Musical Expression of Islamic Identity: The Syncretism of Blangikhan Ritual in Lampung by Citra Aryandari, Delsi Chaniago

“…Blangikhan is a celebration and reflects community values, norms, and beliefs. This study aims to comprehend and explore the intertwined musical practices in the Blangikhan tradition of the Lampung community's religious and cultural identity. …”
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Language and Style in Ọbasa’s Poetry by Afọlabi Ọlabimtan (deceased)

“…It was he who provided ‘the link between traditional beliefs and writing in the modern vein.’2 The three volumes of Yorùbá poetry produced by him between 1927 and 1945 had a great impact not only on the adults who were impressed by the wealth of traditional sayings in his poems, but also on the school children who were made to learn some of the poems by heart.3 In this paper I intend to answer the question: In what does Obasa’s greatness as ̣ a poet consist? …”
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A vida como projeto: a pedagogia do homo economicus e as iniciativas de fomento ao “espírito do capitalismo” via educação pública by Miqueli Michetti

“…The concentration of economic, political, social, and symbolic capital of economic elites allows them to transform initiatives based on their visions and beliefs in national scope public policies. They seek, therefore, to construct certain economic dispositions through public education and, as they attribute “success” to the rationally executed will, they neglect the social conditions of the breeding of such dispositions. …”
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Saving Souls and ‘Trees’: An Emerging Model of Pentecostal-Charismatic Eco-Missions in the Church of Pentecost, Ghana by Christian Tsekpoe, Emmanuel Awudi

“…The rift between the two domains within the African Pentecostal-Charismatic tradition, which persisted until recent times, highlights significant implications for the intersection of religious beliefs and scientific practises within various African contexts. …”
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The examination of the Tofā Māmāo cultural concept and repositioning it as a theoretical approach to guide Pacific research by Aliitasi Su’a-Tavila, James Mbinta

“…Appreciating the importance of diverse cultural values and beliefs among Pacific peoples, doing research with them must be honoured and acknowledged for its uniqueness. …”
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ETHNOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF AGRICULTURAL VOCABULARY AT KASEPUHAN CIPTAGELAR SUKABUMI by Dodik Murdiyanto Laksmana Putra, Wakit Abdullah Rais, Sawardi Sawardi

“…Rice culture society, which is a society that has a set of supernatural values and beliefs in rice entities. As a strong rice-cultured society, all main activities of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar community are centered on rice. …”
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Using Metaphor in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Selim PÝÞTOF, Esat ÞANLI

“…Objective: We have dealt with the concepts, in a metaphorical context, such as explanation of irrational and rational beliefs, which will be studied in the later stages of the therapy, explaining cognitive model and the characteristics of the therapy. …”
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Characteristics of community change agents to promote equitable health services and combat harmful gender norms in climate-affected communities in Sindh province by Nighat Lakhiar, Asif Ali i Jatoi, Lopamudra Paul, Mohamad Ibrahim (Bram) Brooks

“…A knowledge, attitude, and beliefs survey were conducted among 600 CCs aged 18-50 years residing in five intervention districts including, Thatta, Badin, Sanghar, Umer Kot, and Kamber Shahdad Kot. …”
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The Image of Central European Immigrant in Popular Fiction and Its Adaptations: A Case Study of the Detective Murdoch/Murdoch Mysteries Series by Biljana Oklopcic

“…Although appealing to a great number of readers, this limited repertory of (stereotypical) characters, plots, and settings is founded on a canonized discourse, resting on a cultural and social personification—a description, a code, a projection, which legitimizes and authorizes the interpretation of culture and nature, masculinity and femininity, superiority and inferiority, power and subordination, therefore reflecting specific cultures’ interests, values, beliefs, and tensions, and implicitly or explicitly providing insights into specific cultures’ anxieties and aspirations. …”
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Fake News: A Comparative Study of Instagram Users in Greece and Portugal by Evangelia Pothitou, Maria Perifanou, Anastasios A. Economides

“…They also give less importance to a certain post’s characteristics, such as content opposing personal beliefs, emotional language, and poor grammar, spelling, or formatting when identifying fake news, compared to the Portuguese, suggesting a weaker emphasis on content quality in their evaluations. …”
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Quality of Life from a Transhumanist Perspective by Zlatica Plašienková, Martin Farbák, Eva Smolková

“…Initially, the authors deal with the issue of the quality of human life concerning individual preferences and social solutions, and they proceed with their beliefs based on the assumption that the guarantor of the life of citizens is the state government. …”
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Theoretical frameworks for constructing a model for analysis of Islamic discourse on YouTube: one view from Serbia by Predrag Pavlićević

“…Designing a framework for understanding reality and through associated eschatology, the rules of everyday action, principles and limits of tolerance, and identity – especially through discursive strategies and argumentation and beliefs that establish enemies – Islamic discourse on YouTube interprets reality, constructs and impose the only possible reality, and the necessity of achieving the ideal universal Islamic perfection.…”
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Challenges and interventions in water resource management for horticultural crop production in rural and tribal communities in India by Muganyizi J. Bisheko, Rejikumar G

“…The study identified various critical challenges, including water scarcity, lack of rainwater harvesting systems, outdated irrigation methods, lack of land ownership, limited agricultural extension services, land fragmentation, fragmented community efforts, limited access to credit, cultural practices and beliefs, and insufficient knowledge of water conservation practices. …”
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Pratiques historiennes croisées de la mémoire et expériences de l’histoire dans L’Invention du quotidien (1980) de Michel de Certeau et Le Passé d’une illusion (1995) de François F... by Daniel Poitras

“…Memory, though not the object of neither books, is constantly solicited, either as a vast background (collective memory) or as an explicative principle in order to understand the contemporaries’ actualizations, the influence of their memories and the alchemies that they effectuate between their practices, passions and beliefs. Separated by their objects, the historians François Furet and Michel de Certeau find eventually themselves around the problem of modernity, sending back the comparatist to its own game and to the distance that he has created or abolished between his “objects” and him.…”
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Using Metaphor in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Selim PİSTOF, Esat SANLI

“…Objective: We have dealt with the concepts, in a metaphorical context, such as explanation of irrational and rational beliefs, which will be studied in the later stages of the therapy, explaining cognitive model and the characteristics of the therapy. …”
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“It’s about finding and knowing myself”: Why Johannesburg-based South African Millennials consume self-help media by Simphiwe Emmanuel Rens

“…As such, these Johannesburg-based South African millennials consume self-help media texts, and the moral grammar of norms, beliefs, and values about successful living encoded therein, as tools for self-management with the goal of “mastering” the self – in relation to others – to understand how best to behave to avoid the “mistakes” that impede the smooth-sailing of what these participants describe as their life journeys. …”
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The rise and evolution of Korean Christian foreign missions and political interaction by Yong Qian, Yinji Zhao

“…Given the changing political landscape, the overseas missionary efforts of Korean Christianity have emerged as a crucial element of the country’s soft power, serving to protect national interests and propagate its religious beliefs. Contribution: This article explores South Korean Christian missions’ historical and political evolution, from nationalist roots to global influencers. …”
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A Social Network Lens to Community Health Worker Influence and Impact by Reza Yousefi Nooraie, Deniz Naghibi, Ruthmarie Hernández-Torres, Paula Cupertino

“…Community Health Workers (CHWs) are members of healthcare teams that are integrated in, and often share language, beliefs, and lived experiences with their communities. …”
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Reading the family: A constructivist grounded theory on organ donation conversations. by Lissette Avilés

“…These dimensions critically depend on the clinicians set of beliefs and communication processes. Understanding the complexities of approaching families is essential for practice and policymaking, particularly when there is a trend towards individual decision-making instead of understanding organ donation as a family affair. …”
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Formation interdisciplinaire à la pédagogie dans l’enseignement supérieur : de l’expérience individuelle à la dynamique collective pour impulser une transformation pédagogique... by Catherine de la Fouchardière, Laure Abiad, Moussa Laanani, Marine Lanteri, Morgane Maridet, Annabelle Tenenbaum, Isabelle Colombet

“…The group was the bearer of a sustainable transformation of teaching practices and beliefs, each one on their respective field wished to continue to carry this paradigm shift, while advancing on the construction of a community of practice.…”
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