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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1995 This article explores marginality theory as it was first proposed in the social sciences, that is related to persons caught between two competing cultures (Park; Stonequist), and, then, as it was developed in sociology as related to the poor (Germani ...
Denis C. Duling
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Betwixt and Between: Chaplaincy, Liminality and Elite Sport
Religions, 2023 It is often assumed that chaplains who serve in elite sports settings inhabit a position which facilitates a significant level of influence. Yet, in reality, sports chaplains routinely experience a sense of marginality within their host organizations ...
William Whitmore, Andrew Parker
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Village economies and the structure of extended family networks [PDF]
, 2009 This paper documents how the structure of extended family networks in rural Mexico relates to the poverty and inequality of the village of residence. Using the Hispanic naming convention, we construct within-village extended family networks in 504 poor ...
Angelucci, M. +3 more
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Modelling fire occurrence at regional scale. Does vegetation phenology matter? [PDF]
, 2015 Through its influence on biomass production, climate controls fuel availability affecting at the same time fuel moisture and flammability, which are the main determinants for fire ignition and propagation.
Bajocco, Sofia +2 more
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The Edges of the World: Diasporic Metaphysics of Bruno Schulz
Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture, 2022 This essay is a theologico-philosophical meditation on Bruno Schulz, focusing on his “love for the marginal”: a special attention paid to tandeta, in other words all things trashy, located on the eponymous edges of the world, far away from the center ...
Agata Bielik-Robson
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The Savage Detectivism of Roberto Bolaño’s Fiction [PDF]
Caietele Echinox, 2022 The present study analyses Roberto Bolaño’s engagement with marginality in the novels The Savage Detectives and 2666, via the conventions of the noir genre.
Ruxandra Cesereanu
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Urban informality and confinement: toward a relational framework [PDF]
, 2017 In the 21st century, a growing number of people live ‘informal’ lives within fissures between legality and informality. Concomitantly, power relations are increasingly expressed through devices of confinement.
Agier M +26 more
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Margins! Margins. Margins? How Important Is Margin Status in Breast-Preserving Therapy? [PDF]
Breast Care, 2011 Margin status is surely a prognostic factor in patients undergoing breast-conserving therapy, but its impact is probably overestimated in case of adequate adjuvant radiotherapy. Radiotherapy improves local control after excision of the primary tumor in all subgroups of patients.
Jürgen, Dunst, Kathrin, Dellas
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Derivation of geographical marginalization index of Bosnia and Herzegovina using GIS multicriteria decision analysis [PDF]
Geographica Pannonica, 2023 Across Europe marginalization has been highlighted as an object of important political concern. In the area of Central Europe and the Balkans, the problem of marginalization has not been sufficiently researched.
Marić Ivan, Avdić Aida
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Philosophical analysis of marginality problem
Антиномии, 2018 The article analyzes the notions of marginality in socio-psychological and cultural dimensions. Today, two opposing epistemological tendencies have emerged: first, marginality is assessed positively as a synonym for the notion of creative renewal.
Svetlana V. Obolkina
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