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10. Putting the ‘Fun’ Back in ‘Funeral’ [PDF]
, 2020 The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius writes in his notebooks: “You are a little soul carrying a corpse,” quoting the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus.
Brommage, Thomas
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This Side Of The Grave: Navigating The Quaker Plainness Testimony In London And Philadelphia In The Eighteenth Century [PDF]
, 2015 For observant members of the Society of Friends in greater London and Philadelphia during the eighteenth century, navigating the Quaker plainness testimony involved material culture choices that might be viewed by non-Quakers as concealing motives of ...
O\u27Donnell, Patricia C.
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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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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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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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Един стар български обред и магическата сила на думите
Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2012 The ritual „Gramada” is a typical tradition of the Bulgarian ethnic territories that appeared between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. It represents a symbolic way of „escorting” (a sort of symbolic funeral) of a dead man, who
Мария Китанова
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Boston University Percussion Ensemble, November 23, 2002 [PDF]
, 2002 This is the concert program of the Boston University Percussion Ensemble performance on Saturday, November 23, 2002 at 8:00 p.m., at the Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue.
School of Music, Boston University
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Fatal lightning strikes in Ireland from newspaper records 1900–2024
Weather, EarlyView.This study presents a chronology of fatal lightning strikes in Ireland (1900–2024) derived from digitised newspaper archives. Analysis provides insights into the seasonality, location, victim activity and synoptic conditions (from Lamb weather types) of 94 fatal events causing 113 deaths.
Rory Moore, Conor Murphy, Rowan Fealy
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