Chuma Ulete: Business and Discourses of Witchcraft in Neoliberal Tanzania by Jacqueline H. Mgumia

“…Witchcraft discourses linked to the business sector have emerged side by side with the increased liberalization of public spaces and media. Drawing from an ethnographic study of 52 adolescents with small businesses in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and a Foucauldian analysis of popular discourses on witchcraft and business, I attempt here to make sense of why witchcraft is invoked in a sector that is conventionally viewed as the realm of economic rationality in neoliberal discourses. …”
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Beyond Risk: How the Z Generation Resist the Temptation of Online Games by Sri Ayu Evianti, Dien Vidia Rosa

“…This study investigates how Generation Z navigates the allure of online gaming, resists temptations, and manages associated risks. Drawing upon Ulrich Beck's Risk Society theory and employing ethnographic methods, the research examines the decision-making processes of Generation Z players. …”
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Kota ramah anak: konstelasi implementasi kebijakan perlindungan anak di kota Jambi by Riri Maria Fatriani, Dodi Al Vayed, Reza Amarta Prayoga

“…Data processing techniques used by the author through the stages of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the escalation of violence against children in Jambi has increased, especially neglect and physical violence. …”
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Nordic Exceptionalism? How Scandinavian Border and Coast Guards Rationalize Their Participation in Frontex Operations by Eline Waerp

“…This paper examines how Scandinavian border and coast guards seconded to Frontex operations understand their participation in them. Drawing on interviews with Swedish and Danish border and coast guards, the paper introduces the notion of Nordic exceptionalism in order to explain how they view their contribution to Frontex operations as positive for Frontex, other member states, and refugees and migrants themselves. …”
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The Ambivalent Representation of the Orient in T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (1935) by Sonia Lamrani

“…This paper will focus on one of these travel accounts, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (1935), written by Thomas Edward Lawrence also known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’. Drawing upon postcolonial literary criticism, this paper will show the way Lawrence simultaneously reaffirms and rejects the imperialist and colonialist discourse in his portrayals. …”
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The model of international relations in the Baltic Sea region: political shifts and current challenges by Zhukovsky I. I.

“…The study builds on the tradition of historical and political analysis of regions as agents in the international relations system, drawing on relevant documents and materials from international organisations, foreign ministries and other authorities of the Baltic Sea region states. …”
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Leadership in Urban Commoning: Why Bridging Social Capital Matters? by Adam Polko, Artur Ochojski, Małgorzata Czornik

“…Thus, in the paper we develop the concept of leadership in urban commoning, drawing from place-based leadership but also building on original elements such as a priority for the leader in creating bridging social capital. …”
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DOMINANT SPEECH ACT TYPE IN DAILY CONVERSATION: A PRAGMATIC STUDY by Syafryadin Syafryadin, Imam Sudarmaji, Santiana Santiana

“…Moreover, the data were analyzed by using qualitative analysis by applying several stages from reduction, displaying and drawing conclusion. The result showed that several types of speech were found during conversation of students and parents at home. …”
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The Tariff Liberalisation Policy Nexus with Non-Tariff Measures: Panel Model Evidence in the SA–EU Fruit Products Trade by Chiedza L. Muchopa

“…Answers are sought to the question of how the level of exports changes as the quota size of tariff rate quotas changes, thus enabling the investigation of whether unilateral quotas granted to South Africa by the European Union have influenced fruit products’ export flows in the presence of non-tariff measures. Drawing on panel data regression techniques, this study observes five fruit products’ tariff rate quotas repeatedly from 2004 to 2021. …”
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An analysis of apology in an Indonesian ELT textbook and the teacher’s strategy to teach the apology by Waliyadin, Nurul Hayati Fauzi

“…There is one principle that is not covered, namely, the principle of drawing a comparison. However, the findings of this study expose that the teacher’s teaching strategies cover all Limberg’s principles of teaching pragmatics of apology. …”
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Professors Call it Cheating, Students Call it Teamwork by Jeffrey Walsh, Jessie Krienert, Kevin Cannon, Samuel Honan

“…Academic dishonesty in higher education is a persistent concern emphasized and extensively explored in traditional face-to-face courses, less so in online learning environments. The present work, drawing on a large sample of students and faculty (n=1,640) at a Midwestern university, employs an esurvey and both qualitative and quantitative responses on cheating behavior in the emergent area of online courses/online education. …”
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Power, tourism, and ecology: a critical inquiry into aconcagua’s power structures and conceptions of nature by Henry Mooney

“…This paper offers a multifaceted examination of the core-periphery dynamics inherent in the utilization and conceptualization of nature within Aconcagua Provincial Park (APP). Drawing on ethnographic data and textual analysis, it scrutinizes the interplay between historical legacies, economic imperatives, and ecological outcomes shaping mountaineering tourism within the park. …”
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Agency in Community: Understanding Gender-Based Violence from within a Muslim Community in Lenasia, Johannesburg by Aaishah Lombard, Elina Hankela

“… This qualitative study examines how a group of Muslims in a conservative community in Lenasia, Johannesburg, engaged with Islam and gender-based violence (GBV). Drawing on the framework of lived religion and Saba Mahmood’s conceptualization of agency and embodiment, the article highlights how the 13 interviewees actively negotiated their perceptions of and approach to GBV within their religious and cultural environment. …”
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Tacit engagement in humanitarian action: making sense of silence and secrecy in humanitarian negotiations by Ayse Bala Akal, Kristina Roepstorff, Kristoffer Lidén

“…In this paper, we do so by conceptualizing these practices as forms of “tacit engagement” and relating them to political theory on secrecy and silence. Drawing on insights from expert consultations and qualitative interviews on humanitarian negotiations, we relate it to existing literatures on remote management, risk management and a culture of silence in humanitarian organizations more generally and humanitarian negotiations more specifically. …”
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Creativity in numbers: Uncovering students' potential through diagnostic learning evaluation at SMK Pasundan 4 Bandung by Ainil Kaafil Hasanah, Lulu Banusalam, Muhammad Rizqi Febrian

“…Data presentation uses a qualitative approach, employing the interactive analysis model, which involves several stages, including data selection, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. Additionally, we employ observation instruments, interviews, and documentary studies. …”
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To start or not to start? An exploratory study of work meaningfulness among start-up co-founders by Deniz Dirik, Burak Özdoğan

“…This study addresses meaningful work experiences of 12 startup co-founders from Turkiye by employing a qualitative research design and using in-depth interviews. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and the Job Characteristics Model (JCM), this research identifies key dimensions of meaningful work, including significance, autonomy, identity, challenge and resilience, recognition and support, and work-life balance. …”
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Defining Price Stability: Public Accountability of the European Central Bank’s Goal Independence by Mattias Vermeiren

“…In this article, I examine the politics of accountability underlying the ECB’s re-definition of its price stability objective through a comparison with the strategy review of the Federal Reserve, which went further than the ECB by setting an average inflation target that intentionally seeks to pursue periods of above-target inflation to compensate for periods of below-target inflation. Drawing on a reputational perspective on public accountability, I elaborate two arguments. …”
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The Character of the Neolithic ‘Imagery’ in the Upper Euphrates Valley and Konya Plain and Its Role in Discerning Changes in Religiosity by Weronika Stosik

“…The main focus of the article involves a comparison of two crucial regions of the Neolithic of the Near East, the Upper Euphrates Valley and the Konya Plain, with an emphasis on the presence and characteristics of imagery. Furthermore, drawing from the same array of sources, the article endeavors to delineate the emergence and subsequent transformations of the Neolithic belief system from the 9th to the end of the 7th millennium BCE. …”
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An Efficiency Control Method Based on SFSM for Massive Crowd Rendering by Lei Lyu, Jinling Zhang, Meilin Fan

“…In addition, we propose a variable precision point sampling drawing strategy to render the individual with different sampling precision. …”
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Globalizing opposition to pro-environmental institutions: The growth of counter climate change organizations around the world, 1990 to 2018. by Jared Furuta, Patricia Bromley

“…As climate change discourse is infused in more areas throughout society, climate change issues become more salient in the public sphere, generating adversarial grievances, identities, and mobilization among oppositional groups. Drawing on panel logistic regression models for 162-164 countries from 1990 to 2018, we find that counter climate change organizations are most likely to develop in countries with more extensive state policies and structures oriented toward protecting the natural environment, net of a variety of factors that account for a country's economic interests or its overall capacity to produce domestic associations.…”
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