Topsy Turvy de Mike Leigh : l’envers du décor ou la norme mise à mal by Isabelle Cases

“…The film allows Mike Leigh to give his own interpretation of the relationship between norms and transgressions in Victorian times but also to relate his exploration of the period to contemporary themes that are particulary important to him. …”
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A dualidade da despersonalização no consumo by Paolo Totaro

“…This second form of depersonalization does also exist in consumption and allows us to shed light on the apparent contradiction between the idea of several marketing theories according to which consumers can always achieve satisfaction through differentiation and the thesis of a “final dissatisfaction” of the consumer, advocated by much of contemporary theoretical sociology.…”
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TRAJECTORIES OF MUTUAL ZOMBIFICATION IN THE PRAXIS OF POST-COLONIAL FAITH IN SOUTH AFRICA: by B. Dube

“… In this theoretical article, I tap into Mbembe’s (1992) concept of mutual zombification to start a debate on the need for African decoloniality theology (ADT) for a contemporary praxis of Christian faith. Observing the praxis of faith in post-colonial states among the “new” religious movements, I argue that there is a need for theologians to rethink theology in the context of religious mafiarisation, extortion, abuse, constitutional delinquency, political oppression and coloniality of God. …”
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Urban projects in France: navigating neoliberalism, justice, and commons planning by Youness Achmani

“…The paper explores three key research subjects in contemporary urban projects: the interplay between neoliberal and the just city paradigms, the divergence between judicial and spatial understandings of justice, and the potential of commons and social innovation as an emerging paradigm and a response to neoliberal paradigm and spatial inequalities. …”
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Through Infrastructure: Pneumatic Transport and the Continuity of the Technical Fix from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-first Century by Laura Meneghello

“…In particular, in the twenty-first century, Hyperloop has been presented as an answer to climate and environmental crises, whereas contemporary discourses of clean transport tend to reproduce nineteenth-century discourses on the purity of air granted by the atmospheric railway.…”
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Visual Vertigo, Phantasmagoric Physiognomies: Joseph Roth and Walter Benjamin on the Visual Experience of Architecture by Stefan Koller

“…This paper scrutinises Benjamin’s interest in the urban fabric of nineteenth century Paris, and compares it to contemporary writings on Paris and on (more generally) new forms of urbanism in the journalistic work of Joseph Roth. …”
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ENGINEERING PEDAGOGY: FROM COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TO UNIVERSAL SYNERGY by P. N. Osipov

“…The labor market imposes new requirements to a contemporary engineer: he should be capable of working in groups and managing other people, ready for teamwork, independent decision making, setting and solving new professional problems, independent investigation and implementation of professional innovations. …”
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Une approche de la sociolinguistique en Aragon by Alejandro Pardos Calvo, Antonio Eito Mateo, Chaime Marcuello Servós

“…However, it can be asserted that sociolinguistic research in Aragon includes relevant publications presenting data, reflections, and proposals that contribute to a better understanding of contemporary Aragonese and the tragic situation it faces.…”
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La crise contemporaine, une crise de la modernité technique by Hélène Tordjman

“…But however big and powerfull the means and techniques, contemporary societies are becoming more and more fragile, and looking for efficiency tends to have adverse and contrary effects. …”
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Le Cosmos d'Alexandre von Humboldt et La Tentation de saint Antoine de Gustave Flaubert : deux œuvres de toute une vie by Mary Orr

“…This re-reading of the Tentation through the optic of Humboldt underscores the pivotal position of Kosmos amid the scientific discoveries and texts contemporary to Flaubert, and how these inform the vision of life of his protagonist, Antoine, as scientific and religious.…”
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The Punky Wood Ambrosia Beetle and Fungus in Florida that Cause Wood Rot: Ambrosiodmus minor and Flavodon subulatus by Demian F. Gomez, Jiri Hulcr

“…In addition, we provide an updated overview of contemporary management and monitoring of the species. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr434 …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Face Recognition Technologies by Liu Bowei

“…The review highlights the practical applications of face recognition in contemporary contexts and summarizes key datasets and preprocessing methods used in the field. …”
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Embodied Coloniality by Nezihat Bakar-Langeland

“…By addressing the intersection of coloniality, racism, and the lived experiences of Muslim minority women, this research offers valuable contributions to the academic discourse on decolonial feminist studies of affect, providing a nuanced understanding of the complex dynamics at play in contemporary Norway. …”
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The Role of Wetlands for Climate Change Mitigation and Biodiversity Conservation by T.T. Dinsa, D.O. Gemeda

“…Climate change is undoubtedly the most pervasive, complex and challenging of the global environmental issues facing contemporary society and it affects all aspects of development. …”
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Hrádok nad Váhom by Filip Ondrkál

“…Through a comprehensive evaluation of tin content analysis results of copper alloy vessels from western Eurasia, the spread of this most advanced contemporary technology could be reconstructed, highlighting the importance of such research in understanding the processes leading to the emergence of the Urnfield power structures and centralised political control over secondary metallurgy (the production of artefacts from already processed raw materials) in Europe in the Bronze Age. …”
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Retour sur le drame de l’Île des Diamants : l’investissement immobilier des grands projets urbains à Phnom-Penh by Gabriel Fauveaud

“…Through this article, we would like to underline few main dynamics of the contemporary urban development of Phnom‑Penh after more than 350 people died on Diamonds Island, a new private large scale project under construction. …”
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Deconstructing Theology or Prophetic Theology? A Comparative Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Christian Perspective by Nathanael Neacșu

“…Thus, Orthodox theology must deliver the eternal word and life of Jesus Christ, addressed to the contemporary context, in order to guide the Church and the Faithful toward the Kingdom of God. …”
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The Wagnerschule (Vienna 1894-1912): Wagner and the Moderne Architekture by Ettore Sessa

“…Fabiani), although not differentiated on the level of interdisciplinary orientation are distinguished, given the formation, for a peculiar academic footprint of their preparation modern such as to allow them to achieve heterogeneous results on the formal but consistent as regards the method (for the architectural arrangement) and the variables of an even wide range of figural codes; a profile recognizable over time and that has allowed Wagnerschule, despite its being a niche phenomenon, to mark a decisive turning point in the culture of the project of the Contemporary Age.…”
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Christianity in Transformation: The rise of African Christianity among the AmaXhosa of the Eastern Cape by J. Mokhoathi

“…This form of synthesis appears to have been an age-old problem of the Christian church, beginning with the missionary epoch, and up to contemporary times, and it is still not acknowledged. …”
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Ureteroarterial Fistula from Ureteral Stump: A Challenging Case by Pietro Pozzilli, Massimo Lenti, Stefano Mosca, Elisabetta Nunzi, Luigi Mearini

“…The difficult diagnosis and treatment by contemporary use of endovascular stent placement and ureteral occlusion by mean of metallic coils and Onyx injection are discussed.…”
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