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The study evaluates the spatial behaviors of women in urban public place through ‘fear of crime’ and ‘public place functionality’ factors; by using direct observations and questionnaire within the Grand Bazaar as a historical urban public place in the ...
Aida Jalalkamali , Elham Anjomshoa
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Ameliorating Linguistic Anchors of Oppression
ABSTRACT The words we use to represent the world shape how we interpret and respond to it; language frames what it represents. In some cases, these frames can have prejudicial effects; for example, ‘workplace flirting’ versus ‘sexual harassment’. This article examines how specific words and phrases (i.e.
Emilia L. Wilson
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Le centre d’Alger en 1830 à la lumière d’un document d’archive inédit : un relevé militaire de 1831
The center of the medina of Algiers disappeared very soon after the capture of the city by French colonial troops in 1830. Several authors have attempted to restore the urban configuration of the Algerian souks district but they have encountered the ...
Assia Touarigt–Belkhodja
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The Bazaar as a Model for Knowledge Work
ABSTRACT This paper presents fieldwork that extends existing metaphors of knowledge work as a process shaped by hierarchical or market forces. A qualitative, ethnographic study of six knowledge‐intensive businesses in two countries identifies striking parallels with the Middle Eastern bazaar in contrast to Western impersonal markets and hierarchies. We
Reed Elliot Nelson +2 more
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The Study of a Monumental Structure Ruins to the Southwest of the Cathedral Mosque in Bolgar City
The ruins of a large brick building were revealed on the Bolgar city site to the southwest of the Cathedral mosque. The structure was studied during the 1989-1993, 2000 and 2011 excavations. It has been found that that its outer walls were built of baked
Baranov Vyacheslav S. +2 more
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‘Paki go home’: The story of racism in the Gerrard India Bazaar
For South Asian Canadians who migrated to Toronto in the 1970s, the only place for them to purchase and consume South Asian foodstuffs would have been in the area referred to as ‘Little India’, which later developed into what is referred to today as the ...
Aqeel Ihsan
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Taxonomic reappraisal of the mangrove genus Avicennia (Acanthaceae) in India
A taxonomic reappraisal of the mangrove genus Avicennia in India was undertaken through extensive field surveys and critical examination of herbarium specimens. Three taxa, Avicennia alba, Avicennia marina subsp. marina, and Avicennia officinalis, are described in detail. A synonymic list was compiled using the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)
Subrata Mondal, Saikat Naskar
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Stock-in-Trade Items from a Mid-14th-Century Marketplace Excavated on the Bolgar City
The categories of stock-in-trade items found during excavations of the city market building on the Bolgar city of the Golden Horde period are discussed.
Koval Vladimir Yu.
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Meyna grisea and M. peltata, two new records from Imphal Valley, Manipur, India, characterised by a capitate stigma with 4–5 divergent, spreading lobes on a globose base, and a prominent peltate stigma, respectively, are described and illustrated here. Photographs, key to the species, along with their coordinates and diagnostic characters in comparison
Pallavi B. Dhal +3 more
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Revitalization of Cultural and Aesthetical Assets of Iranian Traditional Bazaar
In recent decades, modernization is extensively changing the face of Iranian cities. Besides, urban places are losing their traditional features, identity and cultural characteristics. Conservation of cultural heritage resources rescued historical parts
Maryam Ziyaee
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