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      Critical discourse analysis guided topic modeling

      A novel Critical Discourse Analysis Guided Topic Modeling method brings the context of social structures and processes in the analysis of topics

      Agency and injustice in Sierra Leone and South Sudan

      Complex silences and artistic practices are among unconventional sites of agency through which conflict-affected individuals navigate continuities of injustice from formal transitional justice shortcomings

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