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
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
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
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Built and social environment characteristics associated with motorcyclist mortality in Latin American cities from the SALURBAL study. [PDF]
Yannone IJ +10 more
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To What Extent Does the Power of Government to Determine the Boundaries and Conditions of Lawful Commerce Permit Government to Declare Who May Advertise and Who May Not? [PDF]
Van Alstyne, William W.
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WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal
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
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Intelligent Classification of Urban Noise Sources Using TinyML: Towards Efficient Noise Management in Smart Cities. [PDF]
Remolina Soto MS +5 more
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Contract Labour, Job Quality and Turnover Intention—Evidence From Nigeria
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
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Motorized Two-Wheeled Vehicles Contribute Disproportionately to the Increase in Pandemic-Period Road Traffic Fatalities in New York State. [PDF]
Pressley JC +5 more
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Automobiles and Motorcycles in the U. S. National Museum
Smith Hempstone Oliver
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