📄 social science

Why Famous Gardens Endure: Social Capital, Symbolic Power and Hidden Inequalities in the Conservation of Chinese Classical Garden Heritage

This article applies Bourdieu's field theory to Chinese classical gardens, arguing that their enduring legacy is driven not merely by aesthetic value but by strategic capital struggles and power dynamics that have historically reinforced social inequalities and now necessitate equitable conservation frameworks.

Zhihao Liu, Yingqi Xia, Hongchao Jiang, Tongxiang Su2026-09-09
📄 social science

Beyond the Feed: How Generative AI is Reshaping Children's Social Media Ecologies in the Global South

This paper proposes a "double mediation" framework to analyze how generative AI and platform data logics jointly reshape children's social media experiences in the Global South, using Egypt as a case study to argue that current age-restriction policies fail to address the complex cultural and linguistic biases embedded in these AI systems.

Nermeen Singer, Fathey El Sharkawy, Amira Ismail2026-09-09
📄 social science

Evaluating the impact of work integrated learning on TVET construction students ' employability readiness from the perspectives of lecturers and industry

This qualitative study investigates the impact of work-integrated learning on the employability readiness of TVET construction students by analyzing the perspectives of lecturers and industry professionals, revealing significant skill gaps and advocating for enhanced industry-academia collaboration in curriculum development.

Mark Lawrence, Siphokazi Vimbelo2026-09-09
📄 social science

Leveraging Dowry Practices to Support Maternal Nutrition in South Nias, Indonesia: A Kinship – Based Perspective

This qualitative study in South Nias, Indonesia, demonstrates that the cultural practices of *bōwō* (dowry) and *Famahalo'ō* (kinship-based redistribution) significantly influence household resource allocation and maternal nutrition, suggesting that leveraging these existing socio-cultural mechanisms through community engagement can effectively improve maternal health outcomes.

Niaria Esba Panjaitan, Nurhaedar Jafar, Muhammad Arsyad, Tasrifin Tahara, Wahiduddin Wahiduddin, Nurzakiah Hasan2026-09-09
📄 social science

Participation Before Proficiency: A Three-Year Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study of Motivation and Engagement in Bilingual STEAM Learning Through a Triple-On Learning Ecology

This three-year longitudinal mixed-methods study of a Taiwanese primary school demonstrates that a "Triple-On" learning ecology, integrating disciplinary challenges, hands-on multimodal mediation, and collaborative meaning-making, successfully sustains student motivation and engagement in bilingual STEAM learning, supporting the finding that meaningful participation can precede language proficiency.

Yi-hung Liao, Sheng-Yi Wu, Kuay-Keng Yang, Hsiao-Pei Cheng2026-09-09
📄 social science

Marine Protected Areas, Conservation Dispossession and Slow Violence in Blue Economy Governance in the Indian Ocean

This paper critiques Marine Protected Area governance in the Indian Ocean as a mechanism of "conservation dispossession" that prioritizes Blue Economy interests over artisanal fishing communities, systematically erasing their rights and gendered labor through a framework of slow violence, while proposing "seascape justice" as a corrective lens for equitable ocean governance.

Bosudha Bandyopadhyay, Shivangi Sharma2026-09-09
📄 social science

Effects of domestic violence and sexual abuse on STEM academic performance in four case studies

This qualitative study of four engineering students reveals that domestic violence and sexual abuse severely hinder academic performance through trauma-induced symptoms like anxiety and depression, prompting recommendations for institutional support groups, faculty training, and therapeutic interventions to mitigate these educational inequalities.

Luis Hernan Arellano-Ulloa, Julia Liliana Requena-Yáñez, Gustavo Morán-Soto2026-09-09
📄 social science

Work–life interaction and perceived organizational, supervisor, and coworker support among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study

This cross-sectional study of 619 healthcare workers reveals that perceived organizational, supervisor, and coworker support are significant predictors of work–life interaction, with supervisor support emerging as a consistent factor across all dimensions, suggesting that enhancing workplace support systems is more effective for improving work–life balance than focusing on demographic or occupational characteristics.

Oğuzhan KESKİN, Gözde ÖZTAN, Halim İŞSEVER2026-09-09