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Dissonant heritages and memories in contemporary Europe
This open access book discusses political, economic, social, and humanitarian challenges that influence both how people deal with their past and how they build their identities in contemporary Europe. Ongoing debates on migration, on local, national, inter- and transnational levels, prove that it is a divisive issue with regards to understanding European integration and identity. At the same ti…
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- 1
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- 9783030114640
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- xv, 294p.; ill.
- Series Title
- Palgrave studies in cultural heritage and conflict
- Call Number
- 363.69 DIS v
Energy efficiency and indoor environment quality
This Special Issue addresses a topic of great relevance. In developed countries, there is a higher prevalence of people choosing to spend time indoors. Data show that the time a person spends at home ranges from 60% to 90% of the day, and 30% of that time is spent sleeping, though this varies depending on the individual. Taking into account these data, indoor residential environments have a dir…
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- -
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- 9783036525075
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- vii, 184p.: ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 690 LEZ
The Custodians of The Gift
Emerging from more than two decades of research in the field and in the archives, the essays collected here explore the multifaceted topic of the Fijian firewalking ceremony, the vilavilairevo. The collection examines the intersection of the intertwined topics of cultural property, reproduction of tradition, and change with issues of (post)colonial representation, authenticity, and ethnic ident…
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- 9788855180870
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Reading backwards: an advance retrospective on Russian literature
"This edited volume employs the paradoxical notion of ‘anticipatory plagiarism’—developed in the 1960s by the ‘Oulipo’ group of French writers and thinkers—as a mode for reading Russian literature. Reversing established critical approaches to the canon and literary influence, its contributors ask us to consider how reading against linear chronologies can elicit fascinating new patte…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781800641211
- Collation
- 302 p.: colour, ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 891.709 MAG r
Art markets and digital histories
This Special Issue of Arts investigates the use of digital methods in the study of art markets and their histories. As historical and contemporary data is rapidly becoming more available, and digital technologies are becoming integral to research in the humanities and social sciences, we sought to bring together contributions that reflect on the different strategies that art market scholars emp…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783039219711
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- IX, 144 p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 700 RAS a
Microorganisms in the deterioration and preservation of cultural heritage
This open access book offers a comprehensive overview of the role and potential of microorganisms in the degradation and preservation of cultural materials (e.g. stone, metals, graphic documents, textiles, paintings, glass, etc.). Microorganisms are a major cause of deterioration in cultural artefacts, both in the case of outdoor monuments and archaeological finds. This book covers the microorg…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030694111
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- XII, 367 p.
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- -
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- 561.9 MIC m
Across space and time: papers from the 41st Conference on Computer Applicatio…
This volume presents a selection of the best papers presented at the forty-first annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. The theme for the conference was "Across Space and Time", and the papers explore a multitude of topics related to that concept, including databases, the semantic Web, geographical information systems, data collection and management,…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789089647153
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- 515 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm.
- Series Title
- Computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology
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- 930.1028 ACR a
Togetherness : a new heritage deal for Europe
Europe’s cultural heritage is a vast, multifaceted mosaic showing who we were, who we are and who we aspire to be. We are all responsible for this huge, precious and fragile legacy. The coronavirus pandemic revealed that unexpected events can suddenly change our way of life. In the future, other threats could well pose further challenges to our safety, health and environment as well as our so…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789286148453
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- 40 p.
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- 363 PAR t
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