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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

Science: general issues --- Botany & plant sciences --- crop species --- flooding --- multidisciplinary approach --- waterlogging --- climate change --- crop species --- flooding --- multidisciplinary approach --- waterlogging --- climate change

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Science: general issues --- Botany & plant sciences --- crop species --- flooding --- multidisciplinary approach --- waterlogging --- climate change

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Rules regulating access to knowledge are no longer the exclusive province of lawyers and policymakers and instead command the attention of anthropologists, economists, literary theorists, political scientists, artists, historians, and cultural critics. This burgeoning interdisciplinary interest in "intellectual property" has also expanded beyond the conventional categories of patent, copyright, and trademark to encompass a diverse array of topics ranging from traditional knowledge to international trade. Though recognition of the central role played by "knowledge economies" has increased, there is a special urgency associated with present-day inquiries into where rights to information come from, how they are justified, and the ways in which they are deployed. Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property, edited by Mario Biagioli, Peter Jaszi, and Martha Woodmansee, presents a range of diverse-and even conflicting-contemporary perspectives on intellectual property rights and the contested sources of authority associated with them. Examining fundamental concepts and challenging conventional narratives-including those centered around authorship, invention, and the public domain-this book provides a rich introduction to an important intersection of law, culture, and material production.

Intellectual property --- intellectual property, administrative law, ip, lawyers, policymakers, anthropologists, economists, literary theorists, political science, art, legal history, cultural critics, patent, copyright, trademark, traditional knowledge, international trade, rights to information, contemporary perspectives, sources of authority, fundamental concepts, authorship, invention, public domain, material production, essay collection, intangible properties, multidisciplinary approach.

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How did Anglo-Saxons reflect on the experience of growing old? Was it really a golden age for the elderly, as has been suggested? This first full survey of the Anglo-Saxon cultural conceptualisation of old age, as manifested and reflected in the texts and artwork of the inhabitants of early medieval England, presents a more nuanced and complicated picture. The author argues that although senescence was associated with the potential for wisdom and pious living, the Anglo-Saxons also anticipated various social, psychological and physical repercussions of growing old. Their attitude towards elderly men and women - whether they were saints, warriors or kings - was equally ambivalent. Multidisciplinary in approach, this book makes use of a wide variety of sources, ranging from the visual arts to hagiography, homiletic literature and heroic poetry. Individual chapters deal with early medieval definitions of the life cycle; the merits and downsides of old age as represented in Anglo-Saxon homilies and wisdom poetry; the hagiographic topos of elderly saints; the portrayal of grey-haired warriors in heroic literature; Beowulf as a mirror for elderly kings; and the cultural roles attributed to old women.

Old age --- Aging --- History. --- Social aspects. --- Later life (Human life cycle) --- Senescence --- Adulthood --- Age --- Longevity --- Older people --- Great Britain --- History --- Anglo-Saxon Culture. --- Anglo-Saxons. --- Cultural Roles. --- Early Medieval England. --- Elderly Saints. --- Heroic Literature. --- Leiden University. --- Medieval English. --- Old Age. --- Pious Living. --- Senescence. --- Wisdom. --- cultural conceptualization. --- early medieval England. --- historical attitude. --- multidisciplinary approach. --- old age. --- Old age in literature. --- English literature --- Literature, Medieval --- Social aspects --- History and criticism.

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This Special Issue outlines the role of geoheritage and geotourism as potential touristic resources of a region. The term “geoheritage” refers to a particular type of natural resources represented by sites of special geological significance, rarity or beauty that are representative of a region and of its geological history, events, and processes. These sites are also known as “geosites” and, as well as archaeological, architectonic, and historical sites, can be considered as part of the cultural estate of a country. “Geotourism” is an emerging type of sustainable tourism, which concentrates on geosites, focusing on visitor knowledge, environmental education, and amusement. Geotourism may be very useful for geological sciences divulgation and may provide additional opportunities for the development of rural areas, generally not included among the main touristic attractions. The collected papers focused on these main topics with different methods and approaches and can be grouped as follows: i) papers dealing with geosite promotion and valorization in protected areas; ii) papers dealing with geosite promotion and valorization in non-protected areas; iii) papers dealing with geosite promotion by exhibition, remote sensing analysis, and apps; iv) papers investigating geotourism and geoheritage from tourists’ perspectives.

geotourism resources --- cultural tourism --- archeology --- touristic itinerary --- valorization --- inner-mountain areas --- Apennines --- central Italy --- isolated relief --- geological heritage --- southern Apulia --- Italy --- geotourism --- geoheritage --- urban geology --- geodiversity --- SWOT analysis --- rural regions --- geomorphosites --- geosites --- quantitative assessment --- Malta --- georesources --- Internet --- Iceland --- geosite --- faults --- fractures --- dykes --- Earth Science communication --- geopark --- regional development --- mining site --- Zaruma --- El Sexmo --- tourist mine --- geology-based tourism --- cultural heritage --- web-GIS --- smartphone --- Alto Molise --- protected areas --- weekend tourism --- tourists’ opinion --- national parks --- environmental education --- Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni Geopark --- Middle Bussento Karst System --- Sesia Val Grande UNESCO Global Geopark --- fieldtrips --- virtual tours --- multidisciplinary approach --- Italian NW Alps --- geoparks --- geological knowledge --- geoarcheology --- geomorphosite --- geoitinerary --- geological science divulgation