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Blurring Migrant Solidarity: Navigating the Troubled Regime of ‘Helping Others’ From the Urban Ground of Palermo

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores migrant solidarity in the aftermath of the 2015 so‐called ‘migration crisis’ from the ground of the Southern Italian ‘solidarity city’ of Palermo, building on ethnographic material collected across 2022/2023. It argues that migrant solidarity both resists and reproduces racialised borders, as it is never entirely and ...
Francesca Guarino
wiley   +1 more source

Map and Archival Evidence of the Historical Avulsion of the Brahmaputra River

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract One of the world's great rivers, the Brahmaputra, avulsed—changed course—significantly sometime between the dates of 1765 and 1830. These are the dates of surveys by James Rennell (grey) and Richard Wilcox (black), both under the direction of the East India Company; no other surveys between these dates can refine the estimate of the ...
Keith Richards   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers and facilitators to, and knowledge of, cord blood banking among pregnant Hispanic women at a university obstetric clinic

open access: yesTransfusion, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Genetic diversity in cord blood (CB) banks is essential for minorities to find a matching graft, yet Hispanics, the largest growing United States (U.S.) minority, remain underrepresented in registries. This study aimed to describe knowledge and awareness of CB banking among Spanish‐only speaking women in their third trimester, to ...
Martha Rojo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

De la "inutilitat" del passat a la "comoditat" del present. La rendibilitat de les ciències socials en el segle XXI

open access: yesDigithum, 1999
Per a la major part de la gent el mot "arqueològic" és sinònim de inútil, atès que es tracta de quelcom antic. Si et diuen que tens una manera de vestir "arqueològica", de fet t'insulten, perquè el que opinen és que no vas a la moda.
Joan Anton Barceló
doaj   +3 more sources

Una strategia di elusione del Reale: la sacralizzazione della Cosa nel racconto “La forcina” di Guy de Maupassant

open access: yesEnthymema, 2014
In questo articolo proponiamo una lettura del racconto “La forcina” di Maupassant, secondo la quale la vicenda particolare del protagonista rappresenterebbe una delle possibili difese che il soggetto umano ha a propria disposizione per mantenersi a ...
Darwine Delvecchio
doaj   +1 more source

“The Future Is Ancestral”: The Environmental Cuir Utopias of Gabriela Cabezón Cámara

open access: yesFuture Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Argentinian author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara identifies as a “socio‐environmentalist and writer” and has been actively involved in the feminist movement #NiUnaMenos since 2015, alongside her growing engagement with environmental activism. She advocates for Indigenous land rights, water accessibility, and challenges offshore petroleum extraction ...
Victoria Jara
wiley   +1 more source

Comunitats virtuals, ciborgs i xarxes sociotècniques: noves formes per a la interacció social

open access: yesDigithum, 2002
En els darrers anys ha aparegut molta literatura sobre els canvis que l'extensió de la Xarxa provoca en els diferents àmbits de la nostra realitat quotidiana.
Francisco Javier Tirado, Anna Gàlvez
doaj   +3 more sources

White Italian Parents’ Ethnic‐Racial Socialization and Young Children's Prosocial Behavior Toward Outgroup Peers

open access: yesSocial Development, Volume 35, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT White parents adopt various ethnic‐racial socialization (ERS) approaches that shape children's understanding of race and ethnicity, sometimes fostering awareness of ethnic‐racial inequalities and encouraging positive attitudes toward individuals from diverse backgrounds, and sometimes perpetuating a dominating perspective of whiteness as an ...
Daniele Di Tata   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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