Boards of Interest
Seeing how 8chan is such a unique imageboard, where users can make their own board, there are a lot of very interesting boards that are hidden under the fifteen most popular ones.
Because of that, I thought it would be a great idea to tell people about these interesting and uknown boards. If you want to recommend one, just post them on this thread and they'll be added to the OP.
/pn/ - Politics and News
An open minded board dedicated to share news. By nature, you're allowed to post any kind of news, no matter your political stand and you won't be banned.
/freedu/ - Free Education
>The idea is to get a board going where people can come to find free educational resources, and ask others where they might find educational material on a particular topic.
/32/ - Psychopolitics
>Psychopolitics is the use of psychology to achieve political goals.
>The main goal of the board is sharing information that will allow us to learn to detect, resist and possibly apply coercive techniques.
/vex/ - Vexillology & Heraldry
>This is a place for discussing flags and coats-of-arms. Doesn't matter if you want to do it scholarly or casually; doesn't matter if you're discussing flags of real countries or heraldry of Westeros, or if you're making OC of your own, this is a place for that.
Humanities and Social Sciences
Welcome to this new board, where everyone is welcome to learn and ask about History and all social sciences. This board is for historians,sociologists, psychologists, university students and even fanatics of these disciplines to discuss and learn about new subjects and expand their knowledge and views of the world.
You're encourage to post academic articles of all kind and they'll be received with an open mind. No discussion will be banned or censored, no matter your ideology, nationality, theories, formation or religion, you will always be able to speak freely.
However, national attacks are highly discouraged. You can and should be able speak about other people's history and society, but don't use it to insult other posters. On the same line, don't get offended by other people's ideas of your social, economic and cultural realities. Let us all breath and use this platform as a place to share knowledge and understand the present through the past.
Okay, I know this board is starting really slow, but hopefully traffic picks up.
What was the deal with the Industrial Revolution? Did it end in the early 20th century or is it still happening? It seems like the communication revolution (phones, internet, etc.) is just a natural continuation of a technological period that keeps adding on to itself.
I mean, we had cars taking off at the turn of the 20th century, along with widespread electricity. And that gave ways to more electronics and related technologies throughout the middle of the 20th century, with satellites, house phones, nuclear energy, etc. Then right into the internet and cell phones where we are now. The industrial revolution is taught to us as a distinct period that started and ended pretty much in the 19th century, but if that were true wouldn't we still be in the same place more or less than we were in the 20s?
What's the deal with this? Am I totally misunderstanding this, because it seems like halfway through the 19th century humanity's technological progress sped up exponentially. If this is true, why is this happening?
It seems to me like it's the biggest change in human society since the development of agriculture, which completely redefined what it meant to be human. Can we expect this technological revolution to do the same?
Hellstorm
Shinto The way of the gods/W.G. Aston
I bring you a very special book, published even before the works of Yanagita Kunio. Shinto, The way of the gods was published in 1905 and is a study of the Shinto religion in Japan. I'll be honest with you, I haven't had the time to read it yet, though I still want to share it with you.
Hopefully you will like it.
historical music thread
Let's have a thread sharing and discussing some historical music, shall we?
I'll start with some Ancient Greek music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mIXEBxW89s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPCtQe8RN4c
The two Delphic Hymns to Apollo. The 1st one was probably written by Athēnaios, son of Athēnaios in 138 BC, while the 2nd one was written in 128 BC by Limenios. Both were written for the occasion of Pythian Games in Delphi, a festival similar to the more famous Olympic Games. Just as the Olympic Games were performed in honour of Zeus, the Pythian games were performed in honour of Apollo, who had an oracle in Delphi. Apollo was also the leader of the nine Muses, so he was therefore also a patron deity of artists, so the Pythian games also included competitions in music, acting and painting.
Ancient Greek music differed from current Western European music in that it's not based on scales and harmony, but on musical modes. Each musical mode is a set of notes that is used to construct melodic progression (somewhat similar to the rāgas in Indian classical music), which helps set the tonal temperament of the melody. Each musical mode was traditionally named after a Greek tribe and each of them was ascribed a certain characteristic (for example, the Dorian mode was described by Plato as harsh). However, in practice this wasn't always 100% followed (which Plato didn't like, he preferred well-constructed to good-sounding music). Both Delphic Hymns switch modes; the first one has two long parts while the second one has 10 sections. The main reason for this was the limitation of instruments, which were tuned to a specific scale and weren't as versatile as modern instruments.
But, how do we know what the music actually sounded like? Ancient Greeks also devised their own system of musical notation, which was described well enough that scholars were able to transcribe several surviving pieces of music into modern notation. By constructing instruments that look similar to those on depictions (and sometimes taking inspiration from similar looking surviving folk instruments), we are able to get close enough to reconstructing the real thing.
Typical Ancient Greek musical instruments were:
— the lyre and the (more professional) kithara: string instruments played by strumming or plucking; they had a set of strings tuned to the notes in the mode used in the musical piece played;
— the aulos: a (usually) double pipe instrument, with a double reed, similar to the oboe, and also to the pipes of the bagpipe; it was also described as having a penetrating and exciting sound (again akin to the bagpipes?);
— the panpipes: a set of pipes, again tuned to a specific scale;
— the bukanē: a curved brass tube, the precursor of modern trumpet, trombone, and other brass instruments;
— the hydraulis: a hydraulic organ; in which foaming water is driven into the wind chamber with several pipes that can be opened to play the tones; the pressure to blow the pipes is thus provided by the flowing water instead of bellows or a compressor as in later organ instruments, but requires a continuous water source to operate.
Race and Manifest Destiny/Reginald Horsman
Hello, sorry for being away for those few that browse this board, being a little busy lately. This time, I want to share with you a very interesting book, that explains the racial bases of american nationalism and the Anglo-saxon identity, showing themselves as superior to other human groups.
Hail from /asatru/
General thread for discussion of the Germanic tribes, from the Indo-Aryan split to the early Christian era.
I know a pretty huge amount of their history, lore and archaeology and a decent amount of their linguistics (I cant speak proto-germanic obviously but I can tell you where certain words in modern germanic languages originate, for example the word wutend in German means "fury" and originates from Wotan, the German war god.
Feel free to ask questions and discuss
To get the thread rolling, lets discuss the Germanic reaction to Christianity (plz no "muh kike on a stick" or "muh larping treehuggers", lets just make this a scholarly discussion)
Why did some tribes embrace Christ fully and immediately, some tribes gradually accept Christian customs and mix them with their own, and other tribes outright despised Christianity and had to be forced into conversion.
The Russian Revolution, 1917
Let's discuss and post information about the Russian revolution of October 1917 which formed the USSR, and the events leading up to it.
The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey/Guenter Lewy
Today I bring you a book that talks about the three million armenians that died prior and during wwI in the hands of the Ottoman empire. Similar to the jews in nazi Germany, or the chinese and koreans with the imperial Japan, there were concentration camps where they Ottoman empire tried to systematically eliminate armenians.
Hope you find this book informative.
Editor's Note:
''Does the global diffusion of the Internet signify the final end of the state's ability to control society, or is the state on the contrary maintaining
or even strengthening its hold of society f Several observers have taken the latter position, most recently Goldsmith and Wu (2006), authors of Who Controls the Internet?, while critics claim this is grossly misleading, and that international regimes and a myriad of nonstate actors such as private firms and nongovernmental organizations play a much greater role in Internet governance (Mathiason 2007). In our view, thus structured, such debate risks reiterating a much older (and largely stalemated) debate about whether the nation-state is "obstinate or obsolete" (Hoffman 1966), mirrored also in the larger debate about globalization. The goal of the present Forum1 is to reexamine and ultimately problematize this debate by discussing what actors are controlling what aspects of Internet usage, and under what conditions. A brief introduction to this is given in the first essay, written by the Editors. The following contributions demonstrate that, rather than seeking a final word on who controls the Internet, it is more fruitful to unpack the complexity of control in the digital age, and indeed
the diversity and preliminary nature of available analyses. It is also for this reason we have invited contributors who elaborate a variety of perspectives, including a stout defender of
state-centrism (Hamoud Salhi), a contributor who unravels the complexity of public-private partnerships in Internet control (Myriam Dunn Cavelty), and advocates of more critical
perspectives emphasizing complexity (J.P. Singh), interactivity and discourse (M.I. Franklin). We believe that the global scope and spatial origins of the authors in this Forum imply
experiences and outlooks which help reveal new insights and cross-fertilizations, which goes beyond the dominant US-centered perspectives on international relations in general and the
Internet in particular.''
Wrath of the Khans I
This time I bring you something less academic, it's a podcast I recently found. This episode in particular, talks about the history of the Genghis Kahn empire, so when you're walking home, at the gym or just relaxing, you can listen it. Enjoy.
Roman Empire
I want to understand the history of the Roman Empire and the events surrounding it's rise and downfall. I feel like this would give me a better understanding of history in general, unless there's a better example to study. I know there's a ton of books on the subject, but I want to take the time to understand every aspect of it, preferably through a book of some sort, and would appreciate a recommendation from someone with more knowledge on the subject.
Eyewitnessing The Uses of Images as Historical Evidence/Peter Burke
Today I bring you a neat little book by Peter Burke, one of the most popular historians with a cultural perspective, where he expresses in a delightful way how the image can be interpreted when used as an historic source.
Rising of civilizations
Hello /histories/. I would like to share my thought with you why roman empire rised and had a huge civilization meanwhile others didn't make huge impact.
>the Mediterranean sea trade
before discover of New World, the Mediterranean trade was absolutely gave you prosperity. Notice B:C lots of nation who had a coast to the Mediterranean had rich cities and they had quite good civilizations.
Examples like Carhage, Spartha, Athens,Alexandria,Antioch.
>geography
If you look to Italian Peninsula, you'll see it it very similar to greek cities position
They have some mountain passes which makes hard to get invaded by barbarians
Unlike central or nothern europe this situation let them encounter different nations and civiliziations
>far away from powerful neighbours(talking about military here)
Before start, let me tell you I know once Rome sacked by Gauls, but in that time Romans were inexperiances about issues like this after that they have their lesson
>their military tactics
in that time barbarians military solely based on braveness and "fighting like true warrior"
I'm pretty sure every nation once had this attitude but romans didnt commit this mistake for long.
Their heavily relied discipline and battle formations
>inb4 all barbarians acted like retard in battles
nope, not true. Vercingetorix the leader of Arvernis was very smart compare to his feollow warriors even some Romans
Unlike attack without think, he had cut of supplies burnt enemy resources, he actually could defeat romans but his tribe accused him for being coward and they salied out in a fort attacked without think, which was a terrible mistake and ended up Vercingetorix prisoner
>inventors, smart people and their legacy
with their military power they provided them a safety and good reward which barbarians couldn't
think about it if you had a smart men who have not much warrior like power would barbarians respect him? of course not, you need to protect him which you need to be have military power and respect of your people
If you have thoughts about that topic feel free to discuss it
Books & Ideas/la vie des idées
Hello, today I bring a very, very interesting webpage I came across recently, Books & Ideas/la vie des idées.
Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007.
Books & Ideas publishes essays, reviews, and interviews on a weekly basis. It emphasizes pluri- and trans-disciplinarity, and embraces all the political and social sciences, with one central concern: offering short, highly readable, and unpublished pieces of outstanding scholarship to the general public. To do this, we rely on a network of correspondents based in Europe, Russia, the Americas, as well as Asia.
Books and Ideas provides free quality information about current intellectual life and international publications by drawing on the enhanced accessibility, the thematic dossiers, the videos, and the responsiveness afforded by the internet. Making academic production a regular part of public life is our main challenge.
Here's the english version.
And the french version.
Hopefully you'll enjoy it.
World War I american military posters
I'm writing a book where I analyze WWI posters and I want to share some of my favorites since they are extremely fascinating, most of them are american though, since my book centers in american nationalism.
Most of them were taken from Ball State University.
Hope you enjoy them.
Historic education on your country
What do you think of your country's historic formation? I'm not talking about the elementary levels, since it's almost common knowledge that the only thing that the state teaches our kids is the official national history. I mean on the university levels, from bachelor's degree to PhDs.
What are the main schools of thought in your country? The main influences for your national academies? Did you have any theoretical problems with teachers that didn't share your own methods and theory?
Request Thread
I'm looking for something that talks about religion in China, especially the relationship between Confucianism and Daoism, and the beliefs and practices of the Chinese people through history.
Santisima Muerte on the Origin and Development of a Mexican Occult Image/John Thompson
I bring you an article that explores the beginning of a relatively new cult that's growing in Mexico, known as Santa Muerte. In this cult, followers worship the figure of the Death as a saint. It's a fascinating subject, so hopefully you'll find it as interesting as I do.
Orientalism/Edward Said
I bring you the book Orientalism by Edward Said. It's a book that can be considered one of the most important postcolonial works in the 20th century. One reason you may be interested in it, is that Said argues that the east (middle east, north of Africa) was a western conception and that the history of these regions was not written by the locals, but by the occident, and then later was adopted by them.
I'm sure you'll enjoy this one.
Outlines of an historical view of the progress of the human Kind/Condorcet
A work by the philosopher Marquis de Condorcet, that encapsulates the idea of progress that began to form during his age, in the middle of the XVIII century, and it's a nice complement to the works of Kant.
Clash of Civilizations/Samuel Huntington
I bring you one of the most controversial book of the last decades, Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington. This book was published in the year of 1996 and it sparkled a lot of discussion across the social sciences and humanities, by Huntington's simple division of the world by civilizations and his disregard of social realities and class warfare.
A fascinating book that helps understand american politics in the post 9/11 world we all live in.
You can find the book here.
Mexican songs from the french intervention
I want to share with you some almost forgotten songs from the time when France invaded Mexico for the second time in the years 1861-1867. These folk songs talk about the invasion and the people who sided with the french and the Emperor Maximilian of Habsburg, an austrian noble that was named as the Emperor of Mexico by the conservative party. Even though they are in spanish, I hope you enjoy them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9EO-hIT9OQ
•01. Los Cangrejos - 0:00
•02. Marcha A Juan Pamuceno - 2:24
•03. El Telele - 5:34
•04. Canto De Chinaca - 9:14
•05. La Nueva Paloma - 12:56
•06. Batalla Del 5 De Mayo - 15:19
•07. El Guajito - 17:21
•08. Los Enanos - 20:11
•09. La Pasadita - 21:26
•10. Sitio De Querétaro - 23:53
•11. Adiós Mamá Carlota - 26:13
My favorite ones are number 1, 2 and 11, but maybe you'll enjoy the other ones more.
Oral History
Today I bring you a small article, it's an introduction of Oral History and some of its characteristics in the historic discipline.
The Origins of Postmodernity/Perry Anderson
This time I bring you a book by british historian Perry Anderson. The title is concise, it talks about the antecedents of the philosophical trend known as Postmodernity/postmodernism.
The legends of Tono/Yanagita Kunio
I bring you a very special book, an ethnographic work by the father of ethnography, Yanagita Kunio. He worked of the region of Tono, in the Iwate prefecture in Japan and this book was first published in the year 1910. He recopilated stories from the small town of Tono, in essence building the folklore of modern Japan. It's a short book and for those who're interested in japanese culture, this is essential to read.
To start with this board, I'd like to share with you the digitalization of the Codex Mendoza.
http://www.codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=spanish
This codex was written in the year 1540, 19 years after the fall of the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the Mexica (aztec) capital, and it was a report made by mexica scriveners for the king Philip II of Spain, telling him about their history and their tributes prior to the conquest.
This is an amazing project done by the INAH (National Institute of Anthropology and History), with excellent scans of the codex and with transcriptions in english and spanish. If you're interest in mesoamerican history, this will be an amazing source to read.