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Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
wiley   +1 more source

Reassessing sixteenth and seventeenth century written accounts of hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
Abstract While the North Atlantic’s five‐century hurricane history is among the most complete globally, the earliest centuries are poorly documented in the written record. This study reassesses a subset of sixteenth to seventeenth‐century tropical cyclones (TCs) through a systematic review of archival evidence, mainly from Spain’s colonial archive, the
William Gomez Pretel, Michael Chenoweth
wiley   +1 more source

A study of literature on the essence of ubungoma (divination) and conceptions of gender among izangoma (diviners) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal for the Study of Religion, 2015
In South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province, the isangoma (diviner) remains firmly entrenched at the apex of the hierarchy of African traditional medicine (ATM). This review article raises two questions. The first interrogates the essence of ubungoma (
Winifred Ogana, Vivian Besem Ojong
doaj  

Divine Responsibility Without Divine Freedom

open access: yesFaith and Philosophy, 2006
Adherents of traditional western Theism have espoused CONJUNCTION: God is essentially perfectly good and God is thankworthy for the good acts he performs . But suppose that (i) God’s essential perfect goodness prevents his good acts from being free, and that (ii) God is not thankworthy for an act that wasn’t freely performed.
Bergmann, Michael, Cover, J.A.
openaire   +2 more sources

With a Great Story Comes Great Responsibility: Role of Narrative in Leadership Development

open access: yesNew Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 81-87, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT Comic books reside uniquely within American culture. Historians have contended comics are more than just sequential artwork mixed with engaging stories, but rather, a framework by which the generations make sense of who they are. These stories are a reflection of cultural conscience; a lens through which we can view the world and a mirror ...
Sean Connable
wiley   +1 more source

Divination: Using Excel to explore ethnomathematics

open access: yesSpreadsheets in Education, 2014
This paper presents the way Microsoft Excel is used as a tool to explore properties of the sikidy divination system used in Madagascar. This is an example of how topics of ethnomathematics can be investigated using a technological tool.
Cristina Gomez   +2 more
doaj  

Neuroanthropology of shamanic trance: a case study with a ritual specialist from Mexico

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
In Mexico, shamans are recognized for the gift of entering a deep trance that allows them to know the origin of the diseases and conflicts that afflict people.
Hugo Toriz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

ChatGPT in public policy teaching and assessment: An examination of opportunities and challenges

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents the findings of an innovative assessment task that required students to use ChatGPT for drafting a policy brief to an Australian Government minister. The study explores how future public policy students perceive ChatGPT's role in both public policy and teaching and assessment.
Daniel Casey
wiley   +1 more source

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