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Making Public Media Personal: Nostalgia and Reminiscence in the Office

open access: yes, 2011
In this paper we explore the notion of creating personally evocative collections of content from publicly available material. Compared to the personal media that we look at, reminisce over, or personalise our offices with, public media offers the ...
André, Paul   +3 more
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Designing “Korean” Kimchi: Speculative Configuration of Distance and Commodity Value in the Chinese Kimchi Industry

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the Chinese kimchi industry, manufacturers employ product names, photographs, and logistical strategies to promote their kimchi's “Koreanness.” So, what makes their kimchi “Korean,” and how does its Koreanness formulate kimchi's commodity value?
Heangjin Park
wiley   +1 more source

STRATEGIES OF WORK WITH NOSTALGIA FOR THE SOVIET IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN CINEMA

open access: yesФилологический класс, 2016
The article is devoted to the strategies of work with nostalgia for the Soviet in contemporary Russian cinema. Necessary conditions for the emergence of nostalgia are: the feeling of defective present, causing dissatisfaction with the various groups, the
doaj   +1 more source

Calling Dick Tracy! Or, Cellphone Use, Progress, and a Racial Paradigm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The hero and phone-watch from Dick Tracy are evoked regularly in news and studies of cellphone use. This paper argues that the racial paradigm of White law enforcer and Dark law-breaker in the comic strip resonates in contemporary evocations and in ...
Nicholson, Judith A.
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Creating Change: Art Activism and Leadership Development

open access: yesNew Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 61-65, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT This article advocates the inclusion of the arts, and specifically, art activism, as a beneficial pedagogical approach to leadership development. Focus is given to using examples of art activism to introduce the student leader activist identity continuum (SLAIC), the exploration of leadership identity, and situating activism as transformative ...
Jessica A. Cruz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ephemeral: An Original Play [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Interesting conversations are had when an American woman spends a weekend with her Czech penpal and his relatives at his recently deceased mother\u27s cottage.
DeVoe, Kierstan N.
core   +1 more source

An Analysis of how Self-Efficacy Relates to the Driver’s of the Active Sport Tourist

open access: yes, 2011
The active sport tourist is a subset within the tourism industry that can be further analyzed to understand this type of traveler. The driver’s of such a tourist include Risk Theory, Individual’s view, Geographical Approach, Role Theory, Consumer ...
Grimes, Debey
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The divided continent: Understanding Europe’s social landscape in 2020 and beyond. European Policy Centre 11 February 2020 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The political upheaval and dysfunction of recent years have focused political minds on better understanding the volatility underpinning European electorates.
Gaston, Sophia
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Academics’ Career Motivations and External Engagement Activity Amid Conflicting Identifications: An Employee Engagement Perspective

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the motivational foundations of academics’ external engagement within the evolving context of the entrepreneurial university. While prior research has explored specific forms of academic entrepreneurship, broader engagement with external organizations has only recently been recognized as both entrepreneurial and value ...
Samuel Mwaura   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Islamic State as an empire of nostalgia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Primary empires were the product of internal development and self-sustaining through the exploitation of their own resources, but there were also historically a large number of “shadow empires.” These were imperial polities that were the products of ...
Barfield, Thomas
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