Crianças que sofrem: representações da infância em livros distribuídos pelo PNBE by Rosa Maria Hessel Silveira, Marta Campos de Quadros

“…This article analyzes representations of childhood/child in Brazilian contemporary children's literature from the theoretical and methodological framework of cultural studies in education. As a part of a larger study that has sought to understand the factors involved in receiving books that make up the collections of the National Program Library in School (PNBE) – Early Years of Elementary School, this text discusses the representations of children suffering and the different origins of suffering according to three main themes: poverty and child l abor, difficulties in social interaction and children's fears. …”
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The Value of Gambling and its Research by Pauliina Raento

“…Gambling scholarship is on the rise and  its foci are broadening especially in the social sciences and cultural studies. …”
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Decolonising Bibles? Image, imagination, and imagin(in)g in the postcolonial academy by J. Punt

“…Antipathy towards cultural studies approaches such as postcolonial theory on the one hand is born from ideological preoccupation, intellectual comfort and turf-protection, but on the other hand deprives the biblical studies guild (and associated studies in theology and religion) from a broader spectrum of resources and reimagined engagements with biblical texts and their colonialist-infused legacies.…”
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Paradigm shifters: tricksters and cultural science by Hartley John

“…The disciplinary purpose of the paper is to try to bridge two otherwise disconnected domains – cultural studies and evolutionary economics – by showing that the traditional methods of the humanities (e.g. anthropological, textual and historical analysis) have explanatory force in the context of economic actions and complex-system evolutionary dynamics. …”
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Dispelling myths: Christian prayers and their impact on democracy building in Nigeria by Chisom B. Amaole

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Conducting research “in a good way”: relationships as the foundation of research by Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon (Iñupiaq), Deana Around Him

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Maffesoli e a "investigação do sentido" - das identidades às identificações by Eduardo Portanova Barros

“…This theme is also discussed by other theorists linked to the Cultural Studies, like Stuart Hall. Maffesoli argues, approaching Hall, and vice-versa, that a saturation of the classical logics of identity can happen.…”
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What is Legal Theory? by Marietta Auer

“…Under the heading of legal theory, scholars have explored novel pathways to legal research by using insights and methodologies from a multitude of research fields ranging from cultural studies and economics to genetics and neuroscience. …”
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Crítica literária e sociedade: como representa o texto literário? by Juan Pablo Chiappara

“…Thus, it poses the idea of thinking on the basis of the concept of paratopia, suggested by Maingueneau in the early 90s in the French Analysis of Discourse. In Cultural Studies, some concepts by Homi Bhabba are reconsidered, as they offer a theoretical point of view aligned with an idea of representation that does not take for granted a smooth or simplified passage from the literary text to the social or from the social to the text. …”
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SOME THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUES ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN CULTURAL COMMUNITIES IN VIETNAM TODAY by Ngoc Tho Nguyen

“…This article analyzes the theoretical foundations of urban community culture in the contemporary Vietnamese context from the interdisciplinary perspective between cultural studies, urban studies, and other disciplines, draws on the experience of some typical cases in the region and around the world, and proposes a scientific and practical basis for the development of community culture in urban areas in Vietnam. …”
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Estudios y otras prácticas intelectuales latinoamericanas en cultura y poder by Daniel Mato

“…Por otra parte, de manera complementaria, en este texto también se presenta una crítica de la idea de “Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos”, la cual se centra fundamentalmente en el uso descontextualizado y descontextualizante en América Latina de la idea de “Cultural Studies” proveniente de tradiciones intelectuales angloparlantes.…”
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Determination and Prioritization of Public Library Services in Disasters by Yaghoub Norouzi, hamidreza Radfar, Nayereh Jafarifar

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LEARNING ABOUT REFUGEE LIFE WITH EDUCATIONAL VIDEO GAMES by Elena Shliakhovchuk

“…These results invite educators, researchers, and scholars from the fields of education, game studies, social sciences, and cultural studies to explore the potential of video games as a possible tool for engaging students, addressing social issues, raising awareness, and fostering empathy. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Tourism Activities on the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Among Communities of Rubanda DistrictUganda. by Ahabwe, John Brighton

“…From the findings, some respondents mentioned that traditional music and dance are integral to cultural heritage in Rubanda. Incorporating cultural studies into school curricula to teach younger generations about their heritage, some respondents also showed that storytelling remains a vital method of preserving history and culture, some respondents agreed that the crafting of items like baskets, mats, and pottery is common in Rubanda. …”
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