OAR@պ Community: /library/oar/handle/123456789/697 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:18:07 GMT 2026-09-17T01:18:07Z The fertility rate in social context /library/oar/handle/123456789/149184 Title: The fertility rate in social context Abstract: In this opinion piece, I look beyond Malta’s record-low fertility rate and ask what lies behind it. Having children is deeply personal, but our choices are also shaped by housing, employment, relationships, values, aspirations, work-life balance and wider social circumstances. I also discuss individualisation, migration, social rights and the role of family policy. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/149184 2026-09-06T00:00:00Z Niftakru biex nifhmu /library/oar/handle/123456789/149156 Title: Niftakru biex nifhmu Abstract: Kull komunit għandha jibqgħu jkunu mfakkra, mismugħa u l-istejjer tagħha. Xi wħud mgħixha. Jinsabu miktuba fil-kotba u fid-dokumenti, oħrajn jinżammu fil-memorji tan-nies, fir-ritratti tal-familja, fil-festi, fil-każini u fil-laqgħat ta' kuljum. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/149156 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Vuċijiet mill-Bajja ta' Marsaskala /library/oar/handle/123456789/149154 Title: Vuċijiet mill-Bajja ta' Marsaskala Abstract: Kif jiftakru n-nies il-Bajja ta' Wied il-Għajn? Liema bidliet fil-pajsaġġ baqgħu mnaqqxa fil-memorja, u liema ntesew maż-żmien? L-attivitajiet tas-sajf, it-tifkiriet tat-tfulija, l-għajxien li darba kien marbut direttament mal-baħar u l-għeliqi, u pajsaġġ li Ilum jista' jinftiehem biss permezz tal-memorja u ftit immaġinazzjoni, kollha jagħmlu parti mill-memorja kollettiva ta' dan il-post. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/149154 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Alphonso Lingis and the question of environmental responsibility /library/oar/handle/123456789/149109 Title: Alphonso Lingis and the question of environmental responsibility Authors: Young, Niki Abstract: In this paper, I situate Alphonso Lingis’s work within eco-phenom enology by showing how his ontological realism locates ethical demands directly within sensibility through a critical expansion of Levinas’s ethic of the “face” to non-human entities. Through the concepts of the elemental, the sensory levels it gives rise to, as well as the imperative, I demonstrate how Lingis views moral responsibility as scalable from an individual bird to an entire ecosystem. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/149109 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z