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Cultural appropriation of spaces and things [PDF]

, 2020
This proceedings volume gathers papers presented at the symposium “Cultural Appropriation of Spaces and Things” held in Siegen, Germany in October 2019.
Birkhölzer, Uta, Heck, Volker, Georg, Andree, Flügel, Alexandra, Landrock, Irina, Barfod, Karen, Gaffron, Julia, Gießelmann, Urs, Weipert, Matthias, Gröger, Martin, Gaubitz, Sarah, Pereira, Sebastião Lázaro, Kim, Hyeongjoo, Prust, Christian, Daugbjerg, Peer, Schommer, Mirko, Höper, Jan, Dorn, André, Schaal, Markus, Brill, Swaantje, Janssen, Mareike, Sukopp, Thomas, Giffoni Junior, Alexandre Avelino, Netto, Alberto Barella   +23 more
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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
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A multi-agent reinforcement learning model of common-pool resource appropriation [PDF]

, 2017
Humanity faces numerous problems of common-pool resource appropriation. This class of multi-agent social dilemma includes the problems of ensuring sustainable use of fresh water, common fisheries, grazing pastures, and irrigation systems. Abstract models
Graepel, Thore, Leibo, Joel Z, Tuyls, Karl, Perolat, Julien, Zambaldi, Vinicius, Beattie, Charles   +5 more
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Water and the human culture of appropriation: the Vaal River up to 1956

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2006
There is discernable evidence of the human presence having historically appropriated the 1300 kilometer long Vaal River of South Africa as it extends itself from the Drakensberg Plateau into the arid Karoo region.
Johann W.N. Tempelhoff
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
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Alternative Policy Designs to Help Farmers Select Profitable Conservation Practices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary private carbon initiatives (VPCIs) promote the implementation of agricultural conservation practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) via financial incentives to participating farmers. Simultaneously, an array of public policies supports the adoption of conservation practices through technical and financial ...
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Alejandro Plastina   +1 more
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Structure lexicale de la substantivation adjective dans l’écriture de Kourouma [PDF]

Akofena, 2022
Résumé : Kourouma est de ceux qui ont toujours prôné l’idée d’une appropriation de la langue française afin de se libérer de son formalisme contraignant pour offrir une expression prenant en compte les particularités locales.
Konan Lazare N’GUESSAN
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Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen, Roderick M. Rejesus, Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan   +3 more
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Literary Education and the Ethics of Expansion: Principles, Processes and Examples

Interlitteraria, 2017
This contribution is rooted in my vision of literary education as a humanistic practice devoted to expanding the students’ ideological and imaginative horizons.
Yolanda Caballero Aceituno
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Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
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