In the 150 years since the birth of the petroleum industry oil has saturated our culture, fueling our cars and wars, our economy and policies. But just as thoroughly, culture saturates oil. So what exactly is "oil culture"? This book pursues an answer through petrocapitalism's history in...

Machine generated contents note: Preface Howard S. Becker; Introduction Brian Moeran and Bo T. Christensen; 1. What's the matter with Jarrettsville? Genre classification as an unstable and opportunistic construct C. Clayton Childress; 2. In search of a creative concept in Hugo Boss Kasper T....

This book tells the largely unknown history of the Hancock family of Marlborough. It shows how members of one unique family were responsible for creating the earliest form of mechanized transport in the world, the foundation of the UK rubber industry, and the beginnings of the global information...

Art Law provides a dynamic survey of topical legal and ethical issues that confront museums that acquire and display art, auction houses that sell art, libraries that exhibit art, foundations that support artists, and artists that create art. This concise book is written as a tool for art...

Through case studies and findings from participant observations in classes and touch tours for blind and visually impaired people at the Met, Blind Visitor Experiences at Art Museums explores both passive and active social exclusion from the museum's facilities giving readers an understanding on...

There is no shortage of books on decision-making books that tell you how irrational you are, how being rational is holding you back or how competing brain systems cause chaos with your ability to choose wisely. All of these make it difficult to decide how to decide. There is no shortage of books...

Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. 3.5 Artistic Strategies to Envision Money's Mediation -- 2. 6 Artists x 2 Crises x 3 Orders of Reproduction -- 3. 0 Participation: Benign Pessimism, Tactical Parasitics and the Encrypted Common -- 4. ∞ Encryption: Art's...

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Postcapitalism, Critique and Art -- 1. What is Postcapitalism? -- 2. Art's Hostility to Capitalism -- 3. Artists and the Politics of Work -- 4. Avant-Gardism and the Meanings of Automation -- 5. Laziness and the Technologies of Rest --...

The hands-on guide for the new way to compete: Collaboration The 21st Century's counterpart to Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Dan Sanker's Collaborate: The Art of We gives a new generation of pioneering business enthusiasts a practical guide to capture tomorrow's opportunities. Globalization,...