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From “Postcard” to “Risk Area”: The (Re)Production of Copacabana amidst New Disputes and Territorialities

open access: yesDilemas: Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle Social, 2021
This paper discusses the (re)production of Copacabana, recognized in Rio de Janeiro’s imaginary as the “postcard” of the city, in a context of urban violence and informality capable of updating disputes over Rio’s territories and borders.
Clara Polycarpo
doaj   +1 more source

Architectural atmospheres: affect and agency of mobile digital images in the material transformation of the urban landscape in Doha [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper explores how the hybrid making of Computer Generated Images on the Msheireb urban redevelopment project in Doha may be understood as a distributed and networked craft practice within the discipline of architecture and design, which is ...
Degen, M, Melhuish, C, Rose, G
core   +1 more source

Archaeological Damage Assessment in Conflict Zones: Integrating Satellite Imagery and Ground Surveys in Daraa, Syria

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Satellite remote sensing is among the most significant modern methodologies supporting field archaeology. In addition to its efficiency in identifying archaeological sites, remote sensing offers a safe and cost‐effective approach in conflict zones.
Amal Al Kassem   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban imaginaries and the sustainable city [PDF]

open access: yesWIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 2015
This paper discusses the case of Medellin, a city that has received international attention in recent years due to its improvements in social and environmental aspects. The process of selection and implementation of foreign technologies for the achievement of collective goals such as sustainability in the city and how it is affected by the interaction ...
S. Mejía-Dugand, O. Hjelm, L. W. Baas
openaire   +1 more source

“You're this person who's providing light”: Embodied responses to information loss and transition within LGBTQIA+ communities

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper reports on findings from 15 semi‐structured interviews with LGBTQIA+ individuals within the United States who have experienced the loss of one or more LGBTQIA+ information spaces. The paper specifically focuses on how such losses occurred and the information transitions experienced by the participants in response to this loss ...
Travis L. Wagner, Vanessa L. Kitzie
wiley   +1 more source

Penser dans l’au-delà de l’islamisme

open access: yesRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2008
The grand narrative of Islamism is today weakening or has routinized. However, young and urban professionals have developed a new knowledge that continues to comprehend religion as a fundamental element.
Patrick Haenni, Husam Tammam
doaj   +1 more source

Is it time for the risky classroom? Dealing with risk and uncertainty is a natural part of adult life. Yet modern children are shielded from risk at every opportunity. A pedagogical shift is required [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Risk within learning environments is a much debated topic within early childhood education. The sector sees and understands the benefits of risk but often remain risk adverse.
McCormack, M   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vanitas. Ruina jako przestrzeń (bez)graniczna

open access: yesAnnales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Poetica, 2016
Vanitas. Ruin as an (un)limited space The main inquiry of the article is the question of cultural status of ruins nowadays, especially modern and postmodern abandoned and decayed places. Referring to the well-known and often discussed concept of vanitas,
Małgorzata Nieszczerzewska
doaj  

The quality of interaction with children in collective play: Children's agency

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is a growing body of studies on increasing the quality of infant–toddler education and care. Yet little attention has been directed towards how to bring toddlers' agency and perspective to their personally meaningful learning in collective play.
Liang Li
wiley   +1 more source

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