Bulbs and Biopower: Managing Produce and Price in the Age of Agri‐Logistics
Abstract This paper deploys the material and discursive politics of storage as a lens into agrarian change in rural India. Focusing on onions (Allium cepa), a price volatile crop and a kitchen staple, it maps out the contested meanings of and motivations for storage among growers, governments, and agri‐logistics companies. Specifically, this paper asks
Tanya Matthan
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Miracles et prodiges sacres en pays de mission a l'epoque moderne [PDF]
In Christian history, there is no period without miracles and sacred prodigies. The miracle is presented as a very complex element within the Christian experience.
Vismara, Paola
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Jiří Sehnal, Adam Michna of Otradovice - composer: perspectives on seventeenth-century sacred music in Czech lands. Transl. by Judith Fiehler. Olomouc,Palacký University 2016, 236 S. DOI 10.55607/ff.16.24449869. ISBN 978-80-244-4986-9. Summary [PDF]
Adam Michna z Otradovic (Adam Michna of Otradovice, 1600–1676) was the most important figure of Bohemian music history of the mid-17th century. He lived in the time of the deep political and ecclesiastical changes, an aftermath, in the Bohemian Lands, of ...
Sehnal, Jiří
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Housing Crisis or Immiseration? Revisiting the Housing Question under Urban Capitalism
Abstract The phrase “housing crisis” proliferates in media, politics, and scholarship, and has become the go‐to compound noun for depicting the urgency of the manifold social ills associated with widespread, deteriorating housing affordability. Instead of referring to a temporally and spatially bound event, however, the phrase now has become a ...
Ståle Holgersen, Timothy Blackwell
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Domestic Masonry Architecture in 17th-Century Virginia [PDF]
The focus of this study is to provide an easily accessible source of information on domestic masonry architecture in 17th-century Virginia. This includes buildings constructed entirely of brick or stone as well as framed structures, brick enders, and ...
Brown, David A.
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Advancements in radiocarbon dating: An overview of its impact on Mexican archaeology
Abstract In this article, we provide a concise historical summary tracing the evolution of radiocarbon dating techniques in Mexico and Central America. We explore the contributions of early pioneers who first employed radiocarbon dating methods, leading to the establishment of a Mexican accelerator mass spectrometry laboratory. The study highlights its
Corina Solís+3 more
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The challenge of policing minorities in a liberal society
Journal of Political Philosophy, EarlyView.
Joseph Heath
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The rock-cut church of Bormla : origins and developments [PDF]
This paper seeks to establish the origins and start writing the history of a rock-cut church in Bormla, (Malta) which was, for over three centuries, sealed away from public eyes.
Vella, John
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Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
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Abstract A wide production of ecclesiastical artefacts is traceable in Sicily between the 17th and 19th centuries, admirable in many diocesan museums. Nevertheless, these artefacts were never studied from an archaeometric point of view: Beyond their historical value, it is time to understand whether the information concerning the decorating gemstones ...
Maura Fugazzotto+4 more
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