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2026 EN
Banaszkiewicz Magdalena · Grzybowska Katarzyna
Many WWII camps and killing sites in Poland were memorialised in the 1960s without public consultation. However, some camps, including Krakow’s KL Plaszow (featured in the film Schindler’s List ), remained non-sites of memory , or spaces embodying sociologically significant gaps in collective memory: non-memory (Hirszowicz and Neyman 2001, Hirszorowicz and Neyman 2007). This article examines the conflict over establishing The KL Plaszow Memorial Museum and engages in a discussion of the concept of counter-heritage. Using Interviews, the study reveals how divergent stakeholders, including survivors’ descendants, museum representatives, local residents, and activists, navigate the intricate web of commemoration. Our analysis identifies the tensions and transformative potential within these commemorative conflicts across three interconnected time frames: the past’s tendency towards oblivion, the current role and significance, and future challenges. We argue that public consultations triggered the empowerment of various stakeholder groups, fostering a new vision for the institution. This vision broadens the museum’s mission from solely commemorating a difficult past to also facilitating present-day engagement. Adopting this vision could be particularly effective in promoting the emancipation of counter-heritage and in empowering local communities.
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2026 EN
Stacey Meghan · Mashayekh Sara
Teaching has long been associated with moral purpose and ‘mission’, yet how religious commitments may inform teachers’ understanding and experience of their work within modern schooling systems remains unclear. In this article, we present interview data generated with teachers ( n = 11) who identified as having a form of Christian religious commitment and as working in a school affiliated with a Christian tradition. Interviewees were drawn from the national context of Australia, which features a high proportion of religiously affiliated schools and thereby serves as a critical case of the relationship between teaching and religion in diversified schooling systems. Drawing on the conceptual tools of habitus and field, we argue that for these participants, their Christian religious commitments were central to how they approached the field of school education, and what they understood teaching to be. However, while teachers’ lives and work were in many ways enabled by these institutional settings, they were constrained in others, reflecting a need to cautiously negotiate the ongoing confrontation between habitus and field. Based on this analysis, we raise questions regarding the diversification of school settings within modern schooling systems, and the implications of such structures for modern pluralistic societies.
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2026 EN
Chen Shih-Chuan
The reference service is a crucial component of university libraries’ services, directly impacting readers. Only high-quality reference services can meet user needs, and their importance is self-evident. This study examines the use of ChatGPT in reference services from the perspective of librarians to understand its potential role. It was found that librarians must improve their competence in emerging technologies, such as AI. Libraries should be cautious in adopting AI, especially given their mission to provide accurate information. While ChatGPT can offer more descriptive responses than traditional chatbots, it still exhibits factual inaccuracies when responding to well-established queries. It may support basic tasks such as answering simple questions, website navigation, and collection guidance. However, concerns about accuracy and reliability have led some libraries to delay its implementation. The adoption of ChatGPT also involves risks of misuse, ongoing technical support, and funding challenges. In addition to librarian input, it requires collaboration with technical personnel. Rather than a replacement, ChatGPT should be regarded as a supplementary tool, necessitating increased human resources to ensure quality and sustainability.
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2026 EN
Ferreira Luís Fernando Tavares · Santos Daniel Mendes Aguiar · Cid Mauro Cesar Barbosa
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This case study aims to explain the challenges related to Ebola and COVID-19 faced by MONUSCO in the DRC, examining the domains of ‘human security’ and ‘logistics’, to present the responses implemented by the mission and discuss the modelling of efforts established to face the crisis. The research applied a triangulation of data technique; collection of data included interviews, questionnaires, and participant observation. The study found that MONUSCO was able to sustain the logistical support of its human and material resources to ensure the conditions to carry out the mandate and preserve human security. In addition, the study indicated that the modelling of efforts established by MONUSCO provided the necessary framework to sustain the inter-agency effort in the DRC, combining military and civilian efforts.
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2026 EN
Desrues Thierry · Gobe Eric
This article analyses the evolution of Kais Saied's governance since his accession to the presidency of the Tunisian Republic in 2019. It postulates that this governance has evolved from an inclusive populist project supported by a constitutional doctrine to an authoritarian populist regime of political ‘Caesarism’. To test this hypothesis, it examines the nature of the coup d'état carried out on 25th of July 2021,pointing out that Kais Saied was supported by the security forces. Next, it recalls the context of Kais Saied's project of populist constitutionalism, focusing on his own conception of his political mission and the pre-constitutional decisions he took that paved the way for constitutional reform and the failure of his plebiscitary ratification. It scrutinises the main features of the new constitution Kais Saied drafted, which show that it establishes a regime in which the President of the Republic assimilates himself to the will of the people and aspires to unlimited power. Finally, it examines the limits of certain tools that are supposed to represent inclusive democracy from below and the presidential elections in 2024 that lead us to consider that it would be more appropriate to speak of a democracy without the people.
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2026 EN
Prasad Rajendra
The Skill India Mission program, launched in 2015, aims to upgrade the skills of India’s vast workforce through industry-specific training for young people, enhancing their employability and driving economic growth. Unlike the traditional, state-driven Vocational Education and Training system, Skill India leverages market forces for training and funding. This aligns with India’s broader economic policies since liberalisation, which have emphasised market-oriented approaches. While these policies spurred rapid economic growth, foreign investment, and technological advancements, they also resulted in widening wealth gaps, inadequate job creation, and sustainability concerns. Like this the Skill India Mission also faces significant challenges such as poor training quality, inadequate funding, and limited job placements for graduates. Research indicates in several other cases that private sector involvement in training, driven by short-term profit motives, often leads to inadequate training quality, widens rural–urban gaps, neglects essential rural skills, and exacerbates inequalities. The study, further, argues for a balanced approach with state and market co-investment in skills training, alongside robust social infrastructure. This is critical for the Mission’s long-term success and achieving inclusive development.
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2026 EN
Whiteside Douglas M. · Butts Alissa M. · Holker Erin
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Introduction: In February 2023, a work group began to develop a new North American organization in neuropsychology to represent and support practicum-training sites. While other training-focused organizations such as the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN) and the Association of Internship Training in Clinical Neuropsychology (AITCN) have existed for many years, no organization exists to promote and support practicum level training outside of doctoral degree programs. The work group developed such an organization, subsequently named the North American Association of Practicum Sites in Neuropsychology (NAPSN), beginning with a mission statement and general purpose of the organization. Methods: The work group divided members into five task forces focused on various tasks needed to start the organization, including Mission/Vision, Administrative Structure, Membership, Financials, and Bylaws. The entire work group met monthly with additional meetings and work via email for the various task forces, which resulted in the development of a mission statement and bylaws, as well as a framework for program administration, membership requirements and financial needs. Conclusions: The group developed NAPSN primarily as a resource to support diverse practicum programs in urban, suburban, and rural areas in the US and Canada to provide optimal graduate level clinical training in neuropsychology. Didactics aimed specifically at practicum students was one need identified early in the process. NAPSN is developing a website-based resource in collaboration with other training organizations to increase the didactic offerings to practicum students. Other initiatives and collaborative efforts will be undertaken over time as circumstances warrant.
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2026 EN
Dean Pamela M. · Towns Stephanie J.
Objective: The American Academy of Medical Colleges (AAMC) has recommended holistic review (HR), also referred to as holistic recruitment, to improve recruitment processes across all aspects of training from medical school admission to resident/fellowship selection by addressing obstacles that may disadvantage qualified applicants. HR is an evidenced based and strategic approach that aligns a program’s mission and goals while individually evaluating an applicant’s capabilities in the broader context of sociocultural, economic, educational, and personal factors. To date, the field of Clinical Neuropsychology (CN) has utilized recruitment methods that lack empirical support and may inadvertently limit access for individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, potentially narrowing the pathway for future colleagues. Method : This paper will (1) provide context of historical barriers and challenges in the training recruitment processes, (2) define HR, (3) review relevant literature regarding its efficacy in medical education, and (4) provide an overview and examples of how to apply HR to CN postdoctoral training recruitment. Conclusion: HR is an evidenced-based recruitment method that has consistently demonstrated strong utility in broadening the criteria for evaluating candidates without reducing the quality of the trainees in medical residencies. It is our assertion that these methods can be successfully applied to CN postdoctoral fellowship recruitment.
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2026 EN
Chataigner Marc
Design contributes to producing unsustainable worlds because it has limited projective capacities to reflect about what design designs and about power structures it reinforces or conceals. In response, several design approaches emerged, equipping designers with philosophical and social science frameworks to reorient design away from its ‘defuturing’ effects. Yet, the ability of these theories to fundamentally change design remains debated. This paper contributes to this discussion by exploring the epistemological underpinnings of five approaches: Transition Design, Mission-Oriented Design, Speculative Design, Pluriversal Design, and More-Than-Human Design. It examines how their theoretical framings reconfigure the design’s object, agency, and process altering the world. An archaeological analysis of these theoretical formations surfaces the epistemic discontinuities introduced to overcome prevailing modes of doing and knowing in design. This paper argues that meaningful change in design depends not only on new projective capacities for design, but on rethinking what projecting means within design practice itself.
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2026 EN
Robert Sarah · Bain Allison · Bhiry Najat
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Built in the early eighteenth century on the banks of the Saint-François River (Québec, QC, Canada), the fortified Jesuit mission of Saint-François-de-Sales was an important W8banaki centre during the colonial period. Between 2010 and 2021, archaeological excavations conducted by the W8banaki Nation led to the discovery of the mission’s remains at the Fort Odanak site (CaFe-7) in the historical centre of the village of Odanak. They revealed numerous pit features (used for food storage or refuse disposal), post moulds and hearths, along with diverse artifact assemblages. The analysis of plant macro-remains found in six pits and two hearths at the site was undertaken to document the evolution of culinary practices at the mission and to reconstruct the local environment and its exploitation by the mission’s inhabitants. Results suggest the persistence of traditional Indigenous subsistence patterns during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as the integration of European foods into the Abenaki diet via trade and close contact with Canadien (i.e. French Canadian) farmers in the region.