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CAN THE COLLAPSE OF THE TRADE SYSTEM UNDER THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION BE PREVENTED?
Get PDFThe World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed as a much-needed organization that will deal with trade issues and form binding rules for international trade. But today, in many discussions, the question is raised, is the WTO still relevant? The rules-based multilateral trading system has been around for so long that countries, companies, and consumers largely take it for granted. These rules are essential for ensuring trust in a stable and predictable trading environment. The aim of the research is to determine the extent to which the existing system of global trade regulation has collapsed and to what extent it is possible to recover, modernize and make it functional for the needs of WTO member countries. We will pay attention to the various interests of powerful and rich countries, emerging economies, large and small countries, as well as poor and underdeveloped countries. In the analysis, we take into account the pros and cons of maintaining the current WTO system, as well as the proposals for reform and sustainable development of this international organization. We will give a critical review of international trade regulation through the WTO system, which is currently changing and trying to justify its status and results. The current state of the WTO is a matter of general interest and it is important that all member countries engage in recovery, regardless of the issues and how different their views are. This paper should contribute to the ongoing discourse and provide materials for the future discussions on the topic of WTO survival and reform.
 
IS THERE A SECOND CHANCE TO ASYLUM IN ROMANIA IF THE CRIMINAL CHARGE RISK ALLEGED WITHIN FIRST SET OF PROCEEDINGS DENYING THE ASYLUM CAN BE SUBSTANTIATED?
Get PDFStructured on the Q&A model, the present study aims at analyzing several key legal issues stemming from the procedure of granting access to a new asylum procedure based on a criminal charge letter issued by prosecuting agent from country-of-origin existent but not known by the asylum seeker at the material time of first round of proceedings, seen as a “new element” within the meaning of Romanian Law on asylum, accompanied by a legal opinion on the legal consequences of such. Requirements for accessing a new asylum procedure in five European jurisdictions are analized and compared. Following the overview of the legal framework from Romania, 6 questions are raised: (i) is there a difference between „new elements” and „new reasons”? (ii) is it compulsory for the asylum seeker to not raise the criminal charge issue during the first asylum procedure? (iii) is the asylum seeker entitled to a second procedure if the criminal charge existed before the first round of procedures? (iv) would aggravating of punishment reasons be analized for the purpose of opening access to a second asylum procedure? (v) can the authenticity of the “new element” be called into question? (vi) is personal situation and professional trajectory relevant for getting access to a second asylum procedure? Each question receives a reasoned answer according to the law, the Romanian case-law and the legal experience of the author. The article naturally ends with specific conclusions calibrated to Romanian law particularities
CLIMATE JUSTICE, SYMBOLIC REPAIR, AND ETHICAL INTERVENTION THROUGH NARRATIVE AND COMMUNAL HEALING
Get PDFThis paper explores how gendered rituals and testimonial practices function as idioms of survival in climate-stressed regions of Kenya—specifically Turkana, Samburu, and Kwale. These regions were selected for their distinct ecological vulnerabilities, ritual traditions, and gendered survival grammars: Turkana’s drought mourning rites, Samburu’s age-set cosmologies, and Kwale’s matrilineal forest rituals offer plural idioms of symbolic repair. Framed by the theme “Climate justice, symbolic repair, and ethical intervention through narrative and communal healing,” the study introduces the concept of idioms of survival to theorize ritual and testimony as embodied archives of climate memory and moral economies of care. Drawing on a braided methodology—participatory narrative ethnography, ritual mapping, and idiomatic prompt design—the paper examines how mourning, fertility, initiation, and ecological testimony encode ethical responses to climate disruption.
The study pursues three core objectives:
To document and analyze gendered rituals as symbolic technologies of survival
To expand testimonial justice into ecological and gendered domains
To propose culturally attuned frameworks for climate ethics and adaptation
Through case studies and dialogic analysis, the findings reveal how rituals and testimonies offer alternative logics of resilience—ones that challenge technocratic policy and foreground plural cosmologies. The paper contributes to African feminist thought, ritual studies, and climate ethics, while offering practitioner models for ritual-informed programming and policy design. Ultimately, it calls for a reimagining of climate justice—one that listens to the idioms that sustain life
NARRATING REPAIR: TESTIMONIAL JUSTICE AND IDIOMATIC HEALING AS ETHICAL INTERVENTION IN CLIMATE-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
Get PDFThis paper examines testimonial justice and idiomatic healing as sociological responses to climate injustice and symbolic rupture. In communities facing environmental degradation and gendered displacement, trauma manifests not only physically but narratively. The research aims to explore how narrative practices—rooted in African idioms, ritual storytelling, and testimonial pedagogy—can serve as ethical interventions that foster communal repair and climate resilience. Methodologically, the study draws on participatory fieldwork in peri-urban Kenya, engaging elders, youth, and displaced families in dialogic rituals of memory and healing. Comparative reflections with Eurasian traditions of ethics and symbolic governance enrich the analysis. Findings reveal that narrative acts—when culturally grounded—enable communities to reconstitute dignity, agency, and ecological consciousness in the face of epistemic violence. The paper contributes to interdisciplinary debates on media ethics, cultural rehabilitation, and climate justice by proposing a framework where symbolic repair becomes central to sociological intervention. Future scope includes scaling idiomatic healing models across climate-affected regions and integrating testimonial pedagogy into policy and education platforms
RURAL FUNERARY LANDSCAPES ON THE SYRIAN COAST DURING THE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE PERIODS: ARCHITECTURE, EPIGRAPHY, AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
Get PDFThis paper investigates the funerary landscapes of rural settlements along the Syrian coast during the Roman and Byzantine periods. Spanning the 1st–6th centuries CE, lebanit examines how burial forms and mortuary rituals reflected broader transformations in social, religious, and cultural identity. Drawing on epigraphic evidence (Aliquot, 2010; Gatier, 2005), national archaeological surveys (Badawi 2010, 2015, 2016-2019), and the author’s own field documentation in the Jableh hinterland, the study develops a typology of rural tombs. It situates them in relation to settlements, agricultural installations, and sacred sites. Case studies from Khirbet al-Mirdesiya, Bishman, Barsoomah, Arab al-Milk, and al-Rahbiyya highlight the predominance of rock-cut tombs, the selective use of Greek funerary inscriptions by rural elites, and the gradual Christianization of mortuary space. By comparing these practices with funerary traditions in Lebanon and the Syrian Limestone Massif, the paper demonstrates both regional continuities and unique coastal developments. The analysis highlights how burial spaces were not passive residues, but rather active social and symbolic constructs. They encoded kinship, memory, and belief into the physical landscape, thereby offering a valuable lens into the cultural identity of rural communities in Late Antiquity
ART AS A TOOL FOR ACHIEVING SOCIAL INCLUSION: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PRACTICES IN MIGRANT CONTEXTS
Get PDFThis paper examines how migrant artists employ autobiographical art to navigate displacement, negotiate their identities, and promote a sense of belonging in new cultural contexts. In migration settings, art extends beyond fairness, functioning as a site of memory, resilience, and activism that links personal experience with broader social narratives. Adapting a constructivist epistemology, the study combines in-depth interviews with practising artists, autoethnographic reflection, and analysis of creative works. This qualitative approach highlights both individual trajectories and shared challenges, positioning the voices of migrant artists at the centre of interpretation. Findings identify five key themes: Artistic Journeys, shaped by migration, education, and career transformation; Autobiographical Art as Identity, Healing, and Resistance, where art becomes a tool for recovery and advocacy; Heritage and Cultural Continuity, which sustains traditions across transnational spaces; Social Challenges and Structural Barriers, including discrimination and institutional inequities; and Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Social Responsibility, reflecting artists’ commitments to dialogue, community-building, and social change. The analysis draws on Bhabha’s Third Space Theory to illuminate hybrid identities, Narrative Identity Theory to emphasise storytelling and resilience, and Critical Race and Intersectionality Theory to examine structural inequities. Levitt’s notion of Social Change through Art further demonstrates how creative practices catalyse dialogue and collective empowerment. By situating migrant artists’ autobiographical works within these theoretical frameworks, the study demonstrates that art serves not only as a means of survival and identity construction but also as a powerful tool for promoting social awareness and inclusion. It argues that creative practices play a critical role in fostering intercultural exchange and generating transformative change within multicultural societies
A STUDY ON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS' ACCEPTANCE OF COMMUNITY-BASED LOCAL ENROLLMENT: Received: 6th January 2025, Revised: 14th February 2025, 26th February 2025, Accepted: 2nd April 2025, Date of Publication: 15th July 2025
No full textThe community-based approach to high schools and vocational schools considers the convenience, necessity, geographical relevance, and suitability of students enrolling close to home. It aims to construct a reasonably defined "suitable learning community" by facilitating inter-school collaboration among high schools and vocational schools, as well as resource sharing with junior high schools, colleges, and social welfare organizations. This includes sharing curricula, teaching staff, and both software and hardware resources, thereby providing diverse and suitable learning opportunities for high school and vocational students. This study aims to explore high school teachers' acceptance of community-based local enrollment through the lenses of social change, industrial change, and career development, to understand how these changes influence career development and subsequently teachers' attitudes towards local enrollment implementation. The subjects of this study are high school teachers, and a convenience sampling method was used to collect data. A total of 230 questionnaires were distributed, with 203 valid responses returned. The data were analyzed using AMOS 20 for confirmatory factor analysis. The results indicate a highly significant positive correlation between industrial change and social change, a significant positive correlation between industrial change and career development, and a significant negative correlation between career development and attitudes towards local enrollment implementation.Community-Based Approac
USING MACHINE LEARNING TO FIND THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF STUDENT-CREATED SCREENCASTS FOR AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT
Get PDFThe rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT offer both opportunities and challenges in education. When used correctly, these tools help students learn by providing ideas, outlines of essays and sources of information. However, these tools also raise concerns about plagiarism. Current detection software struggles to identify AI-generated content, as students can easily produce essays or program code without understanding the material. This misuse undermines learning and creates academic dishonesty. Therefore, educators should design assignments that promote active learning without relying on AI-detection software. One approach to achieving this aim is requiring students to explain their work using screencasts. A screencast is a video capturing one's screen output and activities, as one works on the computer. While reviewing student-created screencasts (SCSs) requires effort by teachers, AI can assist in streamlining the process. The objective of this study is to identify the key features of student-created screencasts that are important for authentic assessment using AI-assisted tools. This study examined the screencasts submitted by undergraduates in information technology and language subjects. It uses machine learning to find out which aspects of screencasts as assignments are essential for authentic assessment. The results of the study contribute to future studies related to student-created screencasts for promoting active learning
MODERN VISUALLY EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR BUILDING QUANTITATIVE CONCEPTS IN KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN
Get PDFDigitalization and the rapid development of information and communication technologies over the past decades have significantly changed social life and the conditions in which preschool education is carried out. By using different aids for visualization in teaching, the contradiction between the abstract nature of mathematical concepts that children learn in kindergarten and their concrete-active and visual-imaginative thinking is overcome. The modernization of education in mathematics in kindergarten is related not only to the application of innovative technologies and approaches but also to the contemporary tools that are used. The problem of selecting them and using them adequately in methodological work exists and is significant.
The aim of the research work is to analyze and systematize theoretical concepts related to modern visual-active tools and to develop and test methodological options for their application in building quantitative understanding in children in kindergarten. The empirical study was conducted with 128 children from a kindergarten in the town of Stara Zagora. The obtained results show that the use of modern visual-active tools supports the development of children's knowledge and skills regarding the quantitative and ordinal value of numbers up to 10, the formation and comparison of sets through the relations "as many as," "more," "less," the subtraction or addition of 1 or 2 elements from a given set, and the modeling of numbers up to 10. The new educational paradigm requires the application of modern visual-active tools in preschool education in mathematics, which contributes to improving the level of knowledge and skills of children in the educational Cluster "Quantitative Relations," as well as their interest, activity, and motivation
MONOZUKURI ASSIMILATION BEYOND JAPAN: STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MONOZUKURI VALUES
Get PDFMonozukuri represents the fusion of craftsmanship, technological skill, and human spirit, promoting values such as pride in creation, dedication, leadership, teamwork, and continuous improvement (Thiptarajan et al., 2019; Tanaka, 2017). Although these values have been adopted within engineering programs in various countries, limited understanding exists regarding how effectively students internalize Monozukuri within their academic experiences. This study seeks to address this gap by evaluating students’ perceptions of how Monozukuri values influence their attitudes, behaviours, and approaches to learning. A validated Likert-scale survey was administered between February and April 2023 across institutions in Malaysia, Egypt, and Japan. Students provided feedback on the perceived effectiveness of Monozukuri in shaping elements such as teamwork, timeliness, leadership, and continuous improvement. The results show generally strong alignment with Monozukuri principles: students demonstrate positive teamwork attitudes, responsible management of deadlines, readiness to assume leadership roles, and a proactive orientation toward optimization. However, respondents also highlight areas for further development, particularly in proactively identifying potential problems and appreciating diversity in team composition. Overall, the study indicates that while Monozukuri values are reflected in student attitudes, strategic reinforcement is needed to enhance problem-solving initiative and foster inclusivity within collaborative engineering environments