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Castles in the air : British film and the reconstruction of the built environment, 1939-51 [PDF]

open access: yes
This thesis is an examination of British films which discuss and propose the reconstruction of the built enviromnent. It concentrates on the period 1939-51 but also looks at those films made during the inter-war period.
Haggith, Toby
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Introduction

open access: yes, 2019
This book places Taiwan and Korea, the two ex-colonies and anticommunist allies, side by side in a “transwar” analytical framework, calling for the “de-colonializing” and “de-Cold warring”.
Pei-yin Lin   +3 more
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The human body as a terrorist weapon: hunger strikes and suicide bombers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article argues that a major factor in terrorist acts is an appeal to the actor's own community at an emotional and symbolic level, through acts of sacrifice, particularly self-sacrifice.
Mollica, Marcello   +2 more
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Institutional Antecedents of Creativity and Product Innovation in the Digital Cultural Industries

open access: yesCreativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the external sources of creativity that firms in the digital cultural sectors can utilize to develop innovative products to compete internationally. Drawing on organizational creativity and institutional theories, we aim to explore whether creativity can be nurtured outside firms' boundaries within the network of ...
Irina Mihailova   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Kremlin-Controlled Search Engine Yandex as a Tool of Foreign Propaganda [PDF]

open access: yes
In February 2024, after lengthy negotiations and extensive political and legal pressure, the Russian search and technology company Yandex announced the sale of its business in Russia, including its search engine, to an investment fund consisting of ...
Beseler, Arista   +3 more
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Hyperreality, Polarization and Prejudice: Social Media Descriptions of Swedish Child Welfare Services

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the Swedish child welfare services (CWSs) are described in Arabic‐speaking social media, with a focus on the ‘LVU campaign.’ The material consists of Facebook and YouTube posts and comments about the Swedish CWSs' actions in child mistreatment cases involving migrant families.
Dana Sofi, Jonas Stier, Emmie Wahlström
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing National Identity Through Museums in Early Republican Turkey: Historical Narrative, Spatial Transformation, Exhibiting Modernity, and Monumentality

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the role of museums in the construction of national identity during the Early Republican Period in Turkey (1923–1950). Drawing on theoretical approaches that interpret museums as spaces in which collective memory and national identity are materially organized and publicly communicated, the study analyzes museums as key ...
Duygu Atalay Şimşek
wiley   +1 more source

Informal adult education between the wars: the curious case of the Selbourne Lecture Bureau

open access: yes, 2005
The Selborne Society, established in 1885, was Britain’s first national conservation organisation, dedicated to the preservation of birds, plants and pleasant places. It flourished in the period prior to 1914, but declined thereafter and almost vanished
Clarke, Richard
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Producing the ideal fascist landscape: nature, materiality and the cinematic representation of land reclamation in the Pontine Marshes

open access: yes, 2008
Using previously unpublished material from the L'Unione Cinematografica Educativa (LUCE) archive and the Central State Archive in Rome, this article examines how film-making became part and parcel of the process of 'taming' nature in the Pontine Marshes ...
Kaika, M.   +5 more
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Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
wiley   +1 more source

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