Contesting Media History by Tarik Sabry

“…This paper is concerned with the relationship between theory and history in the development of media history as a subject area, and in particular the way that it has come to conceptualise power. Contesting Media History argues that the history of the communications has become increasingly isolated within its related disciplines, cut off from the rich theoretical insights developed elsewhere and provincialised into the ‘story of the present’. …”
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Norm contestation in international politics by Stimmer, A

“…However, they tend to end rather than begin with the finding that norm contestation is a common occurrence in international affairs. …”

Stochastic Contests with Linex Utility Functions by Pelin G. Canbolat

“…In this paper, we analyze the Nash equilibrium in a class of winner-takes-all stochastic contests among players with linear-exponential (linex) utility functions. …”
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Ethically Digital: Contested Cultural Heritage in Digital Context by Bijan Rouhani

“…Although the advancement of digital technologies has significantly aided in the research, protection, management, interpretation, and education of cultural heritage, it also raises the question of how far this technology works in accordance with our current understanding of heritage as a process and is not taking a reductionist approach, in which heritage is cut off from its community and context. Ethical risks are higher for contested heritage, when meaning and values are questioned, or when people's ability to access and enjoy heritage is threatened. …”
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Ethically digital: contested cultural heritage in digital context by Rouhani, B

“…Although the advancement of digital technologies has significantly aided in the research, protection, management, interpretation, and education of cultural heritage, it also raises the question of how far this technology works in accordance with our current understanding of heritage as a process and is not taking a reductionist approach, in which heritage is cut off from its community and context. Ethical risks are higher for contested heritage, when meaning and values are questioned, or when people's ability to access and enjoy heritage is threatened. …”

Contested Visions of Cyborgs: Sociotechnical Futures in the Field of Brain-Computer Interfaces by Roberto Favalli

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Contestation Of Jihad And Social Media Narrative: A Case Study Of Isis by Mohd Kaslan, Umi Nur Zahidah

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The Challenges of Reconstructing Citizen-Driven EU Contestation in the Digital Media Sphere by Helena Seibicke, Asimina Michailidou

“…We thus take a broad European perspective of EU contestation that is not strictly confined within the EU public sphere(s). …”
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Peace by Piece: (Re) imagining Division in Belfast’s Contested Spaces through Memory by Gehan Selim, Andrew Abraham

“…The aim of the paper is to explore current approaches in planning contested spaces that have changed over time, leading to success in many cases. …”
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Conflictual Diversity and Contested Cultural Heritage: Newspaper Coverage of Religion in Norway 1938–2018 by Knut Lundby

“…The conflictual diversity and contested cultural heritage in the newspaper material are partly shaped by the media dynamics in the mediatization of religion.…”
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Topological encounters in biodiversity conservation: Making and contesting maps in the Colombian high Andean páramos by Camilo Castillo-Estupiñan

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Constructing and contesting a Gujarati-Hindu ethno-religious identity through development programmes in an Indian province by Sud, N

“…Despite these developments, this paper argues, continuing attempts at the construction of a unified ethno-religious identity are circumscribed and complicated by processes of contestation. Through village-level research, it shows how government actors are involved in simultaneous processes of construction as well as contestation over a Gujarati-Hindu identity through development programmes.…”

The Stories We Tell about Refugee Claimants: Contested Frames of the Health-Care Access Question in Canada by Jesse Beatson

“…A contested issue is the extent to which refugee claimants should have access to health care in Western host countries with publicly subsidized health-care systems. …”
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The Cutting Edge between Nationalistic Commitment ( Iltizam ) and Literary Compulsion ( Ilzam ) in Palestinian Literature by Dima M. T. Tahboub

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“Cutting Up a Chicken with a Cow-Cleaver”—Confucianism as a Religion in Japan’s Courts of Law by Ernils Larsson

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Debating medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C): learning from (policy) experiences across countries by Els Leye, Nina Van Eekert, Simukai Shamu, Tammary Esho, Hazel Barrett, ANSER

“…Abstract Background Although Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is internationally considered a harmful practice, it is increasingly being medicalized allegedly to reduce its negative health effects, and is thus suggested as a harm reduction strategy in response to these perceived health risks. …”
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The Date for Filing the Abolishment Lawsuit under the Jordanian Administrative Law No. (27) Of 2014 by Waleed Saud Alqadi

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Health care providers’ and mothers’ perceptions about the medicalization of female genital mutilation or cutting in Egypt: a cross-sectional qualitative study by Omaima El-Gibaly, Mirette Aziz, Salma Abou Hussein

“…Abstract Background Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a traditional harmful practice that has been prevalent in Egypt for many years. …”
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From Regulation to Management and Back Again: Exploring Governance Shifts in India′s Coastal Zone by Aparna Sundar

“…In particular, what emerges is the role of an important ′straddling′ or ′interface′ layer of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and technical ′experts,′ and the role of new information technologies and technologies of governance in enabling a cross-cutting circulation of knowledges. Interests, actors, and knowledges/technologies do not always map neatly on to each other, challenging binaries such as ′traditional′ and ′modern,′ or ′local′ and ′global,′ and rendering unpredictable the outcome of contestations over policy and governance.…”
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Cross-cutting Ties and Coexistence: Intermarriage, Land Rentals and Changing Land Use Patterns among Maasai and Kikuyu of Maiella and Enoosupukia, Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya by Eric Mutisya Kioko, Michael Bollig

“…This paper explores the value of cross-cutting ties and conflicting loyalties for the peaceful management of conflicts and the emergence of collective action across previously violently contested community boundaries in two communities in the Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya. …”
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