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FEMINISTS VERSUS MONUMENTS? From Protests to Anti‐monuments in Mexico City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of heritage spaces and monuments in the Historic Centre of Mexico City during ongoing feminist mobilizations. Feminists have claimed that the Mexican government is more concerned about protecting monuments and urban heritage than acting to prevent gender‐based violence and femicide.
Fernando Gutiérrez
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An Old and Reliable Authority: An Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities, by Raymond Harris Thompson, with contributions by Ronald Freeman Lee and George Alexander Grant, 2000

Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2001
"An old and reliable authority" is how George Benjamin Hartzog, Director of the National Park Service (1964-1972), characterized the Antiquities Act of 1906. And it has been quite a reliable authority - and a remarkable one. Since
Jonathan E. Reyman
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Fuzzy Decision-Support System for Safeguarding Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage [PDF]

, 2019
In the current world economic situation, the maintenance of built heritage has been limited due to a lack of funds and accurate tools for proper management and implementation of these actions.
Macías Bernal, Juan Manuel, Ortiz Calderón, Pilar, Prieto, Andrés José, Silva, Ana   +3 more
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Intellectual Solidarity and Reflexive Dislocation: Sociology in the Age of Global Authoritarianism

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to current debates on the ethics of critical scholarship in an era of authoritarian consolidation and institutional erosion. It introduces intellectual solidarity as an ethical stance and reflexive dislocation as a methodological practice that together offer a grounded response to the complicities and constraints of ...
Salvador Santino Regilme
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Seismic Hazard Assessment for the protection of Cultural Heritage in Greece: Methodological approaches for National and Local Scale assessment (pilot areas of Aighio, Kalamata and Heraklion)

Annals of Geophysics, 2017
The rich Greek cultural heritage has been always threatened by the intense seismic activity in the broader Aegean region. Τhe objective of the presented project is to develop an integrated tool for the engineers in order to protect the Greek monuments ...
Sotiris Sboras, John Andrew Dourakopoulos, Evaggelos Mouzakiotis, Pavlos Dafnis, Theodoros Palantzas, Vassilios K. Karastathis, Nikos Voulgaris, Gerasimos-Akis Tselentis   +7 more
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Cultural heritage and sustainable development targets : a possible harmonisation? Insights from the European Perspective [PDF]

, 2019
The Agenda 2030 includes a set of targets that need to be achieved by 2030. Although none of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focuses exclusively on cultural heritage, the resulting Agenda includes explicit reference to heritage in SDG 11.4 ...
Busisiwe Ncube Makore, C, Petti, L, Trillo, C   +2 more
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When First Nations Don't Count: H.V. Evatt and the Erasure of Palestinian Rights

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
As Minister for External Affairs in the Chifley Government, Herbert Vere Evatt played a pivotal role at the United Nations in securing the partition of Palestine and recognition of the State of Israel. These endeavours were represented by Evatt and in subsequent commentary as exemplifying Evatt's commitment to justice.
Jeff Rickertt
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Regulatory and legal mechanism of development and realization of policy to preserve cultural and historical heritage sites of St. Petersburg

Управленческое консультирование, 2018
Historical and cultural heritage ofSt. Petersburgis the most important constituent of socio-economic and spiritual potential of the city. Present institutions are not able to prevent negative damaging of the cultural heritage sites trend.
K. R. Paliy
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The Jericho Oasis Archaeological Park - 2015 Interim Report. Italian-Palestinian cooperation for protection and valorization of archaeological heritage [PDF]

, 2015
In April 2015, the Italian Cooperation, Sapienza University of Rome and the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities started the Project “Oasis of Jericho” aimed at the implementation of the Jericho Oasis Archaeological Park (JOAP) by means of ...
Hamdan, Iyad, Nigro, Lorenzo, Ripepi, Gaia, Yasine, Jehad   +3 more
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Living by the lake: Plant food diversity in a prehistoric lake‐dwelling community in the Republic of North Macedonia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the relationship between wetland ecosystems and prehistoric lakeshore settlements within the Lake Ohrid basin (a biodiversity hotspot) by considering plant food systems at Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia. The mid‐fifth millennium (c.4555–4373 to 4437–4241 cal BCE) waterlogged assemblage contained a diverse spectrum of ...
Amy Holguin, Michael Charles, Ferran Antolín, Rachel Ballantyne, Müge Ergun, Albert Hafner, Stefanie Jacomet, André F. Lotter, Goce Naumov, Johannes Reich, Raül Soteras, Elizabeth Stroud, Willy Tinner, Rachel Wood, Amy Bogaard   +14 more
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