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Social acceptability of a marine protected area: The case of Reunion Island [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper examines variations in social acceptability of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) prior to implementation. The influence of a number of factors, including socio-economic characteristics, perception of coral resources state of health and attitudes ...
Agardy   +56 more
core   +1 more source

Desegregationist Pan‐African Spiritual Strivings: Du Bois, the Black Church and the Critique of Imperialism*

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
wiley   +1 more source

‘The Good Couscous That Pleases Us!’: The Meanings of Enduring Imperialist Imagery in Postcolonial French Food Advertising, 1970–2000

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
wiley   +1 more source

From difference to convergence: A comparative analysis of the development of the legal protection of the underwater cultural heritage in China and the 2001 convention

open access: yesPoredbeno Pomorsko Pravo, 2013
The article begins by giving an overview of the Chinese perspective and then goes on to analyse various elements of the 2001 UNESCO Convention. It then explores potential amendments that would be needed in the relevant Chinese domestic legislation ...
Lina Liu, Shuguang Liu
doaj  

Tourism and Algarve underwater archaeological heritage valorisation: a case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper aims to investigate the interrelation between sea, tourism and culture associated with underwater archaeological heritage. Its main objective is to determine the existence of creative actions and projects that valorise tourism related with ...
Henriques, Cláudia Helena, Roeder, F.
core  

Airborne laser bathymetry for documentation of submerged archaeological sites in shallow water [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Knowledge of underwater topography is essential to the understanding of the organisation and distribution of archaeological sites along and in water bodies.
Briese, Christian   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

Soil wetting and drying processes influence stone artefact distribution in clay‐rich soils: A case study from Middle Gidley Island in Murujuga, northwest Western Australia

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Soils that contain swelling clay minerals (e.g., montmorillonite) expand and contract during wetting and drying, causing movement within the soil profile. This process, known as argilliturbation, can alter artefact distributions, destroy stratigraphy and complicate the interpretation of archaeological deposits.
Caroline Mather   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Scientific Review of French Polynesia's Austral Islands: An Overview [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In November 2013, French Polynesia's government committed to protecting at least 20 percent of the French territory's waters by 2020. More than 50 local organizations voiced support for this goal at a June 2014 event celebrating the local visit of the ...

core  

Archaeometric Characterization of Submerged Sasanian Stucco From Ghaleh Guri, Western Iran

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Ghaleh Guri archaeological site, a late Sasanian site with a building complex dated to 591–628 ce, lies along an ancient road linking the western Zagros to Mesopotamia. Its architectural remains, adorned with stucco, faced annual river floods yet remained stable for centuries.
Atefeh Shekofteh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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