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Who Must Adapt? Institutional Listening Asymmetry as a Framework for Rethinking Intercultural Competence in Higher Education (opens in a new tab)
This conceptual paper develops the Institutional Listening Asymmetry Framework (ILAF) as a critical extension of intercultural competence scholarship in higher education. Existing approaches frequently emphasise individual adaptability, openness and communicative competence while paying less attention to…
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Communication and Presence in Higher Education: Mediations, Bonds, and Formative Experiences (opens in a new tab)
This edited volume examines communication as a constitutive dimension of higher education and its role in shaping academic relationships, institutional belonging and formative experiences. Bringing together interdisciplinary studies and accounts of educational practices, the book addresses…
View publicationLanguage barriers and the circulation of scientific knowledge: global evidence and editorial strategies for Latin American scholarly output (opens in a new tab)
The consolidation of English as the lingua franca of science has transformed a communication tool into a selection mechanism that disproportionately affects researchers whose first language is not English. This article examines how language barriers contribute…
View publication“Kekeisso”? a love’s statement to Saiddy Bamba - ethos, performativities and black masculinities of a Salvador pagode band of the 2000s. (opens in a new tab)
Saiddy Bamba is a band that emerged in the early 2000s and played a big part in spreading Bahian pagode throughout Brazil. The band marked many young people's lives at a time when street parties (promoted…
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Leading Meaning-Making: A Multimodal Children's Literature and Recipe-Based Framework for Multilingual and Multicultural Early Childhood Education (opens in a new tab)
Multilingual and multicultural early childhood classrooms require approaches that recognize children's diverse ways of communicating, participating, and constructing meaning. This chapter proposes the Leading Meaning-Making Framework (LMMF), integrating multimodality, translanguaging, Funds of Knowledge, culturally sustaining pedagogy,…
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Multilingual and Multicultural Classrooms: Challenges and Opportunities for Early Childhood Education Leaders (opens in a new tab)
Multilingual and Multicultural Classrooms: Challenges and Opportunities for Early Childhood Education Leaders examines the challenges and opportunities that linguistic and cultural diversity presents for leadership in early childhood education. From diverse international perspectives, the volume explores…
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Cidadania urbana dos despossuídos e o diálogo entre estudos urbanos e migrações (opens in a new tab)
Este capítulo examina o diálogo entre os estudos urbanos e os estudos sobre migração, argumentando que a intensificação da urbanização e da mobilidade humana desafia concepções de cidadania baseadas exclusivamente no Estado-nação. A partir de uma…
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The City as a Phenomenon of Analysis in the Social Sciences (opens in a new tab)
The City as a Phenomenon of Analysis in the Social Sciences is an edited scholarly volume devoted to the study of the city as a central phenomenon of inquiry in the Social Sciences, with particular attention…
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Mascocracy over Democracy: Helen Zille, the DA and the Politics of Cosmetic Colonialism in Post-Apartheid South Africa (opens in a new tab)
This chapter interrogates the racial politics of the Democratic Alliance (DA) under Helen Zille’s leadership, arguing that the party has institutionalized a form of cosmetic decolonization which is a symbolic performance of transformation that preserves the…
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Marxism: Politics, Society and Culture (opens in a new tab)
Marxism: Politics, Society and Culture is an edited scholarly volume that examines Marxism as a theoretical framework, a field of political analysis, and a cultural expression. The book brings together contributions addressing the ways Marxist thought…
View publicationConnecting helices, generating solutions: the role of INOVAREPE in modernizing public management in Pernambuco (opens in a new tab)
The digital and sustainable transformation of public management requires innovative, collaborative, and data-driven approaches. In this context, the INOVAREPE program in Pernambuco operates as an open innovation platform, connecting government, academia, the productive sector, and civil…
View publicationExperiential Loyalty in Nature Adventure Tourism: The Relationship between Satisfaction, Sustainable Engagement, and Intentions to Revisit and Recommend: A Descriptive Study in the Agreste Region of Pernambuco, Brazil (opens in a new tab)
Nature-based adventure tourism has established itself as a modality capable of providing unique and memorable experiences to consumers, especially in regions that combine natural landscapes with sustainable practices and active leisure. In the Pernambuco hinterland, the…
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