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Recruiting a nonlocal language for performing local identity: indexical appropriations of Lingala in the Congolese border town Goma [PDF]

, 2013
This article describes discursive processes by which inhabitants of the Congolese border town Goma attribute new indexical values to Lingala, a language exogenous to the area of which most Goma inhabitants only possess limited knowledge.
Büscher, Karen, D'hondt, Sigurd, Meeuwis, Michael   +2 more
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Joy and Unrest: Transborder College Students' Sense of Belonging at the US–México Borderlands

New Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, we present the Transborder College Student Sense of Belonging Model, developed to understand how to create an inclusive and validating campus climate for Transborder students in postsecondary and higher education institutions along the US–México borderlands.
Vannessa Falcón Orta, Carlos A. Fitch, Efren M. Lopez, Gilberto Reyes Morgan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Military men and sexual practices: Discourses of ‘othering’ in safer sex in the light of HIV/AIDS

SAHARA-J, 2009
Despite recent reports that there is increasing condom use, generally resistance to condom use is still high. This paper focuses on factors inhibiting condom use and explores issues of responsibility for safe sex practices to prevent infection among a ...
Nyameka Mankayi
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of the public discourse about fusion and nuclear energy before and after Fukushima: WP12-SER-ACIF-1 Final Report [PDF]

, 2013
This report presents a comparative analysis of media coverage of fusion and fission energy before and after the accident in the nuclear reactors of Fukushima, Japan.
Horta, Ana, Oliveira, Carla, Pereira, Sérgio, Schmidt, Luísa   +3 more
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‘They Called Them Communists Then … What D'You Call ‘Em Now? … Insurgents?’. Narratives of British Military Expatriates in the Context of the New Imperialism [PDF]

, 2010
This paper addresses the question of the extent to which the colonial past provides material for contemporary actors' understanding of difference. The research from which the paper is drawn involved interview and ethnographic work in three largely white ...
Becky Taylor, Ben Rogaly, Bonnett A., Byrne B., Charlesworth S., Cohen N., Collins M., Fanon F., Fanon F., Foot P., Gove M., Hanley L., King R., Kynaston D., Legg S., O'Reilly K., Paul K., Said E., Sennett R., Skeggs B., Sriskandarajah D., Young R.   +21 more
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Developing a Typology of Korean Women Leaders' Resistance to Their Token Status in the Workplace

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite remarkable economic development in South Korea (Korea), there are only a few women leaders, and they face challenges in the gendered workplace where organizational constraints and traditional values coexist. In a reanalysis of narratives of Korean women leaders (KWLs), using an ideal‐type analysis as a novel qualitative research method,
Yonjoo Cho, Jiwon Park, Sumi Lee, Jieun You, Sokyum Yoon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crime and Punishment: Prigoshin’s Mutiny and Putin’s Revenge in Ukrainian and Russian Cartoons and Memes

Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives
The paper deals with the discursive dimension of two episodes of the Russo–Ukrainian war: The rebellion of Yevgeny Prigoshin (founder of the Wagner private military company) on 23 June 2023, and his death in an airplane crash on 23 August 2023.
Orest Semotiuk
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The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Trade Credit

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In light of escalating global geopolitical tensions, understanding how firms respond to external shocks has become a critical issue for policymakers, corporate managers, and investors. This study investigates the impact of geopolitical risk (GPR) on firms' reliance on trade credit (TC)—an essential form of short‐term financing, particularly ...
Wafa'a B. Al‐Yafei, Hamdi Bennasr
wiley   +1 more source

American Views of the Progressive Catholic Church in Brazil, 1964-1972: From Suspicion to Collaboration

Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura, 2017
Both the United States and the Brazilian Catholic Church played decisive roles during the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil between 1964 and 1985.
Sigifredo Romero
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptions of the Corporation and the Prospects of Sustainable Peace [PDF]

, 2001
I begin this essay with a brief overview of the corporation in legal discourse. In this overview, I draw upon current corporate law scholarship, considering the notions of the corporation as (1) property, (2) person, (3) contract, and (4) community ...
Nesteruk, Jeffrey
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