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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain

History, EarlyView.
Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

DECOLONIZING CREATIVE GEOGRAPHIES OF ART BIENNIALS: A Study of Istanbul's Yeditepe Biennial through the Cultural Politics of Turkish Islamic Nationalism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the Yeditepe Biennial—Turkey's first Islamic and traditional arts biennial—as a creative festival shaped by the socio‐political and spatial dynamics of Turkish‐Islamist nationalism. Counterposed against the Istanbul Biennial and the Western‐oriented secular cultural legacy of the Turkish Republic, the Yeditepe Biennial ...
Hulya Arik, Sabrien Amrov
wiley   +1 more source

THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
wiley   +1 more source

PLACE‐FRAMING URBANITY: The Case of Kalasatama, Helsinki

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Narratives, visuality and symbolic representations are increasingly important in contemporary urban planning and development. This article seeks to understand how urbanity, one of the key goals of Helsinki's recent planning, has been constructed in the Kalasatama regeneration area. The construction of urban image and identity is viewed as soft
Tuomas Ilmavirta
wiley   +1 more source

UNPACKING THE SUSTAINABILITY FIX: Governance Mechanisms in Urban Redevelopment Across Central and Eastern Europe

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how sustainability is mobilized as a governance strategy in large‐scale urban redevelopment. Focusing on the RIVUS Mall project in Cluj‐Napoca, alongside comparative cases from Bratislava and Gdańsk, it traces how environmental objectives are translated into institutional practices, planning rationales, and financial ...
MIHAI IACOB
wiley   +1 more source

Changing Public Attitudes Toward the Employment of Formerly Incarcerated People: The Role of “Human Resources Social Advocacy”

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This registered report aims to evaluate the extent to which the human resources function can change public attitudes toward a controversial social issue. Focusing on the employment of formerly incarcerated people, we explore the novel concept of “human resources social advocacy” (HRSA), an interventionist approach through which HR might pro ...
Prue Burns, Marco De Sisto, Andrew Timming, Jun Gu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond scents: calling on the fragrance industry to champion plant diversity. [PDF]

Bioscience
de Paula LFA, Smith RJ, Handley V, Gomes TP, Pinheiro RO, Antonelli A, Fiedler PL.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond Bia Hơi? Distinction and Aspiration in Hanoi's Craft Beer Scene

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article we examine the emergence of Hanoi's craft beer scene as a window into shifting class identities, aspirational consumption, and local–global negotiations in contemporary Vietnam. We bring together Bourdieu's theorisation of taste as symbolic capital with Appadurai's concept of aspiration to analyse how consumption practices ...
Sarah Turner, Chính Trọng Nguyễn
wiley   +1 more source

Platform power, athlete branding, generative AI, and the future of sport governance-a systematic review. [PDF]

Front Sports Act Living
Westerbeek H, van Schaik T.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Proposal to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in the Luxury Fashion Industry

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The luxury industry stands at a crossroads between tradition and sustainability. The objective of this paper is to analyse the relationship and effects of the luxury fashion industry on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and identify opportunities to improve its management.
Alicia Parro‐Ruiz, María‐Sonia Medina‐Salgado, Marta Ortiz‐de‐Urbina‐Criado, María Torrejón‐Ramos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source