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Enabling identity: The challenge of presenting the silenced voices of repressed groups in philosophic communities of inquiry [PDF]

, 2016
This article seeks to contribute to the challenge of presenting the silenced voices of excluded groups in society by means of a philosophic community of inquiry composed primarily of children and young adults.
Kizel, Arie
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Implementing trachoma control programmes in marginalised populations in Tanzania: A qualitative study exploring the experiences and perspectives of key stakeholders.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
BackgroundDespite aspects of the SAFE strategy for reducing trachoma in Tanzania have been somewhat successful, the disease still persists in marginalised communities even with repeated trachoma control interventions.
Kaki Tsang, Gilles de Wildt, Upendo Mwingira, Tara B Mtuy   +3 more
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Measuring Resilience in Marginalised Urban Communities: A South African Township Pilot Study [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
Marginalised urban communities need to build their resilience to environmental and social shocks and stressors. A first step in this process will be measuring the existing resilience strengths and weaknesses of such communities. Past approaches to this can appear constrained in their understanding of resilience, or may not convert resilience frameworks
Haley, Justin, Heeks, Richard, Van Belle, Jean-Paul   +2 more
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Prevent and Community Cohesion in Britain – The Worst of All Possible Worlds? [PDF]

, 2014
This chapter offers a critical analysis of the UK’s Prevent programme to date, and argues that it has been ineffective, or even counter-productive because of a number of conceptual flaws and contradictions. In particular, the monocultural focus on entire,
Thomas, Paul
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Viewpoint: Indigenous knowledge systems and environmental social work education: Towards environmental sustainability

Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, 2019
Prior to colonisation, most indigenous communities were using indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) as part of their livelihood. The livelihoods of rural and indigenous peoples and those living in poverty are often closely tied to the use of biodiversity ...
Mogomme Alpheus Masoga, Allucia Lulu Shokane   +1 more
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Opposing book bans: a resilient and subversive information practice

Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
Introduction. In this paper, we discuss the concepts of censorship, resilience and information precarity. We explain the framework of information precarity and emphasise the agentic responses of marginalised communities, then show that book bans ...
Shannon M. Oltmann, Fatima Espinoza Vasquez   +1 more
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Fears for the future: the incommensurability of securitisation and in/securities among southern African youth [PDF]

, 2017
Over the past two decades, southern Africa has experienced both exceptionally high AIDS prevalence and recurrent food shortages. International institutions have responded to these challenges by framing them as security concerns that demand urgent ...
Ansell, Nicola, Hajdu, Flora, Robson, Elsbeth, van Blerk, Lorraine   +3 more
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Health, community and development : towards a social psychology of participation [PDF]

, 2000
Population ageing is one of the major contemporary issues facing societies across the world. Originally framed as a major social and economic challenge, demographic ageing is now beginning to be seen as offering huge potential to individuals as well as ...
Bernard, Brown, Buffel, Campbell, Cheng, Cong, Cotten, Emlet, Flick, Golant, Guo, Hoffman, Hosegood, Howarth, Keating, Kirkby-Geddes, Knodel, Lehning, Li, Lui, Lui, Martinson, McCall, Means, Menec, Nelson, Phillipson, Raymond, Roos, Roos, Scharf, Scharlach, Stephens, Sum, Tang, Vasunilashorn, Wahl, Walsh, Warburton, Warburton, Warburton, Wiles, World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO)   +43 more
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Disrupting the dynamics of oppression in intercultural research and practice [PDF]

, 2006
In this special issue we focus on exploring the tensions, challenges and possibilities for working in contexts where relationships between groups are characterized by dominance and resistance.
Australian Psychological Society, Bhatia, Bulhan, Comas-Díaz, Dudgeon, Fanon, Frankenberg, Giroux, Glover, Harris, Hermans, Hook, hooks, Huygens, Josephs, Kincheloe, Marotta, Martin, Martín-Baró, Mkhize, Moane, Moreton-Robinson, Nakayama, Parker, Prilleltensky, Riggs, Rose, Seedat, Shweder, Smith, Sonn, Sonn, Squire, Watts, Watts, Watts   +35 more
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Disparities and intersectionality in social support networks: addressing social inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought social injustice and inequalities to the forefront of global public health. Members of marginalised communities, such as racial/ethnic and sexual minorities, and persons with disabilities, have been shown to be more ...
Yusen Zhai, Xue Du
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