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The Postcolonial Cultural Industry: From Consumption to Distinction [PDF]
, 2015 Drawing from Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s critical notion of the culture industry, this essay explores how postcolonial texts cater to cosmopolitan audiences who, according to Bourdieu’s idea of “distinction,” thrive on the consumption of global ...
Ponzanesi, S.
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YoungThis article investigates the formation of political subjectivity among young men with migratory experience in contemporary Sweden and how it unfolds in relation to the politicized context of migration and intimacy.
Anna Baral, Åsa Trulsson
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Who Holds the Strings? Hybrid Governance in Small States
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how governance in Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) is reshaped by enduring postcolonial legacies, recurrent crises, and deepening global interdependence. It highlights turbulence, understood as a structural, generative condition of fragmented and recombining authority, as its central analytical contribution ...
Dana‐Marie Ramjit
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Re-orienting the postcolonial: responding to the South, working in the North [PDF]
, 2011 Taking bearings from critical currents of thought in south Asia and black Africa and beyond, this paper discusses some of the differences in how postcolonialism is read from place to place in the light of local politics and culture. The paper makes a
Phillip Darby
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Colombia's forests play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, but they are currently facing severe degradation, particularly after the 2016 Peace Agreement. Our literature review highlights a growing research interest in this topic and demonstrates how interdisciplinary approaches combining diverse methods can enhance
Estefanía Muñoz +13 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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Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2016 Christian mission in African context, especially in the post-colonial era, can no longer afford to turn a blind eye to the fact that it co-exists with the African traditional religion(s).
Mashau, Derrick , Ngcobo, Themba Eric
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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article is based on a study that examines the practices and perspectives of selected educational actors in Kalimantan, Indonesia, on climate change education. The region is highly affected by climate crises and holds global relevance for mitigation due to its tropical forests and peatlands.
Carla Hermanussen, Saritha Kittie Uda
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smart city initiatives aim for sustainability and inclusiveness, but recent evidence shows that they often lead to injustices. Although this contradiction has received growing academic attention, a comprehensive understanding of how justice is addressed within smart city practices remains limited.
Md. Nazmul Haque +5 more
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An identity of opposition against urban cosmopolitan setting in Yasmina Khadra's The attack (2006)
Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2009 Yasmina Khadra, a female name, pseudonym of Muhammed Moulessehoul, an Algerian military officer for 25 years is now a French citizen. John Cullen translates The attack (2006) from French.
Retno Sukardan Mamoto
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