Global Journal of Human-Social Science
Les Femmes Peulhes dans la Sous-Préfecture de Togoniéré au Nord de la Côte d'Ivoire, entre Résilience et Adaptation
Cette contribution examine la capacité de résilience et d'adaptation des femmes migrantes peules de Togoniéré dans un contexte où l'ensemble de leur communauté peine à s'intégrer dans les zones frontalières en proie à une pression sur les ressources naturelles. La méthodologie pour cette recherche s'appuie sur la documentation autour des activités des femmes en général et celles des femmes peules en particulier. Elle s'accompagne d'une enquête auprès de 366 femmes réparties dans 18 villages rattachés à cette circonscription administrative, pour apprécier leurs activités. Les résultats indiquent une diversité d'activités menées par les femmes peulhs telles que l'élevage, l'agriculture et le commerce. Toutefois, elles font face à des obstacles tels que l'accès limité aux ressources foncières et au crédit. Malgré cela, ces activités ont un impact positif sur le revenu et leur statut social. Une situation qui requiert le renforcement de leurs activités notamment en leur facilitant l'accès au crédit, en renforçant les réseaux de soutien et en promouvant l'égalité du genre pour une autonomisation plus durable.
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Analise das Areas de Sedimentacao Durante Eventos de Cheias e Inundacoes na Bacia Hidrografica de Inhanombe: Caso de Estudo do Distrito de Maxixe Provincia de Inhambane
Sedimentation in river basins is a crucial process that impacts water quality, river morphology, and natural resource management, especially during flood events. This article holistically analyzes the sedimented areas in the Inhanombe River Basin, located in southern Mozambique, highlighting the application of the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) and SDR (Sediment Delivery Ratio) models. Physiographic, hydrological, and land use/land cover aspects influencing hydrosedimentological processes in the basin are discussed. The SWAT model is presented as an effective tool for simulating sediment production and transport, while the SDR model is used to estimate the fraction of sediments that effectively reach water bodies. The article highlights the challenges related to model calibration, spatial variability of data, and the complexity of environmental processes, suggesting the integration of high-resolution data, remote sensing, and continuous monitoring as strategies to improve the accuracy of the simulations. The combination of SWAT and SDR models provides an integrated approach to identifying critical sedimentation areas, contributing to the planning and sustainable management of water resources in the region.
Ecological Collapse and Hypereutrophication in Lake Patzcuaro
This study evaluates the physicochemical degradation of Lake Patzcuaro (Mexico), driven by agro-industrial expansion-with 4,806 hectares of new avocado monocultures-and by untreated urban wastewater discharges. Based on multiparametric primary field data collected between 2019 and 2026, including radial sampling around Tecuenita Island, critical anomalies were identified, such as temperatures reaching 31°C, extreme alkalinity with pH levels of 12, and severe hypoxia with dissolved oxygen below 1 mg/L. The comparative historical analysis shows that water quality parameters far exceed current national standards, with electrical conductivity above 1,000 µS/cm, turbidity of 225.6 NTU, and an organic load of 16.3 mg/L BOD₅. The loss of 684 hectares of biofiltration wetlands in the basin correlates directly with the lake's advanced hypereutrophic state, characterized by high concentrations of fecal coliforms and recurrent algal blooms. The results highlight the urgent need for effective environmental governance and concrete hydrological restoration measures to halt a degradation process that, if allowed to continue, will likely become irreversible.
Análise das Características Morfométricas na Dinâmica Sedimentar da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Incomáti Durante Eventos Extremos de Cheias e Inundações
Considera-se bacia hidrográfica uma área de captação natural de precipitação, cujas águas escoam através de uma rede drenagem até a um exutório. Neste contexto, a análise dos parâmetros morfométricos permite caracterizar a sua geometria, rede de drenagem e relevo, contribuindo para a compreensão do comportamento hidrológico, dos processos erosivos e da vulnerabilidade á ocorrência de cheias e inundações. Esta análise contribui para o planeamento hidrológico e gestão de cheias principalmente em países em vias de desenvolvimento, como é o caso de Moçambique onde em alguns casos há escassez de dados hidrometeorológicos. As bacias hidrográficas são delimitadas utilizando o Modelo Digital De Elevação (MDE), da Missão Topográfica Radar Shuttle (SRTM), e os parâmetros geométricos, hidrográficos e de relevo são extraídos por meio de ferramentas de informação geográfica (SIG), o QGIS e o ArcGIS. A morfometria da bacia hidrográfica influencia directamente na produção, retenção e transporte de sedimentos, os quais por sua vez, reduzem a capacidade de escoamento e alteram o comportamento hidrológico da bacia, contribuindo para a ocorrência de cheias e inundações regulares. Estudos sobre perdas do solo e da água por erosão utilizam modelos hidrossedimentológicos, como o SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool), uma ferramenta que integra dados espaciais e temporais, permitindo simular simultaneamente o escoamento, a erosão do solo e o transporte de sedimentos em grande escala. A produção e o transporte de sedimentos em bacias hidrográficas e a erosão média anual do solo são determinados por meio da Equação Universal de Perda de Solos (EUPS) e da Equação Revista da Perda de Solo (EURPS), respectivamente. Diante da importância de realizar estudos hidrológicos e geomorfológicos, e bservando escassas pesquisas que retratam a sedimentologia e morfometria em Moçambique e no rio Incomáti, este artigo revisa a literatura sobre a morfometria e transporte de sedimentos em bacias hidrográficas, analisando os seus impactos durante as cheias e inundações.
Turismo como Instrumento Dinamizador do Corredor Rodoviário Bioceânico
O turismo possui grande potencial para acelerar o crescimento econômico através do Corredor Rodoviário Bioceânico, que conectará o Atlântico ao Pacífico cruzando Brasil, Paraguai, Argentina e Chile, desde Porto Murtinho, no Centro Oeste do Brasil, até Antofagasta, no norte do Chile. Com boa gestão e a governança apropriada, o turismo pode gerar empregos de qualidade e reduzir a pobreza, bem como criar incentivos para a proteção ambiental. A promoção do turismo ao longo do Corredor Rodoviário também pode ser um instrumento para uma transição gradual em direção a uma economia mais inclusiva, resiliente e sustentável. As mudanças esperadas, no entanto, dependem não apenas da instalação de uma infraestrutura moderna. O sucesso estará condicionado ao desenvolvimento de parcerias público-privadas, envolvendo os diversos atores interessados, à integração de empresas do setor de turismo a empresas de outros setores ao longo da cadeia de valor, à melhoria da produção de estatísticas e análises setoriais, bem como à educação e treinamento vocacional, com o apoio das universidades locais. Os tomadores de decisão precisam entender que resultados positivos serão mais facilmente atingidos se todos os países unirem esforços e garantirem o uso sustentável dos ecossistemas. Por fim, apesar das atuais restrições orçamentárias, é possível avançar explorando mecanismos de financiamento inovadores e garantindo o uso efetivo das capacidades das universidades e do setor privado.
Rethinking Forest Conservation: The Genesis and Evolution of Community Forest Concessions as a Socio-Ecological Governance Model in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve
This study analyzes the historical and institutional genesis of the community forest concessions model in the Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR), Guatemala, as a case of socioecological transformation in tropical forest landscapes. Using a qualitative historicalinstitutional approach. The research integrates literature review, document analysis and comparative perspectives to examine how the model emerged in response to structural conditions of rural poverty, insecure land tenure, agricultural frontier expansion and weak state presence. The findings show that the concession system evolved as an adaptive governance arrangement that aligned conservation objectives with local livelihoods through the combination of conditional use rights, community organization and economic incentives derived from sustainable forest management. The results indicate that areas under community concessions have maintained near-zero deforestation rates while generating local income, strengthening territorial governance and promoting institutional learning across multiple scales. The study demonstrates that the effectiveness of the model is not attributable to a single factor, but to the interaction of socio-ecological components, including land tenure as a concession´s model, incentives, rules, capacities, and actors within a polycentric governance system. The case contributes to the literature by providing empirical evidence on how community-based forest management can reconcile conservation and development objectives. It also highlights key enabling conditions and limitations for policy design and replication in other tropical contexts.
Neighborhood-Scale Urban Forest Structure and Health Inventory as Indicators of Green Infrastructure and Climate Resilience: The Case of Chatham, Chicago
Urban forest inventories are vital for understanding the ecological and social functions of neighborhood-scale arboreal systems, especially in communities experiencing climate-related stress. This study integrates field sampling, and high-resolution (1m x 1m) LiDAR data to establish a comprehensive urban tree inventory for the Chatham neighborhood in Chicago, a community historically burdened by flooding, noise pollution, heat vulnerability, and limited green space. Findings demonstrate that trees in Chatham are predominantly tall, with an average height of 19 meters, and that canopy coverage constitutes approximately 17% of the neighborhood, higher than previous city estimates but still considerably below the recommended 40% urban canopy benchmark. Field assessments further indicate that crown vigor, as well as the health of leaves, trunks, twigs, and other woody components (including bark and branches), are adversely affected, suggesting substantial biotic and abiotic stress factors, which underscores the need for proactive urban forest management like regular tree inspections, inventories, removal or pruning of dead branches, and effective storm preparedness and emergency response. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of targeted planting initiatives in areas with sparse tree cover and of implementing neighborhood-specific greening strategies to enhance climate resilience.
The Problem Managing Bicycling Mobility in Latin American Cities: Ciclovias Recreativas Programs as Political Technologies Governance
This theoretical essay aims at presenting the problem of managing bicycling mobility in latin-american cities through political technologies for planning Ciclovías Recreativas programs. According Estrada et al. (2009), Ciclovías Recreativas consist of events that temporarily open public roads for physical activities, restricting access to motorized vehicles. They generally take place on Sundays and holidays, lasting an average of six hours, and have varying names depending on the country. Despite the management efforts of the Latin American region's main metropolitan areas expanding accessibility for bicyclists through the implementation of bicycling infrastructure, Ciclovías Recreativas simultaneously promote, within a specific timeframe, the playful experimentation of bicycling mobility. These events, by modifying the dynamics of public roads, have the capacity to include the entire population in participation; however, it seems strategic to investigate how these programs can enhance mobility practices that foster a bicycling culture. The text is organized into four parts: 1) Researcher's perspective: an exposition of the research trajectory situating problematic field; 2) Urban mobility, cycle activism, and the use of bicycles on public roads: this section seeks to specify the path of research on public policies for active bicycle mobility; 3) Political technologies and agency: theoretical framework of the Human Sciences for the analytical interpretation; 4) Recreational Ciclovías Recreativas in the Latin American context. Given the asymmetrical political relations spheres power between cyclists and drivers motorized vehicles, the justification research lies problematizing scope of government technologies that expand conditions possibility agencyment bicycling use in Latin American cities.
Sanga Ilakkiyam (Tamil), Rig Veda, Mahabharata (Sanskrit), Old Testament (Hebrew) Egyptian hieroglyphs and Greek ἄρχον (Achilles, Osiris, Bhishma and Karikalan)
The classical languages of Greek, Tamil, Sanskrit, and Hebrew consist of extensive ancient literature. Words exhibiting phonological and morphological similarities to the term 'ἄρχον' is observed across these classical literatures. In Greek this term has the meaning of antiquity, ancestry, age, and bygone eras, all pertaining to temporal scales. Conversely, the same word signifies a distinct set of meanings, including leadership, command, governance, and royalty, which are related to administrative functions. Other languages primarily associate the term with administrative roles. The semantic evolution of this word, encompassing two distinct sets of related meanings, is uniquely evident in the Greek language. The word has acquired its higher meaning, that of king, in these languages. Similarities are also found between these languages in its reference to the kings related to the meaning of the word. In this vein, the events associated with the Greek king Achilles have been juxtaposed with King Karikalan in the Sanga Ilakkiyam (Tamil), Egyptian Osiris as well as Bhishma and his family members in the Mahabharata (Sanskrit).Some of these literary figures with similar characteristics also lived as historical figures.So the research of the Greek term 'ἄρχον' has the potential to develop into not only a comprehensive linguistic analysis but also a literary study, and even more so, a historical one.
La investigación en la ciencia jurídica. Erratas en su concepción, diseño y metodología. Propuestas de corrección
Elobjetivo del artículo es analizar la concepción de la investigación científica, etapa preliminar en la que se "investiga lo que se va a investigar"y decantan definiciones cruciales para la proyección y ejecución de esta, examen que se realiza enfocado a la investigación jurídica. Luego de un prefacio sobre ciencia, conocimiento científico e investigación,reflexiono sobre las tipologías de investigación y caracterizo el tipo de estudio que, preponderantemente, se efectúa en la Ciencia Jurídica. En correspondencia al tipo de investigación se bosqueja el diseño de esta, empero, la clasificación que la literatura maneja es empática con los estudios empíricos, por lo cual establezco una propuesta de diseños para el modelo de investigación teórico-jurídico. Aspecto cardinal en la proyección de la estrategia científica a seguir lo constituyen los métodos e instrumentos a emplear para resolver el problema científico y demostrar/argumentar la hipótesis, tema sobre el que valoro enfoques erráticos sobre la investigación jurídica, valoró los métodos de mayor empleo en este tipo de estudio y desgrano la metodología de aplicación de cada uno, lo que resulta un aporte significativo del artículo.
Investigación científica e investigación jurídica
Particularidades de la investigación jurídica
Thomas More's Utopia: An Ingenious Architectural Design for Social Order and a Virtual Legislative Laboratory for Political Experimentation
Utopia is analysed as a rhetorical work characteristic of humanism that demands an active and interpretative reading. Its meaning is constructed through paradoxes that challenge conventional wisdom, in line with Erasmus of Rotterdam's proposal in a letter addressed to Ulrich von Hutten, and depends on both the historical context and the author's biographical details for a proper understanding. Finally, a brief section will be included linking utopia, science fiction and artificial intelligence as tools for reflecting on social organisation. From this perspective, Utopia can be understood as a theoretical framework that remains relevant today, whilst science fiction and artificial intelligence appear as contemporary manifestations of that same utopian impulse.
The Importance of Ethics and Morals: Their Foundations, their Differences, their Values and Applications within all Human Actions as a Necessity and Ideal, Despite Human Adversities and Limitations, in the Search for Hope for a Better Future
The distinction between ethics and morality constitutes one of the fundamental pillars for understanding human action in contexts of growing social, technological, and biopolitical complexity. Drawing on the classical tradition, Aristotle conceives of ethics as the rational pursuit of the good and excellence of character (areté), aimed at the full realization of the human being within the polis. Thomas Aquinas deepens this perspective by articulating morality as the realm of free human acts, ordered toward the good according to reason and the dignity of the person. In modernity, Kant introduces moral autonomy as the foundation of dignity, while Levinas shifts the focus toward responsibility in the face of the other. These traditions converge in the contemporary understanding that ethics and morality, though related, are not equivalent: ethics is critical reflection on the foundations of action, while morality is the set of norms, habits, and values that guide conduct. In the field of bioethics, the distinction between ethics and morality takes on special relevance in the face of the challenges posed by technoscience. Hans Jonas proposes the principle of responsibility as a criterion to guide human action in a technological civilization capable of affecting the very conditions of life. Ethics offers the critical framework for discerning the good in new and complex situations; morality, the concrete criteria for acting responsibly. Both converge in the construction of a praxis oriented toward justice, the protection of dignity, and the promotion of hope as a horizon of meaning. In a world marked by technological acceleration, inequality, and uncertainty, the articulation between ethics and morality proves indispensable for sustaining a humanity capable of responding to others, protecting life, and orienting technology toward the common good.
Centring Emotion in Addiction: The Emotional Nexus Recovery Model
Addiction is increasingly understood as a condition shaped by interconnected biological, psychological, social, and spiritual elements that contribute to its onset and persistence. Although various treatment and recovery models demonstrate some success in reducing substance misuse and promoting abstinence, they often give little attention to the role of emotional experiences, particularly shame. This discussion examines the importance of recognizing emotion, with an emphasis on shame, in the addiction recovery process, advancing the understanding that addiction serves a purpose in reducing emotional suffering and fostering survival. The Emotional Nexus Recovery (ENR) model integrates biopsychosocial-spiritual and emotion-focused frameworks to promote a holistic understanding of addiction that positions emotion as a central guide in the recovery process. Limitations of the model and directions for future research are discussed.
The Engagement of Brazil with Africa in the New Century: Convergence of Moments
This article treats about the engagement of Brazil with Africa in the new century, which reflects a time in which there was an increase in presence of Brazil in the continent motivated by, not only changes in the conditions of stability in Africa, but also by Brazilian diplomatic investments through African countries and by also favorable internal Brazilian economic conditions, which enabled economic growth and international proactivity . On the Africa side, the new international integration divides in the NEPAD's autonomist mood and a "new scramble for Africa" by the countries interested in investing in the continent. On the Brazil side, Lula government foreign policy pursuit revert the distance settled during the 1990's, by improving not only incentives to the Brazilian companies but also bilateral cooperation, commerce and high level meetings.
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Feminist Discourse Analysis in Islamic Feminism
The discussion in the current debate primarily explores the major areas in Islamic discourses that are criticized by scholars and critics. The current debate aims to investigate and illuminate the true and transparent Islamic picture of the areas (criticized) by the western school of feminism. An attempt has been made to link the debate in the prevailing scholarships to find out the relevant answer to the questions put forward by the mentioned feminists and to develop a paradigm more harmonious and acceptable in the old discourses. Besides, the debate encompasses valuable inputs and provides an argument that leads to mediation between the two poles of controversies.
Democratic Decentralization and People's Participation in West Bengal
After forty years of experiments in democratic decentralization, the constitutional directive was taken seriously and by 73 rd (Amendment) Constitution Act of the Indian Constitution, the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) were accorded constitutional sanction. In order to ensure effective participation of the people in line with the requirements of local democracy as well as to revitalize and reorient the civil society, new institutions in the form of Gram Sabha were brought into being. The state of West Bengal pushed the idea of local democracy a step further by devising another institution below the Gram Sabha, namely, Gram Sansad to ensure more effective and more functional grassroots democracy.
"Gobernadores, Matriz Productiva Provincial Y Relación Ejecutivo - Legislativo. Evidencias Del Caso Argentino Durante La Presidencia De Cristina Kirchner"
Palabras clave: gobernadores, relaciÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒâ€ 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚³n Ejecutivo- Legislativo, disciplina partidaria, territorialidad, ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒâ€ 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ndice Independencia-Territorialidad.
Reassessing the Classification of Armed Conflicts in Contemporary Warfare
Considering modern forms of warfare, the categorization of armed conflicts under IHL has grown more complicated. IHL has historically made a distinction between NIACs & IACs, each of which is subject to different legal frameworks and degrees of protection. Although this binary framework worked well in traditional interstate or purely internal conflicts, hybrid configurations, cross-border operations, proxy warfare, and the involvement of both state & non-state actors are common in contemporary hostilities. By analyzing treaty law, customary international law, and jurisprudence-with a focus on the interpretive strategies used by international courts and tribunals, such as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia-this paper critically assesses the sufficiency of the current classification framework. The research identifies enduring ambiguities regarding the thresholds for the start and end of IACs and NIACs, as well as the legal ramifications of foreign intervention and internationalization, through doctrinal analysis and a few chosen case studies, most notably the conflicts in Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ukraine. According to the study, strict adherence to the conventional dichotomy runs the risk of fragmenting the law, delaying court decisions, and providing uneven protection for those impacted by hostilities. In the end, it suggests that to maintain legal certainty, operational viability, and the humanitarian goal of IHL, conceptual clarity should be improved rather than completely abandoned.
A Review of Indefinite Immigration Detention and The High Court's Power of Judicial Review in Protecting Liberty and Due Process
Indefinite immigration detention is a situation where a non-citizen is held in custody by immigration authorities for a long period without a clear or fixed release date. This usually happens when deportation is delayed, uncertain, or not immediately possible. While governments argue that immigration detention is necessary for border control and enforcement of immigration laws, holding people for too long without a definite timeline raises serious concerns about human liberty, fairness, and due process. This review examines how indefinite immigration detention challenges basic legal and human rights principles, especially the right to freedom from arbitrary detention. It also explains the important role of the High Court through judicial review in checking government power. Judicial review allows courts to examine whether immigration detention decisions are lawful, reasonable, and properly justified. Where detention becomes excessive, unfair, or unsupported by law, the High Court can intervene to protect individual rights and ensure compliance with constitutional and human rights standards. The paper further discusses the balance between state control of immigration and the protection of individual liberty. It highlights how courts try to ensure that detention is not used as punishment or convenience but only as a necessary and proportionate measure. Furthermore, the review shows that judicial review remains a major safeguard in preventing abuse of immigration detention powers and in strengthening due process protections.
Language Hierarchies, Citizenship, and Belonging: A Comparison of Senegal and the United States
This study examines how language hierarchies shape political citizenship and belonging through a comparative analysis of Senegal and the United States. Although the two countries differ significantly in their historical and political contexts, both demonstrate how dominant languages function as mechanisms of political legitimacy and social inclusion. Drawing on literature from political theory, postcolonial studies, and sociolinguistics, the study investigates the historical development of French linguistic dominance in Senegal and English linguistic hegemony in the United States. It analyzes how these language systems influence education, governance, civic participation, and public policy while also examining forms of linguistic resistance and hybridity. The analysis introduces a comparative framework that conceptualizes Senegal as an example of hierarchical pluralism, where multilingual practices coexist with institutional inequality, and the United States as an example of monolingual pluralism, where formal multilingual accommodations exist alongside the ideological dominance of English. The findings demonstrate that linguistic hierarchies continue to shape democratic participation and access to political legitimacy despite policy reforms promoting inclusion. The study concludes that language is not merely a means of communication but a central instrument through which citizenship, authority, and national belonging are constructed. By comparing two rarely paired cases, the research contributes to broader debates on democracy, multilingualism, and postcolonial governance while offering a new framework for understanding the relationship between language and political power.
The American Civil Religion: A Critical Review of its Nationalism
The modern concept of civil religion manifests its fundamental purpose through inculcating nationalism and diminishing loyalty to other local communities in the name of church/state separation. This article wishes to explore the roots of the modern concept in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Robespierre, and the French Revolution and their attempt to replace the church with the state. It proceeds to exemplify the new etatism or loyalty to the state through examining the Inaugural Addresses of US Presidents and displaying the many facets of the civil religion in America that promote its national identity. Some scholars fail to appreciate the intimate relation between the civil religion and nationalism and try to make this form of religion an ideal calling for the people, often centered upon their own political agenda. These scholars fail to recognize that its strict view of church/state separation loses the possibility of providing a prophetic witness outside the state or holding it accountable to a higher court. This article rejects the strict separation of the civil religion and finds true religion developing from below within the affections of the people, not from above in some civic establishment. It is these religious affections that hold the state accountable and must find expression in public.
The Iranian Tinderbox vs Rational Diplomacy
Examining U.S. fiscal instability and confrontation with Iran, this article argues that military escalation in 2026 risks systemic collapse. It analyses three domains: America's structural debt fragility, now at $38.5 trillion; market signals-record gold prices and dollar weakness-indicating eroding confidence in fiat regimes; and Iran's geostrategic position as an energy chokepoint and 'mountain fortress' resistant to invasion. Drawing on historical precedents, it concludes that regime-change strategies could end up in catastrophic miscalculations. Only a return to multilateral diplomacy can avert an economic and security disaster with severe global consequences.
Saúde Mental Frente aos Rompimentos de Barragens e à Covid-19: O Que Revelaram as Vivências Subjetivas de Trabalhadores da Mineração
Esse estudo discutiu a saúde mental dos trabalhadores da mineração de empresas que atuam nos municípios de Mariana, Congonhas e Ouro Preto, localizados no estado brasileiro de Minas Gerais, tendo em vista a sobreposição das consequências socioambientais de três tragédias: o rompimento das barragens de Fundão em Mariana/2015; das barragens da Mina do Córrego do Feijão em Brumadinho/2019 e a pandemia de Covid-19, entre 2020 e 2023. Entrevistas em profundidade foram realizadas com 11 informantes-chave, resultando no material empírico que foi examinado segundo o método Análise de Conteúdo de Bardin (2016). Mediado pela teoria da Psicodinâmica do Trabalho (Dejours, 2011, 2007, 2005), demonstrou-se que a saúde mental dos mineiros tem sido, preponderantemente, afetada por aspectos relacionados à precarização do trabalho que aparece, intrinsicamente vinculada, à mineriodependência socioeconômica da região estudada e ao medo crônico do desemprego; sendo que as consequências advindas das tragédias socioambientais tiveram papel coadjuvante.
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Study in Shifting Cultural Prisms
Every culture needs heroes and heroines to ensure social cohesion, but portrayals do not remain static. They change as social values tilt from one direction to another. The image of Eleanor Roosevelt in popular culture offers a vibrant illustration. Niece of one United States president, Theodore Roosevelt, and the wife of another, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor, the longest-serving First Lady in U.S. history, ranks as arguably the most important U.S. woman of the twentieth century and one of the world's best-known figures. To the public, Eleanor represents multiple roles - wife, mother, political leader, activist, diplomat, journalist, and media celebrity. She died in 1962 but remains a persona that functions as a prism through which to view attitudes toward women's roles. Her portrayals, including her own self-depiction from her birth in 1884 until her fatal illness, illustrate acceptable perimeters for women at different periods. When hidden details of her life emerged, she became a focal point for arguments over women's conduct.
Man's Attachment to Objects: Mechanisms of the Link Between the Psyche and the Material
Attachment is a crucial aspect of significant and enduring interpersonal relationships. The initial attachment bonds are established between infants and their caregivers, typically parents. However, humans continue to form attachment relationships throughout their lives. This lifelong process means that individuals experience various attachment figures, which can include both people and objects in their environment. Research in psychological sciences, particularly influenced by Bowlby's work, has primarily focused on human-to-human attachment, such as the bond between mother and child. In this study, we aim to demonstrate that, in addition to forming connections with other people, humans also develop attachments to non-human entities, specifically objects.
Decolonial Epistemologies of the Forest: Yanomami Knowledge and the Future of Planetary Thought
This article examines Yanomami knowledge as a decolonial epistemology of the forest and, secondarily, places it in dialogue with Maya mythic memory in order to argue that Indigenous cosmologies should be understood as complex ontological systems rather than residual forms of folklore. Drawing on Enrique Dussel's concept of the mythic-ontological core and the decolonial critiques of Aníbal Quijano, Ramón Grosfoguel, Walter Mignolo and related authors, the text analyzes how myth, symbolism, ritual and historical memory organize Indigenous visions of nature, personhood, illness, aesthetics and territory. The discussion is based on a critical rereading of ethnographic and bibliographic materials on Yanomami ethnobotany, shamanic medicine, edible mushrooms, women's basketry, the fungus përisi, and the political-ecological denunciations formulated by Davi Kopenawa and allied researchers. The article argues that Yanomami thought expresses a sophisticated relational ontology in which forest, body, spirit, community and territory constitute a living totality. From this perspective, the destruction of the forest represents simultaneously ecological devastation, ontological aggression and epistemic violence. The text further argues that the category of planetary thought can be reconfigured from Indigenous perspectives-not as a new universalism, but as a pluriversal horizon grounded in reciprocity, alterity and the defense of life. By foregrounding Yanomami knowledge and placing it in comparative dialogue with Maya historical memory, the article proposes an intercultural and interscientific agenda capable of renewing anthropology, environmental ethics and intercultural education in Latin America.
Transcending Deficit Narratives of Single Life with a Critical Studies Approach: A Case Study
In the emerging field of singlehood studies, a critical studies approach can be an important guide to transcending deficit narratives of single life. I illustrate this by critiquing a recently published research report that focused on the deficiencies of young single people who had not yet had a romantic relationship and the greater well-being of their romantically involved peers. I suggest that single people may be doing less well not because they are personally deficient or deprived of closeness or intimacy, but because they are devalued and disadvantaged and the important people in their lives are too. Drawing from other research, I show that single people have their own valuable experiences, strengths, opportunities, and accomplishments, and that coupled life comes with its own risks and not just rewards. Importantly, a critical studies approach positions single people in systems of inequality that typically advantage romantically coupled people and disadvantage singles; that adds an important structural and sociological perspective to the emerging field of singlehood studies that sometimes focuses disproportionately on individual psychological processes.
The Politics of Anti-Graft Wars and Economic Recovery Regime in Nigeria's Fourth Republic
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Influence of the Principal's Communication Skills on Students' Discipline in Public Day Secondary Schools in West Pokot Sub County, Kenya
Ethical instructional leadership demonstrates that the success of any teaching and learning process and the level of students' discipline is dependent on effective communication skills. Learning and the success of student discipline are among the most primary goals of a principal's instructional leadership. This study therefore, investigated the influence of the principal's communication skills on student discipline in secondary schools in West Pokot Sub County in Kenya. The study was anchored on deontological ethical and teleological ethical theories which typically judge rightness or wrongness of an individual's actions in his or her line of duty and if the actions are fair to the followers. The target population of the study was 3450 respondents. This comprised of 497 teachers and 2953 students from the public day secondary schools in the study area. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to arrive at a sample of 593 respondents. Questionnaires, interview and document analysis were used as the primary tools of data collection. The study used a descriptive survey research design in data analysis using SPSS version 26 to obtain mean values and standard deviation.
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Brazil as an Emerging Economic Power: Dynamics & Implications
There would only be few countries on face of the earth as rich in natural resources as Brazil. These natural resources ranging from minerals beneath the ground to waters on ground, along with dynamic and charismatic political leadership have paved the way for the rise of Brazil as an economic power within the region as well as in the globe. This rising economic power has facilitated Brazil to acquire enhanced political influence both regionally and globally. The last decade has witnessed an obvious transformation in the stature and character of Brazil and has ushered in an opportunity for this state to emerge as a global economic and political power. This article juxtaposes the dynamics and implications of Brazilian economy with the help of existing literature to highlight the relationship of various factors in the Brazilian economy that plays significant role in the rise of politically powerful Brazil.