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Postcolonial Travel Writing of 1850’s Hawai'i: A Reading of O. A. Bushnell’s Ka’a’awa

open access: yesAmerican, British and Canadian Studies Journal
This article reads O. A. Bushnell’s Ka’a’awa as postcolonial travel writing grounded in the historicity of 1850’s Hawai'i. The novel presents the polyvocal perspective of both Nihoa, an Indigenous Hawaiian, and Bristol, a haole (white) outsider.
Indriyanto Kristiawan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Completing university in a growing sector: is equity an issue? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background This report details the findings from a research project funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) that explores new data tracking student cohorts through the higher education system ...
Daniel Edwards, Julie McMillan
core   +1 more source

Colonialism invigorated? The manufacture of resilient indigeneity

open access: yesResilience, 2019
Amid and unpredictable change globally, indigenous peoples are frequently referred to as prime examples of resilience. The peoples’ proven track record of persevering and ability to adapt have attracted attention worldwide.
Marjo Lindroth, Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effect of interdisciplinary obesity care on metabolic markers and body weight in people with type 2 diabetes in a rural setting: A randomised controlled trial

open access: yesClinical Obesity, Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2025.
Summary Management of type 2 diabetes includes medications that can unintentionally increase obesity and insulin resistance. This unblinded, single‐centre, randomised controlled trial focused on rural Australian adults with type 2 diabetes (aged 18–75 and body mass index [BMI] >30 kg/m2), measuring the effectiveness of a tailored interdisciplinary ...
Giuliana O. Murfet   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Afrodescendants, Law, and Race in Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Law and Society research in and about Latin America has been particularly beneficial in elucidating the gap between the ideals of racial equality laws in the region and the actual subordinated status of its racialized subjects.
Hernandez, Tanya K.
core   +2 more sources

How much biotic nativeness matters across human demographic groups

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Many central concepts of conservation biology—such as nativeness—are structured by ecological and social factors. However, the social consequences of using these concepts to make conservation decisions remain inadequately understood. Some researchers argue that nativeness, rather than acting as an objective proxy for important ecological ...
Harold N. Eyster, Rachelle K. Gould
wiley   +1 more source

Authenticity, Right Relation and the Return of the Repressed Native in James Galvin’s "The Meadow" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This essay reads acclaimed poet James Galvin’s 1992 semi-autobiographical novel through the lenses of Martin Heidegger’s notion of authenticity and Patrick Wolfe’s discussion of settler-colonialism. I argue that Lyle, arguably the novel’s main character,
Jensen, Ian K.
core  

Two Regimes of Waste and Value: ‘Post‐Disaster’ Landscapes in a New India

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this age of ‘disaster capitalism’, catastrophes are neither ‘natural’ nor ‘external’. They are political events mediating and vitally shaping the unequal and exploitative use of environmental resources. India's ‘post‐disaster’ landscapes at the turn of the new millennium powerfully demonstrate how visions of the new‐normal can be imposed in
Vasudha Chhotray, David Singh
wiley   +1 more source

The Home and the World: Analysing Socio-Spatial Dynamics and Identity-Formation in Indian Picturebooks

open access: yesIAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies
Place identity constitutes a crucial component of children’s sense of self as they learn to locate themselves and others around them in relational social networks.
Aditi Bhardwaj, Devjani Ray
doaj   +1 more source

Predatory Value: Economies of Dispossession and Disturbed Relationalities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This essay introduces and theorizes the central concerns of this special issue, “Economies of Dispossession: Indigeneity, Race, Capitalism.” Financialization, debt, and the accelerated concentration of wealth today work through social relations already ...
Byrd, Jodi A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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