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ORCHESTRATING DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY: Black Fungibility, and the Spatial Redrawing of Racial Categories in Spanish Colonial Morocco, Sahara and Guinea

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I dissect the spatial strategies through which the Spanish attempted to orchestrate both racial difference and similarity in the African colonies of Morocco, Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea during the first half of the twentieth century.
Pol Fité Matamoros
wiley   +1 more source

Women's Off‐Farm Employment and Dietary Quality in Rural Africa

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most households in rural Africa are involved in smallholder farming, but off‐farm employment is an important additional income source for many. Previous research has analysed links between off‐farm employment and well‐being, but mostly at the household level, not considering that household members may be affected differently.
Chrispinus Mutsami   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bullfighting as dark tourism: cultural experience or anachronism?

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Tourism
New research in the fast-emerging domain of tourism and animal ethics indicates that the instrumental and utilitarian use of animals in tourism is no longer accepted as a favorable norm.
David A. Fennell, Valerie A. Sheppard
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exemption or illusion? The impact of a youth tax policy on house asking prices in Portugal

open access: yesReal Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Affordable housing has become an increasing challenge for young individuals in Portugal, where rising house prices and precarious employment conditions hinder homeownership. To address this barrier, the Portuguese Government introduced a tax exemption for individuals under 35 purchasing their first home.
Luís Clemente‐Casinhas, Sofia Vale
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralized propaganda in the era of digital media: The massive presence of the Chinese state on Douyin

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Health Costs of Particulates

open access: yesThe Economic Journal, EarlyView., 2018
The negative consequences of long‐term exposure to particulate pollution are well established but a number of studies find no effect of short‐term exposure on health outcomes. The high correlation of industrial pollutants complicates the estimation of the impact of individual pollutants on health.
Timothy J. Halliday   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
wiley   +1 more source

Prosocial Behaviors: Their Motivations and Impacts on Organizational Culture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
According to the International Corrupt Perceptions Index 2017, more than six billion people are living countries that are plagued by corruption (International Corrupt Perceptions Index, 2017).
Vieweg, Jennifer C.
core   +2 more sources

Senior Programmers: Characteristics of Elderly Users from Stack Overflow

open access: yes, 2017
In this paper we presents results of research about elderly users of Stack Overflow (Question and Answer portal for programmers). They have different roles, different main activities and different habits.
A Dickinson   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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