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A Natural History of ‘Annoyances’: Knowing Weeds and Weeding Knowledge in the Early Royal Society and its ‘Georgicall Committee’

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Seventeenth‐century virtuosi often figured themselves as epistemic weeders, grubbing up rank thickets of accumulated error. In this article, I argue that these metaphors were unnerved by the shifting status of weeds—ostensibly unwanted plants from the margins of cultivated space, unploughed land or the disturbed soils between growing crops—in ...
Francis Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Segmentation by motivations in religious tourism: A study of the Christ of Miracles Pilgrimage, Peru. [PDF]

PLoS One
Carvache-Franco M, Regalado-Pezúa O, Carvache-Franco O, Carvache-Franco W.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Utopia Remembers: The Soviet Past in the Imagined Communist Future

The Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After a twenty‐five‐year hiatus, the reappearance of utopian literature in 1957 prompted Soviet literary watchdogs to corral the subgenre into an ideologically‐acceptable mold. A key requirement was for future generations to be depicted as reverently commemorating the past.
Antony Kalashnikov
wiley   +1 more source

Chemicals of Concern in Chemical Hair Straightening Products: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

Curr Environ Health Rep
Weaver E, Chan M, Edwards L, Zota AR.
europepmc   +1 more source

The National Transformation of the Historical Memory of Minor Jewish Holidays During the Period of Hibbat Zion

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From its very inception, the Jewish National Movement Hibbat Zion turned to the collective past to advance its goals in the present. One of their activities was to reinterpret Jewish holidays and festivals, especially those that did not take a central place in the Jewish calendar.
Asaf Yedidya
wiley   +1 more source

Prayers for Sickness: What do people pray for and how do they deal with unanswered prayer? [PDF]

F1000Res
Dein S, Brown CG.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Right to Exist as the Foundation of Equal Citizenship: An Ontological Inquiry of State‐Citizen Relations in Türkiye

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite enduring decades of advocacy, Alevi communities in Türkiye find themselves in a constant state of anticipation for acknowledgment from the Turkish state. Previous studies have long documented the marginalized status of Alevis within Turkish society and their ongoing struggle for recognition; however, they have overwhelmingly framed the
Aslı Gücin
wiley   +1 more source

Psychological repercussions of breast or uterine cervical cancer disclosure to women in Gabon. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ndjengue Bengone BC, Toniolo J, Filankembo Kava AC, Ngoungou EB, Belembaogo E, Preux PM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
wiley   +1 more source

Global Study on Newborn HOspitalization and Parental Experiences (HOPE): rationale and design of a multinational cross-sectional mixed-methods online survey. [PDF]

BMJ Paediatr Open
Hoffmann J, Kemper R, Hummler H, Düzenli A, Zimmermann LJI, Mader S, Tischer C, HOPE Study Working Group.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source