I am hated, therefore I am: The Enemy in Yorùbá Imaginary by Abimbola Adelakun

“…  This essay will study how the Yorùbá conceptualize “ọ̀tá” or the enemy, a trope that recurs in various cultural phenomena such as music, prayers, and other social rituals. …”
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Aporia of Participatory Planning: Framing Local Action in the Entrepreneurial City by Ryan Love

“…In this first section of the essay, Adorno's analysis of the Culture Industry is reconsidered alongside Berger’s and Bourdieu's critical sociology. …”
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The Life Span of Large Historical Databases by Jan Kok

“…Large historical databases, although intended to last for a long time, can become obsolete for a variety of reasons. In this essay these reasons are explored and used for a 'health check' of the Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN). …”
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The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, 2016): The Tale of Nat Turner’s Rebellion by Delphine Letort

“…This essay examines the memories of slavery shaped by Nate Parker in The Birth of a Nation. …”
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L’artifice fait rire, a moins qu’il ne fasse pleurer by Jean-Jacques Lecercle

“…The essay starts from the romantic attempt at a poetry of nature devoid of artifice. …”
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Feminist Mothers and Daughters in Top Girls and Yerma by Florentina Gümüş

“…The mothers on which this essay focuses present certain characteristics and express certain views that lead the readers/audience to identify them as feminists, though they do not declare themselves as such. …”
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Celestial Resistance by Maryia Rusak

“… The essay investigates the application of cosmotechnics in architecture through a case study of a large international construction venture, the Zambia World Bank Education Project. …”
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The Floor is not the Ground by George Papam Papamattheakis

“…Space structure is defined by logistics-influenced ‘functional diagrams’ and is reduced to mere transitory settings. This essay is an effort to challenge the contemporary ‘fulfilment’-influenced, network-based perception of human transportation spaces, towards, instead, a relational, and effectively political, understanding of them. …”
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Ọmọ Tí A Kò Kọ́: Globalization and Cultural Education among New Generation Nigerian Yorùbá by Michael O. Afolayan

“… This essay critically explores the semantic, phonological and philosophical implications of the sound “kọ” (build) in the Yorùbá proverb  ́ Ọmọ tí a kò kọ́ ni yóò gbé ilé tí a kọ́ tà (the child that is not taught will eventually sell the house that is built). …”
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George Eliot’s ‘Greek Vocabulary’ Notebook (c. 1873) as Commodity and Rare Artefact by Linda K. Hughes

“…The material object on which this essay focuses, a notebook bound in leather (originally with blank pages), is one of thousands sold by stationers and others in the later decades of the nineteenth century. …”
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American Studies in Sweden: Navigating an Archipelagic Field by Jenny Bonnevier, Adam Hjorthén, Christin Mays

“… This essay sets out to map the teaching of American studies in Sweden. …”
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Writing (at) the End: Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge by Brian Chappell

“…In doing so he has done more than any American author to reveal to readers the posthuman future. This essay seeks Pynchon’s human(e) response to these eschatological forces. …”
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There and Back Again by Owen Hopkins

“… This essay explores the defining role that council housing has played in populist politics in Britain from the post-war era to the present. …”
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A «new society will come»: C.L.R. James in American Civilisation by Matteo Battistini

“…While historiography has taken the manuscript into account for its contribution to cultural studies, the essay considers it as his “political manifesto” for the United States. …”
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"Christ transforming culture"? Nagedink oor die aard van die gereformeerde geloof by D. Smit

“… The essay pays tribute to the honoree by reflecting on the nature of the Reformed faith and tradition, in which he was called to play a leading role during challenging times. …”
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Corridoi di connessioni. Rinselvatichire l'ambiente, ripristinare relazioni by Lia Zola

“…My essay deals with the attempts acted by beekeepers, who engage in a process of introduction of spontaneous herbs and plants in order to feed their bees, of “rewildening” and “repopulating” landscapes suffering from monocropping and excessive use of pesticides. …”
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"Signs of the Times" – a Theological Basis of Ecotheology and the Christian Competence within the Frame of the Environmental Discourse by Markus Vogt

“… The essay formulates four criteria for identifying the topos "signs of the times" and applies them for a specific Christian understanding of the ecological crisis. …”
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Ontological Sovereignty: Black Justifications for Violent Resistance to Slavery, 1500-1900 by Dalitso Ruwe

“…This essay focuses on claims to justify self-defense for African liberty.…”
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Analisis Metode Cosine Similarity Pada Aplikasi Ujian Online Otomatis (Studi Kasus JTI POLINEMA) by Eka Larasati Amalia, Angelita Justien Jumadi, Irsyad Arif Mashudi, Dimas Wahyu Wibowo

“…However, in this online essay exam, it takes a long time to correct answers if done manually. …”
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Telephones, Narrative, Algorithms: Untimely Meditations on Kafka by Ansgar K. Mohnkern

“…This essay traces Kafka’s writings as documents of a technological consciousness both a century ago and today. …”
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