Oor die inhoud en boodskap van die Heidelbergse Kategismus by D. Smit

“… The essay argues that it is meaningful to speak about the theme, content and message of the Heidelberg Catechism, although these three should be distinguished. …”
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Reminiscence Tours and Pilgrimage Sites by Katja Uusihakala

“…The notion of pilgrimage seems to capture both the physical as well as the emotional aspects that such movements contain. This essay examines how members of the ex-Rhodesian diaspora community in South Africa ‘travel back’ to the past in the present in two ways: firstly by concrete heritage journeys to Zimbabwe on reminiscence tours and secondly by constructing memory sites and commemorative venues, where the journeys back to the ‘homeland’ take the form of imaginative travel. …”
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THEATRICAL LIFE AND REPERTOIRE OF THE MARIONETTE THEATRE OF ESTERHÁZ by Kata ASZTALOS

“…The focal point of the essay is an analysis of the functioning of the marionette theatre based on date, authors and works. …”
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Pionieri in paradiso by Simonetta Grilli, Fabio Mugnaini

“… The essay reflects on the processes of redefining the forms of living in a rural community, Trequanda (in the province of Siena), which has experienced a partial repopulation since the 1970s with the arrival of individuals (couples and families of various ages) from diverse socio-cultural and geographical backgrounds. …”
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‘Trustworthy Allies’: International Organisations, Ernest Hemingway, Women Activists, and Spanish Republican Exiles in Cuba by Daniel Fernandez Guevara

“…Notably, if the literature on US private aid groups is scant for the Spanish conflict, the research is simply non-existent for refugees who made their way to Cuba or the women in the United States who facilitated aid for these refugees. Thus, this essay addresses a crucial lacuna in the historiography by examining how US aid groups dealt with the crisis on the island. …”
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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. …”
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Call for Papers: Demography Prize for Young Researches 2016/2017 by IF and FRFG

“… The Stuttgart-based Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the London-based Intergenerational Foundation (IF) jointly award the biennial Demography Prize, endowed with EUR 10,000 (ten thousand euros) in total prize-money, to essay-writers who address political and demographic issues pertaining to the field of intergenerational justice. …”
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Czy Muminki mogą zmienić współczesny świat? Na marginesie recenzji książki Hanny Dymel-Trzebiatowskiej Przechadzki po Dolinie Muminków. Perspektywa filozoficzno-literacka (2024)... by Dorota Michułka

“… This essay is an attempt at contextual interpretation of Hanna Dymel-Trzebiatowska’s book Przechadzki po Dolinie Muminków. …”
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An Emerging Theory of School-Based Participatory Science by P. Sean Smith, Christine L. Goforth, Sarah J. Carrier, Meredith L. Hayes, Sarah E. Safley

“…Despite these benefits and others, school-based participatory science (SBPS) is not widespread. In this essay, we put forth a theory of SBPS that is emerging from a four-year study of efforts to integrate participatory science in elementary classrooms. …”
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Theorizing International Politics of Research, Science, and Technology: Implications for Global Governance, National Security, and Economic Growth by Julius Adinoyi

“… This article examines the value of understanding the international politics surrounding research, science and technology (RST) in today‟s world.It encompasses intricate connections between nations, international organizations, and multinational enterprises,which is essential for economic growth, social development, and national security.The significance of elements like anarchy, capitalism, welfare, and security that influences the global politics of RST is highlighted in the essay.In order to counteract technology misuse, the authors stress the significance of establishing ethical standards. …”
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Social Personalism, Its Implications for Education and Implementation in Society by Sławomir Chrost

“…The human-person, colloquially speaking, needs other people to grow, and needs interpersonal relationships to ‘give and take.’ The purpose of this essay is to outline the theoretical underpinnings of social personalism, its implications for pedagogy and selected examples of how it is cultivated in practice. …”
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Community Media 2.0: A Report from the ‘Co-Creative Communities’ Forum by Edmond Maura

“…Drawing on forum transcripts and follow-up research the essay describes some of the key trends shaping how community-interest media organisations and independent producers are working with participatory digital culture, and with what success.…”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL AFRICAN AND WESTERN PEACE BUILDING by TANKO SHAWULU PAUL PAUL, KINGSLEY PHILIPS NOYE, EMMANUEL ACHUS JAH

“…Hence both the traditional African method and the Western style method still live with us and peace is what everyone need. This essay is an attempt to harmonize the Africa traditional conflict resolution and western methods of peace building in conflict management in the African environment with specific touch on the IGBO of the South East Nigeria and the BUEM of Ghana . peace building theory was used. …”
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Cosmotechnologies of Community and Collaboration in Vandana Singh’s Speculative Architectures by Joel P.W. Letkemann

“…For architects, this means considering how much architecture today is constrained by a singular technological paradigm, and how architects can think the many technologies of architecture differently. This essay considers architectural cosmotechnology through discourses in global speculative fiction (SF), fictions proceeding from different ways of understanding and being in the world, to explore the future implications of these fictions for architecture and other technological practices in contrast to the hegemony of global modernism – what I have called cosmotechnologies of community and collaboration. …”
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Social welfare in the Greco-Roman world as a background for early Christian practice by P. Lampe

“… The essay investigates if and how Greco-Roman theorists attempted to motivate altruistic behaviour and devise a social-welfare ethics. …”
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A Peircean transcendental framework for conceiving human and non-human culture by Hünefeldt Thomas

“…As such, it does not only offer numerous notions that can be and have been, fruitfully applied to a large variety of cultural phenomena, but it also requires rethinking and reconceiving the concept of culture itself, especially as regards its relation to the concept of nature and its anthropocentric premises and biases. Accordingly, this essay aims to explore how to reconceive culture in a Peircean transcendental framework. …”
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Information Seeking Behavior Among Final Year Students at National Teachers' College Kabale. by Nduhukire, Bonus

“…The use of consultations from lecturers references through the Librarian was the common strategy for seeking information while the purpose for information varied over the years -from examination, and self-development to selecting a project topic (long essay). The study concluded that the information needs and seeking behavior of students depend on the year and course (school) of study. …”
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Systematic Literature Review di Bidang Sistem Informasi dan Ilmu Komputer by Diah Priharsari

“…Although SLR method is quite familiar in Indonesia, a complete essay that explains about SLR in Indonesia is hard to find. …”
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