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The Myth of Originality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The myths about originality sustain a set of practices within\ud our economic systems. Originality is treated as a token of worth but it is rooted in our uncertainty about causes. Our uncertainties may ultimately be fostered by a non-deterministic world, a failure of human modes of expression to explain the world, or perhaps both.
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Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Technical wildness is a new and increasingly influential culture of nature. This paper marks its emergence in Scotland in the early 2020s. Focusing on Scotland's rapidly evolving land management sector, the paper traces how private rewilding companies position science‐led land management and natural capital markets as the most effective ...
Theo Stanley
wiley   +1 more source

Balancing risk and reward—Perceptions of bats and their ecological role in Reunion island

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Context: Bats provide vital ecosystem services but can also generate disservices or sanitary concerns, particularly where human–bat interactions are frequent. Understanding public perceptions of bats is essential for effective conservation and risk communication.
Rachel Leong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nation, Indigenization, the Beothuk: A Newfoundland Myth of Origin in Patrick Kavanagh’s Gaff Topsails

open access: yes, 2006
The narrative of a national culture often begins with a "foundational myth," a story that, as Stuart Hall writes, "locates the origin of the nation, the people, and their national character so early that they are lost in the mists of, not 'real,' but ...
Delisle, Jennifer Bowering
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William Stern (1871-1938) and the "origin myth" of differential psychology

open access: yes, 2006
Mit dem Begriff "origin myth" wollte Franz Samelson der Idee Ausdruck verleihen, dass Wissenschaftler ihre Vorgänger manchmal in ein ganz bestimmtes Licht rücken, um die Wissenschaft, die sie heute betreiben, zu legitimieren.
Lamiell, James T.
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Epistemic diversity and the politics of knowledge in plant disease management: Insights from the Xylella fastidiosa epidemic in southern Italy

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods worldwide. This paper examines the conflict around the management of the X. fastidiosa outbreak affecting olive trees in southern Italy.
Fabio Gatti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simmons, David R., The great New Zealand Myth, A Study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori

open access: yes, 1993
Guiart Jean. Simmons, David R., The great New Zealand Myth, A Study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. In: Journal de la Société des océanistes, 97, 1993-2. pp.
Guiart, Jean
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Introduction of various Modern Theories of Myth

open access: yes, 2017
The origin of myth is derivedfrom Greek word “MYTHOS”, that is story or word. The study of myths is known as mythology. Myths are figurative stories of the isolated past that concern cosmology and cosmogony.
Rani, Renu
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A Myth on the Origin of Humans in Plato’s Protagoras

open access: yes, 2018
The aim of this paper is to elucidate the origin, development and nature of human beings as it is described in Plato’s Protagoras myth. My main claim is that, according to this story, the human is a multi-dimensional being with various aspects and ...
Irina Deretić
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Breeding for multi‐stress resilience in crops: Myth or possibility?

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Climate change threatens millions of farmers worldwide by exposing crops to multiple concurrent or sequential environmental stresses such as drought, heat, waterlogging, and diseases. Although crops have long been selected under naturally occurring multi‐stress conditions, breeding pipelines largely focus on optimal or single‐stress environments ...
Hamid Khazaei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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