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The Rhythm of Non Places: Marooning the Embodied Self in Depthless Space [PDF]
, 2015 Taking as its starting point the spatiotemporal rhythms of landscapes of hyper-mobility and transit, this paper explores how the process of “marooning” the self in a radically placeless (and depthless) space—in this instance a motorway traffic island on ...
Roberts, Les
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, 2016 We were told that geo-politics is the great play of power across a solid continuous Euclid-ian surface. Cut apart by linear borders, the state system — a territori-ally based juridical formation — appeared to dominate all forms of sovereignty over individu-als and action.
Anselm Franke +2 more
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Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 Abstract We discuss a doubly-holographic prescription for black holes in braneworlds with a vanishing cosmological constant. It involves calculating Ryu-Takayanagi surfaces in AdS black funnel spacetimes attached to braneworld black holes in the critical Randall- Sundrum II model.
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Social Psychological Perspectives on Islandness: Identities, Vulnerabilities and Precarities
Island Studies JournalAlthough there are many widely perceived attractions to living on a small island, island life is not without its challenges. The physical aspects of these are well rehearsed. The psychological ones, less so.
Kate Matheson, Chris Pawson, Peter Clegg
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The contribution of 'Social Capital' to economic growth : lessons from island jurisdiction [PDF]
, 2005 This paper is concerned with the relationship of ‘social capital’ to economic development, with a deliberate focus on island territories. It argues that an appreciation of ‘social capital’ theory makes for a more informed understanding of how many ...
Baldacchino, Godfrey
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Islandness of Sveti Stefan: A Collection of Particular Manifestations Through Time
Island Studies JournalSveti Stefan, a tiny Montenegrin island with a rich historical and cultural background, remains underexplored in academic research. Considering its physicality (shaped by nature and human intervention), circumstances that determined and directed its ...
Goran Koprivica
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Islandness: Vulnerability and resilience in Oceania [PDF]
, 2009 Pacific and other islands have long been represented as sites of vulnerability. Despite this, communities on many Pacific islands survived for millennia prior to the intrusion of people from Europe into their realm. An examination of traditional disaster
Campbell, John
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Envisioning the Archipelago [PDF]
, 2011 Certain limitations arise from the persistent consideration of two common relations of islands in the humanities and social sciences: land and sea, and island and continent/mainland.
Baldacchino, G +4 more
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
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Older residents’ experiences of islandness, identity and precarity: Ageing on Waiheke Island
Island Studies Journal, 2019 Island living can entail many difficult or challenging experiences for individual residents, as well as for island communities at large. We use a multifaceted understanding of precarity and resilience to conceptualise these island challenges, as ...
Laura Bates +3 more
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