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Imagined Communities of English Use in JET Programme Teaching Materials

open access: yesIAFOR Journal of Education, 2023
Visualizing oneself joining imagined communities of target language (TL) use represents a potent motivation for language study. Given that rationales for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme include fostering internationalization, a student ...
Charles Allen Brown
doaj   +1 more source

Imagined communities against the tide? The questioned political projection of nationalism

open access: yesDebats. Revista de cultura, poder i societat, 2017
This article deals with the validity of Anderson’s definition of imagined communities and the future of imagination typical of nationalism. It is based on bibliographic review and research on the case of Cerdanya. Three questions of Anderson’s definition
Albert Moncusí
doaj   +1 more source

Adjusting Nucleation Chemistry for the Atomic Layer Deposition of Antimony Selenide on Metal Oxide Surfaces

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The ALD precursor bis(trimethylsilyl)selenide is simultaneously a substrate surface inhibitor. It allows for the growth of Sb2Se3 in combination with tris(dimethylamido)antimony, but also silylates surface hydroxyl groups on the substrate if such hydroxyls are present.
Pei‐Chun Liao   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Limiting Bangla under the shadow of Urdu: birth of tragedy for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Rahman’s The Unfinished Memoirs

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities
This study examines autobiographical text The Unfinished Memoirs (2012) by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a founding figure of Bangladesh, to analyze how Bangla, as the mother tongue, functions as a site of political resistance following the imposition of Urdu ...
Yog Raj Lamichhane   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do nations have stomachs? Food drink and imagined community in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper takes a rhetorical question posed by Ernest Gellner and reframes it to ask whether a sense of national identity can be forged through everyday acts of consumption – in particular, that of food and drink.
Nugent, Paul, Nugent, Paul; id_orcid
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Reimaging the Imagined Community

open access: yes, 2011
This article offers an exploration of the diasporic public sphere in order to understand the processes by which identities are ascribed, resisted, or embraced.
Jillian L. Powers
core   +1 more source

Community informatics and sustainability: Why social capital matters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper adopts a holistic approach to explain why social capital matters for effective implementation, widespread uptake, greater social inclusion, and the sustainability of CI initiatives.
Lyn Simpson   +3 more
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Rethinking Cochlear Implants: The Need for Precise Temporal Coding

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Spatial hearing relies on sensitivity to interaural temporal cues, but this sensitivity is often poorly developed in patients with cochlear implants, particularly those with early‐onset hearing loss. Rats with cochlear implants, however, demonstrate excellent temporal sensitivity, suggesting that this limitation is not inevitable.
Nicole Rosskothen‐Kuhl   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Place and imagined community in jazz

open access: yes, 2017
This article investigates the concept of imagined community amongst the professional jazz musicians; more closely the way that this imagined community functions within the scene.
Elina Hytönen-Ng, Hytönen-Ng Elina
core   +1 more source

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