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Landless peasants, soilless cultivation: British agricultural experimentation and intervention in post‐independence Iraq (1932–1958)

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
‘Greening’ is often depicted as an inherently benevolent practice, turning arid stretches of land into arable and fertile plots. However, by considering a longer history of place and taking archival records into account, such transformations are rendered more complex and, often, more fraught.
Zsuzsanna Ihar
wiley   +1 more source

Tummali ajalugu. Mõningaid märkusi muistsete Sumeri kuningate ja nende kuningavõimu ideoloogia kohta [PDF]

open access: yesMäetagused, 2013
The current short but very important Sumerian literary text, which was written in the Sumerian language at the end of the reign of Ur III (2112–2004 BCE) or at the beginning of the Isin-Larsa epoch (ca 21st or 20th century BCE), consists of only 33 lines.
Vladimir Sazonov
doaj  

Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 116-136, March 2025.
Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
wiley   +1 more source

Historical Origins of Internal Space Designs of Educational Schools in Iraq

open access: yesالاكاديمي, 2020
Studying the past for its importance and connection with the present is reflected in a relative scale in the light of data and thought of the predecessors of a great nation like the Mesopotamia, where its civilization flourished and rose since the ...
Hassanen Sabah Dawood
doaj   +1 more source

The Arab origins of Persians arts [PDF]

open access: yesآداب الرافدين, 1981
The arts of every people begin with the beginning of their settlement of the area on which their civilization was built, and that art is related to it as long as it is on that land.
Adil Aboo
doaj   +1 more source

A dialogic theoretical foundation for integrating generative AI into pedagogical design

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Generative AI presents a profound challenge to the existing structures and purposes of education. It forces us to reconsider not only how we teach and learn but also, more fundamentally, what education is for. This conceptual paper argues that, in order to integrate AI into education in a way that can meet the major challenges facing humanity, ranging ...
Rupert Wegerif, Imogen Casebourne
wiley   +1 more source

Proposal for PENTAGRAM characters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This is a proposal to add 3 pentagram symbols to the international character encoding standard Unicode.
Anderson, Deborah, Lazrek, Azzeddine
core  

Error detection is not necessary for representation

open access: yesMind &Language, EarlyView.
Some philosophers have recently proposed an error detection condition (EDC) for representation, such that for R$$ R $$ to be a representation for system S$$ S $$, S$$ S $$ must be capable of detecting errors in tokenings of R$$ R $$. We argue that this condition is unmotivated, and that it is too strong. We show that theories of representation that are
Ori Hacohen, Kenneth Aizawa
wiley   +1 more source

Typothesis: A Study of Warde\u27s Crystal Goblet, Leeuwen\u27s Typographic Meaning and How it Relates to the Bible [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The way readers interpret the written word is changing. We look for information almost as much in between the lines as we do in the words themselves. The internet and its tools offer ways for readers to engage the text like never before — can the printed
Mercer, Ryan
core   +1 more source

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