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Collateralization of the Body in the Central Sahara: On Forms and Effects

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article tracks a transporter along the route linking Tripoli to the Saharan town of Ghadames in post‐2011 Libya, asking what secures an obligation when the institutions that normally underwrite it (offices, courts, recognized names) have receded. I distinguish the debt, the sum owed, from the security pledged to answer for it: what may be
Moad Musbahi
wiley   +1 more source

Investing Aura: Making Value at an Emirati Art Center

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article examines the politics and processes of establishing value for artworks, highlighting the continued belief in Walter Benjamin's idea of aura and describing the value aura generates as “auratic value.” Focusing on an artist residency program in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the country's arts boom, I analyze contestations ...
Beth Derderian
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable and Programmable Hydrogels for Bone Regeneration: A Perspective on Green Synthesis and Precision Fabrication

open access: yesSusMat, EarlyView.
The clinical translation of natural hydrogels is often hindered by a fundamental conflict. Green synthesis prioritizes biosafety through mild and non‐toxic conditions, whereas precision manufacturing demands mechanical robustness and structural fidelity.
Jiaxin Wu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

ARABIC ABSTRACTS

open access: yesSaudi Journal of Medicine & Medical Sciences, 2022
openaire   +2 more sources

Supporting Pathways into College and Careers: The Case of Adult Education ESL in Community Colleges

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Research has increasingly focused on the importance of college preparation and career and technical education (CTE) for multilingual learners (MLs), many of them classified as “English Learners,” in K‐12 schools. Less attention, however, has been paid to the collegiate and professional aspirations of another significant population of MLs in ...
Kylie A. Kenner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

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