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The Open‐Source Paradox: Africa's Digital Sovereignty and the Structural Limits of Artificial Intelligence Autonomy

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Open‐source artificial intelligence is widely promoted as a democratising pathway to digital sovereignty for African states, offering access to frontier architectures without prohibitive capital investment. This paper investigates whether open‐source AI represents a credible route to autonomy or generates a new form of structural dependency ...
Ololade A. Shonubi
wiley   +1 more source

Diversified Communication and Harmony of Chinese culture: a historical investigation into the religious-culture exchanges among the Hans, Tibetans, and Mongolians

International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology
How can harmonious communication, integration, and coexistence among different ethnicities with distinct cultures be achieved in a multi-ethnic country? What lessons can we draw from China’s multi-ethnic cultural exchanges throughout history?
Wuhu Sun, Dorje Banbur, Yue Li
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A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
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The types, characteristics, and contemporary implications of the Interaction-Exchange-Integration History of Chinese religious-cultures

International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology
Historically, China’s religious culture centered on the triumvirate of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, fostering a diverse, multi-ethnic, and multi-faceted communication model.
Wuhu Sun, Dorje Banbur, Yue Li
doaj   +1 more source

Church unity and membership retention: Lessons from Lagos East Baptist Conference for South African ecumenical praxis

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This study explored the factors influencing church and retention of members within the Lagos East Baptist Conference (LEBC) in Nigeria. It examined how these findings are capable of informing the ecumenical witness of churches in South Africa ...
Timothy O. Tijani, Priscilla Fiyinfoluwa Itopa, Fortunatus G.P. Alabi, Afolorunso O. Dairo   +3 more
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Review of Zen Terror in Prewar Japan. Portrait of an Assassin by Brian Daizen Victoria

The ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, 2023
A review of Zen Terror in Prewar Japan.
Ronald S Green
doaj   +2 more sources

NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda, Margary Martin, Misty Pacheco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orthoprax Performance: Local Belief-Folklorism Practice in the Case of Zoucheng’s Mencius Worship

Religions
The contemporary Mencius Shidian Ritual (shidian li, 释奠礼) in Zoucheng City is a recognized Shandong Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), mainly manifested through the Annual Commemorative Ceremony for the Mother of Mencius and Mencius (jinian ...
Fanmeng Meng, Jinguo Chen
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Public Trust and Perception of Justice in Law Enforcement in Kazakhstan

Changing Societies & Personalities
The study provides an overview of the Just Kazakhstan program, initiated in the aftermath of the 2022 January events, providing insights into how government initiatives aimed at promoting fairness can potentially positively impact trust in law ...
Kuanysh Sailau, Makpal Dabyltayeva, Assem Ibraimova, Yermek Toktarov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source