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The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

Women Runners in China: Constraints Negotiation Process of Serious Leisure. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Zhou W, Qiu Y, Tian H, Xu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Mere Amateurs’? Elementary Teachers and the Making of Scientific Authority in the British Child Study Movement

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers new perspectives on the relationship between elementary teaching, scientific expertise and the professionalization of the human sciences. Previous scholarship has demonstrated the ready existence of ‘amateur’ science societies in the nineteenth century where cross‐class exchanges were common.
Julia Gustavsson
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges in Engaging Birdwatchers in Bird Monitoring in a Forest Patch: Lessons for Future Citizen Science Projects in Agricultural Landscapes

open access: yesCitizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2019
Birdwatchers hold substantial potential as data collectors for research, and in Brazil, the birdwatching community has been growing since the early 2000s.
Eduardo Roberto Alexandrino   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Volunteer tourism: An ambiguous marketing phenomenon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
One of the more recent forms of tourism to emerge from the continuing fragmentation of tourism into many different forms is what has become known as Volunteer Tourism.
Tomazos, Konstantinos
core  

BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
wiley   +1 more source

Hektor’s framework, embodiment and superabundance in research on information activities in serious leisure

open access: yesInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal
Introduction. In 2016, Hartel et al. introduced Hektor’s framework of information activities as a tool for analysing human information behaviour in serious leisure. They also noted a lack of attention towards embodiment and superabundance.
Jan Raoul Weber
doaj   +1 more source

THE REASONS FOR AND THE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION OF THE VOLUNTEERS IN TURKISH SPORT FEDERATIONS: AN EVALUATION RELATE TO SERIOUS LEISURE THEORY [PDF]

open access: yesPamukkale Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 2013
The aim of this study is to determine the participation reasons and the benefits of volunteering in sport federations in Turkey. The data is collected through the semi-structured interviews with the volunteers that have a task in the various managerial ...
E. Esra Erturan Öğüt   +2 more
doaj  

What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores the possibility of justice for the wretched of the earth. Using escrevivência (writing the experience/existence) and drawing on the theoretical insights and political praxis of the Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa (APMF, Maria Felipa Advocacy Group)—a Brazilian abolitionist organization led by Black activists—we analyze how ...
Fernanda Oliveira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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