« Ils ont transformé la divinité Yuma en Dieu ! » by Mélanie Vandenhelsken

“…Recalling Yuma’s association with Nepalese power and with the Hinduisation of the Limbu in north-eastern Nepal highlighted by Philippe Sagant, this situation reveals a new form of opposition to a renewed cult of Yuma, illustrating a tension between the Limbu’s attachment to their territory, and the connection to wider religious and political networks.…”
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ISSUES OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN RUSSIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR ELIMINATION by Tatiana V. Sidorenko, Svetlana V. Ryboushkina

“…However, it must be admitted that the system of language education at a university level comes up against serious problems of historical, economic or political background, for which reason there are processes in the system that hinder or hamper solution of the tasks set before the university. …”
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« Zéro artificialisation nette » en aménagement : compter et conter la nature en ville pour changer les pratiques ? by Taoufik Souami

“…They activate, around the construction of stories, the transformation of urban development practices as much than the legislative and political frameworks.…”
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L’égalité dans l’enseignement supérieur entre utopie et solutions concrètes by Dominique Bucheton, Jean-Marie De Ketele, Philippe Meirieu, Richard Etienne

“…Developing higher education in this direction is a political challenge which does not only focus on an elite, the "winners" only, to use the image of François Dubet.…”
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African theological education and its curriculum responsiveness towards African Union’s Agenda 2063. by M. Naidoo

“…However, for African theological education to remain relevant and effective, beyond denominational myopia and internal ecclesial concerns, it must gain significant traction in the political, social, and economic spheres of modern-day Africa. …”
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Conceiving the (everyday) landscape of energy as a transcalar infrastructural device by Daniela Perrotti

“…It introduces and explores, through a step-by-step demonstration process, a fundamental hypothesis, concerning the possibility of reading the everyday landscape of energy as an infrastructural device, able to support different ways, for social actors, researchers and professionals, of experimenting with new forms of interaction between geographic and socio-political scales. Complementarily, the article proposes the contextualization of this hypothesis within the debate which originated after the publication in February 2010 of the second issue “Landscapes of Energy” of the Harvard GSD journal New Geographies (editor-in-chief: arch. …”
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Aleksandr Bogdanov’s Podbor and Proletkult: An Adaptive Systems Perspective by Dudley Peter

“…By extending this interpretation (of the choice of podbor over otbor) to the proletariat, as an individually and collectively adaptive system, it becomes possible to visualize the Proletkult as a conscious project to create an environment where it (the proletariat) could construct and adapt itself as a politically active, relevant and dominant class, thereby placing creative and cultural workers in the forefront of radical social change.…”
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Past deformations of "Brezhnevian stagnation" in Lithuanian cinema and TV fiction films (1968-1980) by Lina Kaminskaitė-Jančorienė

“…On the other hand, the analysis of archival origins helps to reconstruct the Soviet film industry system of Lithuania (censorship, the specific "control-gear" of films) and contextual analysis, which identifies the main political and creative displacements. Film content research helps to identify the reconstructions of the past and its sociohistorical approaches. …”
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European Trust Crisis? by Gunther Tichy

“…The paper shows that the problems in the East are exaggerated and may turn out as transitory, while the political instability in the South is more risky. Due to the fact that almost all member countries manifest a relatively high trust in the EU and a strong resolve to remain, these problems are unlikely to put European democracy at risk.…”
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Postyczniowa rzeczywistość małych miast. Studium na przykładzie Jędrzejowa, Małogoszcza i Wodzisławia by Krzysztof Ślusarek

“… The article discusses the political and economic changes in small towns that occurred between the outbreak of the January Uprising of 1863 and the end of it in1866. …”
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When Ethnic Identity is a Private Matter by Kjell Olsen

“…This change can be described as a result of socio-economic changes in the region, the populations’ firmer integration in a Norwegian culture and the ethno-political struggle of some Sámi that corresponded with a general development in the view on indigenous people in the Western world. …”
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L’espace marin entre un pluralisme juridique et la sauvegarde du patrimoine à Henua ‘Enana / Fenua ‘Enata (îles Marquises) by Giacomo Nerici

“…In this contribution, the marine space in the Marquesas Islands (Henua ‘Enana / Fenua ‘Enata) is addressed by reflecting on the recent processes of heritage-making and “sustainable development” projects promoted in recent years by the political authorities and cultural elites of the archipelago. …”
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THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN PEACE BUILDING: FOCUS ON PLATEAU STATE NIGERIA by TANKO SHAWULU PAUL, LEMON BLESSINGS EBENEZER, KAJAN EMMANUEL MINDAT

“…The research used secondary data.  political feud/elite conspiracy theory was adopted. …”
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L’usage de Twitter par les maires d’Île-de-France by Nicolas Douay, Aurélien Reys, Sabrina Robin

“…This is, first, to draw up a typical profile of mayors present on the social network based on gender, age, political affiliation, level of responsibility and type of space. …”
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THE ERA OF METAMODERNISM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE MODEL OF INTERACTION OF AGRARIAN ENTERPRISES by G. N. Ryazanova

“…It has been emphasized, that the consequences of the metamodern era especially sharply reflected in the Russian economy of the 1990s, since the systemic ties that developed during the modern and postmodern periods were destroyed due to political transformations and the import of liberal institutions into the country’s economy. …”
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Class, Opportunity and the Lesser Minds Problem by Alex Dunedin

“… In this paper psychological research is used to develop a framework in which we can place notions of class in terms of relative dehumanisation as ingroups and outgroups to understand how opportunities are afforded to some and not to others, with categorical identities set up on the basis of inclusion or exclusion from cultural production. It draws upon political economy as a Social Science to examine how resulting culture reinforces relative advantage and disadvantage through finance as a mechanism which dispossesses the most disadvantaged from their inherent human capital as wealth appropriated by the advantaged. …”
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SOCIAL PROTECTION IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE by Tutu R. Eyvazova

“…The results of the study can be used in the sphere of socio-political planning and forecasting.…”
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Checks and Balances: The Concept and Its Implications for Corruption by Luciano Da Ros, Matthew M. Taylor

“…Using examples from Western democracies, we demonstrate that the concept of checks and balances is by itself an empty vessel, made effective only by “hard” factors such as the balance of political forces and “soft” factors such as the adherence of elites to particular behavioral norms. …”
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Reformulation of Islamic Law in Indonesia: Study on Indonesian Ulama Council’s Fatwa by Ansori Ansori, Mughni Labib, Marwadi Marwadi

“…MUI is very concerned about the condition of social, cultural and political changes in society and the progress of science and technology as a material consideration in formulating fatwa. …”
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Sole Native Authority (SNA) and the People at War: A Historical Review of the 1948 Erunkoja tax Riot in Ile-Ife by Abiodun S. Afolabi

“…The paper argues that the increase in taxes after World War II had a political underpinning to the protest that led to the Erunkoja riot of 1948. …”
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