Results 61 to 70 of about 1,739,235 (268)
Differences in Physical Activity and Built Environment Perceptions Between Younger and Older Adults Living in the Same Rural [PDF]
, 2016 This study examined associations between perceptions and physical activity of younger and older adults residing in the same rural/small town community. Thirty-two adults completed interviews about their community and their physical activity.
Papadopoulos, C. (Charilaos) +1 more
core +3 more sources
The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley +1 more source
Ngo, une petite ville du Nord-Congo : cadre de vie et rôle régional
Études Caribéennes, 2018 Located in the Plateaux Batéké department, 250 km north of Brazzaville, the town of Ngo is built on the national road n° 2, at the crossroads of four dynamic roads.
Damase Ngouma +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz +7 more
wiley +1 more source
Small town branding for tourism purposes: Working with cultural values
Управление культуройThe article specifies the territorial branding definition as an economic and socio-cultural practice. The author characterizes branding as an activity aimed at identifying the most significant characteristics of a particular site for a specific target ...
Tatyana Yu. Bystrova
doaj +1 more source
, 2014 textThe town of Millerton, Pa., has always been a small, rural farming community. Settled atop of the famed Marcellus Shale in the foothills of the Appalachians, there have always been rumors of natural gas in the hills around town. In 2008, natural gas
Friel, Katherine Dailey
core
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Limited Access to AP Courses for Students in Smaller and More Isolated Rural School Districts [PDF]
, 2015 This brief assesses trends in access to, enrollment in, and success in Advanced Placement (AP) coursework in relation to school district poverty, racial composition, and urbanicity.
Gagnon, Douglas J. +1 more
core +1 more source
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Les petites villes : des agents d’urbanisation durable ?
Territoire en Mouvement, 2016 The objective of this article is to focus on the small towns and their role in the urbanisation process and this through the prism of sustainability. This term covers two acceptances: a temporal continuity and a reference to sustainable development as ...
Marie-Eve Férérol
doaj +1 more source