Tag: Culture
56 Articles
- Society & Culture
WeChat’s Potential for Social Activism and Civic Action in the Chinese Diaspora
This year, two Chinese social media platforms have become pawns in the ongoing technological and trade war between the United States and China. One is TikTok, a video-sharing…
December 10, 2020
- Society & Culture
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
- Human Rights & Development
PART II: A Call for Collective Punishment: LGBTQ in Post-Conflict Chechnya
How then should policymakers, activists, and scholars weigh the policy options? The main question is not whether human rights should be promoted in the region, but how? Stress on…
September 11, 2020
- Society & Culture
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
- Human Rights & Development
PART I: A Call for Collective Punishment: LGBTQ in Post-Conflict Chechnya
A useful lens for analyzing the current regime in Chechnya is to reflect upon the wave of violent detentions of LGBTQ that began with allegations in the Russian newspaper, Novaya…
September 4, 2020
- Uncategorized
Wilson’s Imperial Internationalism
In a remarkable about-turn, Princeton University recently decided to remove the name of Woodrow Wilson, twenty-eighth President of the United States (1913-1920) and President of…
August 19, 2020
- Society & Culture
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
- Society & Culture
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
- Society & Culture
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
- Forum
Climate Change’s Disproportionate Impact on Women: Agricultural Workers in South Africa
Impact on Women in South Africa’s Agricultural Workforce Recent weather events across South Africa, such as the 2019 droughts, the worst in thirty-five years for some regions…
July 19, 2020