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Collection: DPL Archives
Description: Library Journal article written on the occasion of ALA’s Midwinter conference in Denver, in January 2017. The article reviews DPL City Librarian Michelle Jeske’s presentation in the “Placemaking and the Public Library” session, specifically her focus on re-envisioning public spaces to better fit the needs of the community. Jeske’s presentation offered low-budget ways to welcome and encourage the community to feel ownership over their library. She also discussed the importance of partnership with other stakeholders, such as city agencies and community groups.
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Subject: Libraries, Arts & Humanities, Society & Culture, Journalism, Continuing education, Professional development, Public services (Libraries)., Library administration., User-centered system design., Library planning., Community Partnerships
Creator: Stephanie Sendaula
Publisher: Library Journal
Type: Online news article
Date: January 27, 2017, Captured 2018
title: Library Journal
Collection: Western History
Description: This brief article summarizes Revesco Properties’s plans to redevelop 62 acres of land in downtown Denver. The land adjoins Elitch Gardens and is one of the largest infill plots left in the city as of time of publication. The article references affordable housing, transportation and infrastructure plans, and the possible recreational and commercial uses of the area.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Transportation, Real estate development, Business enterprises -- Colorado -- Denver, Land use, Urban -- Colorado -- Denver., Urban renewal -- Colorado -- Denver.
Collection: DPL Archives
Description: Brief article that ran following the January 21, 2017 Women’s March in Denver, held in defense of women’s rights, and in protest of the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump. An estimated 200,000 people attended the march, many holding protest signs and wearing pink knitted “pussy hats,” with cat ears. In the days following the march, the Western History & Genealogy Division of the Denver Public Library put out a call for donations of signs, hats, and photos from participants, documenting the march. This article announces the call for donations.
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Subject: Libraries, Libraries and archives, Archives, Public libraries -- Collection development, Library acquisitions, Collection development, Journalism, Protest movements, Women's March on Denver (2017 : Denver, Colo.) -- Archives., Civil rights demonstrations, Women's rights, Ephemera, Posters, Documentary photography, Documentary history, Local History
Creator: The Denver Channel
Publisher: TheDenverChannel.com
Type: Online news article
Date: January 30, 2017, Captured 2018
Collection: Conservation
Description: As metropolitan areas along Colorado’s Front Range continue to gain in population and city development, water scarcity is forcing some towns to enact new water preservation measures. This article looks at Castle Rock’s “turf bans” limiting private landscaping, and Arvada’s increased water hook-up fees for new construction. The article also references measures Aurora has taken towards incentivizing water conservation.
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Subject: Regional planning -- Colorado., Landscape architecture in water conservation., Water conservation -- Colorado -- Denver Metropolitan Area., Aurora (Colo.), Castle Rock (Colo.), Arvada (Colo.), Science & Health, Society & Culture
Collection: Western History
Description: This article discusses the free track-chair program featured at Colorado’s Staunton State Park. This adaptive program provides four-wheel drive wheelchairs that are outfitted with tank treads, thus facilitating bumpy terrain hiking for users of wheelchairs.
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Subject: Backpacking., Outdoor recreation., Hiking., Track chairs, Athletes with disabilities., People with disabilities -- United States., Staunton State Park (Colo.), Wheelchairs, Society & Culture
Collection: Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library
Description: For much of Denver’s history, mortgage lending and real estate redlining practices prevented many people of color from investing in a home and building intergenerational wealth. The Dearfield Fund with Gary Community Ventures aims to right this injustice by offering first-time Black homebuyers in the Denver metro area up to $40,000 in downpayment assistance. This article from Denver’s CBS affiliate announces the program.
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Subject: Society & Culture, BIPOC, Real estate investment, Discrimination in mortgage loans -- United States, Discrimination in housing -- Colorado -- Denver., Reparations for historical injustices., Social Justice
Collection: Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library
Description: This Denverite.com article introduces the Metro Down Payment Assistance (metroDPA) social equity program sponsored by the City & County of Denver’s Department of Housing Stability. The article highlights the new program, explains the intent and purpose for its creation, and quotes Denver Mayor Michael Hancock about the goals the program hopes to achieve.
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Subject: Society & Culture, BIPOC, Community development, Urban policy -- Colorado -- Denver., Restitution, Housing subsidy, Housing subsidies -- Colorado -- Denver., Housing Wealth -- United States -- History., Home ownership – Colorado – Denver
Collection: Western History
Description: This Denverite.com article examines Metropolitan State University’s new policy, announced in 2022, to freeze tuition costs for incoming students for four years. The intent of the program is to make the cost of college predictable for the traditional duration of a student’s enrollment.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Colleges & Universities, Education – Costs – Colorado, College Tuition
Collection: Western History
Description: A Denver activist couple turned their home into a shared housing cooperative, thus creating a communal living community with home equity shared among all residents. This news article reports on the legal and financial processes used to achieve the new intentional community, as well as some of the personal benefits to residents.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Activism, Housing – Colorado – Denver, Zoning law -- Colorado -- Denver., Communal living
Collection: Western History
Description: Denver’s Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) program is intended to minimize unnecessary interactions with law enforcement in nonviolent crisis situations. The program features mobile response vans staffed with a mental health clinician and paramedic. The popular program, launched in 2020, has seen its temporary budget expanded several times, growing from one van to six. This article discusses Denver City Council’s vote to expand their budget by $2.3 million for 2023, and contract with Servicios de La Raza. The partnership is expected to expand STAR’s ability to respond in “culturally responsive, linguistically specific” ways.
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Subject: Psychic trauma, Crisis intervention (Mental health services), Social Services, Homelessness, Community Engagement, Society & Culture, Substance abuse
Collection: Western History
Description: Denver Public Schools, in connection with Major Michael Hancock’s office, is attempting to alleviate growing food insecurity for Denver’s children and families by placing grocery stores at new “Community Hub” locations.The first two hubs will be located in schools, and will provide free food, toiletries, and shoes. The first Community Hub opened at Place Bridge Academy in the Virginia Vale neighborhood in 2022, and the second is slated to open at Colfax Elementary.
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Subject: Social Services, Hunger -- United States, Food security -- United States., Food banks -- United States., Science & Health
Collection: Western History
Description: Denver's 2023 mayoral election had an unusually large number of candidates. This Denverite article outlines the 16 candidates who had filed to run as of December 2022. Brief biographies are included for each candidate.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Mayors – Elections, Elections – Colorado, Politics & Elections
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Ben Markus, denverite.com
Type: Online news article
Date: 2022
Collection: Western History
Description: Denver’s 2023 mayoral race had an unusually high number of candidates running. The local news site Denverite.com featured ongoing coverage throughout, often with a humorous twist. This article gamifies the “get to know your candidates” process by turning their biographiess into a version of the game “Guess Who.” The site quipped “this is a ploy to make you civically engaged.”
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Subject: Gamification, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Mayors – Elections, Civics -- Study and Teaching -- United States
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Kevin Beaty, Denverite.com
Type: Online news article
Date: 2022
Collection: Western History
Description: Denverite.com featured unique coverage of the 2023 mayoral election, in which seventeen candidates ran for the office vacated by Mayor Michael Hancock. In this article, journalist Kyle Harris interviews four prior Denver mayors– Federico Peña (1983-1991), Wellington Webb (1991-2003), John Hickenlooper (2003-2011), and Michael Hancock (2011-2023)-- about the personal qualities they believe are most important in a mayor. Several of the former mayors noted the need for patience, strategic thinking, and an ability to work with multiple players. Mayor Hancock identified the role as like being “the CEO of the city….You’re executing and overseeing a $3 billion operation….almost 12,000 city employees, including three units that are considered paramilitary….in partnership with one of the best public-health hospitals in the country….and you are also in charge of the third busiest airport in the world….”
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Subject: Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Mayors – Elections
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Kyle Harris, Denverite.com
Type: Online news article
Date: 2023
Collection: Western History
Description: Denverite.com featured ongoing coverage of the 2023 Mayoral and City Council elections, often with a humorous twist. This article reports on a poll that showed record low percentages of support for all candidates, including the fact that no mayoral candidate hit 8% support as of the end of February, 2023. The article also notes an across-the-board poor showing for outgoing Mayor Michael Hancock and city council, with the police department showing a higher approval rate, during a time of low support for police departments nationwide.
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Subject: Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Mayors – Elections, Local elections -- Colorado -- Denver., Denver City Council
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Kyle Harris, Denverite.com
Type: Online news article
Date: February 23, 2023
Collection: Conservation
Description: In 2023, Denverites voted on referendum 2O, intended to lift the city’s conservation easement on land in Northeast Park Hill that was formerly known as the Park Hill Golf Course. Westside Investment Partners had purchased the land between 35th and 40th, and Colorado and Dahlia, in 2019. Their development plan included lifting the conservation easement that restricts the property to serving as a golf course, and then constructing housing, retail spaces, and a park. The 2O referred measure was Westside’s third attempt to lift the easement, with each effort being voted down by Denver’s voters. This article examines the history of the 155-acre plot, from 1859 to 2023.
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Subject: Urban planning, Regional planning – Colorado, Parks – Colorado, Land use, Housing, Conservation of natural resources, City planning, Ballot measures, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Golf courses
Collection: Western History
Description: In 2023, Denverites voted on Referendum 2O, intended to lift the city’s conservation easement on land in Northeast Park Hill that was formerly known as the Park Hill Golf Course. Westside Investment Partners had purchased the land between 35th and 40th, and Colorado and Dahlia, in 2019. Their development plan included lifting the conservation easement that restricts the property to use as a golf course, and then constructing housing, retail spaces, and a park. The 2O referred measure was Westside’s third attempt to lift the easement, against a community group that ran an opposition campaign. The opposition group, “Yes for Parks and Open Space,” hoped to protect the citizen-funded easement, and had hopes that the city would buy the property and build a large park. Ultimately, each of Westside’s three easement removal efforts were voted down by Denver’s voters. This article reports the final referendum results.
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Subject: Golf courses, Housing, Urban planning, Regional planning – Colorado, Parks – Colorado, Land use, Conservation of natural resources, City planning, Ballot measures, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Denverite.com, Kyle Harris, Nathaniel Minor
Type: Online news article
Date: 2023
Collection: Conservation
Description: In 2023, Denverites voted on Referendum 2O, intended to lift the city’s conservation easement on land in Northeast Park Hill that was formerly known as the Park Hill Golf Course. Westside Investment Partners had purchased the land between 35th and 40th, and Colorado and Dahlia, in 2019. Their development plan included lifting the conservation easement that restricts the property to use as a golf course, and then constructing housing, retail spaces, and a park. The 2O referred measure was Westside’s third attempt to lift the easement, against a community group that ran an opposition campaign. The opposition group, “Yes for Parks and Open Space,” hoped to protect the citizen-funded easement, and had hopes that the city would buy the property and build a large park. Ultimately, each of Westside’s three easement removal efforts were voted down by Denver’s voters. This article reports the final referendum results.
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Subject: Golf courses, Housing, Urban planning, Regional planning – Colorado, Parks – Colorado, Land use, Conservation of natural resources, City planning, Ballot measures, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Denverite.com, Kyle Harris, Nathaniel Minor
Type: Online news article
Date: 2023
Collection: Western History
Description: In 2022, Coloradans for Affordable Housing Now put forward Proposition 123, which proposed setting aside 0.1% of state income tax revenue for affordable housing programs, to help ease the state’s affordable housing crisis. The measure was anticipated to earmark about 2% of income tax revenues, or nearly $300 million in its first fiscal year. It would include aid to develop more housing and provide assistance for certain renters and home buyers. The measure would leave the state’s income tax rate unchanged, but would reduce the amount refunded to voters under TABOR provisions. Fiscal conservatives, including the TABOR Foundation, were opposed to the measure, seeing it as a hidden tax reducing refunds to taxpayers. The measure passed with more than 52% of votes in favor.
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Subject: Fiscal policy -- Colorado (State), Housing policy -- United States., Home ownership – Colorado – Denver, Housing, Elections – Colorado, ballot measures, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Lauren Watson, KKTV.com and thetaborfoundation.org
Type: Online news article
Date: 2022
Collection: Western History
Description: Turin Bicycles, a local bike and repair shop, operated in Denver from 1971 through 2022. Originally located at 711 Grant Street, owner Alan Fine purchased a building for the shop at 700 Lincoln in 1991. In 2022, facing the supply chain shortages so common in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and nearing retirement, Fine decided to liquidate and close the shop. This article covers the history of the shop, interviews Alan Fine, and advertises the final sale.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Transportation, Business enterprises – Colorado – Denver, Local Businesses, Bicycling
Collection: Western History
Description: Downtown Denver was hit particularly hard by the social, commercial, and financial after-effects of the COVID-9 pandemic closures. 5280 interviewed various downtown stakeholders to learn what they see as potential new growth directions for the area, and also make some recommendations of their own.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Urban renewal -- Colorado -- Denver., Economic development, Community development, Tourism, Infrastructure, Transportation, Local transit – Colorado – Denver, Housing, Homelessness
Collection: Western History
Description: Larimer Square, Denver’s first designated historic district, is also the oldest existing commercial block in the city. Located in Denver’s downtown on Larimer Street between 14th and 15th streets, the block features Victorian-style buildings holding a variety of national and small local businesses. In 2018, a previous owner investigated renovations that would include building attached glass high-rises on the backs of the historic buildings. Following significant public feedback, he opted instead to sell to commercial real estate investment firm Asana Partners in 2020. Asana’s management and leasing practices, paired with the COVID-19 pandemic, have caused many longstanding small business tenants to leave Larimer Square. This article investigates the loss of locally-based tenants, and questions what the future of the block will look like.
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Subject: Real estate development, Local history, Real estate investment, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic sites -- United States, National Register of Historic Places, City planning, Historic preservation, Society & Culture
Collection: Western History
Description: An American Theatre Magazine article about the fifty year anniversary of Denver’s Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, featuring an interview with the executive artistic director Anthony J. Garcia, and discussion of some of the theater’s best-loved plays. Su Teatro, the third oldest Chicano theater in the country, produces home-grown productions speaking to the history and experience of Chicanos. The theater is located at 721 Santa Fe Drive in Denver, in the Arts District on Santa Fe.
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Subject: Arts & Humanities, Society & Culture, BIPOC, Social justice, Mexican Americans, Chicanos, Community activists, Community theater -- Colorado -- Denver, Hispanic Americans in the performing arts., Theater -- Study and teaching -- United States
Collection: DPL Archives
Description: In 2019, Colorado Public Radio (CPR), a National Public Radio affiliate, moved their headquarters to 17th and Grant in Denver’s downtown. CPR journalists contacted the Western History and Genealogy division of the Denver Public Library, to learn about the history of the property where their new offices were located. Archivist Librarian Katie Rudolph researched the address and shared what she found.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Buildings -- History -- Sources, Local History, Journalism, Local mass media, Libraries
Collection: Western History
Description: As the U.S. Supreme Court’s findings in Dobbs v. Jackson led many states to restrict abortion, Colorado is experiencing a surge of patients from neighboring states who are seeking this reproductive health service. This article discusses the implications for abortion providers and their patients in Colorado.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Science & Health, Reproductive health, Abortion -- Political aspects -- United States., Abortion -- Government policy -- United States.
Collection: Western History
Description: In October 2022, Denverite Tim Jones hosted his 40th “longer table” event in Denver’s City Park. Part of the larger Longer Table movement, these events are social networking dinners that bring together strangers to share a potluck meal. The events are intended to build community and decrease loneliness, and as such, guests are required to sit with people they didn’t know prior, and may not discuss their jobs. This CPR.org article reports on the October event, the movement itself, and Jones’s plans to throw a similar event for 5,280 people, stretching a mile long in City Park, in 2023.
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Subject: Parties, Entertaining, Longer Tables movement, Social Networking, Parks – Colorado – Denver, Community Engagement, Community activists, Society & Culture
Collection: Conservation
Description: A 2017 water and soil science study on the East River tributary of the Colorado River took a different turn than expected when beavers dammed the river section being studied. This event allowed for evaluation of the effect beavers have on water quality and ecosystem health. Beavers’ work was found to be more significant in reducing excess nitrogen than either rain or snowmelt. Ecologists believe the increasing warmth and dryness of the western U.S. will allow beavers to extend their range, potentially improving water quality of existing rivers.
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Subject: Crested Butte (Colo.), Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Environmental conditions., Beavers – Ecology, Animal ecology, Wildlife conservation, Watersheds, Natural resources--Management, Environmental protection, Science & Health
Collection: DPL Archives
Description: This news article and interview with a librarian focus on a new special collections research guide illuminating DPL collections that are about the Chicano, Hispanic, and Latino communities and their history.
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Subject: Research -- Methodology -- Web-based instruction., Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources., Bibliographies, Research guides, Newspapers, Oral Histories, Photographs, Maps, Genealogy, Archives, Hispanic Americans, Libraries, BIPOC, Arts & Humanities, Society & Culture
Collection: Western History
Description: In 2018, Denver’s Mayor Michael Hancock signed legislation strengthening Denver’s status as a sanctuary city for immigrants. In December 2022, the city announced it had been experiencing a steady but manageable stream of immigrants for several months, largely from Latin America, and in particular from Venezuela. In December, a sudden wave of new arrivals by bus began to overwhelm the city’s ability to serve them. This article looks at emergency shelters and other emergency management services the city and various non-profits put into place.
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Subject: Denver. Office of Emergency Management., Social service -- Colorado -- Denver., Asylum, Right of -- United States., Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States., Humanitarian assistance, Immigrants -- Colorado -- Denver, Emigration and immigration, Society & Culture
Collection: Conservation
Description: This New York Times opinion piece examines the challenges facing the western U.S. as population growth, combined with historically significant drought conditions, quickly deplete the Colorado River. The article argues that the seven states that depend on the river will need to drastically reduce water use to stave off social, political and environmental crisis
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Subject: Science & Health, Environmental protection, Natural resources--Management, Water conservation -- United States., Environmental policy, Watersheds, Drought management -- United States., Water-power -- United States.
Collection: Western History
Description: This article from the New York Times reports on recent efforts of the Cherokee Tribe in Oklahoma to enforce a stipulation from the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. The treaty, originally signed by Cherokee individuals in Georgia under duress, launched the Trail of Tears forcible relocation of the tribe to Oklahoma. An additional element of the treaty, never enacted, was to provide a non-voting position in the U.S. House of Representatives for a member of the Cherokee tribe. The tribe hopes to see this stipulation enacted.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Representative government and representation -- United States, Cherokee Indians -- Treaties, Cherokee Indians -- Oklahoma -- Politics and government., Cherokee Indians -- Government relations, Indians of North America -- Treaties., Indians of North America – History
Collection: Tenth Mountain Division
Description: The Tenth Mountain Division, formed in November 1941, were popularly known as “the ski troops” of World War II. The unit trained at Camp Hale, Colorado and Camp Swift, Texas, and fought in the Alps for over 110 days beginning in January 1945. Many of these men were instrumental in founding ski resorts when they returned stateside. The film “Mission Mt. Mangart” is a documentary from filmmaker and professional skier Chris Anthony. The film recounts the history of the Tenth Mountain Division, and includes a ski race soldiers hosted on Mt. Mangart, on the border of Italy and Slovenia. This article was written to announce the upcoming film screening event, in conjunction with the Colorado Symphony, at Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, World War, 1939-1945, Veterans, United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th -- History., World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American., Ski troops, Alpine Skiing, Music -- Performance, Documentary films, Symphonies
Creator: Claire Duncombe, Westword
Type: Online news article
Date: 2022
title: Colorado Symphony Will Host World Premiere for Mission Mt. Mangart | Westword
Collection: Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library
Description: This article discusses concept plans submitted to the City of Denver, proposing to redevelop the historic Rossonian Hotel building and an adjacent property in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places, and in recent decades has seen several attempts to rejuvenate and reopen it as a public space. Current plans include a hotel, jazz club, and restaurant, and the developers anticipate beginning construction in 2024.
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Subject: National Register of Historic Places, Historic sites -- United States, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, City planning, Real estate investment, Five Points (Denver, Colo.), African American History, Music, Local History, Historic preservation, BIPOC, Arts & Humanities, Society & Culture
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