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What Is Happening In The World Today And Why: Humanity’S Evolving Consciousness And The Role Of Archetypal Energies As Guides During An Unfolding Weeding Out And Alignment Process, Carroy U. Ferguson

Psychology Faculty Publication Series

What is happening in the world today and why? Humanity is evolving its consciousness at individual and collective levels. Given these seemingly tumultuous times, as of this writing (January 2026), to make such a statement may sound like a strange thing to say. However, I suggest that if you are alive today and if you are reading these words, these are the very times for which you were born--to assist Humanity as it evolves its consciousness with your unique gifts, whatever they may be. That is, this period of our individual and collective human being-ness may be characterized as an …

Assignment Of Smp And Cmc Vicarages, February 5, 2026, Richard Marrs, Joel Fristche

SMP Call Day

Assignment of SMP and CMC Vicarages, February 5, 2026

Religiosity And Ritual In The Novel Rangsang Tuban By Padmasusastra: Literary Anthropology Study, Anggra Dini, Endang Nurhayati, Suwardi Endraswara

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Rangsang Tuban by Padmasusastra offers a rich portrayal of Javanese social life through its depiction of traditions, religious practices, and ritual activities that shape the narrative and its characters. This study aims to examine the representation of Javanese religiosity and ritual in the novel and to explore its relevance to contemporary society. The novelty of this research lies in its analysis of ritual practices as expressions of Javanese religious syncretism, revealing interactions between formal religions and local spiritual traditions. Employing a qualitative descriptive method within a literary anthropology framework, this study analyzes textual data in the form of selected quotations …

Environmental Graphic Design Of The Great Mosque Ornaments For Strengthening Demak City Branding As The City Of Wali, Agus Setiawan, Ahmad Akrom, Khamadi Khamadi, Khairul Mustaqin, Auria Farantika Yogananti

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study explores the role of Environmental Graphic Design (EGD) derived from the ornamental heritage of the Great Mosque of Demak in strengthening Demak’s city branding as the “City of Wali” (Kota Wali). Motivated by the need for culturally grounded urban identity amid rapid modernization, the research examines how religious and historical visual elements can be translated into contemporary environmental design. The study adopts a descriptive qualitative approach informed by place branding and visual communication theory. Data were collected through field observations, visual documentation, interviews, and a literature review, followed by an analytical process that involved identifying local wisdom, interpreting …

Exploring The Landscape Of Ai In English Language Teaching: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis, Zuliati Rohmah, Aura Bunga Tauhid

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study provides a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in English Language Teaching (AI-ELT), focusing on global research trends, influential authors, and emerging themes from 1986 to 2024. The findings reveal a significant surge in AI-ELT publications since 2019, driven by technological advancements, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the growing integration of adaptive learning systems, natural language processing tools, and AI-driven chatbots. Notably, China leads in research output and citation impact, followed by contributions from Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and the United States, underscoring regional disparities and opportunities for global collaboration. Key trends highlight the dominance of keywords like …

Finding Meaning In A Historical Fiction Of Cold War: A Case Study Of Pamuntjak’S Question Of Red, Margihon Bayu Putra Kaumpungan

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

The Cold War and its legacy in Southeast Asia, has been considered as one of the darkest parts of the region’s history including in Indonesia. Efforts to capture the painful memory of the Cold War had been established through various means including fictional storytelling. Among many literature discussing the dark history of the era, Laksmi Pamuntjak “Question on Red” had its distinctive presence since it was written in English. The utilization of English as a medium opens the door for English speaking readers to be able to dwell into a literature work that is considerably unfamiliar to their cultural context. …

Digital Disruption And Karawitan Recordings: Paradigm Shifts, Aesthetic Challenges, And Opportunities For Cultural Preservation, Iwan Budi Santoso, Bagong Pujiono, Darno Darno

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This article explores how digital recording practices, amid contemporary technological transformation, rearticulate the musical meaning of karawitan, reshape listening experience, and reorganize its modes of cultural circulation. The study is situated within broader scholarly debates on digital mediation, particularly concerning the shifting relationship between recorded sound and the socio-spatial and ritual contexts that have historically constituted karawitan performance. Using a descriptive qualitative case-study approach, the research draws on in depth interviews with musicians (pengrawit), scholars, distributors, and listeners, supported by observations of recording environments, patterns of online circulation, archival sources, and indicators of platform based distribution. The findings indicate that …

Naturalness Of The Translation Of The Quranic Imperative Verses: A Comparative Study, Mohamad Zaka Al Farisi, Tatang Tatang, Mia Nurmala, Shofa Mushtofa Khalid

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

The aspects of translation acceptability are not related only to the accuracy and clarity of the translation. They also cover the naturalness of translation. This study aims to reveal the degree of translation naturalness of the Quranic imperative verses. This evaluative study compares the translations of the verses by the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (MORA) and the one made by Muhammad Thalib (MT). The study used embedded case study research. The findings of the study show that in general, the translations of the verses in the two versions have an acceptable degree of naturalness. However, …

Time And Its Variations, Massira Serhir

Faits de Langue et Société (FLS)

Numerous expressions relating to time underline the intentional character of man for grasping and controlling this phenomenon. However, despite the multiplicity and heterogeneity of these attempts, this notion remains as complex, diverse and often insufficiently defined. Moroccan Arabic offers two types of words of time: those characterized by their semantic uniqueness and others, on the other hand, which enjoy a semantic extension that goes from the most precise, from the most determined to the least determined. The purpose of this analysis is to highlight the impact of the human dimension in the semantic interpretation of linguistic expressions of time in …

Visual Arts In Morocco: Field, Production, Reception, Ratib Soujaa

Faits de Langue et Société (FLS)

Adopting a sociology-of-art perspective, this article examines the formation of the visual arts field in Morocco by linking historical, social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions. It traces the emergence of modern painting during the Protectorate, the institutionalization of training (the Tetouan and Casablanca art schools), successive generations of artists and aesthetic ruptures, and then focuses on mediation (galleries, education, collecting, criticism, the state, and cultural policies). Using the concepts of ‘field’ and ‘mediation,’ the paper highlights relations among producers, specialists, audiences, and holders of cultural/economic capital, as well as structural deficits (museums, professional collectors, sustained programs) that shape visibility and …

Women's Novels In Morocco: A Struggle For Identity And Voice, Rachid El Kourri

Faits de Langue et Société (FLS)

In Morocco, the word « hchouma » which summarizes the stifling mechanisms of a misogynist society explains, in part, the great delay that the writers made before speaking and appropriating the theme of the woman who has remained a long time « Grabbed » by the novelists-men. In the name of the marginalized, submissive and servile woman, the feminine novel often becomes feminist to question the traditions, the conveniences and the customs which make the misery of the woman in « the land of Islam ».

Women In Moroccan Proverbial Discourse, Nadia Ouachene

Faits de Langue et Société (FLS)

Proverbs are part of a community that grants them a symbolic wealth on which is based its values and interests. This kind of oral literature is a cultural testimony representing the memory and the identity of people who created them. In fact, it is a privileged place to discover a large part of the socio-cultural aspects. It is somehow a symbolic guide to culture, and therefore a purely social product. Thus, a review of the corpus of Moroccan proverbs reveals that women have held a prominent place in this kind of oral literature. She is presented as she is rooted …

Discontinuities And Dysfunctions In Verbal Production, Imane Chahdi

Faits de Langue et Société (FLS)

This article outlines the main stages of speech production and inventories the types of errors that can disrupt oral communication, drawing on psycholinguistic research, particularly Eric Keller. It emphasizes that speaking—although seemingly effortless and continuous—relies on complex operations: message conceptualization, lexical selection, semantic and syntactic encoding, phonological and morphological encoding, and articulation. The paper reviews common error types (stuttering, repetitions, pauses, slips of the tongue) and discusses their effects on message transmission. It also shows how such errors provide useful evidence for understanding the organization of the mental lexicon and the mechanisms underlying language processing.

Proverb Translation As Cultural Translation, Rahma Barbara

Faits de Langue et Société (FLS)

This article analyzes the translation of Moroccan Arabic proverbs into French through the lens of cultural mediation. By postulating that « translating a proverb is translating a culture, » we explore the challenges posed by fixed units whose often metaphorical meaning is inseparable from specific sociocultural referents (rites, traditional trades, hagiographic figures). We demonstrate that the success of this operation requires moving beyond simple linguistic transcoding to adopt a semantic and pragmatic reinterpretation, integrating the context of enunciation and extralinguistic realities in order to preserve the identity of the source heritage while making it intelligible to the target reader

Family Serenity, And More Specifically That Of The Mother Invested In Her Daughter’S Upbringing, Seems To Be Achieved Only Once The Latter Is Married, Nora Belgasmia

Faits de Langue et Société (FLS)

This article studies the social transfers engendered by the travel of the individuals: of the village of Kabylia Timeghras, towards the city of east Constantine algerien. Beyond an undeniable sociological reality, there is a woman, who is the central actor of this social transformation. The Kabyle woman left her village is going to adapt himself not without clashes to her new society of reception. The woman is faced with that of the environment of reception, where from the notion of obstinacy and coexistence of a tradition which crumbles off on one side and regenerates of the other one.

Dynamics Of Identity And Trajectories Of Memory: Interdisciplinary Perspectives On Intangible Cultural Heritage And Artistic Creation In The Maghreb, Nadia Kaaouas

Faits de Langue et Société (FLS)

This volume offers a multidisciplinary exploration of social and cultural dynamics in the Maghreb, capturing the tensions between permanence and change. Through a cross-disciplinary approach combining linguistics, anthropology, and aesthetics, the authors analyze the relationship between tradition and modernity through the lens of temporal perception, the evolution of women's status in discourse and literature, and the production mechanisms of visual arts. This reflection highlights the transmission processes of intangible heritage and the emergence of new, sovereign voices within a social space in full transition.

Die Bayerischen Und Österreichischen Dialekte, Lucas Géczi

COD in Lingua

This presentation explores the Bavarian and Austrian dialects of German, focusing on their unique sounds, vocabulary, and grammar. It highlights regional differences, the historical and cultural influences that shaped them, and their role in preserving local identity. The talk also considers how these dialects interact with Standard German in daily life and media.

Ein Gedicht, Maura Macdonald

COD in Lingua

This poem reflects on uncertainty, pain, and hope, exploring the tension between fleeting moments of doubt and the comforting presence of love. The speaker contemplates the passage of days and nights, the weight of sorrow, and the small joys of nature, ultimately finding solace in connection with a loved one. Themes of impermanence, emotional struggle, and the search for meaning are central, capturing a contemplative reflection on time, loss, and intimacy.

Tuktuit: Caribou, William L. Blizek, Monica Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a review of the short film, Tuktuit: Caribou (2026), directed by Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre.

Taga, William L. Blizek, Monica Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a review of the short film, Taga (2026), directed by Jill Marie Sachs.

Together Forever, William L. Blizek, Monica Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a review of the short film, Together Forever (2026), directed by Gregory Barnes.

Student Senate Meeting Minutes February 4, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes for February 4, 2026.

2025-2026 Junior Recital - Liyang Liu (Violin), Li Yang Liu, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Nabil Hetman

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

On The Need Of Pluralism And Common Ground In Sla, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Steven L. Thorne, Soren W. Eskildsen, Marije C. Michel

World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations

Hyperbolic claims that SLA is in crisis (!), that a unifying theory is overdue, or that research must be oriented toward pedagogy have resurfaced once again—most recently in the response by Lantolf et al. (2025) to the Special Issue on Synergies in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLA/T) (Atkinson et al., 2025). Our own position is diametrically opposed to such claims.

Guest Artist Recital: William Jason Raynovich: February 4, 2026, William Jason Raynovich

School of Music Programs

This is the ninety-third program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

February 4, 2026

Wednesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Rethinking Jewish Representation Amid Rising Antisemitism, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

A report on a panel that occurred at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, "Rethinking Jewish Representation Amid Rising Antisemitism: Leveraging Insights from Our Groundbreaking USC “Jews on Screen” Study to Advance Narrative Change," presented by JITC (Jewish Institute for Television & Cinema) Hollywood Bureau.

Paralyzed By Hope: The Maria Bamford Story, Sheila Nayar

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story (2026), directed by Judd Apatow and Neil Berkeley.

The Story Of Documentary Film: Episode 1, “The Beginning", Sheila Nayar

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Story of Documentary Film: Episode 1, “The Beginning" (2026), directed by Mark Cousins.

The Incomer, Sheila Nayar

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Incomer (2026), directed by Louis Paxton.

The Oldest Person In The World, Sheila Nayar

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Oldest Person in the World (2025), directed by Sam Green.