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Architectural Regeneration and Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A guide to using the library to find books and journal ...
Geoff Morgan
core  

Radical Laughter: To be Seen, to be Heard Exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology

open access: yesMuseum Anthropology, Volume 48, Issue 2, Fall 2025.
ABSTRACT This article is a review of the To Be Seen, To Be Heard: First Nations in Public Spaces, 1900–1965 Exhibition at the Museum of Anthropology, situated on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm—Musqueam traditional land at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. Co‐curated by Maria Crosby and Karen Duffek.
Raven Begell‐Long
wiley   +1 more source

Management strategies for museum night opening in China: a SWOT-TOWS analysis of Shanghai museums

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
In China, the concept of Museum Night Opening, which involves keeping museums open to the public beyond regular daytime hours, has gained popularity since its inception in 2019.
Tingting Huang, Jun Wei
doaj   +1 more source

Lithic raw material procurement in the Moravian Neolithic: the search for extra-regional networks

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2009
The study of lithic raw material procurement can contribute to the study of ancient networks. Petrographic analysis combined with systematic mapping of raw material outcrops has been conducted in Moravia and adjacent territories by A.
Martin Kuča   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Guanxi and the organization of Chinese new year festivals in England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article explores how Chinese diaspora communities use guanxi, a unique Chinese interpretation of personal relationships, in the organization of Chinese New Year (CNY) festivals in England.
Fu, Y, Long, P, Thomas, R
core   +1 more source

From Ancient Techniques to Modern Solutions: In Situ Synthesis of C‐S‐H for Sandstone Conservation

open access: yesAdvanced Science, Volume 12, Issue 29, August 7, 2025.
Herein, this work presents a paleo‐inspired approach to synthesizing and optimizing C‐S‐H‐based grouting mortars for conserving the sandstone of Beishan Grottoes, Dazu Rock Carvings, China. By achieving an optimal recipe compatible with natural sandstone, this work demonstrates the pivotal role of hydrogen bonding in the adhesion between C‐S‐H mortars ...
Mengjun Jia   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opaque ancient K2O–PbO–SiO2 glass of the Southern Song Dynasty with fluorite dendrites and its fabrication

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2019
Here we first report a piece of K2O–PbO–SiO2 ancient glass opacified by fluorite dendrites with archaeological background. This piece of glass was excavated from Nanhai I shipwreck, a merchant ship once heading for Southeast Asia, but sinking near ...
Yihang Zhou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safeguarding Traditional Villages in China: The Role and Challenges of Rural Heritage Preservation

open access: yesBuilt Heritage, 2019
Since the reform and opening-up policy of 1978, China has established the double-track inventory system of rural heritage preservation to cope with the impact of rapid urbanisation on rural areas.
Mengyuan Zhou, Songfeng Chu, Xiaofan Du
doaj   +1 more source

Colonizing Knowledge: New Museology as Museology of News

open access: yesPrace Etnograficzne, 2020
The paper examines the impact and influence of the Peter Vergo’s book The New Museology and the ways it colonized the knowledge already existing outside United Kingdom. It discusses the concepts that existed before the 1989 book following the development of La Nouvelle Museologie and ecomuseums, ideas spread at conferences, symposiums and round tables,
openaire   +2 more sources

Art, academe and the language of knowledge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this chapter I pursue the effects for knowledge, pedagogy and learning of practice led research in art and design education. I examine how postgraduate students of art, design and museology at the Institute of Education, University of London, explore ...
Robins, Claire
core   +1 more source

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