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Milícias in Rio de Janeiro: deconstructing the myth of a violent everyday peace through a feminist perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
Milícias have proliferated across Brazil, engaging in criminal activities while maintaining close connections to the Brazilian state and politicians.
Luis Gouveia Junior
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Milicias y milicianos en el control de la frontera interior de la provincia de Santa Marta (Virreinato de la Nueva Granada), 1770-1808

open access: yesRevista de Antropología y Sociología Virajes, 2016
Este trabajo examinará la transición de los sistemas defensivos en las fronteras neogranadinas, de vecinos-milicianos a milicias disciplinadas, en la búsqueda de control militar de dichos territorios, a partir del estudio de caso de la provincia de ...
Miguel Antonio Suárez Araméndiz   +1 more
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Combatientes brutalizados, cultura soldadesca y policía: episodios vitales en sociedades barrocas del Mediterráneo Occidental

open access: yesCuadernos de Historia Moderna, 2022
Esta investigación recupera el estudio de la tensión entre tan polarizados agentes de construcción del orden en las sociedades preindustriales como fueron, por un lado, las milicias cívicas o rondas nocturnas ciudadanas y, por otro, las milicias que ...
Tomás Antonio Mantecón Movellán
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Muralismo como encargo participativo: Holografía de lo (in)visible en comunidades a’i cofán de la selva colombiana

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT When mural art in indigenous communities is commissioned as a participatory project, several methodological, epistemological, and aesthetic questions arise. This text proposes a horizontal and investigative approach to what we can simply call ‘muralism in the A'i Cofán community context,’ not as significant works executed in communities, but ...
Daniel Alberto Restrepo Hernández   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perennial Legumes Pueraria phaseoloides and Leucaena leucocephala Exhibit High Potential for Fertility Restoration of Degraded Mined Soils in Ghana

open access: yesJournal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Volume 189, Issue 4, Page 450-459, August 2026.
Revegetating the subsoil layer of abandoned gold mined sites with the perennial legumes Leucaena Leucocephala, Pueraria phaseoloides and Gliricidia sepium without any soil amendments increases the content of soil organic carbon and important macro‐nutrients, which are crucial for restoring soil health and productivity. These improvements in soil health
Enoch Opoku   +4 more
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PARDOS Y MORENOS VERACRUZANOS, SIGLO XVIII: BLANQUITUD Y DIFERENCIA COLONIAL EN LAS MILICIAS NOVOHISPANAS

open access: yesTabula Rasa: Revista de Humanidades, 2023
En el artículo pretendemos demostrar como las ideas de blanquitud y diferencia colonial se hicieron patentes durante la incorporación de los afrodescendientes novohispanos a los modelos defensivos de la Monarquía católica y como estos dos elementos ...
Jairo Eduardo Jiménez Sotero
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Arboreal Duels in a Shared Niche: Direct Observations of Vinesnake (Thelotornis mossambicanus) Predation on Chameleons (Chamaeleo dilepis) Reveal Complex Foraging Dynamics

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Ecology, Volume 64, Issue 4, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Predator–prey interactions in three‐dimensional arboreal habitats are among the most complex and least observed ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Here we report two predation events of the Eastern Vinesnake (Thelotornis mossambicanus) on the Flap‐necked Chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis) in sand‐forest habitat of the Zambezi Delta ...
Avelino R. Miguel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Pyrolysis Control Parameters on the Structural Properties of Biomass‐Derived Activated Carbon Materials and Their Energy Applications

open access: yesThe Chemical Record, Volume 26, Issue 3, March 2026.
Tubular pyrolysis synthesis is a widespread method to produce activated carbons (ACs). This review focuses on the different controlling parameters of the tubular pyrolysis synthesis method and their influence on the performance of synthesized ACs, thereby considering both experimental aspects and the use of plant‐based biomasses (PBBs) as feedstock ...
Meenal Gupta   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Churchill and Spain: More Sancho than Quixote?

open access: yesHistory, Volume 111, Issue 395, Page 217-236, March 2026.
Abstract This article offers a detailed analysis of Winston Churchill's relationship with Spain over the course of his long and eventful political and personal life. The article focuses on three key episodes: Churchill's ambivalent stance during the Spanish Civil War; his leadership and policy towards Spain during the crucial years of the Second World ...
EMILIO SÁENZ‐FRANCÉS
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Hide and rule: Accumulation by disappearance and necro‐periurbanisation in Brazil

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 1, March 2026.
Short Abstract This paper examines how peri‐urban spaces are governed through concealment and obfuscation. Focusing on the Baixada Fluminense near Rio de Janeiro, it connects land fraud (‘grilagem’) to the obfuscation of violence, proposing the concept of ‘accumulation by disappearance’.
Jan Simon Hutta
wiley   +1 more source

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