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Cristiano of Arabia: Did Ronaldo increase Saudi Pro League attendances?

Contemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 260-270, April 2025.
Abstract In December 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo, five‐time Ballon d’Or winner and the most‐followed person on Instagram, signed for Al‐Nassr in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This marked one of several expensive, recent interventions by the kingdom in global sports markets. We exploit the timing of this event to estimate superstar effects.
Dominik Schreyer, Carl Singleton
wiley   +1 more source

The distinctive incorporation of sociological neoinstitutionalism into Japanese sociology and its theoretical insights for the discipline

Japanese Journal of Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 206-223, March 2025.
Abstract Although sociological neoinstitutionalist thought has made indelible imprints across the social sciences in Japan, its incorporation into Japanese sociology at large has been relatively limited, and its broader applications to analyses of global social phenomena using World Society Theory are even less prominent.
Ralph I. Hosoki
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Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Reconnecting the wetlands through non-discrete architecture

ARSNET
This design study explores non-discrete architecture as a form of architecture that connects nature and the built environment. Architecture often separates itself and its users from the natural setting, leading to environmental neglect and the gradual ...
Aulia Rahman
doaj   +1 more source

Restoring the structure of woody plantations of landscape area "Dance Pavilion" and its optimization in Dendrological Park "Olexandria"of the NAS of Ukraine

Інтродукція Рослин, 2016
As a result of the research it was determined species and age of plantings, developed a project to restore the structure of the area “Dance Pavilion”.
S.I. Galkin, N.M. Doiko, I.L. Mordatenko
doaj   +1 more source

Discours de la honte et de l'entre‐deux linguistique et culturel chez les écrivains « transfuges » Annie Ernaux, Nicolas Mathieu et Lori Saint‐Martin

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Résumé En s'appuyant sur la théorie bourdieusienne, le présent article se donne pour objectif d'analyser comment le « transfuge de classe » devient un élément incontournable et un moyen primordial d'ascension sociale dans La Place (1983) d'Annie Ernaux, Connemara (2022) de Nicolas Mathieu et Pour qui je me prends (2020) de Lori Saint‐Martin. L'étude de
Anna Ledwina, Dumitra Baron, Domingo Pujante González   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estudio Selgascano: Madrid, España

ARQ, 2011
Distante de la autoconstrucción artesanal y más cerca de los ámbitos de la producción industrializada y la transferencia tecnológica, la construcción de este estudio se resuelve con escuetas operaciones en seco y la asociación inusual de varios elementos
José Selgas, Lucía Cano
doaj  

Latin America at the Venice Biennale: Histories of Unrealised National Pavilions

OBOE
The article reconstructs the histories of Latin American national pavilions, which, between 1948 and 1972, had the opportunity to build a distinctly national architecture at the Giardini but ultimately did not.
Anita Orzes
doaj   +1 more source

More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
wiley   +1 more source

Wind environment around Chinese ancient pavilions: Study of single-eave and double-eave four-corner pavilions [PDF]

AIP Advances
The protection and restoration of ancient pavilions, an important part of China’s cultural heritage, is essential. This article uses computational fluid dynamics to analyze the wind loads on single-eave and double-eave four-corner pavilions, with a focus
Linyu Meng, Chenguang Cao, Botong Li
doaj   +1 more source