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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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Historiosophy of August Cieszkowski in the context of contemporary consciousness

Scientia et Fides, 2015
Cieszkowski’s philosophy embodies the most influential trends in philosophy and culture of the nineteenth century. This does not mean, however, that Cieszkowski’s philosophy has today only historical character and it is good topic for some historians of ...
Daniel Roland Sobota
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ALL POSSIBLE PASTS: Heritage, Simulacra, and Gentrification in Seoul

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban heritage scholars have often criticized simulacra as ‘bad’ copies that degrade the ‘good’ model of the past through commercialization and gentrification. This article challenges such Platonic dichotomies of good/bad and model/copy, arguing that the binary of good heritage and bad simulacra is flawed because heritage is itself actualized ...
Myung In Ji
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Postkomunizmo transformacija: tarp liberalaus pliuralizmo ir demokratinės bendruomenės

Sociologija: Mintis ir Veiksmas, 2013
Santrauka. Šio straipsnio tikslas – atskleisti ir išnagrinėti problemines sąveikas tarp postkomunizmo ir demokratijos; reflektuoti vidines politiškumo formos perskyras, kurios formuojasi komunizmo ir libera­lizmo idėjų ir skirtingų visuomenės formų ...
Vaidotas Valantiejus
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Gendered Attitudes or Structural Barriers? Men Front Line Workers' Perspectives on What Keeps Men out of Paid Care Work in Australia

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender segregation in paid care work offers a critical lens for understanding how gender inequality is reproduced in contemporary societies. While much research has explained men's absence from paid care through cultural and identity‐based accounts, less has been done to examine the structural mechanisms that sustain the feminisation of care ...
Steven Roberts, Elsie Foeken, Karla Elliott, Riikka Prattes   +3 more
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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Unholy “Saint Dave”: Critical Reception of David Foster Wallace’s Personality and Works. A Review [PDF]

Литература двух Америк
The review examines the critical reception of David Foster Wallace’s personality and works. A particular attention is paid to the appreciation of David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) in foreign criticism as an intellectual, religious writerphilosopher and a ...
Violetta A. Kaiavo
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Die Post-Postmoderne [PDF]

Schweizerische Ärztezeitung, 2017
Haben Sie sich schon mal gefragt, in welcher Zeit­epoche Sie gerade leben? Die Frage ist an sich unbeantwortbar, weil sich die Menschen bzw. Cyborgs wahrscheinlich erst in funfzig bis hundert Jahren darauf einigen werden, wie sie unsere Zeit ruckblickend benennen wollen.
openaire   +1 more source

Using “Storytelling” to Enrich Learning From Community‐Based Education Placements

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
Hajarah Qaddar, Thomas A. Dyer
wiley   +1 more source

Death in Children's Lives: Reimagining Death Literacy in Childhood

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children encounter death in everyday life, through family, peers, media, and health care. Opportunities for meaningful engagement with death‐related topics are limited. In this article, we reimagine death literacy—the knowledge and skills needed to navigate dying, death, and bereavement—through a child‐centred, social constructionist lens ...
Anne‐Sofie Nyström, Rakel Eklund
wiley   +1 more source