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Envisioning desirable futures for Arctic biodiversity to overcome “doom and gloom”

open access: yesArctic Science
“Doom and gloom” has become a dominant narrative about the impacts of climate change on the Arctic and its unique cold-adapted biodiversity. However, recent work highlights that such narratives can prevent us from being proactive and taking the steps ...
Jakob J. Assmann   +27 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Purview of the Particular: Power and Method in Foucaultian Genealogy

open access: yesConstellations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT If Foucault was anything, he was a particularist. And yet, if we are to find valuable tools in his method today, they must be able to assist our framing and analysis of non‐particular issues. By what means can Foucault's methods grasp trans‐contextual problems?
Matt Kelley
wiley   +1 more source

“Lovelies on Wheels”: The Politics of Miss Wheelchair America, 1972–1977

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Miss Wheelchair America pageant in the 1970s as a cultural and political space that produced a specific message about the intersections of womanhood, disability, and citizenship. The pageant elevated contestants who performed normative femininity, beauty, heterosexuality, and whiteness, while narratively framing ...
Moira Armstrong
wiley   +1 more source

CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

DECOLONIZING CREATIVE GEOGRAPHIES OF ART BIENNIALS: A Study of Istanbul's Yeditepe Biennial through the Cultural Politics of Turkish Islamic Nationalism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the Yeditepe Biennial—Turkey's first Islamic and traditional arts biennial—as a creative festival shaped by the socio‐political and spatial dynamics of Turkish‐Islamist nationalism. Counterposed against the Istanbul Biennial and the Western‐oriented secular cultural legacy of the Turkish Republic, the Yeditepe Biennial ...
Hulya Arik, Sabrien Amrov
wiley   +1 more source

Co-producing ocean plans with Indigenous and traditional knowledge holders

open access: yesnpj Ocean Sustainability
Globally, there is a call to recognize and empower Indigenous Peoples and traditional knowledge holders’ leadership in ocean governance, yet the ensuing processes often maintain power inequities and colonial legacies. We propose eight recommendations for
Claudia Baron-Aguilar   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fishing at Vivallen : stable isotope analysis of individuals from a South Saami burial ground

open access: yes, 2022
Vivallen is a Late Iron Age/Early Middle Ages South Saami site with a burialground as well as a large dwelling site in Härjedalen, Sweden, located in the borderland between Saami and Norse groups. As food can be used as an indicator of cultural affiliation, we investigated the relative importance of various foodstuffs at this site, performing δ13C and ...
Fjellström, Markus   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Ties That Rhyme: Duality in Symbolic and Structural Networks of Grime Music

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Do birds of a feather really sing together? Musicians face two competing pressures in the pursuit of success: conforming to genre norms to meet audience expectations and distinguishing themselves to attract the attention of listeners. These opposing logics may shape how artists choose their collaborators.
Tom R. Leppard, Andrew P. Davis
wiley   +1 more source

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