Vor fast genau zwei Jahren berichtete ich an dieser Stelle über die damals als vergleichsweise “großzügig” geltende Asylpolitik Schwedens. Das skandinavische Land war eines der Hauptziellä…
Dr. Ippolytos Kalofonos Source: Peggy McInerny/UCLA As a pre-med major at UC San Diego studying biochemistry, Ippolytos Kalofonos discovered his future career while listening to a guest lecturer…
Wrinkles can signify individuality, maturity, and other benefits of age and experience. So why do we hate them? Shaw Nielsen/SAPIENS I have had a wrinkle epiphany, prompted by…
This contemporary moment begs the question: what is a fact? And how do facts circulate? These questions are historical cornerstones in the study of the production of knowledge,…
This morning I put on my gym clothes, hopped in my car and to drove to my local Jewish Community Center (JCC) for a Monday
This morning I put on my gym clothes, hopped in my car and to drove to my local Jewish Community Center (JCC) for a Monday
This morning I put on my gym clothes, hopped in my car and to drove to my local Jewish Community Center (JCC) for a Monday
This morning I put on my gym clothes, hopped in my car and to drove to my local Jewish Community Center (JCC) for a Monday
In the past four weeks, Romania has witnessed some of the biggest protests in the post-communist era. Hundreds of thousands of people in cities across the country took…
I just sent in a review of Chris Newfield’s The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them to LATISS. The book’s out already; the review should be…
image: slide with text: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, University of Washington DECOLONIZING SCIENCE BY RECONSTRUCTING OBSERVERS, with embedded image of racist phenotype comparisons of “Irish Iberian,” “An…
Mit einem kurzen Leserbrief haben wir den Beitrag von Zwetelina Ortega (21.02.2017) zum internationalen Tag der Muttersprache gewürdigt. Hier der Originalkommentar zum Nachlesen: derstandard Sehr geeh…
Multiculturalism. Source; True Tube U.K. assault on multiculturalism The Huffington Post published an article by Paul Stoller, professor of anthropology at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. St…
My most recent article is now out at the Journal of Environmental Management. At least for a time, it is free to download by clicking here. The ideas…
How does the financialization of life itself figure as a new means of producing value in modern technoscience? That is the question that motivated Kirk Fiereck to convene…
Since 2014 the AAA has been hosting regular webinars that are free for anyone to view. You can join in the conversation live, and importantly, catch the lecture/…
An imaginary conversation with the Labour leadership. Me: “Was it right to push your MPs to vote for Brexit with no conditions attached? None of your amendments have…
The Pinkster King and the King of Kongo: The Forgotten History of America’s Dutch-Owned Slaves (University Press of Mississippi, 2016) presents the history of the nation’s forgotten Dutch…
Die chinesische Regierung plant die Einführung eines landesweiten Bewertungssystems für ihre Bürger. Mithilfe von Daten soll persönliches Betragen und Kreditwürdigkeit ermittelt werden, wobei Musterbü…
Die chinesische Regierung plant die Einführung eines landesweiten Bewertungssystems für ihre Bürger. Mithilfe von Daten soll persönliches Betragen und Kreditwürdigkeit ermittelt werden, wobei Musterbü…
The forces arrayed against Donald Trump’s presidency in the US could soon encompass most of the world once Trump’s climate change threats meet resistance.
by Tim Perkin Agbogbloshie is an area of Accra, Ghana’s capital, which has become a graveyard for global electronic waste (e-waste). In light of its structural adjustment after…
Who can believe that it’s almost Spring – where did the time fly?! At Allegra we just realized that we never paused to reflect on all that 2016…