Ethnology
Keywords: Rjabchikov, rongorongo, Easter Island, Polynesia, script, writing, Rapanui, Rapa Nui
Congolese painter Aimé Mpane and Brussels art gallery NOMAD are at the forefront of Belgium’s burgeoning African art scene. Veerle Devos and Kristof Dams find out about the artistic faultlines that run between Brussels, Kinshasa and... more
Congolese painter Aimé Mpane and Brussels art gallery NOMAD are at the forefront of Belgium’s burgeoning African art scene. Veerle Devos and Kristof Dams find out about the artistic faultlines that run between Brussels, Kinshasa and elsewhere
The article first describes characteristics of major infrastructure projects. Second, it documents a much neglected topic in economics: that ex ante estimates of costs and benefits are often very different from actual ex post costs and... more
The article first describes characteristics of major infrastructure projects. Second, it documents a much neglected topic in economics: that ex ante estimates of costs and benefits are often very different from actual ex post costs and benefits. For large infrastructure projects the consequences are cost overruns, benefit shortfalls, and the systematic underestimation of risks. Third, implications for cost–benefit analysis are described, including that such analysis is not to be trusted for major infrastructure projects. Fourth, the article uncovers the causes of this state of affairs in terms of perverse incentives that encourage promoters to underestimate costs and overestimate benefits in the business cases for their projects. But the projects that are made to look best on paper are the projects that amass the highest cost overruns and benefit shortfalls in reality. The article depicts this situation as ‘survival of the unfittest’. Fifth, the article sets out to explain how the problem may be solved, with a view to arriving at more efficient and more democratic projects, and avoiding the scandals that often accompany major infrastructure investments. Finally, the article identifies current trends in major infrastructure development. It is argued that a rapid increase in stimulus spending, combined with more investments in emerging economies, combined with more spending on information technology is catapulting infrastructure investment from the frying pan into the fire.
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Departing from Veena Das’s ideas, this article reflects about the limitations of the concept of equality of rights in specific cultural contexts and about the ambivalence of the public oral speech and the written word between the White... more
Departing from Veena Das’s ideas, this article reflects about the limitations of the concept of equality of rights in specific cultural contexts and about the ambivalence of the public oral speech and the written word between the White and the Indians, and their relationship with the category of “critical event” as a guideline guideline for the analysis of the different perspectives involving the Brazilian Army military and the Koripako Indians from the upper Içana River, up above the Negro River.
"First issue of new academic journal. Studia Turkica Mongolica Tibetica Manchurica Sibirica Russica et cetera. Tartaria Magna is a peer reviewed e-journal in Russian. Editors accept papers and reviews in English and provide Russian... more
"First issue of new academic journal. Studia Turkica Mongolica Tibetica Manchurica Sibirica Russica et cetera.
Tartaria Magna is a peer reviewed e-journal in Russian. Editors accept papers and reviews in English and provide Russian translation. We may consider publication of the papers and reviews that have been published in other journals within the period of 3 years. More info: www.tartaria-magna.ru"
Tartaria Magna is a peer reviewed e-journal in Russian. Editors accept papers and reviews in English and provide Russian translation. We may consider publication of the papers and reviews that have been published in other journals within the period of 3 years. More info: www.tartaria-magna.ru"
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"Alla conferenza interverranno: Paolo Bonaiuto (Sindaco del Comune di Pachino), Emanuele Nobile (Detentore della Collezione Etnoantropologica e dell’antico palmento Nobile), il Dr Giuseppe Garro (Etnoantropologo e Responsabile del... more
"Alla conferenza interverranno: Paolo Bonaiuto (Sindaco del Comune di Pachino), Emanuele Nobile (Detentore della Collezione Etnoantropologica e dell’antico palmento Nobile), il Dr Giuseppe Garro (Etnoantropologo e Responsabile del Progetto), il Dr Vincenzo Signorelli (Storico Archivista e Responsabile della Collezione Fotografica), Ing. Angelo Santacroce (Responsabile del progetto di fruizione del Museo del Vino Nobile di Pachino), la Dr.ssa Beatrice Basile (Soprintendente ai BB.CC.AA. di Siracusa), la Dr.ssa Mariarita Sgarlata (Assessore ai Beni Culturali e dell'Identità Siciliana) e il Dr. Raymond Bondin (Post Ambasciatore Unesco ed Esperto dei Beni Culturali Unesco della Sicilia).
Sarà inoltre possibile visitare i locali del Museo Nobile del Vino di Pachino e degustare prodotti tipici locali gentilmente offerti dai partner del progetto: la BCC di Pachino e IGP Pomodorino di Pachino."
Sarà inoltre possibile visitare i locali del Museo Nobile del Vino di Pachino e degustare prodotti tipici locali gentilmente offerti dai partner del progetto: la BCC di Pachino e IGP Pomodorino di Pachino."


