This article examines the role of worship services and liturgy in the faith formation of children and adolescents. The first section explores how young children's experience of God can be nurtured within a worship-like environment, as opposed to the 'teaching-and-learning' structure typically associated with 'Sunday school'. The Godly Play approach is considered as a viable and creative option. The second section addresses the faith formation of adolescents, emphasising the need for open communication between Scripture, the faith community, culture, and youth culture. This open dialogue is essential for adolescents to perceive worship services and liturgy as engaging and safe spaces that support the development and maturation of their faith. Effective communication involves both listening and speaking. Adolescents should not be confined to a passive listening role within the faith community. Their voices, language, and the way in which they experience perspectives on faith and the world can enrich the spiritual growth of all worshippers and contribute to the missional identity of the faith community as a whole. INTRADISCIPLINARY AND/OR INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS: In this way, all worshippers, regardless of age, can be inspired to become the best person they can be and contribute to making the world a better place. A life of worship need not be limited to the church building. Young people, who have a vested interest in the future of the planet and humanity, can express their faith through acts of service and social justice; thus bridging the gap between worship and discipleship.

Abstract How do young people experience their work in the contemporary world of work? To answer this, we studied Contact Center agents -direct managers of the client in different services-. We will show (through interviews and documents) that, although outsourced Contact Centers in Argentina allow certain young people to "easily" access a job, managerial programming weakens their permanence there, configuring an extended type of "precarization by performance". We will argue that this brief but intense passage of agents through the Contact Centers (trans)forms their ways of being in terms of being able (or not) to face stressful work situations, becoming an experience that leaves marks. We will conclude by indicating that the discomforts experienced are not overcome with adaptive behaviors, but by establishing other work practices.

Resumen ¿Cómo los jóvenes experimentan su trabajo en el mundo laboral contemporáneo? Para responderlo estudiamos a los agentes de Contact Center -gestores directos del cliente en distintos servicios-. Mostraremos (a través de entrevistas y documentos) que, si bien los Contact Centers tercerizados en Argentina permiten a determinados jóvenes acceder “fácilmente” a un empleo, la programación managerial fragiliza su permanencia allí, configurando un tipo extendido de “precarización por rendimiento”. Sostendremos que este breve pero intenso paso de los agentes por los Contact Centers (trans)forma sus maneras de ser en función de poder (o no) enfrentar situaciones de trabajo desgastantes, volviéndose una experiencia que deja marcas. Concluiremos indicando que los malestares vividos no se superan con conductas adaptativas, sino instaurando otras prácticas laborales.

Resumen Objetivo: Debido al aumento en el consumo de alcohol entre la población juvenil y los potenciales riesgos físicos y mentales que esta situación provoca, este trabajo analiza los factores que condicionan el consumo excesivo de alcohol en adolescentes de 13 a 17 años en Argentina. Materiales y métodos: Se utilizan datos de la Encuesta Mundial de Salud Escolar, aplicada a una muestra representativa de 56,981 adolescentes en todo el país en 2018. Se estiman modelos logísticos que toman en cuenta el rol de factores personales, socioeconómicos, psicológicos y situacionales A la vez, se analiza el impacto que el consumo excesivo de alcohol tiene sobre conductas de riesgo y sobre daños sufridos por adolescentes. Resultados: Se observó un incremento en el consumo de alcohol entre adolescentes, con una mayor incidencia en mujeres. Los factores situacionales, como la disponibilidad de alcohol y la presión de pares, son determinantes clave. Existe una fuerte asociación entre el consumo excesivo de alcohol y las conductas de riesgo, así como un aumento en los daños sufridos por los adolescentes. Conclusiones: Se subraya la necesidad de implementar medidas reguladoras y protectoras específicas. La importancia de estrategias integrales de prevención y educación es destacada, enfocándose en los factores situacionales y sociales. Las intervenciones deben involucrar a familia, escuela y comunidad para reducir los riesgos y promover comportamientos saludables.

Abstract Objectives: Given the increase in alcohol consumption in the youth population and the potential physical and mental risks that this situation causes, this work analyzes the conditioning factors of excessive alcohol consumption in the population between 13 and 17 years of age in Argentina. Materials and Methods: We use data from the World Survey of School Health, applied to a representative sample of 56,981 adolescents throughout the country in 2018. We estimate logistic regressions to identify conditional variables that influence the abusive intake of alcohol. Those factors include personal, socioeconomic, psychological, and situational independent variables. Results: An increase in alcohol consumption among adolescents has been observed, with a higher incidence among females. Situational factors, such as the availability of alcohol and peer pressure, are key determinants. There is a strong association between excessive alcohol consumption and risky behaviors, as well as an increase in the harms experienced by adolescents. Conclusions: The need to implement specific regulatory and protective measures is emphasized. The importance of comprehensive prevention and education strategies is highlighted, focusing on situational and social factors. Interventions should involve family, school, and community to reduce risks and promote healthy behaviors.

ABSTRACT The world reality places us before the idea that modern society and its foundations are in crisis. The pandemic and its effects on the comprehensive health, economic crisis and political policy of numerous countries, along with migratory movements, the nationalisms bound, together with the political and social fragility caused by the war in Ukraine, demand not only to know how to act in the present, but also make it essential to raise our gaze and look ahead to illuminate the future. This study reflects on the role of Christian universities in social transformation and their task in the critical reflection of reality. The results of the proposal arise from the convergence and dialogue between the thought of Benedict XVI and Ignacio Ellacuría SJ. The purpose is to focus on the understanding that these great Christian thinkers of the 20th century had of the mission of the university and thus contribute to the reflection that the Global Education Compact calls for. health countries movements bound Ukraine present future SJ th for

RESUMEN La realidad mundial nos sitúa ante la idea de que la sociedad moderna y sus fundamentos están en crisis. La pandemia y sus efectos en la salud integral, la crisis económica y política de numerosos países, junto con los movimientos migratorios, el auge de los nacionalismos; unido a la fragilidad política y social provocada por la guerra de Ucrania, demandan no sólo saber cómo actuar en el presente, sino que hace imprescindible elevar la mirada y adelantarse a iluminar el futuro. Este estudio reflexiona acerca del rol de las universidades de confesión cristiana en la transformación social y su tarea en la reflexión crítica de la realidad. Los resultados de la propuesta surgen de la convergencia y diálogo entre el pensamiento de Benedicto XVI e Ignacio Ellacuría SJ. El propósito es poner el foco en la comprensión que estos grandes pensadores cristianos del siglo XX tuvieron acerca de la misión de la universidad y contribuir con ello en la reflexión a la que el Pacto Educativo Global convoca. integral países migratorios nacionalismos Ucrania presente futuro SJ convoca

Die aantal mense op aarde en hulle/ons aktiwiteite neem tans skrikwekkende afmetings aan met wydlopende gevolge vir ons planeet, biodiversiteit en uiteindelik onsself. Die moderne mens het sy teenwoordigheid op die aarde en die benutting van hulpbronne baie lank as sy onaantasbare reg gesien. Die huidige uitwerking van byvoorbeeld bevolkingsgroei en besoedeling versteur die aarde se natuurlike ritme in so 'n mate dat ons nou nie meer op 'n kitsoplossing kan hoop nie. Die mens se getalle neem teen so 'n tempo toe dat dit nie net nadelig vir die planeet is nie, maar ook vir die mensdom self. Wat kan gedoen word? Bemagtiging van vroue speel 'n belangrike rol. Dit beteken beslis nie dat meisies en vroue alleen vir die huidige bevolkingsgroei verantwoordelik gehou moet word nie. Die bevolkingsgroei kan egter in 'n redelike mate vertraag word deur veral meer meisies toegang tot onderwys en opleiding te gee - asook hul lewensomstandighede te verbeter. Ook sal daar heelwat meer aan seksopvoeding gedoen moet word, vroueregte sal daadwerklik bevorder moet word en daar sal beter voorsiening en gebruik van voorbehoedmiddels moet wees. Uiteraard moet hierdie kwessies met die nodige omsigtigheid benader en hanteer word. In hierdie verband kan onder andere Thailand en Suid-Korea genoem word wat in die onlangse verlede bewys het dat goeie onderwys geboortesyfers laat daal. In Afrika het vroue wat geen onderwys ontvang nie, gemiddeld 5,4 kinders; vroue wat hoërskool voltooi het gemiddeld 2,7 kinders en vroue wat tersiêre studie deurloop het, gemiddeld 2,2 kinders. In Nigerië sny elke jaar wat meisies skool bywoon, die geboortesyfer met 'n tiende. Hiermee saam sal daar ook verskerpte pogings moet wees om ekonomieë en samelewings te hervorm. Ter wille van die mens se voortbestaan en die volhoubaarheid van lewe op aarde moet ekologiese en ekonomiese geregtigheid, en die bemagtiging van vroue aangemoedig word.

The number of people on Earth and human activities are currently taking on frightening proportions with far-reaching consequences for our planet, its biodiversity and ultimately the human race itself. Ten thousand years ago, humans represented 1% of the total biomass of all land vertebrates. The rest was made up by wild animals. Currently, humans, livestock and pets make up 99% of terrestrial vertebrate biomass, while wild animals represent only 1%. It took millennia for the human population to reach the 1 billion mark and that only by 1890. By 1960, however, the world population had grown to 3 billion. Today there are 8 billion people living on our planet. According to Population Matters, the world population will be approximately 10,4 billion by the end of this century, despite the gradual decline in the growth rate in some countries. There is only a 23% chance that the total population growth rate will tail off before 2100. The population of the 47 least developed countries is likely to triple between 2017 and 2100 to around 3 billion. There are currently 62 million people in South Africa. About 67,9% of our population (in 2021) live in urban areas. The South African population grew by 0,87% in 2023. The fertility rate is 2,30 (2023). It is estimated that by 2050 75,5 million people will be living in South Africa, with 8 out of every 10 people living in urban areas, which would significantly increase the pressure on infrastructure. The Global Footprint Network states that humans currently use the resources of 1,75 Earths. If the situation does not improve, by 2050 we would need the equivalent of three Earths to survive. More than 4 billion people will have little or no water by 2050, and South Africa even now has been classified as a "water-stressed" country. Medical science is continually contributing to more babies surviving their entry into the world and to our living increasingly longer. Life expectancy has risen from 46 years in 1950 to 73,2 years in 2023. By 2050 it will be 77 years. What can be done? Empowerment of women is important. Population growth can be curbed to a reasonable extent by giving more girls access to education. This certainly does not mean that girls or women alone should be held responsible for the current population growth, but much more will have to be done about sex education, women's rights will have to be actively promoted and there will have to be better provision and use of contraceptives. Obviously, these issues should be approached and handled with due caution. In this regard, countries such as Thailand and South Korea have, in the recent past, proved that good education may result in lower birth rates. In Africa, women with no education have an average of 5,4 children; women who completed high school an average of 2,7 children and women with tertiary education an average of 2.2. In Nigeria, every year of school attendance by girls cuts the birth rate by a tenth. In addition, intensified efforts to reform economies and societies should be considered. For the sake of the survival of the human species and the sustainability of the Earth, ecological and economic justice and the empowerment ofwomen have to be encouraged. The Millennium Project - a global participatory think tank that was founded in 1996 under the auspices of the American Council for the United Nations University, but which became independent in 2009 and has since grown into a global network of institutions and individuals - aims to improve humankind's prospects for a better future. It recommends, among other things, the following: • Support a policy aimed at improving the survival of children, responsible family planning and educational opportunities for (especially) girls. • Improve methods that will ensure skills and employment opportunities for young people, as well as care and services for the elderly. • Implement the UN's urban agenda. • Create enough smart cities where citizens with urban intelligence can help in eco-smart ways with the necessary improvements in the city. • Increase training in resilience, and improve disaster prediction and management. • Provide guidance for people about urban ecology. • Intensify research and development in saltwater agriculture (halophytes or salt plants) on coastlines to produce food for humans and animals, biofuel and pulp for the paper industry, and to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2). This will ease the pressure on freshwater agriculture. • Improve agricultural and irrigation management. • Invest in precision agriculture and aquaculture. • Reduce food losses from the "farm to the mouth" (one third or 1,3 billion tons of agricultural production is wasted in this way every year). • Establish seaweed to restore wild fish populations along coastlines. The World Bank estimates that 90% of marine life is completely depleted. • Expand the production of insects for animal feed and human diets (insects have a low environmental impact, and 2 billion people already supplement their diet with insects today). • Encourage vegetarianism. Although there are more ways to address these important global challenges, responsible family planning remains one of the most important. This is an extremely sensitive issue for many people (especially in Africa), but if it is not promoted in a humane, informed and responsible way, the sustainability of life on our planet will increasingly come under tremendous pressure in various respects.

Resumo: O artigo tem como objetivo analisar a enunciação singular dos corpos de jovens mulheres negras quilombolas, no movimento de terra-corpo-território. O conceito anuncia-se aqui como recinto imediato de 8 jovens mulheres que narram sobre outros viveres e modos de ser possíveis. Metodologicamente, o estudo parte de uma pesquisa-intervenção, a qual utilizou como instrumentos o diário de campo, a observação participante e os encontros colaborativos. Durante 8 meses acompanharam-se ensaios, debates e atividades de campo. A análise é fundamentada por duas bases: a perspectiva teórico-metodológica decolonial e o conceito de terra-corpo-território. A pesquisa evidencia que o grupo de dança abre para aproximação de singularidades e integração de vivências emocionais negras quilombolas; ressoa sobre indignação e resistência, apresentando, através da corporeidade, um outro mundo possível, inclusive que a dança é preservação do estado de negritude que se inscreve no corpo, na memória e na percepção.

Abstract: The article aims to analyze the unique enunciation of the bodies of young black Quilombola women in the land-body-territory movement. The concept announces itself here as the immediate enclosure of 8 young women who narrate about other lives and possible ways of being. Methodologically, the study starts from an intervention research, which used as instruments the field diary, participant observation and collaborative meetings. For 8 months we accompanied rehearsals, debates and field activities. The analysis is based on two bases: the decolonial theoretical-methodological perspective and the concept of land-body-territory. The research shows that the dance group opens up to the approximation of singularities and integration of black Quilombola emotional experiences; resounds on indignation and resistance, presenting another possible world through corporeality, including that dance is preservation of a state of blackness that is inscribed in the body, memory and perception.

Thirty-eight years into the HIV and AIDS pandemic, the world is still striving to reduce global HIV infections towards zero new infections and AIDS-related deaths by 2030. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to carry the burden of global HIV infections as governmental and nongovernmental agencies try out different prevention strategies (UNAIDS, 2024b). Several scholars have argued that comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is the best preventive strategy to reach youth and key populations with factual information regarding HIV and AIDS. This paper draws from the project, Mentoring as a Method to Promote Women's Health in the Context of HIV-Prevention and Unequal Gender Relations, which employed memory work, photo-voice, drama, drawings, and focus group discussions with third-year student teachers in a life orientation module. Focussing on the data generated through drama, I present an arts-based activity that was used to teach about HIV transmission to student teachers in a bid to equip them with alternative ways of teaching school-learners about HIV and AIDS. The findings highlight student teachers' lived experiences and how they have shaped their perceptions of HIV infections and living with AIDS. I argue from the findings, that arts-based pedagogies allow for enhanced understanding of complex phenomena due to their participatory and in-built intervention nature. Thus, I posit that pedagogies that employ participatory, arts-based, and visual methodologies should be extensively employed in teacher-education towards reducing new HIV infections among the youth.

Resumen El estudio que se presenta en este artículo se desarrolló en el marco del Proyecto 724-C1-714 Observatorio Temático de la Educación y Formación Técnica Profesional Costarricense, inscrito en el Instituto de Investigación en Educación de la Universidad Costa Rica. En este estudio cualitativo, con alcance descriptivo, se utilizó el método fenomenológico y el cuestionario como técnica para la recolección de la información; participaron 8 de 11 profesionales de Orientación que laboran en los Colegios Técnicos Profesionales de la Dirección Regional Educativa de Puriscal del Ministerio de Educación Pública. Se realizó durante el segundo ciclo del año 2022 y primero del 2023. La información obtenida se agrupó en 3 categorías: Situación de la EFTP, Sobre la Orientación en los CTP y la Orientación en los CTP en los próximos cinco años. Como parte de los resultados, destaca que las personas consultadas vislumbran un futuro positivo para EFTP, por la atención que se le está dando en nuestro país a esta modalidad educativa, a partir de la necesidad de que las personas jóvenes se incorporen al mundo del trabajo, lo que lleva a que se mencionen las oportunidades que tiene la Orientación en este contexto. Al respecto se indica, en relación con la Orientación vocacional, la exploración de los intereses, habilidades y el conocimiento del entorno. Lo anterior, en función de la toma de decisiones vocacionales asociadas a la especialidad que van a cursar, la incorporación al mundo del trabajo y la posibilidad de continuar o no con estudios superiores. Respecto a los desafíos se indica la necesidad de contar con espacios que permitan ofrecer al estudiantado Orientación vocacional, de manera específica se menciona la lección de Orientación para el ciclo diversificado. Entre las conclusiones obtenidas están; la ETFP se constituye una modalidad educativa que permite al país incrementar su competitividad y a la población estudiantil le abre oportunidades para la obtención de un empleo. No obstante, se afirma que existen aspectos a los que se les debe poner atención para mejorar esta modalidad educativa. Se menciona por ejemplo que, desde la gestión administrativa, se debe procurar la creación de espacios para ofrecer Orientación vocacional. Las oportunidades que se presentan para la Orientación en los CTP remiten a acciones a desarrollar desde la Orientación vocacional, exploración de los intereses y habilidades del estudiantado y para el conocimiento del entorno. Como desafíos se recalca la necesidad de poder involucrar al estudiantado en sus procesos de autoconocimiento, toma de decisiones y proyecto de vida. Se considera que la Orientación en el futuro más inmediato, debe integrar en su quehacer, el uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC), lo cual requiere que se planifiquen procesos de formación continua para el grupo de profesionales en Orientación.

Abstract The study presented in this article was developed within the framework of Project 724-C1-714 Thematic Observatory of Costa Rican Technical and Vocational Education and Training, registered at the Institute for Research in Education of the University of Costa Rica. In this qualitative study, with a descriptive scope, the phenomenological method and the questionnaire were used as a technique for the collection of information; 8 of 11 Guidance professionals who work in the Professional Technical High Schools of the Regional Educational Directorate of Puriscal of the Ministry of Public Education participated. It was carried out during the second cycle of 2022 and the first cycle of 2023. The information obtained was grouped into 3 categories: Status of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training, About Guidance in the Professional Technical High Schools and Guidance in the Professional Technical High Schools over the next five years. As part of the results, it is highlighted that the people consulted foresee a positive future for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, due to the attention that is being given in Costa Rica to this educational modality, based on the need for young people to join the world of work, which leads to the mention of the opportunities that Guidance has in this context. In this regard, it is indicated in relation to Vocational Guidance, the exploration of interests, skills and knowledge of the environment. This depends on the vocational decision-making associated with the specialty they are going to study, their incorporation into the world of work and the possibility of continuing or not with tertiary education. Regarding the challenges, the need to have spaces that allow students to be offered vocational guidance is indicated, specifically the lesson of Guidance for the diversified cycle is mentioned. Among the conclusions obtained are that; Technical and Vocational Education and Training is an educational modality that allows the country to increase its competitiveness and opens opportunities for the student population to obtain a job. However, it is stated that there are aspects that must be paid attention to in order to improve this educational modality. It is mentioned, for example, that administrative management should seek to create spaces to offer vocational guidance. The opportunities that arise for Guidance in the Professional Technical High Schools refer to actions to be developed from Vocational Guidance, exploration of the interests and abilities of the students and for knowledge of the environment. As challenges, the need to be able to involve students in their processes of self-knowledge, decision-making and life project is emphasized. It is considered that in the immediate future, Guidance must integrate the use of Information and Communication Technologies into its work, which requires that continuous training processes be planned for the group of professionals in Guidance.

Resumen Una de las fuerzas motrices de la producción artística de Gregorio Prieto es una clara pulsión narcisista patente en el gran número de autorretratos presentes tanto en su pintura como, sobre todo, en las series fotográficas de juventud realizadas en su estancia en Roma entre 1928 y 1933. A través de la pantalla de la admiración del mundo clásico y de la incorporación de los lenguajes de vanguardia ―especialmente el surrealismo― construyó una suerte de biografía imaginada en la que el autorretrato funciona como una forma de afirmación de un yo consciente de navegar en el ámbito de la “diferencia”. En contraposición a algunos de sus compañeros de generación también homosexuales ―como Lorca o Cernuda― no hay señales, en su obra, de una visión angustiada o desasosegante de la experiencia homosexual, por el contrario, su trabajo alcanza una desinhibición (homo)sexual radicalmente vanguardista.

Abstract : One of the driving forces behind Gregorio Prieto's artistic production is a clear narcissistic impulse evident in the large number of self-portraits present both in his paintings and, above all, in the photographic series of his youth produced during his stay in Rome between 1928 and 1933. Through the screen of admiration for the classical world and the incorporation of avant-garde languages ―especially Surrealism― he constructed a sort of imagined biography in which the self-portrait functions as a form of affirmation of a self conscious of navigating in the realm of "difference". In contrast to some of his homosexual peers of his generation ―such as Lorca or Cernuda― there is no sign in his work of an anguished or unsettling vision of the homosexual experience; on the contrary, his work achieves a radically avant-garde (homo)sexual disinhibition.

Resumo Uma das forças motrizes da produção artística de Gregorio Prieto é um claro impulso narcísico evidente no grande número de auto-retratos presentes tanto nas suas pinturas como, sobretudo, na série fotográfica da sua juventude produzida durante a sua estadia em Roma entre 1928 e 1933. Através do ecrã da admiração pelo mundo clássico e da incorporação de linguagens vanguardistas ―especialmente o Surrealismo― construiu uma espécie de biografia imaginada em que o autorretrato funciona como uma forma de afirmação de um eu consciente de navegar no domínio da "diferença". Ao contrário de alguns dos seus pares homossexuais da sua geração ―como Lorca ou Cernuda― não há sinais na sua obra de uma visão angustiada ou inquieta da experiência homossexual. Pelo contrário, a sua obra atinge uma desinibição (homo)sexual radicalmente vanguardista.

RESUMEN Este estudio investiga el importante papel y la influencia del entorno digital en la vida cotidiana de la juventud rusa contemporánea, centrándose en sus prácticas y actividades de comportamiento dentro de este ámbito. Se presentan los resultados de una encuesta realizada en 2023 entre jóvenes de ocho regiones rusas mediante cuestionarios en línea. Se analizan los tipos de actividades y prácticas digitales más comunes entre los jóvenes. Las conclusiones, obtenidas a partir de datos exhaustivos de la encuesta, indican un importante compromiso diario con el mundo digital: el 85% de los encuestados utiliza Internet a diario, y una parte considerable pasa más de 3 horas en línea. En concreto, el 29,7% participa en actividades digitales durante más de 8 horas, el 32% entre 6 y 8 horas y el 29% entre 3 y 5 horas diarias. Incluso entre quienes consideran que su situación económica no es la ideal, las herramientas digitales de aprendizaje siguen siendo accesibles y utilizadas. Esta investigación pone de relieve las prácticas rutinarias optimizadas digitalmente de la juventud moderna, subrayando su gran adaptabilidad en los espacios digitales. Esta adaptabilidad permite a los jóvenes diseñar itinerarios digitales personalizados con un esquema de rutas que combina eficazmente diversos recursos digitales para satisfacer sus necesidades e intereses individuales. El estudio aporta información valiosa sobre el papel omnipresente de la digitalización en la configuración de la vida cotidiana y el compromiso educativo de la juventud rusa contemporánea.

ABSTRACT This study investigates the significant role and influence of the digital environment in the daily lives of contemporary Russian youth, focusing on their behavioral practices and activities within this realm. The results of a survey conducted in 2023 among young people in eight Russian regions using online questionnaires are presented. The types of digital activities and practices most common among young people are analyzed. Findings, derived from extensive survey data, indicate a substantial daily engagement with the digital world: 85% of respondents use the Internet daily, with considerable portions spending upwards of 3 hours online. Specifically, 29.7% are engaged in digital activities for more than 8 hours, 32% for 6-8 hours, and 29% for 3-5 hours daily. Even among those who assessed their financial situation as less than ideal, digital learning tools remain accessible and utilized. This research highlights the digitally optimized routine practices of modern youth, underscoring their high adaptability in digital spaces. This adaptability enables the youth to design personalized digital paths with a routing scheme that efficiently combines various digital resources to meet their individual needs and interests. The study provides valuable insights into the pervasive role of digitalization in shaping the everyday life and educational engagement of contemporary Russian youth.

RESUMEN El artículo investiga el potencial deliberativo del nuevo espacio mediático (digital), centrándose en las transformaciones antropológicas. Las disposiciones teóricas del estudio se fundamentan en datos empíricos obtenidos como resultado de una encuesta masiva en línea entre la juventud rusa. El artículo presentado presenta la distribución de opiniones de los jóvenes encuestados sobre las posibilidades de los medios digitales en la formación de un espacio digital público deliberativo. A partir de los resultados de la encuesta, los autores llevaron a cabo una exposición de la dinámica antropológica, determinada por las particularidades de los medios de comunicación (digitales) modernos, que revela signos de una crisis humanitaria. Los medios digitales horizontalizan el mundo, creando la ilusión de igualdad universal. Como resultado, la esfera del discurso público se transforma: las formas de discutir, informar, educar y presentar los hechos están cambiando fundamentalmente.

ABSTRACT The paper investigates the deliberative potential of the new (digital) media space, focusing on anthropological transformations. The theoretical provisions of the study are substantiated by empirical data that were obtained as a result of a massive online survey of Russian youth. The given paper presents the distribution of opinions of young respondents about the possibilities of digital media in the formation of a deliberative public digital space. Based on the survey results, the authors carried out an exposition of anthropological dynamics, determined by the specifics of modern (digital) media, which reveals signs of a humanitarian crisis. Digital media make the world horizontal, creating the illusion of universal equality. As a result, the sphere of public discourse transformes: the ways of discussing, informing, educating, and presenting facts are fundamentally changing.

Youth unemployment is one of the major challenges facing Sub-Saharan African countries today. Although young people may hold general certificates of education (equivalent to Grade 12), they lack employable or marketable skills enabling them to be integrated into the labour market. In this paper, I examine the application of experiential learning theory (ELT) in non-school-based technical and vocational training for unemployed youths as a learning approach to develop job-related skills and competencies for the real world of the workplace. I used a qualitative research design to meet the research objectives and conducted one-on-one semi-structured interviews with 10 trainees out of 512 to get their views on training delivery and learning approaches for skills acquisition. To complement the interview data, I also conducted field observations at the training centres, in the workshops, and at companies hosting trainees for workplace training. My findings revealed that the facilitators used classroom-based and field-based experiential learning approaches to help the trainees gain job-related skills and competencies required in the labour market. I conclude that applying ELT in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes helped young trainees gain the job-related skills and competencies required in the labour market. As practical implications for society, I provide new insights into applying ELT to improve the effectiveness of non-school-based TVET programmes for disadvantaged and unemployed youths. My findings will motivate other trainers and training managers to apply ELT in designing and implementing non-school-based TVET programmes.

Families are negatively affected by the absence of fathers in the family system. Initially, the study commenced with a focus on male, biological fathers, and the significance of their presence/absence in relation to the moral decline of young people aged 12 to 23. This was done through conducting semi-structured interviews with five congregational leaders from churches in the Dwarsriver Valley², between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek as well as a World Café with members of five congregations.³ However, one of the foci of the research was to investigate the understanding of the participants on the concept of fatherhood. The researcher takes note of the primary two schools of thought functioning in Christian theological discourse. The one exclusively based on a biological, male figure, with the exclusive task of the head of the household, as God ordained, and understanding of God's of fatherhood.4 However, the other approach is a critique of such an approach, reject such an exclusive right, and include other father-figures as also God ordained, and inclusive of the fatherhood role. The focus of the article is to answer the question: How does the members of the churches in Dwarsrivier Valley conceptualises and articulates the fatherhood concept? The objective of this article was to report on the understanding of the fatherhood concept, and how the participants in the study would reflect and understand the fatherhood concept in the light of the abovementioned fatherhood paradigms.

Post-digital, as a timeframe set, raises specific concerns for young adults engaged in artistic and cultural activities, seeking to establish a sustainable livelihood within a semi-rural South African context. They grapple with issues such as determining their positionality within a world marked by fading boundaries between the physical and digital. To better understand the post-digital impact on experiential learning opportunities for young adults, the authors explored the specific ways and extent to which active engagement in shortfilm-making contributes to developing critical self-awareness among the participating post-school youth. An assemblage of transformative theories and concepts, rather than pre-determined methodologies, guided this inquiry that extended beyond the development of career and workplace competencies. The strengths of spaciousness and in-between boundary positions provided by the spider's thread metaphor served as a useful methodological tool. Moving beyond the limitations of traditional discourse and content analysis, multimodal discourse analysis in combination with a modified, six-category measuring instrument was used to explore (analyse) the evidence (data) created as products of active participant engagement in a shortfilm-making project, over a 10-month period in 2020. Findings revealed that, for the participants, it was by moving from physical self-centred understandings of reality to experiential creations of authentic reality (shortfilm-productions) and involving an expanded awareness of those alternative possibilities that nurtured their potential transpersonal growth. TRANSDISCIPLINARY CONTRIBUTION: A synthesis of arts-based, post-qualitative and developmental phenomenographic approaches was employed to create, explore and communicate evidence in ways that present a holistic picture of alternative pathways to knowledge production.

BACKGROUND: Despite a massive global increase in research on gender-diverse youth, there have been no studies in Africa on gender-diverse children and adolescents presenting to health services AIM: This study aimed to present the first African findings of the demographic and mental health profile of youth who have presented at a gender service in South Africa SETTING: A specialist mental health outpatient service, consisting of psychiatry, psychology and nursing input, for gender-diverse child and adolescent patients in the Western Cape METHODS: All consenting youth seen at a gender service, consisting of psychiatry, psychology and nursing input, in state and by the same clinician in private practice between January 2012 and May 2019 were participants of a retrospective, sequential case series study. Data of interest, including gender identity and sexuality, mental health history and social information, were extracted from the psychiatry files of participants RESULTS: Thirty-nine participants were part of the registry and qualified for the study: 72% self-identified as white, 15% as coloured and 13% as black African. The rate of co-occurring psychopathology was high (64%) and included high rates of autism, particularly in trans males (26%), suicidal ideation in 31% and a history of suicide attempt(s) in 10% CONCLUSIONS: This first study describing gender-diverse youth seeking support relating to their gender identity in Africa showed they had remarkable similarities to those studied internationally CONTRIBUTION: Establishing that transgender youth of all major racial groups in the province with similar demographic profiles to other parts of the world are presenting to services in South Africa and in need of mental health support and interventions