https://www.kathryntoure.net Education, Research, Partnerships Sat, 20 Dec 2025 19:34:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2017/04/23/excellent-paper-in-open-access-journal-on-development-forcesdirections-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2017/04/23/excellent-paper-in-open-access-journal-on-development-forcesdirections-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/#comments Sun, 23 Apr 2017 09:59:37 +0000 admin http://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=1611 This type of territorial structure significantly influences the way the country functions, on a domestic level and also in terms of international relations, both African and non-African. ]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2017/04/23/excellent-paper-in-open-access-journal-on-development-forcesdirections-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/feed/ 0 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2014/07/28/in-this-i-believe-greetings/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2014/07/28/in-this-i-believe-greetings/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 22:13:26 +0000 admin http://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=1263 A cashier at a café at Johnson Country Community College (Kansas, USA), where I spend a few hours most days these days, inspired me to share something I read earlier this year by a friend of a friend. The cashier explained how some people, while they order and pay for their breakfast or lunch or snack with him, chat on their cellphones and toss debit or credit cards at him, never making eye contact or otherwise acknowledging him as a person. An essay by a friend of a friend on the importance of greetings came to mind, and I thought I’d share it. Here goes…]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2014/07/28/in-this-i-believe-greetings/feed/ 0