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Historical Evolution and Cultural Heritage of Ahwiaa Indigenous Wood Carving Practices, Ghana: 1960s and Beyond [PDF]

Dialogica: Revistă de Studii Culturale și Literatură
In many communities around the globe, woodcarving contributes significantly to livelihood, cultural sustainability, religious exhibition and historical antecedents.
Ben BOATENG ANTWI-AGYEI, Mohammed Kwaku BAIDOO, Dickson ADOM, Steve KQUOFI, Emmanuel ANTWI   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

“I need to take care of myself as well”—self‐care strategies of abortion acompañantes in Northern Mexico

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This ethnographic study explores the emotional labor and self‐care strategies of feminist abortion acompañantes in Northern Mexico. Operating within restrictive legal environments, acompañantes provide crucial support for self‐managed medication abortions (SMAs), engaging in significant, often invisible, emotional labor.
Bruna Alvarez, Suzanne Veldhuis
wiley   +1 more source

The application of Malay wood carving on contemporary architecture in Malaysia [PDF]

Journal of Design and the Built Environment, 2012
Malay wood carving has been identified as one of the most important element in Malay Traditional Architecture. The application of this special element has its own philosophy and its purpose was meant to enrich the architecture character values.
Nila Inangda Manyam Keumala Daud, Ezrin Arbi, Mohammad Faisal   +2 more
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Revealing the Archetype: The Journey of a Trecento Madonna and Child at the National Museum of Scotland [PDF]

, 2017
The National Museums Scotland Madonna and Child project sought to uncover and document the history of a fine polychrome wood carving attributed to The Master of the Gualino St Catherine and to prepare it for display. A new body of knowledge has been
Challands, T., De Bellaigue, D., King, R., Palozzi, L., Richter, M., Schwartz, T., Troalen, L., Wong Rueda, M.   +7 more
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Integrating General and Vocational Education to Sustain and Renew Traditional Chinese Culture: A Case Study of Chongqing Three Gorges Vocational College

Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how a Chinese higher vocational college can align skills training with the inheritance and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture. Grounded in perspectives that view vocational education as cultural transmission and identity work and informed by the lenses of general‐vocational integration and ...
Yuchang Xu, Dequan Zhu, Jiancheng Tan, Xue Pan, Fukui Zhao, Dufan Cao, Ning Wang, Ying Tang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pattern Research Project: An Investigation of The Pattern And Printing Process - Kiku [PDF]

, 2018
2018 Pattern Research Project Yufei Zheng- Kiku The Pattern Research Project involves research and analysis of contemporary patterns found in the textiles and wallcoverings of the built interior environment.
Zheng, Yufei
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Beyond the Classroom: Cognitive and Educational Insights Into Gameplay‐Based Second Language Learning

Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This pilot study investigated how the narrative‐rich Chinese AAA game Black Myth: Wukong supports advanced Mandarin learners. Using reflective journals, semi‐structured interviews, and exploratory electroencephalogram (EEG), we examined learners' cognitive, affective, and cultural experiences.
ShuPei Wang, Yina Patterson, Maren Wenger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From plane to three-dimensional: the spatial narrative of landscapes in carving art

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This paper explores how bamboo stationery carving reshapes traditional Chinese painting and reflects spatial concepts in Chinese philosophy. As a three-dimensional reinterpretation of two-dimensional landscape paintings, bamboo carving not only ...
Chenxi Dong, Shunfeng Zhang
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Turning Down Mum's Cooking: The Ethics of Dietary Difference within Families

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although food ethicists have called for greater attention to the relational context of eating for over a decade, the context of ‘eating with family’ remains largely ignored. But the family is both a morally specific relational context and one within which many people do most of their eating.
Megan A. Dean
wiley   +1 more source