London Journal of Research In Humanities and Social Sciences
London Journal of Research In Humanities and Social Sciences London Journal of Research In Humanities and Social Sciences is focused on publishing groundbreaking ideas on theoretical and experimental research in all the domains relating to social science and advances in humanities. As a flagship scholarly journal, It is a peer-reviewed, international, indexed journal. The journal publishes high-quality research papers that are double-blind refereed. It provides practical, theoretical, and managerial implications useful for further research development. Authors and readers include academic researchers and educators, as well as scientists. SUBMIT MANUSCRIPT
Active School Transportation Determinants: Political Possibilities for Expansion in São Paulocity
Recent studies show that inequalities in transport infrastructure negatively impact educational performance. This article presents a model that indicates the factors associated with the adoption of Active School Transportation (AST)for the city of São Paulo. The results of the multinomial logistic regression show how the adoption of active transportation by students is explained by parents’ active commuting, car ownership, distance, and indirect route. They also highlight the school bus distribution policy and its risks, considering the competition between school buses and active commuting modes.
Active Modes; School Commuting; Choicemodel for transport; Origin-Destination Survey;Transport Policies.
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The Process of Evaluation of Performance in the Civil Service: A Comparative Analysis of the Legal to the Practice of Performance Evaluators in the District Government of Nacarôa
Our scientific research has as its theme “The performance evaluation process in the civil service: a comparative analysis of the legal to the practice of performance evaluators in the district government of Nacarôa” aims to analyze the perceptions that performance evaluators in District Government of Nacarôa have on the performance evaluation process in the civil service. As for the approach, the research is qualitative, using the case study. The interview was the technique used for data collection, whose analysis and interpretation was based on content analysis, based on pre-defined categories. The sample consists of performance evaluators from five public institutions. The survey results indicate that the monitoring of the annual activity plan is the means that performance evaluators use to communicate and control the execution of activities, according to the priorities defined by each sector or division, in compliance with article 21 of the SIGEDAP, which establishes the following duties of evaluators: communicating the objectives, policies, strategies and plans of the body or institution to the person being evaluated; monitor and guide the person being evaluated during the execution of the activities; evaluate performance in good faith, fairly, impartially, accountability, transparency and impartiality; that the evaluation process, in the five institutions, is effective when compared to the legal provision, as the evaluators monitor the degree of fulfilment of plans and goals, maintaining a permanent dialogue between the parties until the final stage of the performance evaluation that is carried out through interviews, with a view to ensuring an effective management of human resources in the Public Administration.
Public service; performance evaluation; Communication; responsibility.
Reading of Reading Salman Rushdie & Midnight & Children Through Reader Response Theory
One of the techniques evident in Midnight’s Children is reader response theory which is successful in creating enough suspense. The present paper will focus on Reader Response theory. It will also share some information about the writer and the novel Midnight's Children. It will elaborately discuss the character named Padma. She is a surrogate listener who represents the partial and but obvious behaviour of an ordinary audience of Midnight's Children. Salman Rushdie has intentionally depicted Padma’s character so that she can become an audience to Saleem Sinai (protagonist) for his narration. Saleem Sinai is the lead character of the novel who is blessed with telepathy and also has an uncommon or unnatural severe sense of nose to find other midnight's children to form midnight conference. Another interesting thing in the story falls at the point when Saleem’s birth is switched with another character named Shiva who later as the story develops becomes his rival. At times we find Padma as an impatient listener who is mainly interested in the main plot. Rushdie as a narrator raises question through Padma to which Saleem Sinai has to satisfy and likewise the chain of narration moves on.
Antenor Patiño and James Goldsmith: Two Tycoons in the Pacific Coast of Mexico
The history of the coast of Colima and Jalisco, in Mexico, has been determined to a large extent by a series of accidents, among which the most important is the big investment that the Bolivian millionaire Antenor Patiño had to make in Mexico, in order to justify his conjugal address there, which was necessary to obtain his divorce from his first wife. Patiño financed the international airport of Playa de Oro, which still services that part of Colima and Jalisco, and attracted the man who fashioned the coast through his interest in conservation, the husband of his younger daughter, James Goldsmith.
Le Mexique / Droit international privé / Investissement étranger / Fidéicommis / Développement touristique / Conservation écologique
The Intentionalitu Marked in Instrucional Texts: What´S New in it?
Elena Martín Vivaldi or the loneliness of Words
Elena Martín Vivaldi (Granada, 1907–1998) participó activamente, tras la publicación de su primer libro Escalera de luna (1945), en las tertulias culturales de Granada, convirtiéndose en un personaje de referencia, estimado y apreciado por los intelectuales lugareños. Es autora de una producción poética extensa, que asombra por intensidad, pulcritud, destello lírico y capacidad pictórica, y que abarca temas trascendentales como la búsqueda identitaria y el engaño amoroso (El alma desvelada, 1953), la soledad (Cumplida soledad, 1958; Arco en desenlace, 1963; Nocturnos, 1981), el paso del tiempo (Durante este tiempo, 1972), la maternidad frustrada y la creación de la palabra (Materia de esperanza, 1968). El presente estudio pretende proporcionar una aproximación a la vida y a la obra de Elena Martín Vivaldi, facilitando las claves interpretativas de su discurso poético y haciendo especial hincapié en el leitmotiv que lo vertebra: la soledad.
Iran’s Growing Role in Eurasian Transport and Communication
The purpose of the article is to study the growing role of Iran in Eurasian transport and communication initiatives. Due to its advantageous geopolitical and geo-economic position Iran is seen as an interesting partner for Russia, China and Central Asian countries. In thecon text of the transformation of the world order the Iranian leadership seeks to play a more significant role in regional economic and political processes, relying on its transport and transit potential. It is proved that Iran positions itself as a leading transport and logistics hub in Eurasia.
About Some Methods of Creating Images in the Lyrics of Mikhail Matusovsky (to the Characteristic of the “Poetics of Artlessness”)
Based on the material of two lyrical works by Mikhail Matusovsky, the article identifies and analyzes the characteristic features of the author’s poetic handwriting, taking into account his creative manner, the researchers refer to the literary movement known as the “poetics of artlessness”. This poetic trend, which has become widespread in Soviet poetry, is distinguished by the underlined democratic nature of the verbal space, the simplicity of compositional design and similar features, works “poetics of artlessness” are addressed to the reader “from the very bottom”. On the example of “programmatic” works of the poet, it is demonstrated that lyric works made in the traditions of this poetic movement seem absolutely clear and easy to understand only at the first reading. A more thorough philological analysis makes it possible to reveal the qualities of lyrical structures that testify to the depth and versatility of the content contained in them.
lyric poem; literary movement; “poetics of artlessness”; figurative means; tropes; stylistic figures; semantic layer; addressee; lyrical subject.
The Decision Making of Pre- Adolescents about their Own Bodies: Dilemmas of the Informed Consent in Argentina in the Light of the Norms of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation and the Law of the Patients’ Rights.
The changes introduced in the Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation regarding informed consent, autonomy and capacity of patients have brought along a number of new questions when dealing with minors deciding on their own bodies. The objective of this work is to present a systematic interpretation of the Argentine normative, especially the Civil and Commercial Code, the international and national provisions of children’s rights and the lawful guarantees of patients in order to define the capacity of a minor regarding his/her own health, putting an emphasis to the informed consent and autonomy to take decisions about his/her own body.
Personal autonomy. Children and adolescents. Patients. Informed Consent.
Discourse of the Space Identity of Poverty & Social Protection in Urban Space
Over the last decade there has been a growing emphasis on utilizing social protection as a policy framework to tackle poverty and vulnerability in developing nations. An increasing multitudeof governments in developing nations are formulating and embracing comprehensive national social protection strategies as part of their initiatives to alleviate poverty. The implementation of social protection policies and programs in developing nations is rapidly expanding both in quantity and coverage, marking a significant increase in their reach and impact. From a qualitative standpoint, this study emphasizes the critical role of public spaces in alleviating poverty-related feelings in Vision 2030 and social housing at the scale of urban form. Flourishing individuals is one of the domains of community well-being (VanderWeele, 2019).
Inquiry work as a Transversal Axis in the Teaching Sequence of Descriptive Statistics
The objective of the work is to present an essential part of the design of the descriptive statistics teaching sequence, carried out within the framework of the master’s thesis in university teaching that seeks to promote the learning of the fundamental ideas of parametric statistical inference in the students of the Department of Statistics of the Public Accountant career at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the National University of the Litoral of the Argentine Republic. Although the proposed sequence is not approached through a project, its evolution tends to enable students to address a research problem and work on it from the general steps that are taken in a statistical study. We believe it is a sequential, dynamic, and alternative way for students to develop the statistical proficiency expected in sequencing.
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Typology of Volume-Space Structures of the Orthodox Monasteries of the Kaluga Province in the Process of their Historical Development
The monasteries of the Kaluga province represent a failure of diverse architectural ensembles, with complex internal dynamics that do not allow bringing the variety of forms to uniform evaluation criteria. The process of building up the monastery complex sometimes took several centuries, and therefore the architectural and compositional decisions of a monastery are often not sustained in a single stylistic direction. Considering the developed monastery complexes as established architectural structures, one can note many common typological features in their development, layout and composition. This is due to the unity of functional purpose, as well as the symbolic interpretation of the monastery ensemble.
From Shadow to Stage: Female Voices from São Gonçalo and the New Face of National Rap
The study addresses the fundamental role and relevance of women in the development of the Rap musical genre in the city of São Gonçalo, in Rio de Janeiro and in Brazil. Despite facing obstacles such as sexism and lack of recognition, Rappers have shown resistance and creativity, creating their own space in the rhythm. Her authentic lyrics reflect personal and social experiences, challenging stereotypes and redefining the role of women in the Hip Hop movement. In addition to music, these artists serve as leaders and activists, using their influence to empower other young women. Thus, the research celebrates the influence of these women, who transformed Rap into a movement of social and cultural change.
The article is preparatory in nature to consider one of the causes of the current crisis and possible ways out of it. The article considers two rights: the right to preferential distribution and the right to deferred exchange, which together form the basis of consumption in society. Three types of the right to preferential distribution are analyzed, which correspond to three possible types of capital, depending on which of these rights is given the right to violence. It is shown that these three distributive rights are in a state of pressure on each other and form a triad with negative feedback, which ensures the stability of the system and forms the basis of society in the form of a triad: ideology-politics-economics. In conclusion, the riddle of Varys is considered in relation to the topic under consideration.
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The Role and Symbolism of Water in Charles Perrault, Gustave Doré and Juana De Ibarbourou: Comparative Literature in Spanish Language Teaching
In various stories from the oral tradition, we see water taking on different roles. A notable example is the role of water in Charles Perrault’s fairy tale “The fairies”, published in Tales of mother goose or stories of ancient times (1697). This work was given a Spanish edition, Tales of yesteryear (1986), which contains drawings by Gustave Doré. In the drawing of “The fairies”, you can see the image of a young woman holding a huge pitcher under the tap of a natural spring of water that represents feminine pain and purity. In the 20th century, the Uruguayan writer and poet Juana de Ibarbourou used the theme of water extensively in her work, such as in the prose poetry of The fresh pitcher (1920) and in “Triptych”, a series of three poems from Dualism (1953). The aim is to carry out a comparative reading of a contrastive and qualitative nature between these three authors based on the idea of a “new comparatism” (Coutinho, 2016). Subsequently, the aim is to reflect on how this emerging new comparatism can be realised in Spanish language teaching in Brazilian schools through a “new humanism” (Coutinho, Palermo & Schmidt, 2021) in rural Latin American communities, such as Sopa, a rural community located in the Jequitinhonha Valley in Minas Gerais, Brazil. This new relationship established with comparative literature and its teaching can give new meaning to the relationships that young Brazilian readers have with foreign literature, as well as to the way teachers relate to this little-known literature in Brazil.
From the Explanatory Gap to Behavioural Governance through Bounded Rationality and the AEIOUF Hypercube
This article develops a long-form research-stream argument from the supplied evidence packet. The central claim is that cCC* should be understood not as a free-standing conceptual invention, but as the proposed outcome of a staged research program that begins with a large Roy Morgan Values Segments evidence base and then reorganizes that empirical field through HYPERCUBE topology, AEIOUF dimensional ordering, and cCC*/NEWCON guardrails. The supplied pages show three things with unusual clarity. First, they identify an empirical base marked repeatedly at n = 327,119 and attributed to Roy Morgan Research. Second, they show that those data are not being left in raw market-segmentation form; they are redistributed into HYPERCUBE quadrants and four macro-zones repeatedly labelled becoming, bridging, building, and belonging. Third, they connect this remapping work to a visible publication stream associated with Benjamin and Levine on values segmentation, Benjamin and Bechervaise on entrepreneurship and behavioural differentiation, and Benjamin, Bitetto, and Bound on cCC*, AEIOUF, NEWCON, and behavioural economics. The article argues that the packet therefore supports a distinct LJHRSS research stream. In this stream, segmentation data provide the empirical field; HYPERCUBE provides a topological remapping architecture; AEIOUF provides the dimensional grammar; living-systems and mind-map pages provide mediating cognitive and relational pathways; entrepreneurial and turbulence pages provide the environmental conditioning; and cCC* names the coherencebearing and governance-relevant outcome of that reorganized field. The article concludes that the stream is sufficiently developed to justify a journal program of empirical, comparative, and longitudinal research into relational coherence under varying environmental conditions.
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Gênese e estrutura de um paracampo literário na contemporaneidade brasileira
A produção literária das periferias brasileiras a partir dos anos 2000 desafia a estrutura do sistema literário hegemônico. Ela é entendida aqui como marco cultural que pluraliza a produção literária brasileira contemporânea, problematizando e desafiando as estruturas hegemônicas do campo literário brasileiro, de saber e de poder. O presente artigo considera as trajetórias literárias de Lima Barreto, Carolina Maria de Jesus e de João Antônio ao longo do século XX, e, nos anos 2000, da obra Cidade de Deus, de Paulo Lins, a trajetória de Ferréz e a publicação das três edições especiais da revista Caros Amigos/Literatura Marginal – 2001, 2002 e 2004, para comprovar o surgimento de um outro espaço simbólico de produção literária: o paracampo. A proposição desse conceito desestabiliza o campo literário hegemônico, interferindo nas condições e na forma de produção de cultura a partir das periferias brasileiras, por isso a elaboração do conceito para interpretar as especificidades dos objetos literários abordados e como os agentes oriundos das periferias tensionam e interferem nas regras da arte do campo literário. O paracampo, desse modo, é uma proposta epistêmica intercultural que reflete as relações estabelecidas entre os agentes produtores de cultura desde as periferias brasileiras e mesmo para além delas.
Unveiling the Invisible Anguish: The Victims of Climate Change
Climate change is undoubtedly an issue involving many spheres having a dire impact upon the future. All these have given rise to much quoted environmental law principles and balancing the interest and liability of the first and the third world. We do not talk about climate change victims so much as we do about climate change migrants. Victims of climate change have seldom been seen as a subject of victimology rather than a subject of refugee or migrant studies, or the concepts of beneficiaries of compensation. But if one takes a deeper view, one shall find that the notion of virtualization due to climate change itself is a diverse and wide concept, due to its distinctiveness. People are generally victims of fellow human beings- perpetrators of crimes. But people can also suffer from climate change when nature is changed by the activities of human beings. Various activities of humans such as excessive industrial waste, spills, emissions etc. are taking environmental pollution to such an extent that at present climate change has become causal factor to human sufferings. We need to dissect the concept of virtualization and scrutinize its dimensions in the context of climate change. This paper would discuss the notion of climate change virtualization along with its various dimensions, the linkage between climate justice and climate change victims, the efficacy of compensation scheme for restorative justice, state obligation under national and international legal regime
6th Grade Multidisciplinary Reading Theatre: Erich Kästner’s Classic Youth Literature in Today’s Context
Erich Kästner’s children’s literature shaped children’s reading and socialisation experiences for decades in Germany. His texts combine vividness with the communication of classic values and promote independent problem-solving strategies. The theatre project presented adapted a Kästner text as reading theatre. The work strengthened creative, linguistic and social skills and confirmed literature as an action-oriented practice for personality and group development. The article describes how classic children’s and young adult literature can be used to create a participatory Theatre project that promotes reading, writing, and acting.
In this essay, I propose a critical reflection on contemporary Black writing as a practice of reexistence, from a spiral and counter-hegemonic perspective. Structured in three movements, it explores the nocturnal subject as a rupture from the Cartesian model; writing as skin-verb shaped by lived experience; and escrevivências as collective and ancestral expressions of Black subjectivity. Through authors such as Conceição Evaristo, Carolina Maria de Jesus, Sueli Carneiro, and Stuart Hall, the text highlights Black literature as epistemic insurgency, where body, memory, and word construct new ways of being and expressing the world.
Beyond Q1 Mandates: Metrics, Peer Review, and the Political Economy of Doctoral Research Certification
This article critically examines the growing institutional requirement that doctoral and postdoctoral researchers publish their work in Q1-ranked academic journals as a condition of degree completion or academic advancement. Drawing on the philosophy of science, the sociology of knowledge, higher education policy, and the political economy of publishing, the article interrogates three interconnected problems. First, it analyses the institutional logic by which universities have progressively outsourced their own research quality-assurance function to commercially operated journal-ranking systems, tracing this shift to the metrics-based accountability frameworks that emerged globally from the 1980s onward. Second, it challenges the epistemological assumptions underpinning the Q1 certification model, arguing that quartile rankings measure citation-based institutional prestige rather than intrinsic research quality, and that the peer review process, despite its indispensable role, is systemically constrained by reviewer knowledge limitations, availability pressures, and the inherent knowledge asymmetry between specialist researchers and generalist reviewers. Third, it analyses the structural distortion introduced by Article Processing Charges (APCs), which systematically disadvantage researchers from emerging economies and the Global South, thereby embedding financial access as a proxy for research quality within the Q1 corpus. The article develops three original analytical contributions not previously synthesized in the literature: first, a hypothetical comparison between a university-enrolled doctoral candidate and a self-taught independent researcher who achieves the same Q1 publication without institutional enrolment — used as an illustrative sample case to expose the logical contradiction of simultaneously treating Q1 publication as a definitive quality benchmark while requiring institutional enrolment to achieve it; second, a university-as-brand-certifier analogy, which demonstrates that universities outsource their operative quality determination to commercial peer reviewers while affixing their own institutional credential to the outcome; and third, a logical extension argument showing that a Q1 journal publisher offering basic research training could, by the university’s own stated criteria, function as a de facto doctoral credential institution — demanding that universities rebuild a substantive, non-commercial account of what doctoral education distinctively provides. The article concludes by proposing an alternative, pluralistic model of research quality certification that restores meaningful institutional responsibility to universities while preserving the independent verification function that external review provides. Policy implications for universities in emerging economies, with particular reference to Thailand and Southeast Asia, are discussed
On the 13th of November 2015, Dr Chris Sarra delivered a groundbreaking lecture to the Australian Senate on Indigenous policy. In that lecture, Sarra tells us how, the then Prime Minister, Malcom Turnbull had asked him to list three things the government could do to make a difference in the Indigenous policy space. Sarra admits here that he was somewhat distracted by the fact that it was the day of the NRL Grand Finals and his beloved Cowboys were playing the Broncos, but he did promise to get back to the PM, and he did so with the following three points, which have since become known as the ‘Sarra Trilogy’. They are Acknowledge, embrace and celebrate the humanity of Indigenous Australians. Bring us policy approaches that nurture hope and optimism rather than entrench despair. Do things with us, not to us! In what follows, we first give a short summary of our philosophical and methodological orientation. Then we will proceed with a commentary on each of the elements of Dr Sarra’s Trilogy, which we will argue constitutes a relational and policy manifesto that marks a vital and necessary departure from current policy settings.
Reflections on Learning and Memory in Light of the Executive Function of Memory
Animals in the wild face numerous challenges to survive. One fundamental one is obtaining food, and to do so effectively, they must remember the places they have searched. Successfully completing this task requires a system of memory and attention. “Attention is understood as the mechanism that activates the processes involved in the processing of information, participates in and facilitates the work of all cognitive processes, regulating and exercising control over them.” (García, 1997; Rosello, 1998; Ruiz-Vargas, 1987). Attention is a selective process of receiving information that controls the threshold of our cognitive system and also fulfills alert functions, involved in educational and study learning processes, participates as an alert in high-risk professions, in the concentration and focus of research, memory and learning among others.
A Afetividade Contribuindo Para Adaptação E Desenvolvimento Das Crianças Do Infantil I Do Cei Padre José Maria Cavalcante Costa
O presente relato de experiência reúne observações e ações que ocorreram na turma do infantil I do CEI Padre José Maria Cavalcante Costa no primeiro semestre de 2023 cujo conteúdo foi baseado na afetividade como uma estratégia importante para a adaptação e o desenvolvimento das crianças. A pesquisa constatou que as famílias concordavam que a afetividade fez uma grande diferença para a adaptação das crianças e as deixou mais carinhosas e menos agressivas, além de proporcionar um ambiente mais seguro e acolhedor. Portanto, se faz necessário que professores e escola trabalhem mais a afetividade no ambiente escolar, a fim de que as crianças possam aprender sobre valores, respeito pelo outro e solidariedade.
Surrendering Economic Freedom, Losing Prosperity and Peace
In the 1990s supporters of economic freedom had reasons to be optimistic. Because of its economic superiority the West had just won the Cold War. The Soviet Union and its empire were dissolved. The threat of nuclear war and mutual assured destruction had receded. Western economic superiority was ultimately rooted in economic freedom and decentralized decision-making. As Mises (1922/1988) and Hayek (1945) had recognized, private property rights in the means of production and decentralized decision-making are essential, if we want to benefit from of a rational allocation of scarce resources and to exploit human knowledge which is dispersed across millions of minds. Decentralized decision-making is maximized in market economies with limited government where consumers rule and people enjoy entrepreneurial freedom. It is minimized in centrally planned economies.
Politicizing Literature and Literalizing Politics in Alobwed Epies the Death Certificate and Anyi-Kwe Armahs the Beautyful Ones are not Yet Born
Volumes of literature and critical works have been written in an attempt to situate the place of politics in literature. Some postcolonial writers have argued vehement that it is practically impossible to write apolitical literature in the postcolonial world. This paper considers Alobwed ’Epie and Ayi kwei Armah as writers in “Postcolonial Politics”. Their novels are considered here as political pamphlets designed to castigate specific political regimes which have transformed the lives of the citizens into a perpetual nightmare. It equally examines the novels as those that expose some of the most gruesome and nauseating realities of postcolonial leadership politics. Furthermore, this paper sustains the argument that in the novels under study, the masses are projected as people who have been politically, economically and socially deceived, marginalized, oppressed, persecuted, enslaved, exploited and brutalized as a result of excessive greed, corruption, nepotism and tribalism. These ills are the major viruses that continue to deprive the pauperized masses from the benefits of independence as the transition from the colonial to the neo-colonial regimes was a mere change of political actors but the leadership tactics remained the same. From a Marxist and New Historicist theoretical paradigms, the analyses reveal that there is a thin line between the world of the novels and the social climate in which they resonate and adumbrate. Consequently, the novelists succeeds in transforming political realities into eternal truths of the human condition in postcolonial Africa. The analyses further stress that the novels offer synthesis of the people’s political experiences reconstructed in prosaic form. As such, the novelists consider the servant leadership and the moralization of political leadership as condition sino qua nons towards a free, fair and transparent society.
“Hacia una Transformación de los Sistemas Alimentarios. los Estudiantes Como Agentes de Cambio Sociocultural”
The participatory action research strategy based on community involvement (PAR) involved 65 incoming nutrition students at the National University of Entre Ríos and 7 graduating high school students with culinary arts degrees. The project was developed in an atypical course format in 2023, under the premise that “The Argentine food system must be changed, and young people can do it,” empowering them to become agents of sociocultural change. The city of Gualeguaychú, Argentina, and a public policy implemented within its territory, provided the context for this initiative. An initial awareness-raising effort among the students and outreach to local leaders, undertaken by the teaching team, allowed us to implement the strategy. This strategy was primarily developed outside the classroom, through ongoing interaction with others and using a dialogue methodology that was either spontaneous or initiated with key stakeholders in the local food system. The farmers’ markets and fairs in the town squares, showcasing local fruit and vegetable production as part of the municipal public policy, along with a recently opened community-run biopark on public land, provided the ideal setting for students to conduct research using primary sources and through unplanned conversations with consumers and/or producers. A raffle for a bag of freshly picked, seasonal vegetables, and the challenge of preparing meals to share with peers during each visit to the markets, allowed the young people to experience the organoleptic qualities of these vegetables firsthand. This motivated them to make dietary changes throughout the year and encouraged others to participate in the experience. The participatory action strategy between the two educational levels culminated in the Soup Festival at the university, where the convergence of knowledge was put to the test with a variety of colorful and flavorful soups.
Future Force: The Development of Professional Military Educations for Malaysian Armed Forces
In an era marked by hybrid threats, rapid technological advancement, and increasingly complex battlefields, the effectiveness of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) hinges on the preparedness of its military personnel to evolve into Smart Soldiers. This article highlights the pivotal role of Professional Military Education (PME) in developing military personnel who are capable of operating across diverse operational domains. By focusing on the individual development of military personnel, the article identifies key areas of study that examine how PME enhances critical competencies such as decision-making, leadership, adaptability, and strategic thinking, ultimately equipping them to meet both contemporary and future operational challenges
Towards Exploring New Chinese Migrant Businesses in Auckland, New Zealand: A Multi-Method Research
With three decades of embracing a neoliberal immigration policy in New Zealand, the number of the China-born new migrants has grown significantly in the country. Consequently, businesses run by these new Chinese migrants have contributed significantly to the country’s economy and are an integral part of the country’s urban economic landscape. However, research on their entrepreneurship remains limited. This research aims to use multiple methods to examine the entrepreneurial activities of this group of migrants in Auckland, New Zealand, focusing on business types, industry sectors, and factors that drive their business choices from the macro, meso, and micro perspectives. Data from Skykiwi Orange Page, Chinese Herald, and interviews with 29 new Chinese migrant business owners reveals concentrations in Retail Trade, Professional Services, and Construction, influenced by personal interests, market demand, and experience.
An Analytical Study: The Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus: Through the Journeys of Ibn Jubayr and Ibn Battuta: As a Model
This article is about the Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus through the journeys of the Andalusian traveler Ibn Jubayr (d. 1217 AD) called: “Rihlat Ibn Jubayr- Travels of Ibn Jubayr” or what is called: “Taḏkira bi-akhbār can ittifāqāt al-asfār- A Reminder of News about Travel Agreements”, and the Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta (d. 1377 AD) called: “Tuhfaf An-Nuzzar fi Ghara’ib al-Amsar wa-‘Aja’ib Al-Asfar- A masterpiece for the observer of the wonders of countries and the wonders of travel ” – as a model, as these two journeys, despite the time distance between them, are the truest mirror of the era in which their author lived, as what they wrote of literary texts, stories and news is an important source of information about the city of Damascus in the Middle Ages, and what it contains of monuments and religious architecture, the most important of which is the Great Umayyad Mosque.