Utne ReaderUtne Reader (also known as Utne; /ˈʌtni/, UT-nee) is a digital digest that collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment, generally from alternative…View analysis →
QuickTime VRQuickTime VR (also known as QTVR) is an image file format developed by Apple Inc. for QuickTime, and discontinued along with QuickTime 7. It allows the creation and viewing of VR…View analysis →
Statutory instrumentIn many countries, a statutory instrument is a form of delegated legislation.View analysis →
MalhunMalhun, meaning 'the melodic poem', is a form of music that originated in Morocco. It is a kind of urban, sung poetry that comes from the exclusively masculine working-class…View analysis →
Natural hornThe natural horn is a musical instrument descending from the hunting horn, and is the predecessor to the modern-day French horn. Differentiated by its lack of valves, natural…View analysis →
TrefoilA trefoil (from Latin trifolium 'three-leaved plant') is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings, used in architecture, Pagan and Christian symbolism…View analysis →
ChhandChhand (Punjabi: ਛੰਦ, Urdu: چھند, Hindi: छंद) is a quatrain used in the poetic traditions of North India and Pakistan.View analysis →
DeulaDeula is an architectural element in a Hindu temple in the Kalinga architecture style of the Odishan temples in Eastern India. Sometimes the whole temple is also referred to as…View analysis →
FippleThe term fipple specifies a variety of end-blown flute that includes the flageolet, recorder, and tin whistle. The Hornbostel–Sachs system for classifying musical instruments…View analysis →
IittalaIittala, founded as a glassworks in 1881, is a Finnish design brand specialising in design objects, tableware and cookware.View analysis →
Folk processIn the study of folklore, the folk process is the way folk material, especially stories, music, and other art, is transformed and re-adapted in the process of its transmission…View analysis →
HemadpantHemādri Paṇḍita, popularly known as Hemāḍapanta, was a polymath and a prime minister from 1259 to 1274 during the reign of Mahādeva (r. 1261–1270) and Ramachandra (r. 1271–1311)…View analysis →
Omnidirectional cameraIn photography and computer vision, an omnidirectional camera (from "omni", meaning all), also known as 360-degree camera (or 360° camera), is a camera having a field of view…View analysis →
APILASThe RAC 112 APILAS (RAC - Roquette AntiChar (French for "anti-tank rocket"), APILAS - Armour-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System) is a portable one-shot 112 mm recoilless…View analysis →
EuphuismEuphuism is an elegant literary style that was briefly in fashion during the Elizabethan era. The euphuism style employed the frequent use of alliteration, antithesis, balance…View analysis →
Hoxton SquareHoxton Square is a public garden square in the Hoxton area in the London Borough of Hackney. Laid out in 1683, it is thought to be one of the oldest in London. Since the 1990s it…View analysis →
JacobethanThe Jacobethan (/ˌdʒækəˈbiːθən/ jak-ə-BEE-thən) architectural style, also known as Jacobean Revival, is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in…View analysis →
EontaEonta is a composition for piano, two trumpets, and three tenor trombones by Iannis Xenakis. It was written in 1963–64, and was premiered on December 16, 1964, by the Ensemble du…View analysis →
MRAsiansThe Asian men's rights movement, often shortened as MRAsians, is an anti-feminist subculture among Asian-American men. The movement has been linked to harassment of…View analysis →
Keyboard expressionKeyboard expression is the ability of a keyboard musical instrument to change tone or other qualities of the sound in response to velocity, pressure or other variations in how…View analysis →
CytharaThe cythara is a wide group of stringed instruments of medieval and Renaissance Europe, including not only the lyre and harp but also necked, string instruments. In fact, unless…View analysis →
DotaraThe dotara or dotar (Assamese: দোতোৰা dütüra, দোতৰা dütora, Bengali: দোতারা; Rangpuri: দোতোৰা/দোতোরা dotora), (literally, “Of two strings”) is a two-stringed, plucked musical…View analysis →
Exeter GuildhallExeter Guildhall on the High Street of Exeter, Devon, England has been the centre of civic government for the city for at least 600 years. Much of the fabric of the building is…View analysis →
BaladiBaladi (Arabic: بلدي baladī; relative-adjective 'of town', 'local', comparable to English folk, with a lower-class connotation) can refer to an Egyptian musical style, the folk…View analysis →
Bivouac shelterA bivouac shelter or bivvy (alternately bivy, bivi, bivvi) is any of a variety of improvised camp site or shelter that is usually of a temporary nature, used especially by…View analysis →
Electro swingElectro swing, or swing house, is an electronic dance music genre that combines the influence of vintage or modern swing and jazz mixed with house and hip hop. Successful…View analysis →
Se (instrument)The se (Chinese: 瑟) or guse (Chinese: 古瑟) is an ancient plucked zither of Chinese origin. It varied in size and construction, but generally had 25–50 strings with moveable…View analysis →
AkuntsuThe Akuntsu (also known as Akunt'su or Akunsu) are an Indigenous people of Rondônia, Brazil. Their land is part of the Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory, a small Indigenous…View analysis →
Animal styles in Chinese martial artsIn Chinese martial arts, there are fighting styles that are modeled after animals.View analysis →
Doublets (tables game)Doublets or queen's game is a historical English tables game for two people which was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Although played on a board similar to that now used…View analysis →
GopnikA gopnik, (feminine: gopnitsa) is a member of a juvenile delinquent urban subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and some other former Soviet republics. In the 21st century the…View analysis →
Keyed bugleThe keyed bugle (also Royal Kent bugle, or Kent bugle) is a high-pitched brass instrument with a wide conical bore and tone holes operated by keys to alter the pitch and provide…View analysis →
Mountain rationThe Mountain Ration (or "M-Ration") was a United States military ration developed for use by U.S. troops operating in high-altitude or mountainous regions of the European theatre…View analysis →
CalungThe Calung (Sundanese: ᮎᮜᮥᮀ) is a type of Indonesian bamboo xylophone originating from Baduy culture and commonly used in Baduy, Bantenese, Sundanese, Banyumasan, and Balinese…View analysis →
DahutDahut, also spelled Dahud, is a princess in Breton legend and literature, associated with the legend of the drowned city of Ys.View analysis →
International Association of Lighting DesignersThe International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) is a learned society of architectural lighting designers founded in 1969 and based in Chicago.View analysis →
