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This article focuses on the philosophical implications of Quebec City's Ephemeral Gardens. Eleven different temporary gardens were created during the summer of 2008, as part of the city's 400th anniversary celebrations. While the structure, objectives, and underlying themes of each of these projects are addressed, one particular garden, titled “Wampum 400,” is discussed at greater length. It was created by two indigenous artists, Domingo Cisneros and Sonia Robertson Piekuakamilnu. The analysis reveals how the overall project embodied key issues and strategies related to urban gardens. While pursuing the vision of an ideal garden, it also provided an experience for tourists. Moreover, the Ephemeral Gardens contributed to the development of a postcolonial critique by reclaiming space for collective use, thereby putting into question the epistemological and ontological foundations of the “garden.”
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Insurance contracts and risk management are critical components in any OlympicGames, but particularly about China's ability to pull off a successful Olympics, withthe country's problems of pollution, political climate and security. Facing both traditionaland special exposures, loss control is critical for any Olympic Games.The author points out the Olympic event which took place at Beijing last August andhe examines the several insurance programs subscribed by the Beijing OrganizingCommittee, by the National Olympic Committes and the International OlympicCommittee. Many insurers were at risk but of course PICC Property & Casualty Co.Ltd has been named official insurance provider for the Olympic Games in Beijing.
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AbstractCritique of Sensory " Reason "The Aesthetic Elaboration of the Senses in a Himalayan SocietySome of the recent efforts to launch an anthropology of the senses are based on a program, drawn from the writings of Marshall McLuhan and Walter J. Ong, of establishing a sensory ratio that would be the defining feature of each culture. This approach, we argue, limits the study of the senses to a pre-established schema and fails to recognize either the necessary plurality of the senses or the importance of culture in sensory experience. Through a series of examples, the most important of which involves the aesthetic elaboration of certain senses in two ritual complexes of the central Himalayas, we argue for greater theoretical openness in this field.
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AbstractThis article attempts to verify and evaluate the importance of certain errors and the improvement of students' linguistic performance using a process of observation and analysis of the function of spatial reference. Following a lexical examination of spatial reference, the author notes that the analysis of occurrences could lead to an understanding of students' productions as well as the adoption of didactic approaches to improve language mastery. This research contributes to studies of strategies and productions of students of French, as a non-mother tongue language, specifically in Cameroon where questions regarding the teaching of French are gaining importance.
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Our qualitative interpretative research, based on a collection of life stories (n = 60), aims to better understand the experiences relating to choosing a postsecondary program of youth from immigrant backgrounds, as well as the context leading to these choices, a posteriori. The typological analysis of these life stories reveals that family plays a determining role in these choices. In addition, compared to youth from other countries, youth from sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and South America perceive facing more constraints (familial, economic, and academic) when choosing their programs. They also seem to have access to fewer resources and information regarding all possible orientation choices, as well as the mechanisms and workings of the system. In conclusion, the results allow for the suggestion of intervention strategies for school staff members in order to foster the postsecondary education orientation of these youth.
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