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Ecocriticism and Terraforming: Building Critical Spaces
Forum, 2010 Science fiction employs a distinctive language to engage speculatively yet critically with our contemporary world. Space, with its discrete planetary bodies and other cosmic objects, functions both as an emblem of science fiction and operates in a more ...
CHris Pak
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Basal and standard metabolic rate (BMR and SMR) are cornerstones of physiological ecology and are assumed to be relatively fixed intrinsic properties of organisms that represent the minimum energy required to sustain life. However, this assumption is conceptually flawed. Many core maintenance processes underlying SMR are temporally partitioned
Helena Norman +4 more
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Human Culture and Science Fiction: A Review of the Literature, 1980-2016
SAGE Open, 2017 This article aimed to uncover the foci, themes, and findings of research literature that utilized science fiction content or concepts to describe and illustrate human culture.
Christopher Benjamin Menadue +1 more
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Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2022 Anthropological interest in science fiction derives from the fact that works of science fiction, while depicting imaginary worlds, actually speak about existing human communities.
Bojan Žikić
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Experiencing Multiple Realities: Alfred Schutz’s Sociology of the Finite Provinces of Meaning [PDF]
, 2018 This book offers a theoretical investigation into the general problem of reality as a multiplicity of ‘finite provinces of meaning’, as developed in the work of Alfred Schutz. A critical introduction to Schutz’s sociology of multiple realities as well as
Benta, Marius Ion
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Des ruses du roman au sens de l’histoire dans l’oeuvre de Kourouma [PDF]
, 2006 L’article analyse les méandres de l’histoire et de la fiction dans les romans de Kourouma. Il vise à montrer la corrélation entre leurs aspects narratifs et thématiques. D’une part, l’unité de cette oeuvre iconoclaste se construit à partir des événements
Semujanga, Josias
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White ants, empire and entomo-politics in South Asia [PDF]
, 2020 By focussing on the history of white ants in colonial South Asia, this article shows how insects were ubiquitous and fundamental to the shaping of British colonial power.
Deb Roy, Rohan
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Nudging ESG Investments via Digital Financial Advising: Evidence From an Investment Game Experiment
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The influence of financial advisors on retail investors' sustainable investment choices remains surprisingly underexplored, despite their potential to shape investment behavior. This study uses an experimental design to examine how sustainability‐related information provided by a digital (simulated) financial advisor affects individual demand ...
Caterina Lucarelli +2 more
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Little is known about consumer preferences for combinations of circular business model patterns, despite their potential to benefit the design of product services. This study examines consumer preferences for product‐as‐a‐service offers, combined with circular product attributes, across Sweden and the Netherlands.
Steven Sarasini +5 more
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