be false (the remains of the surrounding space that housed the Victory belong to the Roman period), and the question of why the statue was dedicated on Samothrace, which at the time was dominated by the Greek Kingdom of Macedonia, remains unanswered.^[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_Victory_of_Samothrace



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In my
"Gazing at the Box:
Tourism in the Context of the Internet and Globalization (Internetity)"
UC Berkeley paper, which is new social theory, I also explore questions of virtual tourism with regard to the Louvre as well ...



http://scottmacleod.com/anth250v.htm


New social science / anthropological / sociological 'condition': Internetity, like modernity and post-modernity?


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At beginning of paper:

"In this paper I suggest that modernity yields one interpretation of touristic experience, postmodernity may construct another, and Thurot and Thurots’ interpretation of advertising discourse produces yet another. Tourism,[1] now, in the context of the growth of the Internet and information technology[2] ("internetity") supersedes and incorporates these previous analyses and produces other interpretations of tourism with characteristics which I shall identify."



And at end:

"In conclusion, I want to suggest that globalization and the Internet create new conditions of social existence where the societal dynamic of integration (due to globalization and digital technologies) vs. cultural identity contributes to reshaping the touristic experience. For tourism, which is now global in scope, the Internet amplifies, facilitates, and extends the tourist’s opportunities, knowledge-base and experience.

As both digital and mobile tourism increase in the context of globalization, the potential for cultural integration also increases, reshaping cultural identities. Internet touristic discourse, in potentially superseding and incorporating modernity, post-modernism, and advertising touristic discourse, shapes a new hyper-touristic experience."



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Re: [GABA-STAMMTISCH] Looking for German children's books


Regarding the GABA question:

Hi,
I am looking for German children's books to rent or buy. Please let me know if you have any ideas.
It's very important to me that my child learns German.
Thank you!


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One interactive #RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums ? Europeana museum - https://europeana.eu/portal/en since World Univ & Sch's front end wiki subject pages are like Wikipedia's eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europeana with its Info Box drawing on https://wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7704 - eg https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Museums ~

One interactive #RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums ? Europeana museum - https://t.co/iolB1g4VKC since World Univ & Sch's front end wiki subject pages are like Wikipedia's eg https://t.co/Fi6gEWICxO with its Info Box drawing on https://t.co/wdJqXoFcl5 - eg https://t.co/OLdmVYtbsK ~

— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) February 29, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1233839813473767430?s=20