Category: Society & Culture
112 Articles
- Society & Culture
Domein Verklaring: Colonial Legal Legacies and Community Access to Land in Indonesia
Exactly 150 years since the passing of transformative agrarian laws by the Dutch colonial government in 1870, the now-independent Republic of Indonesia is still grappling with…
November 25, 2020
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Uncertain Days for Scholars as Sino-U.S. Tensions Rise
In July, the Trump administration outlined plans to end the Fulbright program academic exchanges with China and Hong Kong. The move was one of several ways in which cultural…
September 28, 2020
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Water Politics and the Human Geographies of the Aral Sea Crisis
It is impossible, of course, to discuss the desiccation of the Aral Sea without acknowledging its anthropogenic origins in the excessive diversion of water from the Amu Darya and…
September 18, 2020
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Take the Redpill: Understanding the Allure of Conspiratorial Thinking Among Proud Boys
To understand the Proud Boys, it is important to understand one of the primary stages of their recruitment, “taking the redpill.” The redpill is the gateway into the…
September 7, 2020
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PART II: Encounters of Humans and Hidden Powers in Sacrosanct Places
Some claim that education, technological progress, and a scientific worldview slowly uproot the supernatural. However, arguments about the veracity of folklore do not get us very…
August 6, 2020
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The Republican People’s Party (CHP) is Complicit in the Erosion of Democracy in Turkey
Founded in 1919 by Turkey’s founding father Mustafa K. Ataturk as “the party of the state,” the CHP self-identifies as the social democratic party of the future with its…
August 6, 2020
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PART I: Encounters of Humans and Hidden Powers in Sacrosanct Places
For centuries, Icelanders observed a set of rituals and rites in their relationships with certain hidden beings, often called elves (pl. álfar, s. álfur) or hidden people (pl.…
July 30, 2020
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Law 3.0: A Conversation for the New Decade
However, with the progressive industrialization of the common law world, and with its countries becoming ever more technologically sophisticated, Law 1.0 was joined and partially…
July 21, 2020
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The Bougainville Referendum: From Holy War to Renewal?
For Bougainvilleans, the future of Bougainville depends on the outcome of this referendum and its ratification by Papua New Guinea (PNG). Envisioned as a break with the recent…
July 20, 2020
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Redefining Justice: How Local Perspectives of Genocide Memory Inform Policy and Practice in Rwanda
Redefining Justice The early transitional Rwandan government decided first to arrest and punish suspected perpetrators in international, national, and local courts. Other justice…
June 12, 2020