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What is sacred in sacred natural sites? A literature review from a conservation lens
Ecology and Society, 2023 Sacred natural sites (SNS) are valuable biocultural hotspots and important areas for nature conservation. They are attracting a growing attention in academic, management, and political fora.
Jaime Tatay, Amparo Merino
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Managing sacred sites for tourism: A case study of visitor facilities in Palmyra, New York [PDF]
, 2010 Sacred sites are qualitatively different than others developed for tourism purposes. However, sacred sites do have touristic appeal and can benefit from their popularity as both pilgrimage and secular tourist attractions.
Russel E. Brayley
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Spatial theory and method for the study of religion [PDF]
, 2005 From an examination of recent social and cultural theory and selected work on place and space by scholars of religion I draw together resources for the development of a spatial methodology for the study of religion. In order to identify the key elements
Knott, K.
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rain‐induced erosion processes can severely damage Earthen archaeological sites. Huaca Chornancap (HCH; eighth–14th century ad) is a platform located in the Lambayeque region (Peru) exposed to seasonal rain due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Luigi Magnini +5 more
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Agrarian rituals giving way to Romantic motifs: Sacred natural sites in Estonia
Sign Systems Studies, 2016 Semiotic mechanisms involving sacred natural sites – or areas of land or water with special spiritual significance – that have been focal points in agrarian vernacular religion have been transformed in modern Estonian culture. Some sites have accrued new
Ott Heinapuu
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When nature meets the divine: effect of prohibition regimes on the structure and tree species composition of sacred forests in northern Greece [PDF]
Web Ecology, 2020 Sacred forests are an integral component of the mountainous cultural landscape of northern Greece, hypothesized to be the result of both ecological processes and site-specific forest management regimes through strict religious prohibition.
V. Marini Govigli +6 more
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Worship & sightseeing: building a partnership approach to a ministry of welcome [PDF]
, 2013 This paper explores diverse opportunities for partnerships between the sacred and secular at religious sites. It identifies ways in which tourism suppliers can work collaboratively with sacred sites to enable sites to meet the demands of contemporary ...
Clarke, Alan, Wiltshier, Peter
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Heritage, crisis, and community crime prevention in Nepal [PDF]
, 2018 Following Nepal's 2015 earthquake there was speculation that sacred art would be looted from the ruins of severely damaged temples due to breakdown in formal security.
Mackenzie, Simon, Yates, Donna
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Sacred, secular, or sacrilegious? prehistoric sites, pagans and the Sacred Sites project in Britain [PDF]
, 2008 This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric 'sacred sites' and their appropriation by a wide range of interested or concerned groups. In examining and theorising competing constructions of 'sacredness' and
Blain, J., Wallis, R. J.
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