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Did the Storm God of Zippalanda have a Mother or a Wife? Remarks about the Cults of Kata??a and the Sun Goddess of the Earth in Zippalanda and Ankuwa

open access: yesAsia Anteriore Antica, 2019
Two important female deities of the Hittite Pantheon are related to the Storm God of Zippalanda: the Sun Goddess of the Earth, surely worshipped in the same city, and the Hattian Kata??a “The Queen”, whose cult flourished in the nearby town Ankuwa ...
Giulia Torri
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Western-Centrism and the Global Queer Film Festival Circuit

open access: yesJournal of Festive Studies, 2023
Since they emerged in the late 1970s, queer film festivals have turned into a global cultural activity. A complex worldwide network of queer film festivals has also formed.
Heshen Xie
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Do events contribute to the brand of Novi Sad? A millennials` perspective

open access: yesMенаџмент у хотелијерству и туризму, 2019
In the era of the global economy and more expressed need for obtaining a competitive advantage, strong brands and the branding process itself gain importance, which is why brand management principles are being applied even to geographical areas and ...
Đurđica Jojić Novaković   +1 more
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La fête éclatée : un nouveau type de fête locale ?

open access: yesSocio-anthropologie, 2018
The article documents the renewal of local festivals and their changes in a world more and more influenced by individualism and by the notion of leisure.
Anne-Laure Briand   +3 more
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An Exploration of Tourists’ Motivations to Participate in Jazz [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Festival events are considered an important motivator and figure prominently in the development and marketing plans of most destinations. It's critical to identify the distinct motivations that attract visitors to and involve them in these festivals ...
Mohammed Ali Hakami   +1 more
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Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

STUDYING THE POTENTIAL OF BRANDING EGYPT AS A FESTIVAL TOURISM DESTINATION [PDF]

open access: yesMaǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Sīyāḥaẗ wa Al-Fanādiq (Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Mansoura)
Festivals have become a phenomenon that is evolving rapidly. They have a major impact on tourism industry as they draw the attention of visitors, resulting in the emergence of festival tourism whose significance has been gradually growing. In this regard,
Haidy Elsaid, Maryam Ahmed Fathallah
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How Can Community Music Enhance Place‐Based Efforts to Create Greater Social Equity? Insights From an Australian Cultural Mapping Exercise

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social inequity is increasing in Australia, often manifesting in entrenched locational disadvantage that requires place‐based responses grounded in local strengths, knowledge and participation. While community music programmes have demonstrated a range of positive social outcomes, their potential contribution to place‐based efforts addressing ...
Brydie‐Leigh Bartleet   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Story told through Plena: Claiming Identity and Cultural Autonomy in the Street Festivals of San Juan, Puerto Rico. [PDF]

open access: yesIsland Studies Journal, 2013
Las Fiestas de la Calle de San Sebastián is a four day-long festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While the festival comprises music and dance that is a combination of various Caribbean and Latin American aesthetics, there is a small group of local ...
Paulina Guerrero
doaj  

Context‐centric proactive information delivery for Knowledge Work support: Opportunities, challenges, and directions. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Context‐centric proactive information delivery (PID) is a relatively underexplored domain within recommender systems (RS) aimed at enhancing Knowledge Workers' productivity by proactively providing relevant information during digital tasks.
Mahta Bakhshizadeh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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