Folklore is a term that encompasses the traditions and cultural expressions of a specific group or community. Coined by William Thoms in 1846, it replaced the earlier term "popular antiquities." Folklore is a dynamic and ever-evolving entity, shaped by the experiences and creativity of the people...
(7) LT(S)ER in South Africa should continue to receive funding given its long LTER history, previous financial investments, long-term data legacies, and active strides being taken to advance its scientific infrastructural footprint. (8) LT(S)ER should be adaptive in nature, always seeking to...
Champi Stream. Thus, rubber development has resulted in marginal lands rarely cultivated previously to be cultivated as the last option for local people who want to continue farming. This is what we mean when we refer to “nearby telecoupling”, an idea closely linked to “displacement effects”...
Men or women, young or old, rich or poor—pain doesn’t discriminate, and the problem of addiction is prevalent. It can feel like there’s no way out. Whether you are in a dark valley or walking with someone through theirs, the Bible can be your companion to recovery...
The deep connection of the family ties is evident in every character's story in this volume, so it is a constant theme. But the family legacy is also its own sort of folklore, in that generations repeat the stories and treasure them as being part of their own individual experienc...
How old are they? Jay Belsky: Well, our funding was cut off at age 15, so we followed them intensively from birth to age 15. Terrie Moffitt: Okay, and so what Jay just mentioned is that all of the success of this kind of endeavor does really depend a lot on funding, because nobod...
However, as the pageantry of 2009's "Darwin Year" subsides, it seems to be an appropriate time to reflect on where TOL studies are headed in relation to the legacies on which they draw. We will consider two key issues: the specific effects of these debates on the conceptual fra- me...
what we value and, if not properly done, can be detrimental to city dwellers’ life and human agency. Failing to retrofit old and inaccessible public transportation, for example, indicates that city leaders don’t believe that the mobility of the elderly and the disabled is a worthy priority....
I quite unexpectedly ran into an old “friend” yesterday, right here during the frantic holiday season. It is a friend that I had not seen in 20 years, and surely did not expect to pop up during Christmas 2023. It was my old “buddy” X-mas. X-mas last raised its ugly head when...
Men or women, young or old, rich or poor—pain doesn’t discriminate, and the problem of addiction is prevalent. It can feel like there’s no way out. Whether you are in a dark valley or walking with someone through theirs, the Bible can be your companion to recovery...