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"Wewe Merentas Gunung": Mitologi Masyarakat Besemah Sumatera Selatan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study is based on the assumption that by reading literary works, we can enjoy a culture of a society. By discussing the elements of mythology stories Wewe Merantas Gunung, it is expected to be able to understand what the source of mythology of ...
Herleni, S. (Sari)
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Anti‐Imperial Autoethnographies of Family Separation: Feminist Solidarities Against Imperial Bordering in the UK

open access: yesAntipode, EarlyView.
Abstract Anti‐imperial autoethnography is an important practice for critiquing and reflecting upon encounters with imperial bordering and its junctions with the neoliberal‐corporate university. In this article, we analyse our children's visa rejections to the UK, where we work and study as immigrant academics.
Amber Murrey, Wesam Hassan
wiley   +1 more source

Fantasy Incarnate: Of Elves and Men [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This essay proposes the idea of incarnation as a key to unlocking Tolkien’s conception of fantasy as set out in the \u27Origins\u27 section of On Fairy Stories.
Cook, Simon J, Dr.
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Thinking like a mountain: A land ethical approach to healthcare resource allocation

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
Abstract Human activity is now having a defining influence on global systems. The Anthropocene epoch requires revisiting our ethical presuppositions to understand our relationship to the earth's life support systems. The Land Ethic of Aldo Leopold proposes an ethic that is diachronic, holistic, and biocentric, in contrast to the synchronic ...
Alistair Wardrope
wiley   +1 more source

Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insect migrants are hugely abundant, with recent studies identifying the megadiverse order Diptera as the major component of many migratory assemblages. Despite this, their migratory behaviour has been widely overlooked in favour of more ‘charismatic’ migrant insects such as butterflies, dragonflies, and moths.
Will L. Hawkes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Study on the Influence of Hindu Mythological Characters on Management Practices

open access: yesInternational Journal of Economic Plants, 2018
Indian mythology is one of the richest elements of Indian culture, which enriches it further and makes it a unique one in the world. Interesting aspect of the stories and characters in Indian mythology is that they are usually meant to convey subtle ...
Piyush Mehta   +3 more
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Rudolf Bultmann on Myth, History, and the Resurrection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Christian faith stands or falls with the confession that Jesus Christ is risen. While that assertion itself is perhaps uncontroversial, precisely what this confession means has been a subject of profound significance and immense controversy for ...
Hege, Brent
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Ecosystem services provided by spiders

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Spiders, ubiquitous and abundant predators in terrestrial ecosystems, often are the subjects of an unjust negative perception. However, these remarkable creatures stand as unsung heroes within our ecosystems, contributing a multitude of ecosystem services critical to human well‐being.
Pedro Cardoso   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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