John Ruskin, William Morris and Walter Pater: From Nature to Musical Harmony in the Decorative Arts by Martine Lambert-Charbonnier

“…Pater’s celebration of music in The Renaissance as the ideal towards which all arts aspire, fostered the idea of interior design as a musical composition enhancing pure perception for the aesthetic mind. The essay examines to what extent aesthetic interiors show this ambiguity between the desire to re-discover natural beauty and truth and the retreat into aesthetic dreams.…”
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You Are Not Here: Sartre’s Phenomenological Ontology and the Architecture of Absence by Susan Herrington

“…These forms of consciousness are drawn from his major phenomenological studies regarding the imagination, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology (1943; 1956), The Imaginary (1940; 2004), and Critique of Dialectical Reason (1960; 1976). …”
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Les représentations filmiques de Marie Stuart– Une femme de pouvoir dans l’air du temps by Armel Dubois-Nayt

“…These cinematic representations are considered in the wider scope of Marian myth-making as it developed in the sixteenth century with the aim of showing that until recently cinema has merely harped on the tropes found in her early modern detractors and defenders. This essay then moves on to argue that despite this reproduction of dated opinions, Mary Queen of Scots in these three films is an icon for the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. …”
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Sebastian, Mihail by Mihai Iovănel

“…Le plus intéressant ouvrage c’est son journal De două mii de ani (Depuis deux mille ans), mal reçu par la critique et par son mentor, Nae Ionescu. M. Sebastian a essayé de donner sa réplique aux accusations et aux reproches contenus dans la préface à son journal, dans un ouvrage pamphlète, Cum am devenit huligan (Comment je suis devenu voyou). …”
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Directing Dramas is Returning Hometown: Reading Lin Zhaohua’s The Cherry Orchard from the Perspective of the Taoist Freedom, Xiaoyao by Chengyun Zhao

“…The dynamic stage, designed by Lin and Yi Liming to visualize the psychological state of Lyuba, parallels the way of pursuing xiaoyao, “depending on nothing”. The essay argues that Lin’s adaptation of The Cherry Orchard is not only an experimental production but also resonates with the ideas of Taoism.…”
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Materializations of oricha voice through divinations in Cuban Santería by Kristina Wirtz

“…In this essay I explore how oricha (deities’) voice is produced in and through Cuban Santería practices that render oricha speech audible, meaningful, and quotable. …”
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Emancipazionismo e femminismo tra le pagine de L’Alleanza (1906-1911) by Tiziana Pironi

“…This essay examines the annual issues of the weekly magazine L’Alleanza, which was founded in Pavia by Carmela Baricelli, a teacher from Cremona, whose aim was to use the magazine to promote a gender alliance among women, beyond different political parties. …”
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A Peircean transcendental framework for conceiving human and non-human culture by Hünefeldt Thomas

“…As such, it does not only offer numerous notions that can be and have been, fruitfully applied to a large variety of cultural phenomena, but it also requires rethinking and reconceiving the concept of culture itself, especially as regards its relation to the concept of nature and its anthropocentric premises and biases. Accordingly, this essay aims to explore how to reconceive culture in a Peircean transcendental framework. …”
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"Josef K von 1963...": Orson Welles' ‘Americanized’ Version of The Trial and the changing functions of the Kafkaesque in Postwar West Germany by Anne-Marie Scholz

“…Through the figure of Welles, this essay also explores the ways U.S. culture could influence this process. …”
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The Conflict in Mali: Causes, Actors, and Challenges by Wardah Shahid

“…Despite international interventions, including peace agreements and counterterrorism efforts, Mali remains trapped in a cycle of violence, with severe humanitarian consequences: millions face food insecurity, displacement, and human rights abuses. This essay examines the interconnected roles of local, regional, and international stakeholders in perpetuating the conflict, highlighting the need for a multifaceted approach to address root causes, rebuild governance, and foster sustainable peace through coordinated humanitarian, security, and developmental efforts. …”
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An Investigation on the Link between International Labor Migration and Undocumented Employment: Evidence from Turkish Cinema by Hasan Yüksel

“…Based upon a Turkish movie named after “Gurbetci Saban (Saban the Expatriate)”, this essay analyzes the portrayal of the link between international labor migration and underground employment within the framework of Turkish immigrants in Germany. …”
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Poetic Exploration of Obasa’s Prolegomenous Poetry by Duro Adeleke

“…Tus, it is averred that literature depends on linguistic structure for its existence since language is the substance of literature (in our own instance, poetry). The essay adopts an eclectic theoretical approach since Obasa’s craftsmanship and subject-matter span an avalanche of forms and structures imbued with stylistic features. …”
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Between Objective and Subjective Architectural Experiences: Conceptualizing Refractive Neuroarchitecture Phenomenology by Yongjun Shin

“… This analytical essay is aimed at developing a conceptual framework to assess how people experience the built environment both objectively and subjectively through a critical literature review of neuroarchitecture, architectural phenomenology, and neurophenomenology. …”
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„Humanae vitae” odpowiedzią na współczesne sporyfilozoficzno-teologiczne oraz przypomnieniem podstawowych prawdchrześcijańskiej wiary by Ryszard Moń

“… These reflections concern the problems discussed in the Humanae Vitae encyclical against the background of contemporary discussions about ethical maximalism and minimalism, the universal nature of moral norms, the existence of inherently evil acts, the so-called fundamental option, the specific nature of Christian ethics. On this basis, the essay then discusses issues which, while being strictly theological, have their reference to secular life, namely to fatherhood and parenthood, as the most significant, though often disregarded, issues discussed in the encyclical, a reminder of the basic truths of faith. …”
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Un/Detectability in Times of “Equality”: HIV, Queer Health, and Homonormativity by Jan Huebenthal

“…Weighing the ethical residues of LGBT rights “victories,” this essay argues that access to the private spheres of marriage, child-rearing, and inheritance has come at the expense of the health of vulnerable populations and breathed new life into specters of homophobia and AIDS stigma.…”
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CODA : Processus de recherche-création — retour sur l’expérimentation de la médiation phénoménale d’un corps collectif performatif by Isabelle Choinière

“…In order to understand this phenomenon, this essay suggests examining the interrelation of the notions of corporality (notion which concerns the physical body in its materiality, that is to say the anthropomorphic body), corporeality and embodiment in a transdisciplinary approach and as an anchoring to a dynamic of self-organization. …”
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Linguaggio sensibile al genere in prospettiva lessicografica: osservazioni didattiche sulla “Leichte Sprache” e sul “Linguaggio facile italiano” by Valentina Crestani

“…The essay focuses on gender-sensitive language in German and Italian from a lexicographic perspective. …”
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Reviving/Revising “Lycidas”: Virginia Woolf’s Elegy to Unborn Poets in A Room of One’s Own by Marie Laniel

“…A Room of One’s Own is no exception: Woolf’s allusion to Milton’s poem in the liminal section of her essay, when she introduces the issue of women’s denied access to education, unfulfilled aspirations and unexpressed talent, is all but gratuitous. …”
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“O melhor e mais obediente filho” by Tiago Viúla de Faria

“…This was to become known to historians as the prince–king “association”. This essay departs from an interrogation, of whether Duarte was able – or expected at all – to play a role of his own in diplomatic affairs. …”
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Information Seeking Behavior Among Final Year Students at National Teachers' College Kabale. by Nduhukire, Bonus

“…The use of consultations from lecturers references through the Librarian was the common strategy for seeking information while the purpose for information varied over the years -from examination, and self-development to selecting a project topic (long essay). The study concluded that the information needs and seeking behavior of students depend on the year and course (school) of study. …”
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