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Religious Heritage and Water Management

Blue Papers, 2022
Water is central to most religions. However, the treatment of water in those religions is often far from holy. With examples from the Netherlands and Indonesia, this article shares insights concerning the intricate link between water, religion and world views.
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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
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Experimental study evaluating the performance of thermal conductivity prediction models for air–water saturated weathered sandstone heritage

Heritage Science
As a critical parameter, thermal conductivity directly determines the heat transfer and temperature variation within rocks, which can lead to mechanical damage and chemical corrosion. Consequently, understanding the thermal conductivity of stone heritage
Jinshuai Hu, Jizhong Huang, Yuan Cheng
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Post Terminal Pleistocene Reconstruction of Ancient Fire Wood and Human-Environment Relations in the Afro-Alpine Region of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia: an Anthracological Study

Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2021
This research presents the result of analysis of anthracological remains excavated from four archaeological sites located in the Bale Mountains.
Alemseged Beldados , Tefera Tarekegn , Gotz Ossendorf   +2 more
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How Do I Answer This? A Queer Critique of Australian Census Forms and the Reification of Cisheteronormative Families

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a critical examination of Australia's 2021 household, individual and interviewer census forms. Using a form‐led analysis, this research scrutinises the underlying cisheteronormative logic that implicitly shapes the Census process, from data collection to distribution of findings.
Xavier Mills, Sal Clark
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Realising Aboriginal Community Controlled Approaches to Child Reunification

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reunification rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) in Australia are critically low, even though reunification is the preferred permanency outcome for children following removal, and despite a range of mechanisms and strategies ostensibly to support effective reunification. To better understand the
B. J. Newton, Paul Gray, Kathleen Falster, Ilan Katz, Kyllie Cripps   +4 more
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Physics-informed Neural Network for Predicting the Moisture Diffusion and Parameter Inversion in Stone Heritage [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Water vapor is a critical factor affecting the long-term durability of porous stone materials used in historic buildings and archaeological sites. To extend the service life of these materials, it is essential to investigate the mechanisms of water vapor
J. Huang, J. Huang, J. Hu, J. Hu, J. Hu, Z. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Cheng, Y. Cheng   +9 more
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MANAGING UNDERWATER HERITAGE IN EGYPT [PDF]

International Journal of Advanced Studies in World Archaeology, 2019
The protection and management of Underwater Cultural Heritage is a challenging topic, as it involves the interplay of national and international law, This study will present information about underwater heritage in Egypt and the most important discoveries, the legal framework for the protection of underwater heritage at the international and local ...
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Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn, Vanessa Langenberg, Kristy Harper, Libby Callaway, Hilary O'Connell, Eleanor Kennett‐Smith, Natasha Layton   +6 more
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‘Keeping Ourselves Safe From the System’: Perinatal Care Model Considerations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families Intersecting With Child Protection

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is the priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and Australian governments, to provide infants with enriching environments in which they may thrive. This is particularly critical during the perinatal period. Yet, an increasing number of notifications and interventions by child protection authorities are occurring in ...
Neve Mucabel‐Bue, Shakira Onwuka, Paul Gray, Melissa O'Donnell, Helen Herrman, Renna Gayde, Skye Stewart, Kimberley A. Jones, Jane Fisher, Emma Stubbs, Cath Chamberlain, Jacynta Krakouer   +11 more
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