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Cultural Identity Transformation of Gaudiya Vaishnavas in Russia
Концепт: философия, религия, культура, 2020 This study of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in Russia focuses on the transformation of its former followers’ worldviews. Major attention is paid to the ways and trends of these changes and, in particular, to the extent of their resilience in Russian cultural ...
T. V. Yasnaya
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Food Waste Applications Beyond the West: Archetypes and Insights From China
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Food waste is a major challenge for sustainable development, but digital solutions designed to reduce it remain unevenly distributed globally. Food waste mobile applications (FWMAs) have emerged as promising tools for reducing food surpluses through redistribution and improved household food management.
Jiequan Hong +2 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract There is rising recognition of resource‐use rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) within wildlife conservation. Historically, sociocultural institutions ensured wildlife sustainability in many IPLC areas. However, the future viability of such institutions is uncertain as IPLCs change in response to external pressures and ...
Sahil Nijhawan +5 more
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“Ancestors We Didn’t Even Know We Had”: Alice Walker, Asian Religion, and Ethnic Authenticity
Journal of Transnational American Studies, 2015 Recent debates about the ethics of identity in a global age have dealt with how to prioritize conflicting local and global allegiances. Guided by these concerns, the fiction of Alice Walker develops a distinctive view of how local cultures and global ...
Kyle Garton-Gundling
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Projects are typically viewed as mechanisms for delivering products and services; however, this study examines projects from the distinct perspective of grand challenges (GCs). The selected case is the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project in Lahore, Pakistan—a grand challenge project (GCP).
Rehab Iftikhar, Syed Nayyer Abbas Kazmi
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Can a good death occur for those who balance on the edges of grievability? In Bali, where death marks a transition within the cycles of reincarnation, a good death depends on the mortuary care performed by intimate others – care that may be foreclosed to those whose lives are shaped by stigma.
Sylvia Tidey
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Akhil Sharma Against Mysticism: the Unconscious Body
Indialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies, 2018 This article deals with Akhil Sharma’s latest work, Family Life (2014), where Birju’s dead body, after a pool accident, shows the possibility of living after mental death.
Edgar Tello
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On_Culture, 2021 This trilogy of poems presents a trans-positive perspective on the characters of Shiva, Vishnu and Shikhandi, all figures of import in Hinduism. The first poem focuses on the half-male, half-female form of Shiva, Ardhanarishwara; the second focuses on ...
Pooja Mittal Biswas
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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Pemukiman Kuno Di Daerah Tepi Sungai Batanghari Pada Masa Melayu
Berkala Arkeologi, 1990 Daerah belahan timur pulau Sumatera merupakan tanah aluvial muda yang sebagian besar masih berupa rawa-rawa. Di daerah ini banyak terdapat sungai besar yang mengalir menuju selat Malaka dan selat Karimata, Di antara sungai-sungai besar yang mengalir di ...
Bambang Budi Utomo
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