Das artes tradicionais à economia criativa: a pintura indígena da Austrália e sua inserção no sistema das artes by Ilana Seltzer Goldstein

“…In contemporary societies, merchandises stand out for their uniqueness and for having both economic value and symbolic value. Having this scenario as background, this paper presents a case study based in Australia, which reveals how the segment of indigenous arts turned to be part of the creative economy in that country, allowing first nation people to have a culturally significant and economi- cally positive occupation. …”
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De l’individuel au collectif, des mythes aux pratiques by Véronique Zamant

“…The results raised questions concerning the aesthetic, political and eco-symbolic relations established by the inhabitants with their living environment, on the one hand, and on the other hand, made it possible to draw a map of a “cultural landscape” as perceived by the inhabitants. …”
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Cielesność dywergencyjna – komponent integralnej edukacji wychylonej w przyszłość by Katarzyna Krasoń

“…Each element of art (music, dancing as a system of signs may change its code, as the same symbols may be conveyed in another semiotic code, for example: a system of sounds in kinetic-spatial exemplification. …”
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Particularidades do pertencimento na pesca artesanal embarcada by Cristiano Wellington Noberto Ramalho, Andreia Patrícia dos Santos

“…In general, the feeling of belonging assumes, in the studied communities, a common element which identifies them in the condition of social subjects marked with singularities compared to other groups and/or social classes, whether inland (neighborhood relations, relatives’ ties, fishing districts) or in the waters (decisive axis for the symbolic and material way of life of those men).…”
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HomeWorks by Marcello Tavone

“…A nebulous and potentially limitless city freed from any physical and symbolic centre, where uncertain attempts of urbanity overlap with the idealised landscape of the countryside. …”
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Sexualité préconjugale, souillure et reconstruction de soi. Les adolescentes au prisme d’une politique du corps féminin en Tunisie by Meryem Sellami

“…A social norm, which may be an object of critique and circumvention by girls and boys nowadays in Tunisia, remains symbolically effective and maintains a “Differential valence of sexes” (Héritier, 1996). …”
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The Metric Chromatic Number of Zero Divisor Graph of a Ring Zn by Husam Qasem Mohammad, Shaymaa Haleem. Ibrahem, Luma Ahmed Khaleel

“…If ca≠cb, for any adjacent vertices a and b of Γ, then c is called a metric colouring of Γ as well as the smallest number k satisfies this definition which is said to be the metric chromatic number of a graph Γ and symbolized μΓ. In this work, we investigated a metric colouring of a graph ΓZn and found the metric chromatic number of this graph, where ΓZn is the zero-divisor graph of ring Zn.…”
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Crescere nella migrazione. Generi e sessualità fra gli adolescenti di origine straniera by Federica Tarabusi

“…Grounded on an ethnographic work carried out in the context of Bologna and surrounding area, the paper investigates the symbolic construction of gender and sexuality among the teenagers of foreign origin. …”
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Le projet de paysage au service de la valorisation d’un jardin historique by Chiara Santini, Agnès Juvanon du Vachat

“…The important historical, identity, and symbolic heritage of this garden turns it into a privileged analysing field at the moment of judging the heritage value of a site. …”
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Saber local e saber pretensamente universal, no contexto da globalização by José Marín

“…As globalization does not respect neither biodiversity nor cultural diversity, it distorts the real and symbolic references of local contexts. Thus the present challenge to be taken up by education vis-à-vis such a context is to build, on the basis of an intercultural reflection, a kind of education that values and respects biodiversity and cultural diversity with a view to envisioning a project of a viable society. …”
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L’odeur de l’axé by Arnaud Halloy

“…I suggest three theoretical claims: the hypothesis of the metonymic function of smells (Howes 1987), i.e. that the very nature of smell—their liminal, intangible and evolutive character, as well as their privileged link to emotions—redouble at the experiential level the rituals’ symbolic function of transformation; the hypothesis of an “olfactive evaluative conditioning” (Zucco 2013) at the heart of the metonymic function of smells; the existence of olfactive practices and “styles,” which are constitutive elements of collective identities in Afro-Brazilian religions.…”
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Afrotourism in Brazilian World Heritage sites: challenges and opportunities emphasising a decolonial narrative by Ana Maria Vieira Fernandes, Gabrielle Cifelli

“…The Brazilian World Heritage recognised by UNESCO and located in urban centres, like the Historic Centers of Salvador (Bahia) and São Luís (Maranhão), and the archaeological remains of Cais do Valongo ( Rio de Janeiro), reveal themselves as fields of symbolic struggles for the recognition of cultural references of Afro-descendants. …”
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Intégration symbolique à Fès et ancrages sur l’ailleurs : Les Africains subsahariens et leur rapport à la zaouïa d’Ahmad al-Tijânî by Johara Berriane

“…It then explores the relationships that sub-Saharan residents have with the zawiya: first, this place symbolizes an African presence in Fez; second, it takes the role of a space of integration and intercultural sociability for them. …”
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Le rôle de l’espace public dans la révolution de Jasmin à Tunis by Emna Khemiri

“…In this action, the space works not only as the theatre of the revolution, and gives it the opportunity to become concrete in highly symbolical places – such as the Habib-Bourguiba avenue or the Casbah –, but it is also what is at stake in a struggle: the re-appropriation of an official space such as the Casbah, on the occasion of the various “sit-ins”, provoked a toughening of the revolutionary process.…”
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Cultural heritage and energy transition – A lesson from the past by Xavier Casanovas, José A. Alonso Campanero, Tiziana Campisi

“…This symbiosis between past and present is of crucial practical and symbolic importance: reconnecting with our cultural roots in moving towards a more sustainable future ensures a painless path to energy efficiency.   …”
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Starotestamentalny ideał: śmierć w „dobrym wieku”, we właściwym czasie i okolicznościach by Janusz Lemański

“…In the case of patriarchs, above average life expectancy (cf. Gen 6,3) has a symbolic dimension (a special expression of God’s blessing). …”
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The Order of Hypersubstitutions of Type (2,1) by Tawhat Changphas, Wonlop Hemvong

“…Hypersubstitutions are mappings which map operation symbols to terms of the corresponding arities. They were introduced as a way of making precise the concept of a hyperidentity and generalizations to 𝑀-hyperidentities. …”
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Singing and Sounding the Sacred – the Function of Religious Songs and Hymns in the Public Sphere by Elsabé C. Kloppers

“…It is shown that hymnody forms a part of the beliefs, self-concepts, values, symbols, identities, ideologies, instruments of power, sets of myths, and the collective cultural memory of people …”
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Lite mer än bara könsorgan by Simon Ceder, Stina Westerlund

“…The study is based on a craft teacher’s experiences from a teaching sequence in grade 9, where students designed and carved symbols related to sexuality, consent, and relationships in wood. …”
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The Identity Constitution of the Craft Beer Consumer in the City of Fortaleza (Brazil) by João Gonçalves Menezes, Minelle E. Silva, José Sarto Freire Castelo

“…With the transformation of the market into a provider of relevant symbolic resources, individuals like to demonstrate consumer goods that reflect their values and shared lifestyles. …”
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