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Language Ideologies, Choices, and Practices in Eastern African Hip Hop [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Hip hop emerged as a musical and cultural force during the late 1970s in the United States and has followed a global trajectory ever since. Artists and fans around the world filter North American hip hop styles through their own local musical, social ...
Fenn, John, Perullo, Alex
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Culture and Locality

open access: yesEthnologia Fennica. Finnish Studies in Ethnology, 2013
The history and publication of Ethnologia Fennica in the years 1971- 1986 are closely connected with the Seurasaari Foundation, founded in 1956 to support Seurasaari Open-Air Museum and ethnological research generally, and especia ly with Mr Niilo Valonen, who was Professor of Finno-Ugrian Ethnology at the University of Helsinki from 1961 to 1977.
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VALUE AND VALUES - WHAT MOTIVATES CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The expectation that business has a responsibility to the immediate communities in which they operate and to national development imperatives has become entrenched in society. Globally, businesses have responded by embracing the discourse and practice of
Michael C. Rifer, Tracey W. Henry
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The Jollywood Manifesto: Trans-local Film Cultures in Haiti's Emerging Cinemas

open access: yesKultura (Skopje), 2015
Taking into account Haiti’s peripheral and/or temporary position within World Cinema’s politics, this paper focuses on a recent phenomenon of cinematographic productions of Haiti’s emerging filmmaker’s generation: Jollywood.
Doris Posch
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An Investigation of Successful and Unsuccessful Communication between International and North African Social Workers at Centres for Disabled Children in North Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
There is a need to improve the quality of life for disabled children in North Africa. Although local governments and communities have been providing social services support, an increase in social services investment, particularly, specialists who work in
Okuyama, Yusuke
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When does defection pay?: The stability of institutional arrangements in clusters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The present paper investigates cluster adjustment to changing economic environments by focussing on the role and stability of institutional arrangements in their local culture.
Press, Kerstin
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Developing international partnerships and exchange: initiatives from the Division of Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In the following report we try to show how our international links and practice in the Division of Education enable students and staff to present a wider perspective on knowledge and pedagogy, in keeping with the notion of the ‘global citizen’. Crossley
Ashforth, Beth, Jarvis, Mike
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Mission and inculturation: Preserving local language and culture in the Indonesian Church

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of the Indonesian Catholic Church in preserving local languages and cultures within the Asian context.
Fransiska Widyawati   +2 more
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Cultures of unruly bricolage : 'debadging' and the cultural logic of resistance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Arnould and Thompson note that the "marketplace has become a pre-eminent source of mythic and symbolic resources through which [people] construct narratives of identity' (2005: 871). Not only do consumers "actively rework and transform symbolic meanings"
Brownlie, Douglas, Hewer, Paul
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Valuing Historic Places: Traditional and Contemporary Approaches [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Decisions about which older buildings, structures, and places should be conserved are fundamental to the practice of architectural conservation. Conservation professionals use the interrelated concepts of integrity, authenticity, and historical value to ...
Wells, Jeremy C.
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