Higher-order topology for collective motions by Zijie Sun, Tianjiang Hu

“…Abstract Collective motions are prevalent in various natural groups, such as ant colonies, bird flocks, fish schools and mammal herds. …”
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Afrotourism in Brazilian World Heritage sites: challenges and opportunities emphasising a decolonial narrative by Ana Maria Vieira Fernandes, Gabrielle Cifelli

“…Considering the existing narrative reduction in the heritagisation discourses, which frequently highlight the hegemonic colonial heritage, this research seeks to clarify how these Brazilian Heritages are being revealed through Afrotourism from a decolonial narrative, and to what extent local community plays a central role in the challenging process of revelation of the Afro-Brazilian memory and its intangible cultural assets.…”
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Las colonias escolares durante la Guerra Civil : el caso de la colonia de Navajas de la Diputación de Madrid como contrapunto a la propaganda by Karine Lapeyre

“…When the Junta de Madrid decided to evacuate the capital city, it sent children to the colonies. The press narrated their evacuation and their relocation to Levante. …”
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Media policy in Greenland by Ravn-Højgaard Signe

“…Specifically, under colonial rule, Greenlandic media was state run and media was seen as an instrument to educate the population. …”
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El hombre en piezas. Prácticas de la recolección durante la primera misión científica de René Verneau en las islas Canarias (1877-1878 y 1884-1887) by Nathalie Le Brun

“… En este artículo, se analiza la labor de campo realizada por el francés René Verneau durante su primera misión científica en Canarias, una empresa que coincidió con la intensificación de la ocupación colonial de África. Al mismo tiempo que puso en práctica diversas estrategias para reunir colecciones que enriquecieran los establecimientos científicos y museísticos del Estado francés (exploraciones, compras, donaciones, reproducciones, etc.), este viajero recolectó determinados tipos de materiales con vistas a confirmar la pervivencia de arcaísmos propios de la raza cromañón en el archipiélago canario e integrar de esta manera las islas en el área de influencia francesa. …”
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Andinos y buenos cristianos. La inversión en lo sagrado en los trámites legales de dos caciques en el virreinato del Perú (siglo xvi) by Elfie Guyau

“…It also illustrates what is at stake behind their identification as “exemplary Christians” by the colonial authorities. Moreover, the entanglement of elements taken from the Hispanic legal and political culture with more ancient forms and criteria of legitimacy enlightens how two indigenous lords balanced a new identity as Christian elites with their previous function in Andean communities by reformulating prehispanic practices and customs in the everyday life of their parishes.…”
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Dari Minoritas ke Mayoritas: Asimilasi dan Integrasi Orang Indo-Eropa di Indonesia, 1950-1959 by Max Rooyackers

“…Focusing on the Partai Indo Nasional (PIN) and the Indo-Eenheids Verbond (IEV), later transformed into the Gabungan Indo untuk Kesatuan Indonesia (GIKI-IEV), the research explores the divergent strategies adopted by these two prominent organizations to navigate their post-colonial identity. While both groups sought integration into Indonesian society, their approaches varied significantly. …”
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La divine comédie dans les Andes ou les tribulations du mort dans son voyage vers l’au-delà by Valérie Robin Azevedo

“…Further on, it shows how the imagination about death was transformed by the missionaries in colonial times. This historical moment is important in order to understand the current relationship between live and dead human beings, as it can be seen in All Saint’s Day. …”
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Honey Robbing: Causes, Impacts and Preventive Measures by Xinyu Wang, Ting Huang, Quanzhi Ji, Jun Guo, Yazhou Zhao

“…Honey robbing, which typically occurs during times of food scarcity, is a perilous foraging strategy for bee colonies and presents a formidable challenge in the realm of beekeeping. …”
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The Value of African Wisdom: Reflections on Modern Education in Uganda. by Sekiwu, Denis

“…It explores the status of African wisdom in the wake of colonialism, painting the hegemonic character of Western knowledge production. …”
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The “Miss Curvy Uganda” pageant: representation, commodification and exploitation of women’s bodies by Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…This paper presents the paradox of the pageantry within the politics of patriarchy that exploits showcasing female bodies for generating revenue as well as the transformation of contemporary conscience in a neoliberal post-colonial economy.…”
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Pedagogical Views and Educational Activities of Ismail Gasprinsky by Мухиддин Хайруддинов

“…Gasprinsky was defending the interests of the Crimean Tatars, Mus- lims and societies living in conditions of colonial slavery. Gasprinsky was one of the most outstanding thinkers of the Turkic world. …”
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‘Senses’: Assessing a Key Term inDavid Chidester’s Analysis of Religion by Johan M. Strijdom

“…Chidester’s analysis of the senses in European Christian discourses on the one hand, and in colonial and postcolonial African indigenous religion and imperial religious studieson the other hand, is compared and assessed. …”
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Exploiting Body and Place in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Catherine Lanone

“…This creates a kind of proto-ecofeminist logic, as colonial metaphors are applied to the landscape but also to Tess’s enslaved body, while she toils on the machine, relentlessly exposed to the male gaze. …”
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AN ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON NIGERIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY by Uti Harrison Onyeka, Ubong Ituen Ituen

“…This work examines briefly the history and origin of the Nigerian Military (Army) during the British colonial administration in Nigeria, the reasons for its establishment, the constabulary roles and functions the military performed and its modus operandi within the period under review and how it has continued to impact negatively on the civil-military relations in Nigeria. …”
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Les termitières, un univers de chasse (nord du Cameroun) by Christian Seignobos

“…They are used by adult farmers using the surrounding areas of their plots.Among them, termite mounds’ hunters – namely here, the Gizigas from the Maroua region – remain a separate category associating knowledge about living termite mounds exploited once a year, during sexually matured winged adults’ swarming, and knowledge about dead termite mounds that have been given up by their colonies and become the refuge of a diverse, furry, priclkly and scaly animals. …”
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Vaccines, Spas and Yellow Fever: Expert Physicians, Professional Honour and the State in the Mid-Nineteenth Century by Darina Martykánová, Víctor M. Núñez-García

“…We approach this vast topic from a European perspective, tracing trans-imperial and transnational trends and including the colonial dimensions, as well as the interaction of European powers and subjects with extra-European states and peoples. …”
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Ant-Mimicking Spiders: Strategies for Living with Social Insects by Fadia Sara Ceccarelli

“…In addition, this review expands on the strategies that ant-associating (in particular ant-mimicking) spiders have developed to minimise the costs of living close to colonies of potentially dangerous models. The main strategy that has been noted to date is either chemical mimicry or actively avoiding contact with ants. …”
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Neurasthenia, Civilisation and the Crisis of Spanish Manhood, c. 1890–1914 by Violeta Ruiz

“…Its main symptoms of aboulia and psychic passivity made it a condition that reflected the larger crisis of national identity in the wake of the loss of the last overseas colonies to the USA in 1898. As such, it argues that the disease served to define the parameters of proper bourgeois masculinity at a time when the status of Spain’s degree of civilisation was being questioned by the country’s elites. …”
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‘Groaning wicked like a maddening dog’: Bestiality, Modernity and Irishness in J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World by Hélène Lecossois

“…Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, anxieties brought about by Ireland’s colonial modernity are given an especially powerful expression through an extensive recourse to animal imageries. …”
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