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Traditional Festivals [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Festive Studies, 2019
This essay considers both the history of the growing academic field of festive studies and the history of my own involvement in this field. I first rely on some of the major works of accepted scholarship to show that social scientists and ethnologists ...
Laurent Sébastien Fournier
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Journal of Festive Studies Issue 8 Call for Papers

open access: yesJournal of Festive Studies
In addition to our guest-edited section described below, we always welcome submissions on a rolling basis, with no deadline for consideration. Please do think of us if your research or professional background touches on festive practices!
Journal of Festive Studies Editorial Team Elliott
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Assessment of noise pollution of fireworks during Christmas and New Year in the city of Buenos Aires: comparison with a different management strategy applied to the city of Santiago de Chile

open access: yesDiscover Environment, 2023
Fireworks are widely celebrated worldwide but have raised environmental concerns due to pollutant emissions. This has prompted evolving legislation in many countries, necessitating scientific evidence for policy development.
Esteban N. Lombera   +2 more
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From the Grand Hotel to the Piazza Grande

open access: yesJournal of Festive Studies, 2023
The Locarno Film Festival is one of the oldest film festivals in the world. Founded in 1946, it is today widely recognized as an international hub for emerging cinema.
Cyril Cordoba
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Festive culture in pre-reformation rural Suffolk [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This thesis is a study of the relationship between festive culture and rural communities in the pre-Reformation period. Using a wide range of evidence, both material and documentary, it uses the county of Suffolk as a case-study.
Jewell, Katharine Louise
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Where You Are

open access: yesJournal of Festive Studies, 2023
This article uses the author’s auto/ethnographic experience while participating in a shuffle circle to interrogate the stakes at play when a shuffle circle and a community are created at an electronic dance music (EDM) event. Shuffle circles develop as a
Aydin Man Chun Quach, Timothy Nguyen
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“Partying with a Purpose” at Malawi’s Lake of Stars Festival

open access: yesJournal of Festive Studies, 2023
Founded in 2003, the Lake of Stars Festival (LOS) has grown to become the largest annual beach party in Malawi, and one of the largest on the African continent.
Sitingawawo Kachipande
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Terrain festif contemporain : une mise en perspective de fêtes et festivals

open access: yesSocio-anthropologie, 2018
The festive dimension is a complex component of social life that is still difficult to define. Marked by the ephemeral imprint and anchored in the sociocultural universe where it is realized, each festive event is a subject of study by its own. Taking in
Céline Spinelli
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Analysis of cultural elements in selected festive advertisements

open access: yes, 2023
Cultural knowledge and understanding are fundamental in a multiracial society like Malaysia. One of the ways to foster a good relationship between people of different cultural backgrounds can be achieved through the use of media. One of the means of such
Jalli, Nuurrianti   +3 more
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Perspective (Institute for Christian Studies)

open access: yes, 2015
The laudatio for Dianne Bergsma by James Olthuis appeared in Perspective 48, no. 2 (Sept 2014) http://hdl.handle.net/10756/332755Master of Worldview Studies: To New York and Beyond -- Student Achievements -- Enhancing Global Access to ICS Research ...
Guthrie-McNaughton, Isabella   +8 more
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