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, 2014 These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain’s most diverse counties are vividly retold by writer, storyteller and poet Jennie Bailey and storyteller, writer, psychotherapist and shamanic guide David England. Take a fantasy journey around
Bailey, Jennie, England, David
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Risk management has evolved to analyze risks in a systemic way, integrating local knowledge with the abstract concept of resilience, which is now an imperative for vulnerable and exposed communities. However, existing decision‐support tools are mainly focused on technical‐functional aspects and, although based on rigorous and scientific ...
Pascal Emanuel Egli +10 more
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“Touching the Tarmac”: Conjuring the Urban Frontier on a Remote Periphery
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Anthropologists have demonstrated how the creation of land markets as “frontiers” for global capital requires practices of “conjuring”—the narrative construction of place as desirable for large‐scale investment. This article emphasizes the contingency of this conjuring process in an urbanizing Kenya where land‐selling companies have emerged to
Peter Lockwood
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The Czech folk fairy tales and their contribution to current children
, 2019 The bachelor's thesis focuses on Czech folk fairy tales and their importance for today's pre-school children. The theoretical part deals with the roots of the Czech folk fairy tale and original sources of fairy tales, mentions most famous collectors and ...
VENCOVÁ, Michaela
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EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TYPOLOGY AND TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH FOLK TALES
This article explores the typology of English folk tales and their translation into Uzbek within the framework of modern educational technologies. It first classifies folk tales into major types—animal tales, magical tales, cumulative tales, realistic ...
Amanova, Onarxol
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Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Scholars often examine how entrepreneurs' existing ties predict resource acquisition. We investigated the reverse: How does the act of pitching generate new ties with investors? Using the context of the Slow Money community, we analyzed social entrepreneurs' pitches to impact investors.
Esther Leibel +2 more
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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Our theory of education, based on a systemic understanding of the subjective and intersubjective construction of knowledge, is that students are motivated to study what is most meaningful to them. Meaningfulness is grounded in the students' prior experiences, which are highly diverse.
Wendy J. Gregory, Gerald Midgley
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Roms (Roma people) in Macedonian folk tales and traditions [PDF]
In this paper, a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the presentation of Romsin Macedonians folk tales and traditions/legends was made. As the basis of the analysis, the stories collected by Marko K.
Zhoglev, Zlatko, Stojanoska, Gordana
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This article engages in a close rereading of Stigma, relating it to Goffman's biography as a person who faced stigma. Exploring his biography helps us to recognize the ways Goffman applies stigma strategies in how he represents himself as the author in Stigma.
Thaddeus Müller
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