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Mapping semantic bias in UNESCO intangible heritage metadata through community detection in South America - npj Heritage Science
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (1103+ words) Are South American nations disproportionately associated with communities that can be characterized as religious or folkloric? We then expanded the dataset into bipartite tables of the form "element, concept, tagging each concept as primary or secondary and carrying through attributes…...
How to submit | The Nobel Prize: historical and sociocultural perspectives
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (85+ words) We particularly encourage work that bridges disciplines and interrogates the politics of prestige. Please ensure that your manuscript is submitted'before midnight GMT on the listed deadline date. The submission system will close at exactly'00:00 GMT'on the following day, so late…...
Collection policies | The Nobel Prize: historical and sociocultural perspectives
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (77+ words) We particularly encourage work that bridges disciplines and interrogates the politics of prestige. University of St. Gallen Singapore and Copenhagen Business School, Denmark This Collection welcomes submissions from all authors " and not by invitation only " on the condition that the…...
About the Guest Editors | The Nobel Prize: historical and sociocultural perspectives
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (228+ words) About the Guest Editors | The Nobel Prize: historical and sociocultural perspectives'Nature Your privacy, your choice We use essential cookies to make sure the site can function. We also use optional cookies for advertising, personalisation of content, usage analysis, and social…...
How infighting led the Maya civilization to catastrophic collapse
12+ hour, 2+ min ago (537+ words) Andrew Robinson is the author of The Story of Writing (1995) and Lost Languages (2002). The Maya calendar is made up of three interacting circles that represent days and months. Credit: Getty The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya…...
The visual politics of city building - Nature Cities
13+ hour, 23+ min ago (245+ words) Nature Cities (2026)Cite this article Architectural drawings and digital renderings shape not only what we see but also what gets built " and for whom. In city building, images act as persuasive tools with political consequences. This Comment argues for ethical…...
In situ characteristics and patterns of settlement spatial differentiation along the Grand Canal’s Tianjin Section - npj Heritage Science
23+ hour, 49+ min ago (1708+ words) a Location in China (Map Review Number: GS(2019)1682, Supervised by the Ministry of Natural Resources of China). b Location in Tianjin (Map Review Number: GS(2019)3333, Supervised by the Ministry of Natural Resources of China). c Location in the Tianjin Section,…...
The acid attack (1990) on Rembrandt’s The Night Watch (1642). Reassessing the painting’s condition through a multimodal analytical approach - npj Heritage Science
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1685+ words) A The painting in its current condition (before restoration) B Detail of a black and white picture taken immediately after the acid attack in 1990. The paint surface was examined using a Zeiss Stemi 508 stereomicroscope equipped with a Zeiss Axiocam 503 colour…...
A critical Artificial Intelligence-generated content approach for the reconstruction of Qing Palace interiors: the case of Juanqinzhai - npj Heritage Science
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (1178+ words) a The location of the Ningshou Palace Garden within the Forbidden City, Beijing. b The precise location of Juanqinzhai. c Analytical plan of Juanqinzhai, highlighting the functional division between the Eastern Five Bays (residential/ritual zone) and the Western Four…...
An ancient mass grave reveals targeted killing of women and children in the Early Iron Age - Nature Human Behaviour
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (204+ words) Nature Human Behaviour (2026)Cite this article On discovering that one of the largest prehistoric mass graves of Europe predominantly held violently killed women and children, we used a battery of methods to investigate how this gender-selective and age-selective pattern reflected…...