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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

Journal 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
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Ideology, Symbolism and Representation through Byzantine Art [PDF]

Anastasis: Research in Medieval Culture and Art, 2018
A research about symbolism and representation in the world of the Byzantine leads us to the identification of an aesthetic doctrine based both on the ideas of the important thinkers of the time and also on the artistic representations, which have created
Cristina Gelan - Olaru
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From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
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‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
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Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores, from transnational perspectives, the early history of modern cremation, which developed in the long nineteenth century with secularist connotations. I argue that the beginnings of modern cremation were shaped by bourgeois men who claimed certain identifiers for themselves in a gendering and Othering way.
Carolin Kosuch
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It Takes Two to Tango: A Pluralist Account for Building Comprehensive Explanations in Human Evolution

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The evolutionary study of human dispersal is a key topic in biological anthropology. However, recent research has revealed inconsistencies between molecular and anatomical data across different timescales and geographic regions. Despite increased interdisciplinary dialogue, these discordances are rarely analyzed in depth or interpreted for ...
Lumila Paula Menéndez, Sophie Veigl
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Gilson on Dogmatism [PDF]

Studia Gilsoniana, 2016
The article aims at uncovering reasons why philosophy may become conducive to dogmatism which inevitably leads to the failure of philosophy. In the light of Gilson’s considerations contained in his The Unity of Philosophical Experience, the author ...
Michael Nnamdi Konye
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Disciplining the “Queen of the World”? Responsible Innovation as a Way of Life

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper offers a critical reflection on the concept of responsible innovation as defined during the last decades. We argue that the emphasis on innovation as a process risks neglecting the very goals of innovation, namely societal desirability and acceptability. Thus, we suggest reconsidering the role of imagination, the “Queen of the world”
Xavier Pavie, Ghislain Deslandes, Monika Kostera   +2 more
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An Affective‐Political Theorizing of Backlash to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Higher Education

Educational Theory, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education have become the focal point of intense political and academic contestation. While these developments are frequently described as a “backlash,” the concept of backlash itself has rarely been theorized in education.
Michalinos Zembylas
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PLACE AND ROLE OF RELIGIOUS DOGMATISM IN THE HISTORY OF SOCIETY AND CULTURE

Научный вестник МГТУ ГА, 2016
This article provides a brief outline of the role played by religious dogmatism in the history of society and culture. Influence of dogmatism received unilateral negative characterization of the scientific literature, so it is advisable to consider this ...
D. V. Kanakov
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