A Critical Review of the Roles and Functions of Traditional Leaders by Nkareng Klaas-Makolomakwe, Tanusha Raniga

“…Having survived both the colonial and apartheid eras in South Africa, it still faces legislative control in the post-1994 era. The discourses presented in this paper advance the contested views regarding the legislative control by the state over the institution of traditional leadership. …”
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La comunità debole: cohousing tra utopia sociale e mercato capitalistico by Dario Altobelli

“…Among these, the absence of a political vision wider and more general, an ambiguous relationship with the marketing and the logic of capitalist market and, finally, a reminder at times casual to cultural values, symbols and discourses which refer to a logic of "good time past" and a now-lost "community spirit". …”
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“Nowadays the house would be called a stately home”: Pastoral Relocations in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia by John Bull

“…Arcadia is a supposedly ideology-free zone that is actually constituted of disputed ideological discourses.…”
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‘Ulamā’ and the Formation of Islamic Knowledge: Learning from Two Historical Experiences in Sumatra by Jajat Burhanudin

“…As such, the study of two areas demonstrates the fact that the real politics appears to have provided the ‘ulamā’ with circumstantial options to engage in certain settings of discourses.…”
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The wandering « Leg of an Indian King ». The cultural biography of a friction idiophone now in the Pigorini Museum in Rome, Italy by Davide Domenici

“…The text also analyzes how in its long historical journey through different contexts and regimes of value, the notched bone generated diverse sets of discourses on cultural otherness. It is argued that this discursive agency of the object is due to its enduring coevalness, a quality that allows ancient objects to be always contemporary and meaningful to different cultural audiences.…”
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“Defendendo” a sociedade: um estudo sobre as trajetórias de oito juízes by Ricardo Visser, Gustavo Siqueira

“…Taking them as observers of national politics and public policies, we do not intend to reconstruct the political “mentality” of the judges, but to indicate a persisting pattern in their discourses and standpoints. Lastly, in relation politics and public policies, we argue that interviewed judges are oriented by a savant common sense which is rarely capable of self observation.…”
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Visions of Sustainable Future Shaped Through a Dilemma: International Tourism Development and Lagoon Management in Bacalar by Eriko Yamasaki, Laura Meneghello

“…It analyses local narratives and interprets discourses of sustainability as being the outcome of translocal processes characterised by a productive friction between vernacular perceptions of the environment and the globalised concept of sustainability.…”
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INTERVIEW WITH PROF. NICO NORMAN KOOPMAN by M. Laubscher

“…He is involved in public discourses in the academy, churches and broader society, both locally and internationally. …”
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Les communicants : des professionnels de la réputation engagés dans la fabrique de l’agence d’architecture by Margaux Darrieus

“…Evolving outside and within the architecture firm, whether as independents or employees, they support architects in building their reputation and that of their company, as they construct images and discourses associated with their name, creating portfolios, websites and monographic books, organizing visits for the editors of specialized reviews, as well as privileged meetings with potential owners. …”
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D’une eau-problème à une eau-ressource : bascule dans nos rapports aux eaux usées traitées by Anne-Laure Collard

“…Based on an empirical study, this article examines the performative effects of this technical adjustment on the relationship between wastewater and the inhabitants of an area in the Occitanie Region of France faced with a shortage of water. The discourses collected reflect the political project underlying the wwtr, through the idea of virtuous recycling and promising fluidity.…”
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Afrotourism in Brazilian World Heritage sites: challenges and opportunities emphasising a decolonial narrative by Ana Maria Vieira Fernandes, Gabrielle Cifelli

“…Considering the existing narrative reduction in the heritagisation discourses, which frequently highlight the hegemonic colonial heritage, this research seeks to clarify how these Brazilian Heritages are being revealed through Afrotourism from a decolonial narrative, and to what extent local community plays a central role in the challenging process of revelation of the Afro-Brazilian memory and its intangible cultural assets.…”
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Borders within. An Ethnographic Take on the Reception Policies of Asylum Seekers in Alto Adige/South Tyrol by Stefano degli Uberti

“…Conversely, based on an ethnographic account of asylum seekers’ reception policies in Alto Adige/Südtirol, the article empirically frames the concept of “border” by retracing the experiences of the so-called “out-of-quota” asylum seekers (profughi fuori quota/Asylbewerber fuori quota) in light of their categorization prompted by local policy and media discourses. The author unveils the performative dimension of labelling practices by arguing that these not only fuel misrepresentation but translate into bordering practices that exacerbate juridical and social vulnerability and hinder access to reception facilities and welfare services.…”
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Political Communication and the Nigerian Democratic Experiment: Critical Insights from Yorùbá Philosophy by Sharon Adetutu Omotoso

“…The central claim of the Yorùbá political communication is that local and national communicative principles in political discourses should be subsumed under epistemic, ontological, and ethical dimensions drawn from Yorùbá histories, cultures, and values. …”
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Quelle histoire pour les quartiers d’architecture étrangère en Chine ? Entrecroisements des récits et des enjeux d’acteurs à Thames Town, en périphérie de Shanghai by Martin Minost

“…Built between 2002 and 2006, this residential and tourist area has been the subject of numerous analyses and discourses due to the English architectural styles that have been reproduced there. …”
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Public Participation in South Africa’s Policy Decision-Making Process: The Mass and the Elite Choices by Mokoko Piet Sebola

“…Public participation in policy-making dominates most Development, Political Science and Public Administration academic discourses. The issue of concern is the extent to which governments are able to create structures that allow for public participation of citizens in matters affecting their political and developmental concerns. …”
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Pra-Natal Education in Tarbawi Interpretation by Muhammad Gus Nur Wahid, Mulyadi Mulyadi, Lutfi Mustofa, Ahmad Barizi

“…Data collection techniques include identifying discourses, journals, articles, and books related to the research title and analyzing data using content analysis. …”
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Harnessing stakeholder sentiment on social networking sites by Hilke Steenkamp, Ronél Rensburg

“…Based on the findings, it is suggested that CAQDAS enables reputation managers to accurately measure stakeholder sentiment, identify prevalent stakeholder discourses pertaining to organisational communication disseminated on SNSs, and detect threats that could damage corporate reputation. …”
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“… because there is nothing symbolic in the described phenomenon”. Asafyev’s Intonation Theory in the Early Soviet Union – Analytical Insights, Intellectual Contexts, and Semiotic... by Patrick Becker-Naydenov

“…Thus, cleansed from its political (self-)instrumentalization in the Stalinist period and interpreted against the normative background of nineteenth-century Russian music, Asafyev’s work appears as a combination of discourses in musicology and psychology, as well as music and literary theory. …”
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The axiological conceptual functions of the “Russian World” (Russkiy mir): mythologeme, cultureme, and ideologeme by Anastassiya Starodubtseva

“…In this article, we analyze the “Russian World” concept, which, despite its growing prevalence in various discourses, has yet to achieve a definitive understanding as a cognitive construct. …”
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Everything for the Nation: The Re-founding and Return of the State in the Bolivarian Revolutions by Felipe Burbano de Lara

“…This article examines the so-called return of the state in the three Bolivarian Revolutions (Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador) analyzing the discourses of Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales and Rafael Correa. …”
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