...is not the way we think we think"

Fauconnier, Gilles und Mark Turner 2002: The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind´s Hidden Complexities. New York, Basic Books. Preface, p. v

As I took a stroll in our wonderful library I came across the "Working Camera" by John Hedgecoe. It´s a pop-up book, like the ones many of us had when we were very young. But this one´s for adults and intends to give us an idea how SLR (Single Lens Reflex) cameras work - complete with pop up camera and pop up photo lab and outdoor scenery. All with plenty of possibilities to try it out and to excercise your new knowledge. I like the idea. And for some it might be a good start into photography before a field trip. And it´s nostalgia for all of us popup book lovers. Aren´t we all..






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I was browsing for the cover picture of Malinowskis Argonauts and I found some remarkable things. For instance, I didn´t know Sir James Frazer was an artist too:

"Argonauts of the Western Pacific
von Bronislaw Malinowski, James Frazer (Designer)"

Second, I wonder what caused this reaction:

"do not buy this book!, 8. Dezember 1999
Rezensentin/Rezensent aus Durham University

If your tutor asks you to do a piece of work on this book, take my advice and go out and buy a bottle of whiskey and a loaded shotgun!"

Warning: Recently there have been incidents with agressive and dangerously armed students under influence of alcohole. For your own security, don´t go out at night, lock doors and windows and hide all works by a certain B. K. Malinowski in a secure place. Your Police.

'Tom Hickman puts forth an interesting idea of why humankind settled down and built cities.: "Which came first the city or the cemetery? Despite the fact that the very first townships in Mesopotamia ten thousand years ago buried their dead in brick-built spaces under their houses, it´s generally agreed that the ´cities of the dead´came ahead of the cities of the living. Food gathering and hunting don´t encourage permament occupation of a single site; dying does. And to be near its dead, humankind had to put down roots. Most urbanised civilisation s have chosen to do that adjacent to, not on top of, their dead."

[HICKMAN, TOM 2002: Death - A User´s Guide. Ebury Press, London.]