Indonesia’s ethnocultural diversity embeds actionable local wisdom, and the Osing community of Kemiren Village exemplifies the integration of culture and environmental stewardship in Banyuwangi. This study examines community-based tourism (CBT) grounded in Osing values with the aim of clarifying the community’s contribution to the pillars of the UNESCO Global Geopark Ijen. A convergent mixed-methods approach was adopted, combining qualitative and quantitative strands. Data were collected through interviews, participatory observation, documentation, and questionnaires. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was employed to interpret lived meanings, rituals, and spatial practices, while SWOT analysis was used to synthesize internal capacities and external conditions. Triangulation enhanced credibility and ensured integration of both strands in interpretation. The results show that conservation norms and sacred-spring rituals sustain ecological and cultural balance, while Osing festivals transmit heritage and structure tourism spaces. CBT strengthens participation, stewardship, and authenticity in tourism offerings. The SWOT analysis positions Kemiren within a strength – opportunity quadrant, supported by strong social cohesion and rich geocultural assets that underpin destination resilience. Opportunities emerge from geopark branding and learning tourism, whereas risks of commodification and seasonality remain manageable. Integrating Osing values effectively operationalizes geopark principles, aligning cultural and ecological dimensions that advance conservation, education, and local development. Overall, CBT emerges as a strategic pathway for sustainable geotourism and a scalable model rooted in community heritage landscapes.

Islamic religious education plays a vital role in shaping children’s moral and spiritual foundations from an early age, particularly considering that early childhood is a developmental stage characterized by play, imagination, and active exploration. Integrating religious values into meaningful and enjoyable learning experiences is therefore essential. Aisyiyah Singosaren Kindergarten adopts an innovative approach by utilizing Reyog, a traditional art form from Ponorogo, as a pedagogical medium to instill Islamic values in young learners. This article seeks to examine and understand the management of Islamic religious education learning implemented through the integration of local Reyog Ponorogo culture. The study employs a descriptive qualitative method aimed at systematically describing and analyzing the planning, implementation, and evaluation of Islamic religious education at the kindergarten. Data were collected through classroom observations, documentation review, and in-depth interviews with teachers and school administrators. The findings reveal that learning management begins with careful planning aligned with themes, learning objectives, basic competencies, and measurable indicators. Classroom organization, including learning space arrangement and seating design, supports active engagement. Instructional strategies include lectures, dialogic interaction, and demonstrations. Evaluation is conducted through observation, recall activities, and reinforcement to consolidate children’s understanding of Islamic values.

ABSTRACT The migration of Yemenis to Ethiopia in the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly to Gondar, remains a complex and understudied phenomenon. This study examines Italy’s political maneuvers during its occupation, and focusing on the Arab settlers in the Gondar region and the Ethiopia’s relations with the Arab world and local responses to them. Using a qualitative approach based on archival records, diplomatic diaries, reports, and both published and unpublished sources, the research highlights the enduring legacy of colonization. Yemenis migrated to Ethiopia as laborer and trader under Italian sponsorship, fostering marriages and social bonds that facilitated cultural integration. However, after three decades of coexistence, the Eritrean secessionist struggle disrupted these legal communities, and by 1969 and 1970’s many Yemeni migrants began returning to Yemen due to escalating conflict in the Gondar governorate. They also faced discrimination in their homeland based on skin color and language, even after receiving support.

Ethnoscience-based digital learning media in science learning is an innovation that integrates science with local culture. This study aims to identify what digital media are used to integrate ethnoscience, relevant science topics, impact on aspects of learning outcomes, and challenges in implementing ethnoscience-based digital media through a systematic literature review using the PRISMA guide. Of the 271 articles identified, 13 articles were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results of the study show that ethnoscience-based digital media is effective in improving concept understanding, science literacy, science process skills, motivation, environmental literacy and cultural literacy. The integration of local culture in digital media helps students connect science concepts with everyday life, thus creating more relevant and meaningful learning. However, challenges such as limited technological infrastructure, teacher readiness, and student adaptation to digital learning are still major obstacles. Collaboration between educators, educational institutions, and governments is needed to overcome these constraints, by providing adequate training and resources.

Despite advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV remains a significant public health challenge worldwide, particularly in Latin America, where stigma, mental health needs, and social inequities persist. In Chile, although the national HIV law mandates state responsibility for treatment and prevention, structured peer-led strategies for people living with HIV (PLHIV) have not yet been widely integrated into health services, and local evidence on their impact is limited. This Practice Note reviews recent global research on peer support interventions to identify lessons relevant for designing culturally sensitive and sustainable programs in Chile. International studies demonstrate that peer support can improve ART adherence, mental health, social connectedness, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, effective implementation requires careful cultural adaptation, structured training, sustainable funding, and integration into health care systems. Establishing peer support as a core element of HIV care could align with Chile's legal obligations and be incorporated as a minimum competency within hospital and primary care teams. Moreover, life-history research in Latin America is urgently needed to illuminate local experiences and social dynamics that shape the acceptability and effectiveness of peer-led approaches. Practitioners and policymakers should recognize peer support not merely as an optional adjunct but as an essential strategy to humanize HIV care, promote holistic well-being, and help achieve national and global HIV goals. The time has come to translate global evidence into locally meaningful action to ensure that PLHIV in Chile receive comprehensive, person-centered care.

This study aims to explore the effectiveness of implementing BAKU (Good and Strong) culture in Islamic mindfulness therapy as an alternative treatment for anxiety and depression among young Muslims, particularly in the Daarut Tauhiid Bandung environment. The background of this study is based on the high prevalence of mental health disorders, such as anxiety and depression, among Indonesian adolescents, which are exacerbated by the pressures of the digital era and the lack of interventions based on religious and cultural values. The method used is a qualitative phenomenological approach, involving young Muslims who are digitally active and regularly participate in religious activities. Data were collected through in-depth interviews using semi-structured guidelines, then analyzed thematically. The results show that the integration of BAKU culture in Islamic mindfulness practices can improve resilience, psychological well-being, and emotional management skills of young people. This approach is considered more relevant and acceptable because it aligns with the spiritual and cultural values adopted. This study recommends the development of mental health programs based on Islamic mindfulness and local culture as an effective preventive and curative solution for young Muslims in the digital era.

This qualitative study examines mathematics teachers’ understanding and classroom application of cultural context integration in the teaching of geometry. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with eight Ghanaian senior high school mathematics teachers, the study used thematic analysis to interpret participants’ conceptualisations and pedagogical practices. The study employed a phenomenological research design to capture teachers’ lived experiences and understandings of cultural context integration in geometry teaching. The findings reveal that teachers possess a clear theoretical grasp of the approach, viewing it as the incorporation of students’ cultural experiences and artefacts to make learning meaningful, but face challenges translating this understanding into practice due to curriculum rigidity and resource constraints. Teachers who applied the approach employed storytelling, project-based learning and local artefacts such as Adinkra symbols and Kente designs. These practices align with cultural semiotic theory, the three-tier model and radical local theories of learning, affirming that mathematics becomes more engaging and comprehensible when grounded in cultural reality.

The deepening implementation of the cultural-tourism integration strategy has driven the tourism industry’s transformation from a single sightseeing model to a culture-experience and innovation-driven model. This shift imposes higher demands on the “Three Innovation” (innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship) capabilities and local cultural adaptability of applied undergraduate tourism management professionals. As the core vehicle for talent cultivation, the quality of the curriculum system construction directly affects the alignment between talent development and the regional cultural-tourism industry needs. Based on the dual context of cultural-tourism integration and applied undergraduate education, this paper systematically analyzes the practical challenges in constructing a “Three Innovation Integration” curriculum system for local applied undergraduate tourism management programs. Guided by the principles of “local adaptation, cultural-tourism empowerment, Three Innovation synergy, and knowledge-practice integration,” it proposes a four-in-one curriculum framework comprising “basic modules + core integration modules + local characteristic modules + practical application modules.” Specific implementation pathways and safeguard mechanisms are also proposed, providing theoretical support and practical references for local applied undergraduate institutions to optimize tourism management talent cultivation programs and serve the high-quality development of regional cultural-tourism industries.

This study focuses on the role and mechanism of college students’ social practice in the process of technological innovation driving the integration of culture and tourism. Through diverse data sources and qualitative coding analysis strategies, it deeply explores the application level of technological innovation in cultural tourism practices, as well as the integration of culture and tourism and the educational outcomes. The study finds that technological innovation significantly promotes the activation and dissemination of cultural tourism resources, and social practice effectively realizes the tripartite integration of “technological innovation- cultural tourism-education”. A four-dimensional linkage mechanism model of “technology-resources-subjects-value” has been constructed, including the mechanisms of technology embedding, resource reconfiguration, subject linkage, and value realization. This study provides practical insights and suggestions for universities, industries, and governments in the development of cultural tourism integration while also pointing out the limitations and future prospects of the research.

The Ga people of Central Accra (Ga Mashie) have over the centuries incorporated several migrant groups from West Africa and beyond into their fold, including the Afro-Brazilian returnees (Tabon) from Brazil who arrived in the early 19th century. Using a qualitative study that combines historical, in-depth interviews, archival and biographical methods conducted among descendants of the Tabon, the paper argues that the Tabon have over the decades adopted several cultural practices of the host Ga population and have become very well integrated into the society. However, they remain culturally unique and have maintained some key traditional practices that they brought along from Brazil including their music, dances, funerary and religious practices, among others. They have also blended some aspects of their cultural practices with those of the host Ga population. Inspired by Milton Gordon's acculturation theory and the concept of hybridity, the paper highlights the complex processes of a migrant group's acculturation into the dominant host society and indicates that cultural integration should not be regarded as a unilateral process. While some migrant groups may choose to wholly adopt the cultural practices of the host population and become fully integrated overtime, others like the Afro-Brazilian Tabon have developed a hybrid mix of Ga and Tabon cultural practices while at the same time claiming Ga ethnicity. Since the 1960s, the increasing population of new migrants in Accra have contributed to the emergence of groups with numerous cultural influences and multiple identities in a cosmopolitan city.

Research on the acceptance of Chinese traditional music and student cultural identity differences under Chinese and Western music education models.

Enhancing the global reach and pedagogical diversity of online Chinese language education across cultural contexts: Evidence from Anglophone West Africa.

Evaluating digital mental health interventions for Middle East and North Africa children and adolescents affected by armed conflict: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT This study develops and validates the Medical Tourism Motivation Scale (MTMS) to fill the gap in systematic measurement within medical tourism research. Based on the Push–Pull Theory and Health Belief Model, qualitative interviews and Delphi consultations generated an initial item pool, refined and tested through two surveys in China and Southeast Asia ( n = 333; n = 389). Analyses confirmed a reliable five‐factor structure—health beliefs, cost‐effectiveness, convenience, cultural and leisure integration, and risk and assurance. Structural modeling showed motivation significantly predicts behavioral intention ( β = 0.66, R 2 = 0.44). The MTMS enriches theory by linking internal health concerns with external destination attributes and offers practical guidance for targeting health‐sensitive travelers, improving convenience and assurance, and integrating cultural elements.

The mental health consequences of war on children are well-documented, with early research emphasizing the critical role of caregiver presence in mitigating trauma. However, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine presents a novel context, requiring renewed investigation of the differential impact of direct war exposure and displacement on child and adolescent well-being. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 222 participants aged 7-21years from Poland, Ukraine, and displaced Ukrainian populations (March 2024-March 2025, Poland/Ukraine). Depressive and trauma symptoms were assessed using standardized questionnaires. Results showed that trauma symptoms linked to war witnessing varied by gender, country, and hobbies, with displaced children exhibiting the highest co-occurrence of depression and trauma. Engaging in hobbies was associated with fewer and weaker symptoms, suggesting a protective effect. This study underscores the urgent need for preventive mental health interventions targeting children affected by the war. Our findings suggest that displaced children are at particularly high risk for depression, highlighting the importance of early screening and intervention. Specifically, we propose implementing school-based programs in regions hosting refugees that incorporate hobby engagement, trauma-informed care training for teachers and caregivers, and family-based interventions to address cultural integration.

This article analyzes how digital technologies have reconfigured fine-art creation from early computer graphics to contemporary generative AI. It advances a practice-centered periodization that links changing tool affordances to shifts in authorship, originality, distribution, and the political economy of creative labor. Three phases are identified: medium translation (1980–2000), when images became file-based and procedural logics entered artistic craft; platformized networking (2000–2010), when Web 2.0 expanded participation while structuring visibility through interfaces, metrics, and attention regimes; and algorithmic autonomy (2010–present), when GANs and diffusion models made style and composition statistically learnable and widely replicable. The AI phase intensifies long-standing debates by redistributing artistic agency across prompts, model priors, datasets, and post-selection, while deepening dependence on data extraction and platform governance. In response, the article proposes technological humanism as a normative-analytic framework for AI-mediated art: it centers traceable delegation, situated cultural responsibility, and infrastructural transparency as conditions of accountable creation. The paper concludes with operational principles for artists, educators, and museums to evaluate and sustain agency and cultural integrity under algorithmic production.

Digital transformation in higher education is often constrained by the readiness of human resources. This study aims to analyze how military based organizational cultural values, namely discipline, loyalty, and courtesy strengthen the implementation of Dave Ulrich Four Roles of Human Resource model in supporting the transformation toward a Smart Military University. Using a qualitative case study approach at Jenderal Achmad Yani University, data were collected through in depth interviews observations and document analysis. The analysis visualized through a concept map shows that the interaction between the value of discipline and the Administrative Expert role has the highest frequency of references predominantly expressed by respondents from the ICT team and the administrative bureau. These findings indicate that data integrity within digital systems is highly dependent on compliance with established procedures. Meanwhile the value of loyalty emphasized by university leadership serves as the foundation of the Strategic Partner role in executing the institutional vision while courtesy underpins the Employee Champion role in delivering services. This study demonstrates that local cultural values constitute a determining variable for the successful performance of human resource management functions in the digital era.

International Chinese education is entering a transitional stage of deep integration of language and culture. Cultural vocabulary is the core carrier of Chinese cultural connotations and national values, and its teaching quality is directly related to the overall effectiveness of international Chinese teaching, as well as profoundly affecting the actual effectiveness of cross-cultural communication of Chinese culture. This article adopts the literature research method and data analysis method to comprehensively analyze the empirical research results of Yang Lijiao's research group at the School of Chinese Culture, Beijing Normal University. In combination with the 2024 global Chinese education development data of the China National Center for Language Education and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education, it systematically sorts out the teaching status of cultural vocabulary, focuses on analyzing the specific impact and prominent problems of semantic transparency on cultural vocabulary teaching, and then proposes targeted optimization strategies. Research has found that current cultural vocabulary teaching has problems such as outdated textbook content, lack of cultural literacy among teachers, and rigid teaching methods. Differences in semantic transparency have a significant impact on learners' acquisition effectiveness; the acquisition accuracy of high-transparency cultural vocabulary is 31.2 percentage points higher than that of low-transparency ones. This study can provide practical reference for the standardized development of cultural vocabulary teaching in international Chinese education, and assist in the efficient dissemination of Chinese culture overseas.

In the current era of multicultural integration, popular music has injected fresh vitality into traditional Music education with its advantages of being close to life and having strong infectiousness. Based on the policy orientation of the "Compulsory Education Music Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition)" and combined with the research data of the Music education Professional Committee of the Chinese Education Society in 2023 (covering 1,730 middle school students in 12 provinces and cities across the country), this paper explores its core values in activating learning interests, cultivating diverse artistic literacy, and inheriting cultural genes, and analyzes the current problems of insufficient teaching staff and imbalanced content screening in teaching. Based on literature research and case analysis, feasible practical paths are proposed from the dimensions of curriculum optimization, teaching method innovation, and faculty development to help the deep integration of the two and practice the aesthetic education purpose of "educating people through aesthetics". The experiment conducted by Chaoyang District Teaching and Research Center in Beijing shows that scientific integration can raise students' classroom participation rate by more than 40 percentage points, providing solid reference for Music education reform.

This study analyzes the feasibility of tourism projects from economic, social, and cultural perspectives, based on a qualitative, exploratory, and analytical approach. The research relied on bibliographic review and documentary analysis of national and international studies to understand how sustainability principles are integrated into contemporary tourism development. Economic evaluation methods, social inclusion strategies, and cultural preservation mechanisms were examined to identify the conditions that ensure the long-term viability of tourism enterprises. The findings reveal that sustainability in tourism depends on the balanced integration of participatory planning, shared management, and the enhancement of local identities. It was also verified that the effectiveness of public policies and governance models plays a decisive role in the success of sustainable initiatives. The study concludes that the feasibility of tourism projects requires a systemic vision, institutional commitment, and active social participation in order to reconcile economic profitability, social cohesion, and cultural integrity.