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A revised classification system of the marronoid clade of spiders (Araneae), based on dense sampling phylogenomics and comparative morphology

open access: yesCladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract The marronoid clade is a globally distributed, ecologically diverse group of spiders. It is an important faunal component in both natural and synanthropic environments, and even found in aquatic and extreme habitats such as desert salt flats. The systematics of the marronoid clade has been notoriously unstable due to the widespread character ...
Jonas O. Wolff   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Design Methods Translated from the Thermodynamic Theory of Vernacular Architecture: Atrium Prototypes

open access: yesBuildings
In the context of China’s sustainable development and dual carbon goals, research on thermodynamic architecture theory and vernacular architecture increasingly aligns with international trends, developing distinct characteristics. This research addresses
Meiting He, Linxue Li, Simin Tao
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of socio-economic change on vernacular architecture

open access: yes, 2014
International Conference on Vernacular Heritage and Earthen Architecture (CIAV) / VerSus / 7th ATP -- OCT 16-20, 2013 -- Vila Nova de Cerveira, PORTUGALChange in social life and functional differentiation also bring along the usage of traditional housing.
Cantimur, B.
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Antinomies of Nativism: Understanding Decoloniality Theory's Affinities with the Global Far Right

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the peculiar conjuncture of decolonial theory and contemporary far‐right ideology. It argues that their shared fixation on the dualism of native and settler is immanent to the development of advanced capitalism, particularly the sharpening of its contradictory tendency to undermine labour as the source of value, and to ...
Aylin Bademsoy, Neil Larsen
wiley   +1 more source

Elemen-elemen Arsitektur Vernakular dalam Analisa Ruang dan Bentuk pada Gereja Pohsarang

open access: yesRUAS, 2017
Church is a sacred place for Catholics. Catholic faith itself did not come from Nusantara, hence the nonNusantara shape of Catholic church architecture.
Monica Basri
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Inverted Eurocentrism: The Consumption of Decolonization in the Global North and a Radical Decolonization Agenda

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the Global North and elite spaces in the Global South, the concepts of Eurocentrism and decolonization have come to be associated primarily with identity and location rather than with capitalism and political economy. This article argues that the reason for this can be traced to what Samir Amin calls ‘inverted Eurocentrism’, which entails a
Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
wiley   +1 more source

The contemporary relevance and sustainability of vernacular gurage architectures in Ethiopia

open access: yesEnvironmental Challenges
This study addresses the underexplored challenge of sustaining vernacular Gurage architecture amid urbanization and government policies that favor imported housing materials in Ethiopia. Employing a qualitative ethnographic approach through key informant
Ashenafi Kebede   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Resilient’ Refugees? Eritreans in Addis Ababa

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Resilience — the ability to ‘bounce back better’ from hardships — has gained prominence as an empowering idea for refugees worldwide. However, due to its conceptual ambiguity, there is no consensus on what counts as ‘resilience’ in practice. To survive without access to humanitarian aid or the right to work, Eritrean refugees in Addis Ababa ...
Naohiko Omata
wiley   +1 more source

Central bank independence with procedural accountability

open access: yesEconomic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract Independent central banks must be effectively accountable, particularly when they engage in discretionary policies during a crisis. We argue that ex post assessment of central bank performance is insufficient for proper accountability. Using the inflationary episode that followed the Covid‐19 pandemic, we show that a central bank explicitly ...
Juan E Castañeda, Paola Romero
wiley   +1 more source

An analysis on the benefits of vernacular architecture to design passivhaus buildings in Kurdistan

open access: yes, 2020
Design features have shifted towards more climatic responsive buildings, in respond to the effect that the building industry has on the environment and the global climate.
Jimenez-Bescos, C., Ahmed, B.J.
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