Sacralised Land: The Symbolic Dimension of Land in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Valentina Bartolucci

“…Although it strongly influences the likelihood and intensity of war, it remains understudied and underestimated. Drawing on 'the theory of sacralisation' and bridging a 'symbolic politics' framework with a conflict resolution perspective, the article shows the importance of recognising the symbolic significance of land in trying to overcome the 'absolutisms' that have kept us trapped for so long and prevented us from imagining 'other worlds' of conflict resolution without resorting to war. …”
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Frames of violence and recent history in Simon Stephens' Motortown by Marion Coste

“…This paper will show how, drawing on In-Yer-Face aesthetics, the playwright subverts the framing of torture and reflects on the anti-war movement.…”
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How are brands associated by users in short videos-A study on the mechanism of user associations with brand placements in short videos based on signal theory. by Zhang Yang, Sun Dongqi

“…This paper investigates the mechanisms of brand dissemination in short videos, examining strategies for fostering brand associations to fulfill communication objectives. Drawing on signal theory, the study identifies the perceived value of short videos as the source of signals, with brand value and transparency serving as mediating factors, and brand association as the outcome. …”
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Unterzakhn, Dirty Laundry, and the Map of Lost New York: An Interview with Leela Corman by Jaime Cleland

“…In the interview, she describes what it means to her to be a Jewish American cartoonist – where her book fits into that tradition, how she approached the task of drawing Jewish noses, and how she incorporated Yiddish into the book. …”
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New tambos, old routes: the archaeology of mobility in the highlands of Tacna (AD 1830-1930) by Noa Corcoran-Tadd

“…Yet the rural landscapes of mobility and mining that shaped the strategic importance of the region remain poorly documented in the archival record. Drawing on archaeological research conducted on both sides of the Peru-Chile border, this paper explores the material evidence of commerce, mining, and consumption at a series of 19th-century rural tambos (waystations) in the highlands of Tacna and offers a new perspective on the region’s history as it was reshaped by liberalization, state building, and rural communities.…”
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Attributive N+N compounds in diachrony: the N-modello, N-base and N-limite families by Jan Radimský

“…This article investigates the origin and diachronic development of Attributive-Appositive Noun+Noun (N+N) compounds in Italian, focusing on three semi-schematic families: N-modello, N-base, and N-limite. Drawing on diachronic data from the Google Books corpus, the study examines these compounds' emergence and subsequent productivity evolution from the late 19th century to the present day. …”
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EMPIRE AS A CONCEPTUALIZATION OF ‘INTERNATIONAL’ IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION by Muhammed Kürşad Özekin

“…Theprimary objective of this article is to present an up-to-date and analyticallyvalid conception of contemporary international politics by mainly drawing onthe seminal work of Hardt and Negri (2000) called Empire. …”
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Dziecięce rozumienie cyberprzestrzeni i zagrożeń z nią związanych by Janina Uszyńska-Jarmoc, Adam Naruszewicz

“…Results of the study may inspire design of educational programs, but owing to the small size of the group studied, they may not be used as a basis for drawing more general conclusions. …”
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Amnesia Narratives: Memory, Forgetting, and Identity by Jason Tougaw

“…A cluster of recent, high-profile fiction and nonfiction amnesia narratives join a rapidly evolving tradition of neuronovels and brain memoirs, drawing on neuroscience to explore philosophical and social questions about the brain, identity, social relations, and history. …”
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Adaptación al conflicto entre paradigmas interpretativos en el contexto del cambio cultural: negación, disfraz y discursos transicionales by Xavier Ricard Lanata

“…The analisis of belief systems, within contexts of cultural transformation and conflict among religious discourses and practices mutually incompatible, requires new conceptual and methodological tools, that could provide us with an account of the complexity and unstability of religious phenomena. Drawing from a study of religious discourses and practices existing among contemporary shepherds of the Ausangate cordillera (Southern Peruvian Andes), we will distinguish three strategies allowing an adaptation to religious conflict. …”
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« Coded Voices Speaking from the Walls » : les fresques murales de Belfast dans la prose nord-irlandaise by Stephanie Schwerter

“…This article explores the function of murals in the following three post-ceasefire novels: Sacrifice of Fools by Ian McDonald, Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson and That Which Was by Glenn Patterson. Drawing on Burton Pike’s opposition of the concepts “real city” and “word city”, I shall engage with the three authors’ different ways of employing existing visual markers in order to distort and mock them in their fictional presentation.…”
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Marketing strategies after the covid-19 pandemic towards the development of indonesian tourism destinations by Kumba Digdowiseiso

“…Activities in data analysis are data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing or verification. The results of the literature analysis show that the authorities have provided particular policies for improving tourist areas, and various tourist destinations have also implemented strategies and programmes that can adapt to the so-called new era. …”
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De nouvelles économies morales des mœurs ? Femmes, professionnels de santé et régimes discursifs en Tunisie by Ibtissem Ben Dridi, Irene Maffi

“…Drawing on two ethnographic researches conducted in Tunisia before and after the revolution of 2011, we intend to investigate how political, economic and social factors affected and still affect practices and discourses in the domain of sexual and reproductive health of state institutions, of the National Office of Family and Population, of health practitioners, feminist associations and ordinary women. …”
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Dickens Today by Marianne Camus

“…This essay suggests a way in which Dickens’s novels might be made more immediately accessible to students by drawing parallels between the sociopolitical situations they describe and our own. …”
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Utopian Gossip: “The Homosexual in Society” from Robert Duncan to New Narrative by Eric Sneathen

“…The second half of the essay considers how New Narrative writers related to Duncan and his essay, including a shared interest in gossip. Drawing on the totality of this archive, the essay suggests two new themes that can be drawn from “The Homosexual in Society” for contemporary readers: the (in)commensurability of race and sexuality and the rejection of homo-fascism.…”
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Bioluminescence in cancer research - Applications and challenges by Shrikant B. Mali

“…Despite its extensive use, BLI is essentially qualitative, making quantitative measurements and drawing precise conclusions difficult. Technical advancements in BLI have been accomplished through tomographic methods and the connection of these with CT and MRI images. …”
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Are mobile devices playing a part in creating new tourist practices? Les Champs-Elysées: a case study by Marie Delaplace, Leïla Kebir

“…This allowed us to identify the types of people on the Champs-Elysées, their reasons for being there, and how they were using their mobile devices. Drawing on the data relating to respondents who described the purpose of their visit as “tourism”, we shall demonstrate that although they had access to this technology, and over three-quarters had internet connectivity, their usage was ultimately very traditional in that it largely facilitated pre-existing practices in a different way.…”
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All Teeth and Claws: Constructing Bears as Man-Eating Monsters in Television Documentaries by Michael Fuchs

“…Shark Week, as Matthew Lerberg (2016) has shown, epitomizes the representational reductionism which operates across media—sharks are nothing but fin and jaws. Drawing on audiovisual conventions established by Jaws, sharks tend to be depicted as monsters—even in programs with didactic and/or conservationist goals. …”
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Mainstreaming Urban Interventionist Practices: the Case of the BMW Guggenheim Lab in Berlin by Monika Grubbauer

“…I revisit the ensuing public debates and discuss the impact they had on the project. Drawing on in-depth interviews with people involved in the Lab the various notions of participation underlying the project are examined. …”
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THE EXPERIENCES OF CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE-GIVING COMMUNITIES by D.T.M. Veloso

“… This article assesses the adequacy of the church’s responses to women currently and formerly in conflict with the law in the Philippines and offers feminist theological reflections on the need for gender- and culturally sensitive pastoral services for them in a time of pandemic. Drawing upon case studies and interviews, this paper examines the lived experiences and social worlds of women who currently occupy or formerly held the status of persons deprived of liberty. …”
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