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Journal articles on the topic "Relics in literature"
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Lumbley, Coral. "“Venerable Relics of Ancient Lore”." Journal of World Literature 5, no. 3 (July 23, 2020): 372–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24056480-00503004.
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Abstract As England’s first colony, home to a rich literary tradition and a still-thriving minority language community, Wales stands as a valuable example of how premodern traditions can and should inflect modern studies of postcolonial and world literatures. This study maps how medieval, postcolonial, and world literary studies have intersected thus far and presents a reading of the medieval Welsh Mabinogion as postcolonial world literature. Specifically, I read the postcolonial refrain as a deeply-entrenched characteristic of traditional Welsh literature, manifesting in the Mabinogion tale of the brothers Lludd and Llefelys and a related poetic triad, the “Teir Gormes” (Three Oppressions). Through analysis of the context and reception of Lady Charlotte Guest’s English translation of Welsh materials, I then theorize traditional Welsh material as postcolonial, colonizing, and worlding literature.
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Borges, Jorge Luis, and Robert Mezey. "Relics." Hudson Review 44, no. 3 (1991): 417. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3851971.
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Sauer, Michelle M. "Framing Materiality: Relic Discourse and Medieval English Anchoritism." Early Middle English 3, no. 1 (2021): 51–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.17302/eme.3-1.4.
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Relics carried great significance in medieval Christianity. Generally these relics, or at least first-class relics, were fragmented bodies, literal pieces of saints, where a part or parts represented the whole. This idea reverberates with what Robyn Malo has called “relic discourse.” She argues that as saints’ bodies became more and more elaborately enshrined in fancy reliquaries, they became less accessible to the people; similarly, the language of hagiographies and other devotional writings, with their characteristic rhetoric of treasure and brightness, provided a substitute for direct experience of the relic. Extending Malo’s idea to anchoritic literature, Sauer argues that anchorites, who are alive yet dead to the world, can themselves be read as living relics; therefore, anchoritic literature uses vocabulary and rhetoric that calls to mind relics and reliquaries. In this way, the position of the anchorite as a living relic, and thus a mediator among the living and the dead and the divine, is manifest.
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Cheng, Yujing. "The Relics of Ouyang Xiu and the Literature." Journal of Humanities and Social sciences 21 10, no. 3 (June 30, 2019): 825–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.22143/hss21.10.3.59.
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Sabatos, Terri. "Relics of death in Victorian literature and culture." Mortality 23, no. 1 (July 16, 2017): 99–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2017.1353491.
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Ledger-Lomas, Michael. "Relics of Death in Victorian Literature and Culture." Journal of Victorian Culture 21, no. 3 (July 2, 2016): 414–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13555502.2016.1204692.
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Koestenbaum, Wayne. "Relics of the True Cross." Antioch Review 46, no. 4 (1988): 486. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4611956.
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McDiarmid, Lucy. "Secular relics: Casement's boat, Casement's dish." Textual Practice 16, no. 2 (January 2002): 277–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/095023602761622351.
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McAllister, David. "Deborah Lutz,Relics of Death in Victorian Literature and Culture." Notes and Queries 63, no. 2 (April 11, 2016): 316–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjw037.
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Mills, Victoria. "deborah lutz. Relics of Death in Victorian Literature and Culture." Review of English Studies 67, no. 279 (January 6, 2016): 387–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/res/hgv123.
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Malo, Roberta. "Saints' relics in medieval English literature." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1186329116.
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BRAGANÇA, GUSTAVO MOURA. "BODY AMONG RELICS: ARCHIVE AND PICTURE IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2009. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=13929@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIORA dissertação apresenta um estudo, através da leitura de obras de Pedro Nava, Valêncio Xavier e W.G. Sebald, sobre a relação entre o arquivo e a literatura, concentrando o foco sobre obras contemporâneas de cunho memorial que investem na inserção de objetos de arquivo e documentos como parte da obra literária, tanto implicitamente, na elaboração do texto, quanto, explicitamente, na justaposição à escrita de imagens documentais (com destaque para a fotografia). Explorando, desse modo, um efeito de índice, através do qual o objeto literário é evidenciado como construção material, as obras trabalhadas permitem à pesquisa abrir reflexões relevantes sobre a relação imagem/palavra, sobre representação, sobre realismo e sobre hibridismo literário, visando uma reflexão ampla sobre o espaço da literatura na contemporaneidade, marcada pela quebra dos gêneros e dos modelos tradicionais.
The dissertation presents a study, through the reading of works of Pedro Nava, Valêncio Xavier e W.G. Sebald, about the relations between archive and literature, concentrating the focus over contemporary works of memorial tone that invest on the insertion of archival objects and documents as part of the literary work, not only implicitly, in the development of the text, but also explicitly, in the juxtaposition to the writing of documental pictures (with emphasis on photography). By exploring, in that way, an effect of index, by which the literary object is put on evidence as material construction, the works studied allow the research to produce relevant considerations about the relation picture/word, about representation, about realism and about literary hybridism, aiming a wider consideration about the space of literature in the contemporary world, marked by the fall of genres and of models of tradition.
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Wysong, Priscilla Marie. "Instinct and Relics: A Collection of Short Stories." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1217015186.
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Curran, Timothy M. "The Medievalizing Process: Religious Medievalism in Romantic and Victorian Literature." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7491.
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The Medievalizing Process: Religious Medievalism in Romantic and Victorian Literature posits religious medievalism as one among many critical paradigms through which we might better understand literary efforts to bring notions of sanctity back into the modern world. As a cultural and artistic practice, medievalism processes the loss of medieval forms of understanding in the modern imagination and resuscitates these lost forms in new and imaginative ways to serve the purposes of the present. My dissertation proposes religious medievalism as a critical method that decodes modern texts’ lamentations over a perceived loss of the sacred. My project locates textual moments in select works of John Keats, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, and Oscar Wilde that reveal concern over the consequences of modern dualism. It examines the ways in which these texts participate in a process of rejoining to enchant a rationalistic epistemology that stymies transcendental unity. I identify the body of Christ, the central organizing principle of medieval devotion, as the cynosure of nineteenth-century religious medievalism. This body offers a non-dualistic alternative that retroactively undermines and heals Cartesian divisions of mind and body and Kantian distinctions between noumenal and knowable realities. Inscribing the dynamic contours of the medieval religious body into a text’s linguistic structure, a method I call the “medievalizing process,” underscores the spiritual dimensions of its reform efforts and throws into relief a distinctly religious, collective agenda that undergirds many nineteenth-century texts.
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Conradie, Catharina Maria. "Mythology – archaic relics or an archetypal and universal source of constant renewal? : an exploration of the relationship between myth and archetype in the myth of Demeter and Persephone." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2611.
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Thesis (MPhil (Ancient Studies)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.This thesis deals with the connection between mythology and psychagogy, and a structured way of reading and using myth for personal development is suggested. The myth of Demeter and Persephone is used for this purpose, and the text of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter is analysed as the basic (but not exclusive) text. In the modern world the psychagogic component relies on the work of Jung, which is seen as the most appropriate template available. His concept of the archetype is particularly useful, and the archetype of the mother goddess is analysed as a representation of the personal and spiritual development of modern women.
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Dounavi, Myrto Despoina. "Interferential therapy protocols for pain relief : current clinical practice, review of the literature and new expreimental findings." Thesis, Keele University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.510710.
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This thesis is focused on interferential therapy (IFT) protocols for pain relief and consists of four studies. The first is an experimental study investigating the hypoalgesic effects of different IFT parameter combinations upon pressure pain threshold (PPT) in healthy participants. The results of this study showed that active IFT delivered in specific combinations did not produce significantly different hypoalgesic effects compared to control and placebo groups. The second study assessed the inter-rater reliability of measuring PPT on healthy participants using seven newly-trained raters. The scope of this study was to inform the first experimental study of this thesis and to provide new evidence regarding the inter-rater reliability of measuring PPT using a hand-held algometer. The results showed that the inter-rater reliability of this tool and protocol among seven newly trained raters was good. The third study was a narrative review of the accessible published literature which can inform the practice of IFT in terms of protocol selection for the treatment of pain in the United Kingdom. The results of this study demonstrated that the existing journal-based published evidence on IFT protocol selection is limited and inconclusive and the nonjournal published literature appears to be poorly substantiated. Finally, the fourth study of this thesis described the use and application of IFT for pain relief in private physiotherapy practice in the United Kingdom using a questionnaire-based survey approach. The results of this study revealed that IFT is still a frequently used modality for pain relief in the UK, but its application appears to be empirically based. The collective outcome of this thesis challenges the role of IFT in pain management and suggests that further robust clinical research is required to demonstrate whether the use of IFT in pain management should be continued.
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Breedt, Joe-Anne. "A systematised review of the literature related to the implementation of vat zero-ratings as a relief measure for the poor." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80483.
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Background: Value-added tax (VAT) has been implemented in South Africa since 1991 and is one of the three largest tax revenue collection streams for the South African government.
In South Africa, a country with a high inequality in income, the government realised that the low-income households suffer under the heavy tax burden and that most of the income that the poor receive is spent on their basic needs for survival. The government therefore, acknowledged the need to zero-rate certain items from VAT in order to grant them a form of relief. Zero-rated items include the basic foodstuffs consumed.
Main purpose of study: The aim of the study is to analyse and evaluate the perceived effectiveness of the zero-ratings of VAT through the exploration of articles. The study also aims to explore the options that governments have to implement other relief measures to assist the poor rather than zero-rating certain goods and services from VAT. The study considers the cost of compliance of a single standard VAT rate system with zero-ratings for both the taxpayer and the government.
Method: A systematised review was followed to gather the relevant literature from accredited journals to ensure that the articles used in the research is of high quality. Results: The research indicates that citizens have doubt about the perceived effectiveness of the zero-ratings as all citizens benefit from the zero-rating of VAT. It does not provide relief to the poor only. The results of academic articles indicate that there are other options that government can utilise in assisting the poor from the heavy tax burden other than zero-rating certain goods and services from VAT, such as increasing social grants and levying VAT at a standard rate on all supplies. The results also indicate that the implementation of a flat VAT rate on all supplies can save both the government and the vendors money as the cost of administration and compliance will decrease.
Conclusion: Government has been issuing social grants to assist the poor and has considered other options such as increasing the social grants, as the compliance costs relating to a single standard VAT rate system with zero-rating on certain goods and services are particularly high. The implementation of a new policy by withdrawing zero-rating of VAT is very sensitive to the citizens and could lead to massive dissatisfaction from the citizens. However, the options are worth exploring as the additional tax revenue can be used to fund the tax revenue gap in the South African budget.Mini Dissertation (MCom (Taxation))--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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Webster, Paul. "A critical analytic literature review of virtue ethics for social work : beyond codified conduct towards virtuous social work." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2011. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/7085/.
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This submission is based on a critical analytical literature review of the moral paradigm of virtue ethics and a specific application of this to social work value discourse in search of lost identity. It echoes the philosophical academy's paradigmatic wars between 'act' and 'agent' appraisals in moral theory. Act appraisal theories focus on a person's act as the primary source of moral value whereas agent appraisal theories - whether 'agentprior' or stricter 'agent-based' versions - focus on a person's disposition to act morally. This generates a philosophical debate about which type of appraisal should take precedence in making an overall evaluation of a person's moral performance. My starting point is that at core social work is an altruistic activity entailing a deep commitment, a 'moral impulse', towards the distressed 'other'. This should privilege dispositional models of value that stress character and good motivation correctly applied - in effect making for an ethical career built upon the requisite moral virtues. However, the neo-liberal and neo-conservative state hegemony has all but vanquished the moral impulse and its correct application. In virtue ethical language, we live in 'vicious' times. I claim that social work's adherence to act appraisal Kantian and Utilitarian models is implicated in this loss. Kantian 'deontic' theory stresses inviolable moral principle to be obeyed irrespective of outcome: Utilitarian 'consequentualist' theory calculates the best moral outcome measured against principle. The withering of social work as a morally active profession has culminated in the state regulator's Code of Practice. This makes for a conformity of behaviour which I call 'proto-ethical' to distinguish it from 'ethics proper'. The Code demands that de-moralised practitioners dutifully follow policy, rules, procedures and targets - ersatz, piecemeal and simplistic forms of deontic and consequentualist act appraisals. Numerous inquiries into social work failures indict practitioners for such behaviour. I draw upon mainstream virtue ethical theory and the emergent social work counter discourse to get beyond both code and the simplified under-theoretisation of social work value. I defend a thesis regarding an identity-defining cluster of social work specific virtues. I propose two modules: 'righteous indignation' to capture the heartfelt moral impulse, and 'just generosity' to mindfully delineate the scope and legitimacy of the former. Their operation generates an exchange relationship with the client whereby the social worker builds 'surplus value' to give back more than must be taken in the transaction. I construct a social work specific minimal-maximal 'stability standard' to anchor the morally correct expression of these two modules and the estimation of surplus value. In satisficing terms, the standard describes what is good enough but is also potentially expansive. A derivative social work practice of moral value is embedded in an historic 'care and control' dialectic. The uncomfortable landscape is one of moral ambiguity and paradoxicality, to be navigated well in virtue terms. I argue that it is incongruous to speak of charactereological social worker virtues and vices and then not to employ the same paradigm to the client's moral world. This invites a functional analysis of virtue. The telos of social work - our moral impulse at work - directs us to scrutiny of the unsafe household. Our mandate is the well-being of the putative client within, discoursed in terms of functional life-stage virtues and vicious circumstance. I employ the allegorical device of a personal ethical journey from interested lay person to committed social worker, tracking the character-building moral peregrinations. I focus on two criticisms of virtue ethics - a philosophical fork. It is said that virtue ethical theory cannot of itself generate any reliable, independently validated action guidance. In so far as it does, the theory will endorse an as-given, even reactionary, criterion of right action, making 'virtue and vice' talk the bastion of the establishment power holders who control knowledge. I seek to repudiate these claims. Given that this demands a new approach to moral pedagogy, the practical implications for the suitability and training of social workers are discussed.
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Gamba, Ana Paula Foloni. "Eça De Queiroz, Leitor de Luciano de Samósata? A presença luciânica nos textos O mandarim, A relíquia e A cidade e as serras /." Assis : [s.n.], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/103648.
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Orientador: Rosane Gazolla Alves FeitosaBanca: Suely Fadul Villibor Flory
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Resumo: A presente tese de doutorado visa a um estudo das obras de Eça de Queiroz O Mandarim, A Relíquia e A Cidade e as Serras e das obras do escritor Luciano de Samósata (sírio helenizado do século II d.C.) com o objetivo de verificar possíveis marcas deste no ideário estético de Eça. A escolha do corpus deve-se ao fato de os supracitados textos queirosianos apresentarem uma estrutura discursiva particular e produzirem certa estranheza no leitor e na crítica, uma vez que diferem do discurso realista-naturalista utilizado por Eça em obras como O Primo Basílio e O Crime do Padre Amaro. Eça de Queiroz criou, como Luciano em suas sátiras, um verdadeiro "hipocentauro", causando no leitor e na crítica, além de estranheza, até mesmo certa dúvida quanto à qualidade estética desses textos, sendo, por isso, considerados obras "menores" e pouco críticas quando comparados às demais obras da fase predominantemente realista-naturalista do escritor. Como base de sustentação teórica deste trabalho, tomam-se, além do estudo de Jacyntho Lins Brandão A Poética do Hipocentauro: literatura, sociedade e discurso ficcional em Luciano de Samósata, textos de estudiosos da obra de Luciano como A. Peretti, E. Bignone, V. Longo, B. McCarthy, B. Baldwin, M. Caster, M. Croiset e outros, bem como textos sobre literatura comparada de autores como Wellek e Warren, T. Carvalhal, E. Coutinho, G. R. Kaiser, S. Nitrini e L. Perrone-Moisés. O capítulo 1 é dedicado a Luciano de Samósata. Nele, são abordadas a vida e a obra do escritor, além da apresentação e diferenciação... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The present PhD doctoral dissertation aims to study the novels of Eça de Queiroz, The Mandarin, The Relic and The City and the Mountains, as well as the works of Luciano de Samósata - Syrian writer from second-century a.C. - with the objective of verifying possible marks of the latter in Eça's aesthethic system. The corpus was chosen due to the fact that Queiroz's pieces present a particular discursive structure and produce some surprise in the reader and the critics, once they differ from the realistic-naturalistic discourse used by Queiroz in novels such as The Cousin Basílio and The Crime of Father Amaro. By adopting for the composition of such works a structure that is based on the unusual junction of apparently incompatible elements such as reality and fantasy, humor and philosophical seriousness, Eça de Queiroz created as Luciano in his satires, a true "hippocentaur", provoking in the reader and the critics, beyond surprise, certain discomfort and even certain doubt about the aesthetic quality of these texts and about his intentions while critical of his time, for they would lack the explicit components of the acrid social criticism by the Portuguese writer, thus being considered minor and less critical novels when compared to others from the predominantly realistic-naturalistic phase of the writer. As basis for theoretical support of this dissertation there had been used, besides the precious study by Professor Jacyntho Lins Brandão - The Poetic of Hippocentaur: literature, society and fictional speech by Luciano de Samósata-, texts from Samósata's novels' researches such as A. Peretti, E. Bignone, V. Longo, B. McCarthy, B. Baldwin, M.Caster, M. Croiset and others... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Gamba, Ana Paula Foloni [UNESP]. "Eça De Queiroz, Leitor de Luciano de Samósata? A presença luciânica nos textos O mandarim, A relíquia e A cidade e as serras." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/103648.
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A presente tese de doutorado visa a um estudo das obras de Eça de Queiroz O Mandarim, A Relíquia e A Cidade e as Serras e das obras do escritor Luciano de Samósata (sírio helenizado do século II d.C.) com o objetivo de verificar possíveis marcas deste no ideário estético de Eça. A escolha do corpus deve-se ao fato de os supracitados textos queirosianos apresentarem uma estrutura discursiva particular e produzirem certa estranheza no leitor e na crítica, uma vez que diferem do discurso realista-naturalista utilizado por Eça em obras como O Primo Basílio e O Crime do Padre Amaro. Eça de Queiroz criou, como Luciano em suas sátiras, um verdadeiro “hipocentauro”, causando no leitor e na crítica, além de estranheza, até mesmo certa dúvida quanto à qualidade estética desses textos, sendo, por isso, considerados obras menores e pouco críticas quando comparados às demais obras da fase predominantemente realista-naturalista do escritor. Como base de sustentação teórica deste trabalho, tomam-se, além do estudo de Jacyntho Lins Brandão A Poética do Hipocentauro: literatura, sociedade e discurso ficcional em Luciano de Samósata, textos de estudiosos da obra de Luciano como A. Peretti, E. Bignone, V. Longo, B. McCarthy, B. Baldwin, M. Caster, M. Croiset e outros, bem como textos sobre literatura comparada de autores como Wellek e Warren, T. Carvalhal, E. Coutinho, G. R. Kaiser, S. Nitrini e L. Perrone-Moisés. O capítulo 1 é dedicado a Luciano de Samósata. Nele, são abordadas a vida e a obra do escritor, além da apresentação e diferenciação...
The present PhD doctoral dissertation aims to study the novels of Eça de Queiroz, The Mandarin, The Relic and The City and the Mountains, as well as the works of Luciano de Samósata – Syrian writer from second-century a.C. – with the objective of verifying possible marks of the latter in Eça’s aesthethic system. The corpus was chosen due to the fact that Queiroz’s pieces present a particular discursive structure and produce some surprise in the reader and the critics, once they differ from the realistic-naturalistic discourse used by Queiroz in novels such as The Cousin Basílio and The Crime of Father Amaro. By adopting for the composition of such works a structure that is based on the unusual junction of apparently incompatible elements such as reality and fantasy, humor and philosophical seriousness, Eça de Queiroz created as Luciano in his satires, a true “hippocentaur”, provoking in the reader and the critics, beyond surprise, certain discomfort and even certain doubt about the aesthetic quality of these texts and about his intentions while critical of his time, for they would lack the explicit components of the acrid social criticism by the Portuguese writer, thus being considered minor and less critical novels when compared to others from the predominantly realistic-naturalistic phase of the writer. As basis for theoretical support of this dissertation there had been used, besides the precious study by Professor Jacyntho Lins Brandão - The Poetic of Hippocentaur: literature, society and fictional speech by Luciano de Samósata-, texts from Samósata’s novels’ researches such as A. Peretti, E. Bignone, V. Longo, B. McCarthy, B. Baldwin, M.Caster, M. Croiset and others... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
Books on the topic "Relics in literature"
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Relics and writing in late medieval England. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013.
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Kiss my relics: Hermaphroditic fictions of the middle ages. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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The Grail, the Shroud & other religious relics: Secrets & ancient mysteries. Philadelphia: Mason Crest Publishers, 2006.
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Walsh, John K. Relic and literature: Saint Toribius of Astorga and his arca sancta. St Albans: D. Hook, 1992.
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Lydia, Nibley, ed. The mysteries of Beethoven's hair. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2009.
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Obsolete objects in the literary imagination: Ruins, relics, rarities, rubbish, uninhabited places, and hidden treasures. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.
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The shrines, or, Chief places of pilgrimage of the adherents of the Church of Rome. 2nd ed. London: E. Stock, 1989.
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Nickell, Joe. Looking for a miracle: Weeping icons, relics, stigmata, visions & healing cures. Amherst, N.Y: Prometheus Books, 1998.
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Nickell, Joe. Looking for a miracle: Weeping icons, relics, stigmata, visions & healing cures. Buffalo, N.Y: Prometheus Books, 1993.
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Munhŏn kwa yujŏk ŭro pon kudŭl iyagi, ondol iyagi: A story of Korean floor heating system, goodl (ondol) through literature and relics. [Seoul]: Tanʾguk Taehakkyo Chʻulpʻanbu, 2004.
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Rowe, Paul Steven. "Relics of The Future: The Melancholic Romanticism of Bowie’s Berlin Triptych." In Palgrave Studies in Music and Literature, 141–61. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97622-4_7.
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Knight, Stephen. "Medievalist Comic Relief." In Medieval Literature and Social Politics, 260–74. London ; New York : Routledge, 2021. | Series: Variorum collected studies: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003052548-19.
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Starre, Alexander. "Englander, Nathan: For the Relief of Unbearable Urges." In Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 1–2. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05728-0_5250-1.
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Bruckner, Matilda Tomaryn. "Authorial Relays: Continuing Chrétien’s Conte du Graal." In The Medieval Author in Medieval French Literature, 13–28. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403983459_2.
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James, Alison. "Family Relics." In The Documentary Imagination in Twentieth-Century French Literature, 123–61. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198859680.003.0004.
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Chapter 3 studies Marguerite Yourcenar’s distinctive synthesis of material mementos and personal recollections, historical documents and family relics. Yourcenar’s three-volume work Le Labyrinthe du monde (1974–1988) exemplifies a more general archival tendency in post-war autobiography; works by Perec, Barthes, and others also supplement personal testimony with documentary materials. Yourcenar’s trilogy marks a shift in her own practice from works that fictionalize history (Mémoires d’Hadrien, 1951), to a project that integrates “snippets of facts” within a factual composition. Yourcenar herself has a paradoxical place in this unusual autobiography, developing a family chronicle that attempts self-erasure even as it is organized around her relationship to the past. Developing a form of literary “necromancy,” Yourcenar’s writing mobilizes fictional devices to reanimate dead fragments of the past, while laying bare the work of research and reconstitution.
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Wiśniewski, Robert. "Relics and Divination." In The Beginnings of the Cult of Relics, 70–82. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199675562.003.0004.
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As early as in the second half of the fourth century, Gregory of Nazianzus assured his audience that the saints, living or dead, had the power to predict the future. This chapter seeks to explain how such predictions were obtained. There were at least three divinatory practices in which relics could be used: incubation in martyrs’ sanctuaries, interrogation of demoniacs in the presence of relics, and the drawing of lots on martyrs’ tombs. The problem is that the literary evidence for the first practice in the early period is rather scarce, for the second, exceedingly scanty, while for the third it is simply non-existent (we only know about it from material evidence). This reticence of the written sources does not necessarily reflect the actual popularity of these methods and plausibly results from their ambiguous character—neither praised nor condemned, they have left very few traces in literature.
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"Humble Relics: Beckett and Van Gogh’s Old Boots." In Relational Designs in Literature and the Arts, 253–65. Brill | Rodopi, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401208567_021.
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Watt, Diane. "Literature in pieces: female sanctity and the relics of early women’s writing." In The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature, 357–80. Cambridge University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cho9781139035637.017.
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"9 Jews in History: Exemplary Figures, Keepers of Relics, Tormentors of the Christ Child, and Absent Jerusalemites." In Jews in East Norse Literature, 437–85. De Gruyter, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110775747-009.
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Wiśniewski, Robert. "Prehistory and Early Chronology of the Cult of Relics." In The Beginnings of the Cult of Relics, 8–26. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199675562.003.0001.
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This chapter presents the framework which will be referred to throughout this book and begins with a presentation of the biblical ‘prehistory’ of the cult of relics. It demonstrates that the veneration of the martyrs in the pre-Constantinian period was clearly a distinct phenomenon from the cult of relics as it emerged in the mid-fourth century. The novelty of the latter phenomenon consisted in the belief in the miraculous power of relics and in the new, hitherto unknown practices it involved. Even though a few literary episodes found in late antique literature seem to attest that this belief and practices started to develop earlier, this chapter argues nevertheless that they cannot contradict its principal argument, namely that a profound change in the attitude toward saints’ bodies occurred no earlier than in the middle decades of the fourth century.
Conference papers on the topic "Relics in literature"
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Joko Yulianto, Henrikus. "Performing Ancient Relics as An Evocation of Spiritual and Ecological Awareness in Allen Ginsberg’s “Plutonian Ode” and Gary Snyder’s “Logging 12” & “Logging 14”." In Proceedings of the UNNES International Conference on English Language Teaching, Literature, and Translation (ELTLT 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/eltlt-18.2019.59.
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Fauzi, Nanang Bustanul. "The Adaptation of Jago Temple Bas-Relief into Children’s Literature." In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Languages and Arts (ICLA 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icla-18.2019.7.
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Benjamin, Ankita, and Sachin Kumar Jain. "A Review of Literature on Effects of Harmonics on Protective Relays." In 2018 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/isgt-asia.2018.8467876.
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Gottardi, Thiago, Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, and Julio Cesar Dos Reis. "Semantic Search on Scientific Repositories: A Systematic Literature Review." In XXXV Simpósio Brasileiro de Banco de Dados. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/sbbd.2020.13653.
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Open Science has been recognized as one of the most important movements for leveraging scientific collaboration, helping scientists produce high quality research through sharing and reuse. It is usually defined as a combination of three factors: open access, open data and open processes, and relies on the corresponding publication of papers, data and software in repositories that can be publicly accessed on the Web. However, finding relevant papers, data and software has become one of the associated problems. Many search mechanisms – in particular semantic search – have risen as a means to solve this issue. Nevertheless, implementing these mechanisms and integrating them into scientific repositories presents many challenges. This paper presents a systematic literature review of research efforts on mechanisms for supporting search for scientific papers, data and processes, based on extracting and analyzing the entire contents of Scopus and IEEE Xplore.
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Lin, Guanqiong. "MYTHOPOETICS OF THE FOX SPIRIT IN THE SHORT STORIES OF B. M. YULSKY AND PU SONGLING." In 9th International Conference ISSUES OF FAR EASTERN LITERATURES. St. Petersburg State University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/9785288062049.29.
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The article is devoted to the hermeneutic and comparative analysis of the short story The Fox’s Footprint (1939) by the Russian writer of the Harbin diaspora B. M. Yulsky. The mystical, mythological, adventure aspects are studied. The image of the fox spirit in Chinese culture, in particular, in the collection of stories Liao Zhai zhi yi (17th century) by the Chinese writer Pu Songling, is researched. The emphasis is placed on the cult of immortal foxes in Manchuria in the 19th — first half of the 20th century. It is proved that in his prose Yulsky relied on the eastern cultural context and thereby created the authorial frontier mythology, expressing it in the genre of the mystical-adventure story.
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Attia, M. S., M. Abdel-Karim, and M. M. Megahed. "Shakedown Analysis of a Finite Plate With Single Edge Notch Under Uniaxial Tension." In ASME 2000 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2000/rsafp-14471.
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Abstract In this paper, the shakedown load factor for a finite rectangular plate with a single edge notch at its mid-length is evaluated by a number of numerical and analytical techniques. These techniques include full elasto-plastic finite element solution coupled with line search technique and an iterative elastic technique known as the elastic compensation method which relies on successive reduction of elastic modulus in regions where elastic stresses exceed yield strength. In addition, an analytical technique proposed recently in the literature, which relies on a gradient optimization technique is employed. The shakedown load factor values obtained through different solution techniques are compared. The comparison showed discrepancies between literature solutions and the solutions presented herein. The reasons behind this discrepancy are scrutinized and certain recommendations are made to ensure validity of shakedown solutions.
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"Review of Blockchain Literature – Its Application and Acceptance." In InSITE 2019: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: Jerusalem. Informing Science Institute, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4347.
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Aim/Purpose: To understand the current state of the body of literature in blockchain technology and propose dimensions for acceptance. Background: Blockchain technology has large promise to replace centralized and even distributed database systems. Its premise focuses on issues such as transparency, immutability, and privacy of transactions. Created for bitcoin, researchers and practitioners have begun to see its potential in different areas and industries. Its acceptance is still debatable as there are a number of issues still to be resolved. Methodology: We conducted a literature review to assess the size and scope of the body of research in the are of blockchain applications and carried a conceptual analysis for blockchain acceptance. Contribution: We provide an assessment of the body of literature in the are of blockchain and cluster the number of articles according to application groupings. We show that research in blockchain cannot be considered that it even started due to its diverse, scattered and weak related studies. At the same time, blockchain is still faced with a lot of resistance yet no one is studying its acceptance. We therefore propose dimension for its acceptance, as adapted from the very rich area of ecommerce research. Findings: Body of research is at its infancy. Research is scattered and weak. Most research is related to bitcoin and cryptocurrency. There is a great need to study the application of blockchain outside its current focus on cryptocurrency. Areas of study of blockchain applications include internet of things, energy and finance – other areas are identified. Dimensions for blockchain acceptance are proposed and include: reputation, risk, usefulness, and intentions. Recommendations for Practitioners: Blockchain has great potential to be applied in areas such as medicine, aviation and disaster relief. In terms of blockchain characteristics, practitioners have a lot of room to innovate in various approaches such as the blockchain hashing algorithm, smart contracts and peer validation. These do not need to be fixed but can vary based on the business characteristics. Recommendations for Researchers: Research in the application of blockchain can be considered as not even started. The application of blockchain is an open playground which today few have stepped in to enjoy. Research opportunities include but are not limited to energy consumption of blockchain transactions, dimensions to blockchain adoption and acceptance, adaptability of blockchain to various industries, and innovation in blockchain characteristics such as new approaches to peer validation of transactions.
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Gomes, Vinicius de Aquino Calasso Correa, Gil Facina, Simone Elias, and Joaquim Teodoro de Araujo Neto. "RELAPSING AXILLARY LYMPHANGIOMA IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW." In Scientifc papers of XXIII Brazilian Breast Congress - 2021. Mastology, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.29289/259453942021v31s1084.
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Introduction: Lymphangioma or cystic hygroma is a rare and benign lesion usually found in children or newborns, hardly described after two years of age. It is characterized by congenital obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, which causes dilation and accumulation of lymph inside it. In adults, it can be secondary to trauma and can occur in the neck, head and, more rarely, in the breast and armpit3 . In this study we present an atypical case of recurrent axillary lymphangioma in an elderly patient. Case report: Female patient, 71 years old, with no history of neoplasms, was referred to the breast surgery center in December 2019 due to bulging in the right axillary region over the past three months, with progressive increase in size. She was submitted to a puncture with complete emptying of the lesion, however, she developed a recurrence of the condition. On initial physical examination, she had bulging in the right axillary region, painless on palpation, softened, measuring about 10.0 cm. Investigation continued with mammography and ultrasound, which did not show any breast changes, but showed a cystic lesion in the right axillary extension of 9.0 cm. The patient returned in March 2020 with recurrence of the condition after another relief puncture, presenting a lesion of about 18 cm, in the same topography and with the same aspect of the previous lesion on physical examination. Initially, it was opted for resection of axillary cyst, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the patient’s age and probable benign etiology of the lesion, clinical control was chosen. In August 2020, she presented worsening of the axillary bulging condition, with a lesion measuring about 20.0 cm. We proceeded with the definitive surgical approach with the excision of an axillary cyst with resection of a skin spindle in August 2020. The procedure occurred without complications. The final anatomopathological result showed in cytology the presence of proteinaceous material and mature lymphocytes, corroborating the definitive diagnosis of lymphangioma. During the postoperative period, the patient presented recurrence of the axillary bulging condition, with the need for relief drainage, due to local discomfort. We opted for a new surgical approach to drainage. During the operation, it was possible to observe remnants of the lymphangioma capsule completely adhered to the pectoralis major muscle. We proceeded with vacuum drain and excision of samples from the lesion attached to the muscle was continued. The findings confirmed the diagnosis of lymphangioma. The patient recovered well, with a drain removed on the 10th post operation day. In view of the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to maintain the clinical follow-up of the patient and she has not had recurrence of the condition so far (five months of follow-up).
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Iksan, Nur, Mayang Anggrian, and Sony Sukmawan. "Spiritual Reposition in Tantri Kamandaka Comic Book and Reliefs of Jago Temple: Story of the Friendship of Swans and Tortoises." In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Language, Literature, Education and Culture, ICOLLEC 2021, 9-10 October 2021, Malang, Indonesia. EAI, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.9-10-2021.2319679.
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Hartatik, Hartatik. "RELIGI KAHARINGAN SEBAGAI JEJAK AUSTRONESIA PADA ORANG DAYAK." In Seminar Nasional Arkeologi 2019. Balai Arkeologi Jawa Barat, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.24164/prosiding.v3i1.10.
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Orang Dayak merupakan penduduk tertua penghuni Pulau Kalimantan yang kini masih ada. Ada ratusan rumpun Dayak yang dipisahkan oleh lingkungan geografis dan perbedaan bahasa, tetapi pada dasarnya mereka mempunyai budaya yang hampir sama. Tulisan ini bertujuan menjelaskan kepercayaan Kaharingan sebagai salah satu kepercayaan leluhur yang masih berlangsung pada kehidupan orang Dayak di Kalimantan. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif analitik dengan pendekatan etnoarkeologi. Data tulisan ini diperoleh dari penelitian Balai Arkeologi Kalimantan Selatan antara tahun 2006 hingga 2019 yang didukung dengan kajian literatur. Kepercayaan terhadap roh leluhur sebagai jejak Austornesia diwujudkan dalam bentuk perahu arwah. Tradisi tersebut bertahan karena konsep religi yang sudah kuat mengakar berkaitan dengan sejarah leluhur dan telah menjelma menjadi semangat. Namun demikian, seiring dengan perkembangan zaman, tradisi tersebut kini terancam punah.
Reports on the topic "Relics in literature"
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Haider, Huma. Addressing Political Exclusion of Ethnic Minorities, IDP’s, and Refugees in the Eastern Neighbourhood. Institute of Development Studies, March 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.055.
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The quality of political inclusion of ethnic minorities1 in the Eastern Neighbourhood remains a significant challenge, despite institutions in place to promote the rights of national minorities and various programming designed to foster inclusion. This rapid review surveys donor, academic and NGO literature in this field. Literature on addressing the political exclusion of ethnic minorities is limited, with discussion of donor interventions even more sparse. The report thus draws on government initiatives; and on recommendations based on the country situation and international experience, which are not necessarily based on specific programming. There was greater information on Georgia and Moldova, than on Armenia (reflected in the sub-section country titles). In addition, there is limited discussion of programming to address the political exclusion of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in the region. As such the report relies in part on general research and guidance on IDPs and refugees from a global perspective, including discussion of a few examples of initiatives outside of the Eastern Neighbourhood.
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Quak, Evert-jan. Lessons Learned from Market Shaping Interventions to Stimulate Vaccine Production in LMIC. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.009.
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This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and knowledge institution sources on the lessons learned on how market shaping tools can be used to stimulate vaccine production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with a focus on Africa. The purpose is to learn from these interventions in the context of shaping the vaccine markets in Africa to become less dependent on imports and to stimulate local production of vaccines. The rapid review concludes that it is the combination of market shaping tools (supply and demand sides) with efforts to mobilise resources and a clear industrial policy and strategy with long-term political commitment that is needed to develop fully integrated vaccine facilities in LMICs at the national and regional levels. These facilities or “vaccine manufacturing networks” in LMICs, particularly in Africa, need to sell below their production cost for many years after entering the market. This is because they compete within well-established global vaccine markets to which the low-income countries have access through pooled procurement mechanisms. This means that governments in low-income countries have arguably good access to affordable but imported vaccines while needing heavy investment and subsidies to develop competitive vaccine manufacturers. The literature on market-shaping is mainly conceptual without mentioning much empirical evidence. It has a bias on firms and presumes firm strategies to shape markets for their own benefit. The literature often underestimates the role that governments play in shaping markets. As such, this rapid review relies on other sources to investigate the interventions by governments to shape markets and how donors could support these governments in their efforts.
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McKenna, Patrick, and Mark Evans. Emergency Relief and complex service delivery: Towards better outcomes. Queensland University of Technology, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.211133.
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Emergency Relief (ER) is a Department of Social Services (DSS) funded program, delivered by 197 community organisations (ER Providers) across Australia, to assist people facing a financial crisis with financial/material aid and referrals to other support programs. ER has been playing this important role in Australian communities since 1979. Without ER, more people living in Australia who experience a financial crisis might face further harm such as crippling debt or homelessness. The Emergency Relief National Coordination Group (NCG) was established in April 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to advise the Minister for Families and Social Services on the implementation of ER. To inform its advice to the Minister, the NCG partnered with the Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra to conduct research to understand the issues and challenges faced by ER Providers and Service Users in local contexts across Australia. The research involved a desktop review of the existing literature on ER service provision, a large survey which all Commonwealth ER Providers were invited to participate in (and 122 responses were received), interviews with a purposive sample of 18 ER Providers, and the development of a program logic and theory of change for the Commonwealth ER program to assess progress. The surveys and interviews focussed on ER Provider perceptions of the strengths, weaknesses, future challenges, and areas of improvement for current ER provision. The trend of increasing case complexity, the effectiveness of ER service delivery models in achieving outcomes for Service Users, and the significance of volunteering in the sector were investigated. Separately, an evaluation of the performance of the NCG was conducted and a summary of the evaluation is provided as an appendix to this report. Several themes emerged from the review of the existing literature such as service delivery shortcomings in dealing with case complexity, the effectiveness of case management, and repeat requests for service. Interviews with ER workers and Service Users found that an uplift in workforce capability was required to deal with increasing case complexity, leading to recommendations for more training and service standards. Several service evaluations found that ER delivered with case management led to high Service User satisfaction, played an integral role in transforming the lives of people with complex needs, and lowered repeat requests for service. A large longitudinal quantitative study revealed that more time spent with participants substantially decreased the number of repeat requests for service; and, given that repeat requests for service can be an indicator of entrenched poverty, not accessing further services is likely to suggest improvement. The interviews identified the main strengths of ER to be the rapid response and flexible use of funds to stabilise crisis situations and connect people to other supports through strong local networks. Service Users trusted the system because of these strengths, and ER was often an access point to holistic support. There were three main weaknesses identified. First, funding contracts were too short and did not cover the full costs of the program—in particular, case management for complex cases. Second, many Service Users were dependent on ER which was inconsistent with the definition and intent of the program. Third, there was inconsistency in the level of service received by Service Users in different geographic locations. These weaknesses can be improved upon with a joined-up approach featuring co-design and collaborative governance, leading to the successful commissioning of social services. The survey confirmed that volunteers were significant for ER, making up 92% of all workers and 51% of all hours worked in respondent ER programs. Of the 122 respondents, volunteers amounted to 554 full-time equivalents, a contribution valued at $39.4 million. In total there were 8,316 volunteers working in the 122 respondent ER programs. The sector can support and upskill these volunteers (and employees in addition) by developing scalable training solutions such as online training modules, updating ER service standards, and engaging in collaborative learning arrangements where large and small ER Providers share resources. More engagement with peak bodies such as Volunteering Australia might also assist the sector to improve the focus on volunteer engagement. Integrated services achieve better outcomes for complex ER cases—97% of survey respondents either agreed or strongly agreed this was the case. The research identified the dimensions of service integration most relevant to ER Providers to be case management, referrals, the breadth of services offered internally, co-location with interrelated service providers, an established network of support, workforce capability, and Service User engagement. Providers can individually focus on increasing the level of service integration for their ER program to improve their ability to deal with complex cases, which are clearly on the rise. At the system level, a more joined-up approach can also improve service integration across Australia. The key dimensions of this finding are discussed next in more detail. Case management is key for achieving Service User outcomes for complex cases—89% of survey respondents either agreed or strongly agreed this was the case. Interviewees most frequently said they would provide more case management if they could change their service model. Case management allows for more time spent with the Service User, follow up with referral partners, and a higher level of expertise in service delivery to support complex cases. Of course, it is a costly model and not currently funded for all Service Users through ER. Where case management is not available as part of ER, it might be available through a related service that is part of a network of support. Where possible, ER Providers should facilitate access to case management for Service Users who would benefit. At a system level, ER models with a greater component of case management could be implemented as test cases. Referral systems are also key for achieving Service User outcomes, which is reflected in the ER Program Logic presented on page 31. The survey and interview data show that referrals within an integrated service (internal) or in a service hub (co-located) are most effective. Where this is not possible, warm referrals within a trusted network of support are more effective than cold referrals leading to higher take-up and beneficial Service User outcomes. However, cold referrals are most common, pointing to a weakness in ER referral systems. This is because ER Providers do not operate or co-locate with interrelated services in many cases, nor do they have the case management capacity to provide warm referrals in many other cases. For mental illness support, which interviewees identified as one of the most difficult issues to deal with, ER Providers offer an integrated service only 23% of the time, warm referrals 34% of the time, and cold referrals 43% of the time. A focus on referral systems at the individual ER Provider level, and system level through a joined-up approach, might lead to better outcomes for Service Users. The program logic and theory of change for ER have been documented with input from the research findings and included in Section 4.3 on page 31. These show that ER helps people facing a financial crisis to meet their immediate needs, avoid further harm, and access a path to recovery. The research demonstrates that ER is fundamental to supporting vulnerable people in Australia and should therefore continue to be funded by government.
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Hart, Tim, J. Mary Wickenden, Stephen Thompson, Gary Pienaar, Tinashe Rubaba, and Narnia Bohler-Muller. Literature Review to Support a Survey to Understand the Socio-economic, Wellbeing and Human Rights Related Experiences of People with Disabilities During Covid-19 Lockdown in South Africa. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), February 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2022.012.
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COVID-19 pandemic and associated national responses have had ramifications for societies around the world, including South Africa. The marginalisation of people with disabilities is well documented in pre-COVID times, and emerging evidence suggests that the crisis has made this worse, as well as presenting new challenges for people with disabilities. This paper presents a review of published research and grey literature of relevance to the proven or anticipated socio-economic, wellbeing and human right related impacts of COVID-19 on people with disabilities in South Africa and other contexts. Its purpose is to summarise evidence to inform a study on the experiences of South Africans with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and the development of an improved inclusive framework for future management of such crises in South Africa. After a brief introduction, the paper is structured around four main sections. Context is provided by considering COVID-19 and disability both globally and in Africa. Then the literature focused on Humanitarian Disaster Risk Reduction and disability inclusion is discussed. Finally the South African policy and legislation environment on disability and humanitarian action is explored. The review finds that globally there is a limited but growing body of work on COVID-19 and disability. There is a particular dearth of evidence focusing specifically on Africa. The evidence that does exist tends either to be focused on a few particular countries or form part of large global surveys. Much of the global level grey literature published early in the pandemic and subsequently anticipates exacerbated negative experiences for people with disabilities, including exclusion from services, stigma and discrimination and lack of inclusive approaches to relief and support by governments and others. Advisory materials, sometimes focussed on specific subgroups, are generally in agreement about calling for a universally inclusive and disability aware approach to pandemic mitigation across settings and sectors. The limited primary research on COVID-19 and disability is mostly focussed on high income settings and or populations with particular health concerns.
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Prichard, Wilson. Unpacking ‘Tax Morale’: Distinguishing Between Conditional and Unconditional Views of Tax Compliance. Institute of Development Studies, September 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2022.013.
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The past decade has witnessed a surge in international interest in the importance of tax morale. This is often defined, broadly, as taxpayer’s ‘non-pecuniary motivations for tax compliance’ (Luttmer and Singhal 2014: 150) – as a key component of strategies for strengthening tax compliance in lower-income countries. Whereas classic models of tax compliance focused on the importance of the threat of enforcement and the cost of compliance in shaping compliance, compliance decisions are also significantly shaped by non-pecuniary motivations. They can, for example, be an intrinsic commitment to paying taxes, expectations of reciprocity from government, or broader social norms. This has been reflected in growing interest in strategies for strengthening tax morale in order to encourage quasi-voluntary tax compliance (Prichard et al. 2019). A significant part of this literature has relied on surveys to measure taxpayer attitudes towards tax compliance (tax morale), and, in turn, to identify factors associated with higher or lower levels of reported tax morale.
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Kemoklidze, Nino. The Humanitarian Coordination Architecture: Towards a New Hybrid Approach? Institute of Development Studies, March 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.061.
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Humanitarian coordination as an area of scholarly research has grown exponentially over the past decade and can be considered “a well-established and mature topic” now (Jahre and Jensen, 2021, 586).The global humanitarian coordination architecture seems to have more backing in terms of resources and support as well as knowledge and experience, than ever before. Despite this, on the ground, the humanitarian relief system continues to face challenges in the increasingly difficult operating environments whether it is protracted conflicts or other emergency situations causing mass displacement of populations (Healy and Tiller, 2014, p.4). This rapid review explores the following questions: how (if at all), has the current system adapted to these highly restricted operating environments? More specifically, is the current cluster system still relevant in such cases or can it be adapted for better use? And is there evidence to support that area-based approaches might be better suited to conduct adequate humanitarian coordination and planning? The evidence gathered in this report is based on a mixture of academic, policy, and practitioner-based literature.
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Williams, Michael, Marcial Lamera, Aleksander Bauranov, Carole Voulgaris, and Anurag Pande. Safety Considerations for All Road Users on Edge Lane Roads. Mineta Transportation Institute, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2021.1925.
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Edge lane roads (ELRs), also known as advisory bike lanes or advisory shoulders, are a type of shared street where two-way motor vehicle (MV) traffic shares a single center lane, and edge lanes on either side are preferentially reserved for vulnerable road users (VRUs). This work comprises a literature review, an investigation of ELRs’ operational characteristics and potential road user interactions via simulation, and a study of crash data from existing American and Australian ELRs. The simulation evaluated the impact of various factors (e.g., speed, volume, directional split, etc.) on ELR operation. Results lay the foundation for a siting criterion. Current American siting guidance relies only upon daily traffic volume and speed—an approach that inaccurately models an ELR’s safety. To evaluate the safety of existing ELRs, crash data were collected from ELR installations in the US and Australia. For US installations, Empirical Bayes (EB) analysis resulted in an aggregate CMF of .56 for 11 installations observed over 8 years while serving more than 60 million vehicle trips. The data from the Australian State of Queensland involved rural one-lane, low-volume, higher-speed roads, functionally equivalent to ELRs. As motor vehicle volume grows, these roads are widened to two-lane facilities. While the authors observed low mean crash rates on the one-lane roads, analysis of recently converted (from one-lane to two-lane) facilities showed that several experienced fewer crashes than expected after conversion to two-lane roads.
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Megersa, Kelbesa. Financial Inclusion in a Refugee Response. Institute of Development Studies, August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.122.
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The growing scope, frequency, and complexity of forced displacement, both inside and outside of countries, has pushed donors and other development groups to rethink their approaches to humanitarian crises, particularly on refugee response. Financial inclusion is widely regarded as a particularly critical tool that development organisations can employ to mitigate the catastrophic impact of humanitarian crises on refugees. Financial inclusion would provide a wide range of financial products – such as savings, remittances, loans, and insurance – to both refugees and citizens of host countries, which are critical for disadvantaged populations seeking to mitigate shocks, acquire assets, and support local economic development. Changes in how humanitarian aid is distributed are opening the path for greater financial inclusion. Donors and humanitarian organisations are shifting away from emergency cash transfers and toward digital payments via electronic cards. This opens new opportunities to connect refugees and displaced people to a bigger pool of financial services. This rapid literature review summarises the available evidence on toolkits that assist the response by humanitarian and development agencies to financial inclusion of refugees. In addition to the documents defined explicitly as “toolkits”, it also includes reports and online articles which contain useful guidance, since there were few “toolkits” available. Generally, there is lack of resources that directly address the query, i.e., “financial inclusion” in a “refugee response” context. Although there is a growing literature and evidence on the financial inclusion theme, much of it does not directly relate to refugees. Furthermore, most guidance notes and toolkits prepared for refugee response by humanitarian/development agencies do not directly and explicitly deal with financial inclusion, but rather focus on operational and programming issues of wider relief responses. The review is presented as an annotated bibliography format and includes toolkits, guidance notes, technical reports, and online articles by humanitarian and international development agencies.
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Pyta, V., Bharti Gupta, Shaun Helman, Neale Kinnear, and Nathan Stuttard. Update of INDG382 to include vehicle safety technologies. TRL, July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.58446/thco7462.
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Driving is one of the riskiest work tasks, accounting for around one third of fatal crashes in the UK. Organisations are expected to manage work-related road safety (WRRS) in the same way that they manage other health and safety risks. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Department for Transport (DFT) issue joint guidance on this in INDG382 ‘Driving at work: managing work-related road safety’. HSE and DFT were seeking to update INDG382 to include reference to vehicle safety technologies that could enable employers to monitor safety related events or driver behaviours, to support learning and safety improvements. They commissioned TRL to - Conduct a literature review focused on evaluations of the impact of these technologies on work-related road safety (specifically, crash risk) Lead in-depth interviews with representatives of organisations who had implemented technology-based safety monitoring in their fleet and stakeholders and experts who provided further insights into factors affecting successful implementation. TRL found that telematics systems, drowsiness and distraction recognition systems, and collision warning systems have significant potential safety benefits, but rigorous published evaluation of safety-focused telematics in the fleet context is limited. There is good evidence for the safety benefits of intelligent speed assist in private and fleet vehicles. Successful implementation relies on procuring systems that match needs, managing the potential for data to overwhelm and embedding monitoring and driver feedback within good management systems and strong safety leadership. This report provides recommendations for updating guidance for organisations considering implementing vehicle safety monitoring technologies (telematics).
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McIntyre, Phillip, Susan Kerrigan, and Marion McCutcheon. Australian Cultural and Creative Activity: A Population and Hotspot Analysis: Coffs Harbour. Queensland University of Technology, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.208028.
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Coffs Harbour on the north coast of NSW is a highway city sandwiched between the Great Dividing Range and the Pacific Ocean. For thousands of years it was the traditional land of the numerous Gumbaynggirr peoples. Tourism now appears to be the major industry, supplanting agriculture and timber getting, while a large service sector has grown up around a sizable retirement community. It is major holiday destination. Located further away from the coast in the midst of a dairy farming community, Bellingen has become a centre of alternative culture which relies heavily on a variety of festivals activated by energetic tree changers and numerous professionals who have relocated from Sydney. Both communities rely on the visitor economy and there have been considerable changes to how local government in this region approach strategic planning for arts and culture. The newly built Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC) is an experiment in encouraging cross pollination between innovative businesses and education and incorporates TAFE NSW, Coffs Harbour Senior College and Southern Cross University as well as the Coffs Harbour Technology Park and Coffs Harbour Innovation Centre all on one site. The 250 seat Jetty Memorial Theatre is the main theatre in Coffs Harbour for local and touring productions while local halls and converted theatres are the mainstay of smaller communities in the region. As peak body Arts Mid North Coast reports, there is a good record of successful arts related events which range across all genres of music, art, sculpture, Aboriginal culture, street art, literature and even busking and opera. These are mainly managed by passionate local volunteers.