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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
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Sustainable development of vernacular architecture: a systematic literature review
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building EngineeringThe sustainable evolution of vernacular architecture effectively addresses climate change and environmental challenges, yet comprehensive reviews are scarce.
Jia Zong +3 more
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IS THE LOSS OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE REVERSIBLE? THE CASE OF LAHUN VILLAGE IN EGYPT [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 In Fayoum, the largest oasis in the Egyptian western desert, the modern Lahun village was developed close by the ancient mud-brick Lahun Pyramid in the 19th Century. The architecture of Lahun village followed its ancestors’ architecture.
M. Korachy
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Vernacular Architecture: A Term Denoting and Transporting Diverse Content
Built Heritage, 2019 A selective review of the literature demonstrates the difficulty in defining ‘vernacular architecture’. Recent studies have presented an overly narrow, single-sided, or even unacceptable image of the topic in comparison with many earlier definitions and ...
Klaus Zwerger
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Societal Impact Statement As herbaria digitize millions of plant specimens, ethnobotanical information associated with them is becoming increasingly accessible. These biocultural data include plant uses, names, and/or management practices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs).
Robbie Hart +23 more
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The Impact of Clay Minerals on the Building Technology of Vernacular Earthen Architecture in Eastern Austria [PDF]
, 2022 Hubert Feiglstorfer, Franz Ottner
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Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu +4 more
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Heritage in Transition: Vernacular Architectural Patterns in Rural Iran
HeritageThe transition from vernacular architectural patterns to current architecture in rural Iran has led to various socio-cultural and environmental problems in the last decade.
Omid Ebrahimbaysalami, Xiang Ren
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the development of sustainable rural tourism through a multidisciplinary approach, integrating economic, technological, and environmental perspectives. It aims to analyze research trends, key contributors, and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future of rural tourism.
Ana M. Sánchez‐Sánchez +2 more
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Explaining the role of the event patterns derived from natural and cultural factors in shaping the spatial patterns of vernacular architecture; Case study: Sar Agha Seyyed village [PDF]
مسکن و محیط روستا, 2022 Iranian vernacular architecture has a wide geographical scope and sustainability principles that need more than ever to be analyzed, reread and criticized scientifically and fairly.
Seyyed Mohammadmahdi Hosseinikia +3 more
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