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Asymptotically locally flat spacetimes and dynamical black flowers in three dimensions [PDF]

, 2015
The theory of massive gravity proposed by Bergshoeff, Hohm and Townsend is considered in the special case of the pure irreducibly fourth order quadratic Lagrangian.
Barnich, Glenn, Tempo, David, Troessaert, Cédric, Troncoso, Ricardo   +3 more
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From pollen provision to pollinator: Species‐specific sterol assimilation by wild bees in urban landscapes

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Human‐driven landscape change, particularly urbanization, is reshaping pollinator communities, yet the functional traits that mediate species persistence remain poorly understood. Dietary specialization is commonly used to predict species vulnerability.
Yan Yang, Joan Casanelles‐Abella, Marco Moretti, Consuelo M. De Moraes, Mark C. Mescher, Pengjuan Zu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Les communautés utopiques sont-elles toujours condamnées à disparaître ?

Cahiers d’histoire, 2016
Des milliers de personnes tentent l’aventure communautaire et le mouvement s’amplifie au cours du xixe siècle. Ces utopies concrètes, intentionnelles et/ou expérimentales, appelées colonies, milieux libres ou phalanstères, essaiment dans le monde entier,
Michel Antony
doaj   +1 more source

Towards an anthropology of acquisition: ‘How did you get that?’ Vers une anthropologie de l'acquisition : « Où as‐tu trouvé ça ? »

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The production‐distribution‐consumption triad has structured how anthropologists understand exchange for roughly a century. This article argues for expanding this triad to include an explicit focus on acquisition – the systems, processes, and practices of acquiring.
Hanna Garth
wiley   +1 more source

Littératie en matière de santé : des moyens novateurs de stimuler la prise en charge par la population francophone du nord-est du Nouveau-Brunswick [PDF]

, 2009
L’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) définit la promotion de la santé comme le processus qui confère aux populations les moyens d’assurer une plus grande maîtrise de leur propre santé et de l’améliorer.
Boivin, Nathalie, Réseau Communauté en santé de Bathurst   +1 more
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Autopsy, deathways, and intercultural healthcare in the southern Peruvian Andes Autopsie, pratiques mortuaires et soins de santé interculturels dans le sud des Andes péruviennes

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
wiley   +1 more source

Les racines historiques des conflits sociopolitiques en pays maasai, Kenya [PDF]

, 2010
This book is in French only.
Hughes, Lotte
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Amidst (waste) abundance: world‐making and struggles in hosting a municipal landfill in the Bolivian lowlands Au milieu de l'abondance (de déchets) : fabrication du monde et luttes liées à la gestion d'une décharge municipale dans les basses terres de Bolivie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In recent decades, solid waste has proliferated worldwide, becoming a pressing global issue. This article explores the role of Indigenous people dwelling within and upon emerging waste scenarios, with a specific focus on involved forms of sociality and ontological contestation. Drawing on the case of a municipal landfill sited on a Guarani community in
Vanesa Martín Galán
wiley   +1 more source

Seed-div: an abstract role-playing game for discussing collective management of agrobiodiversity [PDF]

, 2010
L'objectif principal de cette recherche est d'accompagner les paysans dans l'élaboration d'un cadre de gestion collective de la diversité de leurs variétés de céréales vivrières.
Abrami, Géraldine, Bazile, Didier, Bousquet, François, Coulibaly, Harouna   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The company you keep: becoming one(self) in an Indonesian convent En bonne compagnie : devenir (quelqu’)un dans un couvent indonésien Pergaulan dalam biara di Indonesia: sebuah proses pembentukan diri*

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article investigates companionate processes of self‐making in a religious community of Catholic nuns in eastern Indonesia. I argue that the sociality of the convent establishes a unique context for understanding the effects of one's company on processes of self‐becoming.
Meghan Rose Donnelly
wiley   +1 more source