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Vegetal Infrastructure: Rwanda's Eucalyptus Boom and the Material Politics of Tree Planting as a ‘Nature‐Based Solution’

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, Volume 192, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This article analyses the political ecology of Rwanda's eucalyptus boom, situating it as a site of tension within a global push towards ‘nature‐based solutions’. It develops the concept of vegetal infrastructure, demonstrating how certain tree species become legible to global environmental governance while making local social ...
Nathan Clay
wiley   +1 more source

Generative AI: A Problematic Illustration of the Intersections of Race, Gender and Class

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, Volume 192, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This commentary analyses images generated by DALL‐E across three time periods to show that, despite advances in photorealism, the tool persistently reproduces racist, gendered and classist tropes in its depictions of Black American women.
Donnesh Dustin Hosseini
wiley   +1 more source

How multilingual is scholarly communication? Mapping the global distribution of languages in publications and citations

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 5, Page 699-713, May 2026.
Abstract Language is a major source of systemic inequities in science, particularly among scholars whose first language is not English. Studies have examined scientists' linguistic practices in specific contexts; few, however, have provided a global analysis of multilingualism in science. Using two major bibliometric databases (OpenAlex and Dimensions),
Carolina Pradier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information retrieval or document retrieval? Terminological confusions and unrealistic goals in information science, exemplified in relation to generative artificial intelligence

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 5, Page 714-726, May 2026.
Abstract ChatGPT and related technologies have revived an old issue in information science (IS) concerning information retrieval (IR) versus document retrieval. Since 1950, the term IR has primarily been used as a misnomer for document retrieval. This problematic terminology reflects a desire to go beyond documents and provide, in response to user ...
Birger Hjørland
wiley   +1 more source

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