Competition Juries as Intercultural Spaces by Carmela Cucuzzella

“…In their search for excellence, the competition jury is then an exemplar contact zone. By examining the various documents produced in this process, we can uncover the value systems of the many stakeholders. …”
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Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008) by Asunción Díaz García, José Luis Oliver-Ramírez

“…These open and anonymous competitions provided a framework in which many women architects were able to ascend through merit, even attaining important positions within the process: firstly, as recognised participants and later as jury members. …”
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“JUGGLE” FOR CLARINET AND PIANO BY CRISTIAN MARINA – CHANGING THE SEMANTICS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL CREATION FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF VARIOUS INSTRUMENTAL VERSIONS by Cristian BENCE-MUK

“…The work was composed especially for and dedicated to the Aperto Trio, obtaining the 1st Prize at the International Aperto Composition Competition, Bucharest, 2006 (president of the jury: the late maestro Ştefan Niculescu). …”
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Continuité et discontinuité de l’implication des habitants dans les écoquartiers. Le cas de la Zac Pajol à Paris by Camille Gardesse, Isabelle Grudet

“…However, despite the presence of one of their representatives in the architectural competition juries, the inhabitants were not invited to participate in the choices made on an architectural level (spatial devices, materials, energy, etc.) which remained within and inter-professional sphere. …”
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Behind the lenses: Biases in the contribution of wildlife photography to biodiversity representation by Héctor Ruiz‐Villar, Ana Morales‐González, Jon Morant

“…Our results showed that the jury's choice offered a more diverse representation of biodiversity than the people's choice, and the winning photographs showcased fewer taxonomic groups than the non‐winning pictures. …”
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