FEMINISTS VERSUS MONUMENTS? From Protests to Anti‐monuments in Mexico City
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the role of heritage spaces and monuments in the Historic Centre of Mexico City during ongoing feminist mobilizations. Feminists have claimed that the Mexican government is more concerned about protecting monuments and urban heritage than acting to prevent gender‐based violence and femicide.
Fernando Gutiérrez
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Evaluación de la vulnerabilidad socioeconómica y ambiental ante inundaciones en el barrio Filemón Rivera de la ciudad de Estelí, II semestre del año 2014 [PDF]
, 2014 La investigación “Evaluación de la vulnerabilidad socioeconómica y ambiental ante inundaciones en el barrio Filemón Rivera de la ciudad de Estelí, II semestre del año 2014” se realizó con el objetivo de evaluar la vulnerabilidad socioeconómica y ...
Benavides Altamirano, Ingrid Fabiola +2 more
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Los Angeles Logos. Literární ztvárnění města-hranice v chicanské próze // Los Angeles Logos. Literary representation of the city-frontier in Chicana/o fiction [PDF]
Svět Literatury, 2017 In Chicana/o prose, namely the fiction of Helena María Viramontes, the artistic depiction of the city of Los Angeles becomes a synecdochic expression of the frontier space.
Markéta Riebová
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EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter‐measures
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What is ‘epistemic extractivism’, and how does it affect researchers who are engaged in urban and housing movements? This essay first explores the contexts of both engaged research and epistemic extractivism, clarifying their meanings and implications. It also disentangles the ethical and methodological risks posed by epistemic extractivism in
Miguel A. Martínez
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Dying for it: gangs, violence, and social change in urban Nicaragua [PDF]
, 2003 Youth gangs potentially constitute an ideal lens through which to explore the dynamics and ramifications of the new political economy of violence in Latin America, and this paper consequently presents and ethnographic case study of an urban Nicaraguan ...
Rodgers, Dennis
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Lefebvre en Barcelona: trialéctica e itinerarios industriales en Poblenou
Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica, 2019 En los últimos años, la configuración de itinerarios ha sido una de las políticas urbanas más importantes en lo concerniente a los imaginarios y a las prácticas de aprendizaje de la ciudad.
Pedro Limón López +1 more
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Actas de Arquitectura Religiosa Contemporánea, 2011 Aspectos generales. La imagen de la parroquia. Bruno Zevi escribía ya en los años anteriores al Concilio: El edificio religioso, ¿se integra orgánicamente en el tejido urbano o lo rechaza?
Imanol Carlos García de Albéniz
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Corporate Tax System Complexity and Investment Sensitivity to Tax Policy Changes
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Effective policymakers must balance the demands of formulating a corporate tax system that raises revenue and spurs economic activity (e.g., investment) while promoting a “level playing field” across firms. Balancing these tradeoffs has likely caused tax systems to become more complex over time, increasing firms’ difficulty in understanding ...
HARALD AMBERGER +2 more
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Making danger a calling: anthropology, violence and the dilemmas of participant observation [PDF]
, 2001 This paper contains reflections on the experience of fieldwork carried out in Nicaragua into urban gangs in Managua. It examines the dilemmas encountered by an anthropologist employing participant observation, in which he became accepted as a member of a
Rodgers, Dennis
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Actores de la continuidad educativa en barrios de Venezuela: madres del núcleo Santa Rosa de Agua
Comparative Cultural Studies, 2018 Este artículo presenta resultados de una etnografía hecha en un núcleo de música de El Sistema, un programa venezolano de educación musical con orquestas. Centré esta investigación en las interacciones sociales entre todos los actores involucrados con el
Alix Didier Sarrouy
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