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Mechanism for formation of porcine blood hydrogels used as additives in the mortar of traditional Chinese architectural painting

Heritage Science
Ancient Chinese architecture drawing is a unique form of ancient Chinese art. Porcine blood hydrogels are distinctive ingredients used to prepare the composite material of the substrate layer for architecture drawing.
Cong Cheng, Yeting Zhu, Jingyi Zhang, Wei Li, Gele Teri, Lizhen Zheng, Daodao Hu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Appropriating commemoration: The University of Pretoria – 1960, 1980 and 2008

Contree, 2010
Die herdenking van ‘n universiteit se geskiedenis is ‘n belangrike wyse om gewig en egtheid aan die inrigting se posisie te verleen. In die algemeen is die mees erkende inrigtings van hoër onderwys ook die oudstes, en die viering van ‘n universiteit se ...
Bronwyn L. Strydom
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural heritage appraisal by visitors to global cities: the use of social media and urban analytics in urban buzz research [PDF]

, 2019
An attractive cultural heritage is an important magnet for visitors to many cities nowadays. The present paper aims to trace the constituents of the destination attractiveness of 40 global cities from the perspective of historical-cultural amenities ...
Kourtit, Karima, Nijkamp, Peter, Romão, J.   +2 more
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Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Material and Technique Analysis of Qing Dynasty Official Style Architectural Polychrome Paintings in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Crystals
Hangzhou was the political and economic center of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279 AD) and also the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368–1644 AD).
Ling Shen, Dan Hua, Baisu Nan, Yao Yao, Hong Duan, Jiakun Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

English in the mainstream: Heritage language or lingua franca? [PDF]

, 2006
This article examines fundamental assumptions that relate to the nature and role of the English language in Aotearoa New Zealand, including its use in society generally and in the school curriculum specifically.
Bruce, Ian
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Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy, Bhiamie Williamson, Jesse Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corrosion mechanisms for lead-glazed pottery from Qibi Ming Tomb of the Tang Dynasty in Xianyang, China

Heritage Science
Six corroded glazed pottery figurines, which excavated from the Qibi Ming Tomb of the Tang Dynasty in Xianyang, were selected to study the corrosion mechanism.
Yanli Li, Panpan Liu, Yujia Luo, Mantang Ge, Huiping Xing, Yuhu Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Passionate competitors: the foundation of competitive ballroom dancing in South Africa (1920s-1930s)

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2009
By the turn of the nineteenth century ballroom dancing had become a popular social pastime in Europe, North-America and South Africa. The years leading up to the First World War saw a number of South African social dancers, like their Western ...
Alida Green
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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
wiley   +1 more source