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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research examines the Hill‐Valley divide in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, where Nepali‐speaking hill communities coexist with Bengali‐speaking valley populations. It argues that this division is a colonial construct, shaped by British policies that romanticised the hills as a ‘mini‐England’ while separating them from the valley
Yalember Dewan
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The Scholar Imprisoned: Young‐Bok Shin's Decolonial Thought Against (Sub) Imperialisms in East Asia
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a ...
Veda Hyunjin Kim
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First Knowledging, First Languaging: Australian Teacher Education
TESOL Journal, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Colonial policy and practices in Australia have led to the current situation of economic and social disadvantage for First Nations peoples. These policies were also instrumental in the demise of their traditional languages, from approximately 250 to now only 12 being learnt as a first language.
Sender Dovchin +3 more
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Implementation of Language Policy in USSR in 1930s (Buryat-Mongolian Language)
Nauchnyi dialogThe study focuses on analyzing the development of the Buryat-Mongolian language and writing system amidst socio-cultural transformations during the Soviet period. Textbooks, methodological guides, as well as ethnographic and sociolinguistic reports from the 1930s, serve as the research materials. Educational materials on teaching methods for the Buryat-
I. G. Aktamov, N. B. Badmatsyrenova
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Area, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.Short Abstract This paper compares two systematic literature reviews—one in English and one in Vietnamese—to examine how language shapes the production and framing of knowledge on climate change and health. It highlights significant differences in methods, assumptions and policy framings, and argues that linguistic boundaries are not just technical ...
Anh Ngoc Vu +4 more
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An Investigation to Language Uses in Mongolian Learners' Third Language Acquisition
English Language Teaching, 2009 In Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, many Mongolian students are learning English as a third language. In the process of L3 teaching and learning, their mother tongue Mongolian, second language Chinese and target language English are involved. The present paper aims to find out teachers’ and students’ opinions of the use of the three languages in the ...
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Growth and Change, Volume 57, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether and how digital technology adoption affects subjective well‐being in China, and investigates the heterogeneous effects across urban‐rural, regional, income, and gender dimensions. Using nationally representative data from the 2022 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) comprising 9439 individuals across 25 provinces, we ...
Jiacheng Liu, Ye Yuan
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Horses on the Menu: Patterns and Drivers of Free‐Ranging Horse Consumption by Iberian Wolves
Mammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 2, June 2026.Free‐ranging mountain ponies can comprise most of the Iberian wolf diet. Through a meta‐analysis of 137 studies, we show that horse consumption is shaped by prey availability, topography and human density, often surpassing wild and domestic ungulates and potentially serving as a buffer for livestock predation.
Joana Freitas +4 more
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