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Elsa as Horse Whisperer in Disney’s Frozen 2: Opportunity “Nokk”s to Quash Gender Stereotypes

open access: yesThe social science, 2020
Frozen 2 (2019) provided Disney with the opportunity to move past discomfort about the confluence of women’s sexuality and power in Queen Elsa portrayed in Frozen (2013). Yet in Frozen 2, Elsa remains romantically unattached, despite audience interest in
L. Dundes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

Storytelling for Geeks. A Multimodal Analysis of Disney’s Stickers

open access: yesAltre Modernità, 2018
In September 2016, the Walt Disney Company launched a series of packs of stickers featuring characters and art from Disney stories. Stickers are – along with emoji, GIFs, videos and images – graphical devices or “graphicons” (Herring and Dainas 2017 ...
Ilaria Moschini
doaj   +1 more source

The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of the UK job retention scheme on mental health and well‐being using matched difference‐in‐differences

open access: yesFiscal Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In March 2020, the UK government implemented the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, otherwise known as furlough, to minimise the impact of job losses. The UK furlough protected jobs during the COVID‐19 crisis, covering up to 80 per cent of a worker's monthly wage for hours not worked. We evaluate the causal effects of furlough on mental health,
Christopher Deeming, Lateef Akanni
wiley   +1 more source

Streaming with the Mouse: Disney’s Entrance into Direct-to-Consumer Streaming and Implications for the Future of Entertainment

open access: yesAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
Throughout its one-hundred-year history, The Walt Disney Company has utilised many innovative tactics for promoting their products and engaging with consumers.
Cody T. Havard , Amy M. Davis
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic Sexing of the African Penguin, <i>Spheniscus demersus</i> Using Noninvasive Guano and Molted Feather Samples. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
This study developed a noninvasive method for the DNA extraction and PCR‐based genetic sexing of S. demersus using guano and molted feather samples. Two primer sets (CHD1F/R & 2550F/2718R) were used that target sex‐specific length polymorphisms in the CHD1‐Z and CHD1‐W genes on the CHD1 sex chromosomes. Using methods optimized for the extraction of DNA
Smith SA, Driscoll MV, Romano TA.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Family‐Led Decision‐Making Meetings as an Alternative to Initial Child Protection Conferences: Findings From a Realist Evaluation of the Safeguarding Family Group Conferencing Pilot in England

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Safeguarding Family Group Conferencing (FGC) is a family‐led decision‐making process offered to some families in England as an alternative to an Initial Child Protection Conference when Children's Services have safeguarding concerns. A realist evaluation was conducted within three local authorities piloting this approach to build understanding
Bekkah Bernheim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disney Screencerts: A Video Essay

open access: yesAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
In this video essay, I establish, discuss, and illustrate different types of Disney screencerts—events where the performance of music on stage is accompanied by the projection of the associated audiovisual on screen.
Sureshkumar Sekar
doaj   +1 more source

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