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Peackeeping, Peace, Memory: Reflections on the Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Since 1948, under the auspices of the United Nations (UN), Canada has contributed over 80,000 men and women from all branches of the armed forces to global peacekeeping.
Gough, Paul
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Beggars as Rational Choosers

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT American municipalities increasingly regulate panhandling. That regulation is controversial. The determinants of panhandling activeness are unknown, and it is doubted whether panhandling activity responds rationally to incentives. To shed light on these issues, we collect data on hundreds of panhandlers and the passersby they solicit at ...
Peter T. Leeson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anıt Mezarların Peyzaj Mimarlığı Yönünden İncelenmesi: İzzet Baysal Anıt Mezarı Çevre Düzenlemesi Örneği

open access: yesDüzce University Faculty of Forestry Journal of Forestry, 2013
Bu çalışmada öncelikle, geçmişten bugüne kadar, çeşitli anıt mezarların yapım ilkeleri ile ilgili bulgular ortaya konulmaya, yapım süreci içerisindeki aşamalar ile birlikte, çalışmanın asıl amacı olan; anıt mezarların çevre düzenlemelerinde dikkat ...
Mehmet Kıvanç Ak   +1 more
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MONUMENTS FOR THE ROMANIAN HEROES OF 1917 [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals: Series on History and Archaeology (Academy of Romanian Scientists), 2012
During the Great War heavy battles took place on the Romanian teritorry, at Mǎrǎşti, Mărăşeşti and Oituz, in Vrancea County. In their memory were built the monuments presented below.
Horia DUMITRESCU
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The History and Ideas of George Herbert Mead's Pragmatism and Its Relevance for Operational Research and Systems Thinkers

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT George Herbert Mead is an oft forgotten or ignored American philosopher who was one of the originators of pragmatism. Today, he is recognised as a creative thinker who has teased out knotty problems that others in the field had not realised were problems. Understanding Mead's analysis has been made difficult because he died prematurely without
Richard Ormerod
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Coster Avenue Mural

open access: yes, 2014
The Gettysburg Battlefield has over one thousand monuments dedicated to a host of brave men who fought and gave their lives during the three day engagement in July of 1863.
Kirk, Brianna E.
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Seeing Heritage Management through Systems Science

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Heritage is influenced by a range of multifaceted factors, such as global issues, power dynamics, entangled legal frameworks and multilayered needs. The interplay of these elements creates a challenging environment for heritage managers, who must navigate a web of stakeholders with diverse interests and values. This paper suggests that systems
Omid Shakerian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monuments and monumentality

open access: yes, 1985
Helaine Silverman muestra en este artículo las complejas implicancias que tiene para la perspectiva arqueológica las relaciones entre las construcciones monumentales y la organización político-social. Tal temática la desarrolla para el caso de la cultura Nasca y en especial, el sitio monumental de Cahuachi.
openaire   +1 more source

Report of the Committee on a Monument to the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors [PDF]

open access: yes
Resolved, That His Excellency Ambrose E. Burnside, William Binney, of Providence, William Grosvenor, of North Providence, Rowlund G. Hazard, of South Kingstown, James DeWolf Perry, of Bristol, Pardon W. Stevens, of Newport, and John B.

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Early use of the reinforced concrete in the architecture of the Historicism in Austria–Hungary

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract The study examines the early incorporation of reinforced concrete in the architecture of Historicism in Austria–Hungary. Spanning the late 19th to early 20th centuries, the research illuminates the period's stylistic pluralism and the transformative impact of reinforced concrete.
Éva Lovra, Zoltán Bereczki
wiley   +1 more source

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