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‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
wiley   +1 more source

Utilisation of medicinal plants for their antifertility activities: A bibliometric analysis of research endeavours from 1968 to 2023

open access: yesPhytomedicine Plus
Background: The exponential expansion of the population, in conjunction with the escalating negative side effects associated with synthetic contraceptives, has prompted the exploration of alternative fertility control agents, particularly those sourced ...
Opeyemi J. Fadeyi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mainstreaming Underutilized Indigenous and Traditional Crops into Food Systems: A South African Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Business as usual or transformative change? While the global agro-industrial food system is credited with increasing food production, availability and accessibility, it is also credited with giving birth to ‘new’ challenges such as malnutrition ...
Chibarabada, T.   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phytochemical Profiles, Micromorphology, and Elemental Composition of Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T. Aiton and Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br., Plants Used for Managing Antidepressant-like Conditions in Folk Medicine

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Medicinal plants have been used to treat mental health-related conditions among different ethic groups. Among the commonly used plants in South Africa are Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton and Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br.
Andisiwe Mnqika   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Best Practices in Intercultural Health [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper presents some of the background research that contributed to the discussions within the Inter-American Development Bank's policy and strategy regarding indigenous health issues. The paper's conceptual approach and good practice research helped
Javier Mignone   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Optimizing Augmented Reality Outcomes in a Gamified Place Experience Application through Design Science Research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Nearly ubiquitous smartphone use invites research and development of augmented reality experiences promoting knowledge and understanding. However, there is a lack of design science research dissemination about developing these solutions.
Birt, James R.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous communities, disasters, and disaster research: surviving disaster research on, with and by Maori [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper presents insights into the impact on Maori of the Christchurch earthquakes, including the role of Indigenous Knowledge (Matauranga Maori) in disasters, and the role of Indigenous culture in the response phases of disasters.
Simon Lambert
core  

Knowledge foundations for the development of sustainable wildlife enterprises in remote Indigenous communities of Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Sustainable wildlife enterprises in remote Indigenous communities are an important source of economic development and employment whilst providing people with opportunities to continue their close connection with country and to maintain customary wildlife
Corey, Ben   +3 more
core  

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