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An investigation into the late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age round barrow monuments in the Wylye Valley, Wiltshire

, 2009
This thesis examines the significance of funerary practices and monuments dating to the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in and around the Wylye Valley to the west of Stonehenge.
Howarth, Simon Mark
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The Bulgarian Monumental Sculpture оf the XXI Century. The Public Significance of the Monument

Visual Studies, 2018
The crash of Bulgarian monumental sculpture in the post-totalitarian period is a sign of serious lack of common direction, vision and purpose in society. This vision not only characterizes the architectural landscape or plan of the country, it points to and emphasizes the disharmonism of the so-called Transition, started after 10.11.1989 year.
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Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
wiley   +1 more source

Public monuments in sacred space memorial tombs as national monuments in nineteenth century Serbia

, 2013
One of the most common forms of public monument in the nineteenth-century Serbian memorial culture was the memorial tomb. Marking the graves of prominent people is one of the oldest forms of memorialization. In the nineteenth century, memorial tombs were
Kostić, Ana
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Firefighter monuments [PDF]

, 2016
The thesis addresses public firefighting monuments with sculptural elements that can be found in Slovenia. It's divided into two parts: art-theoretical and practical.
Kavčnik, Ana
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Writing about a Prime Minister: Reflections on How Malcolm Fraser PM Happened

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
In 1989 I published Malcolm Fraser PM, a study of the way that prime minister Fraser worked. In this note I muse about the back story, about the processes involved in writing a study of a recently defeated prime minister, explaining how the book was written and what could be learnt from the interactions with Fraser.
Patrick Weller
wiley   +1 more source

The Troubles and Beyond: The impact of a museum exhibit on a post‐conflict society

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract In divided societies, can museums contribute to healing and recovery? While efforts to memorialize past violence typically aim to promote tolerance and reconciliation, remembering could exacerbate divisions in recovering societies where the past is deeply contested. We examine a transitional justice museum exhibit in Northern Ireland.
Laia Balcells, Elsa Voytas
wiley   +1 more source

Defiant pride: Origins and consequences of ethnic voting

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do voters often remain loyal to ethnic parties despite receiving little in terms of material welfare? I develop a theory focused on the role of dignity concerns in explaining within‐group variation in ethnic party loyalty. Group members who face discrimination from state agencies dominated by outgroups respond with defiant pride, which ...
Mashail Malik
wiley   +1 more source

Monuments devoted to artists in public spaces around museums: A nineteenth-century strategy to enhance the urban space of art districts

RIHA Journal, 2014
Monuments to kings or military heroes have always been positioned in main squares and avenues, whilst those erected to famous cultural figures were a novelty introduced in the Enlightenment and Romanticism, placing busts or sitting monuments to writers ...
Lorente, J. Pedro
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