Book Review: Decolonizing the Mind (by Sandew Hira) by Patrick Delices

“…Thus, Hira’s Decolonizing the Mind is a scholarly and timely attempt at the production of knowledge and other ways of knowing.…”
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Getting into the weeds by Anna Marchessault

“…Shiva is an inspiring scholar and activist with expertise in food sovereignty, ecofeminism, and commoning. …”
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State-media relations in post-apartheid South Africa by Adrian Hadland

“…The theory, like the models it makes use of, has a high degree of relevance for South African media scholars. Primarily, the theory investigates the relationship between the state and the media, an interconnection of profound significance in the South African context, yet one that has not been explored sufficiently by scholars. …”
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An Afrocentric Revisit of Zuma led South Africa-China Relations, 2013-2017: Mutually Beneficial or Not by Dominic Maphaka

“… Zuma’s administration remains the subject of scholarly debate and critics with many sections of the South African society calling it a nine wasted years. …”
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Resilience: why should we think with care? by Catia Gregoratti, Mikael Linnell, Martina Angela Caretta

“…Against this background, we argue that expressions of resilience from above and below firmly guided by principles of care can be seen as serving socially and environmentally just ends. We thus encourage scholars, particularly feminist scholars, to continue engaging and engaging more courageously with these two concepts in a collective effort to reclaim resilience as a transformatory device.…”
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Emile Littré and the death of Alexander the Great by Ernesto Damiani

“… The French philologist Émile Littré (1801-1881) is credited by several scholars as the first to propose that Alexander the Great died of malaria. …”
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Introduction by Bhaso Ndzendze, Gift Sonkqayi

“… When we convened a workshop with several young scholars to work on diverse issues in 2018, we could not have foreseen the accentuation of the crises facing South Af rica and the continent. …”
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Historical and comparative analysis of exaggeration in Arabic and Persian rhetoric by Aliakbar Kamalinahad, Sohrab Ahmadi

“…How and from whom Persian and Arabic rhetoric scholars are affected in definition and analysis and divided to what groups? …”
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Pluralizing RRI pedagogy: ‘cachando’ tactical lessons towards critical resistance for responsible research and innovation learning by Martín Perez Comisso, Ben Gansky, Lindsay A. Smith

“…Opening up RRI to values and ways of knowing and doing beyond its European and Anglophone origins has become a focal area for scholars and practitioners. This article addresses the role of RRI pedagogy within the broader scope of this transformation, an under-examined topic in the literature. …”
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Mitigating acceptance and resistance in the fatwas on the ruling of learning English by Alharbi Ahlam, Bahammam Lubna, Almansour Tahani

“…The current study investigated fatwa discourse to reveal the attitudes and rulings of scholars towards English. In doing so, English and Arabic fatwas were analyzed employing modality. …”
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A synthesis of academic literature on eco-spirituality by A.H.A. Adow, M.M. Safeer, M.G.H. Mohammed, M. Sayeed Alam, M.M. Sulphey

“…A comprehensive analysis of scholarly publications reveals notable trends in eco-spirituality research. …”
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Breaking Away from Progressive History: The Past and Politics in American Studies by Ari Helo

“…This article suggests that, contrary to a widely shared view among American scholars, a progressive view of history is neither essential nor helpful to historical research in American studies—or in any other academic field.…”
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Emotionally and Biased on the Anniversary of ‘Slavic Dialogues’ by Elena Getova, Lilia Ivanova

“…A personal assessment of the achievements and scholarly contributions of the Slavic Dialogues journal of the Plovdiv University, on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary. …”
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Research of court evidence of the time of Kievan Rus accomplished by professor O. I. Paliumbetskyi (1811-1897) by V. A. Grechenko

“…This objective is specified in the following tasks: to show how the witnesses testimonies were evaluated by scholars; what significance he gave to probations in the system of court evidence of the time of Kievan Rus; where he saw the peculiarities of the Russian legislation regarding court evidence in comparison with the German one. …”
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Area Studies at the Modern University: Experience in Studying International Communication Strategies by O. A. Nesterova, O. L. Solodkova

“…In this paper, we show the importance of including the large corpus of scholarly, popular and media texts describing the experience of 20th-century Russian and Soviet Indologists in bachelor’s Asian studies programmes. …”
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Doctoral education for physician assistants/associates: trends and characteristics in the U.S. by Aurielle Eileen Rowe Martin, Gerald Kayingo

“…Regarding research and scholarly education, there was a lot of variability in terms of expectations, courses offered, credit hours, and specific capstone project requirements. …”
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Management of Grahani Roga (Acute Pancreatitis) by Ayurvedic Modalities: A Case Report by Sonali Balu Sahane, Renu Bharat Rathi, Pavan Navkarkar, Shrish Jaishwal

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Preprint for the humanities – fiction or a real possibility? by Steven Laporte

“… Even though the use of open preprint databases for scholarly publications is commonplace in several disciplines, their possibilities remain largely unexplored in the humanities. …”
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Statistical analysis on application and funding of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in the area of information and communication systems, 2024 by HU Jie, ZHU Xiaojian, WEN Jun, SUN Ling

“…Moreover, ages and professional titles of applicants for excellent young scientist funds and national science funds for distinguished young scholar were also revealed, while the impact of the relevant NSFC reforms in 2024 on scholar funds was also analyzed. …”
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East in the West: Europeans rethinking RRI with the help of Daoist Philosophy by Anne Blanchard, Roger Strand

“…This paper answers a call from Chinese scholars to ‘humanize Responsible Research and Innovation’; namely, to recentre the framing and practice of RRI around individuals. …”
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