Social Media and PeacebuildingThis is a short entry from the evolving Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. You can also download a pdf version or access the (gated)…
Valerie Olson talks about why the idea of outer space as a “frontier” is giving way to one that frames it as a cosmic ecosystem. Olson is an…
Während der Proteste in Hongkong im Sommer 2019 hat sich nicht nur eine spezielle Kommunikation über private Chatgruppen entwickelt, sondern auch eine besondere Art der Protestkunst. Die Plakate…
De internasjonale klimaforhandlingene har gått i stå, og mange stater inkludert Norge er langt fra å realisere internasjonale forpliktelser og nasjonale målsettinger om reduksjon av klimagasser. Regje…
Dr. Cassie Smith-Christmas is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Fellow at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where she is currently undertaking a project centred on the linguistic experiences…
Rita Kesselring’s important book Bodies of Truth: Law, Memory, and Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Stanford University Press, 2017) seeks to understand the embodied and everyday … Visit…
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Book Prize! After months of work, the APLA Book Prize committee…
Introduction Power is in the air we breathe, and no matter where we are there are always individuals with more power over others. In “An anthropology of structural…
“She likes it in here,” he said. “Sometimes I have to catch the eggs so they don’t roll onto the floor.”
Made in the shape of animals, these baby bottles, found in Austria, were constructed during the Late Bronze Age. Enver-Hirsch/Wien Museum This article was originally published at The Conv…
In my research I have argued that rising global inequality is driven in large part by power imbalances in the global economy, in that rich countries have…
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Henriette Vogel The point of departure of my fieldwork and the cornerstone of my future Master’s thesis is an event of a…
In den Debatten um das Erbe des Kolonialismus schrillen die Alarmglocken, wenn die Kolonialherrschaft nicht ohne Wenn und Aber verurteilt wird. Doch statt darüber zu diskutieren, ob solche…
Ein Essay von Milena Rabe 1. Dein Essay in einem Satz:Mein Essay gibt Einblick in den Einfluss, den Medien auf Stadterzählungen und das Lebensgefühl seiner Bewohner_innen nehmen können…
I’ll show you a place, high on a desert plain / Where the streets have no name … —U2, The Joshua Tree, 1987 I recently flew over two…
Det er byene, ikke nasjonale myndigheter, som er mest ambisiøse i møte med klimakrisen. En rekke av de mest ‘klima-radikale’ ordførerne globalt samlet nærmere 2 000 deltakere i…
In Higher Education and Social Inequalities, Richard Waller, Nicola Ingram and Michael R.M. Ward bring together contributors to explore and evidence how university admissions, experiences and outcomes…
Gjesteinnlegg av Randi Narvestad, forsker ved Institutt for arkitektur og planlegging, NTNU På Storbykonferansen 2019 (30. – 31. oktober) arrangeres to sesjoner om alternative boligløsninger. De…
Group photo at Oregon Food Bank Farms Joan Gross Oregon State University I spent two very intense weeks at the end of September leading the lntercultural Learning Community…
Vi människor föds med en dragning till andras ögon. En tänkbar förklaring är att förälder och barn ska skapa starka känslomässiga band till varandra. Det sägs att de…
Gjesteinnlegg av Kristin Reichborn-Kjennerud, forsker, Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet (AFI), OsloMet Det er mye prat om den SMARTE byen. Ifølge FN vil 68 % av verdens befolkning bo i urbane områder…
On Henry Jenkins’ blog, he interview Morgan Ames about the One Laptop Per Child project. With Jenkins’ permission, I am re-posting the interview here (but see the…
Der Begriff „Neoliberalismus“ hat eine wechselhafte Geschichte hinter sich und wird im heutigen öffentlichen Diskurs allzu oft mit zahlreichen Malaisen in Verbindung gebracht, die um das komplexe Prob…
Development initiatives focused on menstrual health and sanitary pads in Southern countries actually disempower women as knowers and innovators.