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2025

A République française traverse une crise politique profonde. Le débat sur un changement de système politique ne se limite plus à une alternance présidentielle : il s'agit désormais de refonder les institutions elles-mêmes. Le régime de la Cinquième République, instauré en 1958, montre ses limites dans un paysage transformé et une société plurielle. 0 1 F 5 0 D Pourquoi une réforme est-elle nécessaire ?

2025, Ilhas do Mar Oceano: formas de governança em espaços de fronteira / Islands of the Ocean Sea: forms of governance on frontier spaces. Atas do Colóquio Internacional, Lisboa, Ponta Delgada e Vila do Porto, 14-18 de Outubro de 2019, coord. Edite Martins Alberto e Margarida Sá Nogueira Lalanda, CHAM...

Em 28 de abril de 1537, uma pequena armada portuguesa, enviada para os Açores para recolher uma nau da carreira da Índia retardatária, foi surpreendida e destruída enquanto ancorada na ilha das Flores por uma armada de corsários de Diepa. Embora os ataques franceses aos navios de pesca e de comércio portugueses fizessem parte do quotidiano marítimo desde c.1520 e se acentuassem durante os muitos períodos de guerra entre Francisco I e Carlos V, a notícia do incidente das Flores fulminou o governo português, por reportar uma ação premeditada contra navios de guerra do rei, até então inaudita, conseguindo arrancar do geralmente moderado D. João III expressões invulgares, como o «caso tão exorbitante», transportado para o presente título; «maior desprazer»; «tão grande meu descontentamento»; «insulto»;

2025

Bu makale, Türkiye'deki zeytin alanlarında sıklıkla karşılaşılan ve her yıl tonlarca zeytin üretiminin kalitesini olumsuz yönde etkileyen zararlıların entomolojik (böcek bilimi) ve fitopatolojik (bitki hastalıkları) tarihine odaklanmaktadır. Tarımsal modernleşme perspektifi çerçevesinde verilen mücadele ortaya konulmakta ve felâketlerin toplum üzerindeki etkileri incelenmektedir. Bu açıdan söz konusu çalışmanın tarihsel olduğu kadar entomolojik ve fitopatolojik bir değeri de bulunmaktadır. Haşere/hastalıklar başlangıçta zeytinliklerde entomolojik ve fitopatolojik bir sorun olarak görülse de Türkiye'nin dış ticareti, gıda endüstrisi ve kırsal kalkınma hedefleri dolayısıyla sosyal, ekonomik ve politik bir mesele haline gelmiştir. Yürütülen tarımsal mücadele, zeytin yetiştiriciliğinde teknik ilerlemeler, bilimsel yenilikler ve yasal düzenlemelere zemin hazırlamıştır. Bu çerçevede, 1930'larda zeytincilik ve zirai mücadele konularında enstitü ve bakım teşkilatları oluşturulmuştur. Bu çalışma insan merkezli bakış açısının ötesine geçerek tarihsel süreci, zeytin ile toplum/devlet arasındaki ortaklık ve karşılıklı bağımlılık ilişkisi üzerinden açıklamayı amaçlamaktadır. Dönemsel olarak 1923-1960 sürecindeki zeytine zarar veren haşere ve hastalıklara odaklanmakta olup, tarımsal modernleşme çabaları çerçevesinde yürütülen kararlı mücadele ve karşılaşılan felâketler ışığında toplum üzerindeki etkilerini incelemektedir. Söz konusu unsurlar, makalenin temel konu başlıklarını teşkil etmektedir.

2025, Animals

This is the first study on the bony labyrinth of Cynotherium sardous, an intriguing extinct canid that inhabited Sardinia in the late Middle and Late Pleistocene. The morphological features of the cochlea indicate that C. sardous had a lower number of cochlear turns (2.25) than all extant canids. This feature, as well as the reduced length of the spiral canal, the cochlear curvature rate, and the narrow basal membrane, indicates that C. sardous had poor hearing abilities limited to high-frequency sounds with a low limit of 250 Hz and poor echolocalization skills. From the data available, it is not possible to infer whether C. sardous was unable to echolocalize its prey and relied on other senses (e.g., smell and sight) to locate them or whether the acoustic range of C. sardous was specialized for identifying the sounds produced by its most common prey to transmit signals for predator warnings or group communication. All things considered, the results obtained confirm the utility of ...

2025, Rivista Italiana Di Paleontologia E Stratigrafia

This work describes a new bovid, Asoletragus gentryi n. gen. et sp., from the late Pliocene/early Pleistocene fossiliferous fissure fillings (Cava VI,3) in the karst network at Monte Tuttavista (Sardinia, Italy). It differs from other genera in its straight, almost conical, horn-cores, which diverge slightly from the sagittal plane, are very close together at their bases and slant strongly backwards (nearly parallel to the glenoid surface of the temporal bone). The very peculiar shape and position of these horn-cores render their phylogenetic relationship with other taxa from the Miocene of Europe and other circum-Mediterranean countries uncertain. Given the global features of the horn-cores and the absence of any alcelaphine-like tooth in the Monte Tuttavista samples, the hypothesis that Asoletragus belongs to an archaic "Caprinae" cannot be ruled out, despite the presence of quite a large frontal sinus rising through the pedicel and at least one-third of the horn-core p...

2025

Ocean Cities are where landscapes and seascapes meet, where human behaviour and urban development have a profound impact on marine health and climate change. Marine and coastal ecosystems are the largest carbon sink in the world and a vital source of livelihood, employment, nutrition and economic growth in cities and islands. Yet, the capacity of these ecosystems to balance our climate, protect our coastlines, and sustain human development is acutely threatened. Marine pollution and urban run-off, unsustainable coastal development and poor marine governance, rising sea levels, ocean warming and acidification endanger the health of our ocean and erode the very foundation Ocean Cities are built on. For Pacific island settlements, the nexus between urban development, climate change and the ocean is of critical importance since most island communities are coastal, with some smaller island and atoll nations under five meters of elevation. Together with their regional partners, Ocean Citi...

2025, Journal of Herpetology

Stable isotope analysis has emerged as a powerful tool for studying food webs and ecological interactions. Our study aimed to compare the trophic ecology, specifically the isotopic niche (δ 13 C and δ 15 N), among five species of small lizards inhabiting the Banco Chinchorro Atoll. Results showed no significant differences in δ 13 C and δ 15 N values among the sampled species, suggesting that all species utilize similar resources and occupy a similar isotopic niche area. Given the limited food resources in the atoll, spatial niche partitioning, proposed by Pianka (1973), may be present, potentially limiting competition among species. Lizards are known to exhibit a wide range of spatial niche partitioning strategies. Further investigations are warranted to determine whether these lizards engage in interspecific interactions, such as competition or facilitation, which could shape their dietary choices and isotopic niches. Comprehensive diet analysis, habitat characterization, and environmental monitoring are needed to elucidate underlying mechanisms driving convergence of isotopic niches among these lizard species in the Mexican Caribbean atoll.

2025, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

The evolutionary history of Neotropical crocodiles has remained elusive. They inhabit a broad geographic range with populations spanning from coastal, inland, and insular locations. Using a selection of natural insular, coastal, and one inland population of C. acutus, coastal C. moreletii, and the single surviving population of C. rhombifer, we discovered a remarkable genetic diversity for the group. Moreover, geometric morphometric results of skull shapes shows that these crocodylus species span a morphological cline. We recovered a high genetic differentiation between C. moreletii, C. rhombifer, and five clusters of C. acutus. The genetic and geographic differences among the C. acutus clusters were used to suggest these may be a species complex. Several ecological, morphological and genetics traits are identified in the well-studied populations from Banco Chinchorro and Cozumel islands off the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula to support discrete species designations for these populations. This work suggests the presence of rapid, recent evolution of several cryptic Crocodylus species throughout the Neotropics.

2025, Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling

Graduate employability is an international issue. Students seek a higher education experience with added value in terms of employability and an international perspective. The University of Nottingham, an established global university with campuses in Malaysia and China, attracts students from across the world. These students have diverse and culturally-specific career development needs, requiring skilled practitioners with knowledge of the global graduate opportunity structure. Using a case study approach this article explores ways in which the Careers and Employability Services are being developed to meet a global market through support for staff and internationalised employer engagement.

2025, Bulletin of Latin American Research

Introduction to the Special Issue Convection Currents in Latin American and Caribbean Geo-Aesthetics

2025, Perspectives on Federalism

This short piece aims to make sense of the place of Paris within the French constitutional order and to analyse the role of the capital city in defining the constitutional identity of the country. The paper is organised around two main axes: first, the specific features of the legal status of Paris within the French legal order, and second, how this contributes to shaping the constitutional identity of France.

2025, Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures

This article offers an overview of some of the most peculiar mythological creatures of the Hindu pantheon related to the watery element. Starting from the analysis of the concept of liminality, which is fundamental to Monster Theory, the symbolism and functions of water in ritualism, folklore and the traditions of South Asia will be explored. Indeed, destruction, metamorphosis, transition, purification and rebirth are all concepts that in Indian traditions are frequently sublimated into the dynamics of the circulation of waters. The monsoon phenomenon, the rushing rivers flowing down from the Himalayas and the depths of the Indian Ocean abysses therefore rise here to metaphysical and existential metaphors. Their hidden meaning has been represented in an allegorical key over the centuries by monstrous, bizarre and emblematic figures that have animated art, iconography and literature and popular legends. This essay tries to explore the issue through a religious and anthropological inv...

2025, Revista de Letras

Esta pesquisa apresenta análises sobre avaliação linguistica no português europeu madeirense, através de corpora (entrevistas sociolinguísticas selecionadas a partir da amostra Funchal do CORPORAPOT e Corpus Sociolinguístico do Funchal (CSF)) e de questionários no âmbito de trabalhos de investigação realizados por Andrade (2014), Rodrigues (2018) e Nunes (2019). Foram selecionadas para um exame mais detalhado, duas variáveis sociolinguísticas, objeto de estudos anteriores focados na produção linguística: a realização anafórica de OD (variantes não padrão - ele, lhe e realização nula - e variante padrão, com clítico o) e as construções existenciais (variante não padrão - com ter - e variante padrão - com haver). O objetivo central é contribuir para o conhecimento mais aprofundado da sociedade insular, amplamente heterogênea do ponto de vista sociodemográfico e linguístico. Pretende-se, ainda, refletir sobre a possível influência dos significados sociais dos usos linguísticos e d...

2025, The Journal of Linguistic and Intercultural Education

The aim of this study is to bring forth the notion of insularity in terms of frontier space, hybrid by definition, characterised by a dynamic relation and inner and outer fluctuation. First and foremost, we try to identify to what extent this configuration could get involved in the collective memory, the social life and in the identity construction of island people. Besides other forms of manifestations of identity stakes, the language, made up of stories, of shared references and of corpora of shared practices, would allow the subjects to track down the outreach of identity versus alterity. As part of the linguistic acclimatisation in an island context, the Portuguese language of the first colonisers who arrived on the Island of Madeira in the XVth century, has undergone a path marked both by isolation and linguistic contact with the overseas lands, resulting in an acknowledged, if little researched, regional variety. This variety circumscribed to periphery, discontinued against the varieties of peninsular Portuguese, is shaped as interwoven with a diversity of competing variants (conservatory, normative and innovative). The dialectal uniqueness, under the heterogeneity of socially structured usages, will be envisaged, in the present article, as the reflection, from a symbolic perspective, of an identity process led by these Lusophone island specialists, engaged in the debate on the multiple significances attached to their singularity.

2025, Memorie Geografiche

Questo contributo esplora le rappresentazioni del paesaggio dell’isola di Capraia nei media popolari. Attraverso un’analisi audio-visuale, esaminiamo tre categorie mediatiche: documentari storico-naturalistici, programmi TV incentrati sul turismo e rappresentazioni vernacolari. Le prime due sono caratterizzate da uno sguardo istituzionale che invisibilizza la complessità della realtà degli isolani: racconta i nuovi scenari del turismo sostenibile e romanticizza la natura. Quando si considerano quelle vernacolari, emergono le voci degli abitanti e lo sguardo dei turisti, lasciando spazio alla polisemia, al sovrapporsi di storie e fattori socio-politici più ampi spesso in contraddizione.

2025, Island studies journal

Can mitigation of the spread and transmission of COVID-19 cases on islands, especially in the Caribbean, be attributed to the fact that they are just that: islands? As the corona crisis escalated in 2020, island authorities initially were able to keep COVID-19 cases low and mitigate their spread by implementing unprecedented actions, foremost among them border closures. However, as the realities of economic stresses surfaced, due to the decline in tourism, especially in the Caribbean, the need to balance COVID-19 spread and economic propriety posed a challenge. In this regard, the corona crisis illuminated spatial notions of islandness: boundedness, smallness, isolation and fragmentation. This perspective essay explores islandness in the context of the actions taken in the case study tri-island state of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Being a tri-island state, the nuances of islandness, experienced in an archipelagic context (an archipelago within the Caribbean archipelago) are emphasized. The paper chronicles the measures, issues and challenges of the case islands during the period between 13 March 2020 and 30 January 2021 and juxtaposes them against other actions in other countries and theories of islandness. It is hoped that this paper will contribute to and champion the field of island studies, especially within the Caribbean region.

2025

Les collocations avec le verbe « donner » en portugais .

2025, FIELD: A Journal of Socially-Engaged Art Criticism

Socially-Engaged Art Criticism, my intention was to focus on how FIELD navigates the relationship between the field of socially/politically engaged art and what policy pundits refer to as "the cultural and creative industries". The latter of course profit by recuperating disruptive and transgressive forms of creative labour that operate outside of the institutional apparatus, thereby blurring the boundary between "inside" and "outside". Deeper reflection however has prompted me to shift my focus to "the thought of the outside" 1 in a more abstract sense, because as the world becomes ever more broken, critical forums like FIELD shoulder a heavy burden of responsibility. My starting point is to adapt Marquis Bey's argument in their Black Trans Feminism, and propose that engaged art should care less about "ontologised" art, which is the currency of the institutional apparatus 2 . Why care less? Because so much more is at stake.

2025, Shima Journal

The authors of this article were involved in the conceptualisation and organisation of the first international conference on Inland Waterscapes, subtitled ‘Nature, Society and Culture in Hydrography,’ held at the University of Udine between 22nd-25th May 2024. The following essay draws on an extended dialogue between us prior to, during and after the conference about how to comprehend and characterise the relationship between water, landscape and human society in interior locations. In the following sections we consider the waterscapes of Udine and the broader Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (and discourses about these) in the light of aquapelago theory (formulated within Island Studies to refer to terrestrial and marine environments closely integrated by human livelihood activities). Informed by our focus on the specific locale, we propose and evaluate the usefulness of the concept of interior aquapelagality to comprehend the assemblage of liquid and material elements in the region and their changing social function and character over an extended duration. Our conclusion suggests the potential usefulness of the concept and invites other researchers to evaluate its application to other contexts.

2025, Small States and Territories

This paper delves into the intricate connections between cultural heritage, climate resilience, and sustainable blue economy practices within the seaweed farming industry in Belize, a Small Island Developing State (SIDS). Using a mixed-methods approach, the research draws from participatory focus group discussions (N=4) and household surveys (N=18) conducted across key coastal communities, providing valuable insights into how traditional knowledge and cultural practices contribute to climate adaptation strategies. Findings reveal that indigenous knowledge systems, passed down through generations, have enabled seaweed farmers to adapt to changing environmental conditions through site selection, seasonal planning, and sustainable harvesting techniques. Additionally, cultural heritage fosters strong community cohesion, with collaborative efforts and resource-sharing initiatives enhancing social resilience to environmental and economic challenges. Despite facing climate-related threats such as rising sea temperatures, disease outbreaks, and regulatory gaps, the study highlights the resilience of seaweed farming communities, who continue to integrate traditional and modern techniques to sustain their livelihoods. Furthermore, environmental stewardship practices rooted in cultural values, including sustainable resource management and conservation initiatives, align with Belize's broader blue economy goals and contribute to the preservation of marine biodiversity. The research highlights the need for policies that institutionalize traditional knowledge within national climate adaptation frameworks and educational curricula, ensuring intergenerational knowledge transfer and long-term sustainability. By drawing on lessons from Belize's seaweed farming experience, this study offers a valuable blueprint for other SIDS seeking to leverage cultural heritage as a key driver of sustainable development and climate resilience.

2025, Gael Caignard, Anna De Martino & Adriana Manzoni (a cura di), Passaggio, cesura. L’eredità di Jean-François Lyotard

La filosofia come politica. La politica come filosofia. Note alla traduzione di La politica straniera di Gael Caignard…………………………………………..…p. Lyotard: la politica straniera di Corinne Enaudeau………………………………………..p.

2025, Gluzman, Renard, Aristea Gratsea, and Gerassimos Pagratis. 2025. “Geospatial Analysis of Maritime Traffic in Venetian Corfu, Crete, and Cyprus: Insularity and Connectivity.” Mediterranean Historical Review 40 (1): 45–64.

This article reexamines maritime networks under Venetian control during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, focusing on the micro-regional and small-scale sailing routes that are often overshadowed by larger-scale trade analyses. By mapping the historical trajectories of small trading vessels within the Venetian island dominions of Corfu, Crete, and Cyprus, the authors explore the dynamics of insularity and connectivity. They investigate the semi-autonomous roles these territories played in sustaining vital Mediterranean linkages despite geopolitical turbulence. The findings of this comparative analysis align with the concept of Mediterranean microregionality, while also challenging the prevailing deterministic views on maritime routes that tend to diminish human agency. With respect to Venetian rule, this study advocates for a balanced view of the Republic's maritime networks. On the one hand, it acknowledges Venice's centralizing control and the active role of local communities in reinforcing it. On the other, it emphasizes regional inertia and the agency of local communities in fostering decentralization.

2025

Població 1.602.386 habitants 47.3% homes 52,7% dones Densitat: 157 h./ha 7.874.941 turistes 17.091.852 pernoctacions de turistes Usos del sòl (% superfície municipi) Residència: 25,2% Equipaments: 10,2% Parcs urbans: 12,1% Indústria i infraestructures: 13,5% Xarxa viària: 22,6% Parcs forestals: 15,9% 4.395 m de platges Clima 16,3ºC mitjana anual 31,7ºC màxima extrema 0,6ºC mínima extrema

2025, Diasporas

This article analyses the interaction between Mediterranean mobility and the internal colonisation policies promoted by European countries in the modern age through the events of the Greek-Maniot migration flow that unfolded from the 1660s to the 1760s. It is a dispersion of population that spread from the eastern Mediterranean to the western one and then to North America through the Atlantic, involving six chancelleries that sought to intercept it and employ it in their respective internal settlement plans (Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia, Kingdom of Spain, Great Britain, and France). The article seeks to show that these human mobilities were not only the result of colonisation policies promoted by European chancelleries to strengthen the territorial body of their respective states, but also and above all the result of projects for the social promotion of the migrants themselves, who agreed to become settlers to ensure the satisfaction of specific social, political, and economic objectives, both individual and communal, even resorting to the manipulation of the history of their own personal and family origins.

2025, Cainozoic research

Fossil remains of terrestrial mammals were frequently collected in sandpit 'De Kuilen' in Mill-Langenboom (The Netherlands) during the past decades. Recently a carnassial of a fossil canid was discovered in the collection of one of the many private collectors that used to visit the sandpit. Provisionally the tooth was identified as a 'wolf-like' canid, but in a more elaborate and comparative study it turned out to be a more primitive dog belonging to the yet rather poorly known genus Eucyon. This carnassial from Mill-Langenboom documents for the first time a representative of this genus in the Netherlands and NW Europe. It also might be one of the latest occurrences anticipating the extinction of early dogs of this genus in the Late Pliocene.

2025, Energy Research & Social Science

The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events pose significant challenges for coastal communities in typhoon-prone regions of the Philippines, particularly in maintaining reliable electricity systems. This paper investigates the interactions among hazards, vulnerabilities, and risks that characterise the sociotechnical frameworks of electricity systems in the Calamianes Islands of Palawan. We employed qualitative research methods, including interviews and focus group discussions, to illustrate how typhoons exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, resulting in heightened risks to electricity infrastructure. Our key findings indicate that additional hazards like storm surges and landslides cause substantial damage to electrical assets. Concurrently, technical vulnerabilities-such as ageing infrastructure and limitations within the workforce-intensify these impacts. Moreover, social vulnerabilities, which include household socioeconomic status and communication barriers, further complicate the resilience of these systems. Disruptions to electricity supply originate from physical damage and the interconnectedness of essential services, leading to cascading effects on community well-being. We underscore the necessity of adopting an integrated approach to disaster risk management that considers the sociotechnical dimensions of electricity systems. These insights are crucial for enhancing the resilience of electricity systems in the face of climate change and emerging challenges.

2025

A presença de um instrumento designado por “cavaquinho” no arquipélago das Ilhas de Bruma é uma matéria ainda pouco estudada. Conhecido e construído ali talvez desde meados do século XIX, nunca terá atingido grande popularidade entre as gentes açorianas, devotas incondicionais de um outro cordofone, a viola de arame. As primeiras pesquisas de campo realizadas a partir dos anos 1950s revelam que era rara a prática do cavaquinho nos Açores, não obstante actualmente parecer existir um crescente interesse pelo instrumento, sendo este integrado em agrupamentos de música regional/urbana7 nas mais variadas ilhas. Os violeiros retomaram também a produção local de cavaquinhos.

2025

At independence in 1964, Malta's economy remained entirely dependent upon the revenue and employment provided by the British and NATO fortress on the Islands. The implications of this dependence were serious as, in 1957, the British Ministry of Defence had announced its intention to run down, and eventually to terminate its military involvement in the Maltese Islands. Faced with the imminent loss of a substantial proportion of the economy's revenue and employment, successive Maltese Governments (of both the major political parties) adopted vigorous economic diversification strategies. It was generally accepted that domestically generated economic development was impossible, and that economic diversification could only be achieved through the deliberate attraction of overseas enterprise. Multinational Corporations (MNCs) were therefore invited to participate in, and develop the three crucial sectors of the Maltese economy - the dockyards, the new manufacturing sector, and tou...

2025, Tese de Doutorado

Esta pesquisa estudou a variação entre verbos ter, haver e existir em sentido existencial no falar culto da cidade de Fortaleza, Ceará e da cidade de Funchal, Ilha da Madeira e verificou quais crenças, percepções, avaliações e atitudes linguísticas seus respectivos falantes têm sobre os usos desses verbos, à luz da sociolinguística variacionista. Para isso, utilizamos, como aporte teórico-metodológico, os pressupostos da Teoria da Variação e Mudança Linguística (LABOV, 1963, 1978, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010; WEINREICH; LABOV; HERZOG, 2006); as orientações de Gries (2019), Guy e Zilles (2007) e Oushiro (2017) sobre as análises estatísticas; e Campbell-Kibler (2009, 2010), Oushiro (2021) e Sene (2019) sobre as percepções e atitudes na sociolinguística. Os dados de fala são oriundos de bancos de dados já constituídos, a saber, o Projeto Descrição do Português Oral Culto de Fortaleza – PORCUFORT e do Corpus Sociolinguístico do Funchal – CSF. Os dados de percepções e atitudes são oriundos de um teste aplicado a fortalezenses e funchalenses no período de novembro de 2021 a maio de 2022, coletados on-line e criados na plataforma Qualtrics®. Para as análises de fala, controlamos variáveis linguísticas e extralinguísticas de efeitos fixos e mistos com ajuda do software RStudio. Como resultados da produção linguística de Fortaleza-CE, encontramos 13 sentidos/valores/contextos expressos pelos verbos ter, haver e existir. Enquanto existenciais, obtivemos 3,6% de dados para haver, 89,5% para ter e 6,8% para existir, gerando uma regra semicategórica entre ter e haver e um estágio de mudança em progresso no sentido de ter suplantar haver no sentido existencial. Na análise multinomial com efeitos mistos, apenas a variável linguística traço semântico do SN se apresentou estatisticamente significativa entre haver e ter e haver e existir. Os resultados do teste de atitudes linguísticas nos dizem que, de um modo geral, os falantes utilizam o verbo haver, mas somente em situações específicas de formalidade e polimento; com sentido de existir, no presente, e de acontecer, no passado, assim como, no uso de haver como tempo decorrido; o uso de existir é mais frequente no tempo presente e no infinitivo e diretamente relacionado à existência efetiva de algo ou alguém. Como resultados de produção de Funchal, encontramos também 13 sentidos/valores/contextos gerais para as variantes. Enquanto existenciais, encontramos 31% de ocorrências de ter, 54,2% de haver e 14,8% de existir e uma variação estável entre ter e haver. Na análise multinomial com efeitos mistos, somente as variáveis animacidade e faixa etária se apresentaram estatisticamente significativas. Os resultados do teste de atitudes linguísticas nos dizem que a noção de existência de seres e pessoas é bastante variável e possível entre haver e existir, entretanto, existir está mais ligado a sintagmas que estejam relacionados à “existência visual”, “viver, ser, estar” e “presença física”, além disso, ter está ligado a um uso de descuido com a linguagem, falta de domínio da língua; atrelaram ao verbo ter à informalidade junto ao verbo existir em relação a haver, pois, enquanto haver é considerado formal, ter e existir são considerados informais.

2025, Island Studies Journal

The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has been under Norwegian sovereignty since 1920 yet remains subject to international law. Until recently, the islands’ only major economic activities were unprofitable Russian and Norwegian funded mining operations aimed at maintaining continuous settlement. Now, however, Norway’s top-down governance of the territory has been complicated by the emergence of economic diversity, multinationalism, and local democracy in the town of Longyearbyen. Simultaneously, China and other states are promoting their Arctic interests by exploiting the preoccupation with Russia that characterizes Norway’s Svalbard policy. By interpreting Svalbard’s local communities through the prism of international relations, this article highlights the practical challenges to creating genuinely international territories.

2025, Annali n. 32 | Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra

La conquista italiana del Dodecaneso e il suo "status" di possedimento Il presente contributo 1 ha per oggetto un caso di colonialismo atipico: quello della presenza italiana nell'arcipelago delle Sporadi Meridionali e nelle Cicladi 2 , conosciute con il nome di Dodecaneso, e in particolare sull'isola di Rodi, dove tra il 1935 e il 1947 vissero e lavorarono, nel villaggio di Campochiaro (oggi Eleousa), e nei boschi circostanti, circa 120 persone provenienti, perlopiù, dalla val di Fiemme. Rodi e le altre dodici isole del Dodecaneso, alle quali si aggiunse nel 1921 Castelrosso, furono occupate dal Regno d'Italia nella primavera del 1912, nell'ambito della guerra italo-turca, che vide contrapposti i due stati mediterranei tra il settembre 1911 e l'ottobre dell'anno successivo. Gli italiani, «che avevano conquistato quelle isole per reprimere il contrabbando bellico tra la Turchia e la Cirenaica e per impadronirsi di un pegno da valorizzare nelle trattative di pace» 3 , videro nell'arcipelago una possibile testa di ponte per una futura espansione verso l'Asia Minore e un importante presidio economico nel vasto bacino dell'Egeo. Alla fine delle ostilità, con il trattato di Losanna del 18 ottobre 1912, si stabilì che Roma avrebbe mantenuto l'occupazione delle isole a garanzia del rispetto delle clausole dell'accordo stesso da parte di Costantinopoli. Tre anni più tardi invece, nell'ambito del patto di Londra del 26 aprile 1915, le potenze dell'Intesa confermarono la sovranità italiana sul Dodecaneso: condizione resa poi definitiva dal trattato di Sèvres, del 10 agosto 1920, e dal secondo accordo di Losanna ratificato nel gennaio del 1924 4. In circa un decennio, da una presunta presenza temporanea, finalizzata alla resa turca e al controllo delle regioni libiche, l'Italia passò così ad un'occupazione definitiva, che fino al settembre del 1920 si concretizzò con un'amministrazione militare dell'arcipelago. La delicata fase transitoria verso la gestione civile fu affidata ai governatori Felice Massa e Alessandro de Bosdari, ognuno dei quali rimase in carica per un anno. Vi subentrò poi Mario Lago, che ricoprì l'incarico dal 1922 al 1936, sostituito quindi da Cesare Maria De Vecchi conte di Val Cismon fino alla fine del 1940 5. L'esperienza italiana a Rodi, come nel resto del Dodecaneso, si concluse nei giorni seguenti al lancio dell'operazione tedesca Achse, che portò rapidamente, nel settembre 1943, all'occupazione dell'arcipelago.

2025

This study explores the nature of foreigner talk (FT) which occurs in the naturalistic conversation between a native speaker of Japanese and a non-native speaker, to find out if the characteristics match those proposed by or .

2025, Okinawan Journal of Island Studies

In this photo essay, we take you on a visual journey to Akina Village in Amami Ōshima, Japan, through the work of Futoshi Hamada, an award-winning island photographer and ecologist. Based on the artist's Mura (2001) photographic work that documented the natural cycle of the village's rice cultivation and the harvest festivals associated with it, we aim to explore the concept of the island's ecocultural identity as it manifests through the artist's and the community's unique connection with the island nature and culture. As Akina is the last remaining village on the island where rice cultivation is still taking place, and linked to the harvest festivals, the visual documentation of these practices provides us a rare glimpse into what was once an integral part of Amami's natural, socio-cultural, and spiritual/animistic islandscape before sugarcane was imposed on the islanders by mainland Japanese agricultural interventions and impositions.

2025, Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures

This1 article,1 referring1 to1 the1 notion1 of1 island1 communicative1 ecology,1 explores1 the1 role1 of1 local1 Okinawan1 initiatives1 for1 language1 revitalisation1 through1 community1 radio1 and1 island1 cultural1 agents,1 especially1 focusing1 on1 the1 activities1 of1 an1 individual,1 Minoru1 Ikehara,1 his1 private1 information1 and1 communications1 technology1 company,1 Crest1 Co.1 Ltd1 and1 their1 innovative1 use1 of1 vending1 machines.1 In1 Okinawa,1 the1 movement1 for1 re:introducing1 shimakutuba1 (community1 languages)1 officially1 started1 in1 20061 when1 Okinawa1 Prefecture's1 legislated1 Shimakutuba+ no+ hi1 ('Community1 Languages1 Day').1Since1then,1local1governing1bodies1have1increased1their1language1revitalisation1efforts1 especially1 at1 school1 level.1 However,1 there1 have1 been1 difficulties1 with1 allocating1 time1 for1 shimakutuba1 education1 under1 the1 control1 of1 Japanese1 government1 curriculum1 guidelines.1 The1choice1of1which1language1to1work1with,1among1various1shimakutuba1nurtured1in1each1 island1 community,1 has1 also1 raised1 endless1 discussions.1 As1 a1 top:down1 approach1 is1 not1 sufficient,1 the1 local1 media1 and1 grassroots1 efforts1 have1 played1 an1 important1 role1 for1 in1 the1 language1revitalisation1process.11 1

2025

The problems of "smallness" are well known. "Islandness", however, is often explained away as the "Pacific Way" […], yet it is to do with our interactions, with communication. Just as our academics are beginning to realise that "islandness" is important, so too must those who seek to contribute to media development and communication in our region. -Wickham, 996 Pacific "Islandness" Any discussion of "islandness" in Pacific-Islands communication is at once at risk of being dominated by exogenous influences and filled with promise of emerging articulation of endogenous solutions. This outsider/insider discourse reflects the region's deep-rooted culture of dependency on neocolonial relationships under which island communications have developed and the struggle to find new connections and relational possibilities not only within the region but with emerging economic powers in Asia on a more equal footing. Island communities have been described as "simultaneously isolated and connected" (SICRI); so too any conceptualisation of islands' communication must reflect the diversities of people and place and divergent politics of the region while teasing out the common threads in communication practice and scholarship. Islands, as a field of study (see , is gaining increasing recognition by international organisations 1 and academic institutions 2 . The academic field of "Island Studies" has grown out of a need to "understand and account for the nature, dynamics and diversities of islands and islanders (and their relation to non-island entities)" . McCall (1994: 105) has proposed the concept of "Nissology", "the study of islands on their own terms" which would provide a body of knowledge and encourage "the promotion of international cooperation and networking amongst the islands".

2025, Island Studies Journal

The archipelagic geography of the province of Chiloé (Chile) makes it one of the most vulnerable places in the country to climate change. In this paper, the consequences of climate change in Chiloé are analyzed using two methodological approaches in an effort to improve our understanding of this threat. Firstly, the Low Elevation Coastal Zones (LECZ) have been identified using the 16 m isohypse as a reference. This threshold aligns with the maximum run-up of tsunamis recorded in Chile. Consequently, it has been determined that the LECZ contain a quarter of Chiloé's urban infrastructure, as well as 665 specific elements of significant socioeconomic value. Secondly, the potential impact of climate change on the most pressing socio-ecological conflicts, particularly those related to water stress and salmon farming, has been examined. Issues such as the occurrence of red tides, the proliferation of invasive species, or the reliance on water trucks for summer water supply are likely to become more frequent in the future. In conclusion, it is evident that climate change not only introduces new challenges to the region but also exacerbates existing coastal-marine problems. The development of a specific instrument to address this phenomenon in the province of Chiloé is therefore crucial to reduce the effects of climate change.

2025

Neus ANDREU, Macià BLÁQUEZ, Sofia LÓPEZ, Llorenç MAS, Jaume MATEU, Felip MORRELL, Ivan MURRAY, Glòria TRUYOLS Departament de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de les illes Balears. Centre d'Investigació i Tecnologies Turístique de les illes Balears mblazquez@uib.es, fmorell@cittib.caib.es EL QUART BOOM? TENDÈNCIES DE CONSUM DE RECURSOS NATURALS A LES ILLES BALEARS RESUM La dialèctica entre el desenvolupament econòmic, l'especialització turística

2025

The islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura are the easternmost of the Canary Islands, and are located on the southern edge of the temperate zone, in the subtropical anticyclone belt. With less than 150 mm of rainfall a year, they are classified as an arid zone. Their inhabitants have devised original agricultural systems to combat the aridity, although low yields have historically limited socioeconomic development and population growth. These systems were used until the introduction of seawater desalination plants and the arrival of tourism in the last third of the 20 th century, which improved living standards for the local population but also led to a cultural transition. Nevertheless, these farming systems have left behind an important regional heritage, with an environmental and scenic value that has played an integral role in the latest phase of development. The systems have become a tourist attraction and have been central to the two islands being designated biosphere reserves by UNESCO. This article seeks to analyze the main socioeconomic and land-use changes that have come about as a result of desalination technology.

2025, World Focus

The Maldives, an archipelagic nation in the Indian Ocean, has experienced significant political change in recent years, impacting its domestic governance and international relations. The strategic location of the Maldives and its role in regional maritime security have heightened its importance to India. Political instability, shifts in governance, and external influences, particularly from China, have added complexity to Indo-Maldives relations. This analysis, therefore, covers the historical context of bilateral ties, recent political developments, and their potential impact on India’s strategic interests. The paper argues that a stable and democratic Maldives is crucial for India’s regional security architecture and economic interests.

2025, Folk, Knowledge, Place

The proposal for an ‘ecological island’ to be built off the coast of Coloane, Macao has led to speculation about its potential impact on the marine environment. The material for this new reclamation project is construction waste left over... more

2025

The profits obtained with the Portuguese Discoveries were disputed by different clans. As an example, is described what happened in Terceira Island during the first fifty years of colonization.

2025

In this research we focus on automatic extraction of patterns from emotive (emotionally loaded) sentences. We assume emotive sentences stand out both lexically and grammatically and verify this assumption experimentally by comparing two sets of such sentences. We use a novel pattern extraction method based on the idea of language combinatorics. Extracted patterns are applied in a text classification task of discriminating between emotive and nonemotive sentences. The method reached balanced F-score of 76% with Precision equal to 64% and Recall 93%. CONCLUSIONS Presented SPEC -a method for automatic extraction of patterns from emotive sentences. The patterns extracted from a set of emotive and non-emotive sentences were applied in text classification task. Compared different preprocessing techniques (tokenization, POS, token-POS). The best results obtained patterns with both tokens and POS (F-score = 76%, Precision = 64%, Recall 95%). Results for only POS were the lowest. This means the algorithm works better on less abstracted data. The results of SPEC were compared to ML-Ask state-of-the-art affect analysis system. ML-Ask achieved better Precision, but lower Recall. However, as fully automatic, SPEC is more efficient and language independent. Many of the automatically extracted patterns appear in handcrafted databases of ML-Ask, which suggests it could be possible to improve ML-Ask performance by extracting additional patterns with SPEC.

2025, Atas do VI Seminário Internacional Vulnerabilidades Sociais e Saúde. Percursos Migratórios e Cidadania Global - diversidade e (des)igualdades

As ilhas sempre estiveram ligadas a diferentes tipos de fluxos humanos, alternando entre períodos longos de emigração e fases de imigração. Ainda que as pequenas ilhas estejam associadas, principalmente, ao fenómeno da emigração, ao longo da sua história é possível observar épocas com capacidade para atrair população exterior. É neste tipo de contexto que se inserem os arquipélagos atlânticos, como os que estão ligados politicamente com os países ibéricos. Nos Açores, Madeira e Canárias os residentes convivem com imigrantes e emigrantes regressados, mantêm os laços com as suas comunidades emigradas e ainda contactam com visitantes, como os turistas. Em muitos aspetos a vida insular confunde-se com os movimentos migratórios, no âmbito de uma certa multiterritoralidade. A alteração para um tipo de modelo de desenvolvimento insular baseado no crescimento e a procura das ilhas por parte de população que busca tranquilidade e maior contacto com a natureza fazem disparar o contigente imigrante, pelo que será importante verificar o processo de integração nas pequenas sociedades insulares.

2025

İklim parametreleri; doğal ve beşeri birçok faktörün etkisi ile farklılıklar göstermekte ve tarım, su kaynakları, sanayi, yerleşim alanları ve ekosistem üzerinde de önemli etkiler oluşturmaktadır. Bu çalışmada; genel olarak deniz ve kıyının etkisi ile Marmara Bölgesi'nin geçiş iklimi özelliklerini taşıyan Tekirdağ İli ile iç kesimlerde daha karasal bir iklime sahip
Ergene İlçesi arasında iklimsel parametrelerin karşılaştırmalı olarak değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla; Tekirdağ ve Ergene özelinde iki bölge arasındaki sıcaklık, nispi nem ve yağış parametrelerindeki farklılıkların grafiksel olarak karşılaştırılmalı olarak değerlendirilmesi hedeflenmiştir. Bu çerçevede; “Tekirdağ İli ve Ergene İlçesi arasında;
ortalama yıllık sıcaklık, ortalama maksimum sıcaklık, ortalama minimum sıcaklık, ortalama yıllık nispi nem ile yıllık ortalama yağış miktarı parametreleri açısından belirgin farklılıklar var mıdır?” ve “Her iki bölge özelinde iklim parametrelerindeki değişimler mevsimsel ve yıllık
bazda nasıl bir eğilim göstermektedir?” sorularına yanıt aranmıştır. Çalışma yöntem sürecinde, öncelikle her iki bölge özelinde iklimsel eğilimleri etkilemesi muhtemel topografik yapı haritaları oluşturulmuştur. Sonrasında Tekirdağ İl’inde uzun yıllara dayalı (1973-2022) iklim parametreleri temelinde grafikler oluşturulmuş ve 2018-2022 yılları arasındaki süreçte de her iki bölge özelinde karşılaştırmalı olarak grafiksel gösterimlerle çeşitli değerlendirmeler yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmadan elde edilen verilerin grafiksel analizi, ilgili alanlarda yapılacak planlamalar için önemli bilgiler sunarak, altlık veriler sağlayacaktır.

2025, M. Bartelheim et al. (eds.), ResourceCultures - How Resources Affect Societies (Reichert Verlag/Wiesbaden)

Islands frequently rank high on the freshwater scarcity index due to a combination of factors, including brackish groundwater, the absence of annually flowing rivers, low precipitation rates, aquifer pollution, deforestation, desertification and the exploitation of hydrological resources through water-intensive monocultures. In this case study, we adopt the ResourceComplex framework to examine how water on islands is influenced by their unique geography, exploitation and utilisation methods, governance structures, histories and religious practices. Conversely, we explore how the quantity and quality of accessible hydrological resources have shaped social relations and identities on islands.
Frerich Schön begins with an analysis of the Sicilian island of Linosa, focusing on Late Antiquity (5th–6th centuries) and the Modern Period (19th to mid-20th century). For the Middle Ages, Sophie Hüglin investigates the Balearic Islands, emphasising the role of monasteries before and after Muslim rule. Laura Dierksmeier examines the Early Modern Period (1500–1800) on the Canary Islands in the Atlantic, illustrating how water supplies both influenced and were influenced by island culture.