Demographics and the Irony of Existential Profiling in Yorùbá Thought: Policy Considerations for Nigeria by Wale Olajide

“… This essay interrogates what can be described as Yorùbá population philosophy, within the context of Yorùbá existential thought, and the effects it has on Nigeria’s population explosion. …”
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Mythification de l’histoire dans l’espace français et germanique by Gilles Buscot

“…Puis elle confronte les phénomènes de mythification inconsciente de l’histoire et ceux d’une déformation historique consciente, à des fins propagandistes. Pour finir, elle s’interroge sur la légitimité de la manipulation historique, dont on peut se demander si elle est un mal inéluctable, ou, parfois, un mal nécessaire.…”
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Du bon usage de la littérature en histoire by Priscilla Parkhust

“…Priscilla Parkhust montre à travers une réflexion très personnelle comment des spécialistes de la littérature française aux États-Unis ont été amenés en s’interrogeant sur le statut de la production littéraire à travailler dans le cadre d’une compréhension globale des sociétés et, ainsi, à contribuer à l’élaboration de l’histoire. …”
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Le même et l’autre by Agnès Grivaux

“…This article intends to address this difficulty and propose the outlines of a novel way of interrogating the confrontation between Adorno and Foucault.…”
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Machines de théâtre et théâtres-machines des années 1960-1970 by Sandrine Dubouilh

“…At the same time, however, if these artifacts disappear, they will render invisible the traces of a history rich in its interrogations and experimentation.…”
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Déprises et réagencement de la maternité. Regards sur les expériences de femmes ayant fait placer leurs enfants by Jessica Pothet

“…The enquiry shows us two important elements, on one hand, it shows how this maternal role under tension can renew itself far away from norms of maternal devotion, as we can see with the women interrogated who choose to place their children in social services and on the other hand, it shows how a relationship of desire and an affective, emotional relationship can be rebuilt after that.…”
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L’histoire mondiale/globale en Allemagne by Matthias Middell

“…Cet essor s’appuie notamment sur la tradition de la « Weltgeschichte » et sur le développement des études des « aires culturelles », ainsi que sur les travaux pionniers de plusieurs chercheurs, notamment Jürgen Osterhammel. S’interrogeant sur la délimitation du champ de recherches en histoire globale, et sur une éventuelle spécificité allemande de l’histoire globale, Matthias Middell apporte des réflexions utiles en vue de la poursuite du développement de l’histoire globale en Allemagne.…”
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Evanghelia apocrifă a Martei Petreu: identităţi elective – corporalitate afectivă by Daniela Moldoveanu

“…For her, even the ever searched for, analyzed, classified love remains deeply conflicting and generates several interrogations that raise the appetite for selfdevouring.…”
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On analysing fragments: the case of No? by Wallage Phillip, van der Wurff Wim

“…Using diachronic data from 15th- to 17th-century English, we argue that the emergence of a novel other-speaker question pattern involving no demonstrates that speakers of early English analysed interrogative polar no as the initial element of a clause with TP-ellipsis. …”
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Les rouages et les ressorts territoriaux de la « démocratie du faire » – le cas de Saillans (2014-2020) by Sabine Girard

“…This article examines the mechanisms and territorial dynamics of this performative democratic model through an in-depth examination of an archetypal case study: the municipal governance of Saillans, a village in the Drôme region, during the period 2014-2020, which emerged following the election of a citizen-led list. By interrogating this empirical instance, the research illuminates the pivotal territorial conditions that catalyzed the Saillans experiment and explicates the consequent socio-spatial transformations and reconfiguration of existing socio-political structures…”
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We Are Already Ghosts: Reflections on Composition by Kit Dobson

“…He analyzes the novel along at least three axes: first, as a novel that can be classified as a character-driven “summer read”; second, as a work of experimental fiction; and, third, as a text that analyzes and interrogates the spaces that make up the Canadian province of Alberta. …”
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Ìwà l’ẹwà: Towards a Yorùbá Feminist Ethics by Olayinka Oyeleye

“…Spe[1]cifically, the essay interrogates the ethical and aesthetical trajectory that leads from ìwà l’ẹwà (character is beauty), a Yoruba moral dictum, to ìwà l’ẹwà obìnrin ([good moral] character is a woman’s beauty). …”
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Philosophical Dogmas or Questions? A Defense of Philosophical Questioning as a Way of Life by Hélder Telo

“…According to this view, the philosophical discourse that transforms one’s life is primarily interrogative, and philosophical questioning itself can be a form of spiritual exercise, capable of altering our way of being and living. …”
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Art et football. Sur deux représentations de Diego Maradona dans l’art contemporain au Maroc by M'hammed CHERKAOUI

“…L'objet de la présente étude consiste à examiner, à travers une approche comparative, deux représentations de Maradona : l'une picturale conçue par Zakaria Ramhani et l'autre photographique composée par Fouad Maazouz. L'objectif est d'interroger, dans une perspective à la fois esthétique et thématique, la sacralisation du football dans nos sociétés contemporaines. …”
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Resilience: why should we think with care? by Catia Gregoratti, Mikael Linnell, Martina Angela Caretta

“…In this provocation we critically interrogate the potential that resilience holds for moving beyond a world marked by crises and widening inequalities. …”
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Las nuevas formas de ciudadanía en las sociedades latinoamericanas contemporáneas by Paola García

“…Our aim in this article is to deal with the current processes which interrogate the citizenship through the plural.…”
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The Value of African Wisdom: Reflections on Modern Education in Uganda. by Sekiwu, Denis

“…This study examines the value of African wisdom in modern education. It interrogates the role of African wisdom in developing modern competence education. …”
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Politiques éducatives et expériences scolaires des jeunes trans au Québec et en France : un panorama by Gabrielle Richard, Arnaud Alessandrin

“…In this comparative paper, we interrogate the existence of educational policies that aim at reducing and preventing transphobia in high schools, as well as promoting a safe and welcoming environment for trans students. …”
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The UNHCR and the Management of Liberian Refugees in Nigeria, 1990-2007 by Olusesi Adewunmi OSUNKOYA

“… The main thrust of this paper is to critically interrogate the management of Liberian refugees in Nigeria between 1990 and 2007. …”
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[In]toxic[ating] Bodies: Spirits and Spectral Biopolitics in The House of the Seven Gables by Emelia Abbé Robertson

“…Using The House of the Seven Gables as a case study, I argue that Hawthorne’s link between intoxication and toxic materials is less a means of critiquing the political and institutional systems at work in his moment, than a way to interrogate a particular narrative of American history. …”
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