Results 61 to 70 of about 320,108 (305)

Old Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic : some reflections on language history [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Aramaic is not among the oldest Semitic languages in a strictly chronological sense, but among those languages which are still spoken today, it has the longest continuous written tradition.
Jastrow, Otto
core  

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Languages, heritage and identities. An educational perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Nazioarteko Kongresua. Donostia, 2018ko azaroaren 8 eta 9an Congrès internacionau. Donostia, 8 e 9 de noveme Congreso Internacional. Donostia 8 y 9 de noviembre de 2018 Congrès International.
Chateaureynaud, Marie Anne   +2 more
core   +1 more source

How Do I Answer This? A Queer Critique of Australian Census Forms and the Reification of Cisheteronormative Families

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a critical examination of Australia's 2021 household, individual and interviewer census forms. Using a form‐led analysis, this research scrutinises the underlying cisheteronormative logic that implicitly shapes the Census process, from data collection to distribution of findings.
Xavier Mills, Sal Clark
wiley   +1 more source

Almost the Same but Incomplete: Orientalism and Eastern Resistance in Ben Okri’s “Belonging”

open access: yesJurnal Poetika
The prevailing sentiment is that colonialism is a thing of the past. However, the Western portrayal of the East is one of the shackles that still holds postcolonial societies. A diverse number of Orientalist writings and language perpetuate a rigid image
Marisa Santi Dewi, Juliana Konning
doaj   +1 more source

Heritage Language and L2 Learning Connections: Views from within Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Bearing in mind the Japanese context, this paper elaborates on how maintenance of international children’s heritage language (HL) might contribute to the spread of bilingualism in the country.
Karsten, Angela   +3 more
core  

Realising Aboriginal Community Controlled Approaches to Child Reunification

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reunification rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) in Australia are critically low, even though reunification is the preferred permanency outcome for children following removal, and despite a range of mechanisms and strategies ostensibly to support effective reunification. To better understand the
B. J. Newton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

MAINTAINING FIRST LANGUAGE: BILINGUALS’ VOICES [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Indonesia is known as a multicultural country which has thousand different languages Most of its citizens are believed to be able to communicate by using two or morelanguages. This qualitative research, by employing case study approach, was done withthe
Abrar, Mukhlash
core  

Linguistic commodification in tourism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Drawing on fieldwork conducted between 2002 and 2012 in Switzerland, Catalunya and different zones of francophone Canada in sites related to heritage and cultural tourism, we argue that tourism, especially i n multilingual peripheries, is a key site for ...
Duchêne, Alexandre   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy