Capital, Agency and Distinction in Dynamics of Conversion of Economic Functions of Cities: Lessons from Lafayette (US) by Anderson de Souza Sant\u2019Anna, Reed Elliot Nelson, Daniela Martins Diniz

“…The transition to the digital society attracts the attention of a growing group of scholars who seek to investigate the constraints of this new stage of the productive forces on urban interventions. …”
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“If I forget you Jerusalem” (Ps. 137:4). The Transmission of Sacred Discourse in the Bible and in African Indigenous Sacred Texts by M.K. Mensah

“… African biblical scholars have long advocated a shift in existing exegetical and hermeneutical approaches. …”
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A Text-centred rhetorical analysis of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 by H.J. Prinsloo

“…Unlike previous attempts by scholars to analyse the letter in terms of ancient rhetorical theory, this article illustrates how the rhetorical strategy can be reconstructed from the text itself; therefore, it is identified as a text-centred rhetorical analysis, which follows a minimum theoretical approach. …”
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Inquiry into the Conceptual Dimensions of Project Portfolio Management by Pedro Bruno de Souza, Jorge Carneiro, Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello

“…By building from a review of the scant literature on project portfolio management , conversations with expert scholars on project management, interpretations provided by managers, and theoretical reflection by the authors of this study, it was possible to identify main aspects that seem to tap how the degree of “accomplishment” of project portfolio ma nagement can be conceptually defined and operationally measured.…”
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Vers une justice multi-espèces : cadre théorique, enjeux et programme de recherche pour les théories et politiques environnementales by Danielle Celermajer, David Schlosberg, Lauren Rickards, Makere Stewart-Harawira, Mathias Thaler, Petra Tschakert, Blanche Verlie, Christine Winter

“…First, we discuss some of the diverse scholarly fields that have influenced the emergence of multispecies justice. …”
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Los límites de la humanidad. El mito de los ch’ullpa en Marcapata (Quispicanchi), Perú by Pablo F. Sendón

“…This paper presents and discusses the myth of the ch’ullpa – beings of the pre-solar time – such as it is narrated by the members of the ayllu Collana from the district of Marcapata (province of Quispicanchi, Cusco) in relation to three kind of sources: a) the archaeological information about the geographical and spatial localization of the mortuary monuments which received that name in the Central Andes; b) the ethnological information about other versions of the myth registered among other indigenous-peasant populations from Southern Peru and the Bolivian altiplano; c) the ethnohistorical information which, in relation with the myth, has been registered by several scholars. The main objective of the review is to lay the foundations of a comparative perspective of the myth with the aim to transcend the specificities of a case study.…”
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Morality and religion in African thought by P. J. Nel

“…These discourses reflect the ambivalence between those scholars seeking to define African morality within the parameters of a conventionalised, Western, religious episteme, and those pursuing an “Africanist” (Afrocentric) explanation which embraces an authentic mode of African knowledge construction within indigenous communities. …”
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Chiasm in Zephaniah 3:14-17 – A new proposal by S.D. Snyman

“…The reason why the chiastic structuring will be the focus of this investigation is that, while scholars, in more recent research, have recognised the chiastic structuring of verses 14-17, there is a difference of opinion on how to view the chiastic structuring. …”
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A decade of open access policy at the Gates Foundation based on experimentation, evidence and evolution by Ashley Farley

“…Now, in response to the ever-evolving needs of the scholarly ecosystem, the foundation is updating its policy again to strive for broader impact and to support practices that drive greater inclusion of scientists around the world, particularly those from low- and middle-income countries. …”
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El Métraux haitiano. La construcción de una etnología religiosa by Fernando Giobellina Brumana

“…At the same time, it explores Alfred Métraux’s relationships with some scholars that preceded him on the matter, with researchers that studied voodoo as well, and with the intermediaries that facilitated his investigation.…”
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Design of the Boys Hostel at Kabale University. by Nuwagaba, Happiness

“…Chapter two contains the literature review, works and related information by other scholars about design of structures. Chapter three outlines the methodology of how the project will be done; these are sequential methods for the process. …”
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Gender and Jewishness: a Greimassian analysis of Susanna by D. M. Kanonge

“…A frequently asked question is: “does Susanna reinforce or undermine patriarchy?” Most scholars, mainly feminists, are pessimistic and suspicious about the subversive programme of Susanna. …”
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Young Christians in Norway, national socialism, and the German occupation of 1940-1945 by F. Hale

“…The subordination of the church to the de facto Nazi state eventually led its bishops and most of its pastors to sever their ties to the government while remaining in their ministries. Churchmen and scholars have explored dimensions of this challenging episode in Norwegian church history, but little has been published about the plight of most of the para-church organizations. …”
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Tax Revolts in Yorubaland, 1925-1955 by Abiodun S. Afolabi

“…There are good reasons to believe that there were other significant tax-related considerations, other than taxation, that were responsible for the revolts that were thrown up in late colonial southwestern Nigeria. Some scholars have also noted a comparative process that is currently unfolding; that it was the need to raise money that forced the hands of the colonial authority into democratization and that the despondency of the indigenous population was a major reason for the crises that enveloped Yorubaland from 1925 up to 1955. …”
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Preface by Francois Tolmie

“… From text: On 13 and 14 March 2006 twenty-three scholars gathered at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, for a conference on the rhetorical analysis of the Letter to the Galatians. …”
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Palace Courtyards in Iléṣà: A Melting Point of Traditional Yorùbá Architecture by Stephen Fọlárànmí, Babásẹhìndè Adémúlẹyá

“… The Yorùbá courtyard is an important architectural space in traditional Yorùbá architecture that has not received adequate scholarly attention. This paper examines the courtyards in the palace of certain chiefs and Ọwá Obòkun in Iléṣà, in southwest Nigeria. …”
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The rhetorical analysis of the Letter to the Galatians: 1995-2005 by D. F. Tolmie

“…The rigid application of “the” ancient rhetorical system is on the decline; 2. Scholars who still use insights from ancient rhetoric do so in a much more nuanced way, quite often presuppose a wider background, and are more interested in functions than in categories; 3. …”
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The gospel contra Nietzsche: a South African literary critique of Wille zur Macht by F. Hale

“…The present article explores how Joseph Doke, a scholarly, transplanted Englishman who served as a Baptist pastor in Johannesburg and elsewhere and wrote the first biography of Gandhi, used fiction to criticise Nietzsche early in the twentieth century. …”
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Sustaining teaching during a crisis by Marcia D Dixson, Julie Saam

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