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Maker Culture Liminality and Open Source (Science) Hardware: instead of making anything great again, keep experimenting! | A liminaridade da cultura maker e o hardware de fonte (na ciência): em vez de fazer algo ser grande de novo, continue experimentando!

open access: yesLiinc em Revista, 2017
RESUMO A cultura maker, definida como um conjunto de experiências que agrupam ferramentas de hardware de código aberto (Weiss 2008; Mellis & Buechley 2011; Ames et al. 2014), de práticas faça-você-mesmo (Ratto & Boler 2014; Ames et al.
Denisa Kera
doaj   +1 more source

Sports Diplomacy of Norway [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Norway is perceived as a country with a clear international identity. The aim of the article is to investigate the sports diplomacy of Norway and to examine its influence on the international brand of this country. The author will define the term “sports
Kobierecki, Michał Marcin
core   +3 more sources

READING HOUSING AS AN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE PATTERNING THE ‘WHORE STIGMA’

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I conceptualize housing as an urban infrastructure enabling the reproduction, exploitation, circulation and emplacement of the ‘whore stigma’. To this end, I engage with infrastructural scholarship, particularly the emerging field of infrastructural housing studies, and situate it in dialogue with critical perspectives on ...
Daniela Morpurgo
wiley   +1 more source

Disease Surveillance Networks Initiative Africa: Final Evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The overall objective of the Foundation's Disease Surveillance Networks (DSN) Initiative is to strengthen technical capacity at the country level for disease surveillance and to bolster response to outbreaks through the sharing of technical information ...
Akaco Ekirapa   +5 more
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International Mediation : A Specific Diplomatic Tool For Emerging Countries ? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
It is widely acknowledged that emerging countries are characterised by active foreign policies. This article intends to shed light on a specific and unaddressed domain of emerging countries’ foreign policies by reflecting on the use of international ...
Dieckhoff, Miléna
core   +3 more sources

Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
wiley   +1 more source

Esports as soft power diplomacy: a comparative review of South Korea, China, the United States, and India

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication
Esports has rapidly transformed from a niche digital pastime into a global cultural industry with increasing diplomatic relevance. This study examines how esports operates as a tool of soft power, public diplomacy, and nation branding across four key ...
Rajat Bandopadhyay
doaj   +1 more source

NATIONAL BRANDING IN INDIA: STRATEGIES AND CAMPAIGNS

open access: yesГуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021
In modern multipolar world model, most countries seek to find and occupy a better niche, which demands certain efforts. Military-technical superiority ceases to play a key role in achievement of this purpose and trade, economic and financial mechanisms ...
Anait Tonyan
doaj  

Revisiting International Political Leadership: Nordic Leadership in Informal Intergovernmental Climate Organisations

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing significance of informal intergovernmental organisations (IIGOs) in global politics necessitates a re‐evaluation of leadership dynamics. We develop a theory framework that enables us to explain why countries take on leadership roles in IIGOs, with a specific focus on climate politics.
Christin Heinz‐Fischer   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘I'd rather have worse gums than worse lungs’: Young people's views of nicotine pouches in the UK

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Nicotine pouches entered the UK market in 2019. Although research has shown that young people's prevalence of use has been low, it has been reported to be increasing and a cause for concern. This paper reports the findings of the first qualitative study in the UK to explore the views of 14–16 year olds' knowledge, awareness
Andy MacGregor   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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