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Negotiating Nollywood: Women, Violence, and Postfeminist Sensibilities in the Nigerian Film Industry
Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 457-468, March 2026.ABSTRACT Nollywood, the Nigerian film industry, is the second largest globally in terms of the number of films produced annually. Women, through roles as actresses and, more recently, as producers and directors, have gained avenues to grow their careers and social status within both the industry and broader Nigerian society.
Oluwatumininu Olukayode Adebayo +1 more
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The necessitive impersonal REIK(Ė)TI ‘need’: the rise of modal meaning
Lietuvių Kalba, 2017 The focus of the paper is on the frequency, distribution patterns and semantic profile of the necessitive impersonal reik(ė)ti ‘need’ in old and contemporary Lithuanian texts.
Erika Jasionytė-Mikučionienė +1 more
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Educational Theory, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 16-24, February 2026.Abstract In this invited article, I revisit my 2007 essay “Why ‘What Works’ Won't Work: Evidence‐Based Practice and the Democratic Deficit in Educational Research.” I provide a summary of the key arguments in the essay, explain why I used the phrase “democratic deficit,” examine what I have observed regarding the discussion about “evidence” in ...
Gert Biesta
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Racism as Subjectification [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 Nobody likes to feel used. But everyone likes to feel useful. This paradox has long been overlooked by people examining the parameters of racism in the United States. The classic model of racism focuses on the manner in which Black Americans have been objectified — and for good reason.
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Celebrity advocacy and public engagement: the divergent uses of celebrity [PDF]
, 2015 This article sounds a cautionary note about the instrumental use of celebrity advocacy to (re)engage audiences in public life. It begins by setting out the steps necessary to achieve public recognition of a social problem requiring a response.
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‘Attitude Problems’: Racializing Hierarchies of Affect in Post‐Brown U.S. Science Education
Science Education, Volume 110, Issue 1, Page 123-139, January 2026.ABSTRACT Attending to the affect of minoritized students now appears crucial to promoting just and dignity‐affirming science education. Yet, elevating affect as an objective of science learning has a history that predates equity reforms. This study explores the politics of scientific uptakes of affect that have long served to mark hierarchical ...
Kathryn L. Kirchgasler
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Spirituality, Economics, and Education A Dialogic Critique of Spiritual Capital [PDF]
, 2008 This paper consists of a conversation between a philosopher specialising in ethics and religion and an educational researcher with an interest in cultural studies and contemporary social theory.
Helfenbein, Robert J. +1 more
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Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract This paper offers an alternative reading of decolonial geographies by examining how people make due in the context of colonial natures. Drawing on collaborative ethnographic research, we illustrate how everyday acts of reclaiming ancestral lands serve as practices of resistance that foment Enxet and Sanapaná resurgence in Paraguay's Chaco.
Joel E. Correia, Clemente Dermott
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Le cadrage des discours politiques européens sur les migrations : l’illusion des controverses [PDF]
Studii de Lingvistica, 2018 This article aims at studying identity political discourse on migration and its counter-discourse, building on the theory of hegemonies developed at the University of Essex (Laclau & Mouffe 2009, Howarth & Torfing 2005).
Esther Durin
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