bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Perceived Trust and Its Antecedents’ Impact on Intentions to Use Fintech; Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Saeed Kashif , Aslam Sohail , Jabbar Shumaila , Aslam Shoaib , Noreen Farzana
Published: July 2024

The Study examines the impact of perceived trust and its antecedents on the intentions of individuals to use fintech services in Pakistan. By identifying the primary factors that influence these intentions, the research offers fintech service providers and policymakers valuable insights into the adoption and utilization of fintech in the Region. This information is indispensable for the successful marketing of these services. The research centers on four primary constructs: perceived risk, perceived usefulness, perceived convenience of use, and perceived trust. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) are employed as theoretical frameworks. Perceived risk refers to the potential negative consequences of fintech usage, perceived usefulness evaluates the enhancement of financial activities through fintech, perceived ease of use measures the simplicity of utilizing fintech services, and perceived trust evaluates the reliability and competence of the fintech provider. A convenience sampling method was employed to recruit 400 participants aged 18 and older who have either used or are willing to use fintech services from the major cities in Pakistan. According to data analysis conducted with PLS software, the intention to utilize fintech services is significantly influenced by perceived usefulness, perceived simplicity of use, and perceived trust. Hence, there is no significant impact on perceived risk. Cronbach’s alpha if less than. 6 or greater than. 8 is not considered good; while the acceptable limit for CR and AVE lies between. 7 and 9. This paper aims to explain the overall understanding of Pakistan’s fintech adoption and hereby stresses the significance of the perceived trust and perceived usefulness in the context of the given phenomenon.
The Heritage of The Segu Bungalow / Banglo Segu in Sarawak History
Authors: Walker J. H. ,   University of New South Wales, Canberra
Published: July 2024

The Segu Bungalow or Banglo Segu is a belian, two-roomed Bungalow, which sits at the of a on a hill Park Lane in top very steep driveway overlooking Kuching(Fig.1).' Both of its rooms open onto an expansive verandah,the ceilings and walls of which are adorned with extraordinary Orang Ulu murals. It presently serves as a Museum Resthouse and as the headquarters of the Friends of the Sarawak Museum, whose coordinator also lives there. This paper explores the origins and history of the building, as well as aspects of the social and intellectual lives of some of the people who have been associated with it.
Hábitos alimentarios, seguridad y cultura alimentarias de los con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 2023
Authors: Chavarría-Rojas María , Mora Poveda Pablo
Published: July 2024

El objetivo fue relacionar los hábitos alimentarios, la seguridad alimentaria y la cultura alimentaria de los pobladores de ambos sexos mayores a 18 años con Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 del distrito de Lepanto de Puntarenas, 2023. Materiales y Métodos: Se adoptó un enfoque cuantitativo  de tipo transversal. Se aplicó un cuestionario elaborado en la plataforma Google Forms a personas mayores de edad  de ambos sexos que viven con Diabetes tipo 2 con edades entre los. Se utilizó el instrumento de la Escala Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria (ELCSA). Se utilizó la prueba exacta de Fisher. Resultados: Predomina el sexo femenino, con edades entre los 51 a 65 años, la edad de diagnóstico de la enfermedad transcurre entre los 41 a 65 años. Con respecto a los hábitos alimentarios presentan bajo consumo de lácteos y alimentos tradicionales, en cuanto a la seguridad alimentaria según ELCSA la población se encuentra mayoritariamente en niveles de inseguridad alimentaria y en el estudio si se encuentran relaciones estadísticas significativas en las variables. Conclusiones: Se obtiene relación directa entre las variables de seguridad alimentaria y hábitos alimentarios, también en los hábitos alimentarios y la 12 cultura alimentaria, sin embargo, no se encontró relación alguna en las variables de seguridad alimentaria y cultura alimentaria.
The Patterns of Student Scientific Development through Digital Media Consumption in Islamic Boarding Schools
Authors: . Suparjo , Purnomo Sutrimo , Azizah Nurul , . Suwito , Sinaga Fajry Sub’haan Syah
Published: July 2024

This qualitative research explores the evolving role of digital media in the scientific development of students within Central Java Islamic boarding schools. It examines how pesantren navigate the tension between preserving traditional values and embracing social transformations in the digital age. The study focuses on six institutions and involves students, caregivers, administrators, and stakeholders. Data was gathered through observation, interviews, and documentation, and analyzed using Miles and Huberman's framework. Findings reveal that students' use of social media, is influenced by social and psychological factors, and it fulfills cognitive, affective, and integrative needs. Platforms like social networks, blogs, YouTube, and e-learning are crucial for their educational journey. This consumption shapes a new adaptive-recreative religious authority, enhancing students' ability to integrate Islamic knowledge with technological advancements. The study underscores the importance of responsible digital media integration in pesantren, urging educational institutions to embrace these tools effectively and ethically for student development.
Social Activism as a Factor of Information Security (Theoretical and Methodological Aspect)
Authors: Nurzhanova Sharipa Syzdykovna , Kondratskaya Victoria Leonidovna , Tlepbergenova Aiman , Zhetpisbayeva Meirkul Sarsenbayevna , Zykov Nikolay Appolonovich
Published: July 2024

The article presents the connection of Internet activism and social activity with the information security of the state. The main views on social activity are described and methodological approaches to the study of social activism are set out. Online-activism is presented as one of the factors of state information security.
Language and Style in “Pride and Prejudice” Fan Fiction: Educational Aspect
Authors: Kolegaeva Iryna , Stanko Daryna
Published: July 2024

The article offers a brief overview of research aspects of fan fiction, explores the genre characteristics and criteria of 100 fan fictions based on “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, and highlights the results of implementing fan fiction into the curriculum at Uzhhorod National University. The fan fictions, created between 2005 and 2024, were analyzed for their completeness, volume, genre, accessibility, and connection to the original text (canon). The findings suggest a need for more detailed genre classifications to accommodate the diverse varieties created by fan fiction authors. The integration of “Pride and Prejudice” fan fiction into the English language curriculum at Uzhhorod National University resulted in increased student engagement, improved language skills, enriched cultural understanding, valuable interdisciplinary insights, and strengthened collaborative learning. This innovative approach not only made language learning more effective but also fostered a deeper appreciation for literature and its contemporary relevance.
Ethics at the heart of AI
Authors: Langlois Lyse , Dilhac Marc-Antoine , Dratwa Jim , Ménissier Thierry , Ganascia Jean-Gabriel , Weinstock Daniel , Bégin Luc , Marchildon Allison
Published: July 2024

This document is the result of a collaborative effort involving specialists in ethics, philosophy, computer science and economics. Its goal is to detail and clarify the role ethics should play in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by highlighting how this notion can be applied and implemented effectively and successfully. It advocates for an ethic focused on reflexivity and dialogue, and it concerns all those involved in the development of AI, whether directly or indirectly. The document also highlights the practical methodological approach used to construct the Montreal Declaration, and also proposes a number of recommendations. In short, this paper argues for the inclusion of a genuine ethical reflection at all stages of the AI developmental process. It is a call for collaboration between ethicists, developers and members of the industry, to truly put ethics at the heart of AI.
Unveiling Untold Realities: A Journey Through Artistic Expression
Authors: Chattopadhyay Rajarshi
Published: July 2024

This paper embarks on a profound journey into the depths of contemporary existence, traversing the multifaceted realms of art, literature, and music to unearth hidden truths and illuminate the intricacies of the human condition. At its core, it grapples with the stark dissonance between the outward appearances we present to the world and the inner struggles that often remain concealed beneath the surface. In an era marked by unprecedented connectivity and technological advancement, it becomes increasingly evident that despite our interconnectedness, many individuals grapple with profound feelings of isolation and disillusionment. Central to the discourse is an exploration of the pervasive prevalence of depression and existential angst in modern society. With the rapid pace of life and the relentless pursuit of material success, individuals often find themselves overwhelmed by a sense of and alienation. This paper delves into the underlying causes of such existential crises, probing the socio-cultural factors that contribute to the erosion of meaning and identity. However, amidst the prevailing darkness, there exists a beacon of hope – the indomitable resilience of the human spirit. Through an in-depth analysis of artistic expressions spanning across disciplines, from the haunting melodies of symphonies to the raw honesty of confessional poetry, this paper uncovers the transformative power of creativity in navigating the tumultuous terrain of existence. Art, in its myriad forms, serves as a mirror to the soul, offering solace and catharsis to those grappling with the complexities of human experience. Moreover, this paper seeks to contextualise the significance of art as a catalyst for social change and collective healing. Through case studies and critical analysis, it elucidates how artistic movements have historically served as catalysts for challenging oppressive systems and fostering empathy and solidarity among disparate communities. From the Harlem Renaissance to the feminist art movement, art has played a pivotal role in amplifying marginalised voices and advocating for justice and equality. In conclusion, this paper underscores the indispensable role of art, literature, and music as vehicles for introspection, empathy, and social transformation. By delving into the untold realities of modern existence and celebrating the resilience of the human spirit, it endeavours to inspire readers to engage more deeply with the profound insights and revelations that artistic expression has to offer. Ultimately, it is through the exploration of our shared humanity and the cultivation of empathy and understanding that we can forge a path towards a more compassionate and equitable world.
Organizational Dehumanization and Job Anxiety: Moderating Role of Passion: A Conservation of Resource Theory Perspective
Authors: Haider Aisha , Fatima Tasneem , Zia Maria
Published: July 2024

Purpose- For employees, organizations have always been significant social entities, therefore, using the theoretical lens of conservation of resource theory, this study investigates the impact of organizational dehumanization on job anxiety. Moreover, passion is used as a moderating variable between organizational dehumanization and job anxiety to explain how the presence of passion changes the effect of organizational dehumanization on job anxiety.
Study Design/methodology/approach- The study used a two-wave time-lagged approach through a convenience sampling technique for the collection of data. For that purpose, two hundred and fifteen employees working in various service sector organizations in Pakistan from different sectors participate in the survey process. Moreover, the PROCESS macro by Hayes was used to analyze the proposed hypotheses.
Findings- Results show that there is a positive significant link between organizational dehumanization and job anxiety. Moreover, higher levels of passion in individuals weaken the level of job anxiety in the presence of higher organizational dehumanization.
Research Practical Implications- Since employers serve as role models for their employees, it is imperative that they provide a clear and strict example of ethics and respect for others. There should be rules in these workplaces prohibiting dehumanization and other forms of workplace abuse. Further, this study highlights the importance of passion for individuals to minimize job anxiety, especially in an environment of dehumanization.
Originality/value- There is limited research on the factors that can preserve and restore the well-being of employees who have been mistreated at work. These findings offer insight into how employees' passion can boost productivity even in toxic and stressful work environments.
Investigation of the Transfer Influence and Health Threat from the Intake of Maize and Exposure to Soil in Different Geological Formations in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Authors: Eyibio Imaobong Kufre , Atat Joseph Gordian , Essiett Aniesua Akpan , Essien Imeh Edet , Essiett Uduak Aniesua , Inyang Namdie Joseph , Onudibia Moses Ejike
Published: July 2024

The consumption of maize contaminated by radionuclides may pose certain health challenges to the body. This research was conducted to investigate the possible danger radionuclides could cause. Soil and maize samples were obtained from different geological formations. They were analyzed using a Sodium Iodide-Thalium (NaI(TI)) detector. The activity concentration results from the soil samples show the highest values of 238U, 232Th and 40K as 14.74±0.26 Bqkg-1, 40.34±0.73 Bqkg-1 and 444.89±8.12 Bqkg-1 respectively which correspond to Ogwashi-Asaba, Ogwashi-Asaba and Imo shale geological formations. The findings from maize samples indicate the maximum values of 238U, 232Th and 40K as 16.46±0.25 Bqkg-1, 18.12±0.46 Bqkg-1 and 435.17±7.89 Bqkg-1 respectively which correspond to Benin, Ogwashi-Asaba and Ogwashi-Asaba geological formations. The outcome of mean transfer factor of 238U, 232Th and 40K corresponds to 0.942, 0.460 and 1.002. The absorbed dose rate ranges from 28.91 nGyh-1 to 36.08 nGyh-1. Radium equivalent varies from 49.40 Bqkg-1 to 98.75 Bqkg-1. Almost equal value (0.15×10-3) was assessed for the mean excess lifetime cancer risk. Although the activity concentration noted from maize is high, the evidence obtained shows that there is no geological formation with health risk problem as the external, internal and radioactivity hazard indices are less than unity.
Evaluasi Penggunaan dan Pelaporan Dana Bantuan Operasional Sekolah Pada SD Negeri 1 Gading Kembar
Authors: Nikmatussiama Silvia Laila , Sodik H. M. , Zainudin Zainudin
Published: July 2024

School Operational Assistance (BOS) funds are one of the crucial elements in improving the quality of education in Indonesia. The use and reporting of BOS funds are in the spotlight in an effort to ensure efficiency, transparency, and accountability in their utilization. In Government Accounting Standard Statement No. 01 (PSAP 01) on the Presentation of Financial Statements, transfers are receipts/expenditures of money from one reporting entity to another reporting entity, including equalization funds. A qualitative research approach is a research methodology that aims to understand the meaning and interpretation of social phenomena. The source of funds obtained from the central and local governments is the BOS Fund in the submission of the School Activity and Budget Plan (RKAS). According to the RKAS, the transfer of funds from the government account to the school amounted to Rp.94,050,000.
WORKSHOP KEWIRAUSAHAAN “PENGEMBANGAN INDUSTRI KREATIF DI KALANGAN MAHASISWA MENUJU GENERASI BERDAYA SAING WIRAUSAHA” UNTUK MAHASISWA PROGRAM STUDI GEOGRAFI FISIP UNIVERSITAS LAMBUNG MANGKURAT
Authors: Sari Erini Junita , Hanifah Hanifah
Published: July 2024

This community service was held at the Lecture Theatre of Lambung Mangkurat University for students of the Geography study program FISIP Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin City. This community service aims to instill an understanding of the importance of entrepreneurship and creative economy among students of the Geography Study Program, FISIP, Lambung Mangkurat University. This community service is expected to reduce the risk of declining growth rates of young entrepreneurs in the midst of 17 creative economy sectors and is expected to help improve the welfare of students in the city of Banjarmasin. The method used in this community service is socialization related to Entrepreneurship, Creative Economy, and Business Legality. The result of this community service is an increase in participants' understanding of Entrepreneurship, Creative Economy, and Business Legality. Participants managed to understand what are the types of creative economy and business legality, as well as better understand the importance of entrepreneurship.
PENDAMPINGAN PEMBUATAN BAHAN AJAR DAN PENELITIAN TINDAKAN KELAS DI SDN LANDAH
Authors: Syaipul Pahru  , Abdul Latif  , Sahabudin  , Nopi Nurpitasari  , Sahnip
Published: July 2024

Kegiatan ini bertujuan agar para pendidik di SDN Lndah mampu menngkatkan kualitas diri sebagai seorang pendidik dengan cara melakukan pendampingan pembuatan bahan ajar serta penelitian tindakan kelas. Pengabdian pada masyarakat dilaksanakan secara tatap muka pada hari Rabu  03 April 2024 di SDN Landah Kecamatan Praya Timur. Pelaksanaan PKM terdiri dari 3 Dosen dan dua  Mahasiswa serta para guru. Berdasarkan hasil yang diapatkan dapat dilihat bahwa 9% sangat setuju, 81%, 5% cukup setuju, 5% kurang setuju dengan Ketepatan waktu, kesesuaian, tujuan, susunan, dan konsep materi dalam kegiatan. Kemampuan peserta dalam memahami bagaimana membuatpengayaan sebelum dilaksanakan kegiatan pendampingan, ratarata repsonden mengatakan kurang setuju. Sedangkan setelah dilaksnakan kegiatan, Sedangkan hasil setelah kegiatan adalah 80% responden atau peserta mengatakan sengat setuju, 10% responden mengatakan setuju, 0% responden mnegatakan cukup setuju, 10% responden mengatakan kurang setuju. emampuan peserta dalam memahami bagaimana merancang dan melakukan PTK dengan baik  rata-rata responden mengatakan cukup setuju , Sedangkan hasil setelah kegiatan adalah 90% responden atau peserta mengatakan sengat setuju, 10% responden mengatakan setuju. Ketertarikan peserta untuk melakukan penelitian tindakan kelas sebelum kegiatan dilaksanakan menunjukkan  bahwa 10 % responden atau peserta mengatakan sengat setuju, 10% responden mengatakan setuju, 40% responden mengatakan  cukup setuju, 10% responden mengatakan kurang setuju dan 30% responden mengatakan tidak setuju Sedangkan hasil setelah kegiatan adalah 90% setuju.
PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN MEDIA AUDIO VISUAL DALAM MENINGKATKAN MINAT BELAJAR SISWA KELAS XI IPS 1 MAN 2 BONE
Authors: Esti Kusuma Wardani  , Hamka  , H. Sandi
Published: July 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui seberapa besar pengaruh penggunaan media audio visual dalam meningkatkan minat belajar siswa. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah Metode Penelitian kuantitatif. Data yang diolah merupakan hasil pengumpulan data melalui pembagian kuesioner yang di berikan kepada setiap siswa kelas XI IPS 1. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Observasi, Angket dan Dokumentasi yang dimana penulis melihat langsung keadaan lapangan. Hasil penelitian yang di dapat penulis adalah pembelajaran menggunakan media audio visual kurang berpengaruh dalam meningkatkan minat belajar sebagian kecil siswa kelas XI IPS 1, dari hasil olah dataH0 diterima dan H1 ditolak nilai signifikan 0,974 > 0,05.
Brazil and the Politics of the Spanish Habsburgs in the South Atlantic, 1580-1640
Authors: Pérez José Manuel Santos
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT: During the period of the Union of Spanish and Portuguese Crowns (1580–1640), known as the “Iberian Union” or “Philippine Period,” global connections inside and outside the Spanish or “Universal Monarchy” underwent an important impulse. Specifically, Portuguese America and the territories in the South Atlantic experienced important transformations. Brazilian, Spanish, and Portuguese historiographical traditions in the past have dealt with this issue in very different ways. Nowadays there is a new historiography that has started to contemplate the question from a very different point of view, without nationalistic concerns. Questions about defense, administrative reforms, mine discovery, or global connections are emerging as the principal aspects to be considered.
KEYWORDS: Iberian Union (1580–1640), new historiographical approaches, South Atlantic
Echoes of Portuguese India in Goan Poets, 1893-1973
Authors: Jackson K. David
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This essay-bibliography examines Goan poetry through echoes of Indo-Portuguese culture, focusing on poets born in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, and who represent a long-ignored enclave of cultural hybridity. The author discusses these formative years in view of the topics of the poetry, the language, the distinctive features of Indo-Portuguese lyrics, and what it means to write as a Portuguese poet in Goa. The study includes a selected bibliography of the principal poets of Goa since the middle of the nineteenth century, complete with some biographical notes, and a selected critical bibliography on Goa and Goan poetry. Useful indications of libraries where these texts can be found in the US, France, Portugal, and Goa are also indicated when available.
The Historical-Gothic, Female Sacrifice and Honor in Alexandre Herculano's "O Fronteiro d'África ou Três noites aziagas"
Authors: Jones-Kellogg Rebecca
Published: July 2024

Abstract: In this article, Rebecca Jones-Kellogg focuses on one of Alexandre Herculano’s three plays O Fronteiro d’África ou Três noites aziagas. She analyzes O Fronteiro d’África through the lens of the Historical-Gothic mode that she defines in relation to the European literary tradition. In particular, Jones-Kellogg shows how Herculano juxtaposes patriotism and political ambition with the plight of the Gothic heroine in a play steeped in questions of honor and sacrifice.
Lusofonia and Eternal Empire: Notes from the Sixteenth Century
Authors: Barletta Vincent
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT: Framed as love and commonality, as a shared patrimony, as the eternal spirit of empire, or as a “sad and ridiculous” attempt to exert influence long after the fact, the workings of Lusofonia may or may not have evolved over the past five centuries. What seems clear, however, is that the Portuguese language has been understood since at least the sixteenth century as not only the “companion” or tool of Portugal’s empire, but rather as its most enduring and ontologically real aspect.
KEYWORDS: Lusofonia and empire, neo-colonialism, Renaissance, grammar
Negociações identitárias dos Gaudde de Goa: políticas de classificação de "trobos"
Authors: Pereira Cláudia
Published: July 2024

Resumo: Os Gaudde de Goa observam as componentes de “casta” no plano social, mas foram reconhecidos administrativamente como “tribais” devido às regalias económicas e educacionais que este estatuto lhes concede. Para tal contribuiu a literatura produzida durante e após o colonialismo português que os descreve como os primeiros habitantes de Goa. Mas o que quer transmitir, ao afirmar que os Gaudde seguem a organização da casta? E o que significa dizer que os Gaudde são considerados “tribais” na terminologia administrativa? Esta última é a principal questão sobre a qual o artigo se irá debruçar, enquadrando-os nas mesmas lógicas classificatórias do restante subcontinente.
State-Sponsored Indemnification, the Materiality of Money, and the Meanings of Community in Salvador, Brazil's Pelourinho Cultural Heritage Center
Authors: Collins John F.
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This paper is an ethnography of state-citizen relations around the exchange of money for working-class Brazilians’ living spaces coveted by the state in its efforts to establish a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It argues that money, as a material sign of experience and suffering, has become a mnemonic and a source of insightful analyses of state power on the part of people subject to the indemnification process from 1992 to the present.
Inside/Outside Lusofonia: The Case of Goa
Authors: Passos Joana , Lobo Sandra Ataíde , Xavier Constantino , Braga Duarte Drumond
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT: In answer to the call for papers on “Lusofonia and Its Futures,” a group of researchers from the academic community focusing on Goa decided to reflect collectively on this topic. The individual statements compiled below represent the productive dissonance in this community, where everyone contributes and listens. They address the concept of Lusofonia in the context of issues of identity, self-definition, academic visibility, cultural memory, and global networks.
KEYWORDS: global mappings, Lusosphere, genealogies, invisible Lusofonia
Realism's Reality Check and Deleted Referents in Eça de Queirós
Authors: Fialho Irene
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This essay gives the reader a sample of some of the hidden truths behind the final published Queirosian texts in terms of transformed, eliminated, and camouflaged protagonists and references. Irene Fialho discusses examples culled from the manuscripts of O Conde d'Abranhos and A ilustre casa de Ramires as a means to illustrate how Eça, despite his blatant claim to reflect closely reality through his Realist mode, skillfully disguised referents at the margins of society, such as prostitutes and homosexuals, along with fellow writers and politicians. In the case of the manuscript of the essay “Idealismo e Realismo,” Fialho demonstrates how an editorial omission (here the important reference to an anthology entitled Cancioneiro alegre edited by Eça’s fellow contemporary Camilo Castelo Branco), can drastically change the original meaning of a text.
Historical Stories: Arnaldo Gama and the Traditional Historical Novel
Authors: Marques Ana Maria
Published: July 2024

Abstract: In this study Ana Maria Marques examines Arnaldo Gama’s Romantic historical writing, by engaging examples from his works along with the author’s own comments. She discusses how Gama attains a realistic diegetic universe through the inclusion of elements of local color, insistent descriptions, the reconstruction of social and cultural environments, real historical figures and events within the invented plot, yet with the author’s poetic license to modernize language and other necessary elements, in this re-articulation of History through fiction.
Ficções do eu colonial e pós-imperial: memória, identidade e família em "O splendor de Portugal"
Authors: Gould Isabel A. Ferreira
Published: July 2024

Resumo: A partir da leitura de O esplendor de Portugal (1997), este texto examina a experiência multigeracional do colono português em África e o papel da memória dos filhos na revisitação do passado colonial. Focaliza-se um conjunto de elementos na obra em estudo: o percurso disfórico da família e a decadência do núcleo familiar, as figurações do colono e as configurações da identidade filial, a imagem e o lugar da mulher portuguesa em África, o fracasso do projeto colonial e as ruínas do último império, o deslocamento em relação à África e à pátria dos retornados e, por último, a revisitação dos espaços íntimos da memória familiar através da escrita autobiográfica ficcional.
The Press - A political Gospel?
Authors: De Abreu Maria Fernanda
Published: July 2024

Abstract: Manuela Tavares Ribeiro examines the borrowing from a religious/redemptive discourse to express political and social issues in pamphlets that circulated during the 1840s and 1850s in Portugal. This essay shows how this parallel, and often radical, press, in the form of pamphlets and tracts, represented a key means of sharing public opinions and disseminating political and social propaganda, through the widely intelligible message of religious paradigms and language, forming an early expression of Christian Socialism.
The Fractured Affair of Timorese Ident/ities
Authors: Moutinho Isabel
Published: July 2024

Abstract: East Timor’s colonial past weighs heavily on the discussion of the country’s cultural identity as constructed in its emerging literature. Two Timorese-born writers started publishing novels in the years immediately preceding East Timor’s independence. Both Luís Cardoso and Ponte Pedrinha are diasporic writers, living and working in the former colonial metropolis. Ponte Pedrinha’s Andanças de Um Timorense [Roamings of a Timorese], of 1998, tells the life story of an East Timorese utterly committed to the Christian faith, whose dream in life is to become a Christian missionary in Africa. Luís Cardoso’s four novels since 1997 reveal his preoccupation with a cultural identity perceived as fractured and occasionally as a source of embarrassment or at least ambivalence. His work has become increasingly more confident, as he lays colonial phantoms to rest and finds an ever more distinctive literary voice. Humor and a critical but not bitter engagement with Portugal’s colonial history are the hallmarks of his work.
Discourse and Disaster: A Universal History of Lisbon's 1755 Earthquake
Authors: Vieira Estela
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT: This essay analyzes one of the most important and often quoted eyewitness accounts of the November 1, 1755 Lisbon earthquake that was written in Portuguese, História universal dos terramotos [Universal history of earthquakes] by Joaquim José Moreira de Mendonça, published in 1758. It attempts to interpret and understand the text not as it has been traditionally read—as an individual reaction or first-hand account of the event—but instead as the scientific and historic treatise that the author intended to write. What is most striking about Moreira de Mendonça’s attempt to respond scientifically to the disaster is not the accurateness of the notions put forth, but the narrative structures and the epistemological forms of reasoning that emerge from it. These rhetorical and theoretical strategies point to conceptual developments in the orientation of thinking and writing in relation to crisis and disaster.
KEYWORDS: Lisbon Earthquake of 1755; História universal dos terramotos; Joaquim José Moreira de Mendonça; disaster; universal history
RESUMO: Este ensaio analisa um dos mais importantes e frequentemente citados relatos escrito em português sobre o terramoto de Lisboa de 1 de Novembro de 1755, História universal dos terramotos de Joaquim José Moreira de Mendonça, publicado em 1758. O ensaio tenta interpretar e compreender o texto de Mendonça não apenas como ele tem sido tradicionalmente lido—isto é como uma resposta individual ou um relato de uma testemunha ocular do evento—mas antes como o tratado científico e histórico que o autor pretendeu escrever. O que mais impressiona da tentativa do autor de responder cientificamente ao desastre não é a precisão das noções apresentadas, mas sim as estruturas narrativas e as formas epistemológicas de raciocínio que emergem no texto. Estas estratégias retóricas e teóricas apontam para desenvolvimentos conceituais na orientação do pensamento e na escrita em relação à crise e ao desastre.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Terramoto de Lisboa de 1755; História universal dos terramotos; Joaquim José Moreira de Mendonça; desastre; história universal
The Art of Drama According to Browning and Pessoa
Authors: Penteado Flávio Rodrigo , Gagliardi Caio
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT: In this article we analyze Robert Browning’s and Fernando Pessoa’s interpretations and understandings of the concept of drama. Both writers, other than privileging the dramatic procedure of creation in literature, explored the limits of literary genres in their attempts to establish themselves as dramatic poets. Through an analysis of theoretical texts by Browning and Pessoa, we verify the points at which their conceptions both converge and diverge. To conclude, we discuss the relation of the English writer’s dramatic monologues to the heteronymic project.
KEYWORDS: dramatic monologue, Fernando Pessoa, Robert Browning
Rulers, Noblemen and Bullfighting: Images of Portugal in "Última corrida de touros em Salvaterra" by Rebelo da Silva
Authors: Arnaut Ana Paula
Published: July 2024

Abstract: In this study, Ana Paula Arnaut uses the short story “A última corrida de touros em Salvaterra” by Rebelo da Silva (1821-1871) to discuss the intriguing theme of the Portuguese bullfight as a widespread popular cultural event during the eighteenth century. At the same time, in accordance with direct or indirect value judgments, this essay offers an insight into the ideological universe of the author, and comments on the inter-referentiality of other nineteenth-century authors who, rather than referring to historical sources, draw from previous literary works.
World War I: Europe, Africa, and “O Menino da sua mãe”
Authors: Monteiro George
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT: Written in the midst of World War I, the over-psychologized poem “O Menino da sua mãe” ("His Mother’s Child") can be best read as Fernando Pessoa’s most efficient antiwar poem. Among its antecedents is the antimilitary poetry of the English poet A. E. Housman, whose A Shropshire Lad, though first published in 1896, achieved its first great dissemination and popularity during the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), an event that took place during Pessoa’s long stay in South Africa. Important to the overall argument of this essay, also, is the large-scale public reaction to the unsettling death of the young “war” poet Rupert Brooke, a death that occurred, ironically, while he was aboard a ship transporting British forces to Gallipoli.
KEYWORDS: A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, “Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries,” “O Menino da sua mãe,” Rupert Brooke, Emma Lazarus, “1879” (sonnet), “Ultimatum,” Henry James, Homer, Iliad, Anglo-Boer War
O poder destrutivo da sexualidade feminina na sociedade burguesa novecentista
Authors: Dias Inês Cordeiro
Published: July 2024

Abstract: In this study, Inês Cordeiro Dias examines the image of decadence through the nineteenth-century prostitute as portrayed in the novel O livro de Alda (1898), Abel Botelho’s second work in his series on social vice, “Patologia Social.” This essay analyzes the central figure of the prostitute as a symbol of decadence and corruption, whose moral and social depravity contaminates her surroundings and acquaintances. As a physical site of sexual power and dominance, she portends sexual desire associated with death, and the ultimate male fear of castration.
The Unruly Island: Colonialism's Predicament in Late Nineteenth-Century East Timor
Authors: Roque Ricardo
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This paper describes the state of colonial administration in East Timor in the late nineteenth century. It explores a common view of the “underdeveloped” nature of nineteenth-century Portuguese colonialism by examining the recurrent complaints made by the Portuguese governors about East Timor’s miserable and unmanageable colonial condition. From the civilizing perspective, Portuguese rule in Timor seemed virtually impossible. The island was geographically isolated from Macau and Lisbon; the administration was militarily weak, economically poor, and enmeshed in multiple political conflicts, either between the colonizers and the indigenous or amongst colonizers. Yet this paper also tries to go beyond the negative connotations and the Eurocentric character of such discourses. In contrast, it suggests a productive engagement with the predicament of colonial administration. The intention is to set forth an alternative hypothesis that emphasizes the tactical character of colonialism and its embedding in the pragmatics of local colonial interactions.
The Early Modern Globalization of Indian Medicine: Portuguese Dissemination of Drugs and Healing Techniques from South Asia on Four Continents, 1670-1830
Authors: Walker Timothy
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This essay discusses the methods and effect of the dissemination of South Asian medicinal substances and healing techniques throughout the Portuguese maritime colonial network. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Indian medicine played a significant role in global Portuguese colonial health care institutions. Analysis covers official reports about Indian medicines produced by Portuguese colonial medical authorities, and consignments of indigenous medicines shipped from Goa, the administrative capital of the Estado da Índia, to Macau, Timor, Mozambique, Brazil, and Continental Portugal. South Asian medicinal preparations and healing techniques spread to Lusophone enclaves in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, far from their indigenous roots, and were fully incorporated into the Portuguese lexicon of tropical medicine.
A representação da mulher nas cantigas de capoeira
Authors: Barbosa Maria José Somerlate
Published: July 2024

Resumo: Este artigo analisa a representação da mulher nas cantigas de capoeira, examinando a função ética e didática das letras das canções. Compara algumas semelhanças temáticas entre as cantigas e o cancioneiro da Música Popular Brasileira (MPB), estabelecendo vínculos entre a representação da mulher na tradição da MPB e nas rodas da capoeira. Este estudo avalia também a mensagem misógina de muitas letras, contrapondo-a ao processo de transformação que tem ocorrido nos círculos de capoeira. A presença de vozes femininas de destaque, o questionamento do descaso à mulher e as canções novas são aspectos que têm contribuído para recodificar a imagem feminina nas cantigas e no jogo.
Haunting Imperial Representations into Dialogue: "Os cus de Judas" by António Lobo Antunes and "Waiting for the Barbarians" by J. M. Coetzee
Authors: Martins Adriana Alves de Paula
Published: July 2024

Abstract: Bearing in mind that the colonial experience decisively influenced the Anglophone and the Lusophone worlds, it is important to consider the literary production of writers from different traditions from a comparative perspective. Their books not only problematize cultural and power structures, but also examine the implications of this process for the construction and transformation of individual and collective identities. In this paper, I propose to compare two books: Os cus de Judas (1979) by António Lobo Antunes and Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) by J.M. Coetzee. Both novels discuss relationships of power between the metropolitan centre and the colonial periphery from the perspective of two men working for the colonial enterprise of their native countries in a war context. My aim is to examine how and to what extent the novels, taking the protagonists’ traumatic memories as a starting point, converge on the reflection upon the ambiguous status of colonizers in the colonies, thus proposing conflicting representations of empire, which problematize the transforming and ideologically negotiable condition of individual and collective identities.
Ela não é ela nem é a outra: Júlio César Machado, "Da loucura e manias em Portugal"
Authors: Buescu Helena Carvalhão
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This essay focuses on the themes of exclusion, isolation, and madness present in Júlio César Machado’s work. The porous division between the space of exclusion or isolation and that of “integration” of people suffering with marked personality disorders or social disturbances orients this reading, a distinction reflected in the bipartite structure of the text itself. Drawing from Foucault’s work in this area, prominently along the lines of division, exclusion and purification, this essay discusses the shady crossover between madness, religious or mystical beliefs, communicative disorders, and language and cognitive disturbances.
Four Unpublished English Sonnets (and the Editorial Status of Pessoa’s English Poetry)
Authors: Ferrari Particio , Pittella-Leite Carlos
Published: July 2024

ABSTRACT: We present a brief account of the publication history of Pessoa’s English poetry, along with four unpublished sonnets (1907, 1914, 1921, and 1933), each dating from a different decade and accompanied by a corresponding facsimile from the archive at the National Library of Portugal. This evidence dispels the mistaken assumption that Pessoa had discontinued writing English verse by 1920 and enables us to make a strong case for the need to produce a complete critical edition of the unpublished English poems.
KEYWORDS: Fernando Pessoa, critical edition, unpublished English poetry, sonnet
A escrita como índice de universalidade em "Mau Tempo no Canal": Subsídios para o seu estudo
Authors: Fagundes Francisco Cota
Published: July 2024

Resumo: Com base nos conceitos bakhtinianos de dialogismo, diaglóssia e polifonia e apoiando-se nas teorias de Walter J. Ong e outros estudiosos da oralidade e da escrita, este trabalho foca alguns aspectos dos paratextos de Mau Tempo no Canal e uma amostra de textos referidos e parcialmente embutidos no romance como elementos constituintes da sua tão celebrada universalidade. Distingue-se entre macro-e micro-intertextos e demonstra-se que a maioria, tanto de uns como de outros, provém de escritores e obras enquadráveis na Grande Tradição Ocidental: Joseph Conrad, o Príncipe Alberto do Mónaco, Shakespeare, Dante, a Bíblia, Wagner e, entre outros, Debussy. O presente ensaio também serve de base para um futuro estudo, de escopo muito mais abrangente, das numerosas estórias embutidas no romance, as quais representam, em oposição à modalidade escrita aqui abordada, mas complementarmente a ela e à história matricial do romance—da qual constituem vários graus de mises en abyme—as várias oralidades em que assenta, em grande parte, a Açorianidade da obra máxima de ficção nemesiana.
Performing Between the Lines: (Neo-)Imperial Discourse in the Amazonian Theatre of Francisco Gomes de Amorim
Authors: Guzmán-González Talia
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This essay examines two plays by the dramatist Francisco Gomes de Amorim, best known for his voluminous biographical work on Almeida Garrett. Critically engaging the plays and the copious notes that accompany the main texts through post-colonial theorists, this study analyzes the complex situation of the playwright whose drama appears to give a forum to the subaltern of the Brazilian exotic, whereas the paratextual commentary portends the authorial voice of Neo-Imperialism. This stratified conflation performed by Amorim’s “discourse of the in-between” brings to the forefront significant issues for the re-articulation of Self and Other through miscegenation, racial submission, and inequality, while at the same time undertaking an attempt at realist drama and a larger project of socio-political and intellectual ambition.
Pornografia no fim do século: os romances de Alfredo Gallis
Authors: Santana Maria Helena
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This study examines the marginalized space of this subliterary genre and contextualizes Gallis’ fin-de-siècle writing in view of the hyper-moral indicatives of the bourgeois milieu, placing it in relation to the controversial relationship of European Realism to contemporary moral norms. Maria Helena Santana reviews the topics of Gallis’ work, such as homosexuality, virginity, adultery, prostitution, eroticism through the ages, hyper-sexualized women, promiscuity and decadence. She concludes that the popularity of these works, which were intensely read for over three decades, was due not to the author’s literary talent but to the lack of competition, and constituted at that time a new commercial literary genre.
O projecto educador de Garrett no semanário "O Cronista" (1827)
Authors: Monteiro Ofélia Paiva
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This article presents a crucial moment in Portugal’s history through the late 1820s writings of a seldom-remembered youthful Garrett. These texts appeared in O Cronista, a weekly journal for which Garrett was the sole editor and main contributor during its six-month existence from March to August 1827. It was a time when Portugal experienced budding liberalism that, following the granting of the Constitutional Charter in April 1826, confronted Absolutist opposition until its overturn in 1828. Ofélia Paiva Monteiro demonstrates that the role of O Cronista was to present a mature and analytical reflection on the current weekly events, fully and boldly aware of the necessity of the nation’s public opinion to support the regime. Drawing from Garrett’s social, political, cultural, literary, and educational considerations, Ofélia Paiva Monteiro makes reference to fundamental trends that will guide ideologically Garrett’s later work. She emphasizes Garrett’s call for a national literature and a re-evaluation of contemporary projects. As such, this reading of O Cronista not only illuminates Garrett’s intellectual thought at a watershed in Portuguese history, but also connects these journalistic writings to other well-known Garrettian texts.
Trabalho, fortuna e mobilidade de negros, crioulos e mestiços no Brasil do século XVIII
Authors: Paiva Eduardo França
Published: July 2024

Abstract: In eighteenth-century Brazil, more specifically in the urbanized slave areas of Minas Gerais, labour and increase of wealth often were aspects that were intricately related to personal and collective relations. This favored economic and social accession of freedmen (mostly freed women) and their descendants, who knew how to take advantage of all possibilities created by a society that was strongly marked by physical and social mobility, by biological and cultural miscegenation, and by an intense economic dynamism. The examples presented in this text are only some of the many registered cases in the extensive documentation that exists on this period and that has fostered the profound renewal of Brazilian historiography since the 1980s.
Mulheres invisíveis: a escrita no silêncio
Authors: Bishop-Sanchez Kathryn
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This article examines the situation of the Portuguese woman writer during the nineteenth century with a particular emphasis on the formative Romantic period. Drawing from contemporary publications, anthologies, and the testimonies of travelers in Portugal during the first part of the nineteenth century, this essay argues that there is a direct link between the lack of education and the much retarded female emancipation in Portugal in comparison to other countries, and the critical vacuum and inaccessibility of the works of women writers from this era. Antónia Gertrudes Pusich is a case in point: despite the prejudicial situation in Portugal at the time, she resisted the limitations imposed on her condition as a woman writer and became a household name as a prolific journalist, poet, novelist, and social activist.
The Demise of Paternal Meaning in "Explicação dos pássaros"
Authors: Rothwell Phillip
Published: July 2024

Abstract: This article traces the loss of paternal meaning manifest in António Lobo Antunes's Explicação dos pássaros. It equates that loss to the sudden fall of the Salazar/Caetano regime and a rapid disavowal of Marxism. The protagonist’s suicide is read not only as his only viable option when faced with a catastrophic collapse in meaning, but also as part of a spectacle in which the Portuguese axis of desire shifts away from the patriarchal Law of the Father towards a meaningless and, by necessity, unproductive law of consumption.