On Discomfort

On Discomfort
Author: David Ellison
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2016-10-14
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1317085876

Examining discomfort’s physical, emotional, conceptual, psychological and aesthetic dimensions, the contributors to this volume offer an alternate, cultural approach to the study of architecture and the built environment. By attending to a series of disparate instances in which architecture and discomfort intersect, On Discomfort offers a fresh reading of the negotiations that define architecture’s position in modern culture. The essays do not chart comfort’s triumph so much as discomfort’s curious dispersal into practices that form ‘modern life’ – and what that dispersion reveals of both architecture and culture. The essays presented in this volume illuminate the material culture of discomfort as it accrues to architecture and its history. This episodic analysis speaks to a range of disciplinary fields and interdisciplinary subjects, extending our understanding of the domestication of interiors (and objects, cities and ideas); and the conditions under which – by intention or accident – they discomfort.

Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Kirk of Scotland, From the Year M.D. Lx.

Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Kirk of Scotland, From the Year M.D. Lx.
Author: Church of Scotland General Assembly
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781020008566

In this collection of documents, the Church of Scotland presents the official records of its General Assemblies from 1593 to 1618. These records provide valuable insights into the history of the Scottish Reformation, and shed light on the early development of Presbyterianism in Scotland. This collection is an essential resource for historians of religion and Scottish history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.