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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change affects all individuals, regardless of wealth, social class, or religious background, though its impacts and adaptation strategies vary. While existing literature examines climate change adaptation based on farming categories, geographic regions, and cropping systems, limited research explores how social class shapes adaptation ...
Nasir Abbas Khan +2 more
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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong +3 more
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Examining funeral tourism development at Abono in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017 The celebration of funerals has brought tremendous growth to the local economy in Ghana, by utilizing the services of the tourism and the hospitality industry ranging from transportation, accommodation, food and beverages as well as other services ...
Thomas Yeboah +4 more
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The Art of Goodbye: A Closer Look at Emerging Trends in End-of-Life Rituals
EDIS, 2018 Each year in a diverse United States, 2.5 million people die (CDC). Naturally, a one-size-fits-all final goodbye does not exist. Compounded by increased access to information, survivors as consumers are increasingly seeking alternatives to the ...
Lynda M Spence
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Do Product Market Reforms Work? Assessing Regulatory Changes Impacting Competition
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We create a new dataset that characterizes studies of product market reforms implemented from 1932 to 2011. We examine the size and origins of differences in estimated impacts based on an OECD classification scheme for potentially competitive restrictions of regulation. The median impact from switching to a pro‐competitive environment is a 19%
Sean F. Ennis, Selvin Thanacoody
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The Obituary Notice as a Space for Theatricalization in the Ivorian Print Press [PDF]
UirtusToday, the obituary is part of the ritualised forms of death announcement in the press. It serves not only to inform about the death but also to respond to a process of dramatizing the funeral.
Amidou Touré
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.In this paper, we use Goffman's notion of “face work” to examine how pipeline engineers perform and present their working selves as competent experts. Our analysis identifies various faces and face work tactics, including a focus on professional judgment, actively selling one's expertise relative to others, protective self‐deprecatory strategies, and ...
Sarah Maslen +2 more
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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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Shared struggles: Parallels in caregiver burden between canine and paediatric epilepsy
Veterinary Record, EarlyView.Abstract Background Disease‐specific aspects of pet owners’ caregiver burden could be missed by generic burden measures. This study aimed to assess whether a framework developed to describe caregiver burden in parents of children with epilepsy was applicable to caregivers of dogs with epilepsy.
Zoe Belshaw, Rowena M. A. Packer
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