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‘Evangelical Gitanos are a good catch’: masculinity, churches, and roneos★

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article explores Christian principles, imagery, and ideas shaping the (re)making of masculine ideals, behaviour, and identities among Pentecostal Gitanos in Spain. Scholarship on Pentecostal masculinities emphasizes that in cultural settings dominated by ‘macho’ and other chauvinistic principles, men find it challenging to comply with Pentecostal ...
Antonio Montañés Jiménez
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Evaluation and Analysis of Design Elements for Sustainable Renewal of Urban Vulnerable Spaces. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Gao C, Hou J, Ma Y, Yang J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Craft in an age of creativity: disengagement as a new mode of craftsmanship among traditional potters in Japan

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Abstract Embedded within Japan's demographic and economic stagnation, traditional craftsmanship unexpectedly aligns with the discourse of creativity. This study delves into the intricacies of this convergence through ethnographic details, shedding light on how endeavours to preserve local crafts intertwine with the burgeoning discourse of creativity ...
Shilla Lee
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Impact of Location of the Central Activities on Development of Open Public Space in the City Centers of Small Cities

Igra Ustvarjalnosti, 2016
Urban areas of the central activities with mixed land use are crucial for the development of city center, even in small cities. In the last decades or two the attention is drawn on the retail and service activities that are usually located outside of ...
Volgemut, Mateja , Zavodnik Lamovšek, Alma   +1 more
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Complaint culture: the non‐market economy and moral disappointment in a late‐socialist kibbutz La culture des réclamations : économie non marchande et déception morale dans un kibboutz aux derniers temps du socialisme

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In recent years, the kibbutz – a once‐idealized socialist commune in Israel – has become a common object of critique in Israeli popular culture. Many critiques focus on what can be described as the old kibbutz's ‘moral harshness’, highlighting the prevalence of informal surveillance, peer pressure, and public moralizing.
Omri Senderowicz
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The City and the City: Tent Camps and Luxury Development in the NoMA Business Improvement District (BID) in Washington, D.C. [PDF]

Int J Hist Archaeol, 2023
Howe A.
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Mother of Holiness: Phoebe Palmer's Maternal Grief, Silence, and Spiritual Leadership in her Spiritual Narrative

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article expands upon a central aspect of Holiness evangelist Phoebe Palmer's (1807–1874) theology, which has been only tangentially mentioned by scholars: her gendered identity of motherhood. It first considers how Palmer narrated the deaths of her first two sons in her spiritual narrative The Way of Holiness as divine punishment for her ...
Layla Koch
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The tragedy of being a historical creature: Gender and history in Nicolas de Montreux’s La Sophonisbe (1601)

Orbis Litterarum, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 31-44, February 2023., 2023
This article explores the relationship between gender and history in Nicolas de Montreux’s historical tragedy La Sophonisbe (1601), specifically how the drama uses the historical female figure of Sophonisbe to negotiate what it means to take part in history.
Anastasia Ladefoged Larn
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On the field: Race, gender and sports in colonial Ghana

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses Ghanaian women's sport practice from the late nineteenth century to the late 1950s, from games intertwined with displays of colonial authority to school competitions, physical education and tennis. The article argues that their performances played with changing categorisations of African girlhood and womanhood, especially
Claire Nicolas
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Urban planning in a context of rapid urban growth. A large scale review of urban plans in Africa [PDF]

arXiv
As the African continent continues to urbanise, cities are becoming increasingly central to the transformations of societies and economies. Many studies highlight the limits of urban planning in these cities, emphasising the high share of population living in slums and the low levels of services that reach neighbourhoods. Less attention is given to the
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