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Representation of Urban Myth-Making in Social Media
Галактика медиа: журнал медиа исследований, 2022 The article is devoted to the problems of representation of urban myth-making in social networks. The purpose of the study is to identify the specifics of the representation of urban myth-making in social networks on the example of myth-making activity ...
Darya V. Meretina, Irina V. Kucheruk
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Brussels at the heart of urban legends?
Brussels Studies, 2011 This article presents urban legends told in Brussels which reflect an urban imagination crossed with local characteristics. Presented as news items although their truthfulness is questionable, these stories mentioning Brussels tell of attacks or harm ...
Aurore Van de Winkel
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The symbolic dimension of the city : the presence of a dragon in the urban space of Krakow [PDF]
, 2018 Praca porusza problematykę symbolicznego wymiaru miasta tworzonego z podsystemu urbanistycznego i społecznego. Miasto i jego krajobraz są tu rozumiane jako system znaków funkcjonujący w dwóch odrębnych, zależnych od siebie porządkach rzeczywistości ...
Angiel, Marek, Pietrzak, Małgorzata
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Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 2018 Legend has it that students in the Dutch university town of Leiden used to throw coins in the street for the less well-off citizens. Picking up the coins, these risked burning their fingers: the students had heated the coins in a skillet.
Bart Van der Steen, Peter Burger
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Ecotourism can contribute to the conservation of environmental values, as well as to the development of positive synergies between agents in the tourism sector, tourists and the local population. The growing interest in tourism offers with low environmental impact, which support the local economy, translates into a competitive advantage for ...
Luís Quinta‐Nova, Dora Ferreira
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POLTERGEIST PHENOMENA IN CONTEMPORARY FOLKLORE [PDF]
Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2017 The article deals with instances of the supernatural in Romanian urban legends, namely what we call the strigoi , or poltergeist. Usually, folklorists tend to exclude the supernatural f rom the category of urban legends, however we have decided to take ...
Oana VOICHICI
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Bruxelles au cœur des légendes urbaines ?
Brussels Studies, 2011 This article presents urban legends told in Brussels which reflect an urban imagination crossed with local characteristics. Presented as news items although their truthfulness is questionable, these stories mentioning Brussels tell of attacks or harm ...
Aurore Van de Winkel
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Brussel te midden van de stadslegendes?
Brussels Studies, 2011 This article presents urban legends told in Brussels which reflect an urban imagination crossed with local characteristics. Presented as news items although their truthfulness is questionable, these stories mentioning Brussels tell of attacks or harm ...
Aurore Van de Winkel
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[Review of] Patricia A. Turner. I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African American Culture [PDF]
, 1994 Patricia A. Turner, associate professor of African American and African Studies at the University of California at Davis, published Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies: Black Images and Their Influence on Culture earlier in 1994.
Patrick, Michael
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Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 289-300, March 2025.Abstract It is likely existing anatomical illustrations are often used as the basis for new illustrative works, given not all illustrators have access to human tissues, bodies, or prosections on which to base their illustrations. Potential issues arise with this practice in the realms of copyright infringement and plagiarism when authors are seeking to
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