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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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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

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
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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
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When Rustling became an Art: Pilane’s Kgatla and the Transvaal Frontier 1820–1902

Contree, 2010
No abstract available.
Mahunele Thotse
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Smart Cities and Historical Heritage

TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, 2018
The theme of smart grids will connote in the immediate future the production and distribution of electricity, integrating effectively and in a sustainable way energy deriving from large power stations with that distributed and supplied by renewable sources.
openaire   +3 more sources

‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
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
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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
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Smart Services as Cultural and Historical Heritage Information Assistance for Museum Visitors and Personnel

Baltic Journal of Modern Computing, 2018
Museums are now digitally enhanced based on smart information services that assist visitors and personnel. Cultural and historical heritage (CHH) is perceived in a personalized and cognitive way. New knowledge is created using active participation of the
D. Korzun, S. Yalovitsyna, V. Volokhova
semanticscholar   +1 more source