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Rebranding the Nation: Migrant Fashion Production and the Contested Politics of ‘Made in Italy’

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Prato engage with the contested meaning of the Made in Italy production label. As Chinese‐run fashion firms have become central to Italy’s fast fashion sector, their growing visibility has raised public concerns about authenticity, national identity, and the perceived erosion of ...
Yintan Fan
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of case outcomes in Rwanda's postgenocide gacaca courts

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Transitional justice trials have become a central mechanism for addressing mass violence and human rights violations, yet little is known about the determinants of case outcomes within these courts—particularly in domestic contexts. This study examines Rwanda's gacaca courts, a localized transitional justice system that tried people suspected ...
Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Betel nut sucking is the earliest recorded evidence for the habitual use of a neuroactive plant drug. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Adv
Brumm A   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysis of Impact Hammer Rebound to Estimate Rock Drillability

open access: yesRock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2000
¶In this paper, the piston rebound common to both the Schmidt Impact Hammer and down-hole hammer drills has been analyzed and calculated by means of stress wave theory and the energy conservation law. A quantitative relationship between the amount of rebound of the piston and the impact resistance index, or hardness of the rock, has been established ...
X. Li   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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