Burning incense | 烧香
One month ago I happened to drop by Basement6 right on time for the opening of a solo exhibition by Shangainese artist 许聪 Xu Cong called Technological Spectacle…
Around the Web Digest- July 31
Hi everyone, hope the first week of August is not beating down on you too hard! Here are your readings for the week. As the 2016 Summer Olympic…
Community Food Literacy
The Community Literacy Journal has just announced the publication of a special issue on “Community Food Literacies.” This journal is available electronically, through Project Muse, but if …
Web Roundup: Polarization on the rise by Maria Cecilia Dedios
This web-roundup looks at the problem of polarization. Several events during the past month have brought the issue to the forefront. As a result, the web was filled…
Things that Make Us
Via The Institute of Making Zoe Laughlin of UCL’s Institute of Making has a new podcast, Things That Make Us. Following the model of Desert Island Discs, each week, Laughlin interviews…
The Summer of Trump: Vulnerability and the Social Contract
Time will tell. Several days ago I went ocean fishing with a friend and colleague. We looked forward to a glorious day out
The Summer of Trump: Vulnerability and the Social Contract
Time will tell. Several days ago I went ocean fishing with a friend and colleague. We looked forward to a glorious day out
For Rio’s Poorest Citizens, Police and Gang Violence Reigns
Protestors in Brazilian favelas—poor neighborhoods in urban areas—have been caught between the police and gangs. Marcos De Paula/Associated Press On the night of June 24, 2013, the street…
Links & Contents I Liked 194
Hi all, Development news: Arms industry does well on refugee and terrorism threats; The hopelessness of Australian refugees in Nauru; hungry children in Northern Nigeria; the future of…
Sport Mega-Events and Global Political Economy
Olympic Games have become the largest international diplomatic and corporate gatherings, write Susan Brownell and Niko Besnier. In May 2015, American and Swiss authorities swooped into the annual…
Expat Etiquette (book review)
One of the overarching aims of my blog is to engage critically and academically with new, different and alternative approaches to writing and communicating ‘development’. I believe that…
The social framing of diagnoses and empathetic listening by Aaron J. Jackson
The account that follows depicts a visit with my neurologist. The visit was one of many within a five-month period of navigating various medical spaces to get to…
Virtual Roundtable: Antonio De Lauri’s response #PoliticalAgency
1. To which extent does the notion of political agency is helpful to understand political change? To some extent, the notion of political agency has been used in…
Review: Two Books on Hunger and Food Security
De Schutter, Olivier. and Cordes, Kaitlin Y. 2011. Accounting for Hunger: The Right to Food in an Era of Globalisation. London/New York: Hart Publishing (288 pp). Timmer, C.…
I Don’t Care What Your Beliefs about Racism Are
In the wake of several brutal and unwarranted police shootings of black men and women, and the subsequent retaliation against innocent police officers, politicians across the country have…
Writing About Violence (Part II)
After nearly three years of eating almost nothing but the watery beans and undercooked rice I was served while conducting research in Brazilian prisons, I couldn’t wait to…
Your Olympic Team May Be an Illusion
While many people get caught up in the nationalistic pageantry of the opening ceremony, the reality of the international sports world today is one of increasingly fluid citizenship…
Interview: Archäologen der Goethe-Uni über Grabdenkmäler
Die „Igeler Säule“, ein bedeutendes römisches Grabdenkmal bei Trier, soll in einem Großprojekt Geschwister bekommen: Rund 1500 weitere Fragmente werden hierfür gesichtet. Die Archäologen P…
Running, Spending and Saving in Japan
Migrant Kenyan athletes must meet the demands of family and prepare for their own futures. All Kenyan medalists in Olympic men’s marathons from 1988 to 2008 have lived…