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Broadening Civic Space Through Voluntary Action Lessons from 2011 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This publication explores how non-formal voluntary action outside of formal organizations can lead to greater citizen participation in governance; serves as a resource to help civil society organizations (CSOs) explore the opportunities for engagement ...
Fiona Talcott
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Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

COVID-19, Satirical Activism, and Chinese Youth Culture: An Introduction

open access: yesGlobal Storytelling
This article introduces the key theme of the special issue on “satirical activism and youth culture in and beyond COVID-19 China.” It contextualizes the case studies offered by the five articles in the special issue in three key terms: COVID-19 ...
HAIQING YU
doaj   +2 more sources

Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Digital World: Pre‐Service Teachers' Processes and Perspectives on Evaluating Online Information

open access: yesFuture in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This descriptive case study examined how undergraduate pre‐service teachers (PSTs) enrolled in a digital literacies course evaluated online information as part of a module digital project. PSTs were tasked with assessing peer‐selected online texts using multiple strategies in an unrestricted web environment.
Wen Wen, Yiting Han
wiley   +1 more source

Safe spaces for feminist activists online: Chinese networked feminists’ self-censorship strategies in response to online misogyny and government censorship

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
This study examines the self-censorship strategies employed by Chinese networked feminists to create and maintain online safe spaces in response to both state censorship and online misogyny. Through an analysis of social media platforms like XiaoHongShu,
Aizi Chang
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping Digital Media: Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Explores trends in digital media consumption in Turkey, including digital media's impact on public broadcasters, activism, journalism, and social, cultural, and political diversity; digital technology; media ownership; and policies and ...
Asli Tunc, Vehbi Gorgulu
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Sustainability Performance and Corporate Risk: Evidence From the Tourism Industry

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of sustainability performance (Refinitiv Environmental, Social, and Governance [ESG] scores) on corporate risk (CR). We apply stakeholder theory and the resource‐based view to an international sample of 247 tourism firms from 2002 to 2018.
Omneya Abdelsalam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Online Activism in Pinoy Battle Rap: A Qualitative Analysis of FlipTop Emcee Verses

open access: yesPhilippine Social Science Journal
Online activism has grown significantly with technological advancements, using tools like petitions, micro-blogging, and social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.
Amor Jude Thadeus F. Soriano
doaj   +1 more source

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