Open-air museums: digital cultures, aesthetics and everyday life
At a time when everything becomes art, art no longer belongs to itself, to the point of overflowing from the frames that have enclosed it for several centuries – museums, galleries, churches – with unprecedented effects not only in the field of ...
Vincenzo Susca
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A path to reconciliation between Indigenous and settler–colonial epistemologies
There is a movement across settler–colonial institutions of education and research to engage with Indigenous Peoples and Knowledges. Many settler and Indigenous governments are pursuing pathways to move forward together to address global problems such as climate change. However, given the pervasive history of exploitation and displacement of Indigenous
Joseph Gazing Wolf+20 more
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Informal Use of “Marginal Open Space” Along Residential Streets in a Nigerian City
In today’s highly regulated cities, a conspicuous pattern of marginal open space has emerged between buildings and streets. With rapid population growth, different activities are also emerging in the open spaces, particularly in the cities of developing
Temitope Muyiwa Adebara+2 more
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Abstract The 2016 presidential election marked the beginning of a so‐called “post‐truth era” in which mis‐ and disinformation have contributed to political polarization and violence, the acceleration of global warming, and thousands of preventable deaths.
Benjamin N. Lathrop
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Determination of Factors Influencing Users’ Satisfaction with Urban Green Open Spaces in a sub-Sahara African City – Evidence from Enugu, Nigeria [PDF]
This study determined the factors that influence urban green open space users’ satisfaction with open spaces in Enugu urban, south-east Nigeria. The data were derived from a questionnaire survey of 394 open space visitors and analyzed using descriptive ...
Obinna UBANI+3 more
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Conceptualising aesthetic power in the digitally-mediated city
Aesthetics, generally understood as an intensified emphasis on the sensorial look and feel of urban environments, has become an important perspective through which urban scholarship is examining the economic, social, political and cultural processes of urban regeneration projects across the globe.
Monica Degen, Gillian Rose
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Go Micro Aesthetics: A Cross-Sectional Study to Assess Anterior Hard and Soft Tissue Parameters in Young Adults of Bhopal City [PDF]
Bhavika A Bhavsar+5 more
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The multiple temporalities of infrastructure: Atomic cities and the memory of lost futures
Nuclear power plants, with their promise of boundless cheap energy, are archetypal figures of progress modernity. As we acknowledge the limits of industrial progress and growth-based capital, places for where the dream is now over, and whose inhabitants ...
Leila Dawney
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On a Class of Polar Log-Aesthetic Curves [PDF]
Curves are essential concepts that enable compounded aesthetic curves, e.g., to assemble complex silhouettes, match a specific curvature profile in industrial design, and construct smooth, comfortable, and safe trajectories in vehicle-robot navigation systems.
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Home and psychological well‐being in global consumer mobility
Abstract Home is typically understood as a singular place that provides a sense of groundedness, belonging, and well‐being. Yet, this singular notion of home is challenged in global mobility, where consumers live and travel across borders and relocate internationally frequently.
Zahra Sharifonnasabi+2 more
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