Benjamin’s gamble: commodifying life in the age of heroic demise by Stephanie Polsky

“…He associated the rise of fascist terror with a breakdown of the threshold that separated the living from the dead, a threshold that had become increasingly ambiguous with the modern advent of global colonial warfare and the attendant call for the total mobilisation of entire civil populations. …”
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Entre pétrole et tourisme, la conservation participative des patrimoines locaux au Timor-Leste (Timor oriental) by Dominique Guillaud, Laure Emperaire, Brunna Crespi, Rosalia Soares, Amandine Pequignot, Jean-Christophe Galipaud

“….), and on the way it has always incorporated a certain modernity. This reflection is derived from two field studies: the south coast with an oil project and a small island off the northern coast, targeted by tourism. …”
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Évolution du système alimentaire haut-alpin by Aurélie Rousselot-Pailley

“…The mountain population living on the territory of the « Pays des Écrins » (department of Hautes-Alpes, France), today very heterogeneous, present a way of life which satys within modernity but still transporting ancient foodways that we can identify in the history of these rural societies. …”
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Espaço vivido e espaço mental: Dalton Trevisan e a dicotomia social do urbanismo curitibano by Nelson H. Vieira

“…This essay deals with the short stories of Dalton Trevisan and the city of Curitiba within the context of urbanism as “lived space”, using André Lefebvre’s terminology, with the aim of understanding the social dichotomy between a rural mentality and an urban modernity. By contrasting the many praises that Curitiba has received as a “green city” with tragic-comic and ominous scenarios played out in Trevisan’s narratives, this study points to the socio-historic vestiges of its past as a colonial city and how that social experience still marks local behavior. …”
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Reconhecimento e desigualdade: da ética da autenticidade à cultura do novo capitalismo by Fabrício Maciel

“…Thus, this culture of new capitalism builds and naturalizes modern social inequality even more effectively than in earlier periods.…”
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Pratiques historiennes croisées de la mémoire et expériences de l’histoire dans L’Invention du quotidien (1980) de Michel de Certeau et Le Passé d’une illusion (1995) de François F... by Daniel Poitras

“…Separated by their objects, the historians François Furet and Michel de Certeau find eventually themselves around the problem of modernity, sending back the comparatist to its own game and to the distance that he has created or abolished between his “objects” and him.…”
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Marriage by Proxy: A Remedy to Divorce and Single Parenting as Presented in Ifá Ogbèdí Divination Poetry by Samuel Kayode Olaleye

“…However today, some people have attributed the problem of marriage breakup to abandoned culture and modernity through Western education, foreign culture, and religions, while others premise it on women’s liberation. …”
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The Linguistic Landscape of Urban Vellore: A Comprehensive Analysis of Language Distribution, Choice, and Implications in the Commercial Space Through Shop Signs by Mishra Sneha

“…The shop owners’ language choices on shop names are driven by a desire to accommodate customers from different linguistic backgrounds, to project their cultural identity, and to align with the values of globalization and modernity. The study concludes that there is a dialectical relationship between the city and the inhabitants, as they develop and accommodate one another in response to the city along with its language policies, identity issues, and expectations. …”
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Theologen van de twintigste eeuw en de christologie by A. van de Beek

“…But the confrontation with modern thought could not be avoided — and according to many theologians, should not be avoided. …”
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Unveiling the Role of Hahani (Paternal Aunts) in the VaTsonga Culture of South Africa by Stewart Lee Kugara, Lucky Sethuthuthu Vuma, Tsetselelane Decide Mdhluli

“…Unlike other indigenous groups in Africa, the role of hahani is being downplayed and ignored because of modernity and the growth of families. This indigenous figure in the VaTsonga communities is however a rare gem and her role needs to be preserved before it is abrogated by disuse. …”
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Des semis et des clones by Malou Delplancke, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas

“…Rooted in time and space, an almond tree is a link between generations, between the living and the forebears, tradition and modernity, but also between what originates from here (beldi) and what comes from elsewhere (romi). …”
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Akin Ogundiran: The Historian and Archaeologist of Yoruba-Atlantic becomes Chancellor Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte by Toyin Falola

“…In my book, The African Diaspora: Slavery, Modernity and Globalization, I devoted Chapter 10 to his oeuvre, stating in one of the key paragraphs that: 268 Toyin Falola In connecting West Africa to the Atlantic economy, Ogundiran is pointing to what could be characterized as the metabolic rift between supply and demand; African economies were on the supply side of the global division of labor that compelled them to produce for the Atlantic economy and, at the same time, to consume products from external sources. …”
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Museographic narrating of dissonant heritage in Tianjin’s former international concessions by Maria Gravari-Barbas, Sandra Guinand, Yue Lu, Chensi Shen

“…The article captures and examines the main narratives from three perspectives: 1) revisiting the concession period as evidence of the beginning of modernity in China, which was a time in which celebrity life stories and the emergence of modern urban elements were praised; 2) considering the concessions as a dreamlike past of ‘others’ and ‘elsewheres’ belonging to a ‘foreign land’ and a context far removed from contemporary life in China, which favours the thematisation and leisure of Western architecture; and 3) selecting and targeting narratives focused on the heroes of the Republic of China (1912–1949) and the People’s Republic of China. …”
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Building with Jelly, or, Concrete as the Concretion of the Abstract by Alan Díaz Alva

“…One of Yuk Hui’s central concerns is the decline of technodiversity as a result of the globalisation of Western technological monoculture throughout capitalist modernity. As the call for contributions rightly points out, the fields of architecture and urbanism have not yet properly addressed their implication in this process. …”
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Portrayal of Tradition and Culture in the Novel the Moon also Sets by Osi Ogbu. by Tusiimeruhanga, Brendah

“…His works especially The Moon Also Sets reflected the social and political upheavals of postcolonial Nigeria portraying the nation's struggle with the legacies of colonialism and the challenges of modernization. The novel captured the essence of Nigerian life with vivid detail, highlighting the resilience of its people. …”
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Çin Siyasi Düşüncesi ve Siyasi Tarihi Bağlamında Çinli Siyasi Elitler by Tuğrul Keskin

“…This comparative approach offers insights into the broader implications of modernization and elite politics within a global context. …”
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Territorios rurales en transformación: desafíos y oportunidades frente al reto de la despoblación by Néstor Vercher

“…The articulation between these elements is key to population retention and settlement strategies, ensuring that the balance between identity and modernity does not result in an irreversible loss of the territorial and social fabric. …”
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Territorios rurales en transformación: desafíos y oportunidades frente al reto de la despoblación by Néstor Vercher

“…The articulation between these elements is key to population retention and settlement strategies, ensuring that the balance between identity and modernity does not result in an irreversible loss of the territorial and social fabric. …”
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