La question de la carte animee dans le cadre du Mapathon colloque Tous (im)mobiles, tous cartographes ? (cartomob.sciencesconf.org) a ete traitee facon originale par realisation d’un flipbook Maxime Salles, collectif les Artisans Cartographes. Le Cartographes est feru des approches cartographiques originales. Il propose representations inedites territoire alliant savoirs et savoir-faire ou cart...

Abstract This article is an analysis of the influence blacksmiths, and saw grain millers on development Puritan communities in Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1630 1660. During this period these artisans played a significant role defining physical form rural town its economic development, without intent social cultural climate where they were often disliked distrusted. focuses impacts manufact...

Hand lay-up fabrication is a form of craftsmanship and an implicit skill supported by individual sense, and subjective implicit values deep-rooted in expertise and judgment by touch and from appearance based on “instinct” and “know-how” skills inherited from past generations for the evaluation of thickness and impregnation, removal of voids, etc. Typically, more than 20 years of experience is r...

Cet article documente et analyse la nature des savoirs traditionnels pêcheurs artisans sénégalais dans leur appréhension risques dus aux changements de l’environnement marins. A partir d’entretiens individuels groupe auprès communauté guet-ndarienne, il montre que les interprètent ou prédisent survenue variations sur paramètres environnementaux tels l’état mer, houle, le vent, pluie, fonds, esp...

The health problems amongst musical instrument makers working on the White mulberry (Morus alba), lead to investigate the toxicity potential of wood extractives. Five solvents of different polarity and two methods of extractions were used to ensure a thorough, clear and classified compound removal. The compounds were identified using qualitative GC-mass and the toxicity were determined by study...

The maintenance of some sophisticated and complex equipment – for example, diagnostic equipment used in hospitals – is frequently outsourced to the original equipment supplier or another maintenance service provider. Companies that own such assets can either enter into a service agreement, or they can use service providers on a call-out basis. A fundamental problem for the provider of maintenan...

Farrah J. Mateen, MD Ascending the steps of the Pink Palace, it is easy to imagine the land of the old Nawabs. Their doughfaced, proud faces, now confined to mere portraits, are still poised to overlook Old Dhaka. Below, on the Sadarghat, the palatial park is crowded with people of all ages: sellers, schoolchildren, rickshaw drivers, peddlers, beggars, artisans, businesswomen, and many people, ...

In early India, people handcrafted jewellery out of natural materials found in abundance all over the country. Seeds, feathers, leaves, berries, fruits, flowers, animal bones, claws and teeth; everything from nature was affectionately gathered and artistically transformed into fine body jewellery. Even today such jewellery is used by the different tribal societies in India. It appears that both...