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Performance and Protest in Saving the Whales: A Talk by Sarah Standing

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The Humanities Department presents…………… A Talk by Sarah Standing Beginning in the mid-1970s, Greenpeace’s “Save the Whales” Campaign became a successful weapon against international whaling. Today, oceanic warming causes shifts in whale migration, uncertain feeding patterns, and the consequent loss of vitality. In this presentation, I investigate the efficacy of the “Save the Whales” campaign

Una cita con la cita. The Cross-cultural Values of Citations in Postgraduate Research Works

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Citation processes are shaped in a textual context that characterizes the academic discourse within each genre, such as disciplinary community or cultural framework The interplay between the citation processes and context in turn generates new knowledge between the writer and reader. In this presentation, I discuss the cross-cultural differences in citations used in their research