Museus e políticas de ativismo: Pode o museu comportar dispositivos para uma cultura participativa? by Francisco Sá Barreto dos Santos, Tatiana Coelho da Paz Bezerra

“…No centro de questões sobre políticas de patrimonialização e estratégias para gestão de ativismos culturais, este trabalho está construído como uma crítica a uma cultura da musealização, tomando como referência três eixos para discussão: a) o debate a partir da ambiguidade da noção de cultura como recurso; b) a relação entre essa crítica possível e a reflexão pós-colonial sobre as noções de Sociologia das Ausências e das Emergências; e c) por fim, um estudo de indicativos possíveis para a emergência do diagrama museus, ativismo e cultura participativa enquanto problema urgente à reflexão nos campos de investigação em Museologia, políticas de cultura, memória social e estudos de cidade.…”
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DECOLONIZING ISLAMIC STUDIES: A VIEW FROM THE SALAFIS SCHOOL OF THOUGHT by EMORDI PROMISE JUDE, OGHENERO KANO BENSON, CHUKWUKADIBIA CHIMAUZOM EZE, CYNTHIA UKA IYADE, AYINOR AZUBUIKE

“… This essay argues for a critical re-evaluation of Islamic studies, challenging the Eurocentric and Arab-centric biases that have historically shaped the field. We propose a de-colonial approach that dismantles assumptions of Arab supremacy and promotes a more inclusive understanding of Islam. …”
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Celestial Resistance by Maryia Rusak

“…Based on original archival documents, the essay interrogates these resistances to universalist ideas of technology and ontological assumptions embedded and perpetuated through the architecture of post-colonial “development” projects. This study serves as a first stepping stone towards further investigations into how Western homogenising technologies could be negotiated and challenged for a more pluralistic technological paradigm.   …”
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Reflexões a respeito da ideia de (r)existências do Sul by Júlia Figueredo Benzaquen

“…Dessa forma, a defesa aqui feita do conceito de (r)existências, em detrimento do conceito de movimentos sociais, vai no sentido de questionar uma gramática colonial da Sociologia, abarcar a pluralidade de resistências e se posicionar politicamente. …”
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Technical insights on adjustable velar extension and safety mechanism in Tübingen palatal plate for Pierre Robin sequence by Hemwati Nandan, Bert Braumann, Teresa Kruse, Michael Wolf, Pragjyoti Jha, Srinivas Gosla Reddy, Prasad Nalabothu

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CARING FOR WOMEN ON THE FRONTLINES: ENHANCING WOMEN WORKERS’ CAPABILITIES AND BUILDING SOCIAL FRIENDSHIP by M.M.-Y. Yuen

“…In addition, the notions of political charity and social friendship in Catholic social thought, particularly the social encyclical Fratelli Tutti, and the multi-axial analysis in post-colonial feminist theology are useful in upholding women’s dignity and moral agency in care situations. …”
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Coral Reef Conservation Strategies for Everyone by Kathryn E. Lohr, Joshua T. Patterson

“…Large groups of these animals live together and form huge interconnected colonies called reefs. Coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet; an essential habitat for a wide variety of animal and plant species. …”
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Hornets and Yellowjackets, Vespula and Dolichovespula spp. by E. E. Grissell

“…All species are social, living in colonies of hundreds to thousands of individuals. These wasps are adept at stinging and are especially aroused if danger threatens the nest. …”
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Western Drywood Termite, Incisitermes minor (Hagen) (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) by Brian J. Cabrera, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

“…Some members of the Kalotermitidae are called drywood termites because colonies live entirely within sound, dead, dry wood. …”
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Die Tweetoringkerk as een van die N.G.-Gemeentes van Bloemfontein gedurende die Anglo-Boereoorlog 1899-1902 by R. M. Britz

“…It had to adapt to the war situation and to a new dispensation when the Orange River Colony, replacing the Republic, was instituted during March 1900. …”
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THE EVOLUTION AND TRANSFORMATION OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND MOVEMENTS IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF LABOUR PARTY OF NIGERIA by Toye Manuwa

“…The paper explores how the LPN has adapted to the changing political, economic and social contexts in Nigeria, from the colonial era to the present day. It also examines how the LPN has maintained or transformed its ideological identity, vision and agenda over time, reflecting its commitment to social justice, democracy and national development. …”
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Florida's Bats: Florida Bonneted Bat by Holly K. Ober, Terry J. Doonan, Emily H. Evans

“…Additional concerns include the species’ small population size and restricted range, the small number of known colonies, their slow reproduction, and the relative isolation of separate populations of bonneted bats. …”
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COMBATTING CULTISM IN NIGERIA’S DIGITAL SOCIETY BY LEVERAGING YOUTHPRENUERSHIP FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT by CHIDI FRANKLIN UZOIGWE, OZINNA OKOYE

“…It traces the historical roots of cultism and secret societies in Nigeria to the pre-colonial era, with particular focus on their emergence in university settings in 1952. …”
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SUR Y EL NORTE COMO EXPERIENCIAS EPISTEMOLÓGICAS NECESARIAS A LA DESCOLONIALIDAD by Paulo Henrique Martins

“…Las experiencias epistemológicas modernas fueron importantes para cimentar la modemidad eurocéntrica y la jerarquía colonial que funda el Norte y el Sur como dos campos de producción diversos pero desiguales de saber y de poder: el Norte como el campo de la racionalidad, el Sur, el campo de la irracionalidad. …”
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Efficacy of Sakacin on Selected Food Pathogenic Microorganisms Isolated from Fermented Milk Products by SSD Mohammed, D Damisa, TV Balogu, E Bala

“…The L .sake was isolated using the pour plate technique and was characterized based on it colony, cell morphology and some biochemical tests. …”
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Was Sor Juana a Sphinx? Monstrosity and the Poetics of Dedication in Her Transoceanic Enigmas by Víctor Sierra Matute

“…My article shows how, toward the end of her life, Sor Juana embraces and subverts discussions about her exceptional status and transatlantic identity, fostering a sense of transoceanic sorority among women writers of the colonial period.…”
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GLOBALIZATION, POST-COLONIZING MIGRATION AND NEO-SLAVERY: THE SOCIO-POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AFRICAN STATES by Jonathan C. Madu

“…My paper argues that the process of decolonization, especially in Africa was incomplete and that former colonies were excluded from key economic decisions that came to have severe implications for their future attempts at developing their economies, which got worse with globalization. …”
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A RE-EXAMINATION OF INDIGENOUS VALUES AS PANACEA FOR LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA by CHIAKOR ALFRED, EUGENE ALIEGBA, RUTH CALEB LUKA

“…Using the political economy framework of analysis, the write up provides the historical foundations and relationship between leadership within Nigeria’s pre-colonial societies, and has compared same to the leadership question in modern democratic practice. …”
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Role Of Political Parties In Resolving The Challenges Confronting Nigeriafrom 1960-1966 by Mas’ud Bello, Sani Ibrahim

“… Shortly after Nigeria attained its independence on the 1st October, 1960 it experienced numerous challenges of Nation-building, this is because, the conquest and imposition of colonial rule with its divide and rule tactics and other attendant consequences has set different ethnic groups in Nigeria at logger beads, mistrust has gained ground in the body polity of the Nation, couple with devastated economy, poor infrastructural facilitates. …”
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Nyege Nyege Music Festival in Uganda: A Growing Leisure Activity with a Moral Dilemma by Amos, Ochieng, Brenda, Bonabaana, Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…We argue that unregulated embracement of festivals expose society to foreign cultural influences of the so-called progressive contemporary neoliberal post-colonial leisure economy. This paper contributes to the body of knowledge on leisure and tourism with implications for unraveling its potential for diversification of tourism products in Uganda and the moral dilemmas that come with it.…”
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