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Shameful or shameless? Anxieties about mothers and women's autonomy on the Central African Copperbelt, 1956–1964

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines ...
Stephanie Lämmert
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors for motorcycle loss-of-control crashes

open access: green, 2017
Dan Wu   +2 more
openalex   +2 more sources

STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
wiley   +1 more source

Built and social environment characteristics associated with motorcyclist mortality in Latin American cities from the SALURBAL study. [PDF]

open access: yesInj Epidemiol
Yannone IJ   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, this article examines the ways in which urban dwellers and activists engage with the living materialities of wastelands to illuminate evolving ecological imaginaries and their political potentials.
Daniela Giudici
wiley   +1 more source

Intelligent Classification of Urban Noise Sources Using TinyML: Towards Efficient Noise Management in Smart Cities. [PDF]

open access: yesSensors (Basel)
Remolina Soto MS   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Contract Labour, Job Quality and Turnover Intention—Evidence From Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Labour contracting, where intermediaries provide farmers with migrant workers, plays a central role in meeting the demand for seasonal labour on labour‐intensive farms. Yet this system poses underresearched challenges for both workers and farmers.
Olayinka Aremu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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