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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

The collision of feminisms, sexuality, and trafficking in persons in the Caribbean—A place for Kempadoo

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract The existence and development of feminist scholarship and practice have been revisited by feminist anthropologists and sociologists exploring it among the gendered cultural and historical dynamics of the Caribbean. Feminist Caribbeanists’ pioneering efforts that fit within this theoretical family have challenged the Global North status quo to ...
Cherisse Francis
wiley   +1 more source

Making care audible: Musical gifts and affective reciprocity in the clinic

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract In clinical settings, music therapy is frequently received as a gift—a voluntary offering that invites but does not demand participation. Drawing on ethnographic research with music therapists and patients in Canadian and American hospitals, this article examines how clinical care is co‐constituted through practices of giving, receiving, and ...
Meredith Evans
wiley   +1 more source

„THIS IS MORDOR!” USYTUOWANIE ZJAWISKA FANTASTYKI W RUCHU ODTWÓRSTWA HISTORYCZNEGO EPOK STAROŻYTNOŚCI I ŚREDNIOWIECZA

open access: yesEtnografia Polska, 2015
Historical reenactment movement seems to be linked to fantasy phenomena in many aspects, however, scientific reflection on this relation is rather small.
Katarzyna Antoszewska
doaj  

Full Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Ahead: Leveraging Immersive Virtual Reality to Create Equitable and Transformative Learning Experiences

open access: yesFuture in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Immersive virtual reality (IVR) is widely promoted as a means of enriching learning in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), yet evidence of its capacity to foster equitable classroom experiences for marginalised groups remains limited, particularly outside traditional STEM domains.
Carly Waterhouse‐Boot   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fantastyczny tygiel. Synkretyzm gatunkowy i kulturowy w cyklu urban fantasy Bena Aaronovitcha „Rzeki Londynu”

open access: yesCreatio Fantastica, 2018
The article A Fantastic Crucible: Genological and Cultural Syncretism in Ben Aaronovitch Urban Fantasy Series “Rivers of London” explores generic and cultural syncretism in the eponymous cycle.
Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun
doaj   +1 more source

Wonder as a Gateway to Science Meaning‐Making: Primary Pupils’ Narrative Journeys

open access: yesFuture in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how wonder fosters transformative learning in science education for pupils (11–12 years old), creating meaning about cycles in nature. As an emotional and epistemic trigger, wonder may bridge everyday experiences with abstract scientific concepts by stimulating curiosity and creativity. Through a narrative writing task, the
Pauline Book, Siri‐Christine Seehuus
wiley   +1 more source

The Problem of World-Building in Grimdark Fantasy. The Case of Michael R. Fletcher’s Manifest Delusions Trilogy

open access: yesStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the rhetorical aspects of the contemporary grimdark fantasy novel, as understood by Farah Mendlesohn. Michael R.
Stasiewicz Piotr
doaj   +1 more source

Constructions of the Other in Polish Fantasy Literature

open access: yesCrossroads, 2017
Even though it often follows the heroic cycle of Campbell’s monomyth, because it is exomimetic, fantasy literature lends itself to the presentation of characters who are set apart from society by their nature, not just by their heroic status.
Agnieszka Dzięcioł-Pędich   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating Innovation Output of Companies Backed by Corporate, Independent and Syndicated Venture Capital

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), Independent Venture Capital (IVC) and Venture Capital Syndicate (VCS) promote innovation among startups. Drawing on a dataset of 4406 venture‐backed deals in North America, spanning 1998–2019, it explores how the configurations of investors and their contextual factors influence ...
Fatima Shuwaikh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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