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Instrument or object? The New Zealand piano on display [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The piano is rather a unique display item in the museum or the historic house. Firstly, whether an upright or a grand, the piano is an imposing, substantial object that occupies significant space within a setting and immediately demands attention because
Moffat, Kirstine
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A gentrification stage‐model for London? Through the ‘looking Glass’ of Kensington

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Despite the term ‘gentrification’ being coined in London by the British sociologist Ruth Glass, there has not been an attempt to develop a stage model of gentrification for London, nor any up‐to‐date discussion of the different waves of gentrification there in one academic paper or book.
Loretta Lees, Sharda Rozena
wiley   +1 more source

Notes From the Era of Pre‐Modern Fishing in the Baltic Sea Reveal an Extensive and Resilient Fishing Mode

open access: yesAquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT In the past half‐century, fishing in one regional part of the Baltic Sea, the Stockholm Archipelago, has almost disappeared due to falling fish abundance, especially of herring (Clupea harengus). By examining published observations and archived material on historical fishing patterns, we found evidence of a remarkably continuous high level of ...
Henrik Svedäng, Susanna Lidström
wiley   +1 more source

A Rapid Assessment of Bonded Labour in Hazardous Industries in Pakistan: Glass Bangle-Making, Tanneries, and Construction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This working paper is one of a series of Rapid Assessments of bonded labor in Pakistan, each of which examines a different economic sector. The aim of these studies is to inform the implementation of the Government of Pakistan’s National Policy and Plan ...
InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work   +1 more
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Right on cue? Category‐switching in online marketplaces

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 73-106, January 2026.
Abstract Research Summary When and why do producers change the categorization of their offerings? Prior categorization research assumes that producers engage in ongoing efforts to proactively optimize their categorical positioning, but this assumption may not hold for many producers due to their limited attentional capacity.
Karl Taeuscher   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spartan Daily, March 14, 1946 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1946
Volume 34, Issue 74https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/3730/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
core   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Lemongrass Essential Oil: Food Safety, Preservation, and Bioactivity in Food Systems

open access: yesComprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Lemongrass essential oil (LGEO) has gained recognition as a natural preservative in food systems due to its distinctive phytochemical composition and multifunctional bioactivities. Dominated by citral and complemented by terpenes and phenolic compounds, LGEO demonstrates potent antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antibiofilm, and antioxidant
Ahmad Rabbani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

La femme fait la maison: The Accumulation of Surplus Value through Family Planning in Burkina Faso1

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Since the 1960s, demographers, international donors, and governments have calculated the political, economic, and social benefits of modern contraception usage in West Africa. We evidence how family planning technologies (FPTs) that are tethered to population development extract double value (productive and reproductive labour) from Burkinabè ...
T.D. Harper‐Shipman, Katian Napon
wiley   +1 more source

From state commodification to local reproduction of vulnerability: ethnographic insights from a Risk Zone Urban Renewal Project in Turkey

open access: yesDisasters, Volume 50, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract This paper explores how vulnerability is not only defined by the state but also actively reshaped through policy implementation and lived experience. Drawing on ethnographic research in Eskişehir, Turkey, I propose an analytical distinction between the ‘commodification of vulnerability’—framing risk in technoscientific and moral terms to ...
Cansu Civelek
wiley   +1 more source

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