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‘From the Fields Into the Bars’: The Story of Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977)
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1977, an Israeli transgender woman, Judy Spotheim, published an autobiographical novel entitled The Cut. It describes the emergence of a trans community in the commercial‐sex areas of Tel Aviv‐Jaffa, hoping to humanise trans women (coccinelles). This article is the first to study the novel and present a biography of Spotheim.
Gil Engelstein, Iris Rachamimov
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The Semiotics of Global Warming: Combating Semiotic Corrruption [PDF]
, 2007 The central focus of this paper is the disjunction between the findings of climate science in revealing the threat of global warming and the failure to act appropriately to these warnings. The development of climate science can be illuminated through the
Gare, Arran
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SMART CITY CONTROL ROOMS: The Rewiring of Local Governance Landscapes in India
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Smart city control rooms are prominent components of the smart city discourse. They embody a long‐standing dream to visualize and manage multiple urban processes in real time through the collation of data flows. Previous research has produced important insights into the design, construction and operation of these facilities.
Devika Prakash +2 more
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ANALISIS KETAMPANAN NABI YUSUF DALAM PERSPEKTIF SEMIOTIKA AL-QUR’AN
Arabiyat, 2014 The topic of this research is the Qur’an semiotics on surah Yusuf. This research collaborates the theory of semiotics and al-Qur’an. This research aims to find out the sense, meaning, and messege of the Qur’an on surah Yusuf.
Muhammad Akrom
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Screen-based musical instruments as semiotic machines [PDF]
, 2006 The ixi software project started in 2000 with the intention to explore new interactive patterns and virtual interfaces in computer music software. The aim of this paper is not to describe these programs, as they have been described elsewhere, but rather ...
Magnusson, Thor
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Menguak Budaya Matrilineal dalam Cerpen “Gadis Terindah”
Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya, 2017 Matrilineal kinship system is adopted by the Minangkabau society. In fact, the system that follows the maternal lineage turns out to cause inner conflict for the people.
Dessy Wahyuni
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Symbol Emergence in Robotics: A Survey [PDF]
, 2015 Humans can learn the use of language through physical interaction with their environment and semiotic communication with other people. It is very important to obtain a computational understanding of how humans can form a symbol system and obtain semiotic
Asoh, Hideki +5 more
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Special issue: Social media as semiotic technology
Social Semiotics, 2018 Social media technology has become ubiquitous in modern life. Take as an example, the role of social media in the mundane routine of waiting for the bus.
S. Poulsen +2 more
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