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God, Philosophers and Theologians in Africa

Religions
There is renewed interest in philosophical and theological investigations about God, religions and the implications of religious beliefs among philosophers and theologians in Africa.
Patrick O. Aleke
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Globalizing Comparative Public Administration With Integrative Contextualization: State Autonomy in the Developmental Path of Hong Kong and Singapore

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The lack of a common variable for comparison has been a major obstacle to the development of Comparative Public Administration (CPA). State autonomy enables an integrative contextualization approach, allowing both the analysis of contextual individual country experiences and the generation of generalized comparable knowledge.
Wilson Wong
wiley   +1 more source

Administrative Traditions of the Majority World: A Commentary and Future Research Agenda

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative ...
Ibrahim Bornoma, Nick Kirsop‐Taylor, David Benson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

African Approaches to Intellectual Property: Intellectual Property, Development and the Contested Meanings of Decolonisation

International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies
The term “decolonisation” has been revived more recently in intellectual property (IP) jurisprudence. This article attempts to trace the evolution of its usage in the work of two prominent IP scholars, Ruth L. Okediji and Caroline B. Ncube.
Ntokozo Dladla
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Decolonising global health by decolonising academic publishing

BMJ Global Health, 2022
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Unpacking the task of synthesis when weaving knowledge systems for biodiversity assessments

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The pivot towards evidence‐based conservation since 2000 has inspired global environmental assessments to gather evidence across multiple knowledge systems, including through co‐production with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Knowledge co‐production is highlighted as a strategy for transformative change towards a just future that ...
Maria Tengö, Isabel Díaz‐Reviriego, Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares, Pernilla Malmer, Wilfredo V. Alangui, Puaʻala Pascua, Prasert Trakansuphakon, Rosemary Hill   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Staphylococcus aureus screening and preoperative decolonisation with Mupirocin and Chlorhexidine to reduce the risk of surgical site infections in orthopaedic surgery: a pre-post study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Background Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is a risk factor for surgical site infections (SSI) in orthopaedic surgery. The efficacy of decolonisation for S. aureus on reducing the risk of SSI is uncertain in this speciality.
Antoine Portais, Meghann Gallouche, Patricia Pavese, Yvan Caspar, Jean-Luc Bosson, Pascal Astagneau, Regis Pailhé, Jérôme Tonetti, Brice Rubens Duval, Caroline Landelle   +9 more
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The illusion of change: The unfulfilled promise of decolonisation in a South African private higher education institution

Transformation in Higher Education
While decolonisation discourse has surged in South African public universities, private higher education institutions (PHEIs) remain a significant, under-researched site of market-driven education. This study aimed to identify the structural and cultural
Prince Leburu
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Looking backward to move forward: Enhancing metadata in scientific collections through interdisciplinary collaboration

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Early modern herbaria house important and useful data on historic environments. However, their contents are often inhospitable to scientific use. Despite this challenge, once their contents have been deciphered, such specimens present novel research opportunities.
Madeline E. White, Stephen A. Harris
wiley   +1 more source

Decolonisation as Departure: Interrogating the Reconstructivist Tendencies of Australian Criminology

Journal of Global Indigeneity
In this article I critically analyse the recent “decolonial” turn within Australian criminology. Drawing upon critical Indigenous conceptualisations of decolonisation and analysing my personal confrontations with the discipline, I examine how ...
Natalie Ironfield
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