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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing low thermal conductivity of bricks which contain rice husk, corn cob and waste tea as an additive material [PDF]

, 2017
Energy efficient buildings have emerged as a new approach to encourage use of natural resources and reduction of energy requirements. Thermal and mechanical brick properties play an important role in designing modern buildings.
Mat Saman, Nor Sarwani
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Embodied Narrations: Video Narrative Inquiry for Meaning‐Making of Learning Contexts

International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract This text begins with the initial question of how we can narrate in a situated and meaningful way about the processes of teaching and learning, not to repeat what we imagine that we should say and already know, but to be truthful with respect to the issues that affect us and matter to us.
Olaia Miranda Berasategi, Alaitz Sasiain Camarero‐Nuñez, Estibaliz Aberasturi‐Apraiz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large CO2 reduction and enhanced thermal performance of agro-forestry, construction and demolition waste based fly ash bricks for sustainable construction

Scientific Reports
The exhaust gases in production of burnt clay bricks is responsible for greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission which increase the carbon footprint in the ecosystem. Here, we report carbon emission and thermal performance based evaluation of 8 ft. × 9 ft.
Siddharth Singh, Soumitra Maiti, Ravindra Singh Bisht, Soraj Kumar Panigrahi, Sameer Yadav   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Doing Autoethnography, Teaching Autoethnography as a White Woman Architect‐Educator‐Researcher in South Africa

International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract This autoethnographic study lies at the intersection of architectural, teaching and research practice through the lens of an architect‐teacher‐researcher working in post‐Apartheid South Africa. The research traces a shift from unconscious design practice to a more conscious, critical and careful practice through practice‐based design research ...
Sandra Felix
wiley   +1 more source

Finite element modelling of structural clay brick masonry subjected to axial compression [PDF]

, 2004
This Paper Presents The Numerical Verifications Of The Experimental Investigation On The Effect Of Mortar Joint Thickness On Compressive Strength Characteristics Of Axially Loaded Brick-Mortar Prisms.
Bakhteri, Jahangir, Makhtar, Ahmad Mahir, Sambasivam, Shamala   +2 more
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Black mangrove growth and root architecture in recycled glass sand: testing a new substrate for coastal restoration

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
As coastal regions experience accelerating land loss, artificial substrates may be useful in restoration efforts to replenish sediment and facilitate plant colonization. Recycled glass sand is a potential artificial substrate for marsh building due to its sustainability, availability, and similarity to natural substrates.
Kathryn H. Fronabarger, Alan J. Deogracias III, Kacey Lange, Elizabeth H. MacDougal, Bek X. L. Markel, Sunshine A. Van Bael, Emily C. Farrer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non‐Migrant Women and Their Livelihoods in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh

Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.
This graphical abstract illustrates the Sundarbans social–ecological system and its influence on women's livelihood strategies, particularly migration and non‐migration decisions. It highlights the interaction between ecological (ecosystem services) and social (institutional interventions, governance) subsystems, shaping livelihood capitals (natural ...
Marta Martínez‐Fabiani, Bishawjit Mallick, Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

In-country Research and Data Collection on Forced Labor and Child Labor in the Production of Goods: Nepal [PDF]

, 2009
ILAB_In_country_research_and_data_collection_on_FL_and_CL_India.pdf: 27 downloads, before Oct.
ICF International
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My (post‐)post‐socialism: A personal photo essay

Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract The paper is a multi‐modal, autoethnographic exploration of the visual remnants of lived post‐communism in a typical block of flats neighborhood of a Romanian city. By using film and digital photography, alongside narrative reflection, the author summons memories and blends observed and lived reality with creative non‐fiction to build an ...
Oana Borlea‐Stăncioi
wiley   +1 more source