Entre convergences et divergences : la communauté haïtienne de Montréal by Ariane Cyr

“…As regards the elements of discourse gathered during individual interviews conducted with the members of the first generation of Haitian immigrants, an identity pattern can be observed, matching two different and yet complementary systems of functioning: detachment and symbolic recognition…”
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Exú's Work – The Agency of Ritual Objects in Southeast Brazilian Umbanda by Eleonora A. Lundell

“…The central claim in this article is that diverse material and immaterial objects through which Exús interact and materialise, are not primarily symbolic nor representative, but are re-configurative.…”
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Narrating Cultural Heritage by Ulf Palmenfelt

“…The interplay between several individual narratives in a local community and the collective elements takes the form of a joint negotiating process, generating agreements and discrepancies, shared ‘truths’ and contested disagreements, the acceptance of shared local symbols and the forgetting of less captivating material. …”
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Wilde’s French Salomé by Emily Eells

“…His aesthetic objective was to produce a work belonging to the school of French decadentism and adhering to its principles of symbolism. He uses the French language as if it were a system of signs divorced from their semantic meaning, creating as pure a musical notation as verbal language can allow. …”
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La etnología chiriguano de Alfred Métraux by Federico Bossert, Diego Villar

“…We pursue our analysis across diverse aspects of Métraux’s work, including: his treatment of religion and prophetism among the Tupinamba; his participation in the pioneer project that created the Ethnology Institute in Tucuman; the manifestation of ideology, inherited prejudice and esthetic values in his gathering of material culture collections; the singularities of Métraux’s fieldwork and its impact on his relationship with the Chiriguano; his thesis that Chiriguano pottery reflected particular mixtures of Andean, Chaco and Amazonian influences; and, finally, the significant link he found between mythic symbolism and the feminine universe.…”
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Rêver la forêt, cultiver les arbres by Alan Guillou

“…By working on the aesthetic and symbolic aspects of trees, these pupils have adopted an old heritage, a long cultural affiliation of their profession to the forest. …”
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Le massacre des Innocents ou comment réécrire l’histoire by Édith Parmentier

“…In modern times, these mechanisms have enabled the symbolic reinvestment by the collective memory of a massacre that never took place.…”
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Reinventing Representations of “Local” Identity and Culture by Seraina Hürlemann

“…Representing “local” identity, the reinvention of touristic places also becomes subject to negotiation among resident populations, contesting the values and symbolic statements applied to represent their “own” culture. …”
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As correntes interacionistas e a sua repercussão nas teorias de Anthony Giddens e Bruno Latour by Karine Pereira Goss

“…The article discusses three important qualitative currents critical of functionalism: social phenomenology, symbolic interactionism and ethnomethodology. Initially it introduces the main theories and authors that influence each one of those approaches. …”
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La Représentation de la montagne dans la littérature anglaise d’inspiration religieuse au XVIIe siècle by Jean-Louis Breteau

“…This is notoriously the case throughout the Bible in both the Ancient and the New Testaments, although some ambivalence can be identified in the symbolic value of the mountain which proves to be either a place of divine revelation or of spiritual contest. …”
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Santiago de Compostela, vers une redéfinition patrimoniale du chemin de pèlerinage by Nathalie Cerezales

“…The need to create an European identity, leaning on common patrimonial elements in the different nations, illustrates a policy of self-identification in which the Pilgrimage becomes one of its symbols. This identity, linked to the interests of several institutions like the Catholic Church or civil associations, helps the project born from this patrimonial definition and so create new touristic, sports, cultural or green strategies which represent alternative forms of regional development. …”
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El aljibe del conde de Tendilla by Daniel Jesús Quesada Morales

“…In the fortress complex, the aim was to create a genuine city with works of high symbolic content, behind which key figures such as Íñigo López de Mendoza, the Count of Tendilla, were involved. …”
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Pistes pour une économie morale du sentiment d’injustice parmi les jeunes des quartiers populaires urbains by Éric Marlière

“…To better apprehend the political, social and symbolic stakes which are at the origin of a sense of injustice conveyed by a large number of young people met in the popular districts whatever the origin, the trajectory or the social status, we opted for the notion of moral economy. …”
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Politiques de valorisation patrimoniale et figuration des habitants en banlieue parisienne (Plaine Commune) by Sébastien Jacquot

“…These heritage public policies have a symbolic dimension, producing discourses on the inhabitants, and defining their roles and places. …”
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La dimensión mítica de la peregrinación tarasca by Roberto Martínez González

“…Considering that the deity and the people are mutually represented, the displacement of the Chichimecs in the north-south sense is comparable to the apparent seasonally movement of the sun – their god – in the horizon, and symbolizes at the same time the origins of the real Tarascan and a change in the economic strategies during the annual cycle. …”
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Word-based largest chunks for Agreement Groups processing: Cross-linguistic observations by László Drienkó

“…LCh segmentation is concerned with cognitive text segmentation, i.e. with detecting word boundaries in a sequence of linguistic symbols. Our observations are based on the text of Le petit prince (The little prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in three languages: French, English, and Hungarian. …”
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Law, institutions, and interpretation in Jacques Derrida by Juliana Neuenschwander Magalhães, José Antonio Rego Magalhães

“…The problem under investigation is how law manages to differentiate itself symbolically from violence and what are the consequences of this concerning legal interpretation. …”
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Religiöse Spuren im Alltag by Matthias Werner

“… Acronyms, songs, advertisements, movies, television series, comic strips, memes or even sports news: Traces of Christian symbols, sayings, or references can be found in numerous places and contexts. …”
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Torre David au Venezuela : récits sur fond de politiques publiques menées par le gouvernement d’un « État magique » by Yaneira Wilson

“…Still in 2022, the Torre symbolizes a latent crisis that persists without giving any clues about its final course.…”
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Reframing Recognition in Organizations by Matthew Sowcik, Hannah Carter, Valerie McKee

“…This article looks at utilizing Bolman and Deal’s four frame model (including structural, human resources, political, and symbolic) to provide leaders with a better understanding of recognition programs and guidance regarding changes a program can undergo to more accurately match the organizational landscape.  …”
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