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The Contested White Lady: A Critique of New Zealand Cultural Heritage Politics
Public History Review, 2012 This article critiques New Zealand’s cultural heritage politics by positing that vernacular items, like an iconic eatery called the White Lady, does not meet the legislative criteria enabling cultural heritage status.
Lindsay Neill +2 more
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Géographie, photographie, polygraphie : retour sur l’établissement d’une méthode d’enquête
EchoGéo, 2020 From late 1960’s, in the United-States, and one decade after, in Europe, artistic works defined here as photo-geographical have deeply changed the representation of contemporary landscapes, focusing on common places and urban forms not influenced by the ...
Jordi Ballesta
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‘Turning many to righteousness’ : Religious didacticism in the ›Speculum humanae salvationis‹ and the similitude of the oak tree [PDF]
, 2011 In this contribution I shall be interested, among other things, in finding a place for the European phenomenon of the ›Speculum humanae salvationis‹ within German literary history, which will inescapably involve revisiting the unfashionable discussion of
Palmer, Nigel F.
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Sharpening our understanding of saber‐tooth biomechanics
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Saber‐teeth are a striking example of convergent evolution in vertebrate predators, having evolved multiple times in mammals and their early ancestors. While there is broad consensus that saber‐toothed taxa employed a distinct biting strategy compared to conical‐toothed carnivores, like the lion, the precise mechanics and variability of this ...
Tahlia Pollock, Philip S. L. Anderson
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Toward a Vernacular Security Studies: Origins, Interlocutors, Contributions, and Challenges
, 2019 This article seeks to situate, evaluate, and advance the recent “turn” toward the “vernacular” within security studies. It argues that vernacular security studies has significant advantages over alternative “bottom up” approaches.
L. Jarvis
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Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines ring trees—a type of culturally modified tree, intentionally created by Australian First Nations Aboriginal peoples by manipulating tree growth to form permanent loops (rings) within the structure. Historically, this site type has been underrepresented and underappreciated by academics and archaeologists.
Hannah Morris +3 more
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EDV – Italian Medieval Epigraphy in the Vernacular. Some Editorial Problems Discussed, [PDF]
, 2018 EDV (Epigraphic Database Vernacular) is a database collecting the vernacular inscriptions produced in Italy from the late Medieval to the Early Modern Age, and is a part of the EAGLE and IDEA projects. The present contribution illustrates the criteria
Cannata, Nadia
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What does it mean? Translating anatomical language to engage public audiences
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract The language of anatomy, with its roots in Ancient Greek and Roman languages, is complex and unfamiliar to many. Its complexity creates a significant barrier to public knowledge and understanding of anatomy—many members of the public find themselves asking “what does it mean?”, and this can manifest as poor health literacy and outcomes.
Kat A. Sanders, Adam M. Taylor
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Per un nuovo regionalismo alpino. Crisi del «neo vernacolare» e necessità di contemporaneità
ArchAlp, 2020 "The mountain development model sustained by the coexistence of a distorting and stereotyped vernacular imaginary on one side and the uncritical and widespread re-proposing of urban settling schemes on the other, have been in a crisis situation since ...
Enrico Camanni
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The problems of terminology for substandard lexis [PDF]
Izvestiâ Ûžnogo Federalʹnogo Universiteta: Filologičeskie Nauki, 2015 This article deals with the basic terms used to describe substandard lexis: vernacular, jargon, argot and slang. These terms are investigated into from the three linguistic traditions: Russian, English and French.
Kharlov Igor Yevgenievich
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