#research modernization

[farmerstrend]

State-of-the-Art Upgrades at the Kiboko Research Station: What They Mean for Farmers

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has partnered Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to establish a research centre of excellence in the country to promote crop production. on the left – KALRO Board chairman Dr. Thuo Mathenge, Dr. Prasanna Boddupalli, Director CIMMYT and Dr. Eliud Kireger DG KALRO when inaugurating the KALRO-CIMMYT Crops…

[ltwilliammowett]

The Norwegian research vessel Lance is stuck in the Arctic ice, 2015

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

We're going on an ass kicking adventure.

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[staytrueblue]

a very good angle of Ghost, Soap, Gaz, and Prices laps..enjoy

[canisalbus]

doodled your little guys!!! I have so many thoughts about them. As someone who lives in Italy it has been absolutely wonderful seeing your characters express the country's culture and history!!! It's not often that I see characters be based off Italian history in such an artistic manner.. But that might be me living under a rock, LOL. Anyhow, keep doing what you do, YOU ROCK!!!!

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[jstor]

For those of you interested in modern and contemporary art, Art Resource recently added around 750 new images to JSTOR–featuring iconic figures like Georgia O'Keefe and Jacob Lawrence.

Learn more about the collection in our recent blog post.

Image: Wayne Thiebaud. Pie Counter, 1963. Oil on canvas. © Whitney Museum of American Art / Licensed by Scala / Art Resource, NY

[inkyami]

As a foreigner, I am curious. What are the main differences between kokoshniks and other types of headresses?

Why thank you for asking!1 First and foremost, kokoshnik is a festive headdress of a married woman. It is essentially a hat and is meant to cover the hair — a huge difference in status (unmarried girls wear a single braid, married women pin hair around the head in two braids and cover it). It comes in an amazing variety of shapes depending on a region, though the south of Russia had their own amazing thing for most of history. We're used to see the ornate arch of kokoshnik, but the back was also very rich.

All the headdresses that have just a front piece and don't cover the top&back of the head would be a venets/koruna etc (wreath/crown) — a headband, a young woman's festive and wedding headgear. Those can also get ridiculously high and wide, but don't provide full coverage. They could also be paired with a braid decoration.

Now, the mixing up starts as early as late XVIII for aristocracy and XIX for everyone else. Thanks to Peter I's "embrace Europe, reject tradition" policy the upper class was pretty much entirely cut from Russian traditional culture. When the "slavic" style came back in trend (several times during wars) it ignored all original symbolism and was heavily changed to fit international beauty standards of the time. By the time of Nicholas II (and yet another wave of slavomania pre-revolution) every court headdress we see is clearly a headband/diadem in its structure but every description states "kokoshnik".

Important note: in 1830s court dress regulations there is still a clear difference between kokoshnik and a headband for married and unmarried ladies accordingly. However, every history text elects to call every headpiece a "modernized kokoshnik" In the latest years the "kokoshnik" (BUT ACTUALLY A VENETS/HEADBAND) became an insanely popular accessory in Russia and is made in tons of materials but in a very limited number of shapes. The results vary from beautiful to silly to atrocious (I'll spare you from looking at patriotic take on the mater). I'd love to wear one, but, to quote marquis de Custine, "it flatters beautiful faces and makes ugly ones even more so"

In short (HA) — kokoshnik is a full-covering headdress for married women. Every young heroine wearing what looks like a kokoshik from the front but sports a braid — wears a venets. Thankfully there are also a lot of artists dedicated to keeping the traditional crafts and garments alive, like Johann Nikadimus who does both replicas and modern designs and never fails to call things accordingly. Its breathtaking and very expensive, just like it was before. About southern kichka headdress

[apolaskiart]

Back on the A.U grind, amen!

[neigepomme]

giving more info on cowboy!caleb au..

caleb used to do bullriding, but a pretty gnarly injury to his right arm caused him to stop. he recovered after a long while but has stopped bullriding — he still participates in rodeos (roping competitions mainly) every once in a while tho! he's always amongst the winners and often spotted tending to the horses after the rodeo. his favorite sport is barrel racing, and ambrosia is a local champion.

other than that, he chooses to stay and help out at the ranch — even though he does have a college degree in aerospace engineering, mind you. it feels like home, and although he isn't exactly an introvert, there's a lot of comfort in being surrounded by the animals (plus he couldn't possibly leave ambrosia to another cowboy's hands — that's his darling horse).

speaking of his horse, ambrosia is a black thoroughbred mare. his father told him to be careful with picking a name since he couldn't change it afterward (cowboy superstition), and young caleb decided to name her ambrosia because of the star marking on her face that looked a bit like an apple shape. honeycrisp was too common of a name, but ambrosia flowed nicely — he could also call her rosie. she's an insanely smart mare, and caleb's had her since he was 14. she's a bit wary of strangers and has a hard time letting anyone but caleb ride her.

caleb's also pretty popular within the community! i mean, who wouldn't fall for that smile.. but he genuinely is a breath of fresh air, and the elders adore him. lots of the older gentlemen say that he reminds them of real cowboys, their own grandfathers. he's an honest and hard-working man who gets along with kids and adults alike and a gorgeous face — those who dislike him are few and far between.

[agent-gladhand]

Making tiny ass details that will 100% get lost in print is my special skill

[astriiformes]

It's really funny working on a paper about monstrosity in the Early Modern era as it relates to gender and disability because there are historians (including some I am citing as important sources) with no connection to monster studies who want to talk about the same social issues I do in the era but are also very quick to put in one million disclaimers that "by the way I promise I don't think trans or disabled people are monsters, other people just did then so this is what my sources say :("

And like there are absolutely interesting conversations to be had about what reclaiming monstrosity means and if there are risks inherent to it, and certain language to avoid or minimize using, and that sort of thing. But also as someone whose whole project revolves around the connections between the these subjects and the fact that they can just as easily be empowering as they can stigmatizing it does sort of feel like I'm busting into these discussions and being like "Well I think that monsters are COOL and POWERFUL and that we should ALL want to be monsters actually." I feel like Laios Touden.

[stygiansauce]

I graduate college so I don't have to write essays or do research anymore.

And then I instantly get sucked into research so I can write a historical au.

[eulaliasims]

Queer people have always been here and we always will be. Happy Pride.

[johnnycrass]

[ali3nboyfriend]

logically i know modern horses aren't native to the americas like that was a whole Thing but it causes such cognizant dissonance to think of there being wild horses in europe. like that can't be right. there's no fucking cowboys there.

[yuechicake]

who’s the dog, again?

(commissioned from wtchysvto)