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Street Cries and Public Space Noise Abatement in 19th‐20th Century Barcelona
Abstract Focusing on Barcelona, this paper explores the historical and contemporary dynamics of street cries that allow traders to attract customers and make themselves heard in public spaces. While still common in marketplaces in southern Europe, there is a growing trend towards silencing these street cries in the name of reducing urban noise levels ...
Maria Lindmäe
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How Did Denise Darvall Die? A Contribution to the History of the First Heart Transplant. [PDF]
Süttő Z.
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Preventing Erasure and Seeking Accountability in Sri Lankan Diasporic Fiction
ABSTRACT Sixteen years after the end of the military conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009, there has been no real accountability for the atrocities that took place during the 26‐year war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan state. Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens and V. V.
Maryse Jayasuriya
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Migration and Mental Health in Two Contemporary Memoirs. [PDF]
Englund L.
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Introduction: Charting the Evolution of English and Anglophone Writing in Asia
ABSTRACT This introductory article explores the history of the English language and literatures in the Asian ‘Outer Circle’ countries, or English in its ‘second diaspora’, focusing primarily on literature from its beginnings to the present. Due to space limitations, the scope is further narrowed to poetry and the novel – the two genres that, arguably ...
Mohammad A. Quayum
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Reliable Narrators of Experience: Rethinking Dementia Narratives from Insider Perspectives. [PDF]
de Medeiros K.
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Finding Dr Florence Buchanan: The recovered face and fuller life story of a scientific legend
Abstract Dr Florence Buchanan (1867–1931) was one of physiology's foundational women. Trained as a zoologist at University College London (UCL), she became an exacting physiologist whose studies of muscle bioelectricity, reflexes, cardiac rhythm and exercise helped shape twentieth‐century physiology.
Brian C. Clark +2 more
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What athletics bring us? A qualitative research based on John Mo's thought of "the transfer value of athletics"-evidence from Chinese university graduates. [PDF]
Wan X, Liu H, Yin Z, Guo Z, Liu B.
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Abstract Drawing on theories of ritual as performative and transformative, this flash tip offers practical suggestions and examples for creating a ritual of writing otherwise, including companion texts, sensory and material cues to frame the ritual practice, writing collectively, and attitudes we might articulate and cultivate.
Madelyn Prevost
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