Preface — Special issue to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Journal of Systems Science and Complexity

In this interview to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Theory, Culture & Society special issue on Global Culture, Roland Robertson reflects on his long involvement as one of the major theorists of globalization. He recounts how in his early years as a sociologist there was strong resistance to thinking beyond the nation-state society. He comments on the emergence of the field of transdisciplinary global studies, the concern with global culture and his own attempts to extend the concept of globalization by developing the term glocalization. He also discusses the present Covid-19 pandemic and ends with a number of reflections on global history.

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Special Issue for the 30th Anniversary of The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research

Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology ◽

10.4052/tigg.22.93 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 22 (125) ◽

pp. 93-94

Author(s):

Akemi Suzuki ◽

Makoto Kiso ◽

Toshiyuki Inazu

Keyword(s):

Japanese Society ◽

Special Issue ◽

30Th Anniversary

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Preface to the 30th Anniversary Special Issue of Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica

Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica ◽

10.1007/s10338-018-0057-z ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (5) ◽

pp. 523-524

Author(s):

Daining Fang

Keyword(s):

Special Issue ◽

30Th Anniversary

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Colombian ELT Community and Scholarship: Current Pathways and Potency

HOW ◽

10.19183/how.28.3.681 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 5-17

Author(s):

Edgar Lucero ◽

Adriana Castañeda-Londoño

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Education Policy ◽

Bilingual Education ◽

English Language ◽

Special Issue ◽

30Th Anniversary ◽

Bilingual Education Policy ◽

Pre Service Teacher

This editorial article reflects on the paradigmatic changes that the Colombian ELT community has recently experienced due to the developments of local scholarship in varied topics. This editorial article makes the changes evident by introducing the papers for this special issue of HOW journal on its 30th anniversary. These include topics as interculturality, literacy, English language pre-service teacher construction and professional development, critical views about bilingual education policy, and the interrelation between gender and ELT. The local scholarship development in these topics displays a rupture with the ELT canon. By so doing, the Colombian ELT scholarship shows a potency that wields foundations for the ELT field in the country.

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