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Central Asia, Euro-centrism and Colonialism

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2015
The following article should not be dismissed as yet another attempt to construct a renewed round ofrevisionism in history. On the contrary, it aims to explore the possibility of scaling down the dominant Eurocentric epistemology that served as a basis ...
Nargis T. Nurulla-Khodzhaeva
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A Uniting Europe, a Dividing Education? Euro‐centrism and the Curriculum [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Studies in Sociology of Education, 1995
ABSTRACT The European Union's activities constitute a relatively new influence on educational policy‐making. It has generally been argued that this influence is both weak and politically progressive. It is purported to be ‘weak’ because Member States are supposed to jealously guard the autonomy of their national education systems.
R. Sultana
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A Critical Essay on the Historiography of East Asian Medicines: New Horizons beyond Dichotomy and “Tradition” [PDF]

open access: yesUisahak, 2020
One of the main topics discussed by historians, including those of science, in the late twentieth century is the historical introspection into “modernism,” a term based on a teleological view of the world.
Kiebok YI
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Discursive Contextures of Science: Euro/West-Centrism and Science and Technology Studies

open access: yesEngaging Science, Technology, and Society, 2016
Science and Technology Studies (STS) by the very act of showing the multiplicity, contingency, and context-dependence of scientific knowledge and practice, provincialized modern science.
Amit Prasad
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Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka. 2022. Mobilizing Romani Ethnicity: Romani Political Activism in Argentina, Colombia, and Spain. Budapest: CEU Press.

open access: yesCritical Romani Studies
Mobilizing Romani Ethnicity: Romani Political Activism in Argentina, Colombia, and Spain uncovers an under-researched topic, Roma activism in South America, and compares this to Roma political activism in Spain.
Aidan McGarry
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God of iron and iron working in parts of Ǹsúkkā cultural area in Southeast Nigeria

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This study is aimed at evaluating the influence of the god of iron on ironworking communities in Ǹsúkkā cultural area. In the study area, the Supreme God – Chúkwú Òkìkè, Chínēkè or Chúkwú Ábíàmà is believed to control the affairs of humanity.
Joshua O. Uzuegbu, Christian Agbo
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A Word of caution on Eurocentrism critiques; Orientalism or Universalism?

open access: yesCappadocia Journal of Area Studies, 2021
Eurocentrism is criticized in many academic fields, such as International Relations, History, and many other social science fields. Over the last decades, numerous scholars demonstrated relationships between inequalities and Eurocentric approaches ...
Ali Oğuz Diriöz
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Dual Globalization and Inter-civilizational Communications; [PDF]

open access: yesTaḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān, 2010
The globalization or the new ideological globalizings resulted from Global Communication Industry; both have accelerated the trans-nationalization of cultures and civilizations.
Saied Reza Ameli
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