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Volume 13

32 Publications

Every Woman Matters
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.3.1155

Every Woman Matters

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Julianna Kupcsok

Emma Association

Since 2020, EMMA Association’s Community Doula Service has supported marginalized Roma women facing discrimination and mistrust in healthcare. Local Roma community doulas provide emotional and practical support related to pregnancy, childbirth, contraception, and abortion, bridging gaps between women and health services. Grounded in reproductive justice, the model promotes dignity, agency, and solidarity. The "Our Choice!" project tested the adaptation of this model in a new location.

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Spotlight on Cell Biology and Imaging Breakthroughs
News and Views
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.3.1154

Spotlight on Cell Biology and Imaging Breakthroughs

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Rohita Biswas, Cinthya Souza Simas, Sara Tóth Martínez, María Belén Moyano, Felicitas Holzer, Gerhard Steinmann, Roland Mertelsmann

Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA)

From mapping tumor cell ancestry to detecting antibiotic-resistant bacteria by shape, this spotlight showcases how imaging, computation, and molecular biology are converging to reveal biology not as a static snapshot, but as a dynamic, spatially organized process.

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Kunst als epistemisches Werkzeug: Über die Bedeutung künstlerischer Erkenntnis für die Wissenschaft – Art as an Epistemic Tool: On the Significance of Artistic Insight for Science
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.3.1153

Kunst als epistemisches Werkzeug: Über die Bedeutung künstlerischer Erkenntnis für die Wissenschaft – Art as an Epistemic Tool: On the Significance of Artistic Insight for Science

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Anastasia Dumler

BioThera-Roland Mertelsmann Foundation

This article examines the relationship between art and science as two historically diverging, yet currently converging forms of knowledge. It argues that artistic practice can fulfil not merely illustrative, but genuinely epistemic functions. Drawing on the historical unity of both disciplines during the Renaissance – exemplified by the ideal of the Uomo Universale and the figure of Leonardo da Vinci – the article traces the process of institutional separation that unfolded in the 18th and 19th centuries. It then argues that, in response to growing complexity in scientific and social inquiry, a productive rapprochement is underway. This thesis is illustrated through the works of artists Lucie Mara Bornmann and Johanna Wunderlich, presented at the vernissage Seite an Seite.

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Spotlight on Democratic Erosion and Political Estrangement
News and Views
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.3.1152

Spotlight on Democratic Erosion and Political Estrangement

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Rohita Biswas, Cinthya Souza Simas, Sara Tóth Martínez, María Belén Moyano, Felicitas Holzer, Gerhard Steinmann, Roland Mertelsmann

Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA)

This collection examines the structural forces undermining democratic accountability across different national contexts. From informal elite networks that bypass institutional norms, to the estrangement of traditional parties from the citizens they represent, the articles trace how democratic erosion unfolds through a slow drift.

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Women’s History and Gender Relations: An Interview with Almudena Hernando
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.3.1151

Women’s History and Gender Relations: An Interview with Almudena Hernando

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Sara Tóth Martínez

Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA)

In this interview, Almudena Hernando examines the historical construction of gender and identity through an interdisciplinary framework that combines archaeology, anthropology, and social theory. She argues that gender inequality emerged in Late Prehistory through processes of social differentiation, increased mobility, and the gradual individualization of men, while women remained associated with relational identity. The interview also explores the transformation of women’s identity in modernity and analyzes the impact of technological changes, particularly writing and digital communication, on human relationships and the construction of the self.

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Spotlight on Ethics, Governance and Scientific Responsibility
Spotlights
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.3.1150

Spotlight on Ethics, Governance and Scientific Responsibility

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Rohita Biswas, Cinthya Souza Simas, Sara Tóth Martínez, María Belén Moyano, Felicitas Holzer, Gerhard Steinmann, Roland Mertelsmann

Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA)

Consequential decisions, such as those about how children learn, how institutions govern, how technology evolves, and how disease is predicted, share a common ethical weight: they determine who benefits, who is left behind, and who bears responsibility. These four reads probe this weight from distinct angles.

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Ditadura militar e destruição: dimensões socioambientais no romance Verde Vagomundo – Military Dictatorship and Destruction: Socioenvironmental Dimensions in Verde Vagomundo
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.3.1149

Ditadura militar e destruição: dimensões socioambientais no romance Verde Vagomundo – Military Dictatorship and Destruction: Socioenvironmental Dimensions in Verde Vagomundo

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Paulo Roberto Vieira, Rosângela Araújo Darwich

Federal University of Pará (UFPA)

This article explores the socio-environmental dimensions of the novel Verde Vagomundo by Benedito Monteiro (1972), highlighting the relationship between the military dictatorship and life in the Amazonia.

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Spotlight on Technopolitics and Ideologies
Spotlights
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.3.1148

Spotlight on Technopolitics and Ideologies

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Rohita Biswas, Cinthya Souza Simas, Sara Tóth Martínez, María Belén Moyano, Felicitas Holzer, Gerhard G. Steinmann, Roland Mertelsmann

Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA)

Technology and ideology are jointly reshaping the foundations of democratic governance: this Spotlight's five curated reads trace how. From the erosion of civic participation through AI-driven power concentration and the unfulfilled promise of technological efficiency, to the dismantling of constitutional checks through unchecked executive authority, the specter of Orwellian geopolitical realignment between major powers, and the fracturing of coalition politics in Germany.

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Fish and Chips: Opportunistic Carnivory and Geophagy in Parrots
Life Sciences
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.3.1147

Fish and Chips: Opportunistic Carnivory and Geophagy in Parrots

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Ushma Patel, Akanksha Mukherjee, Soham Mukherjee

Sardar Patel Zoological Park

Psittacine birds (Psittaciformes) are typically regarded as frugivorous or granivorous, yet some species exhibit opportunistic feeding behaviours. The aim was to describe opportunistic carnivory and geophagy in parrots housed at Sardar Patel Zoological Park (SPZP), India. The findings highlights a dietary flexibility and exploratory foraging in parrots, emphasising implications for husbandry and understanding psittacine ecology.

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Spotlight on AI and the Arts: Language, Fiction and Identity
Spotlights
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.3.1146

Spotlight on AI and the Arts: Language, Fiction and Identity

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Rohita Biswas, Cinthya Souza Simas, Sara Tóth Martínez, María Belén Moyano, Felicitas Holzer, Gerhard Steinmann, Roland Mertelsmann

Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA)

This Spotlight examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping the boundaries of language, artistic creation, and human identity. From hidden communicative signals transmitted between AI systems beyond human perception, to the emergence of the first fully AI-generated actor and the ensuing legal battles over authorship and likeness, the collection interrogates what it means to create, perform, and express in an age of machine intelligence.

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