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Virtual Exchange as a Strategy to Foster Global Learning and Internationalization of the Curriculum
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This chapter describes the constitution and development of one of the first institutional initiatives for implementing a virtual exchange program in a Higher Education Institution in Brazil. The focus is on the description and discussion of the role of stakeholders in fostering and supporting virtual exchange activities, as well as examples of
Ana Cristina Biondo Salomão +1 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
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Mediation models and their application in intercultural mediation
Migraciones, 2016 The article comments on three models of mediation always from the perspective of intercultural mediation: that of the Harvard School of Negotiation, the transformative model of Bush and Folger and the circular narrative model of Sara Coob — not without ...
Carlos Giménez Romero
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Intercultural Conflict Mediation
, 2019 Conflict mediation refers to the dialogue-based process by which a third person supports two or more parties, constructively managing their conflict. In North America and Europe, the term “conflict mediation” is usually associated with procedural principles that originate from the US-based “alternative dispute resolution” (ADR) movement.
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
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La mediazione linguistica interculturale: il mediatore culturale e le sue competenze
Lingue e Linguaggi, 2016 – This chapter starts from the premise that a Masters course dedicated to Mediation should be clear about what ‘cultural mediation’ means in theory and in practice. As regards the theory, the chapter begins with an exploration of the meaning of the terms
David Katan
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THE CHAINMAKER: How Intermediaries Sustain Urban Policy Initiatives over Time
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Practitioners implementing urban climate initiatives are frequently faced with the intermittent nature of urban projects and the short‐termism of policy experiments. In this conjuncture, understanding how urban transformations are advanced necessitates grasping how small‐scale efforts are carried forward or sustained despite these brief time ...
HANNA HILBRANDT +2 more
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Natural intercultural mediation: reflections from a local experience
Migraciones, 2014 This text provides a reflection on the intercultural natural mediation, its differentiation with respect to the professional mediation and its limitations within social exclusion politics.
Marcela Jabbaz, Albert Moncusí Ferré
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the UK's 2025 Immigration White Paper as a critical site for understanding how immigration policy functions as an instrument of racial capitalism. Drawing on Critical Race Theory, the theory of social reproduction, and intersectionality, it interrogates how the state's construction of the ‘skilled migrant’ operates as a ...
Muhammad Abdul Aziz +2 more
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«Natural» intercultural mediation: reflections from an experience in Orriols (Valencia)
Migraciones, 2013 This text provides a reflection on the intercultural «natural » mediation, its differentiation with respect to the professional mediation and its limitations within social exclusion politics. The authors base their arguments in information collected from
Marcela Jabbaz, Albert Moncusí Ferré
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