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RG flows, cycles, and c-theorem folklore

open access: yes, 2011
Monotonic renormalization group flows of the "c" and "a" functions are often cited as reasons why cyclic or chaotic coupling trajectories cannot occur. It is argued here, based on simple examples, that this is not necessarily true. Simultaneous monotonic
A. B Zamolodchikov   +3 more
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The Power of Music: Connecting Leadership Developmental Theory to Modern Icons Beyoncé and Taylor Swift

open access: yesNew Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 17-23, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT This article links the connection between music and leadership, exploring ways to connect musical icons to teaching leadership theory and concepts. The authors utilize the relationship leadership model (RLM) and the leadership identity development (LID) model through case studies of Beyoncé Knowles‐Carter and Taylor Swift. We provide questions
Sanithia Tucker, Kaley Vincent
wiley   +1 more source

Basketry and Festival Among the Dong (Kam) People

open access: yesJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
While fundamental to the practical concerns of everyday life, bamboo baskets also play important roles within festivals staged by the Dong (Kam) people of Southwest China.
Jackson Jason Baird, Zhang Lijun
doaj   +1 more source

STYLISTIC IN JAVANESE URBAN LEGEND STORIES: A CASE STUDY IN RUBRIC ALAMING LELEMBUT IN PANJEBAR SEMANGAT MAGAZINE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Folklore as a part of literature has an important role in society. As the interpretation of culture in the society, folklore is called by the culture of idea.
V. Widya , Suryaningtyas
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Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
wiley   +1 more source

Basketry Craft Practice in Southwest China: The Case of Defeng Village

open access: yesJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
This paper focuses on the practice of basketry craft and its relationship to changing social dynamics in Southwest China that we have observed through collaborative ethnographic projects across the region.
Zhang Lijun, Jackson Jason Baird
doaj   +1 more source

Correctional officers and drug smuggling: Boundary work, horizontal surveillance, and cultural responses to drug entry

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drug entry into prisons represents a serious issue for both incarcerated people and prison staff. Although substances enter prisons in many ways, staff drug smuggling represents a consistent problem facing correctional institutions globally. We draw on 131 interviews with correctional officers (COs) working in four Western Canadian prisons to ...
William J. Schultz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cuentos (In)Creíbles: Ethnography as Faithful Witnessing for Transborder Epistemologies

open access: yesAnthropology &Education Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Through the careful analysis of the border‐crossing epistemologies that are collaboratively shared and validated by a fifth grader and ethnographer in liminal classroom spaces, we identify key methodological approaches for researchers working with border crossers to document the co‐production of knowledge among researchers and participants, to
Sarah Gallo, Melissa Adams Corral
wiley   +1 more source

Something Wyrd: Folk Horror, Folklore and British Television [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Television schedules in 1970s Britain were so full of with stories involving folkloric narratives featuring paganism, witchcraft, stone circles and ghosts that such tales account for many hundreds of hours of programming.
Rodgers, Diane
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“A Place Where Freedom Means Something”: James Baldwin's Global Maroon Geographies

open access: yesAntipode, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite his vocal support for the Algerian revolution, Palestinian liberation, and the South African anti‐apartheid struggle, James Baldwin has continued to be regarded as a thinker whose work predominantly revolved around themes of civil rights, cross‐racial dialogue, and integration.
Ida Danewid
wiley   +1 more source

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