European and American engagement with African art has taken many forms. One, and perhaps
the most pernicious, has been the invention of “traditional” art. In distinguishing between …

… Since then, we have seen the invention of norms forbidding … In this context, we define an
institutional invention as the … Agreement was an institutional invention since no other trade …

Peter Jost is known to the international tribology community as the father of the subject—‘the
man who made the world spin a little easier’. He was the author of the eponymous ‘Jost …

This system-level ethnographic study of a strength-based approach to transforming a national
invention education program makes visible how program leadership drew on research …

Reflection on the meaning of the word ‘tradition’, and related terms such as ‘traditional’, is
conceptually complex but has been subject to limited critical scrutiny within academic …

The Neolithic revolution saw the independent development of agriculture among at least
seven unconnected hunter-gatherer populations. I propose that the rapid spread of agricultural …

… To provide that clarity, this paper will outline the invention of race with a specific focus on
Colonial Virginia, because of its importance in the codification of racial categories in law. I …

Patent law is, at its heart, all about the invention. Determining who qualifies as an inventor
defines who controls the exclusory right conferred by the patent. The current law of …

A fresh reading of Aldus Manutius, preeminent in the history of the printed book. Aldus
Manutius is perhaps the greatest figure in the history of the printed book: in Venice, Europe’s …

… force in British invention. We will argue that 100 years later US invention is similarly pushed
… arrangements that manage an invention process increasingly characterized by teamwork. …