Society & Culture

The 1997 hijab ban in Türkiye left lasting effects on Muslim women’s psychological, social, and religious identities, shaping their experiences across academia, bureaucracy, and politics. Evidence from interviews…

This article advances the idea that teaching children their mother tongues and learning adjacent national languages offers better prospects for consolidating nation-building and contributing to cultural preservation. Kenya’s case illustrates…

Despite the non-political positioning of its organizing body, the European Broadcasting Union, the Eurovision Song Contest plays an important role in shaping how the public imagines and understands ideas of…

Inuit across the Arctic have long witnessed dramatic environmental changes in their homelands. Their observations, deeply embedded in their relationship with the land and water, offer critical insights…

This article discusses gender trolling in China’s media culture, exploring the tension between feminist activism, digital platforms, and state ideologies. It highlights how the growing digital manosphere and exclusionary feminist…

Football is one of the mirrors through which Spanish political polarization can be better understood. Despite the best efforts of political parties based in Madrid to construct a narrative that…

The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe exposed unexpected ties between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Unification Church, a global religious organization founded in South…

The Maijuna-Kichwa Regional Conservation Area (MKRCA), collaboratively managed by local Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, exemplifies conservation success. However, the area is under threat by a proposed highway development…