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Mangrovian Encounters between Epistemologies of the South and New (Feminist) Materialism [PDF]

eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2022
With the increased interest sparked across academia in both new materialism and epistemologies of the South, old colonial and patriarchal habits rear their vicious heads.
Aleida Luján Pinelo
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Queer Tropical Gothic: Parody, Failure, and Space in Nick Joaquin’s “Gotita de Dragon”

eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
The stories for children by Filipino literary master Nick Joaquin (1917-2004), when compared to his famous works for adults, have received scant attention even though they are as masterfully written and thematically sophisticated.
Raymon D. Ritumban
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Spiritual Materialism/ Material Spiritualism: Shakta Tantric Approaches to Matter

eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2022
In opposition to ontological discourses that denigrate matter and uphold the superiority of the spirit, one can foreground the Shakta Tantric conceptualization of matter and spirit as interchangeable forces that inform the dynamics of the universe ...
Sudipta Chakraborty, Anway Mukhopadhyay
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European Cloth and “Tropical” Skin: Clothing Material and British Ideas of Health and Hygiene in Tropical Climates [PDF]

Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 2009
As Britain’s imperial and colonial ambitions intensified toward the end of the nineteenth century, the preservation of white European health in tropical climates became an increasingly important concern. Since at least the seventeenth century, the “tropics” had been seen as spaces holding vast potential wealth but also death and disease.
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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What\u27s Tropical About Nick Joaquin\u27s Tropical Gothic?: Heat and Corporeality in The Summer Solstice and The Dying Wanton [PDF]

Since their first publication in magazines like Philippines Graphic and the Philippine Free Press, and their subsequent re-publication under the collection title Tropical Gothic, Nick Joaquin’s classic short stories from the 1940s have been mainly ...
Ang, Ann
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Tropical Futurisms: Thinking Futures

eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
Tropical Futurisms situates the reading of futures in the shared yet multiple modalities of this geo-climatic zone, acknowledging the social and political complexities, technological engagements, multispecies vitalities, and cosmological plurality ...
Ysabel Muñoz-Martínez, Jueling Hu, Nsah Mala, Anita Lundberg   +3 more
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What’s tropical about Nick Joaquin’s Tropical Gothic? Heat and corporeality in “The Summer Solstice” and “The Dying Wanton”

, 2023
Since their first publication in magazines like Graphic and the Philippine Free Press, and their subsequent re-publication under the collection title “Tropical Gothic,” Nick Joaquin’s classic short stories from the 1940s have been appraised mainly within
Ang, Ann Su Lee
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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Multimodal Actuation and Environment Adaptive Strategies of Bio‐Inspired Micro/Nanorobots in Precision Medicine

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An introduction for multidrive and environment‐adaptive micro/nanorobotics: design and fabrication strategies, intelligent actuation, and their applications. Various intelligent actuation approaches—magnetic, acoustic, optical, chemical, and biological—can be synergistically designed to enhance flexibility and adaptive behavior for precision medicine ...
Aiqing Ma, Han Gong, Jiacheng Ouyang, Liqi Chen, Tianfang Kang, Yiran He, Guojun Huang, Sidi Zheng, Ting Yin, Hong Pan, Lintao Cai   +10 more
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