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From telecollaboration to virtual exchange: state-of-the-art and the role of UNICollaboration in moving forward Open
Telecollaboration, or ‘virtual exchange’, are terms used to refer to the engagement of groups of learners in online intercultural interactions and collaboration projects with partners from other cultural contexts or geographical locations …
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Megadrought and cultural exchange along the proto-silk road Open
Arid Central Asia (ACA), with its diverse landscapes of high mountains, oases, and deserts, hosted the central routes of the Silk Roads that linked trade centers from East Asia to the eastern Mediterranean. Ecological pockets and ecoclines…
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Foraging and farming: archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological evidence for Neolithic exchange on the Tibetan Plateau Open
Archaeological research has documented the migration of Neolithic farmers onto the Tibetan Plateau by 4000 BC. How these incoming groups interacted, if at all, with local indigenous foragers, however, remains unclear. New archaeobotanical …
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Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa Open
In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in Central and West Africa during the era of the Atlantic slave trade, Kalle Kananoja focuses on African and European perceptions of health, disease and healing. Arguing that the period was …
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L1 versus L2 online intercultural exchanges for the development of 21st century competences: The students’ perspective Open
The myriad of possibilities brought about by the advent of Web 2.0 in terms of communication and interaction have revolutionised educational practices over the past few years. One of the most promising educational approaches resulting from…
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“One and the Same the World Over”: The International Culture of Surgical Exchange in an Age of Globalization, 1870–1914 Open
This paper examines the international exchange in surgery in the decades before World War I, a period of growing globalization in communication and transport. Focusing on Europe and North America, it looks first at the various means of exc…
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The Neolithic Pitted Ware culture foragers were culturally but not genetically influenced by the Battle Axe culture herders Open
Objectives In order to understand contacts between cultural spheres in the third millennium BC, we investigated the impact of a new herder culture, the Battle Axe culture, arriving to Scandinavia on the people of the sub‐Neolithic hunter‐g…
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Globalization and Education: Exploring the Exchange of Ideas, Values, and Traditions in Promoting Cultural Understanding and Global Citizenship Open
In today’s interconnected world, globalization has significantly impacted various aspects of society, including education. This research aims to investigate the influence of globalization on the education system and the exchange of ideas, …
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Accessibility and Economic Connections between Cities of the New Western Land–Sea Corridor in China—Enlightenments to the Passageway Strategy of Gansu Province Open
In 2019, China proposed the New Western Land–Sea Corridor (NWLSC) to strengthen economic and trade cooperation between China and Southeast Asia. As an important province in western China, Gansu plays a crucial role in transportation and cu…
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Academic Exchange Programs between China and the Arab Region: A Means of Cultural Harmony or Indirect Chinese Influence? Open
China relies on soft power for its economic and political expansion, and this strategy has proven effective in achieving the goals set by the Chinese administration. China-Arab relations have developed greatly in the past ten years, in par…
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Population genomics of Central Asian peoples unveil ancient Trans-Eurasian genetic admixture and cultural exchanges Open
Central Asia, a crucible of prehistoric and historical Trans-Eurasian interactions, has been pivotal in shaping cultural exchanges, population dynamics, and genetic admixture. Recent insights from ancient DNA studies have shed light on the…
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Climate-driven desertification and its implications for the ancient Silk Road trade Open
The ancient Silk Road played a crucial role in cultural exchange and commercial trade between western and eastern Eurasia during the historical period. However, the exchanges were interrupted in the early 16th century CE, during the Ming d…
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Overseas Dissemination of Ancient Chinese Costume Culture from the Perspective of Cultural Confidence Open
Since the reform and opening-up, China has actively followed overseas costume trends and bidden farewell to the era of uniforms. It has gone through evolution from collective imitation to physical liberation to the advocacy of diversified …
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Art beyond Borders: Artistic Exchange in Communist Europe (1945–1989) Open
This book presents and analyzes artistic interactions both within the Soviet bloc and with the West between 1945 and 1989. During the Cold War the exchange of artistic ideas and products united Europe’s avant-garde in a most remarkable way…
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Japanese Cities in Global Context Open
Japan has been part of a transnational and cross-cultural exchange of planning ideas for many centuries. A comprehensive analysis of exchange between the island nation, its Asian neighbors, and the larger world is still missing, despite th…
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Urban Morphology of Commercial Port Cities and Shophouses in Southeast Asia Open
Southeast Asia has been situated on the crossroads of maritime trading routes for centuries, and has been the hub of overseas trade and cultural exchange throughout recorded history. Southeast Asian civilizations and the lifestyles of Sout…
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Translating Early Modern Science Open
Translating Early Modern Science explores the roles of translation and the practices of translators in early modern Europe. In a period when multiple European vernaculars challenged the hegemony long held by Latin as the language of learni…
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The influence of cultural exchange on international trade: an empirical test of Confucius Institutes based on China and the ‘Belt and Road’ areas Open
With the implementation of the Belt and Road initiative, the development of trade governance between China and countries along the line has expanded. Firstly, this paper analyzes the impact of cultural exchanges through Confucius Institute…
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COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GLASS BEADS IN MIGRATION‐PERIOD ITALY: THE CEMETERY OF CAMPO MARCHIONE Open
Summary Migration‐period glass beads from Italy are an overlooked source of evidence. This investigation discusses the provenance, economic value and social significance of glass beads from the cemetery of Campo Marchione, northern Italy (…
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Language & Culture in English as a Foreign Language Teaching: a socio-cultural experience of some exchange students from Piauí Federal Institute Open
The internationalization of higher education has been dramatically intensified over the last fifteen years in Brazil, creating wide-ranging opportunities as well as threats and limitations in relation to foreign language teaching practices…
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International Exchange in the Early Modern Book World Open
International Exchange in the Early Modern Book World presents new research on several aspects of the movement and exchange of books between countries, languages and confessions. It considers elements of the international book trade, the c…
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Development of european consciousness in Erasmus students Open
This research is the content analysis of 502 Erasmus students’ experiences published in the website www.20erasmus.eu. One of the main purposes of the Erasmus Student Exchange Program is to maintain across-cultural dialogue through student …
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The Early Iron Age collective tomb LCG-1 at Dibbā al-Bayah, Oman: long-distance exchange and cross-cultural interaction Open
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Confucius Institute and the Development of Chinese Language Teaching in Cameroon Open
Cameroon and China have been cooperating and exchanging in several areas for a long time. In the educational sector, the Confucius Institute plays an important and ‘unique’ role in the materialisation of the educational and cultural exchan…
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Hybridising Medicine: Illness, Healing and the Dynamics of Reciprocal Exchange on the Upper Guinea Coast (West Africa) Open
The present article seeks to fill a number of lacunae with regard to the study of the circulation and assimilation of different bodies of medical knowledge in an important cultural contact zone, that is the Upper Guinea Coast. Building upo…
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Value Analysis and Rehabilitation Strategies for the Former Qingdao Exchange Building—A Case Study of a Typical Modern Architectural Heritage in the Early 20th Century in China Open
The Qingdao Exchange Building, built in the 1920s, is the largest products and stock exchange building in modern Shandong. In addition to being a historical witness to the economic development of Qingdao over the last 100 years, it has als…
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Flights of fancy: The bird of paradise and its cultural impact Open
The aim of this essay is to show through just one greatly valued trade item — in this case, the bird of paradise — how even the most distant and apparently isolated areas of the world could be linked to the major metropoles through trade. …
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Exchanges and trade during the Bronze Age in Iran Open
Precious materials are good index fossils of long and medium-distance exchange. Typologies and iconographies attest to intercultural relations between Iran, Pakistan, India, Mesopotamia and Syria and the organization of exchange and trade …
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Unity in diversity: navigating global connections through cultural exchange Open
Purpose This study aims to explore the relationship between global unity and cultural diversity in an interconnected world, examining how globalization influences cultural exchange while preserving identities. Using hybrid thematic content…
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ENTERTAINING GERMAN CULTURE: Contemporary Transnational Television and Film Open
Audiences for contemporary German film and television are becoming increasingly transnational, and depictions of German cultural history are moving beyond the typical post-war focus on Germany’s problematic past. Entertaining German Cultur…