The Commemorative Plaque Industry thrives at the hands of the local craftsmen in Ghana. Techniques, methods, tools, and materials used as handed to them by their previous masters have remained the same over the years....The Commemorative Plaque Industry thrives at the hands of the local craftsmen in Ghana. Techniques, methods, tools, and materials used as handed to them by their previous masters have remained the same over the years. As a result, plaques produced had peculiar problems such as text fading, degrading the actual effect of the plaques. Additionally, metals once widely used for making plaques devoid of text fading in the industry seem to have lost their relevance due to metal plaque theft, rust on metal plaques, and the continuous rise in metal prices. This research uses descriptive, experimental, and case studies of the qualitative research method to examine the problems associated with locally produced commemorative plaques. A total of hundred (100) artisans, including metal scrap dealers, and plaque buyers, were selected for the study. Direct observation and face-to-face interviews were conducted with the local craftsmen, art lecturers and students, scrap dealers, and plaque buyers who were purposively sampled for the study. The study revealed that existing materials like ceramic and aluminium could be integrated innovatively to produce commemorative plaques devoid of text fading;a corrosion-resistant text could be made using anodized or coated metals used in smaller quantities to reduce costs while also making them unattractive for theft and lastly, silicone sealant was found to be a viable option for permanently inscribing text on porcelain bases. The results clarify and underline the necessity to grow the local plaque industry in terms of plaque production as another essential basis to assure high-quality plaques with no text fading that will survive for generations to serve their intended purpose.展开更多
Although post-mortem apotheosis and secular honor in temples have received more attention,shrines to living men were also ordinary institutions from Han times onwards in Chinese history.Previous scholarship so far on ...Although post-mortem apotheosis and secular honor in temples have received more attention,shrines to living men were also ordinary institutions from Han times onwards in Chinese history.Previous scholarship so far on pre-mortem shrines in Tang and Song relates them to pre-mortem commemoration in inscribed records of local commendation on the one hand and Neo-Confucian Daoxue Shrines to Local Worthies on the other.That scholarly work suggests that Tang and Song premortem shrines when political were basically elite institutions;and that when common people were involved their motivations were religious rather than political.In Ming times,by contrast,premortem shrines were normatively established by commoners and const^uted a venue for popular political participation,while the steles commemorating the shrines explicitly argued that non-el让e people had the right to political speech.This article speculates,as a hypothesis awaiting further research,that both Yuan modes of government generally,and creative uses of premortem enshrinement in Yuan times specifically,may have contributed to Ming populism.展开更多
文摘The Commemorative Plaque Industry thrives at the hands of the local craftsmen in Ghana. Techniques, methods, tools, and materials used as handed to them by their previous masters have remained the same over the years. As a result, plaques produced had peculiar problems such as text fading, degrading the actual effect of the plaques. Additionally, metals once widely used for making plaques devoid of text fading in the industry seem to have lost their relevance due to metal plaque theft, rust on metal plaques, and the continuous rise in metal prices. This research uses descriptive, experimental, and case studies of the qualitative research method to examine the problems associated with locally produced commemorative plaques. A total of hundred (100) artisans, including metal scrap dealers, and plaque buyers, were selected for the study. Direct observation and face-to-face interviews were conducted with the local craftsmen, art lecturers and students, scrap dealers, and plaque buyers who were purposively sampled for the study. The study revealed that existing materials like ceramic and aluminium could be integrated innovatively to produce commemorative plaques devoid of text fading;a corrosion-resistant text could be made using anodized or coated metals used in smaller quantities to reduce costs while also making them unattractive for theft and lastly, silicone sealant was found to be a viable option for permanently inscribing text on porcelain bases. The results clarify and underline the necessity to grow the local plaque industry in terms of plaque production as another essential basis to assure high-quality plaques with no text fading that will survive for generations to serve their intended purpose.
文摘Although post-mortem apotheosis and secular honor in temples have received more attention,shrines to living men were also ordinary institutions from Han times onwards in Chinese history.Previous scholarship so far on pre-mortem shrines in Tang and Song relates them to pre-mortem commemoration in inscribed records of local commendation on the one hand and Neo-Confucian Daoxue Shrines to Local Worthies on the other.That scholarly work suggests that Tang and Song premortem shrines when political were basically elite institutions;and that when common people were involved their motivations were religious rather than political.In Ming times,by contrast,premortem shrines were normatively established by commoners and const^uted a venue for popular political participation,while the steles commemorating the shrines explicitly argued that non-el让e people had the right to political speech.This article speculates,as a hypothesis awaiting further research,that both Yuan modes of government generally,and creative uses of premortem enshrinement in Yuan times specifically,may have contributed to Ming populism.
