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EXPERIENCING MORE‐THAN‐PANDEMIC WATERSCAPES: An Intra‐urban Comparison of Water Practices and Geographies in Nairobi

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 567-587, May 2026.
Abstract While many African cities, such as Nairobi, fared comparatively well during the pandemic years, urban residents still faced compounded uncertainties and an unequal distribution of burdens that were infrastructurally co‐mediated, for example, within and through place‐specific waterscapes and their socio‐technical infrastructures.
Moritz Kasper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Know Your Lanes: Unpacking Theoretical Plurality Across Studies of Professions

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 1604-1636, May 2026.
Abstract Professions continue to be central to understanding organizing in the 21st century. The literature on professions is segmented into theoretical conversations that offer different conceptualizations of professions and theoretical concerns. Through an analysis of the literature, we unpack four lanes – teleological, institutional, ecological, and
Ruthanne Huising, Pauli Pakarinen
wiley   +1 more source

Architect Ivo Radić: Merging International and Regional Design Principles in Collective Housing in the 1960s in Split, Croatia

open access: yesHeritage
Ivo Radić (Split, 1930–Split, 2006) is a prominent Croatian architect who contributed mostly to the field of residential architecture and tourism facilities.
Vesna Perković Jović   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of heritage on the overall perceived image of a place: Barcelona seen by its residents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Place branding literature generally defines heritage as a major attribute that composes place brands. Moreover, the concept of heritage is deeply connected to place identity, to the point that some authors describe it as its DNA.
Compte-Pujol, M.
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Architecture as Metaphor: Politics and Aesthetics in the Modernist City

open access: yes, 2023
Architecture is not an isolated discipline but is one of the manifold manifestations of the human activity. It is effectively capable of transmitting different ideological and political meanings, using its formal and aesthetical modalities to participate in the organization of the city space and human life.
Dasara Pula, Valerio Perna
openaire   +1 more source

Literary Literacy as Situated Practice: Teacher and Mediator Beliefs in a Writers' House Museum

open access: yesLiteracy, Volume 60, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the beliefs of secondary school teachers of ‘Valencian Language and Literature’ (official subject title in Valencian secondary education, where Catalan is officially referred to as Valencian) and of mediators at the Joan Fuster House‐Museum (Sueca, Spain), regarding the literary mediation and literacy practices developed ...
Javier Roig‐López   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reading Graphic Design in Cultural Context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2019.Reading Graphic Design: •Is a much needed examination of graphic design in the expanded field •Forms an introduction to writing critically about graphic design through twelve chapters providing exemplary analyses of the ...
Lees-Maffei, Grace, Maffei, Nicolas
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On a landscape approach to design and eco-poetic approach to Landscape [PDF]

open access: yes
For Landscape Architecture to become an academic discipline it must present its own coherent theory and methodology for the planning, designing and management of (built) landscapes.
Koh, J.
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Daylighting in modernist educational architecture in the United Kingdom

open access: yesPARC: Pesquisa em Arquitetura e Construção
The consideration of environmental quality in buildings became prominent in the Modernist movement in the UK and on the international scene, after the Second World War, including the emphasis on daylight access, particularly in educational buildings. The Marylebone building of the University of Westminster (1970s), in central London, is an example of ...
Syvia Tavares Segovia   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

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