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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Human–predator coexistence presents urgent conservation challenges that demand approaches extending beyond mere conflict mitigation. Indigenous knowledge systems, though historically marginalised by Western science, offer vital insights into ethical, sustainable relationships with nature.
Rocío Almuna +12 more
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Unveiling power, or why social science's task is explanation
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract This short essay contends that sociology should devote attention to causal explanation in order to expose lies. It argues that lies about causes are common in society and social science is in a unique privileged position to offer social knowledge that can dispel such lies. Offering causal explanations is a vital task of this project.
Julian Go
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Since its inception in the 1980s, postcolonial theory has greatly enriched academic perspectives on culture and literature. Yet, in the same way that colonial goods and services have long contributed to economic and political growth, postcolonial topics ...
Lindner, Oliver., Emig, Rainer.
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Post-Colonialism and the Reinterpretation of New Zealand's Colonial Narrative: The Wairua Massacre
, 2015 Post-colonialism has provided the means by which contemporary historians can challenge the previously held notions of national history and folklore. Using the specific example of the Wairua Affray, an early violent confrontation between settlers and ...
Piper, Andrew
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‘Megxit’ and that Oprah interview: Meghan Markle, (post)colonialism and ‘misogynoir’
, 2022 ‘Megxit’ and that Oprah interview: Meghan Markle, (post)colonialism and ‘misogynoir’ After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in 2018 was hailed as symbolising Britain as a ‘post-racial’ society, the couple’s subsequent departure from the British ...
Clancy, Laura, Dr
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Post-colonialism: Informing Adult Education Research in Developing Countries
, 2005 Adult education in post-independence developing countries resides within the context of national and local conditions which are connected to the legacy of colonialism.
Burke, Morag C.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Early modern herbaria house important and useful data on historic environments. However, their contents are often inhospitable to scientific use. Despite this challenge, once their contents have been deciphered, such specimens present novel research opportunities.
Madeline E. White, Stephen A. Harris
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Post-Colonialism and the Reinterpretation of New Zealand's Colonial Narrative: Heke's War
, 2018 Post-colonialism has provided a useful mindset by which contemporary historians can challenge previously held notions of national history, or see better how the national narrative can be considered from a perspective other than that of a grand imperial ...
Piper, Andrew
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Cities can harbor greater plant diversity than other ecosystems, yet how city sociocultural factors may determine differences in plant composition across equivalent urban green space types remains understudied. Here, we compare plant communities in five main urban greenspace types across three Swiss cities representing the country's French (Geneva ...
Joan Casanelles‐Abella +7 more
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Proposing a Framework to Center Justice in Ambitious Science Teaching
Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Though educators and researchers have developed shared theory and language for priorities necessary to disrupt the status quo toward more equitable science education, we lack a tool that organizes sets of teaching practices across an instructional unit to support enactment and rehearsal.
April Luehmann +8 more
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