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Strategic Occidentalism: America in Vietnamese Anticolonial Thought [PDF]

open access: yes
Whereas "orientalism" describes how the West sees the East, "occidentalism" describes how the East sees the West. This paper presents two examples of occidentalism from Vietnam in the 1920s: a pamphlet that praises American civilization through a ...
Pham, K.D.
core   +1 more source

Efforts to Prevent the Neglect of Traditional Indigenous Medicine: Policy Insights From Bolivia

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional Indigenous medicine has existed for centuries, but only recently has it obtained international recognition. Some countries have been working on the integration of traditional Indigenous healing practices in their national health systems.
Carlos Rosas‐Jiménez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasting Heatwave Regimes in Dry and Humid Subtropical Mexico: A Station‐Based Probabilistic Assessment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Heatwaves have intensified under a warming climate, producing substantial environmental and societal impacts. This study characterizes heatwave regimes in two contrasting regions of Mexico using a percentile‐based threshold and a Poisson distribution framework.
Jorge Cortés‐Ramos   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landscape drivers of scaled quail occurrence across a broad spatiotemporal scale: implications for habitat management

open access: yesThe Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Combining large‐scale avian surveys with remote sensing products revealed landscape variables that likely limit scaled quail occurrence at the ecoregion scale in Texas. Promoting management practices that address ecoregion‐specific limiting factors may be key to averting further declines.
Benjamin W. Hoose   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost in scales: Balkan folk music research and the ottoman legacy [PDF]

open access: yesMuzikologija, 2008
Balkan folk music researchers have articulated various views on what they have considered Oriental or Turkish musical legacy. The discourses the article analyses are nationalism, Orientalism, Occidentalism and Balkanism. Scholars have handled the awkward
Pennanen Risto Pekka
doaj   +1 more source

Politics of Iran-West relations within the contextof Iranian occidentalism; image of the west in theIranian press during reformism (1997-2001) and conservatism (2005-2009) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The present research is about relations between Iran and the West from the communication point of view and the role of the media in creating anti-American and anti-Western sentiments amongst the Iranians.
Bakhshandeh, E.
core   +1 more source

The Concept of Occidentalism by Dmytro Dontsov as a Methodological Basis for Analysing the Contemporary Russia-Ukraine War

open access: yesFaces of War
The concept of Occidentalism developed by Dmytro Dontsov serves as a significant analytical tool for understanding the Russia-Ukraine war (2014–2025), viewed as a confrontation between two fundamentally different civilisational models.
Serhii Slobodianiuk
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications for the sotol plant (Asparagaceae, Convallarioideae): A review

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intercultural masquerade: new orientalism, new Occidentalism, old exoticism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This book centres on the re-emerging ideas of Orientalism and Occidentalism in the areas of higher education, student mobility, literature, media, and music.
Wahyudi, Ribut
core   +1 more source

Rethinking Jacques Derrida’s Deconstruction and its Relevance to the Study of Islam

open access: yesUlumuna, 2019
This article examines  Jacques Derrida’s concept of deconstruction and its implementation in the context of contemporary Islamic studies. Philosophically, the status of texts should not be regarded merely as writing because the meaning goes beyond the ...
Abdul Fattah
doaj   +1 more source

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