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Political Activism and Narrative Analysis: The Biographical Template and the Meat Pot

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2004
This article examines the autobiographical and some other writings of Mamphela RAMPHELE, a former political and community activist in South Africa with reference to forms of narrative analysis.
Brian Roberts
doaj  

Shi'a rituals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This thesis argues that Ashura rituals do not represent the embodiment of a culture of death; they represent a spiritual awakening, strengthening faith by condensing and intensifying religious events, unifying and empowering the Shia identity.
Elbadri, Rachid
core  

Investigating the Customer Journey in Second‐Hand Fashion Platforms: Implications for Luxury Brand Management

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 655-672, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Consumers' increasing environmental concerns are prompting a shift in fashion consumption, fueling the remarkable growth of the second‐hand market. Over the last decade, this trend has spurred the emergence of a plethora of online platforms dedicated to the resale of pre‐loved fashion items.
Gabriele Murtas, Giuseppe Pedeliento
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Luxury: Understanding Consumer Responses to Purpose‐Driven Brand Strategies

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study examines the dilemma faced by consumers in balancing the concepts of sustainability and luxury in the context of self‐gifting. The research is based on the Affect‐Behavior‐Cognition (ABC) framework and the Consumer‐Brand Identification (CBI) theory, which seeks to understand how the perceived sustainability–luxury fit and brand ...
Subhajit Pahari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Calendar ritualism of the Opillia region in the scientific works of historians, ethnographers and specialists in folklore between the 19th and 21st centuries (historiography of the problem)

open access: yesStudia Humanitatis, 2015
The article analyses the historiographical problem of calendar ritualism of the Ukrainians in Opillia between the middle of the 19th and early 21st centuries.
Reva Bohdan Vasilievich
doaj  

Means of substitution: The use of figurines, animals, and human beings as substitutes in Assyrian rituals

open access: yes, 2013
In the present article I propose an overview of substitution practices in rituals described in Neo-Assyrian literary and documentary sources. From the most simple and diffused means of substitution (figurines) to the most complex (animals and human ...
VERDERAME, Lorenzo
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Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Ritualizing Media, Mediatizing Ritual : A Study on the Interaction of Media Technologies and Ritual Practice in Thai Rituals

open access: yes
Ritualiser les médias, médiatiser le rituel : une étude sur l'interaction des technologies de médias et des pratiques rituelles en rituels thaïlandais Le texte développe une philosophie nouvelle et une infrastructure de pensée innovatrice basées sur des rencontres empiriques entre les pratiques et la pensée bouddhistes, la médiologie ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Doing Coupledom: imagining, managing and performing relationality in contemporary wedding and civil partnership rituals

open access: yes, 2012
This thesis investigates how relationality is imagined, managed and performed by twenty-seven UK-based couples during their wedding and civil partnership rituals.
Bruce, Katie Rose Esther
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Managing with CARE: Family‐Level Outcomes of Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices in Family Firms

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ESG practices offer various benefits for family firms; however, there has been limited focus on how these practices can specifically advantage the owning family. To address this gap, we conduct a multiple‐case study of six Italian family firms.
Rafaela Gjergji   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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