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Making Space for the Gods: Ethnographic Observations of Chinese House Temples in Singapore
Religions, 2020 Space for religious use is highly regulated in Singapore. Specific plots of land are reserved for religious groups to bid for, and create, “official” spaces of worship.
Shawn Goh Ze Song
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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 Space: A Theological/Aesthetic View
ReligionsBoth feeling and thought operate largely through a process of associations. Some of these are learned; some seem to be transcultural. In Western art it has long been assumed that certain arrangement of sounds, shapes, and colors evoke particular emotions
Richard Viladesau
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Neo-Structuralism and the Contestation of Sacred Place in Biblical Israel
Temenos, 2005 One of the most interesting features of anthropological discussions (and those in related disciplines) of sacred place has been the issue of contestation both in relation to the construction of sacred place and in the construction of theorizing about ...
SETH D. KUNIN
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Eikón Imago, 2022 Reseña de la obra de Frese, Tobias, Wilfried E. Keil, and Kristina Krüger, eds. Sacred Scripture / Sacred Space. The Interlacing of Real Places and Conceptual Spaces in Medieval Art and Architecture. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019 [ISBN 978-3-11-062913-2]
Rodrigo José Fernández Martínez
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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Strategies for Greater Inclusion of Indigenous Students in College Science Programs
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The substantial underrepresentation of American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiʻian (AI/AN/NH) students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors at United States colleges and universities results from systemic barriers in higher education.
Jonathan D. Baker +14 more
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Actas de Arquitectura Religiosa Contemporánea, 2017 How do we define what is sacred architecture? People of all ages are turning away from organized religion, and looking for a more genuine, personal experience of the spiritual.
Michael J. Crosbie
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Social Production and Consumption of Space: A Lefebvrian Analysis of the Kumbh Mela
International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 2022 Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest pilgrimage gathering on the shores of the River Ganges. Drawing on Lefebvre’s (1991) trialectics of space framework, this paper interrogates the spatial dynamics of the Kumbh Mela through the spatial meanings espoused by
Christine Buzinde +3 more
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen +15 more
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