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Semantic primitives and compositionality: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The term semantic primitives refers to a set of basic, atomic concepts from which all other (compound) concepts are constructed. It presupposes the principle of compositionality—the idea that complex items or expressions can be formed by combining simpler constituents.
Birger Hjørland
wiley   +1 more source

Vulnerability and Dependence in Slavery and Post-Slavery Societies: A Historicisation of the Enslaved Children (Pon Pekpen) from the Bamum Kingdom (West Cameroon)

open access: yesGenealogy
This article is a reflection on the history of enslaved children (Pon pekpen) in African slavery and post-slavery societies, such as the Bamum Kingdom.
Mbohou Sylvain
doaj   +1 more source

Géographies du travail esclave rural contemporain

open access: yesBrésil(s), 2017
This article examines slavery in the Brazilian countryside by mapping available data on the liberation of slaves and denunciations of slave cases. It analyzes the distribution of rural slavery in Brazil, identifies situations related to slavery, and ...
Hervé Théry   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rothbard on the Economics of Slavery

open access: yesQuarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 2020
Murray Rothbard wrote an unpublished note in the early 1960s on the economics of antebellum slavery. Essentially, it was a criticism of the methodology of the New Economic History, or cliometrics, of which Conrad and Meyer (1958a) was the breakthrough ...
Mark Thornton
doaj   +1 more source

Maquiladora Slavery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article is part of the collection of writings of Marshall (Mike) Westfall, retired autoworker from General Motors in Flint, Michigan (1964-1994) and activist critic of the auto industry restructuring that led to devastating job losses. It originally
Westfall, Marshall (Mike)
core   +1 more source

Modern slavery, environmental degradation and climate change: Fisheries, field, forests and factories

open access: yesEnvironment and Planning E Nature and Space, 2019
In this commentary paper, the current state of research on the tightly connected and bi-directional relationships among modern slavery, environmental degradation and climate change is critically assessed and reviewed.
David Brown   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
wiley   +1 more source

Global Perspectives on Modern Slavery: A Reflective Narrative on John Wesley’s Thoughts Upon Slavery and Social Justice [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
This paper delves into the worldwide views on modern slavery, with a particular focus on the reflective narrative presented in John Wesley’s thoughts on slavery and social justice.
Mwansa Claude Kimpinde
doaj   +1 more source

Slavery and the Family

open access: yes, 2020
From the earliest historical studies on Atlantic slavery to the present day, historians have been interested in the development of family ties among enslaved people. They have debated, denied, questioned, and celebrated the ability of enslaved people to forge meaningful family relationships and kinship networks in the face of the traumas and violence ...
openaire   +1 more source

The Organizational Dynamics of Compliance With the UK Modern Slavery Act in the Food and Tobacco Sector

open access: yes, 2019
Empirical studies indicate that business compliance with the UK Modern Slavery Act is disappointing, but they struggle to make sense of this phenomenon. This article offers a novel framework to understand how business organizations construct the meaning ...
David Monciardini   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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