Journal of Research in Social Science and Humanities

Humanist Charlotte P. Gilman: An Ecofeminist Logic Viewpoint

Lejla Mušić — Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Herland and with her in our Ourland is Gilman’s adventure composed in arrange to donate clarifications interior the crossing point of ecofeminism and women’s activist practicality. Mary Jo Deegan and Christopher W. Podeschi (2001:19) state that Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a forerunner and maybe an establishment for modern ecofeminism. The hypothesis of these proficient female sociologists is critical for recognising the eco women’s activist logic, eco logic, and natural practicality. Imperative and critical thought, underscored by Podeschi and Deegan (2001:19) are found in articulation by Joanna Macy, that eco women’s liberation speaks to “a radical alter from a millennia-long amnesia as to who we truly are”. The eco woman’s rights are verifiably created and based on writings of women’s activist down-to-earth individuals who were basically female proficient sociologists. These works are once in a while said in conventional sociological reading material, and include works and reports from verifiable periods between 1890-1930-ties. Gilman’s Adventure Herland and with her in Ourland, is “an effective investigation of sex relations which moreover incorporates commentaries on nature and the human connection to nature” (Podeschi & Deegan 2001:20).

A Study of Non-Traditional Security Cooperation Between India and the European Union

Aoyang Liu — Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In today’s world, globalization brings with it a variety of opportunities and challenges, and the intertwining of traditional and non-traditional security threats creates complex challenges to national security. In the face of increasingly complex non-traditional security issues such as climate change, terrorism, and public health incidents, international cooperation has become an important option. India, a country that is rapidly emerging as a significant power in the Indo-Pacific region, has demonstrated its growing economic and military strength, as well as its active involvement in global governance. In this context, the European Union (EU), a unique normative force, has also increased its focus on India in recent years and is actively approaching India. This paper seeks to explore the dynamics of cooperation between India and the EU in the realm of non-traditional security. It delves into the historical background, the current state of collaboration, and the prevailing challenges that lie ahead. The study of non-traditional security cooperation between India and the EU could potentially serve as a valuable reference for the future non-traditional security cooperation between China and Europe and China and India. Additionally, it could contribute to enhancing global non-traditional security cooperation between the North and South.

How Women Construct Emotional Identity and Empower Themselves Through Romantic Mobile Games in China

Ting Chen — Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In contemporary China, Otome mobile games—interactive romance simulations designed for female audiences—have emerged as significant cultural spaces where women engage in emotional self-construction, empowerment, and subjective expression. This paper explores how Chinese women utilize Otome games to articulate emotional resonance, affirm their self-worth through consumption, and navigate new forms of digital intimacy. Far from being mere escapism, Otome games provide an interactive emotional landscape where players exercise narrative authorship, rehearse relational agency, and cultivate emotional self-efficacy. Through monetized engagement, players transform consumption into acts of feminist self-assertion, challenging traditional gender norms and reframing emotional labor as valuable and autonomous. These digital platforms foster communal forms of emotional solidarity, enabling women to collectively reimagine intimacy, desire, and identity in ways that contest both mainstream media representations and entrenched patriarchal structures. By analyzing these dynamics, this study reveals how Otome games serve as profound mediums for cultural negotiation, emotional meaning-making, and the redefinition of female subjectivity within China’s rapidly evolving digital and social landscape.

How Miranda’s Direct Gaze Challenges Narrative Distance in the Contemporary British Sitcom

Sarah Lee — Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This paper examines how Miranda Hart’s use of the direct gaze in the BBC sitcom Miranda (2009–2015) challenges conventional narrative distance and redefines gendered performance in British television comedy. Drawing on theories of intermediality, performativity, and feminist media critique, the essay argues that Hart’s frequent breaking of the fourth wall does more than generate humor—it constructs an intimate, dialogic relationship with the audience that destabilizes the traditional sitcom format. Through textual analysis of recurring phrases (e.g., “Such fun!”), key scenes of physical comedy, and Hart’s embodied self-presentation, the paper explores how the show turns bodily excess, social failure, and romantic awkwardness into tools of feminist subversion. The direct gaze functions not only as a comic device but as a site of narrative authorship and affective solidarity, repositioning the viewer from passive observer to emotional co-conspirator. In doing so, Miranda reimagines the sitcom as a medium for emotional realism, feminist agency, and shared vulnerability.

A Survey on Language Life in Lanxi Under the Rural Revitalization Strategy

Xiaoni Han, Zhouling Xu — Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province, a typical representative of ancient villages in southern China, once faced hollowing out of traditional villages due to urbanization but has since achieved integration of cultural heritage protection and modern industries through the Rural Revitalization Strategy. Field investigations reveal that socioeconomic transformations in villages have triggered profound changes in language life, including: 1) The evolution of linguistic landscapes from single slogans to diversified systems, where official signs, commercial markers, and stone carvings of local elites jointly construct regional cultural narratives; 2) Intergenerational and situational differentiation in communicative codes, manifested as the transition from ‘dialect preservation—bilingual interaction—trilingual service’ (Mandarin, dialect, and English); With the empowerment of digital technology, cultural institutions and residents exhibit high internet dependency, forming new “language + digital” ecosystems such as dialect livestreaming and cultural creative products.

Professional Literacy of College English Teachers in Smart Teaching Environments: Connotations, Challenges, and Development Pathways

Li Zhou — Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The smart teaching environment is fostering a new foreign language education ecosystem and demanding new professional literacy and development pathways for college English teachers. By integrating knowledge structure theory, TPACK theory, policy document analysis, and practical requirements, this paper redefines the connotations of professional literacy for college English teachers within the smart teaching environment. In light of the current state of professional development among college English teachers, it clarifies the challenges faced and proposes development pathways to enhance professional development under such conditions.

Beyond the Drowning Child: Rethinking Moral Urgency Through Singer and the Great Leap Forward

Yuchen Wang — Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Moral urgency commands immediate attention, but it can obscure deeper questions about sustainability and structure. This paper examines the logic behind emergency-driven ethics through Peter Singer’s argument for alleviating global poverty via individual giving. While persuasive in its clarity, this framework risks narrowing moral focus and creating expectations that are difficult to sustain. Using China’s Great Leap Forward as a case study, the paper explores how urgency-centered ethics can produce harm when detached from long-term planning and institutional context. The critique is not of urgency itself, but of its dominance in moral discourse. Drawing on Emerson’s reflections on moral integrity and burnout, the paper proposes an alternative model of responsibility—one that holds space for both immediate compassion and enduring systems of care.