Training and working with a guide dog both take place largely on the move, in public spaces, on the way to the next destination. Trainers, puppy raisers, and visually impaired handlers travel many miles with the dog, ...

In the paper, I undertake the problem of conducting research of the borderland of former Galicia and the Kingdom of Poland on the example of the project I carried out at the turn of 2021 and 2022. Because of the complexity ...

Poetry in qualitative research is not yet widely recognized as a scientifically legitimate method for collecting and representing data in empirical studies. However, the assumption of a contradiction between scientific ...

As we sit at the precipice of this planet’s sixth mass extinction event, we need to use every tool at our disposal to advocate for our ecologies. Human self-interest and anthropocentric thinking act as barriers to communicating ...

This article applies the concept of heterotopia as developed by Michel Foucault to cozy aesthetics in JRPGs. After introducing the concept of heterotopia and its six key principles, the term JRPG is briefly reflected upon. ...

What motivates cruelty against video game characters designed to be friendly? Using human-to-NPC interactions within the game Animal Crossing: New Horizons as a case study, this paper seeks to define what aspects of a cozy ...

Cozy games can be thought of both as indoctrination into, and escapism from, anxieties caused by neoliberal ideology underpinning the late-capitalist apparatus championing productivity, progress, and quantifiable result ...

The purpose of the article is to compare the development of several Islamic banks and conventional banks operating in the UK in 2014–2021. A statistical method of linear ordering of objects characterized by several variables, ...