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Twins in Mesoamerica as a Symbol of Contrasting Duality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In cultures across the Mesoamerican subcontinent, there are examples in the archaeological and ethnographic record of myths concerned with twins and sibling pairs (Minneci, 1999).
Rideout, Benjamin
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Mahi ā Wānanga—A Mana Wāhine‐Led Collaboration to Co‐Construct Meaningful Research and Meaning from Research

open access: yesKōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2026.
Indigenous ways of sharing and developing knowledge survive in ceremony, songs, proverbs, storytelling and purposeful dialogues. Wānanga (space for knowledge sharing) is the epitome of traditional knowledge transmission—grounded in Indigenous practice and worldview, allowing for the co‐creation of new knowledge and passing down of inherited knowledge ...
Deborah Heke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The structure of argumentation in early interpretations of the Chapel at Ronchamp (Part II)

open access: yesSacrum et Decorum, 2013
Contemporary reflections on the chapel at Ronchamp designed by Le Corbusier to a greater degree than before lead to analyses of previous interpretations of this work, arousing much controversy ever since their appearance.
Cezary Wąs
doaj  

Colonial Bias in AI Training Data: Prompting Sora to Generate Images of Aotearoa New Zealand's Historical Past

open access: yesKōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2026.
This paper examines how generative artificial intelligence (AI) reproduces colonial visual tropes when tasked with representing Aotearoa New Zealand's historical past. Using OpenAI's Sora as a case study, the analysis investigates AI‐generated images prompted to depict (1) precolonial landscapes, (2) first contact between Māori and Europeans, (3 ...
Olli Hellmann
wiley   +1 more source

Argumentation structure in early interpretations of the Chapel at Ronchamp

open access: yesSacrum et Decorum, 2012
In the study of art, it is customary to rationalize at least some aspects of this special object of reflection, which in its essential features eludes the forms of academic discourse.
Cezary Wąs
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Weaponizing Nature, Naturalizing Violence: Anthropologies of Ecofascism

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 224-236, March 2026.
ABSTRACT After decades of denial and obstruction, the global Right is increasingly willing to acknowledge that climate change is a threat to lives and lifeways everywhere. Moreover, some seize on the specter of ecological collapse to advance fascistic politics.
Chloe Ahmann   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Restoring the mauri of coastal dune lake ecosystems : the case study of Lake Waiorongomai, Ōtaki, Aotearoa/New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Resource and Environmental Planning, at Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa/New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The following Figures have been removed for copyright reasons but may be accessed via their sources listed in the bibliography (page numbers in the captions): 1.2.1 (p.13); 2.2.1 (p.48); 4.2.3 (p.166); 4.2.4 (p.168); 4.3.1 (p.184); 4.3.4 (p.191); 4.3.5 (
Spinks, Aroha Huia Christine
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Anthropology of the Hometown

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 220-223, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Anthropological methods and theory have historically marginalized hometown research while they have privileged the study of the “Other.” This essay discusses the prevalent challenges and misconceptions surrounding research conducted in one's hometown, while advancing its legitimacy as an anthropological field site.
Dada Docot
wiley   +1 more source

Churches by Enzo Fortuna (1921-1979) in Eastern Sicily between 1955 and 1970: Design Processes, Influences and Outcomes

open access: yesHistories of Postwar Architecture
The piece focuses on the design of sacred architecture in Siracusa and in its surroundings through the study of the professional activity of Enzo Fortuna (1921-1979). The architect completed his studies in Rome in the late 1940s, and he worked in Sicily.
Rosa Maria Marta Caruso
doaj   +1 more source

Artsakh -Karabagh. Sacred architecture

open access: yes, 2012
L’article présente, en introduction, les caractères généraux de l’héritage architectural de l’Artsakh : catégories de constructions préservées et aspects techniques. Il évoque ensuite succinctement les constructions des débuts du christianisme et du Moyen-Âge (IVe-XIe siècles), en particulier le mausolée de Saint-Grigoris à Amaras, la basilique de ...
openaire   +1 more source

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