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Introducing the new materialisms

, 2010
Book synopsis: New Materialisms rethinks the relevance of materialist philosophy in the midst of a world shaped by forces such as digital and biotechnologies, global warming, global capital, and population flows.
Frost, S., Coole, Diana
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Victorian materialisms: approaching nineteenth-century matter

, 2022
In this introduction to the special issue Victorian Materialisms, the authors review the material turn in cultural and literary studies, foregrounding the necessity of more historical nuance.
Kluwick, Ursula, De Waal, Ariane
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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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Mangrovian Encounters between Epistemologies of the South and New (Feminist) Materialism

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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Recycling of Tropical Natural Fibers in Building Materials

, 2022
This chapter deals with the reuse and recycling of tropical natural fibers and their potential valorization in construction materials in a context of circular economy and sustainable development. These fibers constitute large volumes of fibrous waste resulting from various agro-food industries worldwide.
Huyen Bui, Mazhar Hussain, Daniel Levacher   +2 more
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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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Against New Materialisms

, 2023
The first comprehensive scrutiny of the theories associated with new materialisms including speculative realism, new materialism, Object-oriented ontology and actor-network theory.

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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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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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On the decay of materials in tropical climates [PDF]

Journal of the Franklin Institute
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