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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
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Knowledge of Mange among Masai Pastoralists in Kenya [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Pastoralists in low-income countries usually live in close proximity to their animals and thus represent an important repository of information about livestock disease.
Gakuya, Francis, Heukelbach, Jorg, Jorg Heukelbach, Jackson Ombui, Samer Alasaad, Domnic Mijele, Ombui, Jackson, Muchemi, Gerald, Gerald Muchemi, Samer Alasaad (142675), Domnic Mijele (142670), Ogara, William, Jackson Ombui (142650), Maingi, Ndichu, Ndichu Maingi, Gerald Muchemi (142659), William Ogara, Francis Gakuya, Ndichu Maingi (142657), Mijele, Dominic, Alasaad, Samer, Francis Gakuya (142647), Jorg Heukelbach (142653), William Ogara (142665)   +23 more
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Mitigating Human–Large Carnivore Conflicts via Time‐Regulated Management of Free‐Ranging Livestock in the Sanjiangyuan Region, China

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract illustrates the comprehensive workflow of our study, from the deployment of infrared cameras at sites with high activity of four large carnivores, through data collection and assessment of activity patterns, to the prediction of time periods with potential human–large carnivore conflicts and the proposal of corresponding ...
Dong Wang, Quanbang Li, Xu Su, Xinming Lian   +3 more
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An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Between 2018 and 2021, the Identification and Documentation of Immovable Heritage Assets (IDIHA) Project recorded over 19,000 rock art panels in the AlUla (al‐‘Ulā) region of north‐western Saudi Arabia. This study presents a chronological assessment of the corpus, drawing on superimpositions, datable motifs, inscriptions, and varnish formation,
Maria Guagnin, Laura Morabito, Hannah Leighton, Tahani AlMahmoud   +3 more
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Coerced labour patterns in the Cape Colony, c. 1806–1826

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multiple forms of coerced labour co‐existed in the early 19th‐century Cape Colony. This study examines changes in coerced labour force composition. Using annual taxation and census records, we examine district‐ and household‐level changes in reported enslaved, Recaptured African and indigenous Khoesan labour.
Kate Ekama, Benjamin Crous
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Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Pastoralist Education Development in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2022
There is a renewal of interest in the role of indigenous knowledge for marginalized societies after a long period of disregard for its contribution to sustainable development and educational relevance.
Ziyn Engdasew
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The transformation of the Afar commons in Ethiopia: State coercion, diversification and property rights change among pastoralists [PDF]

"The major economic activity for pastoralists is animal husbandry. The harsh environment in which herders raise their livestock requires constant mobility to regulate resource utilisation via a common property regime.
Hundie Bekele, Padmanabhan, Martina
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The Royal Commission Into the Monetary and Banking Systems in Australia, 1935–1937

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian governments of the 1930s were less inclined to establish royal commissions than their predecessors in the 1920s, and few of the 1930s inquiries were of great moment. The exception was the royal commission appointed by the Lyons Government to inquire into the monetary and banking systems in Australia in 1935.
David Lee
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Tracing Identity in a Fragmented Past: Multi‐Proxy Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains From Dungowan Creek, New South Wales, Australia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human skeletal remains constitute critical archaeological evidence for reconstructing past societies, yet their investigation requires careful ethical, cultural, and legislative consideration. This paper reports on the discovery, recovery and analysis of a set of skeletal remains encountered during a cultural heritage management (CHM ...
Antonella Skepasianos, Cameron Neal, Sarah Croker, Anthony Dosseto, Michelle Fermor, Steve Talbott, Warren Mayers, Joel Mason, Florian Dux, Luke Kirkwood, Pamela Kottaras, Alan N. Williams   +11 more
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Modelling Patterns of Past Inundation Processes Combining Geoarchaeology and Morphometric Hydrological Analysis in the Shashe‐Limpopo Basin, South Africa

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Riverine and valley systems across the globe have been central to the development of past urban centres. By AD 900, the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers seem to have facilitated the interaction and integration of early farming communities in southern Africa. This paper focuses on the application of geoarchaeological perspectives made available by the
B. S. Nxumalo
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