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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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Speech is My Hammer, It\u27s Time to Build: Hip Hop, Cultural Semiosis and the Africana Intellectual Heritage [PDF]

, 2014
The article examines Hip Hop music\u27s relationship with African cultural symbolism and the discipline of Africana Studies. The author maintains that Africana Studies must reclaim the study of cultural semiosis, which may be used to contextualize Hip ...
Livingston, Samuel T.
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Beyond standardisation, subjects and syllabi: How primary schools organise for arts richness in an era of curriculum reform

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As England embarks on its first comprehensive curriculum review in fifteen years, this paper offers critical insights from schools that sustained arts‐rich provision despite a policy landscape hostile to creative subjects. Drawing on data from the Researching Arts‐rich Primary Schools (RAPS) project—a mixed‐methods study of 76 arts‐rich ...
Pat Thomson, Christine Hall
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Historical Formalism in Music: Toward a Philosophical Theory of Musical Form

Contemporary Aesthetics, 2014
In this paper I begin to fashion a theory of musical form that I call historical formalism. Historical formalism posits that our perception of the formal properties of a musical work is informed by considerations not only of artistic categories but also of the historical, sociopolitical, and cultural circumstances within which that work was composed.
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Clubbing masculinities: Gender shifts in gay men's dance floor choreographies [PDF]

, 2011
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Journal of Homosexuality, 58(5), 608-625, 2011 [copyright Taylor & Francis], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00918369.2011.563660This article adopts an ...
Amsel R., Anderson E., Auslander P., Bolton R., Buckland F., Carrington C., Case S. E., Chauncey G., Cheren M., de Lauretis T., Desmond J., Dyer R., Emerson R., Fikentscher K., Foster S., Gere D., Grant Tyler Peterson, Halkitis P. N., Hocquenghem G., Hughes W., Kimmel M., Lecaro L., Levine M. P., McClary S., Messner M. A., Ottenberg S., Pharr S., Pope H., Román D., Sanjek R., Savin-Williams R. C., Schwartz P., Sedgwick E. K., Signorile M., Simpson M., Thomas A., Warner M.   +36 more
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Lessons from primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence school connectedness

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School connectedness is critical to improving students' health, development and wellbeing. Research into primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence their sense of connectedness is essential for identifying practices that promote success.
Jordana F. Hoenig, Therese M. Cumming
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“Dr. Satan’s Echo Chamber: reggae, technology and the diaspora process,” reprint. [PDF]

, 2018
Reprint of an essay first published in 1997.Published ...
Chude-Sokei, Louis
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Operations Research‐Based Formalisation and Design of Sustainable Reverse Logistics for E‐Waste Supply Chains

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study demonstrates how a profitable, lean, and environmentally responsible e‐waste reverse logistics system can be designed using integrated Operations Research (OR) techniques. Addressing the growing urgency of responsible consumption (UN SDG 12) and the projected rise of the e‐waste sector to USD 137.60 billion by 2029, the research ...
Sheeba Pathak, Hajar Fatorachian
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Exploring the Intersection of Science and Music through Ancient Civilizations to the Present [PDF]

Athens Journal of History
Music and science have been interconnected throughout history, with both disciplines inspiring and informing each other. This article explores the theoretical and experimental connections between music and science, addressing the research question: What ...
Hamed A. Ead
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Faculty Recital: Ketty Nez, piano and Katie Wolfe, violin, September 17, 2018 [PDF]

, 2018
This is the concert program of the Faculty Recital: Ketty Nez, piano and Katie Wolfe, violin on Monday, September 17, 2018 at 8:00 p.m., at the Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were "Five Melodies," Op.
School of Music, Boston University
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