‘Groaning wicked like a maddening dog’: Bestiality, Modernity and Irishness in J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World by Hélène Lecossois

“…It argues that the animal-like behaviour that Synge’s play calls for may be considered as a form of resistance to a hegemonic and early twentieth century conception of modernity. Alongside the trained, performing, modern Irish body that emerged in the theatre of the early 1900s there survived vestiges of a radically different form of embodiment associated with, for example, rural performance traditions such as faction fighting or keening. …”
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Kult svatých a dynastická propaganda na dvoře Báthoryů v 16. století by Tomáš Kruppa

“…Ladislaus, was very popular among Hungarians fighting with the Turks. With the outbreak of the Fifteen Years' War, both means of legitimacy received great emphasis in Zsigmond Báthory's war propaganda targeting Hungary and abroad. …”
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On Microclimatic Islands. The Garden as a Place of Intensified Thermal Experience by Sascha Roesler

“…Over the course of the 20th century, gardens and green spaces became mitigating measures, fighting severe microclimatic conditions of cities, in particular the so-called urban heat islands. …”
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Residential Landscapes Sponsored by Companhia União Fabril (CUF) in Barreiro (1945-1972). Promotion of Multi-Family Working-Class Housing in Post-WWII Portugal by Ana Vaz Milheiro, João Cardim

“…This law is essentially seen as positive, and had significant results in fighting the housing shortage issues of the time. However, we argue that it also shifted the housing provision responsibilities from private actors — in this case CUF — to public ones, leading to a fragmented urban landscape where the changes over the course of history — in terms of legislation, urban planning, architecture and social fabric — can be witnessed firsthand.…”
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An Examination of the Leadership and Management Traits and Style in the Forest Fire Incident Command System: The Cyprus Forest Fire Service by Nicolas-George Homer Eliades, Achilleas Karayiannis, Georgios Tsantopoulos, Spyros Galatsidas

“…Since the early 21st century, wildlands have witnessed an effusion of wildfires, with climate and social changes resulting in unanticipated wildfire activity and impact. …”
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Osądy Kiry w mandze „Death Note” a problem kultury okrucieństwa by Jarosław Dobrzycki

“…Cruelty and violence have been a part of our culture for centuries. They accompanied society at the turn of various periods. …”
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Police/Militia in (Post-)Soviet Popular Culture (Towards a Historical Iconography of Power) by D. V. Popov

“…Being a product of mass society, the modern state has focused on influencing public opinion. In the XIX-XX centuries, there was a counter-movement of police supervision and art which gave rise to 'police aesthetics'. …”
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La gestion de l’eau à Bibracte (Saône-et-Loire), avant et après la Conquête romaine by Laetitia Borau

“…This is therefore an example of an organised water storage system throughout the whole oppidum, which was needed not only to meet the daily needs of the population, but also for others purposes such as fire-fighting. Furthermore, this study highlights the existence of numerous very well preserved wooden basins as well as previously unknown local technical traditions. …”
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