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Performing history, negotiating patriarchy: Actressing as gendered labor and the fragmentation of womanhood in Chinese historical costume drama

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Gender inequality remains widespread in the film and television production industry, yet it is seldom examined in relation to backstage working environments. This article integrates on‐screen and off‐screen perspectives to investigate the working lives of Chinese actresses.
Yajie Li, Yuhao Ding
wiley   +1 more source

Magic, Love and the City. Foreword to Sources of Urban Fantasy Popularity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The urban fantasy genre is currently receiving increasing attention from audiences and researchers. One of the factors contributing to this is the growing reception of fantasy per se.
Szymczak-Maciejczyk, Barbara
core   +1 more source

Using body mapping to explore perceptions of resilience with 7–12‐year‐old Muslim children in East London: A qualitative study

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
This study explored resilience in Black and South Asian Muslim children aged 7–12 in East London, an underrepresented group affected by deprivation and discrimination. Using body mapping, children depicted resilience as personal strength and described the importance of support systems.
Aisling Murray   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

How can children and young people have a voice in urban treescapes?

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Scientific understanding of climate change has, to date, failed to result in sufficient action. This paper proposes that a deficit model of top‐down learning and dissemination in relation to public engagement with science may be part of the problem, particularly when considering the attitudes, values and empowerment of children and young ...
Simon Carr   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inny Zagrzeb. Transformacje obrazu miasta w chorwackiej prozie fantastycznej po 1991 roku

open access: yesCreatio Fantastica, 2018
Croatian speculative fiction in the last quarter of the century has been dominated by the city of Zagreb. There are three anthologies depicting the capital of Croatia and visions of its future: Zagreb 2004 (1995), Zagreb 2014 (1998) and Zagreb 2094 (2004)
Aleksandra Wojtaszek
doaj   +1 more source

Digital surveillance of animals and nature recovery

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital surveillance technologies (DSTs) are widely applied in nature recovery for their potential to generate novel data on species and ecosystems through digital tracking, automation (e.g. from hazardous locations) and from newly recruited citizen scientists.
William M. Adams
wiley   +1 more source

Prohibited Plants: Converging Sustainability Transitions and Local Development in ‘Left‐Behind Places’

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between sustainability transitions and local development through the case of Colombia's medicinal cannabis industry. It highlights how neglecting place‐specific needs and development expectations can hinder equitable transitions and reinforce existing socio‐economic disparities.
Diana Morales, Mónica Ramos‐Mejía
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous Relational Thought and Climate Crisis Response: Rethinking Human‐Environment Relations Beyond Technocratic Governance

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is frequently framed as a technical problem of emissions, risk, finance, adaptation planning, and institutional coordination. This critical integrative review, supported by scoping‐informed searching and transparent eligibility and synthesis procedures, examines how selected Indigenous relational literatures can deepen climate ...
Jacob Kwakye, Basin Nawai Sumaila
wiley   +1 more source

World-building in urban fantasy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This thesis studies the world-building elements of Urban Fantasy, a genre of popular fiction that emerged in the early 1980’s. I examine the genre as a model-variant of the fantastic that uses elements of traditional Fantasy, Science-Fiction, and the ...
Saffel, Julie
core  

How Firms Construct Climate Identities in New Zealand: Resolving the Tensions Between Economic Imperatives and Climate Goals

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on legitimacy theory, the aim of this study is to answer the research question: ‘How does corporate climate identity construction enable firms to make legitimacy claims while managing tensions between the economic imperatives and climate goals?’ The research design relies on a discourse analysis of 252 corporate reports published ...
Hang Pham
wiley   +1 more source

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