Drawing Theory. An Introduction by Stefano Milani, Marc Schoonderbeek

“…The field of drawing, as practice and discourse, seems to have entered an end-condition, where the celebration of the extensive production of drawings is combined with a certain fatigue in both its understanding and reflection. …”
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Still Here by Kristine Gustavsen Madsø, Inger Hilde Nordhus

“…Stereotypes about loss and decline still characterize the mainstream discourse of dementia. Myths, misconceptions, and stigma are associated with dementia and have a significant impact on the people who live with the condition. …”
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Drawing Theory. An Introduction by Marc Schoonderbeek, Stefano Milani

“…The field of drawing, as practice and discourse, seems to have entered an end-condition, where the celebration of the extensive production of drawings is combined with a certain fatigue in both its understanding and reflection. …”
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Validation of the Story World Absorption Scale through annotation of online book reviews by Moniek M. Kuijpers, Massimo Lusetti, Piroska Lendvai, Simone Rebora

“…Finally, it will discuss the validation and reconceptualization of the Story World Absorption construct, where we consider instances of systematic disagreement during annotation and discuss new categories that we added to the tag set that indicate areas where absorption theory may need to be refined.…”
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Les Portraits nationaux à l’Exposition universelle parisienne de 1878 : un projet de galerie historique by Stéphane Paccoud

“…The Universal Exhibition held in Paris in 1878 included, among numerous events, one of a special kind, which can be described as the first attempt in France to conceive a thematic temporary exhibition of ancient art, based on prior research and a well-constructed discourse, and not simply consisting of a collection of various pieces obtained according to availability. …”
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When focus goes wild: An empirical study of two syntactic positions for information focus by Ángel L. Jiménez-Fernández

“… My goal in the present paper is to carry out an analysis of the syntactic and discourse properties of Information Focus (IF) in Southern Peninsular Spanish (SPS) and Standard Spanish (SS) varieties. …”
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Ludic Populism and Its Unpopular Subversion by Sascha Pöhlmann

“…The commendable critical tendency to increasingly consider the politics of video games in general is routinely met with resistance on the part of those who insist on their apolitical nature, in parallel to other areas of popular culture. In this contested discourse, it is all the more important to be specific about what it actually means to claim that video games are political, and this essay offers one particular way in which to address this issue. …”
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«Islamic Socialism» in Pakistan: Evolution, Implementation and Legacy in Domestic and Foreign Policy by G. G. Makarevich

“…By leveraging historical sociology in international relations, the article investigates the influence of historical underpinnings on the decision-making of social groups, shedding light on their endeavors to construct the past for political purposes.The study meticulously traces the origins of "Islamic socialism," exploring the discourse's evolution in the initial decades following the country's independence. …”
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“Don’t Forget the Whistle”: Novice Physical Education Teachers’ Reflections on Their Beliefs, Teaching Practices, and Identities by Muhammad Hamid Anwar, Herka Maya Jatmika, Caly Setiawan

“…The results showed three constructed themes. These were teachers’ reflections on their beliefs, PE teaching practices, and PE teachers’ professional identities. …”
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La prefectura y las subprefecturas ayacuchanas como artífices del nacionalismo ante el litigio fronterizo entre Perú y Ecuador (1910) by Miriam Encarnación-Pinedo, Carmen Cazorla-Zen

“…Methodology: We use discourse and documentary analysis of telegrams and memos sent from and to the prefectura and subprefecturas of Ayacucho. …”
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Promoting Pancasila values through dialectical project-based learning for Indonesian youth by Endang Prihatin, Encep Syarief Nurdin, Yadi Ruyadi, Tri Suhartati, An Nisaa Atila Thabrani

“…The results provide substantial evidence that a dialectical approach can be an efficacious strategy in fortifying the values of Pancasila among the younger generation, as well as promoting constructive discourse on national identity in the contemporary global context.…”
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Politik Representasi Identitas Perempuan dalam Media: Wacana Kritis Pemberitaan KDRT di suara.com by 'Ulya Nurul Makiyah, Luma’ul ‘Adilah Hayya, Dwi Sufa Nada Qisthina

“…The politics of representation in this context refers to the way the media presents and constructs narratives about violence against women. …”
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Hiérarchies au sein des mouvements féministes en Iran. Marginalisation des femmes des minorités ethniques dans la production féministe académique et militante by Somayeh Rostampour

“…Specifically, the article focuses on the discourse and the political praxis of one of the most influential feminist movements, namely “One Million Signatures for the Repeal of Discriminatory Laws” that were formed in 2006 in support of changing misogynist laws against women. …”
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Canaanism: The Search for an Alternative Identity to Zionism in Israel by Fahri Danış

“… Zionism, as Israel's founding ideological movement, aimed to construct a national identity through the Jewish religious tradition while presenting itself as a form of secular nationalism. …”
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Rapport femme-forêt : vers un écoféminisme de la complexité  by Marie Nicole Taha Nkoum

“…The great majority of scientific productions within the interfaces between feminism and ecology, although they are constructive, remain very tainted by a sort of battle of dualism, common to a certain scientific discourse, the method of which seems to us somewhat outdated. …”
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Decolonisation, Globalisation and South Africa 1 by Liepollo Pheko

“…It further argues that South Africa’s 1994 debut into global economic polity is hampered by Western-framed globalisation, which further re-inscribes evolving colonial constructs. However, this article presents the theoretical frameworks of Afrikanisation and Pan-Afrikanisation as strategies which offer South Africa the difficult possibility of reclamation. …”
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As Spirits Speak: Interaction in Wauja Exoteric Ritual by Christopher Ball

“…This paper approaches the connections between ritual and discourse in an Amazonian society through a microanalysis of one instance of talk. …”
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L’emploi de formes d’adresse dans les interactions interculturelles – perceptions et discussions authentiques entre francophones et finnophones by Johanna Isosävi

“…Among Finnish participants, they fear a negative face will be attributed to them if they do not use “polite” address forms, but the reported evaluations from French speakers were not negative. Participants co-construct their experiences through discursive means, and their narratives often show shared knowledge. …”
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Recovering the Loss: Infanticide, Ambivalence and Trauma in Shobha Rao’s The Lost Ribbon by Mitali Mishra, Surbhi Saraswat

“…Finally, the paper interrogates the rights of children born to inter-religious parents during a period when religion was the primary determinant of citizenship, highlighting critical questions that remain relevant for contemporary discourse.…”
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Integrating computational thinking practices into early childhood education in culturally responsive ways: Insights from research–practice partnership by Jeanne Hubelbank, Mia Dubosarsky, Shakhnoza Kayumova, Tiffany Davis, Nea Sann, Shawn Fortin, Gillian Smith

“…Abstract The study examines the research–practice partnership (RPP) model aimed at co‐constructing and integrating computational thinking (CT) in culturally responsive (CR) ways within early childhood and elementary (PreK‐5) classrooms, focusing on teachers' RPP experiences. …”
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