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Digitization of Swedish Caribbean Colonial History

open access: yes, 2021
Digitization of Swedish Caribbean Colonial history is part of a research project that works on digitizing historical documents and artifacts from the Swedish colonial timeline of 1784-1878. This thesis aims to improve the accessibility of the digitized artifacts, improve the presentationof the artifacts, and provide more information about the ...
Davakos, Georgios, Abou Raas, Rewa
openaire   +1 more source

Living in Temporary Care: Children's Experiences of Placement Instability in Out‐of‐Home Care—A Thematic Synthesis of a Scoping Review

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Placement stability is a central objective in out‐of‐home care, yet many children experience repeated re‐placements. While previous research has largely focused on predictors and outcomes of placement instability, children's own experiences of transient care trajectories remain less explored.
Marian Ådnanes   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Un/Learning Adult Frames of Reference in Death Enquiries: Thinking~With a Picturebook, Philosophical Animism and Ontological Tact

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Developmental psychology continues to shape how adults engage with children about death and dying. This influences whether children are included in rituals surrounding human and other‐than‐human bodies. Figurations of the innocent, immature and vulnerable child still dominate adult imaginaries of young children's understandings of mortality ...
Karin Murris   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reframing Justice in Healthcare AI: An Ubuntu‐Based Approach for Africa

open access: yesDeveloping World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an ongoing debate on how to balance the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in healthcare. In resource‐constrained settings, such as Africa, where access to quality care remains a challenge, AI has the potential to improve efficiency, accessibility, and patient outcomes.
Aloysius Ochasi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

(Colonial) Technology: The Contribution of Lotmanian Culturology to Digital Coloniality Studies

open access: yesBakhtiniana: Revista de Estudos do Discurso
ABSTRACT This article examines the intellectual milieu that challenged Yu. Lotman to think about technological progress in culturological terms. The discussion focuses on the Tartu scholar’s critical theory of technology, which emerged from contact with two specific intellectual projects of the Soviet period, advanced by cybernetics and the Cosmist ...
openaire   +1 more source

Contextualising Mental Privacy in South Africa: Legal, Ethical, and Socio‐Cultural Considerations With Policy Recommendations

open access: yesDeveloping World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mental privacy is a growing concern as neurotechnologies and digital mental health tools collect and process sensitive brain‐related data. In South Africa, cultural and religious diversity adds complexity to protecting mental privacy, with traditional healing practices, communal decision‐making, and spiritual beliefs influencing mental health ...
Marietjie Botes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
wiley   +1 more source

Contesting Digital Colonial Power

open access: yes, 2023
Corrinne Sullivan, Jessica McLean
openaire   +1 more source

The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
wiley   +1 more source

The aesthetic sublime of megaproject structures: A framework and a research agenda

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The physical structures of megaprojects—such as mega‐canals, metros, railway lines, bridges, tunnels, and iconic opera houses—hold a profound capacity to generate aesthetic experiences with enduring societal impact. Yet, research on megaprojects has predominantly focused on functionality and economic rationale with aesthetics being pushed to ...
Federica De Molli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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