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DOOR VIVIAN MAC GILLAVRY De aarde moesten we verlaten. Na de exponentiële groei van de wereldbevolking in de jaren 80 van de …
Pathways for the Post-COVID New Old World
Part 5 of 5 of the COVID-19 Series. Some are openly proclaiming, “you don’t want to waste a crisis,” as they calculate …
From 9/11 to 2008 and COVID-19: Signs and Wonders of a Collapsing Global (Dis)order
Part 1 of 5 of the COVID-19 Series lasting from April 26 through April 30. Corona—meaning: a crown. Travelling around the world, …
Girls, Groupies, and Grim Reapers: The Religious Politics of Mass Response
Following a week at the UN and ensuing climate change “protests” (state-sanctioned, party-approved, media-praised, university-endorsed, “protests”), in which we were yet agai…
Living with the End
By Peter Versteeg Recently Chris Cornell, singer of the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, died. Soundgarden is probably best known for their early …
Zombies, Zombies, Everywhere
Our love affair with zombies has lasted at least a decade, if not more (28 Days Later came out in 2002!). And …
Untimely Ends and the Pandemic Imaginary by Christos Lynteris
It was one of those typical late spring afternoons in Beijing, when the desert sand blowing from the North begins to give …
anthro in the news 10/19/2015
source: The Independent Muslim refugees and culture talk The Independent (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) carried an article about Canada’s failure to …
Would Artificial intelligence become strong enough to be a concern? An Anthropologist’s view
Recently there has been some robust progress in AI (Artificial Intelligence), with some scientists even successfully uploading the mind of a roundworm into …