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When bohemia becomes a business: City lights, Columbus avenue and a future for San Francisco [PDF]

open access: yesHuman Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2011
This article offers a study of the now clichéd Bohemian Index. I explore how Richard Florida’s arguments flatten, homogenize and commercialize the radicalism and resistance of the cities validated through his criteria. Activism becomes a brand.
Tara Brabazon
doaj  

Liquid retail:cultural perspectives on marketplace transformation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Inspired by Bauman’s notion of ‘liquidity’, we problematize the socio-cultural dynamics taking place in contemporary retail. The notion of liquid retail enables reserachers to untangle marketplace transformation and to highlight developments centred ...
Bajde, Domen   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Youth activism in Poland: Perceptions, participation and diverging perspectives from young people and activists

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent years have seen a growing scholarly interest in youth activism (YA), a phenomenon often viewed as a positive development in response to declining civic and political engagement among young people. However, most of the research focuses on the activists themselves and gives less attention to how YA is perceived by the broader youth ...
Martyna Elerian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intelligenze artificiali e bias umani. Campagne contro gli stereotipi nelle GenAI

open access: yesOcula
Recently, an increasing number of brands has openly made use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to develop both individual commercials and entire advertising campaigns.
Carla Fissardi
doaj   +1 more source

THE MAIN DIFFICULTIES FOR VEGETARIANS TO BECOME VEGANS: A STUDY WITH BRAZILIAN CONSUMERS

open access: yesDemetra, 2018
Vegetarianism and veganism are much more than simple diets. They are a philosophy of life that, through eating, proposes questions and changes of attitudes about normally accepted standards.
Carolina Andrade Queiroz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Broadening Civic Space Through Voluntary Action Lessons from 2011 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This publication explores how non-formal voluntary action outside of formal organizations can lead to greater citizen participation in governance; serves as a resource to help civil society organizations (CSOs) explore the opportunities for engagement ...
Fiona Talcott
core  

The argument of the broken pane: Suffragette consumerism and newspapers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Within the cut-throat world of newspaper advertising the newspapers of Britain's Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) Votes for Women and the Suffragette managed to achieve a balance that has often proved to be an impossible challenge for social ...
Baldasty Gerald J.   +21 more
core   +1 more source

Learning to explain environmental crises: A dialogic analysis of teacher professional learning between Chile and the United States

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Many studies and initiatives are animated by the potential for science education to intervene in the climate crisis and crises of environmental degradation and disinformation. For science teachers to learn to address these issues in their classes, their teaching must expand beyond scientific facts and face controversial social aspects. Dealing
Valeria M. Cabello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paranoia and Christianity in Maurice Dantec’s Crime Fiction

open access: yesStudies in 20th & 21st Century Literature, 2009
Maurice Dantec is “a prophet, a mystic, a Christian soldier, Zionist and pro-American, anti-secular and militantly counter-revolutionary. In short, the last scandal of French literature,” according to his editor David Kersan.
Jean-Louis Hippolyte
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Equity Engagement Evaluating the Impact of Shareholder Engagement in Public Equity Investing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Over the last decade, growing numbers of investors have become increasingly concerned with the environmental and social impact of their investments across asset classes.
Becky Johnson   +4 more
core  

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