16 10 453 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/eurasia/original/cd644a8fc0f7f9670a642019740ca87f.jpg 8c45cb98ccddb2ad9c506e1bf1e3a660 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mapping Traditional African Masks Subject The topic of the resource commodification of traditional African arts Description An account of the resource Adding a complexity to Chris Marker's film 'Statues also Die,' the use of African masks play a more interesting role in the use of relational space between the physical and the metaphysical, 'According to the anthropologist Frank Herreman: One of the most dramatic manners whereby the contact between humans and the supernatural acquires a visible form is at the moment that spirits under the form of masks appear. According to our understanding, the mask is a means of partially or wholly covering the face or the body to render it unrecognisable, and through which the masker acquires another identity. In large parts of the world the original function – associated with the supernatural – has declined, and masking has evolved into a form of profane recreation coming to the fore only once or at most a few times per year, for example during carnival. In West and Central Africa, the function of a number of masks has remained much closer to its original significance. Consequently, such masks still manifest at crucial moments during the cycle of the seasons, and within the course of an individual’s life cycle as well. The mask wearer in this context is, therefore, a more important person than someone who masks for purely recreational motives. In the African context the mask wearer is always an initiated person whose identity is not made known. He undergoes not only a physical, but also a psychic transformation. He comes under the spell of the spirit that he incarnates, and one believes that he so disposes of the supernatural characteristics of the latter. Since the supernatural stands outside the law of the living, one supposes that the mask acts according to its own whimsy. In these acts, however, sits a structure that is dictated by the priest, the magician, the society, the elders, or other forms of the power structure. They must watch over the observance of religious rules, the common law, and the maintenance of various rituals which must be carried out within the scope of events in life’s cycle. Thus, the masks are important instruments that aid in the consolidation of the position of power of the various authority structures.' Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scott Valentine Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-art-collection-masks.htm thm_diaspora thm_origins https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/eurasia/original/1fa83a958769457a4c5fffe96ac1037e.pdf 015e3ec50b78775a80c97467b1239b7f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lenin https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/eurasia/original/c1a47be5f4633f9d26f160bb6ae141b6.png c4971b57f93155f2737939f4e13b8af3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caspian Connectivities Subject The topic of the resource Caspian Sea Description An account of the resource The Caspian Sea, from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, as a place defined by movement around, through and underneath it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nova Maris Caspii (1730s) Roads Subject The topic of the resource Caspian Sea, Road Networks Description An account of the resource This image shows the road networks featured in Abraham Maas's map "Nova Maris Caspii" as they radiate south along the Caspian from Astrakhan and into the Caucasus. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maas, Abraham Alsayar, Dalal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1730s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Harvard Library, Pusey Map Collection https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/eurasia/original/29bce72306986c89ca3e158be1ff9330.png a79ea41318678ee4acfed345dbcd0b39 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caspian Connectivities Subject The topic of the resource Caspian Sea Description An account of the resource The Caspian Sea, from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, as a place defined by movement around, through and underneath it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Karta Rossiiskoi Imperii (1910) Railroad networks Subject The topic of the resource Russian Empire, railroads Description An account of the resource This map features just the railroad network as produced in a map of the Russian Empire from 1910. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/eurasia/original/fedb28cae6ad0471592ed53885b4f7df.png 2c822409aaa402e37b883eebbfddcf0a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caspian Connectivities Subject The topic of the resource Caspian Sea Description An account of the resource The Caspian Sea, from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, as a place defined by movement around, through and underneath it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroads, Caravan routes, and wireless stations (1921) https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/eurasia/original/9f5354d777064ef3d552758787a7c995.png b7ed109cc291fbe0a6063ad746ca7482 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caspian Connectivities Subject The topic of the resource Caspian Sea Description An account of the resource The Caspian Sea, from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, as a place defined by movement around, through and underneath it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oil pipelines (1991) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived EIA - Energy Institute of America https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/eurasia/original/f0a6c4e570049375877c4d85d5f2fab9.png 1c663770ecefbd304d772dcf6a2bd3a5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caspian Connectivities Subject The topic of the resource Caspian Sea Description An account of the resource The Caspian Sea, from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, as a place defined by movement around, through and underneath it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Five nations around the Caspian Sea https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/eurasia/original/4d4acbbacdb8f68528782be06d5e396f.jpg 3364a4a4c99f35f6adc4b27ff03d8eab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Composite Map Subject The topic of the resource Caspian Sea Description An account of the resource This composite map of the rail roads, caravan routes, shipping lanes and oil pipelines represents the myriad ways of moving through and around the Caspian Sea from the eighteenth century through the 21st. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alsayer, Dalal https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/eurasia/original/928c5158ff6d1bb7242855ba2ea3dbb8.png 6366423bc0b1ca9d01ec862650c036e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caspian Connectivities Subject The topic of the resource Caspian Sea Description An account of the resource The Caspian Sea, from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, as a place defined by movement around, through and underneath it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Collage of Caspian Sea Subject The topic of the resource Caspian Sea Description An account of the resource This collage depicts the Caspian Sea as per our lens of connectivity through the deployment of historical images, poems, and mapping. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alsayer, Dalal Musaed Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Poem: http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/nature/poems.php?id=238661 Images: Pinterest Maps: Group #1 (Various sources - Harvard Map Library, EIA, David Rumsey Maps) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1724-2014 Language A language of the resource English and Russian Type The nature or genre of the resource Image https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/eurasia/original/d364d81ed024ae175a64d867280ef024.jpg 715d055e082f241c8a067d474dd0e02a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Birthplace of Yiddish Subject The topic of the resource Yiddish, history Description An account of the resource A visual depiction of the disagreement over where Yiddish language originated. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Asya Pereltsweig Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://languagesoftheworld.info/historical-linguistics/origins-yiddish-response-philologus-part-1.html