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Narasimha, Lord of Transitions, Transformations, and Theater Festivals: God and Evil in Hindu Cosmology, Myth, and Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Liminality: Change Starts Within

open access: yesChallenges, 2023
Change Starts Within is the welcome title to the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) toolkit. The tools are resources to support the inner growth of individuals and organizations committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Vivianna Rodriguez Carreon
doaj   +1 more source

‘Out of bed, but not yet abroad’: spatial experiences of recovery from illness in Early Modern England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In early modern England, patients tracked their transition from sickness to health according to where they were in domestic space. During severe illness, the sick were usually confined to bed, unable to stir; but as health returned, they gradually ...
Newton, Hannah
core  

New European tricksters: Polish jokes in the context of European Union labour migration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the context of contemporary European labour migration, where the most publicised pattern of labour migration sees Eastern European migrants move West, the dominant scholarly interpretation of Polish jokes is not applicable for the analysis of much of ...
Ozieranski, P, Weaver, S
core   +3 more sources

Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse.
Adrienne Byrt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structuring Liminality: Theorizing the Creation and Maintenance of the Cuban Exile Identity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this article, we examine the exilic experience of the Cuban-American community in South Florida through the dual concepts of structure and liminality.
Colona, Jaclyn, Grenier, Guillermo J.
core   +1 more source

Medical students' initial experiences of the dissection room and interaction with body donors: A qualitative study of professional identity formation, educational benefits, and the experience of Pasifika students

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The first experience of medical students in the dissecting room (DR) likely influences professional identity formation (PIF). Sparse data exist exploring how exposure to the DR and body donors without undertaking dissection influences PIF, or how culture may influence this experience.
Jacob Madgwick   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liminal Margins and the Appropriation of the Inherited Codes and Imposed Patterns in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s The Last Gift

open access: yesNalans
The study explores the immigrant’s identity crisis in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s The Last Gift from the lens of hybridity and liminality. It analyses how the host society determines identity formation and the tension they experience between their cultural ...
Fikret Güven
doaj   +1 more source

Game‐based learning for undergraduate consolidation: A qualitative study of how game‐based learning provides much more than knowledge acquisition

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Game‐based learning (GBL) is increasingly used in medical education to supplement traditional didactic learning methods. Adult learners in particular may benefit from GBL, given the autonomous and iterative nature of a well‐designed educational game.
Thomas J. Paddock, Erin P. Fillmore
wiley   +1 more source

Liminality and Disinhibition in Online Language Learning

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2011
The aim of this paper is to bring theoretical concepts from other areas of scholarly research to bear on synchronous online education in a cross-disciplinary effort to shed light on what is going on by introducing systems of thought from other areas. The
Una Cunningham
doaj   +3 more sources

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