Liminal Bioethics for Liminal Statuses: A New Method for Analysing Novel Biological Entities. [PDF]
BioethicsABSTRACT Novel biological entities such as cell lines and organoids do not typically fit into established conceptual categories, such as ‘human’ or ‘nonhuman’, ‘gift’ or ‘property’. This makes developing robust ethical principles or policy solutions difficult.
Wee M, Singh I.
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From advocating to attending: The shifting role of the South African Council of Churches during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyThe South African Council of Churches (SACC) has been on the receiving end of criticism from scholars since 1994. This article contends that the 2020 national lockdown at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic was the pinnacle of the renewal of the SACC ...
Dr Thembelani Jentile
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Heidegger, Heterotopic Dwelling and Prehistoric Art: An Initial Indication of a Field of Research
Religions, 2018 This paper begins to develop an interpretation of European cave art based on Martin Heidegger’s account of artistic production and ‘dwelling’ so as to indicate a potentially rich area for future research.
Philip Tonner
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Festival Space: gender, liminality and the carnivalesque [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose - Contemporary outdoor rock and popular music festivals offer liminal spaces in which event participants can experience characteristics associated with the carnivalesque.
Pielichaty, Hanya
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Pagans and Satan and Goths, Oh My: Dark Leisure as Communicative Agency and Communal Identity on the Fringes of the Modern Goth Scene [PDF]
, 2012 Goth music's cultural terrain has been extensively mapped in the first decade of this century. Through a dark leisure framework, the present article examines the way in which parts of the Goth scene embraced paganism and, latterly, Satanism, as actual ...
Spracklen, B, Spracklen, K
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Endogenous driving and synchronization in cardiac and uterine virtual tissues: bifurcations and local coupling [PDF]
, 2006 Cardiac and uterine muscle cells and tissue can be either autorhythmic or excitable. These behaviours exchange stability at bifurcations produced by changes in parameters, which if spatially localized can produce an ectopic pacemaking focus.
Benson, A.P. +4 more
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Narasimha, Lord of Transitions, Transformations, and Theater Festivals: God and Evil in Hindu Cosmology, Myth, and Practice [PDF]
, 2016 This paper focuses on the multi-faceted nature of the divine depicted in Narasimha and the unique perspectives on God and evil offered by the myths of Narasimha, which is also subliminally represented within the religious practice and performance ...
Vemsani, Lavanya
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Exploring young people's and youth workers' experiences of spaces for ‘youth development’: creating cultures of participation [PDF]
, 2001 The paper focuses on the emergence of ‘positive youth development’ and its impact on older, more established practices of working with young people, such as youth work.
Nolas, Sevasti-Melissa
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Dinámicas temporales y espaciales en la reconstrucción post-desastre
Anales de Investigación en ArquitecturaEste estudio explora la compleja interacción entre tiempo y espacio en el contexto de la reconstrucción post-desastre e introduce una perspectiva novedosa que trasciende las concepciones estáticas tradicionales asociadas con la arquitectura y la ...
Daniele Rocchio +4 more
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Claiming expertise from betwixt and between: Digital humanities librarians, emotional labor, and genre theory [PDF]
, 2017 Librarians\u27 liminal (intermediate) position within academia situates us to make unique contributions to digital humanities (DH). In this article, we use genre theory, feminist theory, and theories of emotional labor to explore the importance of ...
Logsdon, Alexis +2 more
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