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The historical origins of Tanzania's working class [PDF]

, 1980
African Studies Center Working Paper No. 35INTRODUCTION: This paper discusses the historical conditions which prevented the emergence of a strong capitalist ruling class along the Kenyan lines in Tanzania. In Kenya, a nascent big bourgeoisie controlled
Mueller, Susanne D.
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Legacy effects of European colonialism on hotspots of biocultural diversity threat

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Patterns of biological diversity have been shaped by cultural practices in the past, while in turn, cultures and languages have evolved in close interaction with local species and ecosystems. However, in the Anthropocene, human activities are putting increasingly diverse pressures on ecosystems and cultures, resulting in accelerating threat ...
Bernd Lenzner, Andreas Baumann, Sietze Norder, Franz Essl, Hannes A. Fellner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Responding to Settler Colonialism in the Community Archive: Jewish Approaches to Reconciliation

Canadian Jewish Studies, 2022
This article explores how Canadian Jewish community archives are responding to and engaging with reconciliation. Reconciliation, which entered national public discourse largely through the activities of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (
jason chalmers
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Linking perceptions of weeds with approaches to weed management

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract A multitude of factors can shape people's perceptions, leading to a variety of views on nature's services and values. The IPBES Values Framework highlights the ways that people and nature interact (both positively and negatively) through consideration of nature's contributions to people. For plants, differences in perceived values by different
James P. Westfield, Elizabeth M. Wandrag, Lindsay C. Stringer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Colonial Project of Domestic and Intragroup Violence in the Queer Indigenous Community

Journal of Global Indigeneity
Within Indigenous communities, there is often a lack of discussion of the ongoing harmful effects of the practice of colonial gender, sex, and sexuality.
Aaliyah A. Gonzalez
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Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Global efforts to protect biodiversity depend on fair access to key plant specimens. This study examines the distribution of 119,361 holotypes—unique herbarium specimens used to formally describe new plant species. By linking collection and storage data, we found that holotypes are increasingly held closer to their places of origin, particularly in ...
Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marzenna Guzicka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life after herbarium digitisation: Physical and digital collections, curation and use

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Collections of dried plant specimens (herbaria) provide an invaluable resource for the study of many areas of scientific interest and conservation globally. Digitisation increases access to specimens and metadata, enabling efficient use across a broad spectrum of research.
Alan James Paton, Gabriel K. Ameka, Alexandre Antonelli, Alex Asase, Russell L. Barrett, Ann Bogaerts, Domingos Cardoso, Mark Carine, Alastair Culham, Syadwina H. Dalimunthe, Nina Davies, Sofie De Smedt, Sebebe Demissew, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza, Quentin Groom, Elspeth M. Haston, Abdulrokhman Kartonegoro, Paul Kersey, Isabel Larridon, Jana Leong‐Škorničková, Lucia G. Lohmann, Jehova Lourenco Jr., Hannah McPherson, Muthama Muasya, Nicky Nicolson, Marcelo Pace, Jack F. Plummer, Hélène Ralimanana, Himmah Rustiami, Hervé Sauquet, Emily B. Sessa, Eric Smets, Alex Sumadijaya, Jordan Teisher, Daniel C. Thomas, Eka F. Tihurua, Janine E. Victor, Sarah T. Wagner, Quiang Wang, Andrew Young   +39 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ancient Israel and Philistia: Settler Colonialism and Ethnocultural Interaction [PDF]

, 2015
This essay, concentrating on the Iron Age I period, looks at the possibility of seeing the early Israelite and Philistine societies as two settler colonial societies formed through colonising migration.
Pitkänen, Pekka M A
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Digitisation as archival intermediary: Quantifying and qualifying Greta B. Stevenson's mycological collector networks

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Mass digitisation of natural science collections and archives has increasingly become a priority for scientific heritage institutions. Here, we explore the potential of mass digitisation to improve our understanding of the nature and history of scientific collaboration. Focusing on mycologist Greta B.
Christopher Kreuzer, Geoff S. Ridley, Nathan E. C. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

We still live among you: colonial continuities, biocultural resistance, and the struggle for environmental justice in Upushwea, the territory of the last Yaghan people

Frontiers in Human Dynamics
This article examines the historical and contemporary struggles of the ancestral inhabitants of Upushwea (Puerto Williams Port), Chile, particularly the Yaghan, Kawéskar, and Selk’nam indigenous peoples, with a particular focus on marine policies ...
Juan Mansilla, Soledad Soza
doaj   +1 more source