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The distinctive incorporation of sociological neoinstitutionalism into Japanese sociology and its theoretical insights for the discipline

Japanese Journal of Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 206-223, March 2025.
Abstract Although sociological neoinstitutionalist thought has made indelible imprints across the social sciences in Japan, its incorporation into Japanese sociology at large has been relatively limited, and its broader applications to analyses of global social phenomena using World Society Theory are even less prominent.
Ralph I. Hosoki
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Between the Biennials: Cultural Networks in Times of Geopolitical Crisis

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This essay unpacks key issues of transnational curatorial collaboration that emerged during the Biennale Architettura 2021, a high-profile cultural event marked by the uncertainties and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carmen Lael Hines, Helge Mooshammer, Peter Mörtenböck   +2 more
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Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
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Vom Jugurtha qui a réussi zum Zivilisationendialog Ben Alis. Die Rolle der Antike in der Repräsentation tunesischer Autokraten nach 1956

thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date, 2015
German Der Beitrag behandelt die Funktionalisierung der Antike in der Repräsentation der beiden tunesischen Präsidenten Habib Bourguiba (1956–1987) und Zine el Abidine Ben Ali (1987–2011).
Stefan Ardeleanu
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Changes in local communities: The cultural geography of Finnish open-air dance pavilions

Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 1996
The open-air dance pavilion may be regarded as a special feature of the summer evening landscape in Finland, a national landscape element in a visual sense, as a physical construction, and in an auditory sense, in the form of the music emanating from it,
Pentti Yli-Jokipii
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Field Notes from Venice: Architectural Histories at the Biennale

Architectural Histories
This set of Field Notes charts research presented at the Venice Biennale of Architecture through the voices of some of those who contributed directly to its 19th edition in 2025.
Hannah le Roux, Marcela Aragüez, Markus Lähteenmäki   +2 more
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Metal in the design of public transport stops

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
Public transport stops as special architectural forms in the urban environment are reviewed. Based on the analysis of foreign analogues, in accordance with the expressive means, the existing projects of stops are classified into subspecies as artistic ...
Gnatiuk Liliia, Novik Hanna
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Revisiting the foundation era of plant genomics with a commentary on the pioneering contributions of Prof. Chittaranjan Kole

The Plant Genome, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract The evolution of plant genomics has been shaped by several pioneering milestones, beginning with the introduction of restriction fragment length polymorphism–based genetic linkage maps in the mid‐1980s. Among the global contributors, Prof. Chittaranjan Kole stands as a distinguished figure whose work fundamentally shifted the trajectory of ...
Madhugiri Nageswara‐Rao, Sarita Pandey, Poulami Bhattacharjee, Dinesh Kumar Saini, Jaya R. Soneji, Bashasab Fakrudin, Lohithaswa Hirenallur Chandappa, Amir Ali Khoddamzadeh, Daniel A. Tucker, Jinfa Zhang, Shamseldeen Eltaher, Jauhar Ali, Robert Henry, Ilga Mercedes Porth, Aleksandra Radanović, Kiyosumi Hori, Maria Stefanie Dwiyanti, Ferdinando Branca, Shalini Tiwari, Matthew Blair, Yong Pyo Lim, Renate Horn, Olga Danilevskaya, Sunita Adhikari   +23 more
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The British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: Navigating Frames and Reimagining Cultural Relations

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This article examines the British Council's management of the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, exploring the complex interplay between different operational frames: showcasing British creativity, supporting creative sectors, conducting cultural ...
Stuart MacDonald
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