Formerly a British colony; the island of Cyprus is now a divided country; where histories of political and cultural conflicts; as well as competing identities; are still contested. Cyprus provides the ideal case study for this innovative exploration; extensively illustrated; of how the practice of photography in relation to its political; cultural and economic contexts both contributes and responds to the formation of identity. Contributors from Cyprus; Greece; the UK and the USA; representing diverse disciplines; draw from photography theory; art history; anthropology and sociology to explore how the island and its people have been represented photographically. They reveal how the different gazes- colonial; political; gendered; and within art photography- contribute to the creation of individual and national identities and; by extension; to the creation and re-creation of imagery of Cyprus as place. While Photography and Cyprus focuses on one geographical and cultural territory; the questions this book asks and the themes and arguments it follows apply also to other places characterized by their colonial heritage. The intriguing example of Cyprus thus serves as a fitting test-ground for current debates relating to photography; place and identity.
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Review
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Jeffry ArchambeauWoohooooo! It has lots of stuff Ive been trying to figure out!1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Great resource for technical musicians.By CustomerGood book with specific information regarding the use of Arduino with music synthesis and MIDI.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Nice book; yet if you are looking for a solid signal processing book; please read my commentBy CustomerThe book is a good start for people who are interested in digital music. These days; the Arduino board is kind of a "must" for beginners who are new to coding; so I wont speak much about it. It is a good choice of coding platform.The book gives a good understanding of how digital music works these days; especially with MIDI interface etc. It is also very readable with many figures; high quality and printed with color; supporting the text throughout the book.The only negative thing is that the book does many; many things via the usage of libraries. Well; isnt this what Arduino is appreciated for? Yes; definitely.However in my opinion; the extensive usage of libraries keep the reader away from the topic. As an example; there is this chapter "Signal Processing" towards the end of the book. It informs the reader of some very; very basic principles of signal processing. This trend can be acceptable since this is a beginner book. Yet it does not even do the most basic stuff without the help of libraries. I would love to see the code for sampling an outside source via the analog to digital converter; storing it in an array; filtering it in the appropriate way and playing it back. The author does this; yet the code takes only a few lines because of the library commands. I cant see the analog-to-digital conversion taking place; nor the filtering taking place; nor the outputting taking place. All I see is a big; Get_Samples_Music_Filter_and_Play(); command which does the whole thing. I would love to see some more details; and less using of library commands.Nevertheless; it is a good book; so I am giving it a 5/5
