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Cultural Geography and Videogames [PDF]

open access: yesGeography Compass, 2011
Abstract While videogames have been a popular form of entertainment practice for a number of decades, it is only recently that they have been paid much attention by academics. Although there is a burgeoning body of scholarship that deals with videogames in new media and games studies, human geography is only just beginning to offer ...
Ash, James, Gallacher, Lesley Anne
openaire   +3 more sources

Rent-Seeking Practices, Local Resource Curse, and Social Conflict in Uganda’s Emerging Oil Economy

open access: yesLand, 2019
We consider the different types of rent-seeking practices in emerging oil economies, and discuss how they contribute to social conflict and a local resource curse in the Albertine Graben region of Uganda.
Tom Ogwang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“His dead body is in the water right now” – death, survival, and hypermobility along the Balkan Route [PDF]

open access: yesGeographica Helvetica
This article examines the deaths of migrants in the expansive natural landscapes of the Balkans, which are framed here as “weaponized landscapes” and, consequently, as integral components of border security.
P. Themann
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Resilient Regions: Policy Recommendations for Stimulating Synergy between Tourism and Landscape

open access: yesLand, 2020
To make regions more resilient, a useful idea is that of synergy between tourism and landscape (i.e., a win-win situation). To help policymakers manage for synergy, we provide practical recommendations.
Jasper Heslinga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

(Im)mobile Geographies [PDF]

open access: yesGeographica Helvetica, 2013
The growing tendency to evaluate – sometimes even ''measure'' – the ''productivity'' of academics is seriously affecting what we consider to be relevant geographical output. This tendency is also significantly reshaping the actual geographies
C. Minca
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural geographies

open access: yes, 2023
With 78 specially commissioned entries written by a diverse range of contributors, this essential reference book covers the breadth and depth of human geography to provide a lively and accessible state of the art of the discipline for .
openaire   +1 more source

La géographie culturelle au Brésil

open access: yesGéographie et Cultures, 2011
The human unity and diversity of Brazil invites to cultural analysis. Born in the 30s under the influence of Pierre Deffontaines, the cultural approach in geography made no progress at the time when the quantitative methods (in the 70s) and the critical ...
Paul Claval
doaj   +1 more source

Approaches to identification and interpretation of mining heritage: the case of the Jáchymovsko area, Ore Mountains, Czechia

open access: yesHungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2017
Mining heritage refers to a complex of both tangible and intangible features and values whose formation was associated with the development of mining activities in the given region.
Jakub Jelen, Zdeněk Kučera
doaj   +1 more source

Inhabiting - landscapes and natures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
About the book: The Handbook of Cultural Geography presents a state of the art assessment of the key questions informing cultural geography. Emphasizing the intellectual diversity of the discipline, the Handbook presents a comprehensive statement of the ...
Hinchliffe, Steve
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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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