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Taylor Swift gilt als der erfolgreichste Popstar überhaupt. Kulturwissenschaftlich lässt sich das Phänomen damit erklären, dass die Widersprüche der Gegenwart im ‘Taylorverse’ verschmelzen – und dabei…
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Transcript Interviewer 0:02Welcome to sNAPAshots. Conversations with Practicing, Professi…
This field-defining volume of queer anthropology foregrounds both the brilliance of anthropological approaches to queer and trans life and the ways queer critique can reorient and transform anthropology. …
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In celebration of fifty years of Resident Scholars at the School for Advanced Research (SAR), we will share a …
By Ajmal Khan A.T, National Law University of India and Harvard University Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is emerging as one of the major global climate solutions. Currently,…
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By Cristóbal Emilfork, University of California, Davis Not only countries met at the COP. The venue also seemed to be a meeting point for diverse temporalities. As yet…
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