Les Femmes anishinaabeg (Canada), la santé et l’eau : des savoirs traditionnels aux mobilisations contemporaines by Castelli Tania, Thinel Myriam, Cantin Alex-Andrée, Patrick Cloos

“…Our article aims more specifically at : 1) showing the importance of the lack of availability of drinking water for Indigenous nations ; 2) describing the traditional role of Anishinaabeg women as water protectors ; 3) situating the water issue in its colonial context ; and 4) exploring the various mobilizations led by Indigenous women in response to this historical and political problem.…”
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Florida's Bats: Florida Bonneted Bat by Holly K. Ober, Terry J. Doonan, Emily H. Evans

“…Additional concerns include the species’ small population size and restricted range, the small number of known colonies, their slow reproduction, and the relative isolation of separate populations of bonneted bats. …”
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A Descriptive Study of Nosocomial Infections in an Adult Intensive Care Unit in Fiji: 2011-12 by Keshni Naidu, Ilisapeci Nabose, Sharan Ram, Kerri Viney, Stephen M. Graham, Karen Bissell

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Expéditions scientifiques dans les déserts iraniens et le mont Elbourz entre 1925 et 1939 by Dominique Lévy-Jahanbakht

“…We will study the travel writings of Austrian and German geographers and biologists who went on scientific expeditions between 1925 and 1939 to define the European scientists’ position regarding Iran. Referring to post-colonial theories, we will try to understand to what extent the attractiveness of new findings may have influenced the image of Persia among these scientists, and we will question the opportunity to actually foster academic exchange between Iran and Europe at that time of history. …”
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As estatísticas localizadas no Brasil: um caleidoscópio das categorias territoriais by Cathy Chatel, Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito

“…The large number of territorial categories of official statistics of present-day Brazil reveals a great wealth of data, provided they are not considered as a "turnkey" material for research.From a pre-statistical European model inherited from the colonial period to the rationality of the state, then to the liberal and post-modern context that spread in the globalized world, the IBGE categories reveal the paradoxes due to the superposition of different points of view on how to characterize the urban space. …”
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Construcción con tierra en climas lluviosos by Silvio Ríos Cabrera

“… Este trabajo busca establecer la relación entre los pobladores de la antigua provincia del Paraguay en la etapa colonial y la utilización de la tierra como material de construcción. …”
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Henry Rider Haggard’s Posthumanist Eco-consciousness by Sinan AKILLI

“…Ranging from a Darwinian notion of the oneness of all living animals to a highly skeptical attitude toward the reckless exploitation of the resources of colonial lands and peoples, Haggard’s Weltanschauung included notions that were not only antithetical to imperialist discourses, but also ‘ahead of [their] times’ by more than a century. …”
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Environmental Aspects of Domestic Cat Care and Management: Implications for Cat Welfare by Judith L. Stella, Candace C. Croney

“…Often, however, cats’ needs are inadequately met in homes and some aspects may also not be well met in research colonies and shelters, despite the fact that similar problems are likely to be encountered in all of these environments. …”
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Hornets and Yellowjackets, Vespula and Dolichovespula spp. by E. E. Grissell

“…All species are social, living in colonies of hundreds to thousands of individuals. These wasps are adept at stinging and are especially aroused if danger threatens the nest. …”
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Sur les « fantasias » marocaines d’Eugène Delacroix  by François Pouillon

“…Because only at about 1850, hence after Emir Abdelkader had put down his arms, we can observe a formalization of these horse plays, as part of an attempt of the colonial powers to charm the local elites. Here we witness the coming about of a sudden historical rupture: the transformation of a warlike practice into folklorized ritual.…”
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Ethnic disloyalty or federal loyalty? A case of contesting Baloch representation in postcolonial Pakistan by Shahal Khoso

“…Not restricting its scope to periodisation, the research further investigates if there are linkages between the British colonial view of the Baloch, their treatment as a belligerent ethnic group and the submission of their ethnic loyalty in the postcolonial federation of Pakistan. …”
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Activités rituelles autour d’une source entre la France et l’Espagne (vie s. av. J.-C.-vie s. apr. J.-C.) : la Fajouse à Argelès-sur-Mer (Pyrénées-Orientales) by Ingrid Dunyach

“…It was recently discovered at the top of the massif des Albères, on the Pyrénées’ eastern limit Mediterranean sea and the Greek colonies of Rhode and Emporion. Brought to light between 2012 and 2014, the remains allowed to put in evidence cult activities around a source from the 6th century BC. …”
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«Diferencia-como-colonia», gubernamentalidad/biopolítica y Vivir bien (en-común): derivaciones decoloniales del pensamiento de Derrida, Foucault y la crítica poscolonial by Leticia Katzer

“…En este artículo proponemos en el cruce de y en simpatía con la deconstrucción, el pensamiento de Foucault, la crítica poscolonial, la antropología de la naturaleza y la ecología política pensar los riesgos de individualización epistémica que acechan a las formulaciones más abiertas sobre la subjetividad colonial/moderna. Mostramos una específica lectura de estos corpus teóricos desde un marco antropológico-filosófico e incursionamos en el potencial epistemológico de dicha lectura en la exploración del campo de la etnopolítica. …”
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The South African Families Database by Jeanne Cilliers

“…Very little is known about what family life looked like for settlers in colonial South Africa during the 18th or 19th century, nor how events over these centuries might have affected demographic change. …”
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Imigrantes Poloneses em Curitiba (PR): histórico, influência no desenvolvimento da cidade e reconhecimento de antepassados nos endereços by Rafaela Mascarenhas Rocha

“…This immigration is motivated by some Paraná’s authorities, with the intention of, as soon as they were living in the rural colonies on the outskirts of the city, the immigrants produced vegetables and create small animals, to serve the city market. …”
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Descripción del Fondo Protocolos Notariales resguardado en el Archivo General del Estado Bolivariano de Mérida correspondientes a los años 1577-1867 by Neida Durán Ramírez

“…Esta documentación se divide en expedientes civiles y criminales, los cuales están formados por un conjunto de manuscritos que fueron realizado por los escribanos públicos, quienes fueron los encargados de registrar las escrituras notariales, tanto públicas como privadas, dando fe de los actos que se desarrollaban ante él. El fondo colonial, de gran relevancia debido a su antigüedad y volumen, cuenta con un total de 797 tomos, con una media de 250 folios, organizados por series documentales que son descritos en el presente artículo. …”
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Constructing masculinity through ulwaluko: a scoping literature review by Mlamli Diko

“…Despite its enduring value in many indigenous African communities today, this cultural practice is profoundly impacted by (post)colonialism and globalisation. Ultimately, this article calls for a balanced discernment of ulwaluko, one that acknowledges its cultural heritage while addressing modern challenges to guarantee its preservation and adaptability in contemporary contexts and beyond.…”
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Regard sur les Lazarets en Terre Canadienne by Jean Milot

“…Il présente un bref aperçu de la maladie, ses symptômes, ses signes ainsi que ses complications oculaires et rappelle les premiers moyens thérapeutiques à base d’huile de chaulmoogra introduits dans la colonie de Tracadie vers 1901. Il illustre son propos en évoquant la vie dans les lazarets de l’île de Sheldrake (1844–1848) et de Tracadie (1848–1965) au Nouveau-Brunswick, puis dans ceux des îles D’Arcy (1891–1924) et de Bentinck (1924–1957) en Colombie-Britannique.…”
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TRAYECTORIAS DE NEGRIDAD: DISPUTAS SOBRE LAS DEFINICIONES CONTINGENTES DE LO NEGRO EN AMÉRICA LATINA by Roosbelinda Cárdenas González

“…Comienzo en el periodo colonial para conceder la debida atención a las intensas luchas que se dieron por definir y desestabilizar la categoría del esclavo africano. …”
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«Nos damos por convidados», la voz de los esclavos en la hacienda «El Paraíso» by Nara Fuentes Crispín

“…Primero, el escenario es una hacienda del siglo XIX, institución que conservó la mentalidad terrateniente y paternalista del periodo colonial de la Nueva Granada. Segundo, la ficcionalización romántica recrea condiciones culturales especiales: la mirada del narrador describe la cultura de los esclavos privilegiando solo los elementos compatibles con el mundo de los amos. …”
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