A Literary Turn in African Studies by Kelvin Acheampong

“…There is, however, a tendency among certain scholars to trace the genealogy of decolonial thinking, ignoring the various contributions to decolonial thinking from other sites. …”
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Title not available by V. Magezi

“… As a sub-focus area of African theology, “Pastoral care in Africa” has been discussed considerably since the beginning of the post-colonial period in the 1960s. However, few scholars have articulated a definitional framework. …”
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Learning Sciences Perspective on Engineering of Distance Learning. Part 1 by M. A. Tchoshanov

“…There is an on-going debate in the literature on theoretical underpinnings of distance learning. Scholars consider different theoretical perspectives including but not limited to theory of independence and autonomy, theory of industrialization, and theory of interaction and communication through the lens of a traditional Learning Theory approach. …”
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Archives délaissées, archives retrouvées, archives explorées : les fonds calédoniens pour l’étude du patrimoine kanak dispersé by Marion Bertin

“…These two projects were often quoted and commented on by the actors themselves and scholars, but the source material itself has stayed relatively unknown and un-consulted. …”
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Back to Analog. Printing Digital Editions for Data Quality. by Maxim Kupreyev

“…These dimensions help to provide the definition of an error in the context of scholarly digital editions—both retro-digitized and originally digital. …”
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What Will the Architect Be Doing Next? How is the profession of the architect evolving as the focus of society shifts from sustainability to resilience or reactivist-driven design... by Alexander Mooi

“…Based upon on an analysis of texts by scholars and written conversations with architects on the subject of sustainable architecture, resilient architecture, agency in architecture and reactivist architecture, supplemented with additional statements by architects on the matter of architectural practice, an evolution of this role made clear and put into perspective. …”
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TO EMPTY THE SEA WITH A THIMBLE: READERLY EXPLOITS, DISCOVERIES AND LOSSES by Piotr Nowak

“…From the late forties of 20th century and until 1989, the year which many of my readers in Poland will associate with the end of censure, publishing houses were highly cautious and selective in their production of outstanding works of literature, philosophy and other scholarly works. It appears that we are still trying to compensate for these years of communist dry spell. …”
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Sport, Innovation and Strategic Management: A Systematic Literature Review by Anne Tjonndal

“…In other words, through strategy, strategic management and innovation modern sport is shaped and improved. To date, limited scholarly attention has been given to strategy, strategic management and innovation in sport. …”
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Assessing and Advancing Research on Tourism Gentrification by Kevin Fox Gotham

“…I next discuss the various scholarly reactions to my concept and delineate the ways in which researchers around the world have engaged my research to fashion new theories and understandings of the interconnection of tourism and gentrification. …”
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Théorie de la régulation et histoire du droit :un croisement fertile by Samuel Klebaner

“…The aim of this article is to explore the possible connections between the methods used by scholars in the research domain of the Legal History and the research agenda of the French Régulation Theory (TR). …”
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Googling the US Electoral Cycle, 2004-2016: South African Insights by Bhaso Ndzendze

“…This disproportional share for digital spending is indicative of what scholars have termed as the rise of computational politics, defined by one study as “the application of digital targeted-marketing technologies to election campaigns” (Chester and Montgomery, 2017: 1). …”
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Resilience and Resistance Among Migrant Male Domestic Workers in South Africa by David du Toit

“… Despite the large body of scholarly research that has addressed the various challenges encountered by female domestic workers, there exists a notable gap in understanding the experiences of male domestic workers in South Africa. …”
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Nobility and domestic conviviality in the paintings of archduchess Maria Christine by Michael Yonan

“… Scholars have long identified Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings as central texts to the history of the family. …”
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JUVENILE DELINQUECY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THE DYNAMIC DUO by Igbaekemen Goddy Osa

“… This research article offers a critique to the issues raised by other scholars in the possession and use of alcohol and other drugs are illegal for all youth. …”
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Language and the African Philosophical Traditions by Kọ́lá Abímbọ́lá

“… Are there universal principles, categories, or forms of reasoning that apply to all aspects of human experience—irrespective of culture and epoch? Numerous scholars have explored this very question from Africana perspectives: Kwasi Wiredu (1996) explored the philosophical issue of whether there are culturally defined values and concepts; Hallen and Sodipo (1986) examined the question of whether there are unique African indigenous systems of knowledge; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1994) evaluated the role of colonialism in the language of African literature; Oyerò nkẹ ́ ́ Oyěwumi (1997) argued that “gender” is a Western cultural invention that is foreign to Yorùbá systems of sociation; and Helen Veran (2001) argued that even though science, mathematics, and logic are not culturally relative, “certainty” is nonetheless derived from cultural practices and associations. …”
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Matriarchal Exemplarity in Elizabeth Isham’s Booke of Rememberance by Emma Rayner

“…Elizabeth Isham’s Booke of Rememberance (written 1638-9) has emerged in recent decades as one of the seventeenth century’s finest surviving examples of life-writing. Scholars have pointed, in particular, to Isham’s achievement in fashioning a fairly coherent self despite the generic hybridity of her manuscript diary. …”
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THE BALANCE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRAXIS IN SOUTH AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM: PATMOS BIBLE SCHOOL AS A MODEL by M.S. Kgatle

“…The vast majority of scholars have linked these recent developments with the gap that exists between theory and praxis in South African Pentecostalism. …”
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Sushi Reverses Course: Consuming American Sushi in Tokyo by Matthew Allen, Rumi Sakamoto

“…The phenomenon has accelerated rapidly since the turn of the millennium.While sushi’s global expansion has attracted the attention of Japanese and global media (Kato 2002; Matsumoto 2002; Tamamura 2004; Ikezawa 2005; Fukue 2010) and a number of scholarly works address sushi’s global popularity and its transformation outside Japan (Bestor 2000; Ng 2001; Cwiertka 1999; 2005; 2006),2 little scholarly or journalistic work exists on one important facet of sushi’s recent global growth — namely, the return home of transformed sushi to Japan, at times in barely recognisable forms. …”
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New urban tourism in the Global South: The case of inner-city Johannesburg by Christian M. ROGERSON, Mitchell C.N. MALOVHA, Jayne M. ROGERSON

“…The phenomenon of ‘new urban tourism’ is attracting growing scholarly attention. In many cities a strong trend is for visitors increasingly to leave the confines of tourist precincts or zones and instead to venture into new city spaces. …”
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