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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  

The Levels of Joy in Muslims’ Celebrations: A Comparison between Eid and Weddings

open access: yesEl Harakah, 2021
The current study intended to analyze the levels of joy in religious festivals. It involved 387 Pakistani Muslims including men (n=143) and women (n=282). Data was collected through a specifically developed questionnaire in Urdu.
Waqar Husain, Kiren Zahoor, Farrukh Ijaz
doaj   +1 more source

Narasimha, Lord of Transitions, Transformations, and Theater Festivals: God and Evil in Hindu Cosmology, Myth, and Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper focuses on the multi-faceted nature of the divine depicted in Narasimha and the unique perspectives on God and evil offered by the myths of Narasimha, which is also subliminally represented within the religious practice and performance ...
Vemsani, Lavanya
core   +2 more sources

Asymmetric Fe–Te Pairs Enhance Peroxymonosulfate Activation via Surface‐Bound Hydroxyl Radicals Pathways

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.
An asymmetric Fe–Te dual‐atom pair directs peroxymonosulfate activation toward long‐lived surface‐bound hydroxyl radicals through strong p–d hybridization. The resulting electronic asymmetry enables efficient pharmaceutical degradation and reveals a metal–metalloid pairing strategy for steering reactive oxygen species pathways in advanced oxidation ...
Xuheng Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

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

Fight-dancing and the festival: Tabuik in Pariaman, Indonesia, and Iemanjá in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Festivals bring people together in affirmations of community. This article looks at two festivals in coastal locations in Indonesia and Brazil with a close inspection of performances of fight-dancing included within both festivals.
Mason, Paul H.
core   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Ethical Ideologies on Corporate Social Performance in Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises in the United Kingdom

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research addressing the microfoundations of corporate social performance (CSP) in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) remains sparse. This paper aims to investigate how SME managers' ethical ideology affects CSP and examines the mediating role of their CSR orientation (CSRO): economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic.
Sarah Mohammad Suleiman Alsyoof   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local Festivals

open access: yes, 2021
Abstract The chapter will draw attention to the importance of some 500 known Greek agonistic festivals for local identity politics and for the networking of cities in the first three centuries ce. The chapter will establish the role of such festivals as ‘civic rituals’. They will be studied against a diachronic and comparative background
openaire   +2 more sources

Recreational Drug Use at a Music Festival: A Dual Approach Using Hair Biomarkers Analysis and Participant Self‐Reported Drug Use

open access: yesDrug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
Combined self‐report and hair analysis in festival attendees (n = 249) revealed substantial discrepancies in drug use reporting, particularly for stimulants and dissociatives. This integrated approach enhances detection of poly‐drug use and provides a more reliable basis for monitoring and harm‐reduction strategies.
A. Y. Simão   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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