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Applied folklore is the branch of folkloristics concerned with the study and use of folklore and traditional cultural materials to address or solve real social problems. The term was coined in 1939 in a talk by folklorist Benjamin A. Botkin who, along with Alan Lomax, became the foremost proponent of this approach over the next thiry years. Applied folklore is similar in its rationale and approach to applied anthropology and other applied social sciences, and like these other applied approaches often distinguishes itself from "pure" res ...

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• Applied folklore - Sources

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This is a list of academic disciplines (and academic fields). An academic discipline is a branch of knowledge which is formally taught, either at the university, or via some other such method. Functionally, disciplines are usually defined and recognised by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies to which their practitioners belong. Each discipline usually has several sub-disciplines or branch ...

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State and service flags of Berlin Berlin - Basic Information. Berlin ▶ (help·info), IPA: [bɛɐˈliːn], is the capital of Germany and its largest city; the city is now home to 3.4 million residents, down from a peak of 4.5 million before World War II. From 1949 to 1990 it was divided into East Berlin and West Berlin. Berlin is located in the north of German ...

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An important part of the concept of place is the sociological implication. Place, for a person, may indicate not only location, but position in society, relative wealth, status, and so forth. Place may also refer to an individual's or family's relative status and relationship as compared to other individuals, groups, or families. Elements that turn space into a place are memories, feelings, social connections and the presenc ...

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The Ninth Ward can broadly be divided into three sections, from where the ward is divided from north to south by the Industrial Canal, and where the area east of the Industrial Canal is divided east to west by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway/Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. Ninth Ward of New Orleans - Lower 9th Ward. The smallest of these pieces is the area south and east of these canals. The portion of the Ninth Ward along the river down river from the Industrial Canal stetching to the St. Bernard line is called the "Lower Ninth Wa ...

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Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Ninth Ward of New Orleans - Neighborhoods of the Ninth Ward, Ninth Ward of New Orleans - Lower 9th Ward, Ninth Ward of New Orleans - Upper 9th Ward, Ninth Ward of New Orleans - Eastern New Orleans, Ninth Ward of New Orleans - History, Ninth Ward of New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina

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As with so many other aspects of Japanese culture and society, the jump to modern technology brought a quite noticeable leap in architecture as well. The need to rebuild Japan after World War II proved a great stimulus to Japanese architecture, and contemporary Japanese buildings rank with the finest in the world in terms of technology and formal conception. The best-known Japanese architect is Kenzo Tange, whose National Gymnasiums (1964) for the Tokyo Olympics emphasizing the contrast and blending of pillars and walls, and with sweeping roofs reminiscent of the tomo-e (an ancient whorl-shaped h ...

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Japanese architecture, Japanese architecture - Asuka and Nara architecture, Japanese architecture - Heian, Japanese architecture - Kamakura period, Japanese architecture - Tea houses, Japanese architecture - Azuchi-Momoyama period / Sengoku period, Japanese architecture - Edo period, Japanese architecture - Meiji period, Japanese architecture - Modern architecture, Japanese architecture - Contemporary Japanese architects

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Bryn Mawr College was founded in 1885. It was the first women's higher education institution to offer graduate degrees, including doctorates. The first class included 36 undergraduate women and eight graduate students. Bryn Mawr was originally affiliated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), but by 1893 had become non-denominational. In 1912, Bryn Mawr became the first college in the United States to offer doctorates in social work, through the Department of Social Economy and Social Research. This department became the Gra ...

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Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr College - History, Bryn Mawr College - Organization, Bryn Mawr College - Facilities, Bryn Mawr College - Academics, Bryn Mawr College - Traditions, Bryn Mawr College - College Presidents, Bryn Mawr College - Notable Faculty, Bryn Mawr College - Notable Alumnae

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Prior to the appearance of the automobile, horses, streetcars and bicycles were the major modes of transportation within cities. Horses require a large amount of care, and were therefore kept in public facilities that were usually far from residences. The manure they left on the streets also created a sanitation problem. The automobile had neither of those disadvantages. The automobile made regular medium-distance travel more convenient and affordable, also in areas without railways. Because automobiles did not require rest, and were ...

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Effects of the automobile on societies, Effects of the automobile on societies - Economic changes, Effects of the automobile on societies - Industry restructuring, Effects of the automobile on societies - Infrastructure, Effects of the automobile on societies - Technological changes, Effects of the automobile on societies - Production, Effects of the automobile on societies - Cultural changes, Effects of the automobile on societies - Changes to urban society, Effects of the automobile on societies - Advent of suburban society, Effects of the automobile on societies - Car culture, Effects of the automobile on societies - Changes to individual lifestyle in America, Effects of the automobile on societies - Social status, Effects of the automobile on societies - Recreation, Effects of the automobile on societies - Safety, Effects of the automobile on societies - Car-oriented convenience, Effects of the automobile on societies - Environmental changes

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The grid plan dates from antiquity; some of the earliest planned cities were built using grids. A workers' village at Giza, Egypt (2570-2500 BC) housed a rotating labor force, and was laid out in blocks of long galleries separated by streets in a formal grid. Many pyramid-cult cities used a common orientation: a north-south axis from the royal palace, and an east-west axis from the temple, meeting at a cent ...

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Grid plan, Grid plan - Ancient grid plans, Grid plan - Asia from the first millennium AD, Grid plan - Europe and its colonies, Grid plan - Early United States, Grid plan - Late 19th century to the present

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The term terrace was borrowed from garden terraces by English architects of the late Georgian period to describe streets of houses whose uniform fronts and uniform height created an ensemble that was more stylish than a "row". The "row", as in the 16th century "Yarmouth Rows" in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, was a designation for a narrow street where the building fronts uniformly ran right to the property line. In England, the first streets of houses with uniform fronts were built by the Huguenot entrepreneur Nicholas Barbon in the ...

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Terraced house, Terraced house - In the United Kingdom, Terraced house - In the United States, Terraced house - Sources and further reading

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The park consists of two sections: Future World and World Showcase. Both are patterned after the kinds of exhibits which were popular at World's Fairs in the first half of the 20th century. Epcot - Future World. Future World consists of a variety of pavilions that explore innovative aspects and applications of technology. Spaceship Earth, the eighteen-story-tall geodesic sphere covered in 11,324 triangular silver panels made of alucobond, is the gateway to Future World. Inside is a slow ...

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Epcot, Epcot - Dedication, Epcot - History, Epcot - The planned community, Epcot - The theme park, Epcot - Opening Day, Epcot - Facts and Figures, Epcot - Park layout, Epcot - Future World, Epcot - World Showcase, Epcot - Timeline

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He is known to a wider public for his thousands of short, aphoristic poems called Grooks (Gruk in Danish) and creations like the games of Hex, Tangloids, Morra, Tower, Polytaire, TacTix, Nimbi, Qrazy Qube, Pyramystery, and the Soma cube. He advocated the use of the super ellipse curve in city planning, furniture making and other realms. He also invented a perpetual calendar called the Astro Calendar and marketed houseware ...

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Piet Hein Denmark, Piet Hein Denmark - Biography, Piet Hein Denmark - Work, Piet Hein Denmark - Bibliography

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Like in all Finnish municipalities, the city council in Helsinki is the main decision-making organ in local politics, dealing with issues such as city planning, schools, health care, and public transport. The 85-member council is elected every fourth year by municipal elections. Traditionally, the conservative National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) has been the biggest party in Helsinki's local politics, with the Social Democrats being the second biggest. In the 2000 election the Green League, for which Helsinki is the strongest a ...

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Politics of Helsinki, Politics of Helsinki - City Council, Politics of Helsinki - Seat distribution in the city council, Politics of Helsinki - Mayor

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The park consists of two sections: Future World and World Showcase. Both are patterned after the kinds of exhibits which were popular at World's Fairs in the first half of the 20th century. Epcot - Future World. Future World consists of a variety of pavilions that explore innovative aspects and applications of technology. Spaceship Earth, the eighteen-story-tall geodesic sphere covered in 11,324 triangular silver panels made of alucobond, is the gateway to Future World. Inside is a slow ...

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Epcot, Epcot - History, Epcot - The planned community, Epcot - The theme park, Epcot - Opening Day, Epcot - Facts and Figures, Epcot - Park layout, Epcot - Future World, Epcot - World Showcase, Epcot - Timeline

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Berlin - Tourist attractions. Even though Berlin does have a number of impressive buildings from earlier centuries, the city's appearance today is mainly shaped by the key role it played in Germany's history in the 20th century. Each of the national governments which had their seat in Berlin — the 1871 German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, East Germany, and now the reunified Germany — initiated ambitious construction programs, each with its own distinctive character. Berlin was devastated by bombi ...

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Berlin, Berlin - Basic Information, Berlin - Political Berlin, Berlin - The state, Berlin - The boroughs, Berlin - Population, Berlin - History, Berlin - Berlin today, Berlin - Tourist attractions, Berlin - Historical sights in the city centre, Berlin - Cold War and sightseeing in the former East Berlin, Berlin - Sights of modern Berlin, Berlin - Panoramic viewing points, Berlin - Other interesting structures not accessible to public, Berlin - Famous streets and boulevards, Berlin - Street lighting, Berlin - Education and science, Berlin - Universities, Berlin - Universities of applied sciences, Berlin - Zoos and Botanical Gardens, Berlin - The Arts and Culture, Berlin - Film industry and films about Berlin, Berlin - Museums, Berlin - Theatres, Berlin - Opera houses, Berlin - Transport, Berlin - Public transport, Berlin - Railway Termini, Berlin - Airports, Berlin - Ports, Berlin - Power Supply, Berlin - Sport, Berlin - Quotes concerning Berlin

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Ford published his first novel, A Piece of My Heart, the story of two unlikely drifters whose paths cross on an island in the Mississippi River, in 1976, and followed it with The Ultimate Good Luck in 1981. Despite good notices, the books sold little, and Ford retired from fiction writing to become a writer for the New York magazine Inside Sports. In 1982, however, the magazine folded, and when its successor, Sports Illustrated, failed to hire Ford, he turned back to fiction writing with The Sportswriter ...

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Richard Ford, Richard Ford - Early Life, Richard Ford - Later Life and Works, Richard Ford - Bibliography

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List of academic disciplines - Astronomy. Astrophysics Cosmogony Cosmology List of academic disciplines - Behavioral science. List of academic disciplines - Biology. Aerobiology Anatomy Comparative anatomy Human anatomy Animal communications Biochemistry Bioinformatics Biophysics Botany Cell biology C ...

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List of academic disciplines, List of academic disciplines - Natural sciences, List of academic disciplines - Astronomy, List of academic disciplines - Behavioral science, List of academic disciplines - Biology, List of academic disciplines - Chemistry, List of academic disciplines - Physics, List of academic disciplines - Earth sciences, List of academic disciplines - Mathematics and computer science, List of academic disciplines - Mathematics, List of academic disciplines - Computer science, List of academic disciplines - Social sciences, List of academic disciplines - Anthropology, List of academic disciplines - Archaeology, List of academic disciplines - Communications, List of academic disciplines - Economics, List of academic disciplines - Ethnic Studies, List of academic disciplines - Ethnology, List of academic disciplines - History, List of academic disciplines - Geography, List of academic disciplines - Linguistics, List of academic disciplines - Political science, List of academic disciplines - Psychology, List of academic disciplines - Semiotics, List of academic disciplines - Sociology, List of academic disciplines - Humanities and arts, List of academic disciplines - Area studies sometimes called cultural studies, List of academic disciplines - Art, List of academic disciplines - Classics, List of academic disciplines - Creative writing, List of academic disciplines - Dance, List of academic disciplines - English literature, List of academic disciplines - Film studies and film criticism, List of academic disciplines - Folklore, List of academic disciplines - History, List of academic disciplines - Linguistics, List of academic disciplines - Literature and cultural studies, List of academic disciplines - Music, List of academic disciplines - Museology, List of academic disciplines - Mythology, List of academic disciplines - Philology, List of academic disciplines - Philosophy, List of academic disciplines - Religious studies, List of academic disciplines - Theatre, List of academic disciplines - Women's studies and gender studies, List of academic disciplines - Professions / Applied sciences, List of academic disciplines - Design, List of academic disciplines - Business, List of academic disciplines - Education, List of academic disciplines - Engineering, List of academic disciplines - Ergonomics, List of academic disciplines - Agriculture, List of academic disciplines - Forestry, List of academic disciplines - Family and consumer science, List of academic disciplines - Journalism and mass communications, List of academic disciplines - Law, List of academic disciplines - Library and information science, List of academic disciplines - Health sciences, List of academic disciplines - Military science, List of academic disciplines - Public affairs and community service

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"To all who come to this place of Joy, Hope and Friendship, Welcome Epcot is inspired by Walt Disney's creative vision. Here, human achievements are celebrated through imagination, wonders of enterprise and concepts of a future that promises new and exciting benefits for all. May EPCOT Center entertain, inform and inspire and above all, may it instill a new sense of belief and pride in man's ability to shape a world that offers hope to people everywhere." ...

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Epcot, Epcot - Dedication, Epcot - History, Epcot - The planned community, Epcot - The theme park, Epcot - Opening Day, Epcot - Facts and Figures, Epcot - Park layout, Epcot - Future World, Epcot - World Showcase, Epcot - Timeline

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He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Copenhagen (later to become the Niels Bohr Institute), and Technical University of Denmark. Yale awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1972. He died in his home on Funen, Denmark in 1996. He was a direct descendant of Piet Hein, the Dutch naval hero of the 16th century. ...

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Piet Hein Denmark, Piet Hein Denmark - Biography, Piet Hein Denmark - Work, Piet Hein Denmark - Bibliography

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Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi, the only son of a traveling salesman for a starch company. When Ford was eight years old, his father had a major heart attack, and thereafter Ford spent as much time with his grandfather, a former prizefighter and hotel owner in Arkansas, as he did with his parents in Mississippi. Ford’s father died of a second heart attack in 1960. Ford received a B. A. from Michigan State University, where he also met Kristina Hensley, his future wife; the two married in 1968 and remain married to this day. D ...

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