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Through a decolonial approach, this study questions the concept of postethnicity, proposed by David Hollinger, arguing that Hollinger’s vision of a rooted cosmopolitanism – a globally connected society built on shared values – is based upon narrow ‘universal’ values which solely align with Western standards. Decolonial critics like Walter D. Mignolo, in return, advocate for a ‘pluriversal’ world where multiple perspectives and voices coexist without being subsumed under a dominant Western narrative. The study uses two novels, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun and Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, to illustrate this debate. It argues that Ishiguro’s novel, while exploring universal themes, is ultimately rooted in a Western ethnocentric perspective, reflecting a zero-point view where Western paradigms are presented as global patterns. On the other hand, Roy’s novel is situated in India, addressing local issues and challenging Western standards. The study concludes that Ishiguro’s approach at best leads to rewesternization – a reassertion of Western perspectives even while attempting to move beyond them, while Roy’s by integrating indigenous traditions, individual and local singularities, and global issues, contributes to the decolonization of Western paradigms advocating a pluriversal world where multiple voices are valued.

The purpose of this study was to provide a long-term plan for developing the basketball at university of Isfahan, Iran. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used to collect and analyze the research data. Interviews and expert council meetings were used to collect the research data. The research participants included university basketball experts and coaches. Experts were purposefully selected to reach the theoretical saturation (16 experts).  The research instrument was an open questionnaire. The logical induction method was used to analyze the required data in the quantitative part of the situation assessment and strategic action matrix. To analyze the required information, the Strategic Position and Action Assessment Matrix (SPACE) and the Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) were used in the quantitative part, and the logical inductive method was used in the qualitative part. The strategic approach of the basketball based on the situation assessment matrix and strategic action was placed in the offensive position. In general, managers can use the present programs to set the major goals as the priorities and provide the conditions for achieving the determined goals in developing university basketball.

Compilation and approval of the transformation and excellence document of Islamic Azad University and emphasizing the transformational turn from cultural and educational inefficiency to an educational, cultural and identity community in the document and emphasizing the role of influencers in this transformation, adopting a strategic and management model in line with creating a platform for education and has put social education in front of Islamic Azad University. In this regard, this article, which has been written by using a qualitative approach based on documentary studies and extracting statistical data from monitoring and buffer systems, aims to answer the question that the application of culture gardening model in Azad University How has Islamic been able to increase the role of influencers and reduce tenure in this university and in the process of social education? The results and findings of the present applied research, which is based on the evaluation and comparison of the influence status of student institutions (centers, Islamic organizations of academics and publications) in The cultural achievements of the academic years 2021-2022 and 2023-2024 have been obtained, indicating the increasing role of the influence pole of student institutions in units of the Islamic Azad University and the reduction of tenure in this university, as this will provide the basis and necessary arrangements for the realization of the ministry stage in the process of social education and training. The entry of students into the field of participation and responsibility and special attention to their agency in cultural programs has been provided