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Spotlight on Gender, Identity and Social Change
News and Views
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.1.1124

Spotlight on Gender, Identity and Social Change

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

Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA)

Across politics, technology, and personal relationships, today’s “identity debates” are, at their core, contests over who shapes discourse. This Spotlight brings together six German-language essays and interviews from newspapers exploring…

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Tailored Light
Visual Arts, Architecture and Design
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.1.1121

Tailored Light

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Adél Tóth

Independent Artist

This collection highlights textile crafts that have faded from contemporary design. Once central to clothing production, labour-intensive techniques like embroidery, pleating and smocking are now rarely used in modern wearables.…

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Spotlight on Scientific Discovery & Engineering: Physics, Function & Future Frontiers
News and Views
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.1.1123

Spotlight on Scientific Discovery & Engineering: Physics, Function & Future Frontiers

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

Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA)

This Spotlight series traces how physics-driven methods and engineering choices are reshaping what we can detect, build, and understand in living systems and how innovation is steered by society. Ultraweak…

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A Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Behavioural and Psychosocial Intervention Therapies for Mental Health Disorders
Medicine
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.1.1072

A Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Behavioural and Psychosocial Intervention Therapies for Mental Health Disorders

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Abdullah Damilare Shonola, Bushirat Omolara Mulero, Dawud M.A. Danzaki, Aminat Ololade Adeniyi, Modupeoluwa Ogidan, Emmanuel Soyombo, Raodat Motunrayo Abdulkareem

This systematic review takes a close look at how effective behavioural and psychosocial interventions are for mental health disorders, pulling together evidence from studies published between 2020 and 2025. It…

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Spotlight on Technology, Culture & Human Behavior
News and Views
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.1.1122

Spotlight on Technology, Culture & Human Behavior

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

Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA)

Technological systems increasingly shape how people live, love, and relate—often revealing hidden social pressures and vulnerabilities. This Spotlight traces how digital and cultural infrastructures reorganize everyday life: a hyper-competitive housing…

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Beyond the Rhetoric of Farmer-Herder Conflict in Northcentral Nigeria: Issues, Challenges and Prospects
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.1.1117

Beyond the Rhetoric of Farmer-Herder Conflict in Northcentral Nigeria: Issues, Challenges and Prospects

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John Udochi Nwaguru, Stanley Ebitare Boroh, Tonye Marclint Ebiede

Department of Political Science, Ekiti State University

A hardest truth that has characterized human existence is the reality that conflict is inevitable in every social relation. Put differently, conflict occurs whenever disagreements exist in a social situation…

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Spotlight on AI, Innovation & Ethics: National Visions and Digital Labour
News and Views
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.1.1118

Spotlight on AI, Innovation & Ethics: National Visions and Digital Labour

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

Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA)

The rapid ascent of artificial intelligence reveals a fragmented map of ambition, risk, and hidden labour. While Switzerland cultivates a thriving ecosystem through strategic state–industry partnership, the costs surface elsewhere:…

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Animais: Um Tributo à Amazônia, um Projeto de Imersão Criativa em Meio a um Contexto de Vulnerabilidade Social – Animals: a Tribute to the Amazon, a Creative Immersion Project in the Midst of a Context of Social Vulnerability
Visual Arts, Architecture and Design
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.1.1073

Animais: Um Tributo à Amazônia, um Projeto de Imersão Criativa em Meio a um Contexto de Vulnerabilidade Social – Animals: a Tribute to the Amazon, a Creative Immersion Project in the Midst of a Context of Social Vulnerability

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Ana Clara Solon Rufino, Rosângela Araújo Darwich

University of Amazonia

This article aims to reflect on the space for creativity offered by the teaching of Art. In this sense, the project entitled "AniMais: a tribute to the Amazon", implemented in…

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