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"En Cuba no hay periodistas presos, hay mercenarios presos"
Lázaro Barredo es director del periódico Granma, órgano oficial del Partido Comunista de Cuba. En esta entrevista, realizada por cuestionario, por Carlos Salas, director de Metro España, Barredo explica el papel de la prensa en Cuba, el estado de la libertad de expresión y comenta el impacto de las medidas recientes.
Lázaro Barredo (Granma-Metro España) [22.04.2008 22:12] - 10 lecturas - 0 comentarios
Los cubanos ya pueden entrar en los hoteles, disponer de teléfonos móviles, comprar computadoras. Grandes cambios. Y respecto a la prensa, ¿cuál va ser el paso que va a dar el Gobierno?
Esas y muchas otras cosas que se atenderán en las próximas semanas y que hemos denominado ahora "prohibiciones" constituyen la rectificación de decisiones que se adoptaron en los momentos más aciagos de la crisis económica a principios de la década de los 90, cuando comenzó lo que los cubanos llamamos Período Especial y que fue consecuencia del derrumbe del campo socialista, la desaparición de la Unión Soviética y el reforzamiento de las medidas del criminal bloqueo económico y financiero de Estados Unidos, y que se asumieron en aquel momento con el deseo de evitar desigualdades en una sociedad hasta aquel momento marcadamente igualitarista.
Esas decisiones fueron superadas por las propias coyunturas y las realidades y debieron haber sido enmendadas mucho tiempo atrás.
Con respecto a la prensa, se han venido dando pasos para poner el énfasis en una mayor profundidad de análisis y crítica de los problemas y ampliar el despliegue de la necesaria variedad de perfiles de los medios y órganos, que sean reflejo cada vez más de la realidad misma y no de la edulcoración, sin dejar de reconocer que la prensa aquí, allá y acullá, responde siempre a una línea política y a un sistema.
En nuestro caso, esa concepción está bien definida en la ideas que recién acaba de expresarle el compañero Fidel en su mensaje a los intelectuales reunidos en el VII Congreso de la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba: "todo lo que fortalezca éticamente a la Revolución es bueno, todo lo que la debilite es malo".
En Cuba hablamos mucho de Batalla de Ideas, no es una consigna, es una estrategia política que parte de un presupuesto martiano: "Ser cultos es el único modo de ser libres" y que lo asociamos directamente a la idea de que el máximo de libertad del ser humano reside en el máximo de conocimientos que tenga.
Los medios son parte de esa estrategia. En los últimos seis años salieron al aire casi 30 emisoras radiales nuevas con programaciones de 18 a 24 horas cada una de ellas (de 63 a 91 emisoras en todo el territorio nacional); de dos canales nacionales de televisión se han pasado a cinco y uno internacional y de 11 estaciones televisivas territoriales a 32, en provincias y municipios, además de 71 corresponsalías municipales con moderna capacidad tecnológica y estudios para elaborar programas con su propia sustentación. A la vez, se ha ido produciendo una recuperación paulatina de los medios de prensa plana que virtualmente colapsaron hace casi 20 años atrás al desaparecer el mercado natural que tenía Cuba, es decir la Unión Soviética y el campo socialista. Ya hoy más de 700 publicaciones nacionales periódicas y no periódicas han vuelto a circular.
En el mes de junio próximo tendremos las sesiones finales del Congreso de los periodistas que tiene también proyectada una importante agenda de debate político y profesional.
Desde hace pocos días, los cubanos pueden exponer sus quejas en una sección de su periódico. ¿Es un signo de lo que puede pasar en Granma?
Lo que estamos haciendo ha estado siempre dentro de la intencionalidad de nuestro colectivo de redacción. Granma ya tuvo en la década de los 80 una sección de intercambio con los lectores que se llamó "A vuelta de Correo" y después en la década de los 90 tuvo otra denominada "Abrecartas", ambas propiciaron espacios para la queja, la denuncia y el intercambio de opiniones
¿Cuál es el papel de Granma en estos momentos en los que muchos analistas internacionales ven cambios sólidos en Cuba?
Granma, como el resto de los medios, tienen un importante desempeño en la información, orientación, en el emplazamiento a los principales problemas del mundo y de la sociedad. Y hacerlo todo profesionalmente a partir de aquellos conceptos de la reflexión del Apóstol "la prensa no es aprobación bondadosa o ira insultante; es proposición, estudio, examen y consejo".
En otras palabras, llevar a vías de hecho la recomendación de José Martí de que hacer un buen diario es que no haya una manifestación de la vida, cuyos diarios accidentes no sorprendan al diarista.
Temas internacionales para abordar, en los que el mundo vive uno de sus momentos más peligrosos de la supervivencia humana, tenemos suficientes. Como también tenemos muchísimos temas nacionales. El país necesita más respuestas sobre el llamado a la profundización de las concepciones socialistas de la Revolución, más énfasis en la institucionalidad, mas acentos en el control estatal y la participación ciudadana y popular en la exigencia y una batalla mucho más abierta y pública contra el burocratismo, la corrupción, la ilegalidad, la indisciplina social y laboral, la falta de eficiencia, la doble moral y la simulación, contra las tendencias desmoralizantes de quienes por mezquindad han perdido la virtud ética y desprestigian hoy las funciones de la administración y dañan la autoridad de la Revolución.
Tengo la más íntima convicción de que como nunca el país necesita que todos los periodistas tratemos con absoluta responsabilidad el análisis de los principales problemas de nuestra realidad social, que razonemos y argumentemos sobre las causas de las dificultades, rehuyendo el facilismo, la espectacularidad, las declaraciones generales y abstractas y la tendencia a la simplificación.
Su periódico es el órgano del Partido Comunista Cubano. ¿Lo ve usted en un futuro como un periódico que no dependa del partido?
La Revolución, el Partido y Granma es una misma cosa. Hace unos años atrás, Fidel nos decía que el diario es un órgano en que la cuestión política, revolucionaria, ideológica, está muy por encima de cualquier tentación de subordinar un átomo de su papel, porque dejaría de ser el órgano revolucionario de excelencia política, con prioridad absoluta en la política, lo cual no excluye que haga las cosas con el máximo de técnica periodística y que esté ajustado fielmente a la realidad de la nación.
Ustedes publican periódicamente columnas de opinión del comandante Castro ¿Qué mensaje de fondo cree usted que está transmitiendo Fidel Castro a los cubanos?
Bueno, son más de 100 artículos o Reflexiones en este último año. Cuando Fidel anunció que no aceptaría la nominación para el cargo de Presidente de los Consejos de Estado y de Ministros, no había renunciado como se acuñó por los medios internacionales con toda mala intención. Como escribí al día siguiente de su decisión en un comentario en Granma: Fidel no ha renunciado, no se ha despedido de nosotros, sino que por sus limitaciones físicas nos ha comunicado una decisión que ha meditado mucho: "Deseo solo combatir como un soldado de las ideas". Es la consecuencia de lo que nos ha dicho siempre y de lo que proclama ahora con su ejemplo, de que un comunista tiene que dedicar el ciento por ciento de sus energías, de su trabajo, de su vida, a los empeños revolucionarios.
Ha escrito pensando siempre en los jóvenes, abordando temas medulares que tienen por su actualidad política un impacto en la opinión pública internacional, desde las insensatas medidas que condenan a la humanidad a una encrucijada destructiva, como la condena a muerte por hambre a la mayoría de la población mundial, la irracionalidad del uso de alimentos para producir biocombustibles, los graves problemas que destruyen el medio ambiente o fustigando sin cesar las mentiras y los embustes de W. Bush, por mencionarte algunos ejemplos. Sus certeros análisis no abordan solo la crítica a esos fenómenos, sino también la observación sobre fórmulas aplicables para afrontarlos.
Creo que si me preguntaras que te nombrara una en particular, te mencionaría una joya política y literaria, Regalo de Reyes que publicó el pasado 14 de enero, dedicado en su primera parte a la gira de Bush por el Medio Oriente, pero que lleva de la mano sobre algunos de los pretextos de la guerra de Iraq, la crisis actual y concluye con un impactante llamado a la juventud:
A los revolucionarios más jóvenes, especialmente, recomiendo exigencia máxima y disciplina férrea, sin ambición de poder, autosuficiencia, ni vanaglorias. Cuidarse de métodos y mecanismos burocráticos. No caer en simples consignas. Ver en los procedimientos burocráticos el peor obstáculo. Usar la ciencia y la computación sin caer en lenguaje tecnicista e ininteligible de élites especializadas. Sed de saber, constancia, ejercicios físicos y también mentales.
En la nueva era que vivimos, el capitalismo no sirve ni como instrumento. Es como un árbol con raíces podridas del que sólo brotan las peores formas de individualismo, corrupción y desigualdad. Tampoco debe regalarse nada a los que pueden producir y no producen o producen poco. Prémiese el mérito de los que trabajan con sus manos o su inteligencia.
Si hemos universalizado los estudios superiores, debemos universalizar el trabajo físico simple, que ayuda por lo menos a realizar parte de las infinitas inversiones que todos demandan, cual si existiera una enorme reserva de divisas y de fuerza de trabajo. Cuídense en especial de los que inventan empresas del Estado con cualquier pretexto y administran después las fáciles ganancias cual si hubiesen sido capitalistas toda la vida, sembrando egoísmo y privilegios.
Mientras no se tome conciencia de esas realidades, ningún esfuerzo puede realizarse para "impedir a tiempo", como diría Martí, que el imperio al que vio surgir por haber vivido en sus entrañas, destroce los destinos de la humanidad.
Ser dialécticos y creadores. No hay otra alternativa posible.
En la última columna de Castro se leía que la religión no es un obstáculo para ser militante del Partido Comunista. ¿Piensa que se está preparando a los cubanos para un gran cambio?
Esta pregunta tuya es una prueba de lo poco que se conoce la realidad de Cuba. Es comprensible, ha sido mucha la manipulación mediática sobre nuestra vida nacional.
El libro Fidel y la Religión, Conversaciones con Frei Betto, un sacerdote dominico brasileño, editado por primera vez en octubre de 1985, originó un prolongado debate político en Cuba que culminó en 1991 cuando en mayoritarios segmentos sociales se llegó a la conclusión sobre la necesidad de rectificar una cierta posición discriminatoria contra algunos sectores creyentes y esa fue una de las premisas en el debate del IV Congreso del Partido celebrado ese año de 1991. Allí se aprobó el principio de que la religión no debía ser un obstáculo para que un creyente pudiese hasta llegar a ingresar en las filas del Partido Comunista de Cuba. Como ves, esa política se aprobó hace cerca de 27 años y Fidel en sus reflexiones no hizo otra cosa que recordarlo.
Las reformas constituciones de 1992, aprobadas por los diputados a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (Parlamento) enmendaron desde el punto de vista legislativo esa situación discriminatoria al establecer los principios del Estado Laico.
Debo aclararte que no hablamos solo de la religión católica o las protestantes, sino también de más de 50 congregaciones con personalidad jurídica, entre ellas varias denominaciones sincréticas de la cultura africana –que es la religión más extendida en Cuba-, las cuales por primera en la historia cubana han sido reconocidas por el Estado.
Si tuviera que hacer una autocrítica, ¿qué cambiaría de su periódico?
Autocráticamente, nuestro colectivo de redacción tiene que reflejar mucho más las contradicciones de nuestra sociedad, la lucha por resolver los problemas de la nación y el enfrentamiento a las deficiencias y con argumentos no retóricos o apologéticos demostrar que el socialismo es viable, porque para los cubanos cualquier otra opción es perder nuestra independencia y soberanía.
¿Cómo están considerados los periodistas en su país? ¿Son los garantes de la libertad de expresión?
Esta pregunta me obliga a tratar la disquisición conceptual que pretende denigrar al sistema político cubano.
En el mundo comunicacional, el concepto de libertad de expresión es muy controvertido, depende de la apreciación de cada cual. Por ejemplo, desde mi punto de vista se tienden a confundir la libertad de opinión del ciudadano y su derecho a estar informado con la llamada libertad de prensa que por sí misma, y en buena parte del mundo, impone limitaciones de una forma u otra por intereses propios de lo que no pocas veces, sin lugar a duda, resulta más bien la "libertad de empresa".
La libertad de expresión en nuestro caso la garantizan la Constitución y las leyes y sobre todas las cosas las condiciones materiales creadas para garantizar ese ejercicio y que están dadas por el hecho de que la prensa, la radio, la televisión, el cine y otros medios de difusión masiva son de propiedad estatal o social y no pueden ser objeto, en ningún caso, de propiedad privada, lo que asegura su uso al servicio exclusivo de los intereses de la sociedad.
En la difusión sobre las realidades de lo que acontece en Cuba hay mucha mala fe, pero visto el asunto cubano con objetividad nadie podría negar que en el ámbito político-cultural es ostensible una cada vez más abierta y profunda discusión de los problemas sociales, intelectuales, artísticos y filosóficos entre los propios creadores y un espacio crítico que tienen hoy reflejo en la diversidad de las numerosas publicaciones que se editan.
En la isla no existe un sentimiento de xenofobia o aldeanismo con respecto a la comunicación mundial. En el país se proyectan anualmente más de 1 200 filmes extranjeros, el 80 % de ellos norteamericanos. Se difunde la música universal de todos los tiempos y en los centros de documentación y bibliotecas hay pleno acceso a decenas de miles de autores de todas las corrientes, principios filosóficos y tendencias estéticas, así como a revistas y periódicos universales, mientras que en los medios televisuales se reproducen importantes segmentos informativos de varias cadenas televisivas internacionales.
Haga un ejercicio de búsqueda de los principales acontecimientos en la isla en el último año y verá que Cuba ha estado de congreso en congreso, de asamblea en asamblea, discutiendo plenamente y con absoluto respeto toda la agenda política del país.
No hay ninguna norma del Estado que impida el ejercicio de la opinión, y de hecho aun las personas que se convierten en instrumentos de la política de agresión de Estados Unidos contra Cuba, dentro de Cuba, expresan sin ninguna restricción legal el derecho a emitir sus opiniones, acudir a los corresponsales extranjeros o las misiones diplomáticas, establecen comunicaciones directas con personas y con medios en el exterior.
Cuba tiene una alta densidad radial y es una de las naciones que mayores accesos tiene a la comunicación mundial, cuando por la situación geográfica de la isla se pueden captar en el dial más de 100 emisiones internacionales, desde la BBC de Londres, Radio Exterior de España y la Voz del Vaticano, pasando por Radio Rumbo de Venezuela, Radio Caracol de Colombia y hasta la Voz de los Estados Unidos.
No es necesaria mucha imaginación para evaluar lo que puede significar para una isla larga y estrecha como Cuba, tener emplazada contra ella a 15 plantas radiales, transmitiendo en más de 30 frecuencias de ondas media y corta desde Estados Unidos, con más de 250 horas de programación diaria totalmente destinada para Cuba, con propaganda intencionada en los propósitos de infundir temor e incertidumbre, fanatismo, y enajenación, a la vez que empeñadas en estimular conductas sin escrúpulos y sin consideraciones éticas.
Desde estas emisoras, provenientes de Miami en lo fundamental, se promueve constantemente la subversión mediante llamados abiertos a la subversión civil, la realización de sabotajes a la economía nacional como forma de destrucción de la infraestructura del país, a la celebración de huelgas, a incrementar el delito económico, a colocar propaganda contra el Gobierno.
Agencias federales norteamericanas han dedicado más de 600 millones de dólares en los últimos años al fomento de estas plantas que operan bajo su amparo oficial (las más llamadas Radio y Televisión Martí), que se identifican o complementan con la de grupos terroristas y otras del servicio comercial de Miami, comprometidas por las ambiciones políticas de quienes las patrocinan.
Nadie en Cuba es perseguido ni por escuchar las transmisiones extranjeras, ni tampoco por oír ninguna de esas emisoras abiertamente antinacionales.
Y lo que es más, la mayoría de las personas que se autodenominan disidentes, hablan casi en muchísimas oportunidades por esas emisoras radiales, expresas sus comentarios directos o son entrevistados, a la vez que escriben desde la isla para los periódicos más importantes de Miami, sin que por ello sufran ninguna acción legal, pese a que en la mayoría de los casos se denigra flagrantemente y de manares reiterada a la Revolución, sus instituciones y sus dirigentes.
La prensa extranjera tiene acceso al país. Hay más de 150 periodistas de 111 medios de prensa extranjeros acreditados en las corresponsalías permanentes, incluidas las principales agencias cablegráficas internacionales y cerca de 20 000 periodistas de diversas latitudes obtuvieron visa para trabajar en el país y reportar libremente en los últimos 19 años, desde 1989.
Los periodistas en Cuba son profesionales y se distinguen por ser revolucionarios.
Hay algunos periodistas cubanos encarcelados por expresar su opinión. Como periodista que dirige Granma, ¿cuál es su opinión?
En Cuba no hay periodistas presos por ejercer su profesión. Hay mercenarios presos, pagados por una potencia extranjera, en este caso el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, para llevar adelante planes de subversión que propicien el derrocamiento de la Revolución.
En ningún país del mundo se admitiría el financiamiento de grupos de personas por una potencia extranjera para llevar adelante actividades políticas violatorias de las leyes.
¿Qué opina de medios como El Nuevo Herald en Miami?
El Nuevo Herald es un libelo de la mafia terrorista de Miami.
Si tienes tiempo tómate el trabajo de analizar lo que publica sobre Cuba The Miami Herald y El Nuevo Herald, que tienen la misma matriz, y si comparas los mismos textos en inglés y en español, apreciaras la manipulación,comprobarás esta apreciación.
¿Qué opinión tiene de los medios de comunicación europeos?
No se si en España será así, pero en Cuba cuando hay cosas difíciles acostumbramos a decir "Me la has puesto en China" (por el término de distancia). No tengo posibilidad de hacer una evaluación. Hay de todo como en botica. Pero con respecto a Cuba hay una tendencia bastante generalizada a la enajenación y publicitar cuanta manipulación se prepare contra la isla. Contra Cuba, todo es bueno.
¿Y de los medios norteamericanos más poderosos como New York Times o The Washington Post o The Wall Street Journal?
Nosotros aquí públicamente hemos denunciado la parcialidad con que algunos medios norteamericanos tratan el asunto cubano. Hay varias investigaciones que prueban el grado de complicidad que tienen con la política del gobierno, una de ellas es el silencio que han hecho del caso de cinco cubanos luchadores contra el terrorismo que guardan prisión injustamente, condenados a cadena perpetua en un amañado proceso judicial, donde se ha impuesto la presión de los grupos terroristas de Miami en contubernio con la Administración de George W. Bush.
Solo aporto como prueba, que cuando los abogados defensores apelaron a la Corte de Apelaciones del Circuito de Atlanta, fue nombrado un panel de tres renombrados jueces norteamericanos por esa misma Corte. Tras un año de revisión, los tres jueces elaboraron por unanimidad un documento de 93 páginas donde de punta a cabo, desde la A hasta la Z, consideraron que el proceso había sido arbitrario. En un precedente inaudito en la jurisprudencia norteamericana, el entonces Fiscal General de los Estados Unidos, Albert Gonzáles, a nombre del Gobierno de W. Bush solicitó a la Corte de Apelaciones la anulación del fallo del Panel de esos tres jueces, lo cual fue concedido. La prensa norteamericana ha ignorado completamente todo esto.
Ahora, si se piensa que estoy prejuiciado con Estados Unidos, invito a leer el libro Agentes de Poder, escrito por el catedrático y periodista J. Herbert Altschull, quien fue reportero y editor de la agencia AP, el diario The New York Times, la cadena televisiva NBC, y la revista Newsweek.
Analizando el cacareado código de la objetividad de que se enaltece la gran prensa norteamericana, ¿qué dice Altschull?
"Bajo el código de la objetividad no es posible atacar a las instituciones fundamentales. Y tampoco es posible atacar a los símbolos de esas instituciones fundamentales: por ejemplo, a la bandera, o a la "democracia"; o a la libertad de prensa, de expresión, o de religión; o a la Presidencia. No se puede aplaudir a los enemigos del sistema, ni a las representaciones simbólicas de esos enemigos. No se puede apoyar el ateísmo; la libertad religiosa no llega a ese extremo. Y tampoco se puede apoyar ningún símbolo de animosidad hacia la familia. La homosexualidad puede tolerarse, pero no apoyarse. La maternidad no puede ser condenada; el comunismo no puede ser defendido. Y para el caso, dentro de los perímetros del sistema, tampoco es aceptable atacar el código de la objetividad.
"Es más, el código de la objetividad parece ser eficaz sólo dentro de los límites geográficos de los Estados Unidos. Cuando Estados Unidos está en colisión con otra nación, no es necesario conceder la misma atención a "ambos lados" de la disputa; sería poco patriótico. Es raro encontrar que se conceda la misma importancia a las opiniones de Fidel Castro que a las de sus enemigos y cuando se presenta la postura de Castro, por lo común se reporta de tal manera que ilustre con claridad lo obstinado de sus puntos de vista".
¿Cree que Chávez es ya el nuevo mito de la izquierda en América Latina, como lo fue en su tiempo Fidel Castro?
Chávez y Fidel son símbolos de la cruenta lucha emprendida por los humildes y para los humildes. En esa consagración fecunda reside la grandeza de ambos y son referentes enaltecedores de los movimientos sociales.
Te reitero lo que escribí en enero, al día siguiente de la decisión de Fidel: En este mundo donde la política es una caricatura no pueden entender que esta Revolución en su pensamiento y en su acción es un proceso de continuidad y que el compañero Fidel seguirá siendo el líder de la Revolución de hoy y de mañana, que por encima de cargos y títulos, seguirá siendo el consejero de ideas al que tendremos que acudir siempre, porque Fidel ha logrado trascender la vida política para insertarse como algo íntimo en la vida familiar de la inmensa mayoría de los cubanos.
Si ha conocido personalmente a Hugo Chávez, ¿cómo lo definiría?
Un revolucionario y un hombre de su tiempo, consecuente con sus ideas.
¿Qué cree que le hace falta en este momento a Cuba desde el punto de vista económico?
Que termine el criminal bloqueo económico y financiero de los yankis y todas sus leyes extraterritoriales, y nos dejen hacer nuestra vida nacional en paz.
¿Cómo describiría el estado de ánimo de sus compatriotas?
Quien lea el Programa de Santa Fe, que fue la plataforma política elaborada por los pujantes neoconservadores republicanos en 1979 para la Administración de Ronald Reagan, encontrará que sobre Cuba quedó claramente definido que había que hacerle pagar caramente a La Habana el costo del desafío.
Los cubanos, como los españoles que enfrentaron al imperio de Napoleón en el siglo XIX, lo hemos resistido todo: amenaza de bombardeo nuclear, agresión militar, actos de terrorismo donde han sido asesinados más de 3 500 niños, mujeres y hombres, guerra económica para rendirnos por hambre y enfermedades, guerra bacteriológica que ha matado personas y dañado nuestras principales producciones agrícolas y ganaderas, guerra radial y televisiva, en fin, todo lo posible para derrocar a la Revolución. Y pese a todo, aquí estamos.
Acabamos de terminar en el país un proceso popular de discusión política. Más de cuatro millones de compatriotas participaron y se hizo más de un millón de planteamientos de asuntos a atender desde la fábrica, la cooperativa o la universidad, pasando por los municipios y provincias y hasta llegar a los ministerios, el gobierno o el Estado.Todas las opiniones, incluso las más críticas, estuvieron dirigidas a fortalecer la Revolución. Hay una expectativa muy favorable. Creo que el propio Presidente Raúl Castro lo definió claramente ante los diputados a la Asamblea Nacional: No hay por qué temer a las discrepancias en una sociedad como la nuestra, en que por su esencia no existen contradicciones antagónicas, porque no lo son las clases sociales que la forman. Del intercambio profundo de opiniones divergentes salen las mejores soluciones.
Hay optimismo en que con las medidas que se comienzan a aplicar, las cuales cuentan con el consenso popular, saldremos adelante. Si la Revolución inspira confianza es porque hace todo lo que dice.
¿Qué cree que debe Cuba copiar hoy día de China?
¿Copiar? Si algo hemos aprendido en estos años es que "a historia propia, soluciones propias".
Con China tenemos buenísimas relaciones en todos los campos y constituyen un ejemplo de transparencia y colaboración pacífica entre dos naciones que sostienen los ideales del socialismo. Las ventajas que disfrutan nuestros dos países al compartir similares objetivos, salvando las particularidades propias, crean el ambiente necesario que facilitan el desarrollo ulterior estable e ininterrumpido.
En Europa, en muchos medios, hay una fuerte oposición al embargo. ¿Cree que los medios europeos han sido muy débiles a la hora de oponerse o crear estados de opinión?
Europa ha utilizado a Cuba como una tarjeta de cambio en sus relaciones trasatlánticas con Estados Unidos. Su oposición ha sido más bien discursiva porque es demasiado evidente la trasgresión de las normas del Derecho Internacional dadas las disposiciones extraterritoriales de leyes norteamericanas como la Torricelli o la Helms-Burton. Ha primado más bien el patrón mediático contra la isla, reclamándole medidas injerencistas a Cuba, las cuales no las han pedido a nadie más en este mundo.
Por último, ¿diría que Cuba está a las puertas del cambio más importante desde que comenzó la Revolución hace justamente 50 años?
He observado con respeto que casi todas las preguntas que me has hecho tienen como elemento vinculante la palabra "CAMBIO".
Me pregunto ¿y qué tiene que cambiar Cuba?
A una pregunta similar respondí en el periódico semanas atrás:
¿Qué cambios estructurales o que transición tendría que hacer Cuba después de la que hizo el Primero de Enero de 1959?
¿Puede olvidarse que las leyes y medidas revolucionarias más radicales, que modificaron completamente los cimientos de nuestro Estado, fueron adoptadas con el beneplácito de la inmensa mayoría de la población?
No hay posiblemente otro caso en la historia en que una Revolución y su liderazgo hayan contado con un apoyo tan masivo y en una época caracterizada por cambios profundos, radicales y acelerados, a la vez que ha tenido que enfrentarse durante medio siglo a la fuerza descomunal de la agresión norteamericana.
El Estado revolucionario rescató para todo el pueblo las riquezas nacionales de manos de los imperialistas y de los explotadores de todo tipo: eliminó el desempleo y abrió fuentes de trabajo para todos: acabó con el analfabetismo y puso la educación de manera gratuita al alcance de todos y con plena equidad social: garantizó por primera vez la atención médica y hospitalaria gratuitamente a todos; popularizó y amplió los cauces de la cultura; desarrolló el deporte y algo muy sobresaliente: organizó al pueblo, le dio armas y le enseñó a manejarlas para que se defendiera.
La Revolución ha partido de motivaciones auténticas, de valores y principios éticos y morales para mover a la mayoría de los cubanos hacia una participación soberana de sus ciudadanos en los asuntos más importantes de la sociedad.
Eso no quiere decir que estemos satisfechos ni mucho menos, y que aun en el orden democrático haya que trabajar por lograr un estadio superior, pero nadie puede negar que por primera vez en nuestra historia nacional las mayorías sociales logran expresarse como mayorías políticas.
Si ya hicimos esa transición hace 50 años, ¿qué nos proponen entonces como no sea volver atrás, al otro medio siglo de neocolonia con un daño irreversible: perder nuestra identidad?
Some will remember this trailer on the back of the Westfield Trasport Mandator. I just for get the make now but I am sure i will be put right.
A fleeting visit on Sunday as I was here mainly to look for Hawfinches. But it such a fine church, and with history linking it to Jane Austen, whose brother is buried here and the memorial a thing that people come from over the world to see.
Another dull day, but bright and airy in the church, which I entered after it was opened in preparation for the eleven o'clock service.
As I was having computer problems last time I was here, some were unedited so are blurry, so all the better to redo some and post those.
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A simple, well-cared-for church which has an extremely complicated building history. The nave and western half of the chancel are Saxon in date, although there are no surviving architectural details of this period. Early in the twelfth century a northern tower with small apsidal chapel was added to the north of the nave. This has recently been restored and its round headed windows may be clearly seen. From the same period dates the remarkable stone carving of an archbishop that is now displayed in the chancel. It may be Archbishop Theobold (d. 1162) or Becket (d. 1170) and could have formed part of a tomb in Canterbury Cathedral. The church was restored by William Butterfield in the 1860s. His is the nice rood screen (painted by Gibbs) the angular font of Devonshire marble and the design for the east window. The screen is supported on thin columns so as not to destroy the congregation's view of the High Altar which the Victorians held so dear, although it is definitely in the medieval tradition. Fine Minton tiles were put in the sanctuary - the medieval tiles gathered up and carefully placed on the window-sill to preserve them. The twentieth century has done much to build upon Butterfield's restoration, including the fine south aisle east window by C.E. Kempe and Co. Ltd of 1923.
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LOCATION: The church is situated close to the River Stour at c. 115 ft. above O.D. just south of the now - demolished (1955) Godmersham Court Lodge. This is in the gap where the river cuts through the North Downs.
DESCRIPTION: I have written a very full history of this church (published in Arch Cant 106 (1988), 45-81), which includes a full description of the fabric, so only a summary is needed here.
The earliest part of the church is the nave and western half of the chancel, which have quoins of Roman bricks and ferruginous sandstone. This is almost certainly the church mentioned in Domesday Book, but whether it was built just before, or just after, the Norman Conquest in uncertain.
In the early 12th century, a west door was inserted (blocked in 1865) and three rounded-headed windows were put into the north side of the nave. A north transept chapel (with apsidal east end) and tower was also constructed at this time. Though heavily restored in 1865-6, this still continues its hemidome over the apse. The arch into the east end of the nave was blocked in the later Middle Ages.
By the end of the 12th century a new south aisle and arcade had been added to the nave, but this was destroyed after the Reformation. The fine mid-12th century font (similar to that at Westwell) was also destroyed, but a few fragments of it are walled up in the west doorway.
In the mid - 13th century, at about the time when the fine new Court Lodge to the north was built, the chancel was extended to the east and given three fine new lancets, as well as a sedilia. There are some fine capitals, columns and bases on the inside of these features (The sedilia also has a moulded trefoil head).
In 1363 a new Chantry chapel of St Mary was built on the south-east side of the nave, but this too was demolished after its abolition as a Chantry at the Reformation (The final traces were removed when the family pew extensions were built in the early 18th century).
In the later 14th century a piscina, various new two-light windows were put into the chancel, as well as some new oak stalls (on the ends of three of these were carved TCP Ann. Dom. 1409). These were recorded in the early 18th century, but have long since disappeared.
The west window in the nave, and the surviving crown-post roof probably date from the 15th century. The fine three-light window towards the east end of the north side of the nave probably dates to the early 16th century. A new north doorway into the chancel was perhaps also built at this time.
The doors into the Rood stair at the north-east corner of the nave (now blocked) can also be seen. These were perhaps also made in the later 15th century when a new loft was built (fragments of the screen - now gone - were found in the West gallery in 1865).
In the 1720's the south side of the nave was rebuilt in brick, and the earlier south aisle disappeared and two new brick family pews (over vaults) were built projecting southwards over the side of the former chantry chapel. All of this, however, was swept away in 1865. Various drawings of these before 1865 are available). Two new diagonal buttresses to the chancel were also built at about that time, which survive, as well as a west gallery in the nave and west and north porches (demolished 1865).
As we have seen, a very major restoration of the church took place in 1865-6 under William Butterfield. A new south aisle, porch and south transept were built, as well as an organ - chamber south of the chancel. Much earth was dug away from the western and southern sides of the church at this time. The vicar and instigator of this work (Revd. Walter Field) made very useful notes and sketches of the state of the church before the restoration (in the parish records). Most of the windows were restored at this time, and the north (chancel) and west doorways were blocked after their 'mean' porches were removed. The top stage of the tower was rebuilt in brick with a flint external face, and a pyramid roof on top. There was also a new chancel roof and screen (painted 1875), and many new pews (to re-place the box ones), as well as a new pulpit and font.
BUILDING MATERIALS (incl. old plaster, paintings, glass, tiles etc.):
Flint rubble (with ferruginous sandstone and Roman brick quoins) is used for the earliest church with Caen stone dressings from the early 12th century. Some Reigate stone was used for jambs, etc., in the 13th century chancel extension. There is also some Ragstone for later windows.
Red brick was used for 18th century repairs and buttresses (and the family pews), and the large amounts of Bath stone was used for the 1865-6 repairs, restoration, Saisle, etc.
EXCEPTIONAL MONUMENTS IN CHURCH:
Bas-relief figure of Archbishop (12th cent.) on S. wall of chancel, put here in 1933. It came from the neighbouring Court-Lodge, but was probably originally from Canterbury.
1516 brass of W. Geoffrey on S. wall of chancel.
R. Bun memorial (1682) on N.E. side of nave, and T Knight (1894) by Shout in S. aisle.
CHURCHYARD AND ENVIRONS:
Size & Shape: The churchyard of c. 1½ acres is a rough square around the church, extending down to the river on the east.
Condition: Good
Boundary walls: c. 19th cent. stone & brickwalls around it.
Building in churchyard or on boundary: Small 19th cent. shed on boundary immediately N. of the tower with Medieval gravelmarker reused in gable.
Ecological potential: Good
HISTORICAL RECORD (where known):
Earliest ref. to church: Domesday Book, 3,13.
Evidence of pre-Norman status (DB, DM, TR etc.): Paid 28d, Chrisin in D.M.
Challock was a chapel-of-ease to Godmersham.
Late med. status (vicarage/appropriation): Vicarage with formal appropriation to the Priory in 1400 (the vicarage was endowed from 1380).
Patron: Canterbury Cathedral Priory (given by Archbishop in c. 1037) till Dissolution, then, from 1546, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.
Other documentary sources: For wills, (Test. Cant. (E. Kent 1907), 136-8. They mention various lights, the Roodloft, 'Holy Cross before the door' etc. For the Chantry of St. Mary, see Kent Chantries (ed. A Hussey) Kent Records XII (1932-6), 131.
See also Hasted (2nd ed. 1799), 328-32.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD:
Reused materials: - Roman bricks.
Finds from church\churchyard: Some Roman bricks and pottery found by the Revd. S G Brade-Birks. One discoid grave-marker still exists to the S. of the church, by the path. Old hand-bells were also found in the churchyard in 1865.
Finds within 0.5km: Grave-marker found in Court Lodge excavation to N.
SURVIVAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS: Good. The chancel floor was apparently just covered up in 1865-6.
Outside present church: ? Quite good, but disturbed in 1865-6.
RECENT DISTURBANCES\ALTERATIONS:
To structure: In 1986 the c. 1687 bell-frame was removed from the tower (this is now stored at the Canterbury Archaeologist Trust). In 1992 the later N-S cross wall in the N. apsidal chapel was demolished.
To graveyard: None (but shed in churchyard to be restored as W.C. in 1993).
Quinquennial inspection (date\architect): Feb. 1989 - George Denny.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT:
The church and churchyard: Despite very heavy restoration work in 1865-6, there are important remains here of an 11th century church with added north tower/transept with apsidal chapel of the early 12th century. Also an extended mid - 13th century chancel.
The wider context: Apsidal chapels in Kent parish churches are a very rare survival, as is the unique 12th century bas-relief now in the chancel.
REFERENCES: T. Tatton-Brown, 'The parish church of St. Lawrence, Godmersham: a history' Arch. Cant. 106 (1988), 45-81.
Guide Book: None, though there was one by an early long-serving vicar S G Brade-Birks (1930-77).
Plans & drawings: Plans before + after 1865-6 restorations, and 1865 sketches of church are in the parish records - see art. by Tim Tatton-Brown above.
DATE VISITED: 21/12/92 REPORT BY: Tim Tatton-Brown
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GODMERSHAM
LIES the next parish south-westward from Chartham, and is written in antient records, Godmersham, and in Domesday, Gomersham.
IT LIES in the beautiful Stour valley, a situation healthy and pleasant to the extreme, the river Stour glides through it from Ashford, in its course towards Canterbury; Godmersham house and park are the principal objects in it, both elegant and beautiful, the Ashford high road encircles the east side of the park, along which there is a sunk sence, which affords an uninterrupted view of the whole of it, and adds greatly to the beauty of this elegant scene, and leads through the village of Godmersham close to it, the whole village which contains about twenty houses, belongs to Mrs. Knight, excepting one house, as does the greatest part of the parish, excepting the lands belonging to the dean and chapter of Canterbury. There are about twenty more houses in the parish, and about two hundred and forty inhabitants in all. The church, and vicarage, a neat dwelling, pleasantly situated, stand at a small distance from the village, on the left side of the road, with the antient manor-house near the former, close to the bank of the river; the meadows in the vale are exceeding fertile, the uplands are chalk, with some gravel among them, the hills rise high on each side, those on the west being the sheep walks belonging to Godmersham-house, the summits of which are finely cloathed with wood, at proper intervals; the opposite ones are the high range of uninclosed pasture downs of Wye and Braborne. Among these hills, in the eastern part of the parish, is the seat of Eggerton, situated in a wild and bleak country of barren lands and flints.
At the southern boundary of the parish, on the Ashford road, is the hamlet of Bilting, part of which is in Wye parish. There was a family of this name who once resided here, as appears by their wills so early as 1460. Richard Mocket, gent. of Challock, died in 1565, possessed of the manor of Biltyng-court, in Godmersham, which by his will he directed to be sold. At length this estate of Bilting came into the possession of the Carters. Thomas Carter, gent. of Bilting, second son of George Carter, gent. of Winchcombe, died possessed of it in 1707, s.p. After which it at length came to his nephew Thomas Carter, gent. of Godmersham, who dying in 1744, left two daughters his coheirs, the eldest of whom Mary, marrying Mr. Nicholas Rolfe, of Ashford, he became in her right possessed of her father's estate at Bilting. After which it became the residence of Mrs. Jane, the sister of the late Mr. Knight, and after her death in 1793, of Thomas Monypenny, esq. who afterwards removing from hence sold it in 1797, to Mr. Richard Sutton, who now resides at it.
There is no fair, nor is there any one alehouse within this parish.
From the high road above-mentioned, which runs along the lower side of the western hills there is a most pleasing view over the valley beneath, in which the various beautiful objects of both art and nature combine to make it the most delightful prospect that can be imagined.
BEORNULPH, king of Mercia, in the year 822, gave Godmersham to Christ-church, in Canterbury, to the use of their refectory and cloathing, at the request of archbishop Wlfred, L.S.A. that is, Libere sicut Adisham, endowed with the same liberties and privileges that Adisham, which had been given to that church, originally was. But it appears afterwards to have been wrested from the church, and to have been again restored to it by archbishop Egelnoth, who made a new grant of it in the year 1036, having purchased it of duke Sired, for seventy-two marcs of pure silver, for the use of the monks in Christ-church; in whose possession Godmersham remained at the taking the general survey of Domesday, in which it is entered as follows, under the general title of Terra Monachorum Archiepi, i.e. the lands of the monks of the archbishop, as all the lands belonging to the monastery of Christ-church were.
In Feleberg hundred, the archbishop himself holds Gomersham. It was taxed at eight sulings. The arable land is twelve carucates. In demesne there are two, and sixty villeins, with eight cottagers, having seventeen carucates. There is a church, and two servants, and one mill of twenty-five shillings, and twelve acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of forty hogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and when he received it, it was worth twelve pounds, now twenty pounds, and yet it pays thirty pounds.
In the 7th year of king Edward I. the prior claimed a fair here, on the day of St. Laurence, which was allowed; and king Edward III. in his 38th year granted to the prior another fair here on the Thursday and Friday in every Whitsun-week, together with a market to be held here on a Tuesday weekly. In the 10th year of king Edward II. the prior obtained a charter of free-warren for this manor; about which time it was, with its appurtenances, valued at thirty-six pounds. The priors of Canterbury frequently resided at the manor-house here, which appears by the present state of it to have been a mansion large and suitable to their dignity. Prior Chillenden, at the latter end of king Richard II.'s reign, made large additions and repairs here, as did prior Sellyng in that of Edward IV. The house is situated on the bank of the river, a small distance northward from the church. It appears to have been a very large mansion formerly. The old hall of it is yet remaining, with the windows, door-cases, and chimney of it, in the gothic stile. Over the porch, at the entrance of the house, is the effigies of the prior, curiously carved in stone, sitting richly habited, with his mitre and pall, and his crosier in his left hand, his right lifted up in the act of benediction, and his sandals on his feet. This, most probably, represents prior Chillenden, above mentioned, who had the privilege of wearing those ornaments, granted to him and his successors by pope Urban, and repaired this mansion as before related. In which state this manor continued till the dissolution of the priory in the 31st year of king Henry VIII. when it came, with the rest of the possessions of the monastery, into the king's hands, who in his 37th year, granted the manor, rectory, and advowson of Godmersham, in exchange for other premises, to the dean and chapter of Canterbury, in pure and perpetual alms, at the yearly rent of 10l. 1s. 8d. (fn. 1) being then valued at 80l. 11s. in exchange for which they gave the king seven valuable manors in this and other counties; Canterbury college, in Oxford, and other premises, a scandalous bargain of plunder, like most others of the king's making; and yet in the deed it is said to have been made through his most gracious favor. Since which this manor has remained part of their possessions to the present time.
The court-lodge, with the demesne lands of this manor, are let to Mrs. Coleman, who resides in it, on a beneficial lease, but the manor itself, with the profits of the courts, &c. the dean and chapter retain in their own hands. A court baron is regularly held for it.
THE MANORS OF FORD AND YALLANDE were antiently part of the inheritance of the family of Valoigns, one of whom, Robert de Valoigns, died possessed of them and much other land in this neighbourhood, in the 19th year of king Edward II. and in his descendants they continued till the latter end of king Edward III.'s reign, when Waretius de Valoigns leaving by his wife, daughter of Robert de Hougham, two daughters his coheirs, one of them, married to Thomas de Aldon, entitled her husband to these manors as part of her inheritance; and in this name of Aldon they continued for some space of time. At length they became the property of Austen, or Astyn, as they afterwards spelt their name, and they continued possessors of it, till Richard Astyn, gent. of West Peckham, conveyed them, with all lands and tenements called Halton, in Godmersham and other parishes, to Thomas Broadnax, gent. late of Hyth, though there were descendants of that family, who wrote themselves gentlemen, remaining here in the beginning of king George I.'s reign, as appears by their wills in the prerogative-office. He afterwards resided at Ford-place, as his descendants, possessors of these manors, afterwards did, without intermission, to Thomas Broadnax, esq. (fn. 2) who in the 13th year of king George I. anno 1727, pursuant to the will of Sir Thomas May, and under the authority of parhament, changed his name to May, and in 1729 kept his shrievalty here. In 1732 he rebuilt this seat, and in 1738, pursuant to the will of Mrs. Elizabeth Knight, widow of Bulstrode Peachy Knight, esq. (who was her second husband, her first being William Knight, esq. of Dean, in that county); and under the authority of another act, he again changed his name to Knight, and in 1742 inclosed a park round his seat here, afterwards called Ford park, which name it seems since entirely to have lost, this seat and park being now usually called Godmersham-park. Thomas May Knight, esq. beforementioned, died here, far advanced in years, in 1781, a gentleman, whose eminent worth is still remembered by many now living; whose high character for upright conduct and integrity, rendered his life as honorable as it was good, and caused his death to be lamented by every one as a public loss. He married Jane, eldest daughter and coheir of William Monk, esq. of Buckingham in Shoreham, in Sussex, by whom he had several children, of whom only four survived to maturity, Thomas, his heir, and three daughters, who died unmarried. Thomas Knight, esq. the son, succeeded his father in estates, and was of Godmersham, the seat and park of which he greatly improved. He married Catherine, daughter of Dr. Wadham Knatchbull, late prebendary of Durham, and died in 1794, s.p. leaving her surviving. He bore for his arms, the coat of Knight, vert, a bend fusilly, in base, a cinquefoil, argent, quartered with nineteen others; the second being, Broadnax, or, two chevronels, gules, on a chief of the second, three cinquefoils, argent; and the third, May, gules, a fess between three billets, or. By his will Mr. Knight gave this seat, with the park, the manors before-mentioned, and the lands belonging to it, to his widow Mrs. Catherine Knight, for her life, with remainder to Edward Austen, esq. of Rolling-place. She afterwards resided here, but removing to the White Friars, in Canterbury, she gave up the possession of Godmersham house and park to Edward Austen, esq. before-mentioned, who now resides at it.
EGGARTON is another manor, situated on the opposite side of the river, at the south-east boundaries of this parish, among the hills, near Crundal. It was antiently the estate of the noble family of Valence, earls of Pembroke. Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, held this manor at his death in the 17th year of king Edward II. He died s.p. and John, son of John de Hastings, by Isabel his wife, one of the earl's sisters, and John, son of John Comyn, of Badenagh, by Joane, another of his sisters, were found to be his coheirs; and upon the division of their estates, John de Hastings the son seems to have become wholly possessed of it. He died s.p. next year, leaving Joane, wife of David de Strabolgie, earl of Athol, and Elizabeth her sister, sisters and coheirs of John Comyn, of Badenagh, his next of kin. David de Strabolgie, earl of Athol, before-mentioned, died possessed of this manor, as appears by the inquisition taken after his death, in the 1st year of Edward III. leaving it to his son of the same name, who in the 7th year of Edward III. by deed settled it on his kinsman Sir Henry de Hills; which gift was confirmed by the countess his widow, in the 20th year of that reign. Gilbert de Hills, who lies buried in this church, with the marks of his figure in armour on his grave-stone, was a person of eminence in the age in which he flourished, and from him and Sir Henry de Hills, issued many worthy successors, who were proprietors of this manor till the reign of queen Elizabeth, when it was sold to Charles Scott, esq. eldest son of Sir Reginald Scott, of Scotts-hall, by his second wife. His grandson Thomas Scott, esq. of Eggarton, left a son Thomas, who died s.p. and a daughter Dorothy, married to Mr. Daniel Gotherson, who in her right at length became possessed of this manor, (fn. 3) though not without several contests at law by some collateral claimers to it. He afterwards sold it to Sir James Rushout, bart. who had been so created in 1661, and bore for his arms, Sable, two lioncels passant, guardant, within a bordure engrailed, or. He died in 1697, and by his will devised it to trustees, to sell for payment of his debts, which they accordingly soon afterwards did, to Peter Gott, esq. of Sussex, whose arms were, Per saltier argent and sable, a bordure counterchanged. His descendant Maximilian Gott, esq. resided at Eggarton, where he died in 1735; upon which this manor, with the rest of his estates in this county and in Sussex, came to his three sisters, Elizabeth, Mary, and Sarah; and on the death of the former, the two latter became entitled to the whole fee of it, as coparceners; Mrs. Sarah Gott usually residing at this mansion of Eggarton. Mary Gott died in 1768, and by will devised her moiety of her estates to Henry Thomas Greening, gent. of Brentford, in Middlesex, who afterwards, by act of parliament, assumed the name of Gott. Sarah Gott, the other sister, died at Eggarton, in 1772, and by will devised her moiety of her estates to the children of William Western Hugessen, esq. of Provender, deceased, to be equally divided between them. (fn. 4) Mr. Hugessen left three daughters his coheirs, of whom the two surviving ones, Dorothy, was afterwards married to Sir Joseph Banks, bart. and K. B. Mary, to Edward Knatchbull, esq. now Sir Edward Knatchbull, bart. who in their wives right became entitled to one moiety of this estate, they afterwards, together with Henry-Thomas Gott, esq. before-mentioned, possessor of the other moiety, joined in the sale of the entire property of this manor to Thomas Knight, esq. of Godmersham, who purchased it for the residence of his sister Jane, since deceased. He died in 1794, s. p. and by his will gave this seat, with the estate and manor, to Edward Austen, esq. before-mentioned.
Charities.
MARTIN MAYE, yeoman, of Godmersham, ordered by will in 1614, that his executors should pay to Thomas Scott, gent. and five others therein mentioned, 100l on condition that they should enter into a bond of 200l. to his executors, to settle 8l. per annum towards the maintenance of twenty of the poorest persons householders, in Godmersham, that from time to time should be there dwelling; which sum should be a perpetual payment of 8s. per annum to each of them. This charity is now vested in Mrs. Knight.
THOMAS SCOTT, ESQ. of Canterbury, by will in 1635, devised the house which he lately built in Godmersham, and ten perches of land adjoining to it, to such poor persons, born and living in Godmersham, as the heirs of his body, and for want of such heirs as the right heirs of his kinsman, Sir Edward Scott, K. B. should nominate from time to time, for ever. And if such heirs should neglect such nomination, for the space of three months, then that the churchwardens for the time being, should nominate in their room; and if they or he should fail to nominate, within one month, then that the archbishop of Canterbury should in such case nominate from time to time. And he willed one other house, with its appurtenances, which he had lately built in Godmersham, adjoining to that before limited, and 10 perches of land adjoining, in like manner as the other before-mentioned, with like nomination and limitation; and so from time to time for ever. This charity is now lost.
THOMAS CARKERIDGE. of Maidstone, by will in 1640, devised all those lands and tenements which he bought in Wye, Godmersham, and Crundal, to William Cooper and his heirs for ever, he paying out of them 6l. per annum, to the overseers of the poor of the parish of Wye, 3l. and to the overseers of the parish of Godmersham. the other 3l. for ever; and he willed that this 6l. should be every year bestowed to cloath four poor widows, two of Wye, and two of Godmersham; and if there were not such poor widows, then to cloath other poor women, each of them to have five yards and an half of good country kersey, to make a petticoat and a waistcoat, and so much lockram or other country cloth as would make every of them two smocks, and every of them a pair of hose and a pair of shoes. And he willed that this cloth and other things be given to those poor women the first Thursday in November every year; with power to distrain in any of his lands lying in Wye, Godmersham, and Crundall, &c. until the same should be paid accordingly.
JOHN FINCHE, gent. of Limne, by will in 1707, devised his messuage, tenement, and lands, containing 36 acres, in Bilting, and his messuage and tenement, and seven acres of land, and 9 acres of woodland, in Wye, Godmersham, and Crundall, and all those his six cowshares, lying in a meadow called Laines, between Ollantigh and Tremworth, in Wye and Godmersham, and a piece of meadow-ground called Temple-hope, adjoining, in Wye and Crundall, to the ministers, churchwardens, and overseers of the parishes of Wye and Godmersham, and their successors for ever, in trust, that the minister, &c. of Wye, and their successors, should dispose of the rents and profits of that land which lay in Wye, as is therein mentioned; and that the minister, &c. of Godmersham, and their successors, should dispose of the rents and profits of that land, with its appurtenances in Godmersham and Crundall, to six of the poorest and eldest people of Godmersham, or any other, half-yearly for ever. But that there should be paid out of the rents and profits of his last-mentioned lands, 40s. yearly upon Christmas-day for ever, without any deduction, to poor people of the like sort, being men; that is to say, 20s. to each of them yearly for ever. And further, that if any of the trustees, the ministers, &c. of these parishes, should at any time alter, contradict, or misapply these charities, or the rents and profits of the estates, that then the devise to such parish, the minister, &c. of which had so done, should cease and determine. And he willed that none of the said charities should be distributed to any other poor, but such as should be members of the church of England, as then by law established. This charity is now of the annual produce of 24l. 1s. 6d. and produces on an average 18l. per annum.
The present alms-houses in Godmersham-street, were erected by the father of the last Thomas Knight, esq. on the ground before devised to the parish. The building contains dwellings for eight poor people.
There is a school here, for reading and writing, supported by the voluntary benefaction of Mrs. Knight, in which about 20 children are daily taught.
The poor constantly relieved are about nineteen, casually as many.
THIS PARISH is within the ELESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Bridge.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Laurence, is a plain building, consisting of a body and a chancel, having a square low tower on the north side of the body, on which was formerly a steeple. There are five bells in it. The chancel is large and handsome. There were formerly eight stalls in it. On three of the upright end-boards of these stalls were these letters and date:P/TC An. Dom. 1409, in memory of Thomas Chillenden, prior A. D. 1409, for the use of the prior and monks of Christ church, when they came to reside at their manor here, and the other clergy who might be present at divine services, the like as they had usually in other churches where they had manors. On the south side of the church was formerly a chantry, which was dedicated to St. Mary, as appears by the will of William Geffrye, chaplain of it in 1517, who directed to be buried in it on the south side. It was suppressed in the 1st year of king Edward VI. There was a house and garden belonging to it in Godmersham-street. This chantry has been rebuilt, and is now made use of as two large pews, for the use of the owners of the mansion-houses of Ford and Eggarton. Underneath these pews, which are raised considerable higher than the level of the pavement, are vaults for the owners of these houses. In that of Eggarton lie many of the Hilles's, Scotts, and Gotts; and in that of Forde, several of the Broadnax's. The two monuments now against the south wall of the body of the church, for Thomas Carter and James Christmas, were formerly in the chantry, on the pulling down of which, they were removed hither. In the body of the church, near the steeple, is another vault for the Broadnax's, which is quite full, and the entrance closed up; and in the body of the church there are several grave-stones of them, the inscriptions of which are gone. In the church-yard, close to the wall of Mr. Knight's pew, is a small vault, built by the late Mr. Knight's father, in which he lies, with his wife and daughter Anne; and leaving only room for one more in it, in which his son was afterwards buried.
The church of Godmersham, with the chapel of Challock annexed to it, was antiently an appendage to the manor of Godmersham, and as such was part of the possessions of the priory of Christ-church, in Canterbury, to which it was appropriated in the 21st year of king Richard II. anno 1397, with the king's and pope's licence, towards the support of the fabric of their church, to which archbishop Arundel consented; for which the prior gave up to him the advowson of the two churches of St. Vedast and Amand, and St. Michael, Crooked-lane, London. (fn. 5) After which the rectory and advowson of the vicarage of this church remained with the priory of Christ church till its dissolution, in the 31st year of Henry VIII. when they were, with the manor of Godmersham, and the rest of the possessions of that priory, surrendered into the king's hands, where they remained till the 37th year of that reign, when the king granted the manor, rectory, and advowson of the vicarage of Godmersham, as has been already mentioned, to the dean and chapter of Chanterbury, in exchange for other premises, with whom the rectory remains at this time. But the advowson of the vicarage of Godmersham, with the chapel of Challock appendant to it, is now in the patronage of his grace the archbishop of Canterbury.
In the year 1254, Hugh de Mortimer, rector of this church, confirmed the exemption of the manor of Godmersham, belonging to the prior and convent of Christchurch, from the payment of small tithes arising from it; with a saving to the right of his successors.
Before the appropriation of this church archbishop Sudbury had in 1330, endowed a vicarage here, which with the chapel of Challock, is valued in the king's books at 9l. 3s. 9d. and the yearly tenths at 18s. 4¼d. It is exempt from the jurisdiction of the archdeacon.
¶In 1640 here were communicants two hundred and forty-three, and it was then valued at fifty pounds. In 1649 the parsonage was valued at one hundred and twenty pounds per annum.
There is a pension of ten pounds to the vicar yearly paid out of the parsonage.
I know women throw around that you have to be kind to them because they're on their period and all that, or some men use it as an insult when a woman is being a stroppy cow.
But, some of us endure periods so bad they genuinely affect our lives.
Some endure a condition called dysmenorrhoea, which are commonly known as period pains.
Others, endure menorrhagia, which are very heavy flows.
I've never received a diagnosis myself, but my flow is so heavy I will book days off work, avoid attending my weekly Iai training, going out to visit people or plan where I'm going to go so I know a bathroom is always near by.
It sounds extreme and really over the top, but can you imagine that if you don't change every hour it'll literally run down your leg. It's disgusting, embarrassing, and highly distressing. It's happened to me at work once. It's a horrific experience.
On top of that, my energy levels are rock bottom, I'm constantly tired, I lose my appetite, and anything that contains caffeine or too much salt will cause pains.
I hate being a woman sometimes. :/
Menorrhagia:
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Periods-heavy/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Dysmenorrhora:
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Periods-painful/Pages/Introduction....
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The Amarna Period was an era of Egyptian history during the later half of the Eighteenth Dynasty when the royal residence of the pharaoh and his queen was shifted to Akhetaten ('Horizon of the Aten') in what is now Amarna.
"Le bleu intense des gouaches découpées que Matisse réalise dans les années 50 rend son oeuvre si particulière. Mais avant d'en arriver à cette technique des papiers colorés et découpés, Matisse a été inspiré par des multiples variations de bleu. Des bleus de la Méditerranée jusqu'à ceux de son voyage à Tahiti, la sensibilité et la perception que Matisse a de cette couleur ne cesseront de s'enrichir. De nombreuses peintures illustrent cette capacité à créer des atmosphères où le bleu représente l'ombre et la lumière, l'intérieur et l'extérieur."
La Garcilla cangrejera (Ardeola ralloides) u 'oroval' como la llamamos en valenciano, es un ave menuda y de apariencia elegante, elegancia que se acentúa durante el periodo reproductor. Englobadas generalmente en el grupo de garzas blancas, aunque sabemos que no lo es tanto. Durante la temporada reproductora, nos sorprenderá su plumaje con tonalidades dorado-rojízas en el dorso y en las partes superiores del cuerpo, del píleo (parte superior de la cabeza) emergerán plumas largas de color blanco bordeadas de negro, lo que le conferirán un aspecto perfecto para la seducción. El plumaje de las alas, cola y vientre es blanco, por lo que en vuelo son garzas blancas. El pico es largo y robusto, de color azul intenso y con la punta negra, las patas son rojas y los ojos amarillo verdosos. No existe dimorfismo sexual aparente es decir a golpe de vista no podemos establecer diferencias entre hembras y machos
La Garcilla cangrejera pertenece al orden de los ciconiiformes, caracterizados por tener las patas y el pico largo y dentro de dicho orden a la familia de las ardeidas, como el resto de nuestras garzas.
ÉPOCAS DE OBSERVACIÓN
En nuestras latitudes es una especie estival, dispersiva y migradora, fácil de observar en primavera y verano. La dispersión de los jóvenes comienza en el mes de junio y la migración hacia las zonas de invernada se lleva a cabo entre los meses de Agosto y Noviembre. Durante la temporada siguiente vuelve a las áreas de reproducción entre los meses de Abril y Mayo.
HÁBITAT Y COMPORTAMIENTO
Las ardeidas son aves acuáticas que frecuentan zonas húmedas. Observaremos activa a la Garcilla cangrejera en áreas de aguas someras. En cuanto a sus hábitos, son aves sociales, que crían en colonias mixtas, es decir formadas por diferentes especies. En las colonias podremos observar un número de ejemplares que oscila desde pocos a varios miles. Descansa en dormideros, también junto a otras especies y generalmente en posaderos elevados, en eucaliptos y carrizos en el caso de los Humedales del Sur de Alicante y en carrizales y tarayes (género Tamarix) en el caso de la Albufera de Valencia.
La Garcilla cangrejera se alimenta de larvas y adultos de insectos, de crustáceos (de ahí su nombre), de anfibios, peces y ocasionalmente de mamíferos. Es frecuente observarla cazando al acecho, caminando lentamente o comiendo entre la vegetación. Generalmente captura las presas en solitario defendiendo siempre un territorio.
DISTRIBUCIÓN Y POBLACIÓN
La distribución mundial de la Garcilla cangrejera, aparece en el mapa adjunto y en cuanto a la población, destacamos que localmente es una especie escasa lo cual hace todavía más difícil el conteo de ejemplares. Exponemos datos aislados pues no todos los años se han prospectado las áreas potenciales de nidificación. Como áreas de cría en la Comunidad Valenciana son en la actualidad los Humedales del Sur de Alicante y la Albufera de Valencia.
Parejas reproductoras de Ardeola ralloides en los Humedales del sur de Alicante
1986
2 1989
13 1990
7 1992
15 1993
35 1994
30 1995
7-8
La población fluctúa pero parece aumentar en los últimos años. En este caso el observador así como la metodología de censo no son similares cada año, por lo que podemos añadir un margen de error, seguramente por defecto (en determinadas temporadas se realizaron vuelos con ultraligero para localizar núcleos coloniales de difícil detección desde el suelo). De cualquier forma observamos una tendencia al aumento de las parejas reproductoras que se vería afectado principalmente por graves sequías.
En el caso de la Albufera de Valencia y comparándola con las poblaciones de otras especies de garzas es también la más escasa. Los datos para un mismo observador y metodología desde 1988 hasta 1995 varían entre 31 y 280 parejas reproductoras, habiendo una tendencia al aumento.
En España se censaron 822 parejas nidificantes en el año 1990 (en dicho año la población de la Albufera representó el 13% del total censado). Para el resto de países de la cuenca mediterránea tenemos los siguintes datos: Portugal 1-5 parejas (1989), Francia 140 (1992), Italia 450 (1991) y 1300 (1992), Grecia 200-400, Turquía 500-1000. Israel 200 (1985), Egipto 50, Túnez 10, Argelia 16 (1989) y Marruecos 4 (1981).
RÉGIMEN DE PROTECCIÓN
En la Comunidad Valenciana, la especie está catalogada como sensible a la alteración de los hábitats. En peligro de extinción a nivel estatal y a nivel europeo (UE). A nivel mundial, según la UICN no está amenazada
ESTUDIOS RECIENTES
En la revista Quercus (1994), titulo: Biología y Ecología de la Garcilla Cangrejera en el Delta del Ebro. Autores M. González y X. Ruiz.
Aspectos relativos a la reproducción de las garzas en l'Albufera. Colonial Waterbird, Vol.19 (Special Publication 1) de 1996, con titulo: Breeding Aspects of the Colonial Ardeidae in the Albufera de Valencia, Spain: Population Changes, Phenology, and Reproductive Succes of the Three Most Abundant Species. Autores P. Prósper y H. Hafner.
Recientemente y todavía en impresión (revista The Ostrich) hay un artículo relativo a la posible relación entre los cambios en las poblaciones reproductoras europeas de garzas con el clima africano durante la invernada, (Population Changes in European Herons: relationships with African Climate?) por M. Fasola, H. Hafner, P. Prósper, H. Van der Kooij & LV. Schogolev.
Pepa Prósper Candel
Classical, Hellenistic, or Roman period: variously dated between the 4th c. BCE and the 1st c. CE
Found in the mouth of the river Sele (Foce del Sele) at Paestum, probably originally from the nearby Sanctuary of Hera (see on Pleiades).
Recovered during underwater survey undertaken in 1974 by the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Salerno under Mario Napoli.
In the collection of the Parco Archeologico di Paestum
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Thalassa: meraviglie sommerse dal Mediterraneo" (December 12, 2019-August 31, 2020) at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN).
The Ajanta Caves (Ajiṇṭhā leni; Marathi: अजिंठा लेणी) in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE. The caves include paintings and sculptures described by the government Archaeological Survey of India as "the finest surviving examples of Indian art, particularly painting", which are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art, with figures of the Buddha and depictions of the Jataka tales. The caves were built in two phases starting around the 2nd century BCE, with the second group of caves built around 400–650 CE according to older accounts, or all in a brief period of 460 to 480 according to the recent proposals of Walter M. Spink. The site is a protected monument in the care of the Archaeological Survey of India, and since 1983, the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The caves are located in the Indian state of Maharashtra, near Jalgaon and just outside the village of Ajinṭhā 20°31′56″N 75°44′44″E), about 59 kilometres from Jalgaon railway station on the Delhi – Mumbai line and Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line of the Central Railway zone, and 104 kilometres from the city of Aurangabad. They are 100 kilometres from the Ellora Caves, which contain Hindu and Jain temples as well as Buddhist caves, the last dating from a period similar to Ajanta. The Ajanta caves are cut into the side of a cliff that is on the south side of a U-shaped gorge on the small river Waghur, and although they are now along and above a modern pathway running across the cliff they were originally reached by individual stairs or ladders from the side of the river 35 to 110 feet below.
The area was previously heavily forested, and after the site ceased to be used the caves were covered by jungle until accidentally rediscovered in 1819 by a British officer on a hunting party. They are Buddhist monastic buildings, apparently representing a number of distinct "monasteries" or colleges. The caves are numbered 1 to 28 according to their place along the path, beginning at the entrance. Several are unfinished and some barely begun and others are small shrines, included in the traditional numbering as e.g. "9A"; "Cave 15A" was still hidden under rubble when the numbering was done. Further round the gorge are a number of waterfalls, which when the river is high are audible from outside the caves.
The caves form the largest corpus of early Indian wall-painting; other survivals from the area of modern India are very few, though they are related to 5th-century paintings at Sigiriya in Sri Lanka. The elaborate architectural carving in many caves is also very rare, and the style of the many figure sculptures is highly local, found only at a few nearby contemporary sites, although the Ajanta tradition can be related to the later Hindu Ellora Caves and other sites.
HISTORY
Like the other ancient Buddhist monasteries, Ajanta had a large emphasis on teaching, and was divided into several different caves for living, education and worship, under a central direction. Monks were probably assigned to specific caves for living. The layout reflects this organizational structure, with most of the caves only connected through the exterior. The 7th-century travelling Chinese scholar Xuanzang informs us that Dignaga, a celebrated Buddhist philosopher and controversialist, author of well-known books on logic, lived at Ajanta in the 5th century. In its prime the settlement would have accommodated several hundred teachers and pupils. Many monks who had finished their first training may have returned to Ajanta during the monsoon season from an itinerant lifestyle.
The caves are generally agreed to have been made in two distinct periods, separated by several centuries.
CAVES OF THE FIRST (SATAVAHANA) PERIOD
The earliest group of caves consists of caves 9, 10, 12, 13 and 15A. According to Walter Spink, they were made during the period 100 BCE to 100 CE, probably under the patronage of the Satavahana dynasty (230 BCE – c. 220 CE) who ruled the region. Other datings prefer the period 300 BCE to 100 BCE, though the grouping of the earlier caves is generally agreed. More early caves may have vanished through later excavations. Of these, caves 9 and 10 are stupa halls of chaitya-griha form, and caves 12, 13, and 15A are vihāras (see the architecture section below for descriptions of these types). The first phase is still often called the Hinayāna phase, as it originated when, using traditional terminology, the Hinayāna or Lesser Vehicle tradition of Buddhism was dominant, when the Buddha was revered symbolically. However the use of the term Hinayana for this period of Buddhism is now deprecated by historians; equally the caves of the second period are now mostly dated too early to be properly called Mahayana, and do not yet show the full expanded cast of supernatural beings characteristic of that phase of Buddhist art. The first Satavahana period caves lacked figurative sculpture, emphasizing the stupa instead, and in the caves of the second period the overwhelming majority of images represent the Buddha alone, or narrative scenes of his lives.
Spink believes that some time after the Satavahana period caves were made the site was abandoned for a considerable period until the mid-5th century, probably because the region had turned mainly Hindu
CAVES OF THE LATER OR VAKATAKA PERIOD
The second phase began in the 5th century. For a long time it was thought that the later caves were made over a long period from the 4th to the 7th centuries CE, but in recent decades a series of studies by the leading expert on the caves, Walter M. Spink, have argued that most of the work took place over the very brief period from 460 to 480 CE, during the reign of Emperor Harishena of the Vakataka dynasty. This view has been criticized by some scholars, but is now broadly accepted by most authors of general books on Indian art, for example Huntington and Harle.
The second phase is still often called the Mahāyāna or Greater Vehicle phase, but scholars now tend to avoid this nomenclature because of the problems that have surfaced regarding our understanding of Mahāyāna.
Some 20 cave temples were simultaneously created, for the most part viharas with a sanctuary at the back. The most elaborate caves were produced in this period, which included some "modernization" of earlier caves. Spink claims that it is possible to establish dating for this period with a very high level of precision; a fuller account of his chronology is given below. Although debate continues, Spink's ideas are increasingly widely accepted, at least in their broad conclusions. The Archaeological Survey of India website still presents the traditional dating: "The second phase of paintings started around 5th – 6th centuries A.D. and continued for the next two centuries". Caves of the second period are 1–8, 11, 14–29, some possibly extensions of earlier caves. Caves 19, 26, and 29 are chaitya-grihas, the rest viharas.
According to Spink, the Ajanta Caves appear to have been abandoned by wealthy patrons shortly after the fall of Harishena, in about 480 CE. They were then gradually abandoned and forgotten. During the intervening centuries, the jungle grew back and the caves were hidden, unvisited and undisturbed, although the local population were aware of at least some of them.
REDISCOVERY
On 28 April 1819, a British officer for the Madras Presidency, John Smith, of the 28th Cavalry, while hunting tiger, accidentally discovered the entrance to Cave No. 10 deep within the tangled undergrowth. There were local people already using the caves for prayers with a small fire, when he arrived. Exploring that first cave, long since a home to nothing more than birds and bats and a lair for other larger animals, Captain Smith vandalized the wall by scratching his name and the date, April 1819. Since he stood on a five-foot high pile of rubble collected over the years, the inscription is well above the eye-level gaze of an adult today. A paper on the caves by William Erskine was read to the Bombay Literary Society in 1822. Within a few decades, the caves became famous for their exotic setting, impressive architecture, and above all their exceptional, all but unique paintings. A number of large projects to copy the paintings were made in the century after rediscovery, covered below. In 1848 the Royal Asiatic Society established the "Bombay Cave Temple Commission" to clear, tidy and record the most important rock-cut sites in the Bombay Presidency, with John Wilson, as president. In 1861 this became the nucleus of the new Archaeological Survey of India. Until the Nizam of Hyderabad built the modern path between the caves, among other efforts to make the site easy to visit, a trip to Ajanta was a considerable adventure, and contemporary accounts dwell with relish on the dangers from falls off narrow ledges, animals and the Bhil people, who were armed with bows and arrows and had a fearsome reputation.
Today, fairly easily combined with Ellora in a single trip, the caves are the most popular tourist destination in Mahrashtra, and are often crowded at holiday times, increasing the threat to the caves, especially the paintings. In 2012, the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation announced plans to add to the ASI visitor centre at the entrance complete replicas of caves 1, 2, 16 & 17 to reduce crowding in the originals, and enable visitors to receive a better visual idea of the paintings, which are dimly-lit and hard to read in the caves. Figures for the year to March 2010 showed a total of 390,000 visitors to the site, divided into 362,000 domestic and 27,000 foreign. The trends over the previous few years show a considerable growth in domestic visitors, but a decline in foreign ones; the year to 2010 was the first in which foreign visitors to Ellora exceeded those to Ajanta.
PAINTINGS
Mural paintings survive from both the earlier and later groups of caves. Several fragments of murals preserved from the earlier caves (Caves 9 and 11) are effectively unique survivals of court-led painting in India from this period, and "show that by Sātavāhana times, if not earlier, the Indian painter had mastered an easy and fluent naturalistic style, dealing with large groups of people in a manner comparable to the reliefs of the Sāñcī toraņa crossbars".
Four of the later caves have large and relatively well-preserved mural paintings which "have come to represent Indian mural painting to the non-specialist", and fall into two stylistic groups, with the most famous in Caves 16 and 17, and apparently later paintings in Caves 1 and 2. The latter group were thought to be a century or more later than the others, but the revised chronology proposed by Spink would place them much closer to the earlier group, perhaps contemporary with it in a more progressive style, or one reflecting a team from a different region. The paintings are in "dry fresco", painted on top of a dry plaster surface rather than into wet plaster.
All the paintings appear to be the work of painters at least as used to decorating palaces as temples, and show a familiarity with and interest in details of the life of a wealthy court. We know from literary sources that painting was widely practised and appreciated in the courts of the Gupta period. Unlike much Indian painting, compositions are not laid out in horizontal compartments like a frieze, but show large scenes spreading in all directions from a single figure or group at the centre. The ceilings are also painted with sophisticated and elaborate decorative motifs, many derived from sculpture. The paintings in cave 1, which according to Spink was commissioned by Harisena himself, concentrate on those Jataka tales which show previous lives of the Buddha as a king, rather than as an animal or human commoner, and so show settings from contemporary palace life.
In general the later caves seem to have been painted on finished areas as excavating work continued elsewhere in the cave, as shown in caves 2 and 16 in particular. According to Spink's account of the chronology of the caves, the abandonment of work in 478 after a brief busy period accounts for the absence of painting in caves such as 4 and 17, the later being plastered in preparation for paintings that were never done.
COPIES
The paintings have deteriorated significantly since they were rediscovered, and a number of 19th-century copies and drawings are important for a complete understanding of the works. However, the earliest projects to copy the paintings were plagued by bad fortune. In 1846, Major Robert Gill, an Army officer from Madras presidency and a painter, was appointed by the Royal Asiatic Society to replicate the frescoes on the cave walls to exhibit these paintings in England. Gill worked on his painting at the site from 1844 to 1863 (though he continued to be based there until his death in 1875, writing books and photographing) and made 27 copies of large sections of murals, but all but four were destroyed in a fire at the Crystal Palace in London in 1866, where they were on display.
Another attempt was made in 1872 when the Bombay Presidency commissioned John Griffiths, then principal of the Bombay School of Art, to work with his students to make new copies, again for shipping to England. They worked on this for thirteen years and some 300 canvases were produced, many of which were displayed at the Imperial Institute on Exhibition Road in London, one of the forerunners of the Victoria and Albert Museum. But in 1885 another fire destroyed over a hundred paintings that were in storage. The V&A still has 166 paintings surviving from both sets, though none have been on permanent display since 1955. The largest are some 3 × 6 metres. A conservation project was undertaken on about half of them in 2006, also involving the University of Northumbria. Griffith and his students had unfortunately painted many of the paintings with "cheap varnish" in order to make them easier to see, which has added to the deterioration of the originals, as has, according to Spink and others, recent cleaning by the ASI.
A further set of copies were made between 1909 and 1911 by Christiana Herringham (Lady Herringham) and a group of students from the Calcutta School of Art that included the future Indian Modernist painter Nandalal Bose. The copies were published in full colour as the first publication of London's fledgling India Society. More than the earlier copies, these aimed to fill in holes and damage to recreate the original condition rather than record the state of the paintings as she was seeing them. According to one writer, unlike the paintings created by her predecessors Griffiths and Gill, whose copies were influenced by British Victorian styles of painting, those of the Herringham expedition preferred an 'Indian Renascence' aesthetic of the type pioneered by Abanindranath Tagore.
Early photographic surveys were made by Robert Gill, who learnt to use a camera from about 1856, and whose photos, including some using stereoscopy, were used in books by him and Fergusson (many are available online from the British Library), then Victor Goloubew in 1911 and E.L. Vassey, who took the photos in the four volume study of the caves by Ghulam Yazdani (published 1930–1955).
ARCHITECTURE
The monasteries mostly consist of vihara halls for prayer and living, which are typically rectangular with small square dormitory cells cut into the walls, and by the second period a shrine or sanctuary at the rear centred on a large statue of the Buddha, also carved from the living rock. This change reflects the movement from Hinayana to Mahāyāna Buddhism. The other type of main hall is the narrower and higher chaitya hall with a stupa as the focus at the far end, and a narrow aisle around the walls, behind a range of pillars placed close together. Other plainer rooms were for sleeping and other activities. Some of the caves have elaborate carved entrances, some with large windows over the door to admit light. There is often a colonnaded porch or verandah, with another space inside the doors running the width of the cave.
The central square space of the interior of the viharas is defined by square columns forming a more or less square open area. Outside this are long rectangular aisles on each side, forming a kind of cloister. Along the side and rear walls are a number of small cells entered by a narrow doorway; these are roughly square, and have small niches on their back walls. Originally they had wooden doors. The centre of the rear wall has a larger shrine-room behind, containing a large Buddha statue. The viharas of the earlier period are much simpler, and lack shrines. Spink in fact places the change to a design with a shrine to the middle of the second period, with many caves being adapted to add a shrine in mid-excavation, or after the original phase.
The plan of Cave 1 shows one of the largest viharas, but is fairly typical of the later group. Many others, such as Cave 16, lack the vestibule to the shrine, which leads straight off the main hall. Cave 6 is two viharas, one above the other, connected by internal stairs, with sanctuaries on both levels.
The four completed chaitya halls are caves 9 and 10 from the early period, and caves 19 and 26 from the later period of construction. All follow the typical form found elsewhere, with high ceilings and a central "nave" leading to the stupa, which is near the back, but allows walking behind it, as walking around stupas was (and remains) a common element of Buddhist worship (pradakshina). The later two have high ribbed roofs, which reflect timber forms, and the earlier two are thought to have used actual timber ribs, which have now perished. The two later halls have a rather unusual arrangement (also found in Cave 10 at Ellora) where the stupa is fronted by a large relief sculpture of the Buddha, standing in Cave 19 and seated in Cave 26. Cave 29 is a late and very incomplete chaitya hall.
The form of columns in the work of the first period is very plain and un-embellished, with both chaitya halls using simple octagonal columns, which were painted with figures. In the second period columns were far more varied and inventive, often changing profile over their height, and with elaborate carved capitals, often spreading wide. Many columns are carved over all their surface, some fluted and others carved with decoration all over, as in cave 1.
The flood basalt rock of the cliff, part of the Deccan Traps formed by successive volcanic eruptions at the end of the Cretaceous, is layered horizontally, and somewhat variable in quality, so the excavators had to amend their plans in places, and in places there have been collapses in the intervening centuries, as with the lost portico to cave 1. Excavation began by cutting a narrow tunnel at roof level, which was expanded downwards and outwards; the half-built vihara cave 24 shows the method. Spink believes that for the first caves of the second period the excavators had to relearn skills and techniques that had been lost in the centuries since the first period, which were then transmitted to be used at later rock-cut sites in the region, such as Ellora, and the Elephanta, Bagh, Badami and Aurangabad Caves.
The caves from the first period seem to have been paid for by a number of different patrons, with several inscriptions recording the donation of particular portions of a single cave, but according to Spink the later caves were each commissioned as a complete unit by a single patron from the local rulers or their court elites. After the death of Harisena smaller donors got their chance to add small "shrinelets" between the caves or add statues to existing caves, and some two hundred of these "intrusive" additions were made in sculpture, with a further number of intrusive paintings, up to three hundred in cave 10 alone.
A grand gateway to the site, at the apex of the gorge's horsehoe between caves 15 and 16, was approached from the river, and is decorated with elephants on either side and a nāga, or protective snake deity.
ICONOGRAPHY OF THE CAVES
In the pre-Christian era, the Buddha was represented symbolically, in the form of the stupa. Thus, halls were made with stupas to venerate the Buddha. In later periods the images of the Buddha started to be made in coins, relic caskets, relief or loose sculptural forms, etc. However, it took a while for the human representation of the Buddha to appear in Buddhist art. One of the earliest evidences of the Buddha's human representations are found at Buddhist archaeological sites, such as Goli, Nagarjunakonda, and Amaravati. The monasteries of those sites were built in less durable media, such as wood, brick, and stone. As far as the genre of rock-cut architecture is concerned it took many centuries for the Buddha image to be depicted. Nobody knows for sure at which rock-cut cave site the first image of the Buddha was depicted. Current research indicates that Buddha images in a portable form, made of wood or stone, were introduced, for the first time, at Kanheri, to be followed soon at Ajanta Cave 8 (Dhavalikar, Jadhav, Spink, Singh). While the Kanheri example dates to 4th or 5th century CE, the Ajanta example has been dated to c. 462–478 CE (Spink). None of the rock-cut monasteries prior to these dates, and other than these examples, show any Buddha image although hundreds of rock-cut caves were made throughout India during the first few centuries CE. And, in those caves, it is the stupa that is the object of veneration, not the image. Images of the Buddha are not found in Buddhist sailagrhas (rock-cut complexes) until the times of the Kanheri (4th–5th century CE) and Ajanta examples (c. 462–478 CE).
The caves of the second period, now all dated to the 5th century, were typically described as "Mahayana", but do not show the features associated with later Mahayana Buddhism. Although the beginnings of Mahāyāna teachings go back to the 1st century there is little art and archaeological evidence to suggest that it became a mainstream cult for several centuries. In Mahayana it is not Gautama Buddha but the Bodhisattva who is important, including "deity" Bodhisattva like Manjushri and Tara, as well as aspects of the Buddha such as Aksobhya, and Amitabha. Except for a few Bodhisattva, these are not depicted at Ajanta, where the Buddha remains the dominant figure. Even the Bodhisattva images of Ajanta are never central objects of worship, but are always shown as attendants of the Buddha in the shrine. If a Bodhisattva is shown in isolation, as in the Astabhaya scenes, these were done in the very last years of activities at Ajanta, and are mostly 'intrusive' in nature, meaning that they were not planned by the original patrons, and were added by new donors after the original patrons had suddenly abandoned the region in the wake of Emperor Harisena's death.
The contrast between iconic and aniconic representations, that is, the stupa on one hand and the image of the Buddha on the other, is now being seen as a construct of the modern scholar rather than a reality of the past. The second phase of Ajanta shows that the stupa and image coincided together. If the entire corpus of the art of Ajanta including sculpture, iconography, architecture, epigraphy, and painting are analysed afresh it will become clear that there was no duality between the symbolic and human forms of the Buddha, as far as the 5th-century phase of Ajanta is concerned. That is why most current scholars tend to avoid the terms 'Hinayana' and 'Mahayana' in the context of Ajanta. They now prefer to call the second phase by the ruling dynasty, as the Vākāţaka phase.
CAVES
CAVE 1
Cave 1 was built on the eastern end of the horse-shoe shaped scarp, and is now the first cave the visitor encounters. This would when first made have been a less prominent position, right at the end of the row. According to Spink, it is one of the latest caves to have been excavated, when the best sites had been taken, and was never fully inaugurated for worship by the dedication of the Buddha image in the central shrine. This is shown by the absence of sooty deposits from butter lamps on the base of the shrine image, and the lack of damage to the paintings that would have been happened if the garland-hooks around the shrine had been in use for any period of time. Although there is no epigraphic evidence, Spink believes that the Vākāţaka Emperor Harishena was the benefactor of the work, and this is reflected in the emphasis on imagery of royalty in the cave, with those Jakata tales being selected that tell of those previous lives of the Buddha in which he was royal.
The cliff has a more steep slope here than at other caves, so to achieve a tall grand facade it was necessary to cut far back into the slope, giving a large courtyard in front of the facade. There was originally a columned portico in front of the present facade, which can be seen "half-intact in the 1880s" in pictures of the site, but this fell down completely and the remains, despite containing fine carving, were carelessly thrown down the slope into the river, from where they have been lost, presumably carried away in monsoon torrents.
This cave has one of the most elaborate carved façades, with relief sculptures on entablature and ridges, and most surfaces embellished with decorative carving. There are scenes carved from the life of the Buddha as well as a number of decorative motifs. A two pillared portico, visible in the 19th-century photographs, has since perished. The cave has a front-court with cells fronted by pillared vestibules on either side. These have a high plinth level. The cave has a porch with simple cells on both ends. The absence of pillared vestibules on the ends suggest that the porch was not excavated in the latest phase of Ajanta when pillared vestibules had become a necessity and norm. Most areas of the porch were once covered with murals, of which many fragments remain, especially on the ceiling. There are three doorways: a central doorway and two side doorways. Two square windows were carved between the doorways to brighten the interiors.
Each wall of the hall inside is nearly 12 m long and 6.1 m high. Twelve pillars make a square colonnade inside supporting the ceiling, and creating spacious aisles along the walls. There is a shrine carved on the rear wall to house an impressive seated image of the Buddha, his hands being in the dharmachakrapravartana mudra. There are four cells on each of the left, rear, and the right walls, though due to rock fault there are none at the ends of the rear aisle. The walls are covered with paintings in a fair state of preservation, though the full scheme was never completed. The scenes depicted are mostly didactic, devotional, and ornamental, with scenes from the Jataka stories of the Buddha's former existences as a bodhisattva), the life of the Gautama Buddha, and those of his veneration. The two most famous individual painted images at Ajanta are the two over-life size figures of the protective bodhisattvas Padmapani and Vajrapani on either side of the entrance to the Buddha shrine on the wall of the rear aisle (see illustrations above). According to Spink, the original dating of the paintings to about 625 arose largely or entirely because James Fegusson, a 19th-century architectural historian, had decided that a scene showing an ambassador being received, with figures in Persian dress, represented a recorded embassy to Persia (from a Hindu monarch at that) around that date.
CAVE 2
Cave 2, adjacent to Cave 1, is known for the paintings that have been preserved on its walls, ceilings, and pillars. It looks similar to Cave 1 and is in a better state of preservation.
Cave 2 has a porch quite different from Cave one. Even the façade carvings seem to be different. The cave is supported by robust pillars, ornamented with designs. The front porch consists of cells supported by pillared vestibules on both ends. The cells on the previously "wasted areas" were needed to meet the greater housing requirements in later years. Porch-end cells became a trend in all later Vakataka excavations. The simple single cells on porch-ends were converted into CPVs or were planned to provide more room, symmetry, and beauty.
The paintings on the ceilings and walls of this porch have been widely published. They depict the Jataka tales that are stories of the Buddha's life in former existences as Bodhisattva. Just as the stories illustrated in cave 1 emphasize kingship, those in cave 2 show many "noble and powerful" women in prominent roles, leading to suggestions that the patron was an unknown woman. The porch's rear wall has a doorway in the center, which allows entrance to the hall. On either side of the door is a square-shaped window to brighten the interior.
The hall has four colonnades which are supporting the ceiling and surrounding a square in the center of the hall. Each arm or colonnade of the square is parallel to the respective walls of the hall, making an aisle in between. The colonnades have rock-beams above and below them. The capitals are carved and painted with various decorative themes that include ornamental, human, animal, vegetative, and semi-divine forms.
Paintings appear on almost every surface of the cave except for the floor. At various places the art work has become eroded due to decay and human interference. Therefore, many areas of the painted walls, ceilings, and pillars are fragmentary. The painted narratives of the Jataka tales are depicted only on the walls, which demanded the special attention of the devotee. They are didactic in nature, meant to inform the community about the Buddha's teachings and life through successive rebirths. Their placement on the walls required the devotee to walk through the aisles and 'read' the narratives depicted in various episodes. The narrative episodes are depicted one after another although not in a linear order. Their identification has been a core area of research since the site's rediscovery in 1819. Dieter Schlingloff's identifications have updated our knowledge on the subject.
CAVE 4
The Archeological Survey of India board outside the caves gives the following detail about cave 4: "This is the largest monastery planned on a grandiose scale but was never finished. An inscription on the pedestal of the buddha's image mentions that it was a gift from a person named Mathura and paleographically belongs to 6th century A.D. It consists of a verandah, a hypostylar hall, sanctum with an antechamber and a series of unfinished cells. The rear wall of the verandah contains the panel of Litany of Avalokiteśvara".
The sanctuary houses a colossal image of the Buddha in preaching pose flanked by bodhisattvas and celestial nymphs hovering above.
CAVES 9-10
Caves 9 and 10 are the two chaitya halls from the first period of construction, though both were also undergoing an uncompleted reworking at the end of the second period. Cave 10 was perhaps originally of the 1st century BCE, and cave 9 about a hundred years later. The small "shrinelets" called caves 9A to 9D and 10A also date from the second period, and were commissioned by individuals.
The paintings in cave 10 include some surviving from the early period, many from an incomplete programme of modernization in the second period, and a very large number of smaller late intrusive images, nearly all Buddhas and many with donor inscriptions from individuals. These mostly avoided over-painting the "official" programme and after the best positions were used up are tucked away in less prominent positions not yet painted; the total of these (including those now lost) was probably over 300, and the hands of many different artists are visible.
OTHER CAVES
Cave 3 is merely a start of an excavation; according to Spink it was begun right at the end of the final period of work and soon abandoned. Caves 5 and 6 are viharas, the latter on two floors, that were late works of which only the lower floor of cave 6 was ever finished. The upper floor of cave 6 has many private votive sculptures, and a shrine Buddha, but is otherwise unfinished. Cave 7 has a grand facade with two porticos but, perhaps because of faults in the rock, which posed problems in many caves, was never taken very deep into the cliff, and consists only of the two porticos and a shrine room with antechamber, with no central hall. Some cells were fitted in.
Cave 8 was long thought to date to the first period of construction, but Spink sees it as perhaps the earliest cave from the second period, its shrine an "afterthought". The statue may have been loose rather than carved from the living rock, as it has now vanished. The cave was painted, but only traces remain.
SPINK´S DETAILED CHRONOLOGY
Walter M. Spink has over recent decades developed a very precise and circumstantial chronology for the second period of work on the site, which unlike earlier scholars, he places entirely in the 5th century. This is based on evidence such as the inscriptions and artistic style, combined with the many uncompleted elements of the caves. He believes the earlier group of caves, which like other scholars he dates only approximately, to the period "between 100 BCE – 100 CE", were at some later point completely abandoned and remained so "for over three centuries", as the local population had turned mainly Hindu. This changed with the accession of the Emperor Harishena of the Vakataka Dynasty, who reigned from 460 to his death in 477. Harisena extended the Central Indian Vakataka Empire to include a stretch of the east coast of India; the Gupta Empire ruled northern India at the same period, and the Pallava dynasty much of the south.
According to Spink, Harisena encouraged a group of associates, including his prime minister Varahadeva and Upendragupta, the sub-king in whose territory Ajanta was, to dig out new caves, which were individually commissioned, some containing inscriptions recording the donation. This activity began in 462 but was mostly suspended in 468 because of threats from the neighbouring Asmaka kings. Work continued on only caves 1, Harisena's own commission, and 17–20, commissioned by Upendragupta. In 472 the situation was such that work was suspended completely, in a period that Spink calls "the Hiatus", which lasted until about 475, by which time the Asmakas had replaced Upendragupta as the local rulers.
Work was then resumed, but again disrupted by Harisena's death in 477, soon after which major excavation ceased, except at cave 26, which the Asmakas were sponsoring themselves. The Asmakas launched a revolt against Harisena's son, which brought about the end of the Vakataka Dynasty. In the years 478–480 major excavation by important patrons was replaced by a rash of "intrusions" – statues added to existing caves, and small shrines dotted about where there was space between them. These were commissioned by less powerful individuals, some monks, who had not previously been able to make additions to the large excavations of the rulers and courtiers. They were added to the facades, the return sides of the entrances, and to walls inside the caves. According to Spink, "After 480, not a single image was ever made again at the site", and as Hinduism again dominated the region, the site was again abandoned, this time for over a millennium.
Spink does not use "circa" in his dates, but says that "one should allow a margin of error of one year or perhaps even two in all cases".
IMPACT ON MODERN INDIAN PAINTINGS
The Ajanta paintings, or more likely the general style they come from, influenced painting in Tibet and Sri Lanka.
The rediscovery of ancient Indian paintings at Ajanta provided Indian artists examples from ancient India to follow. Nandlal Bose experimented with techniques to follow the ancient style which allowed him to develop his unique style. Abanindranath Tagore also used the Ajanta paintings for inspiration.
WIKIPEDIA
During this period of enforced isolation I am taking the opportunity to review old photographs, for one thing.
These first few were taken in Cornwall, Treburrick, seven years ago.
ADOLFO VÁSQUEZ ROCCA D.PHIL.
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Datos personales
VÁSQUEZ ROCCA, Adolfo
Doctor en Filosofía
Domicilio
Valparaiso, Chile
Adscripción Académica
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Universidad Andrés Bello UNAB
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Eastern Mediterranean University - Academia.edu
E-mail: adolfovrocca@gmail.com
TRAYECTORIA ACADÉMICA
Doctor en Filosofía por la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; Postgrado Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Filosofía IV, mención Filosofía Contemporánea y Estética. Profesor de Postgrado del Instituto de Filosofía de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; Profesor de Antropología y Estética en el Departamento de Artes y Humanidades de la Universidad Andrés Bello UNAB. Profesor de la Escuela de Periodismo, Profesor Adjunto Escuela de Psicología y de la Facultad de Arquitectura UNAB Santiago. Profesor PEL Programa Especial de Licenciatura en Diseño, UNAB – DUOC UC – En octubre de 2006 y 2007 es invitado por la 'Fundación Hombre y Mundo' y la UNAM a dictar un Ciclo de Conferencias en México. –Miembro del Consejo Editorial Internacional de la 'Fundación Ética Mundial' de México. Director del Consejo Consultivo Internacional de 'Konvergencias', Revista de Filosofía y Culturas en Diálogo, Argentina. Miembro del Consejo Editorial Internacional de Revista Praxis –Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional UNA, Costa Rica. Miembro del Conselho Editorial da Humanidades em Revista, Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil y del Cuerpo Editorial de Sophia –Revista de Filosofía de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador–. –Secretario Ejecutivo de Revista Philosophica PUCV. –Asesor Consultivo de Enfocarte –Revista de Arte y Literatura– Cataluña / Gijón, Asturias, España. –Miembro del Consejo Editorial Internacional de 'Reflexiones Marginales' –Revista de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras UNAM. –Editor Asociado de Societarts, Revista de artes y humanidades, adscrita a la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. –Miembro del Comité Editorial de International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism and Hospitality, publicación científica de la Universidad de Palermo. –Miembro Titular del Consejo Editorial Internacional de Errancia, Revista de Psicoanálisis, Teoría Crítica y Cultura –UNAM– Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. –Miembro del Consejo Editorial de Revista “Campos en Ciencias Sociales”, Universidad Santo Tomás © , Bogotá, Colombia. –Miembro de la Federación Internacional de Archivos Fílmicos (FIAF) con sede en Bruselas, Bélgica. Director de Revista Observaciones Filosóficas. Profesor visitante en la Maestría en Filosofía de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. – Profesor visitante Florida Christian University USA y Profesor Asociado al Grupo Theoria – Proyecto europeo de Investigaciones de Postgrado –UCM. Eastern Mediterranean University - Academia.edu. Académico Investigador de la Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Andrés Bello. –Investigador Asociado y Profesor adjunto de la Escuela Matríztica de Santiago –dirigida por el Dr. Humberto Maturana. Consultor Experto del Consejo Nacional de Innovación para la Competitividad (CNIC)– Artista conceptual. Crítico de Arte. Ha publicado el Libro: Peter Sloterdijk; Esferas, helada cósmica y políticas de climatización, Colección Novatores, Nº 28, Editorial de la Institución Alfons el Magnànim (IAM), Valencia, España, 2008. Invitado especial a la International Conference de la Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa | Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2011. Traducido al Francés - Publicado en la sección Architecture de la Anthologie: Le Néant Dans la Pensée Contemporaine . Publications du Centre Français d'Iconologie Comparée CFIC, Bès Editions , París, © 2012. Profesor de Postgrado, Magister en Biología-Cultural, Escuela Matríztica de Santiago y Universidad Mayor 2013.
PUBLICACIONES
Publicaciones Internacionales Catalogadas en DIALNET Directorio de Publicaciones Científicas Hispanoamericanas
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Publications Scientific
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BIBLIOTECA UNI>ERSIA – Unesco - CSIC
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Biblioteca Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Revistas Científicas Complutenses
Directorio de recursos digitales - Ministerio de Cultura, España
Biblioteca Asociación Filosófica UI
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Publicaciones Indexadas en la Revista Complutense - Nómadas. Revista Crítica de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas UCM+Madrid - Dr. Adolfo Vásquez Rocca
Dr. Adolfo Vásquez Rocca – Filosofía Contemporánea Investigación: Peter Sloterdijk
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ADOLFO VÁSQUEZ ROCCA PH.D. - CURRICULUM ACADÉMICO ABREVIADO
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LIBROS
VÁSQUEZ ROCCA, Adolfo
Libro: Peter Sloterdijk; Esferas, helada cósmica y políticas de climatización, Colección Novatores, Nº 28, Editorial de la Institución Alfons el Magnànim (IAM), Valencia, España, 2008. 221 páginas | I.S.B.N.: 978-84-7822-523-1
Libro: Rorty: el Giro narrativo de la Ética o la Filosofía como género literario [Compilación de Conferencias en México D.F.] Editorial Hombre y Mundo (H & M), México, 2009, 450 páginas I.S.B.N.: 978-3-7800-520-1
'LE NÉANT DANS LA PENSÉE CONTEMPORAINE' ,
Publications du Centre Français d'Iconologie Comparée CFIC , , ISBN: 978-2-35424-151-3 , Bès Editions , París, © 2012 ,
- VV.AA., VÁSQUEZ ROCCA, Adolfo, Antologado y Traducido al Francés - Publicado en la sección Architecture de la Anthologie: Le Néant Dans la Pensée Contemporaine . Publications du Centre Français d'Iconologie Comparée CFIC, Bès Editions , París, © 2012
INVESTIGACIÓN:
2009 - 2010
Proyecto de Investigación N° DI-10-09/JM - UNAB
“Ontología de las distancias en Sloterdijk, hacia una teoría antropotécnica de las comunicaciones”.
Dirección de Investigación, Universidad Andrés Bello – Fondo Jorge Millas 2009, Facultad de Humanidades y Educación UNAB
2011 - 2012
- Proyecto de Investigación N° DI-08-11/JM - UNAB
- Proyecto de Investigación: “Ontología del cuerpo en la Filosofía de Jean Luc Nancy, Biopolítica, Alteridad y Estética de la Enfermedad”.
Dirección General de Investigación y Desarrollo, (VRID) – Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Doctorado UNAB
Fondo Jorge Millas 2011 - 2012, Facultad de Humanidades y Educación. Universidad Andrés Bello
Asistente de Investigación:
Mag. Susanna Bozzetto: Universitat de Barcelona - Màster en Pensament Contemporani - Máster en Edición de Textos
Dr. Adolfo Vásquez Rocca
Director de Revista Observaciones Filosóficas: Revista de Filosofía Contemporánea
ADOLFO VAŚQUEZ ROCCA PH.D. TRAYECTORÍA ACADÉMICA
ENTREVISTAS
VÍDEO: Entrevista al Dr. ADOLFO VÁSQUEZ ROCCA –Filósofo– Programa “NUEVAS MIRADAS" -Ciencia y Tecnología, Canal TV. SENADO – República de Chile – Senador Carlos Cantero. Ex-Congreso Nacional – junio 2013 - Santiago.
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VÍDEO: Entrevista al Dr. ADOLFO VÁSQUEZ ROCCA –Filósofo– Programa “NUEVAS MIRADAS" -Ciencia y Tecnología, Canal TV. SENADO – República de Chile – Senador Carlos Cantero. Ex-Congreso Nacional – junio 2013 - Santiago.
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ESFERAS
TRAYECTORÍA ACADÉMICA
Doctor en Filosofía por la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; Postgrado Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Filosofía IV, Teoría del Conocimiento y Pensamiento Contemporáneo. Áreas de Especialización Antropología y Estética.
– PROFESOR DE POSTGRADO DEL INSTITUTO DE FILOSOFÍA DE LA PUCV – PROFESOR ASOCIADO AL GRUPO THEORIA PROYECTO EUROPEO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE POSTGRADO UCM
Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften - Philosophy and Social Sciences - Philosophie des Sciences Sociales. GRUPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN - UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE | Madri+d UCM 1391 - COMUNIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID. www.ucm.es/info/eurotheo/
(1993) Profesor del Seminario "Lógica Contemporánea 'Wittgenstein y El Círculo de Viena' ", Instituto de Filosofía, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
(1995-1998) Director de Investigación Teoría del Conocimiento -Theory of Knowledge Tok- The Mackay School, Bachillerato Internacional, International Baccalaureate.
(2005-2010) Profesor de Antropología, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Andrés Bello.
(2005-2010) Profesor de Antropología Filosófica y Estética, Departamento de Artes y Humanidades de la Universidad Andrés Bello, UNAB
(2006-2012) Profesor de Estética, Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Andrés Bello UNAB
(2006 - 2007) - Profesor del MAGISTER EN ETNOPSICOLOGÍA y DIPLOMADO EN PSICOLOGÍA CLÍNICA "PSICOPATOLOGÍA, SUBJETIVIDAD Y CULTURA". ESCUELA DE PSICOLOGÍA PUCV.
(2006 - 2012) Profesor de Estética Escuela de Arquitectura, Universidad Andrés Bello, UNAB
(2006-2012) Profesor de Fundamentos Culturales de la Comunicación. Escuela de Periodismo, Universidad Andrés Bello, UNAB
(2006-2010) Profesor de la Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Andrés Bello, UNAB
(2006-2007) Profesor invitado Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM
(2007- 2012) Profesor visitante de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, semestre de otoño 2007, BUAP
(2005-2008) Profesor de Postgrado, Instituto de Filosofía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, PUCV
(2005-2012) Profesor Asociado Grupo THEORIA Proyecto europeo de Investigaciones de Postgrado. UCM
(2009-2010) Profesor visitante Florida Christian University USA
(2010- 2011) Director Académico Carrera de Filosofía y Teología, Universidad Cristiana de Chile UCCH
(2012) Investigador Asociado a la Escuela Matríztica de Santiago –dirigida por el Dr. Humberto Maturana.
(2009-2012) Académico Investigador de la Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Andrés Bello.
(2012) Consultor Experto del Consejo Nacional de Innovación para la Competitividad (CNIC)
(2013) Investigador y Profesor Adjunto del Magíster en Biología-Cultural dirigido por el Dr. Humberto Maturana dictado por Matríztica y Universidad Mayor
SEMINARIOS
Asignaturas de Postgrado impartidos:
2005 - 2º Seminario "Rorty: ironismo liberal y giro narrativo de la Filosofía".
2006 1º Seminario Sloterdijk: "Crítica de la Razón Cínica"
2006 2º Seminario "Nietzsche; Genealogía de la moral y voluntad de ficción"
2007 1º Seminario Sloterdijk - Nietzsche
2007 2º Seminario: Sloterdijk un pensador estético
2008 1º Seminario "Peter Sloterdijk - W. Benjamín; De la Filosofía a la Arquitectura"
2008 2º Seminario "Sloterdijk y Baudrillard; Ontología de las distancias y antropotécnica de las comunicaciones"
2011 2º Seminario "DERRIDA Y SLOTERDIJK; DE LOS ESPECTROS DE MARX A LOS ESTADOS GENERALES DEL PSICOANÁLISIS", Postgrado en Psicoanálisis, Universidad Ándres Bello UNAB, Escuela de Psicología.
ENTREVISTA:
“La Filosofía como teoría erótica. Entrevista a Adolfo Vásquez Rocca PhD". Entrevista en 'ALCANCES' Vol.I, Nº 1, año 2010 – REVISTA DE FILOSOFÍA – de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades de la UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE.
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PUBLICACIONES EN REVISTAS ACADÉMICAS INDEXADAS -CON COMITÉ EDITORIAL
PARTICIPACIÓN EN SEMINARIOS Y CONGRESOS
2004 Seminario Homenaje Prof. Dr. Mirko Skarica, Instituto de Filosofía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Ponencia: "Lógica paraconsistente y semántica de los mundos posibles", noviembre.
2004 Seminario "Raúl Ruiz y la vanguardia del Cine francés", organizado por la PUCV. UPLACED, ARCIS y Embajada de Francia. Conferencia: "Raúl Ruiz; Defensa retórica del arte de filmar y del cine como arte; plan secreto, sinfonía dramática y lógica narrativa", octubre.
2005 "El Dios Pensado: Estudios antropológicos acerca de lo divino" Ciclo de Conferencias en la Universidad Andrés Bello. Departamento de Artes y Humanidades - Campus República, UNAB. Conferencia: "Ludwig Wittgenstein; Mística, Filosofía y Silencio", septiembre
2006 Video-Conferencia UCM - UNED y A Parte Rei en ATEI Asociación de Televisión Educativa Iberoamericana, “El poder de la palabra; lenguaje y realidad”, Febrero, 2006, serbal.pntic.mec.es/~cmunoz11/video3.html
2006 Universidad Veracruzana en su 50' Aniversario y XI Encuentro Nacional de Pasantes de Filosofía. Conferencia Magistral: "La ficción del sujeto y las seducciones de la gramática en Nietzsche y Deleuze", octubre.
2006 Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala. Conferencia: "En el mismo barco: ensayo sobre la hiperpolítica, posmodernidad y globalización en Peter Sloterdijk", octubre.
2006 Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala. Cursillo Maestría en Filosofía: “El giro Estético de la epistemología; redescripciones de la posmodernidad”, 19 y 20 de octubre.
2006 1er Coloquio Hispanoamericano de Filosofía después de Auschwitz, en el Antiguo Colegio de Medicina, Ciudad de México; organizado por la UNAM, la Universidad Iberoamericana y La Asociación Filosófica de México. Ponencia: "Peter Sloterdijk; El Posthumanismo: sus fuentes teológicas y sus medios técnicos", octubre.
2006 Coloquio internacional: Repercusiones e interacciones políticas, filosóficas y teológicas entre oriente y occidente. UNAM, Mesa ética y Responsabilidad humana, Ponencia: "Rorty: el Giro narrativo de la Ética o la Filosofía como género literario", octubre.
2007 II Coloquio Franco-Hispano-Chileno de Etnopsicología y III Seminario Internacional sobre el Espacio "El Espacio y el Lenguaje". PUCV. Ponencia: "Metafórica de las Esferas; una aproximación al hombre como experimento sonoro", enero.
2007 Instituto de Sistemas Complejos de Valparaíso, Ciclo: "Diálogo: Ciencia, Política y Poder. ¿Es Chile una Sociedad Justa?". Conferencia: "Imaginarios, cartografía de las emociones escindidas y crisis del proyecto urbano, mayo.
2007 Congreso Internacional Nietzsche “Filosofía, Arte, religión, ciencia y política en Nietzsche: memorias de un caminante intempestivo”, organizado por la Universidad Veracruzana, México. Ponencia: "Nietzsche y Sloterdijk; depauperación del nihilismo, posthumanismo y complejidad extrahumana", octubre.
2007 Conferencia Magistral en el Colegio de Filosofía, introductoria a la Maestría en Filosofía de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, “Peter Sloterdijk; Esferas, deriva biotecnológica y el cinismo difuso de nuestras sociedades Exhaustas”, octubre.
2007 Curso en el Colegio de Filosofía, introductoria a la Maestría en Filosofía de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla: “Sloterdijk; Esferas, Flujos y Redes; Antropología y Estética Posmoderna”, octubre.
2007 Conferencia Magistral Aula Magna, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM, Sloterdijk; Esferas y Temblores de Aire [Estética, Ontogénesis de los Espacios Humanos y Etno-terrorismo], octubre
2007 Congreso Internacional de Fenomenología y Hermenéutica, Universidad Andrés Bello, sección Estética. Ponencia: “Sloterdijk: Esferas, fenomenología y ontogénesis de los espacios humanos”, octubre.
2000 "Reflexiones sobre Alteridad y Reconocimiento". Encuentros de la Facultad de Filosofía UCM con pensadores contemporáneos alemanes. Goethe Institut Madrid. Octubre.
2000 Ponencia en Seminario "El Reto del Espacio: Pensar con Heidegger sobre la obra de Eduardo Chillida", Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Campus Cantoblanco, noviembre.
2000 Ponencia "El peso del mundo y el lento regreso del sujeto escindido en Peter Hanke", Encuentro Interdepartamental en torno a la Crisis de Fin de Siglo. Aspectos de la Identidad Europea. Facultad de Filosofía UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID. Diciembre.
2004 Seminario Homenaje Prof. Dr. Mirko Skarica, Instituto de Filosofía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Ponencia:
Ponencia "Lógica paraconsistente y semántica de los mundos posibles" (noviembre).
2004 octubre Seminario "Raúl Ruiz y la vanguardia del Cine francés", organizado por la PUCV. UPLACED, ARCIS y EMBAJADA DE FRANCIA. Conferencia: "Raúl Ruiz; Defensa retórica del arte de filmar y del cine como arte; plan secreto, sinfonía dramática y lógica narrativa"
2005 "El Dios Pensado: Estudios antropológicos acerca de lo divino" Ciclo de Conferencias en la Universidad Andrés Bello. Departamento de Artes y Humanidades - Campus República, UNAB Conferencia: "Ludwig Wittgenstein; Mística, Filosofía y Silencio"
2006 I COLOQUIO FRANCO-HISPANO-CHILENO DE ETNOPSICOLOGÍA Y II SEMINARIO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE EL ESPACIO "EL ESPACIO Y EL OTRO". Enero, PUCV. Coloquio y moderación Ponencia de la Dra. Adela Cortina Orts
2007 CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE FENOMENOLOGÍA Y HERMENÉUTICA
Comunicación “Sloterdijk: Esferas, fenomenología y ontogénesis de los espacios humanos”,
Universidad Andrés Bello UNAB (17 - 19 de octubre, 2007)
2008 II Seminario "De la Filosofía a la Literatura"
Departamento de Artes y Humanidades, Universidad Andrés Bello UNAB (7 de noviembre, 2008)
Conferencia “Sloterdijk; Pensamiento, expedición y verdad”.
2008 Segundo Coloquio Interdisciplinario: “El Pensamiento de Carla Cordua y El Desarrollo de la Filosofía En Chile”.
Seminario Permanente Hegel – Marx. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile UCH (13 de noviembre, 2008)
Ponencia: “En Torno a Sloterdijk y Heidegger: La recepción Filosófica”.
2008 Bienal de Artes Visuales de Honduras 2008: Diásporas del Futuro (BAVH)
Conferencia "El objetivo de la Crítica de Arte" [17 - 19 de noviembre, 2008]
2008 Congreso Internacional - Interdisciplinario de Filosofía, Córdoba, 2008. SAF Sociedad Argentina de Filosofía.
Museo - Palacio Martín Ferreyra (24 al 29 de noviembre, 2008)
Conferencia “Sloterdijk. Ontología de las distancias, concierto de transferencias e historia de la fascinación de proximidad”
2009 III Congreso Panamericano de Bioética OPS, 17 al 20 de junio, Caracas 2009.
Orden Hospitalaria San Juan de Dios. Conferencia inaugural:
“Sloterdijk, Heidegger y Agamben; Biopolítica o notas sobre el Parque Humano y la nuda vida”.
2009 “Seminario Internacional. Giorgio Agamben: Teología Política y Biopolítica”. Organizado por el Instituto de Humanidades de la Universidad Diego Portales. Ponencia: “Sloterdijk, Agamben y Nietzsche: Biopolítica, posthumanismo y Biopoder”. Septiembre
2009 Congreso “El sujeto de la Globalización” Organizado por la SAF Sociedad Asturiana de Filosofía, España. Conferencia: “Sloterdijk y el imaginario de la Globalización; mundo sincrónico y conciertos de transferencia” Octubre 2009 www.sociedadasturianadefilosofia.org/
- 2009 II Seminario Local de Pensamiento Ambiental y Filosofía Contemporánea, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Manizales, Universidad de Caldas. Auditorio Juan Hurtado Bloque H Piso -1, Diciembre 4 y 5 de 2009.
2010 Seminario de Postgrado, "Seminario Sloterdijk: Esferas y Posthumanismo; Sobre capitalismo, neuroglobalización y mundos asesores", Cátedra Inaugural de la Maestría en Estética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Económicas, Departamento de Estudios Filosóficos y Culturales, 10 al 12 de Agosto 2010, www.observacionesfilosoficas.net/seminariocolombia.htm
- 2011 International-Conference TRIENAL DE ARQUITECTURA DE LISBOA | LISBON ARCHITECTURE TRIENNALE, Conference "Psicopolítica en Sloterdijk y Virilio; El vértigo de la sobremodernidad; ciudades del pánico y turismo etnográfico”, Lisboa, Portugal, 15 and 16 January 2001 www.trienaldelisboa.com/en/international-conference
- 2011 II Encuentro Internacional de Filosofía para no-filósofos. Filosofía 360', La Paz - "FILOSOFÍA 360': CINISMO, CRISIS Y CREATIVIDAD". Organizado por el GOETHE – INSTITUT y la Carrera de Filosofía UMSA, Universidad Mayor de San Ándres, La Paz - Bolivia
- 2011 III CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE FENOMENOLOGÍA Y HERMENÉUTICA: En torno a la crisis de la subjetividad. Santiago. Departamento de Humanidades de la Universidad Andrés Bello UNAB. 12, 13 y 14 de octubre, Campus Casona de Las Condes, Santiago Ponencia: Adolfo Vásquez Rocca PhD. PUCV: “El posthumanismo, sus fuentes filosóficas y sus medios técnicos: alteridad, reconfiguración de la subjetividad y ontología del cuerpo en Jean–Luc Nancy y Peter Sloterdijk”.
- 2011 COLOQUIO DE FILOSOFÍA 2011 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL _ COSTA RICA _ UNA Filosofía para la realidad actual_ CONFERENCIA INAUGURAL Dr. Adolfo Vásquez Rocca: “Sloterdijk: Esferas, Psicopolítica y neuroglobalizacion: concierto de transferencias e historia de la fascinación de proximidad”.
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras - Universidad Nacional, Heredia Costa Rica, (Del 18 al 20 de octubre).
- 2012 JORNADAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN: ALTOS ESTUDIOS EN HUMANIDADES UNAB 2012 11 y 12 de enero - UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO: Charlas de Investigadores Fondecyt y VRID: Áreas Historia, Literatura y Filosofía. Proyectos Fondecyt, Fondos internos de Investigación UNAB, Proyecto Jorge Millas (VRID) y Tesis Doctorales [Vicerrectoria de Investigación y Doctorado (VRID) Salón de Honor Campus Casona de Las Condes 10.00 hrs.
artesyhumanidades.unab.cl/jornadas-de-investigacion-en-hu...
Adolfo Vásquez Rocca PH.D. - Proyecto de Investigación N° DI-08-11/JM – UNAB: “Ontología del cuerpo en la filosofía de Jean Luc Nancy: Biopolítica, alteridad y estética de la enfermedad
- 2012 Seminario: "Ciudad y Complejidad; Valparaíso y los bordes simbólicos, económicos y culturales", Instituto de Sistemas Complejos de Valparaiso ISCV, mayo 2012, Ponencia: "Del espacio público a la topología urbana; Aproximaciones semióticas y epistemológicas a una ciudad escindida", En Actas del Seminario y Memoria anual ISCV
- 2012 Consultor Experto del Consejo Nacional de Innovación para la Competitividad (CNIC): Informe 1º Encuentro - 30 Agosto
CONFERENCIA: "SLOTERDIJK: PRÁCTICAS ANTROPOTÉCNICAS Y CONSTITUCIÓN INMUNITARIA Y DE LA NATURALEZA HUMANA".
Diálogo e Investigación con el Dr. Fernando Flores Labra, Presidente de CNIC
- 2013 Conferencia: “Peter Sloterdijk: Experimentos con uno mismo, ensayos de intoxicación voluntaria y constitución psico-inmunitaria de la naturaleza humana” en el IV Congreso Internacional y VII Nacional de Filosofía del Derecho, Ética y Política , Organizado por la Facultad de Filosofía, de Derecho y la Oficina de Relaciones Interinstitucionales (ORI) de la Universidad Libre en Colombia, y la Facultad de Derecho del Centro Universitário Newton Paiva en Bello Horizonte – Brasil, 22, 23 y 24 de abril de 2013, Programa del Congreso
- 2013 Congreso Internacional de Psicología Teórica "Dialogue and Debate in the craft of Theoretical Psychology"; 3, 4, 6 y 7 de mayo - The International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP) will hold its 15th Biennial conference in Santiago, Chile.
- 2013 Conferencia Magistral en el Magíster en Biología-Cultural dirigido por el Dr. Humberto Maturana dictado en Matríztica y Universidad Mayor
CONFERENCIAS INTERNACIONALES
Ciclo de Conferencias en México invitado por la Fundación Hombre y Mundo y la UNAM, 0ctubre de 2006.
- UV Universidad Veracruzana en su 50' Aniversario y XI Encuentro Nacional de Pasantes de Filosofía.
Conferencia Magistral: "La ficción del sujeto y las seducciones de la gramática en Nietzsche y Deleuze".
serbal.pntic.mec.es/~cmunoz11/vasquez49.pdf
- 1° COLOQUIO HISPANOAMERICANO DE FILOSOFÍA DESPUÉS DE AUSCHWITZ, en el Antiguo Colegio de Medicina, Ciudad de México; organizado por la UNAM, la UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA Y LA ASOCIACIÓN FILOSÓFICA DE MÉXICO.
Ponencia: "Peter Sloterdijk; El Posthumanismo: sus fuentes teológicas y sus medios técnicos".
- UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TLAXCALA
Conferencia: "El giro Estético de la Epistemología; el estatuto óntico-semiótico de la ficción".
- COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL: REPERCUSIONES E INTERACCIONES POLÍTICAS, FILOSÓFICAS Y TEOLÓGICAS ENTRE ORIENTE Y OCCIDENTE
Conferencia Aula Magna, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO. UNAM:
"Rorty: el Giro narrativo de la Ética o la Filosofía como género literario"
- Ponencia "Espacio y Arquitectura de la Memoria; Hölderlin Trakl y Teillier", En Taller de Investigación "Arquitectura y Humanidades", Programa de Maestría y Doctorado en ARQUITECTURA - UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO. UNAM
2007 - 2010
- II COLOQUIO FRANCO-HISPANO-CHILENO DE ETNOPSICOLOGÍA Y III SEMINARIO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE EL ESPACIO "EL ESPACIO Y EL LENGUAJE". 9 y 12 de Enero de 2007, PUCV
Conferencia: "Metafórica de las Esferas; una aproximación al hombre como experimento sonoro".
- INSTITUTO DE SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS DE VALPARAÍSO ISCV
Conferencia: "Imaginarios, cartografía de las emociones escindidas y crisis del proyecto urbano" En el marco del Ciclo: "Diálogo: Ciencia, Política y Poder – ¿Es Chile una Sociedad Justa?"
www.psikeba.com.ar/actualizaciones/archivo_06_07/Institut...
- EXPOSICIÓN "Esferas, flujos y complejidad extrahumana" Galería SONAR -Arte y Estudios Culturales- Buenos Aires.
comunicacion.unab.cl/index.php?option=com_content&tas...
[octubre - noviembre de 2007]
Exposición de Pintura: "La condición posthumana", En Espacio Expositivo Itaca -Homines- Málaga.
www.homines.com/itaca/vazquez_condicion_posthumana/index.htm
Exposición "La condition Posthumaine” En Psychanalyse Gallery Paris.
- Ciclo de Conferencias en México
- Conferencias y Congresos en México, invitado por la UNAM y la Fundación Cultural Hombre y Mundo
- CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL NIETZSCHE “Filosofía, Arte, religión, ciencia y política en Nietzsche: memorias de un caminante intempestivo”,
Universidad Veracruzana UV, México
Ponencia: "Nietzsche y Sloterdijk; depauperación del nihilismo, post humanismo y complejidad extrahumana".
[1 al 5 de octubre 2007]
- CONFERENCIA Y CURSILLO EN LA MAESTRÍA DE FILOSOFÍA
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla BUAP [octubre 2007]
- CONFERENCIA MAGISTRAL AULA MAGNA de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM:
“Sloterdijk; Esferas y Temblores de Aire [Estética, Ontogénesis de los Espacios Humanos y Atmo-terrorismo]”
[9 de octubre 2007]
Agencia Universitaria de Noticias UNAM
aunam.politicas.unam.mx/Archivo/07/octubre/071010-pol.htm
- CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE FENOMENOLOGÍA Y HERMENÉUTICA
Sección ESTÉTICA
Comunicación “Sloterdijk: Esferas, fenomenología y ontogénesis de los espacios humanos”,
Universidad Andrés Bello UNAB [17 - 19 de octubre, 2007]
- SEMINARIO 'La Poética del Cine en Raúl Ruiz”, FESTIVAL DE CINE DE SEVILLA 2007, en colaboración con la Universidad Hispalense, Ponencia: "La Poética del Cine; sobre las permutaciones antropológicas en el cine de Raúl Ruiz”, 2 de noviembre 2007.
- 2009 III Congreso Panamericano de Bioética OPS, 17 al 20 de junio, Caracas 2009.
Conferencia inaugural: “Sloterdijk, Heidegger y Agamben; Biopolítica o notas sobre el Parque Humano y la nuda vida”.
- 2009 “Seminario acerca de la verdad” Tercera Versión Departamento de Artes y Humanidades, Universidad Andrés Bello.
Campus Viña del Mar - 22 de junio
Ponencia: “Sloterdijk y Heidegger. Verdad y biopolítica después de la crisis del humanismo”.
- 2009 “Seminario Internacional. Giorgio Agamben: Teología Política y Biopolítica”. Organizado por el Instituto de Humanidades de la Universidad Diego Portales. Ponencia: “Sloterdijk, Agamben y Nietzsche: Biopolítica, posthumanismo y Biopoder”. Septiembre
- 2009 Congreso “El sujeto de la Globalización” Organizado por la SAF Sociedad Asturiana de Filosofía, Gigón - España. Conferencia: “Sloterdijk y el imaginario de la Globalización; mundo sincrónico y conciertos de transferencia” Octubre 2009 www.sociedadasturianadefilosofia.org/
- II Seminario Local de Pensamiento
- 2009 II Seminario Local de Pensamiento Ambiental y Filosofía Contemporánea, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Manizales, Universidad de Caldas. Auditorio Juan Hurtado Bloque H Piso -1, Diciembre 4 y 5 de 2009.
- 2010 Seminario de Postgrado, "Seminario Sloterdijk: Esferas y Posthumanismo; Sobre capitalismo, neuroglobalización y mundos asesores", Cátedra Inaugural de la Maestría en Estética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Económicas, Departamento de Estudios Filosóficos y Culturales, 10 al 12 de Agosto 2010, www.observacionesfilosoficas.net/seminariocolombia.htm
- 2011 International-Conference TRIENAL DE ARQUITECTURA DE LISBOA | LISBON ARCHITECTURE TRIENNALE, Conference "Psicopolítica en Sloterdijk y Virilio; El vértigo de la sobremodernidad; ciudades del pánico y turismo etnográfico”, Lisboa, Portugal, 15 and 16 January 2001 www.trienaldelisboa.com/en/international-conference
Kickin' back in what used to be an old sewer which was later converted into a storm-water drain to collect the street water from the local area as the suburbs expanded and the need to get rid of such large amounts of water became necessary
1979
January 5, 1979
It was reported that the 1st Annual Bill McNeill Memorial Hockey Tournament was a big success. Over 600 players took part in the event. Kanata Standard, January 5, 1979:1.
January 5, 1979
Marianne Wilkinson, in her Commentary, announced that Kanata City Council had passed a resolution officially designating the names of the five existing communities in the City of Kanata. They were Bridlewood, Glen Cairn, Katimavik/Hazeldean, Beaverbrook, and March. Kanata Standard, January 5, 1979:1.
January 5, 1979
It was reported that the Kinette Club had donated a cart to a Glen Cairn family who had a young boy in a body cast. Robbie Boileau was due to be in the body cast another three weeks. Kanata Standard, January 5, 1979:2.
January 5, 1979
The newly formed Kanata Ski Club membership exceeded 100 families and a number of singles. Kanata Standard, January 5, 1979:3.
January 10, 1979
The first meeting of the Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association in 1979 was held. Approximately 30 residents attended. Newton Steacy stated: “The caliber of the executive and the new cluster directors is impressive.” The business of the meeting included a strongly supported motion to deliver the Standard to Glen Cairn for a four-month period. It was seen that this would allow time for the editorial board to urge Glen Cairn residents to submit articles and participate in the publication of a “community-owned” newspaper. Kanata Standard, January 16, 1979:2,6.
January 13, 1979
The Kanata Theatre presented “Everything in the Garden” to a large audience. Kanata Standard, January 19, 1979:15.
January 16, 1979
Kanata City Council decided to hold the first meeting of each month in different communities with the City of Kanata. Kanata Standard, January 19, 1979:1.
January 16, 1979
A debate continued in Kanata City Council over the appointment of an alderman to serve as Acting Mayor in the possible absence of Mayor Wilkinson. Alderman Rogers and Kingham were both nominated. The issue was resolved when Alderman Kingham withdrew from the contest, leaving Charles Rogers as Acting Mayor. Kanata Standard, January 19, 1979:1.
January 16, 1979
Kanata City Council discussed the Commissioners’ Report and decided to establish a Transportation Advisory Committee composed of a representative from each ward. Council agreed to the appointments of those representatives where only one name had been put forward. The balance was to be dealt with at the next meeting. Kanata Standard, January 19, 1979:1.
January 16, 1979
Kanata City Council agreed to hire a consultant to carry out a management study of the City of Kanata. Its purpose was to assist the municipality in detailing the numbers of employees required for 1979. Kanata Standard, January 19, 1979:6.
January 19, 1979
In a Standard feature article, Alan Seward reported that planning for a library branch in Glen Cairn was well under way. A temporary library was put in place for the time being. Kanata Standard, January 19, 1979:1.
January 19, 1979
Marianne Wilkinson, in her Commentary, announced that the Logo for the City of Kanata Contest would end on January 31. Kanata Standard, January 5, 1979:1.
January 19, 1979
The municipalities and hydro commissions in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton agreed to carry out a Restructuring Study on their hydro service. Kanata Standard, January 19, 1979:6.
January 19, 1979
Dogbone Park family skating rink opened for its first season. Kanata Standard, January 19, 1979:6.
January 19, 1979
The March Sailing Club held a successful Annual General Meeting. New Directors were Harry Holdsworth, Gerry Holt, John Perry, Gary Caple, Harry Adderly, Keith Hooey, and Robert Wilkinson. Kanata Standard, January 19, 1979:11.
January 20, 1979
The Kanata Singles held a very successful dance, with more than 100 members and guests attending. Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:5.
January 28, 1979
Tow truck drivers at Gallagher’s Garage were awakened by two nearby wolves. One of the wolves was shot and the other disappeared. Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:1.
January 29, 1979
At a joint meeting of the March and Glen Cairn Soccer Clubs was held. Both clubs were both dissolved to form a new Kanata City Soccer Club. The Board of Directors and Executive for the newly formed club were Allan Wilson, Sid Johnson, Jim Burrows, Bart Jones, John Brunette, John Dowell, Barry Felstead, Norbett Hendrycks, Lloyd Mason, John Rahim, Keith Richardson, Norbett Riester, Phil Shea, and Alan Waltho. Kanata Standard, January 19, 1979:8; Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:16.
January 31, 1979
Kanata City Council decided that a consulting engineering firm would be used to investigate structural problems in the Glen Cairn Community Centre. There had been crumbling walls in the building. Alderman Lund was upset that this could happen, and expressed the need to find the cause of the damage. Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:2.
February 2, 1979
Stephanie Paul reported that progress on the Town Centre may be slowed due to a lack of a major retail tenant for the first portion of the development. Many recognized the importance of the construction of the centre, due the unique history of Kanata and the fact that it had grown “from the outside in,” and as a result had no real centre. Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:1
February 2, 1979
The editors of the Kanata Standard announced that a new system of sub-editors was created to make the paper better and to “spread the activities of the paper to more helpers.” Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:2.
February 2, 1979
Al Craig wrote an article for the Standard on SS No. 1, March Public School. Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:2.
February 2, 1979
The results of two months of polling by the Glen Cairn Community Association executive indicated that a majority of the residents of Glen Cairn rejected the Kanata Standard. At the time, the Standard was a publication of the Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association. Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:10.
February 2, 1979
Events and activities for the City of Kanata Winter Carnival 1979 were published in the Standard. Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:20.
February 2, 1979
Doug Foster reported that the Winter Carnival ‘79 Duchess would be Marilyn Foster. Kanata Standard, February 16, 1979:3.
February 5, 1979
The first meeting of the City of Kanata Transportation Committee was held. It was primarily an advisory committee. A number of concerns that needed to be taken up with OC Transpo staff were discussed. Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:1.
February 6, 1979
An open Kanata City Council meeting was held in Glen Cairn. A number of concerns were brought to Council’s attention, including snow removal and garbage collection. Stephanie Paul reported that the Council meeting was well attended and “the exchange between council members and the audience was lively.” Kanata Standard, February 16, 1979:2,5,6.
February 7, 1979
James Gillies, noted economist and MP for Don Valley, spoke at a public meeting at the John Mlacak Centre. Kanata Standard, February 2, 1979:9.
February 16, 1979
Newton Steacy, in his KBCA President Report, stated the association’s intent to expand the distribution of the Standard. Each community association had expressed an interest in this except for the Glen Cairn executive. Their sentiment was based on the results of a recent survey done in that community. Steacy claimed that “the Glen Cairn executive was quick to support the negative vote” when the results indicated otherwise. Kanata Standard, February 16, 1979:3.
February 16, 1979
Garry Thom reported on housing in Glen Cairn. Thom pointed out that building by the two major developers in the area, Costain and Sandbury, was leveling off. Kanata Standard, February 16, 1979:5.
February 16, 1979
It was announced by the Canadian Housing Design Council that a Community Design Award go to the early stages of Kanata, as the area was known prior the formation of the City of Kanata. It was awarded jointly to the City of Kanata and Campeau Corporation. While giving out the award, Jean Ouellet stated: “The early development of Kanata resulted from the vision and enterprise of William Teron. The continued growth of the town in more recent years is a great credit to the planning and design concepts which he introduced, as well as to the municipality (the Township of March) and to the Campeau Corporation, the present owner and developer.” Kanata Standard, February 16, 1979:11.
February 16, 1979
Kanata’s Mitel Corporation announced the appointment of Burns Fry Limited as its fiscal agents to underwrite the first issue of Mitel stock to the pubic. Kanata Standard, February 16, 1979:14.
February 16, 1979
The National Capital Equestrian Park held its Annual General Meeting. Over 70 people attended. A new Executive and Board of Directors was elected and an auditor’s statement presented. Kanata Standard, March 2, 1979:6.
February 17, 1979
The newly completed People Place recreation project officially opened. The John G. Mlacak Centre combined completion of the existing arena and the provision of new space for a variety of recreational pursuits. The project began in the spring of 1978. Kanata Standard, February 16, 1979:9.
February 20, 1979
Kanata City Council called for the provincial Minister of Revenue to reassess the value of all properties within the City of Kanata. Kanata Standard, March 2, 1979:1,4.
February 22, 1979
Earl of March boys’ and girls’ teams were overall winners in cross-country skiing in the Provincial Championships after two days of competition. Among those placing were Bernie Saneer, Dave Bennett, Carolyn Champion Venessa Daniel, Peter Eiselle, Jenny Labenek, Nancy Labenek, Scott Laughton, Anne McTaggart, Bill Mlacak, Rob Parsons, and Bernie Sander. Kanata Standard, March 2, 1979:12.
February 26, 1979
The Kanata Transportation Committee met with OC Transpo staff to exchange information and views related to some outstanding actions and key concerns of the Committee and local residents. Kanata Standard, March 2, 1979:2.
March 1, 1979
The Kanata Book Fair was opened by Mayor Marianne Wilkinson, Trustee J. D. Lyon, and Robin Skuce from the office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. As of February 20th, 18,498 used books had been collected. A larger than expected crowd turned up for the opening of the event. Kanata Standard, March 2, 1979:1; Kanata Standard, March 16, 1979:14.
March 2, 1979
A feature article appeared in the Standard discussing the need for a new school for Katimavik-Hazeldean. Kanata Standard, March 2, 1979:1,5.
March 2, 1979
The winners of the Kanata City Logo Contest were published in the Standard. First prize went to a joint submission by Wendy, Ian, Shaun and Mary Lou Kingham from Beaverbrook. Moderate changes in color were made to the logo, to then be used on all City vehicles, letterhead, etc. Kanata Standard, March 2, 1979:2.
March 2, 1979
Maurice Dubras began a series of articles appearing in the Standard on city matters discussed in City Council meetings. It was titled “Council in Action: Inside From the Outside”. Dubras reported this first Council meeting as a “quick and quiet affair.” Kanata Standard, March 2, 1979:1.
March 2, 1979
The results of the Kanata Winter Carnival 1979 were published in the Standard. Kanata Standard, March 2, 1979:13-15.
March 6, 1979
Kanata City Council held one of their “mobile meetings” in rural Kanata. Kanata Standard, March 2, 1979:1.
March 7, 1979
The Katimavik Beaverbrook Community Association held its Annual General meeting, combined with the regular monthly meeting. Twenty-seven cluster directors and 6 guests attended. The meeting focused on the management of 1978's money and budgeting for 1979. Kanata Standard, March 16, 1979:2,5.
March 13, 1979
Kanata City Council recommended that a fire station be built on the March Central School site to serve the rural areas of the City. The project, still needing ratification, was budgeted at $201,000. Kanata Fire Chief Jim Snider appeared at the meeting, to help make the case for the new station. Standard, March 30, 1979:2,5.
March 16, 1979
Marilyn Foster wrote a feature on a new Katimavik Co-operative Nursery School in Kanata. Kanata Standard, March 16, 1979:1.
March 16, 1979
It was announced that Kanata Scouts, Joe Nyenhuis and Alex Guruprasad, hoped to attend a mini-jamboree in Sweden. Fundraising events were planned. Kanata Standard, March 16, 1979:7.
March 16, 1979
Garry Thom reported in the Standard that Iber Homes intended to erect 31 single dwelling and 3 doubles at the corner of Highway 7 and Seabrooke Drive in Glen Cairn. Thom stated that this was “contrary to the Report on Housing Construction” that appeared in the previous issue of the Standard. Kanata Standard, March 16, 1979:16.
March 16, 1979
Al Craig wrote an historical piece in the Standard on the Hazeldean Rural Telephone Company. Kanata Standard, March 16, 1979:19.
March 25, 1979
Dunrobin resident Robert Conye’s car was vandalized after he left it on along the side of Highway 17 due to mechanical difficulties. All the windows were smashed, the body dented, and the contents looted, to the point were it was expected that the car would be a write-off. Kanata Standard, March 30, 1979:1.
March 25, 1979
Kim Woolford saved 5-year-old Trevor MacLean from near-drowning in Bluegrass Park. Trevor had slipped into the water when some ice gave way. Standard, March 30, 1979:1.
March 29, 1979
The Regional Planning Committee held a final series of hearings on the Conservation Lands Proposal, as revised by the Planning Committee. Kanata Standard, March 16, 1979:4.
March 30, 1979
Alderman Bob Kingham wrote, in his As I See It column, that Cadillac-Fairview was “exploiting the real issue” when they petitioned the Cabinet of Ontario to reverse an OMB decision that rejected their “energy conserving” community development proposal. A Standard editorial added: “This project is in the wrong place and at the wrong time. When Kanata has 93,000 population, a risk of this sort could perhaps be considered, certainly not now.” Subsequently, Kanata City Council gave its support for the project and the petition to the provincial government, though by a narrow vote of 4-3. Standard, March 30, 1979:1,2,4.
April 9, 1979
Kanata City Council approved the construction of a fire station in the rural part of the municipality, to be funded by money authorized by the former Township of March. Kanata Standard, April 12, 1979:14.
April 9, 1979
The Kanata Public Library opened a temporary facility in Glen Cairn, next to the Glen Cairn Arena. Kanata Standard, June 22, 1979:1.
April 10, 1979
The 1979 budget of $33,666,852 for the Carleton Separate School Board was approved. As William Broadfoot reported, this amount allowed for an expenditure up to the ceiling set by the Ministry of Education of $1409 per pupil. Difficult decisions were made during the budgetary process, however the Board managed to budget to maintain the current pupil-teacher ratio and the same quality of programs. Kanata Standard, April 27:9.
April 12, 1979
It was reported that Wayne Hutt, Manager of Thermocell Insulation, and Dan Ciona, Administrator for the City of Kanata, had met to discuss some of the difficulties with paper collection. The amount of paper collection had greatly exceeded the previous year, to the point where Thermocell’s collection ability was overloaded. Kanata Standard, April 12, 1979:1
April 12, 1979
Federal Conservative MP Paul Dick announced his candidacy for Lanark-Renfrew-Carleton. Dick was first elected in 1972. Kanata Standard, April 12, 1979:14.
April 12, 1979
The new Executive for Kanata Ladies Bowling was announced. It included Erm Boyd, Mich Gardner, Wafa Abov, Carol Redmond, Alana Schyburt, and Mina Blovin. Kanata Standard, April 12, 1979:15.
April 12, 1979
It was reported that Newton Steacy spoke to KBCA about the incorporation of the Kanata Standard, and expressed that it would be postponed because it was a very complicated task to be attempted at the time. Kanata Standard, April 12, 1979:1 Kanata Standard, April 12, 1979:6.
April 18, 1979
The March Sailing Club held its General Meeting. Members voted to make amendments to the constitution and change their name to the Kanata Sailing Club. Kanata Standard, April 27:16.
April 19, 1979
Students and staff at Earl of March School opened their production of “Swinging High.” Ron Andoff stated that they did a “bang up job” on the musical. Kanata Standard, April 12, 1979:1; Kanata Standard, April 27:1.
April 19, 1979
It was reported that after a successful campaign the Standard would be delivered in Glen Cairn to subscribers only. This marked a departure from the Standard’s concept of delivery to every household, which was the result of the Glen Cairn Community Association’s decision not to support a citywide distribution of the Standard. Kanata Standard, April 27:1.
April 26, 1979
A presentation by the Canadian Design Council honoured both the developers and residents of the community. Kanata had previously impressed a jury traveling across Canada visiting towns, city neighborhoods and prestigious areas of suburbia. Sharon Clayton stated that Kanata “impressed the judges with its landscaping, especially the rock outcroppings that have been used to dramatic advantages.” Three plaques were presented, one to Mayor Wilkinson, another to Ratan Rege of Campeau Corporation, and the third to William Teron, who was the driving force behind the creation of Kanata. Marianne Wilkinson later stated in her Commentary: “The award was not based solely on physical design of the community, but also on the evident interest of the residents and the active involvement between the residents and the municipal government in creating and maintaining the community design concepts.” Kanata Standard, May 11, 1979:1,2.
April 26, 1979
The Nepean Arts Association held its inaugural meeting. Its objectives included fostering public awareness of the visual and performing arts, encouraging co-operation among artistic groups, promoting future developments, facilities, and programs for artistic activities, and serving as a liaison with regional, provincial and national arts bodies. Kanata Standard, October 12, 1979:18.
April 27, 1979
Through an editorial in the Standard, the need for a pedestrian overpass to bridge the Queensway was questioned. Kanata City Council had previously promoted the construction of the bridge. In a letter to the Editor, Ihor Nakonecznyj also questioned the logic supporting the overpass, and concluded that more questions needed to be dealt with before spending over half a million dollars and “satisfying a need which may turn out to be a political illusion.” Kanata Standard, April 27:2.
April 27, 1979
Tony Jarvis introduced his new column for the Standard, The Kanata Industrial Scene. His goal was to increase the media coverage of the industrial sector. Kanata Standard, April 27:6.
April 27, 1979
It was reported that Operation Identification was underway in Glen Cairn. Engravers were making their rounds of homes to put identifying marks on valuable items. Kanata Standard, April 27:11,14.
April 27, 1979
A candidate profile for Paul Dick, PC MP for Lanark-Renfrew-Carleton, appeared in the Kanata Standard. Dick stated: “We must get Canada going again.” Kanata Standard, April 27:13.
April 27, 1979
The new executive for the South March Women’s Institute, the result of an Annual General Meeting, was published in the Standard. It included Brenda Turner, Donna Cummings, June Denys, Nicole Butler, Mary Noble, Nancy Medynski, Shirley Yakabuski, Myrt Nugent, Katie Vance, Angela Tucker, Ann Ward, and Joyce Arrowsmith. Kanata Standard, April 27:14.
April 27, 1979
Walter Baker, PC candidate in the riding of Nepean-Carleton, had an article published in the Standard. Baker stated that “Pierre Trudeau’s monuments clutter the landscape; low morale in the Public Service; a language policy intended to unite but which has in fact divided; young people worried about their futures; a tax system that burdens small business and drains incentive; a country that thinks more in terms of its parts than the sum of its parts — all of this created by a ‘leadership’ which is more style than substance.” Kanata Standard, April 27:18.
April 27, 1979
An article appeared in the Standard featuring Pat Carroll, former March Township Councillor and principal of AY Jackson Secondary School in Kanata, as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Lanark-Renfrew-Carleton. Carroll had been living and involved in Kanata since 1972. Carroll stated that Canada is not on the “brink of disaster,” and that the country had done well in the past decade in comparison with other OECD countries. Kanata Standard, April 27:21.
May 1, 1979
It was the official opening of the Katimavik Hazeldean Community Centre, concurrent with the first Kanata City Council meeting in that community. Murray Duke, Chairman of the Katimavik Hazeldean School Task Force, reviewed the findings and recommendations of the report to Council. Maurice Dubras stated in his Council In Action column: “The level of support Council gives to the Task Force findings will be critical when it comes to persuading the School Board to revise its construction schedule. There appeared to be very little doubt in the minds of those residents present or represented that a community school is very high on their priority list.” Kanata Standard, May 11, 1979:1,22.
May 11, 1979
It was reported that there were over 325 paid subscribers of the Kanata Standard in Glen Cairn. Gaining subscriptions in the area became a necessary move due to the lack of support for the Standard from the Glen Cairn Community Association. Kanata Standard, May 11, 1979:2.
May 11, 1979
A Standard editorial stated that not much was learned at a recent All Candidates Meeting and stated: “Paul Dick, the PC man attacked the Prime Minister, the Liberal hopeful, Pat Carroll attacked the Leader of the Opposition and Colin Gilhuly from the NDP spoke of the rosy future that we could have under that party, if by some miracle , they could form a Government.” Kanata Standard, May 11, 1979:2.
May 11, 1979
Carol Dougherty wrote an article on John Cabotto, a Kanata restaurant operated by Dominique and Angleo. She raved that they “set about to determine the gastronomical needs of the community and in my opinion have succeeded in meeting those needs.” Kanata Standard, May 11, 1979:9.
May 11, 1979
In his regular column, The Kanata Industrial Scene, Tony Jarvis featured Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd. Company president, Denny Doyle, commented on the decision to locate in Kanata that the protection of jobs for employees living in the area was a primary concern. Doyle stressed the high community involvement of the firm. Kanata Standard, May 11, 1979:10.
May 15, 1979
The Annual Meeting of the March Hockey Association was held at the Bill McNeill Memorial Hall. Kanata Standard, May 11, 1979:15.
May 20, 1979
The interior of the home of Joan Geeck on Jackson Court was damaged by a fire. The house was owned by Cathy Boyden. There was in excess of $10,000 damage to the house; the household pets, a Highland Terrier and several gerbils, were lost in the fire. Kanata Standard, May 25, 1979:1.
May 21, 1979
Mayfair 1979 and its various events began. The Rural area of Kanata won the annual Mayfair Lob-Ball Tournament. It was also the 14th Annual Dance and Casino. Over 400 people attended the dance May 26. Kanata Standard, May 11, 1979:12-13; Kanata Standard, June 8, 1979:6,7
May 22, 1979
In the federal election, Paul Dick was re-elected as MP in Lanark-Renfrew-Carleton and Walter Baker was re-elected MP in Nepean-Carleton.
May 25, 1979
Glen Cairn resident Jennifer Anne Waugh won the Jean Phillips, Campership to Camp Bitobi award. The camp, in Gracefield Quebec, was for explorers and other young girls looking for summer fun in a religious atmosphere. Kanata Standard, May 25, 1979:3.
May 28, 1979
Stephen Leacock School grade six students said their good-byes to Quebec exchange students on their return to Kanata. The exchange was part of an immersion program initially proposed by Principal Robert Bullock. Kanata Standard, June 8, 1979:1.
May 29, 1979
A public forum on Declining Enrolment and The Community was held to discuss reduced education funding by the Ontario government and enrolment issues. Kanata Standard, May 25, 1979:14.
May 29, 1979
The Annual General Meeting of the Local Association of Kanata Guides and Brownies was held. The new executive included H. Bennett, Sandra Plumley, P. Williams, J. Arrowsmith, J. Higgins, S. Lewis, V. Guy, O. Froud, R. Hooey, P. Gale, D. Lougheed, N. Mackay, J. Williams, V. Westmore, Y. Ludlow, B. Thamer, and P. Conacher. Kanata Standard, June 8, 1979:4.
June 4, 1979
Changes occurred to the No.73 bus schedule. The changes, approved by the Kanata Transportation Committee, also eliminated the No. 70, and extended the No. 46 route to Bridlewood. Kanata Standard, May 25, 1979:1,3.
June 5, 1979
Kanata City Council approved its 1979 budget. Expenditures were estimated at $3,208,074. The mill rate remained the same as it had been for March Township the previous year. Bridlewood mill rates decreased 40 percent. Glen Cairn Community experienced roughly a 12 percent decrease. Marianne Wilkinson later commented that the 1979 budget “should keep the City in a healthy financial state.” Kanata Standard, June 8, 1979:1,12.
June 8, 1979
In his column The Kanata Industrial Scene, Tony Jarvis featured Lumonics Research Ltd. Jarvis reported that since the inception of the laser firm in 1970, Lumonics had grown at a rate better than 50 percent annually, “developing a wide range of laser products for both scientific and industrial applications.” Kanata Standard, June 8, 1979:2.
June 8, 1979
The results of the Mayfair pet show were published in the Standard. Winners of the four main categories were Kirk Brant's tarantula, Alison Bill's cat Tiger, Rob Holt's spoodle Muffin, and Brenda Bedford's keeshound Dusty. Kanata Standard, June 8, 1979:5.
June 9, 1979
The Kanata Ballet School presented their bi-annual recital. Sharon Clayton, in a review of performance, stated that she was “impressed with the professional atmosphere on the stage, and behind the scenes.” Kanata Standard, June 22, 1979:9.
June 11, 1979
A new executive was selected at a Glen Cairn Community Association meeting. It included Colin Gillieson, Leon Asselstine, Barry Martin, Graham Ball, Joe Ryan, and Cathy Ireland. Kanata Standard, June 22, 1979:3.
June 13, 1979
A book-publishing celebration at a Katimavik home was held. Louise Reynolds, with the assistance of her husband Ralph, researched and wrote Agnes, the Biography of Lady Macdonald. Kanata Standard, June 22, 1979:9.
June 16, 1979
There was an official opening of the Glen Cairn Flood Control Works. Mayor Marianne Wilkinson and Councilors Charlie Rogers, and Bob Kingham attended. The Carp River, which had flooded the Glen Cairn area since the 1970's, was to be detained in a reservoir and released at a slow rate. Kanata Standard, June 22, 1979:1.
June 19, 1979
Final approval was given by Kanata City Council for the pedestrian overpass to bridge the Queensway. Kanata Standard, June 22, 1979:1.
June 19, 1979
Kanata City Council gave preliminary approval for the Hazeldean Centre, a shopping mall located on the northwest side of the intersection of Hwy. 7 and Young Road in Katimavik/Hazeldean. Kanata Standard, June 22, 1979:1.
June 19, 1979
Kanata City Council decided to adopt pay-as-you-go rates for the three Kanata pools. Kanata Standard, June 22, 1979:1.
June 19, 1979
The Town Centre Secondary Plan and the Rural Plan were both approved by Regional Council. There were only minor word changes to the Town Centre Plan, and development was expected to proceed on a limited basis later in the year. Kanata Standard, June 22, 1979:1,12.
June 25, 1979
Mayor Marianne Wilkinson was on hand to officially inaugurate the new Katimavik Pool. Kanata Standard, July 6, 1979:12.
July 3, 1979
Kanata Scouts Alex Guruprasad, Stephen Heard, Michael Nyenhuis, and Joe Nyenhuis began their travel to Denmark and Sweden, to attend an international camp in Sweden. Kanata Standard, July 20, 1979:20.
July 6, 1979
It was reported that the Ontario Municipal Board had approved Kanata’s request to debenture $200,000 towards the construction of the pedestrian bridge over the Queensway. The total cost was estimated at $438,000. Kanata Standard, July 6, 1979:1.
July 6, 1979
It was reported that the federal government had awarded a $30,000 contract to Mitel Corporation of Kanata to study silicon chip production for Telidon. Kanata Standard, July 6, 1979:11.
July 20, 1979
The Kanata Public Library Board announced that plans were underway for a new branch library in Kanata South. A sub-committee was struck for further investigation. Kanata Standard, July 20, 1979:2.
July 22, 1979
Two cars, driven by Bruce McLean and Steve Kominski, collided at the intersection of Teron and Beaverbrook Roads. There was extensive damage to both cars and only minor injury to a pedestrian. Kanata Standard, August 3, 1979:10.
July 28, 1979
Bridlewood held a birthday party to celebrate its second year of growth. Kanata Standard, July 20, 1979:7; Kanata Standard, August 3, 1979:1.
August 3, 1979
A proposed expansion for the March Montessori School was finalized. This was driven by a growing demand for Montessori education in the community. Kanata Standard, August 3, 1979:9.
August 8, 1979
As part of Project 4000, the first Vietnamese family arrived in Kanata. The Voong’s were set up in a house donated by Campeau Corporation for one year, including heat and hydro. Project 4000 had been previously launched by Ottawa Mayor Marion Dewer, who had also recommended that Kanata set up a committee to coordinate local efforts. Subsequently, a Co-ordinating Committee was struck. Kanata Standard, July 20, 1979:1,2; Kanata Standard, August 17, 1979:1.
August 14, 1979
Kanata City Council recommended that the Mayor’s annual salary would rise from $11,000 to $20,000 and the Aldermen’s from $4,500 to $6,500. It would come under final approval in September, 1979. Kanata Standard, August 17, 1979:1.
August 17, 1979
In a letter to the editor, Maurice Dubras and his family said their good-byes to Kanata. They stated: “We are about to embark on a very different life style in the knowledge that no other urban community could compare with Kanata. Kanata Standard, August 17, 1979:2.
August 28, 1979
Two Kanata youths, 17-year-old Douglas Conner and 16-year-old Chris Quinsey, were killed in an automobile accident. The incident took place on the Huntley Town Line Road, where the vehicle overturned into the Carp River. Kanata Standard, August 31, 1979:1.
August 31, 1979
It was reported that 17-year-old Kanata resident Lindsay Eltis had won an all-expense-paid trip to the Alberta oil sands. He had participated in the Canada-wide Science Fair in London Ontario, and was recognized as having the best environment-related project in the fair’s senior division. Kanata Standard, August 31, 1979:1.
August 31, 1979
Meetings between officials from the City of Kanata ad the Provincial Ministry of Culture and Recreation were held to discuss a proposed $12,000 recreation study for the City. It was to be completed by August, 1980. Kanata Standard, August 31, 1979:1.
September 8, 1979
A successful Glen Cairn Fun Fair was held. Kanata Standard, September 14, 1979:1.
September 12, 1979
Kanata City Council met in the Katimavik Community Centre, and asked residents for input on alterations to ward boundaries. Kanata Standard, September 14, 1979:1.
September 12, 1979
An extreme-noise by-law was proposed by Kanata City Council, which would prohibit many normal activities if they produced an audible sound. Only Alderman Bob Kingham objected. Activities prohibited at various hours or days would include racing the engine of a car, operating a lawn mower, operating a radio or hi-fi set, yelling, barking by a dog, ringing of Church bells, etc. Kanata Standard, September 14, 1979:1.
September 14, 1979
A Standard editorial emphasized that the newspaper, as a rather large community-owned operation, relied heavily on volunteers. The editors stated that recent editions had been lacking in “hard” news and investigative articles, due to their “cadre of volunteers” becoming “alarmingly small.” Kanata Standard, September 14, 1979:2.
September 14, 1979
The Interlangues School of Languages announced the opening of its West End School in Kanata. Kanata Standard, September 14, 1979:7.
September 14, 1979
It was reported that a group of residents, led by Alderman Jean Gubby, were pushing for a Committee to support the Ottawa Civic Hospital’s five year Development Plan. Kanata Standard, September 14, 1979:16.
September 16, 1979
A ceremonial sod-turning occurred at St. Paul’s Anglican Church to mark the beginning of construction of a new church hall. Kanata Standard, September 28, 1979:1.
September 16, 1979
A Kanata concert debut to begin the fall season was held at the Earl of March Auditorium. Kanata Standard, September 28, 1979:9.
September 22, 1979
The Kanata Singles began their fall season of dances. Kanata Standard, September 14, 1979:14.
September 28, 1979
In a Standard editorial, Isa Clayton criticized Council for spending valuable time on things like the recently proposed anti-noise by-law. Clayton stated: “As it stands Kanata has far too MANY restrictions” and that if Council “have nothing more constructive to do with OUR time, we employ them on a part-time basis.” Kanata Standard, September 28, 1979:2.
September 28, 1979
Bob Kingham stated in a Standard article that the noise by-law recently introduced by Kanata City Council had “evoked more public interest in our new city than any other single issue since the election.” He had received around 50 calls on the issue. Kanata Standard, September 28, 1979:1.
September 28, 1979
The City of Kanata and the Recreation Department opened a room in the John Mlacak Centre to be used as a Teen Centre. Kanata Standard, September 28, 1979:11.
September 29, 1979
The 7th Annual City of Kanata Oktoberfest was held. Kanata Standard, September 14, 1979:10-11.
October 3, 1979
The Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association held a General Meeting. It was reported as being a very “contentious” meeting, which eventually led to the adoption of a new constitution and set of by-laws. A motion was also passed to extend the term of the current Board of Directors and Executive to June 15, 1980. Kanata Standard, October 12, 1979:1.
October 9, 1979
In a Kanata City Council meeting, Mayor Wilkinson indicated that there may be potentially large increases in taxes. Kanata Standard, October 12, 1979:1.
October 12, 1979
The City of Kanata Auditor’s Report for 1979 was published in the Standard. Kanata Standard, September 28, 1979:12-13.
October 13, 1979
There was a musical performance by David Gailbraith and Friends. Fred Boyd reported that the presentation made for a “very enjoyable evening.” Kanata Standard, October 26, 1979:20.
October 15, 1979
A meeting was held to discuss the future of the Kanata Standard newspaper. Plans were put in place to ensure meeting growing needs and opportunities of the “enlarged” paper. Kanata Standard, October 26, 1979:1.
October 17, 1979
The Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association held its New Residents’ Night. Over 50 people attended. Kanata Standard, October 26, 1979:1.
October 17, 1979
Steinberg’s 9th and largest store was opened for business at Hazeldean Mall. Kanata Standard, October 26, 1979:5.
October 17, 1979
Towers Department Store opened in Hazeldean Mall. Kanata Standard, October 26, 1979:6.
October 18, 1979
The Stittsville and District Snowmobile Association held its Annual General Meeting. Kanata Standard, October 12, 1979:8.
October 20, 1979
The Kinsmen Club of West Carleton held their 1st Annual Lobster & Beef Night. Over 300 people attended the event.
October 24, 1979
The Kanata Theatre opened its season with Forty Carets. It was directed by Laurence Thornton and the cast included Marg Awthority, Murray Hayes, Rosie Keneford, Mary Mauger, Jennifer Jermyn, Paula Wilke, Liane Freedman, Bob Knight, Jim Ritchie, and Barrie Kirk. Kanata Standard, October 12, 1979:18.
October 26, 1979
A feature article in the Standard outlined events rendering a hydro utility possible in Kanata. Art Bowker was reported as stating that he was recommending that a hydro utility be established for the City, and that the final report would go to the Minister of Energy. Kanata Standard, October 26, 1979:1.
October 26, 1979
The Air Cadet League of Canada, in cooperation with the Kiwanis Club, announced their intent to form an Air Cadet Squadron in Kanata. Kanata Standard, October 26, 1979:11.
October 26, 1979
The New Amended Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association Constitution of October 3 was published in the Standard. Kanata Standard, October 26, 1979:14-15.
October 26, 1979
Regional Council held a Special Regional Council meeting to deal with the report on Environmental Lands, formerly called Conservation Lands for the Region. A provision was made to allow some use of plans of subdivision to permit both landowners and local municipalities to have a greater degree of flexibility in dealing with the use of environmental lands. Kanata Standard, October 26, 1979:18-19; Kanata Standard November 9, 1979:1,12; Kanata Standard, November 9, 1979:1,12.
October 26, 1979
Information on the new Kinsmen Participark was published in the Standard. Kanata Standard, October 26, 1979:21-3.
October 30, 1979
An official reception was held to celebrate the opening of Hazeldean Mall. Kanata Standard, November 9, 1979:10
November 6, 1979
The Carleton School Board Committee held a Whole Committee meeting to consider the five-year capital plan and the priorities for future school construction. Kanata Standard, November 9, 1979:2.
November 9, 1979
A feature in the Standard updated Project 4000 and the status of the first Vietnamese family sponsored in Kanata as part of the program. Kanata Standard, November 9, 1979:1,12.
November 20, 1979
There was a sod-turning ceremony to mark a major expansion of the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Commercial Products, located in the Kanata North Industrial Park. Kanata Standard, November 23, 1979:1.
November 22, 1979
Kanata youth Bill Casley was presented with a personal bravery award by the Kanata-Carleton Rotary Club. The previous August, Casley had pulled David Malloy from a burning car just before it exploded. November 23, 1979:11.
November 23, 1979
The President of the National Capital Equestrian Park announced that a Wintario grant approval was given to cover 50 percent, or $416,612, of an all-weather indoor riding arena. Kanata Standard, November 23, 1979:13.
November 26, 1979
A meeting was held in Rural March to discuss whether or not to remain part of Kanata or to become part of West Carleton.
November 27, 1979
Kanata City Council passed a by-law authorizing the acquisition of land, the design and construction of a library in Glen Cairn. It was estimated to cost $502,000. Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:13.
November 27, 1979
Kanata City Council approved the acquisition of land and the architectural design fees for a new rural fire hall, estimated at $155,000.
November 30, 1979
Mitel officially opened its Kanata headquarters. The company was already planning further expansion to its Kanata, Ogdensburg and Puerto Rico plants. Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:21.
December 1, 1979
The City of Kanata celebrated its 1st birthday. Approximately 400 people attended a the festivities at Glen Cairn Community Centre. Campeau Corporation provided several birthday gifts, including a Campeau University Scholarship, a giant outdoor skating rink, and a giant toboggan run. Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:1.
December 1, 1979
Mayor Wilkinson presented the Kingham family with a mounted picture of their winning logo design for the City of Kanata at the City’s 1st birthday. Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:31.
December 4, 1979
Kanata City Council opened their meeting with a tribute to Alderman Lund for his work on the Hydro Committees leading up to an agreement to set up a city Hydro Utility. Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:1.
December 4, 1979
Kanata City Council approved a motion in principle to change the name of Highway 17 to March Road. Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:4.
December 7, 1979
An article by Carol Dougherty, based on interview with Mayor Marianne Wilkinson with regard to the first year of the City of Kanata, was published in the Standard. Dougherty wrote: “Not unlike the parents of a first newborn, the mayor and council have frequently relied upon trial and error and upon their own judgment to make decisions. In fact the lack of precedent, policy or procedure has forced council to learn through experience and to grow with the city.” Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:6.
December 7, 1979
Bob Kingham commented in an article in the Standard on the first year of the City of Kanata. Kingham stated: “...you cannot make a community by Law. First and foremost it takes people — not a faceless legion, but neighbours and friends whose membership in Kanata derives from a conscious sense of belonging.” Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:7.
December 7, 1979
Doug Nash wrote A Year of Reflection, to commemorate Kanata’s birthday. He stated: “I count this first year as a beneficial learning experience. I now realize that the provincial government has a great deal of jurisdiction over how a municipality operates, and it has been a very revealing experience to study the fine points of the Ontario Municipal Act.” Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:8.
December 7, 1979
Charlie Rogers’ article, A Year in Review, outlined his participation in the first year of the City of Kanata. Rogers stated: “We are suffering from growing pains (possibly some headaches still around from motherhood), but I feel that we are progressing at a reasonable rate considering the circumstances and I look forward to a better progress rate in the next twelve months.” Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:9.
December 7, 1979
Marianne Wilkinson, in her Commentary, reflected on the past year as Mayor of the new City of Kanata. She stated that the year had been full of “challenges, of accomplishments, of frustrations, of pleasure, of hard work, of long hours, and of tremendous encouragement and assistance given to me by the residents of Kanata, the members of Council and particularly by the Kanata City Staff.” Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:14.
December 7, 1979
It was reported that three new refugee families had arrived in the Kanata area, as part of the ongoing Project 4000 program. Kanata Standard, December 7, 1979:30.
December 11, 1979
The speed limit on Eagleson Road from Highway 7 to Timm Drive was lowered from 80 km/h to 60 km/h. Kanata Standard, Jan. 11, 1980:4.
December 21, 1979
In a letter to the Editor, E. C. Prince criticized Kanata City Council for allowing the construction of the Participark, calling it “another pillaging of the natural landscape and thus the loss of the pastoral scene.” Kanata Standard, December 21, 1979:2.
R. C. Dickson - Sinners Don't Cry!
Period Books M-102, 1961
Cover Artist: unknown
"They searched for the sound. Tried to find it in the pain of their passion... the scream of her surrender... the rage of his rape..."
Male chryselephantine head, probably, representing Apollo.
The remains of the chryselephantine statues representing Apollo and Artemis constitute an outstanding example of a rare sculptural technique that combined sculpted ivory and hammered gold, affixed to a wooden core. As we know from ancient literary sources, sculptors used this technique in the 6th and 5th century for cult statues, as Phidias did when he created the statue of Athena for the Parthenon and that of Zeus for Olympia. Gold leaf or gilt sheets with hammered decoration that rendered the hair, dress, jewellery and other details were fitted onto the wooden core of the statue, while the bare parts of the body, such as the face, hands and feet, were of ivory. The eyes and the eyelashes were inlaid. Two gold bands with wavy decoration render the long chest-length tresses.
According to one possible explanation, the chryselephantine statues were three and they constituted a group representing the Apollonian triad, Apollo with his sister Artemis and their mother Leto
Chryselephantine sculpture
Archaic period
Ionian workshop
6th century BC
Delphi, Archaeological Museum
Jomon Period Section of Japanese Archaeology Gallery, Tokyo National Museum, Japan. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
Some pleasant but dull, grey and damp dog walks over the Christmas period. Christmas day was especially peaceful and pleasant.
Snapshot camera
Panasonic GF1 + 20mm
History of the Vienna State Opera
132 years house on the Ring
(you can see pictures by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
State Opera (K.K. Court Opera) 1901
About three and a half centuries, until the early Baroque period, the tradition of Viennese opera goes back. Emperor Franz Joseph I decreed in December 1857 to tear down the old city walls and fortifications around the city center of Vienna and to lay out a wide boulevard with new buildings for culture and politics, the ring road.
The two Court Theatres (a speech and a musical theater) should find a new place on the ring. For the Imperial and Royal Court Opera House was chosen a prominent place in the immediate area of the former Kärntnertortheatre. This by the public that much loved opera theater was demolished in 1709 due to its confinement .
State Opera (K.K. Court Opera) 1903
The new opera house was built by the Viennese architect August Sicardsburg, who designed the basic plan, and Eduard van der Null, who designed the interior decoration. But other eminent artists had been involved: just think of Moritz von Schwind, who painted the frescoes in the foyer and the famous "Magic Flute", cycle of frescoes in the loggia. The two architects did not experience the opening of "their" opera house any more. The sensitive van der Null committed suicide since the Wiener (Viennes people) denigrated the new house as lacking in style, his friend Sicardsburg succumbed a little later to a stroke.
1869 - 1955
On 25 May 1869 the House was with Mozart's DON JUAN in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph, the highest building owner, and Empress Elisabeth opened.
However, with the artistic charisma under the first directors Franz von Dingelstedt, Johann Herbeck, Franz Jauner and Wilhelm Jahn grew the popularity of the building. A first highlight experienced the Vienna Opera under the director Gustav Mahler, renewing the outdated performance system from scratch, strengthening precision and ensemble spirit and also using significant visual artists (including Alfred Roller) for the shaping of the new stage aesthetic.
In the ten-year-period of his Directorate (1897-1907) continued Gustav Mahler, this very day, in the concert halls of the world as the most important member of a Symphony Orchestra at the turn of the 20th century omnipresent, the intensive fostering of Wagner, Mozart's operas and Beethoven's Fidelio were redesigned, the with Richard Strauss initiated connection to Verdi was held upright. Austrian composers were promoted (Hugo Wolf), the Court Opera was opened to European modernism.
Image: Emperor Franz Joseph I and Emperor Wilhelm II during a gala performance at the Vienna Court Opera in 1900 resulting from the "Book of the Emperor", edited by Max Herzig.
Technique: Lithography
from www.aeiou.at
In addition to the classics of the Italian repertoire were and are especially Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss (himself 1919-1924 director of the House), the musical protection gods of the Vienna State Opera.
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The modern also always had its place: the twenties and thirties witnessed the Vienna premieres of Krenek's Jonny spielt auf, Cardillac Hindemith, Korngold MIRACLE OF Héliane and Berg's Wozzeck (under President Clemens Krauss). This tradition was interrupted with the seizure of power by the National Socialists, yes, after the devastating bomb hits, on 12 March 1945 the house on the ring largely devastating, the care of the art form itself was doubtful.
The Viennese, who had preserved a lively cultural life during the war, were deeply shocked to see the symbol of the Austrian musical life in ruins.
But the spirit of the opera was not destroyed. On 1 May 1945 "State Opera Volksoper" was opened with a brilliant performance of Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, on 6 October 1945 was followed by the re-opening of the hastily restored Theater an der Wien with Beethoven's Fidelio. Thus there were two venues for the next ten years, while the actual main building was rebuilt at great expense.
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Visitors flock to the opera. Reopening on 5th November, 1955.
Image from © www.staatsvertrag.at / bildarchiv austria / ÖGZ / Hilscher
As early as 24 May 1945 the State Secretary of Public Works, Julius Raab, had announced the reconstruction of the Vienna State Opera, which should be placed in the hands of the Austrian architects Erich Boltenstern and Otto Prossinger. Only the main façade, the grand staircase and the Schwindfoyer (evanescence foyer) had been spared from the bombs - with a new auditorium and modernized technology, the Vienna State Opera was brilliant with Beethoven's Fidelio under Karl Böhm on 5 November 1955 reopened. The opening ceremonies were broadcasted from Austrian television and in the whole world at the same time as a sign of life of the resurrected 2nd Republic understood.
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State ceremony to the reopening on 5 November 1955. On the far right under the box of the Federal President a television camera of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation is visible which broadcasted the event. Image from © www.staatsvertrag.at / ÖGZ / Cermak
1955 to 1992
The dictum that the Vienna State Opera survives every director, is attributed to Egon Seefehlner which himself for many years run the businessses of the house. And yet marked he and the thirty-one other directors of the Vienna State Opera since 1869, great musicians or musical administrators, in their own way the profile of this world-famous institution:
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Performance for the reopening of the Vienna State Opera on 5 November, 1955.
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After the Second World War there were first the conductors directors Karl Böhm and Herbert von Karajan - the latter insisted on the title "Artistic Director" and opened the Ensemble house to the international singer market, had the opera rehearsed in original language and oriented his plans to "co-productions" with foreign opera houses, however, which were only realized after his term.
It followed as directors Egon Hilbert, Heinrich Reif-Gintl, Rudolf Gamsjäger and the mentioned Egon Seefehlner, who was appointed for a second time at the top of the house after the departure of his successor in office Lorin Maazel. Claus Helmut Drese (State Opera director from 1986 to 1991) stood with Claudio Abbado an internationally renowned music director by his side. At the beginning of the 90s the forrmer star baritone Eberhard Waechter, at that time director of the Volksoper (People's Opera), charged with the direction. Only seven months have been granted to him as a director.
The era Ioan Holender (1992 to 2010)
After Waechter's tragic death in March 1992 took over general secretary Ioan Holender, a former singer (baritone) and owner of a singer Agency, the office to continue the tradition of perhaps the most important opera institution in the world over the millennium to 2010.
His play plan design relies besides an extremely wide repertoire with the columns Mozart, Wagner, Verdi and Strauss mainly on premieres. Mention may be made of Bellini's I Puritani (1993 /94), Massenet Hérodiade (1994 /95), Verdi's Jerusalem and Britten's PETER GRIMES (1995 /96), Verdi's Stiffelio and Enescu OEDIPE (1996 /97), Rossini's GUILLAUME TELL and Lehár's operetta THE MERRY WIDOW (1998/99) and Schoenberg's THE JAKOBSLEITER, Hiller's PETER PAN, Donizetti's ROBERTO DEVEREUX, Britten's Billy Budd, Verdi's Nabucco (2000/ 01), Bellini's LA SONNAMBULA, Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Janácek's Jenufa (2001/02), Verdi's SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Krenek's Jonny spielt auf, Donizetti's La Favorite, Hiller's PINOCCHIO, Wagner's TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (2002/ 03), Verdi's FALSTAFF, Wagner's FLYING DUTCHMAN and PARSIFAL, Strauss's Daphne (2003/ 04) and the world premiere of the original French version of Verdi's DON CARLOS (2003/ 04). A particular success of the recent past, the rediscovery of Fromental Halévy's La Juive Grand (1999 ) must be considered. Two premières concerned 1995 Adriana Hölszky's THE WALLS (co-production with the Vienna Festival at the Theater an der Wien ) and Alfred Schnittke's Gesualdo. On 15 June 2002 also THE GIANT OF STONE FIELD (Music: Peter Turrini: Friedrich Cerha libretto) premiered with great success, another commissioned work of the Vienna State Opera.
State Opera - © Oliver Thomann - FOTOLIA
Image : Vienna State Opera
In recent years it came up, in each case on 18 May, the anniversary of the death of Gustav Mahler, to concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic at the Vienna State Opera. These were under the direction of Seiji Ozawa (who since the 2002 /03 season the Vienna State Opera director Holender as music director of the house stands to the side) (1995), Carlo Maria Giulini (1996), Riccardo Muti (1997), Lorin Maazel (1998), Zubin Mehta (1999), Giuseppe Sinopoli (2000 ), Riccardo Muti (2001) and again Seiji Ozawa (2004).
Furthermore, was on 16 June, 2002 for the first time by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Seiji Ozawa) a CONCERT FOR AUSTRIA organized. More CONCERTS FOR AUSTRIA followed on 26 October 2003 (Zubin Mehta) and 26 October 2004 (under Valery Gergiev).
At the Theater an der Wien Mozart's Così fan tutte experienced a triumphant new production conducted by Riccardo Muti. This Mozart cycle under Muti continued with DON GIOVANNI and 2001 LE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, 1999.
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Directors since 1869
Franz von Dingelstedt 07/01/1867 - 18/12/1870
Opening 5/25/1869
Johann von Herbeck 12/19/1870 - 30/04/1875
Franz von Jauner 01/05/1875 - 18/06/1880
Director College:
Karl Mayerhofer, Gustav Walter and
Emil Scaria 19.06.1880 - 31.12.1880
Wilhelm Jahn 01.01.1881 - 10.14.1897
Gustav Mahler 10/15/1897 - 31/12/1907
Felix Weingartner 01.01.1908 - 28.02.1911
Hans Gregor 01.03.1911 - 14.11.1918
Franz Schalk 15.11.1918 - 08.15.1919
Richard Strauss/Franz Schalk 16/08/1919 - 31/10/1924
Franz Schalk 1/11/1924 - 8/31/1929
Clemens Krauss 01/09/1929 - 15/12/1934
Felix Weingartner, 01.01.1935 - 08.31.1936
Erwin Kerber 09/01/1936 - 08/31/1940
Henry K. Strohm 09.01.1940 - 19.04.1941
Walter Thomas 02.01.1941 - 19.04.1941
Ernst August Schneider 04/20/1941 - 02/28/1943
Karl Böhm 03.01.1943 - 30.04.1945
Alfred Jerger,
State Opera in the Volksoper 01.05.1945 - 14.06.1945
Franz Salmhofer,
State Opera in the Theater an der Wien, 18.06.1945 - 31.08.1955
Karl Böhm 01.09.1954 - 31.08.1956
Herbert von Karajan 01.09.1956 - 31.03.1962
Herbert von Karajan/Walter Erich Schäfer 01.04.1962 - 08.06.1963
Herbert von Karajan/Egon Hilbert 09.06.1963 - 31.08.1964
Egon Hilbert 01.09.1964 - 18.01.1968
Heinrich Reif- Gintl 19.01.1968 - 31.08.1972
Rudolf Gamsjager 01.09.1972 - 31.08.1976
Egon Seefehlner 01.09.1976 - 31.08.1982
Lorin Maazel 01.09.1982 - 31.08.1984
Egon Seefehlner 01.09.1984 - 31.08.1986
Dr. Claus Helmut Drese 01.09.1986 - 31.08.1991
Eberhard Waechter 01.09.1991 - 29.03.1992
Ioan Holender 01.04.1992 - 31.08.2010
Dominique Meyer since 01/09/2010
Opera world premieres
Abbreviations:
Od = the Odeon
Ron = Ronacher
TW = the Theater an der Wien
1875 10:03. Goldmark The Queen of Sheba
1877 04:10. Brüller Der Landfriede
1880 26.05. Riedel The Accolade
15.12. Brüller Bianca
1883 04.01. Leschetitzky The first fold
21.02. Bachrich Muzzedin
1884 26.03. Bachrich Heini of Styria
1886 30.03. Hellmesberger jun. Fata Morgana
4:10 . Hager Marffa
19.11. Goldmark Merlin
1887 03:04. Harold pepper
1889 27.03. Fox The Bride King
4:10. Smareglia The vassal of Szigeth
1891 19:02. Mader Refugees
1892 01.01. J. Strauss Ritter Pasman
16.02. Massenet Werther
19.11. Bulk Signor Formica
1894 20.01. Heuberger Miriam
1896 21.03. Goldmark The Cricket on the Hearth
1899 17:01. The Goldmark prisoners of war
1900 22:01. Zemlinsky It was once
1902 28.02. Forster The dot mon
1904 18:02. Wolf The Corregidor
1908 02.01. Goldmark The Winter's Tale
1910 12:04. The musician Bittner
18.05. Goldmark Götz von Berlichingen
1911 09:11. Bittner The mountain lake
1912 16.03. Oberleithner Aphrodite
1913 15.03. Schreker The game works and the Princess
1914 01.04. Schmidt Notre Dame
1916 04:10. R. Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos (Vienna version)
1917 23.11. Zaiszek-Blankenau Ferdinand and Luise
1919 10.10. R. Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten
1920 13.05. Weingartner Champion Andrea/The Village School
1921 09.04. The Bittner Kohlhaymerin
1924 20.09. Beethoven/R. Strauss The Ruins of Athens
1925 24.02. Kienzl Sanctissimum
27.03. Frank The image of the Madonna
1931 20.06. Wellesz The Bacchae
1932 10:11. Heger The beggar Nameless
1934 20.01. Lehár Giuditta
08.12. Bittner The violet
1935 26.12. Salmhofer lady in dream
1937 06.02. Wenzl - Traun rock the atonement
17.04. Frank The strange woman
18.11. Weinberger Wallenstein
1938 09.03. Salmhofer Ivan Tarasenko
1939 02:02. Will King ballad
1941 04:04. Wagner Régeny Johanna Balk
1956 17.06. Martin The Storm
1971 23.05. The visit of an old lady
1976 17.12. A Love and Intrigue
1989 25.11. The blind Furrer (OD)
1990 06:12. Krenek last dance at St. Stephen's (Ron)
1995 20.05. Hölszky The walls (TW)
26.05. Schnittke Gesualdo
2002 15.06. Cerha Der Riese vom Steinfeld
2007 15:04 Naske The Omama in the apple tree
2010 28.02. Reimann Medea
2010 10:05. Eröd dots and Anton
Mesa redonda "Revistas y Periodismo", participantes:
Daniel Dimas Segovia (Revista Reto)
Osiel Castillo (Revista Regionegocios)
Juana María Nava (Revista Nosotras)
Jesús Oscar González (Revista 3er. Sector)
Arnulfo Vigil (Revista Oficio)
Evento realizado en el marco de la XX Feria Internacional del Libro Monterrey 2010
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Kurashiki (倉敷) is located in Okayama Prefecture, not far from the prefectural capital of Okayama City. Kurashiki has a preserved canal area that dates back to the Edo Period (1603-1867), when the city served as an important rice distribution center. In fact, the name "Kurashiki" can be roughly translated as "town of storehouses" in reference to the rice storehouses.
Many of Kurashiki's former storehouses have been converted into museums, boutiques and cafes. The Ohara Museum is the most impressive of Kurashiki's museums, exhibiting a large collection of works by famous Western artists. The canal area is a ten minute walk from Kurashiki Station.
Source: www.japan-guide.com/e/e5750.html
Brabourne nextes in the shadow of Wye Down, nestling in a fold in the land, and driving through it hardly seems to be a village, more a few houses and a farm. But just visible down a gravel track, which has a sign stating quite clearly that it was not suitable for parking for the church. In which case I woulve to partially block the lane through the village.
One approaches the church down a brick path, which is tricky as over the years it has developed quite an arch. You soon see that the trees are hiding a formidable church, and the most impressive of towers, almost castle keep-like.
A small porch allows the visitor to leave the chill air outside, and you are met my a sturdy door, which invites you in.
St Mary is a large and impressive church, the walls covered with memorials to the local big family, also are several cut out which may indicate where carved figures one laid. High in the north wall of the chancel, is possibly the oldest stained glass still in original position (although reset), which seem to date to the year 1200 AD, which is incredible if true, and I have no reason to diubt that.
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St Mary's is a very tall church, more Saxon in its proportions than Norman. The church dates in its present form from the twelfth century, with typical decoration in the form of pilaster buttresses on the outside north wall of the chancel. In the thirteenth century a south aisle was added and the present arch to the tower rebuilt; the remains of the original Norman arch may still be seen. In the chancel is a remarkable survivor - a twelfth-century window with its original glass. It has been reset and restored, but vividly recalls the dusky colours of the period. The pattern is purely geometric, of flowers and semi-circles, and may be compared to the contemporary glass in Canterbury Cathedral. Also in the chancel is one of the two thirteenth-century heart shrines in Kent. This little piece of sculpture consists of a plain shield - originally painted - under decorated and cusped tracery, the whole squeezed between thin pinnacles. It is uncertain whose heart was buried here, but it dates from about 1296 and may be associated with the de Valence family. The other Kent heart shrine is at Leybourne (see separate entry).
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A Church has existed here since Saxon times - mention is made of one at 'Bradeburna' soon after the coming of Archbishop Lanfranc to Canterbury in about 1070.
The present St Mary's Church is of Norman design, and dates from the twelfth century.
Most of the original Norman nave can be seen on the north side, and the Chancel is pure Norman. Notice the priest's doorway and the twelfth century window in the Chancel - this still has its original glass. It is almost certainly unique in the country as most were smashed during the reign of Henry VIII, or later, during the Civil War. It was also left when other stained glass from the Church was sold in 1774. It is believed to be England's oldest complete Norman window still in its original setting with light falling through.
Additions were made in the thirteenth century , including the rebuilt arch to the tower. The staircase in the tower is of great antiquity: halves of an oak tree 31ft long form the sides, with another tree for the base and a forked branch as a support.
The Chancel also holds one of only two thirteenth century heart shrines in Kent (the other is in Leybourne). The sculpture consists of a plain shield (the original paint has long since worn away) under fine decorated arches. In the back there is a recess, which would have been used to contain a heart encased in silver or ivory. It is thought that the shrine was built for the heart of John Baliol, founder of Balliol College, Oxford. Whether it served its intended purpose is unknown, but it was found to be empty when opened in the early 1900s.
The tomb of Sir John Scott, made of Caen stone, stands in the north wall of the Chancel. Sir John, who died on October 17th 1485, was a Privy Councillor and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Above the tomb hangs a trophy helmet, carried at the funeral of a knight, most probably Sir Thomas Scott, Commander of the Kentish Forces during the reign of Elizabeth I.
Another helmet (in the south east corner of the Chancel) is thought to have belonged to Sir William Scott, who died in 1433.
The altar is a tomb, topped with a slab of Bethersden Marble, and dates from around 1600. It is decorated with the arms of the Scott family.
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LIES the next parish to Bircholt north-eastward, being written in Domesday both Breburne and Bradeburne, and taking its name from its situation on the broad bourne or rivulet which rises in it.
THE PARISH is situated at the foot of the upper range of the chalk or down-hills, which reach from hence to the sea shore at Folkestone, and here take the name of Braborne downs; it is an unfrequented place, and from the soils of it not a pleasant one, for near the downs it is mostly chalk; the middle part, though there are various soils in it, consists mostly of a stiff, though not unfertile clay, and the southern part is a deep red sand. It is about two miles across from north to south, and somewhat more from east to west, stretching itself along a narrow slip beyond Hampton, almost as far as the village of Brooke, and on the other part within a very little of Stowting court-lodge. The village of Braborne, having the church and court-lodge in it, lies at the foot of the Down-hill, on the side of a wide valley, which extends below it southward. At the foot of the hills westward are Combe, Bedlestone, the hamlet of West Braborne-street and Hampton. The parish is well watered by several rivulets, one of them, which rises in and near Braborne-street, runs southward into that branch of the Stour below Scottshall, and so on by Sevington to Ashford; and there are others, which from the foot of the hills, more towards the west, which join the stream which runs by Swatfield bridge towards Ashford likewise.
In the southern part of the parish is the heath called Braborne-lees, one half of which only is within the bounds of it; across these lees the high road goes from Ashford towards Hythe. Here is a noted warren for rabbits, belonging to the Scotts-hall estate, they are of a remarkable fine flavor, from which Canterbury, and all the neighbouring towns are plentifully supplied with them. A fair is held in the village on the last day of May, for pedlary and toys.
That part of it which is within the borough of Cocklescombe, is in the hundred, and within the liberty of the royal manor of Wye.
THE MANOR OF BRABORNE, soon after the dissolution of the Saxon heptarchy, was, according to a very antient record, the inheritance of a lady called Salburga, who is stiled in it Domina de Brabourne, and by her will, in the year 864, ordered that the future possessors of it should give yearly to the monastery of St. Augustine, a quantity of provisions, on condition of their performing certain religious services for the health of her soul; which provisions were forty measures of malt, fifteen rams, twenty loaves of bread, one measure of butter, one measure of cheese, four cart loads of wood, and twenty hens. Who were the possessors of this manor afterwards till the time of the Norman conquest, does not appear; but at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, it was become part of the pos sessions of Hugo de Montfort, on whom that prince had bestowed likewise more than thirty other manors and estates in the neighbourhood of it. Accordingly he is numbered in that record as one of the thirteen, (for there are no more) who held lands in this county at that time, and under the general title of his lands this manor is thus entered in it.
In Wivart lath, in Berisout hundred, Hugo himself holds Breburne, Godric de Burnes held it of king Edward, and it was taxed at seven sulings, and now for five sulings and an half and half a yoke, because another part of it is without the division of Hugo, and that the bishop of Baieux holds. The arable land is fifteen carucates. In demesne there are two, and thirty-one villeins, with ten borderers having ten carucates. There is a church, and eight servants, and two mills of seven shillings, and twenty acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of twenty-five bags. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth twenty pounds, and afterwards eight pounds, now sixteen pounds.
That part mentioned above, as without the division of Hugo de Montfort, is likewise noticed in the same book, in the description of the adjoining manors of Hastingligh and Aldelows, belonging to the bishop of Baieux, as may be seen hereafter, in the account of them.
On the voluntary exile of Robert de Montfort, grandson of Hugh above-mentioned, in the reign of king Henry I. this manor, among the rest of his possessions, came into the king's hands, whence it was soon afterwards granted to Robert, son of Bernard de Ver, constable of England, who had married Adeliza, daughter of Hugh de Montfort, and was the founder of the priory of Horton, in the next adjoining parish. (fn. 1) After which it appears to have come into the possession of Henry de Essex, who was constable likewise of Eng land, from his succession to which, as well as from other circumstances, it should seem that he became entitled to this manor by inheritance Henry de Essex, before-mentioned, was baron of Raleigh, in Essex, his chief seat, and hereditary standard-bearer of England; but by his misbehaviour in a battle against the Welsh, in the 10th year of that reign, he forfeited all his possessions to the crown. (fn. 2) Before which he had confirmed to the priory of Horton all the former grants of his ancestors. And by another charter he granted to it, in free and perpetual alms, the pasture of twelve oxen in his park of Braborne, with his own oxen, for so long as they should be at feed, whether within his park or without; and all tithe of his hay, to be taken wholly and fully with his carriages to the barns of the monks. After which this manor appears to have been held by Baldwin de Betun, earl of Albermarle, who, in the 5th year of king John, granted it to William Mareschal, earl of Pembroke, with Alice his daughter in frank marriage, to hold to them and their heirs. William, earl of Pembroke, in the 10th year of king Henry III. his first wife being deceased, married Alianore, the king's sister, and in the 14th year of that reign had a confirmation of this manor, on condition that Alianore his wife, if she survived him, should enjoy it for life. He died in the 15th year of that reign, and she became possessed of it, and afterwards remarried Simon, earl of Leicester, who was slain fighting on the part of the discontented barons at the battle of Evesham. After which the countess and her children were forced to forsake the realm, and she died abroad in great poverty. In the mean time the four brothers of William, earl of Pembroke, successively earls of Pembroke, being dead s. p. their inheritance became divided between their five sisters and their heirs, and upon the division of it, the manor of Braborne, among others, was allotted to Joane, the second sister, then the widow of Warine de Montchensie, by whom she had one son William, and a daughter Joane, married to William de Valence, the king's half brother, who afterwards, through the king's favour, on William de Montchensie's taking part with the discontented barons, and his estates being confiscated, became possessed of this manor, of which he died possessed in the 23d year of king Edward I. leaving Joane his widow surviving, who had it assigned to her as part of her dower. She died in the 1st year of king Edward II. holding it in capite by knight's service, as of the king's marechalsy, and leaving one son Adomar or Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, and three daughters; Anne, married to Maurice Fitzgerald, secondly to Hugh Baliol, and lastly to John de Avennes; Isabel, to John de Hastings, of Bergavenny; and Joane, to John Comyn, of Badenagh. (fn. 3) Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, on her death, succeeded to this manor, and in the 6th year of that reign, obtained a charter of privileges for it, among which were those of a market, fair, and free-warren. He was a nobleman greatly favoured by king Edward I. and II. but in the 17th year of the latter reign, attending the queen into France, he was murdered there that year. He died possessed of this manor, and without issue; so that John de Hastings, son of Isabel, one of the earl's sisters, and John Comyn, of Badenagh, in Scotland, son of Joane, another of the earl's sisters, were found to be his coheirs and next of kin; and the latter of them, on the division of their inheritance, had this manor, in his mother's right, allotted to him. He died s. p. in the 19th year of king Edward II. leaving his two sisters his coheirs, of whom the eldest, Joane, married to David de Strabolgie, earl of Athol, possessed this manor as part of his wife's inheritance, and died next year. His descendant David de Strabolgie, earl of Athol, died in the 49th year of that reign, possessed of this manor, (fn. 4) leaving by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Henry, lord Ferrers, who died the same year, anno 1375, and was buried in the high chancel of Ashford church, two daughters his coheirs, the youngest of whom Philippa, married to John Halsham, of Halsham, in Sussex, by her father's will, became entitled to this manor. The Halshams bore for their arms, Argent, a chevron engrailed, between three leopards heads, gules. Their grandson Sir Hugh Halsham, died anno 21 Henry VI. leaving Joane, his only daughter and heir, who entitled her husband John Lewknor, esq. of Sussex, to the possession of it; in whose descendants it continued till the latter end of king Henry VII.'s reign, when Sybilla, daughter of Sir Thomas Lewknor, carried it in marriage to Sir William Scott, K. B. and in his descendants, resident at Scotts-hall, this manor, with the rents, services, courtlodge, and demesne lands, remained, till at length George Scott, esq. about the year 1700, sold the manor-house, called Braborne court-lodge, with the demesne lands belonging to it, being enabled so to do by an act passed anno 10 and 11 William III. to Tho. Denne, of Patricksborne, whose grandsons Daniel and Thomas Denne, of Sittingborne, in 1768, conveyed this estate to William Deedes, esq. of St. Stephen's, (who was before possessed of an estate in this parish, which had been purchased of George Scott, esq. by his grandfather William Deedes, M. D. of Canterbury) and his eldest son of the same name, now of Hythe, esq. is the present owner of it.
BUT THE MANOR RENTS AND SERVICES remained in the family of Scott for some time afterwards, and till Edward Scott, esq. some few years ago, alienated the quit-rents of this manor, together with the Park and Pound farms, in this parish, to Thomas Whorwood, esq. of Denton, who by will devised them for life to Mrs. Cecilia Scott, of Canterbury, daughter of George Scott, esq. before-mentioned, on whose death in 1785 the property of them became vested in lady Markham, widow of Sir James Markham, bart. of Lincolnshire, who was Mr. Whorwood's heir-at-law, and she sold them in 1787 to Sir Edward Knatchbull, bart. the present owner of them.
BUT THE MANOR OF BRABORNE ITSELF, with the court baron and other manerial rights belonging to it, remained in the descendants of George Scott, esq. down to Francis Talbot Scott, esq. whose trustees, about the year 1784, conveyed it, with his other estates in this neighbourhood, to Sir John Honywood, bart. of Evington, who is the present proprietor of it.
HEMINGE is a manor, lying at the south-east corner of this parish, next to Horton, which in antient time gave both surname and residence to a family so called, as the deeds without date belonging to it plainly shew. At length, after this manor had been in the possession of this name, as might be traced out fully by these evidences for almost three hundred years, it was conveyed by William Heminge, in the 2d year of Edward VI.'s reign, to Peter Nott, in whose descendants it continued till the 16th year of Charles II. when one of them alienated it to Avery Hills, by whose daughter and heir it went in marriage to Hobday, whose descendant sold it, in the year 1713, to Mr. John Nethersole, who left three sons surviving, John, who was of Barham; Stephen, who was of Wimlinswold; and William, who was of Canterbury, in whose three daughters, or their representatives, this manor at length became vested. They agreed on a partition of their inheritance, on which the whole of this manor was allotted to Jacob Sharpe, esq. of Canterbury, the surviving son of Mr. Jacob Sharpe, by Elizabeth, the eldest of the three daughters, who in 1796 sold it to Mr. Thomas Ken nett, of Brabourn, who is the present possessor of it. A court baron is held for this manor.
COMBE is another manor, in the northern part of this parish, close at the foot of the downs, which name it had from its situation, cumbe signifying in the Saxon a bottom or valley, and to distinguish it from other manors of the same name in this neighbourhood, it was called Braborne Combe. About the year 990, one Edward de Cumbe, whose son Leofard was a monk in St. Augustine's monastery, by his will bequeatned the land of Cumbe to that monastery. Whether the abbot and convent ever gained the possession of it, or if they did, how long it staid with them, I do not find; but at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, in the Conqueror's reign, it was parcel of the possessions of the bishop of Baieux, under the general title of whose lands it is entered in it as follows:
The same Wadard holds of the bishop, Cumbe. It was taxed at one suling. The arable land is two carucates. In demesne there is one, and nine villeins, with five borderers having one carucate and an half. There are fourteen acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of five hogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth sixty shillings, and afterwards fifty shillings, now four pounds, and the service of one knight. Leuret de rochinge held it of king Edward.
After this, on the bishop of Baieux's disgrace, this manor was held of the crown, by a family who took their name from their residence at it; of whom Richard de Combe, and Simon his son, served the office of sheriff, as assistants to Sir John de Northwood, in the 20th year of king Edward I. and bore for their arms, Sable, three lions passant-guar dant, in pale, gules. At length by a female heir of this name, it went by marriage, in the reign of king Richard II. to John Scott, who afterwards resided at it, as did his descendants till Sir William Scott removed to Scotts-hall at the latter end of king Henry IV.'s reign; and in his descendants, of Scotts-hall, this manor continued down to George Scott, esq. of Scotts-hall, who procured an act anno 10 and 11 king William, to vest this manor, among his other estates, in trustees, to be sold for payment of his debts, in pursuance of which it was soon afterwards sold to Brook Bridges, esq. of Goodnestone, afterwards created a baronet, whose great-grandson Sir Brook Bridges, bart. of Goodnestone, is the present possessor of it.
HAMPTON is the last manor to be described in this parish, being situated in the north-west corner of it, adjoining to Brooke. It has the name in antient deeds of Hampton Cocklescombe, and sometimes is described by the name of the manor of Cocklescombe only, being so called from its situation in the borough of that name, and within the hundred of Wye. This manor was given by Robert de Ver, constable of England, and lord of Braborne, to Osbert his marshal, and Emeline his wife, who gave it again to the priory in the adjoining parish of Horton, by the description of the land of Hanetone; which gift was confirmed to the priory by the same Robert de Ver, and Adeliza de Montfort his wife, and afterwards by Henry de Essex, (fn. 5) as appears by the register of it; of the priory of Horton this manor was afterwards again held, at the rent of forty shillings in perpetual fee farm, by a family who took their name of Hampton from their residence at it, as appears not only by the above register, but by antient deeds and court-rolls, and that they remained here till the reign of king Henry VI. when John Hampton pasted it away to one of the name of Shelley, by whose heir general it became the property of John May, of Bibroke, in Kennington, whose son of the same name leaving an only daughter Alice, the carried it in marriage to John Edolph, of Brenset, and his daughter Elizabeth entitled her husband William Wil cocks, esq. of New Romney, to it, who died possessed of this manor in the 16th year of queen Elizabeth, holding it in free socage. His widow survived him, and afterwards married Ralph Radcliffe, esq. of Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, who survived her. She died in the 39th year of that reign, and by her last will devised this manor to her only son by her first husband, John Wilcocks, who dying s. p. his two sisters became his coheirs, of whom Martha married Sir Edward Radcliffe, of Sevington, in this county, and physician to king James I. and Elizabeth married William Andrews; and on the partition of their inheritance, Sir Edward Radcliffe became entitled to the sole possession of it, in whose descendants it continued down to John Radcliffe, esq. of Hitchin priory, who dying in 1783, s. p. this manor, among his other estates, came to Sir Charles Farnaby, bart. of Sevenoke, in right of his wife Penelope, sister and heir-at-law of the above mentioned John Radcliffe. Sir Charles Farnaby afterwards took the name of Radcliffe, (fn. 6) and removed to Hitchin, where he died in 1798, and his heirs are now entitled to it.
Charities.
WILLIAM FORDRED, by will in 1550, gave to this parish, among others, a proportion of the rents of 25 acres of land in St. Mary's parish, in Romney Marsh; which portion to this parish is of the annual produce of 4l. 12s. 4¾d. to be distributed annually to the poor, and vested in trustees.
MR. KNOTT gave for the use of the poor, a sum of money, vested in Robert Goddard, of Mersham, now of the annual produce of 8s.
The poor constantly relieved are about fifty-five, casually twenty-five.
BRABORNE is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Elham.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is a large handsome building, consisting of two isles and two chancels, having a square tower steeple at the west end, in which are five bells. The northern isle is much lostier than the other, having an upper story, choir-like, with the three upper windows to the south; below which is the roof of the north isle. Both chancels are full of the interments of the Scott family; but the brasses and inscriptions are almost all gone. Against the north wall is a tomb, with an arch and recess over it; against the back have been two figures, with inscriptions, and two shields of brass, now gone; on the side of the tomb are two shields carved in stone, one Pympe, the other Scott. Against the opposite wall is a kind of altar, the form of which is given before, P. I. At the east end, within the rails, is a large altar-tomb against the wall, of Bethersden marble; on it the marks of a figure, the brass gone; on the front five shields, with the arms of Scott, and their several impalements. Over the tomb is a kind of altar-piece, ornamented with stone carve-work, and three shields of arms; I. Scott impaling oblit. over it the date 1290; 2, being the middle shield, Scott and the following quarterings, Beaufitz, Pympe, Pashley, Normanville, Warren, Sergeaux, Gower, and Cogan In which arms of Scott it is noted, all the bordures are plain. In the south chancel belonging likewise to the Scott family, the brasses on the gravestones, with which the pavement is covered, are all gone. In the south wall is a very antient tomb with an arch over it; underneath this tomb the late Edward Scott, esq. was buried. Against this wall is a monument for Arthur Scott, commissioner of the navy, third son of Geo. Scott, of Scotts-hall. Against the north wall a monument for lieutenant-colonel Cholmeley Scott, esq. youngest son of George Scott, esq. of Scotts-hall. Weever mentions several memorials of this family in the body of the church remaining in his time, all which have been long since obliterated, and their brasses destoryed. In the south isle is a stone, with the figure of a man in brass, habited in armour, with sword and spurs on, the latter having the rowels much like the figure of a catherine wheel; a greyhound under his feet; the inscription gone, excepting the words of Brabourne, armigr. and anno Dni mil. Against the north wall, a monument for William Richards, put up by Gabriel Richards, gent. of Rowling, in 1672; arms, Sable, a chevron between three fleurs de lis, argent; a crescent for difference. Another for John Richards, vicar, obt. 1727. In the south scite of the body of the church, is a memorial for Dionisia, daughter of Vincent Fynche, alias Harbert, esq. obt. 1458; arms, Finch impaling Cralle; and in the same isle is a stone, robbed of the figure on it, but the brass inscription remains, for Joane, daughter of Sir Gervas Cliston, married to John Diggs; arms, Clifton impaling Fineh, and Diggs impaling Clifton. The tower at the west end is of a large size, but flat at top, and only of equal height with the roof of the north isle.
Mr. Evelyn, in his Discourse on Forest Trees, mentions a superannuated yew-tree growing in this churchyard, which being 58 feet 11 inches in circumference, bore near 20 feet diameter; and besides which there were goodly planks, and other considerable pieces of square and clear timber, which he observed to lie about it, which had been hewed and sawn out of some of the arms only, torn from it by impetuous winds. This tree has been many years since gone, and a fine stately young one now flourishes in the room of it.
The church was formerly appendant to the manor, and continued so till it was given, in the beginning of king Henry II.'s reign, by Robert de Ver, lord of the manor of Braborne, to the priory of Horton, at his first foundation of it; and it was appropriated to the priory before the 8th year of king Richard II. the priory being bound to pay the tenth of the vicarage. But there does not seem to have been any endowment made till anno 1445, when there was one assigned by the prior to Thomas de Banstede, the vicar of it. (fn. 7) In which state this church, with the advowson of the vicarage, continued till the dissolution of the priory in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it came into the king's hands, and remained there till it was granted in exchange to the archbishop, where it still continues, the parsonage being at this time parcel of the see of Canterbury, and his grace the archbishop the present parton of the vicarage.
The parsonage is a very handsome brick house, standing at a small distance from the church-yard, to which the vicarage adjoins likewise, being a neat small brick building. The family of Kennet have been lessees for many years, Mr. Claude Kennet being the present lessee of it, who resides at it.
¶The vicarage of Braborne is valued in the king's books at 11l. 12s. 6d. and the yearly tenths at 1l. 3s. 3d. And there is annually, by the endowment of it, paid out of the parsonage to the vicar, one seam or quarter of wheat, and the like of barley; and archbishop Juxon, anno 15 Charles II. augmented it sixteen pounds per annum, to be paid by the lessee of the parsonage. In 1640 this vicarage was valued at sixty-four pounds, communicants one hundred and six. In 1733 it was valued at one hundred pounds. There is one acre of glebe land belonging to it.
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