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The importance of being useless: A cross-cultural contribution to the new materialisms from Zhuangzi [PDF]

, 2018
The recent ‘material turn’ focuses on materiality in two distinctive ways: one, by including nonhuman agencies, another, by mining indigenous knowledges for alternative conceptions of agency and human–thing relations. A troubling gap persists between the
Kwek, Dorothy H. B.
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Saplings of significance: Nurturing cultural value of new tree plantings through participatory opportunities

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway, Eline van Remortel, Sophie B. Cowling, Divya Kumar, Hanna Mroczka, Emilija Rudzinskaite, Georgina Sturgeon, Sasha Woods, Daniel B. Hayhow   +8 more
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Assessment of potential biomass energy production in China towards 2030 and 2050 [PDF]

, 2018
The objective of this paper is to provide a more detailed picture of potential biomass energy production in the Chinese energy system towards 2030 and 2050.
Zhao, Guangling
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Sustainable Utilization and Fire Protection of Wood‐Based Composites in Buildings: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing use of wood and wood‐based composites in construction reflects a global shift toward renewable materials that support sustainable development objectives, including carbon reduction and responsible resource use. While wood offers substantial environmental benefits compared to conventional materials such as concrete and steel, its
Qaisar Munir, Marko Hyvärinen, Timo Kärki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Twenty Years of Working Towards a Sustainable Southeast Asia: 1993 -- 2013 [PDF]

, 2013
The Southeast Asia program first set about testing hypotheses applicable to each of the three ecosystem zones. On the forest margins, the hypothesis was that complex agroforests provided a superior alternative for small-scale farmers to either food-crop ...

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The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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Understanding Heritage Conservation Challenges in Taiwan: Traditional Chinese Thinking Through Classical Texts

Ochrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego
Despite Taiwan's active engagement with global heritage preservation standards since the 1964 Venice Charter and the implementation of various preservation concepts over the past fifty years, cultural heritage preservation in Taiwan faces persistent ...
Chih-Wen Lan
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Experimental analysis of original and strengthened traditional timber connections [PDF]

, 2006
Tests on full-scale unstrengthened connections were performed under monotonic and cyclic loading. Attention has been principally focused on the birdsmouth joint, because of its common use in practice. Different strengthening solutions with metal elements
Branco, J., Cruz, P., Piazza, M., Varum, H.   +3 more
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Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
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Towards a Generative Frame System of Ancient Chinese Timber Architecture: Structural Generation and Optimization of “Column Reduction” and “Column Relocation”

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In traditional Chinese timber architecture, “column reduction” (Jian Zhu Zao) and “column relocation” (Yi Zhu Zao) enhances spatial continuity, yet often produces bending-dominated, material-intensive frames. This study develops a generative frame system
Tonghao Liu, Binyue Zhang, Yamin Zhao
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