Tag: Culture
56 Articles
- Society & Culture
Melting and Mining in Greenland: Understanding Arctic Climate Change Through Dialogue with Locals
Introduction Approximately 13.1 million people live in the Circumpolar North. Communities and cultures established throughout the Arctic thousands of years ago have adapted to…
May 29, 2020
- Business & Economics
The Korean Wave
The Korean Wave became a global phenomenon thanks to the prevalence of digital platforms and the persistent efforts of entertainment companies. Until the end of the 2000s, the…
May 26, 2020
- Society & Culture
Investing in the Front Line of the COVID-19 Crisis: Young People as Partners and Leaders
In Chile, for example, a young entrepreneur named Daniela has pivoted her 3-D printing business to produce much-needed PPE components. A young business owner in Canada is…
April 30, 2020
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
Same-Sex Marriage Development in Taiwan: Constitutional Ruling or Putting Equality to A Vote?
The initial challenge to Taiwan’s Civil Code was by activist Chi Chia-wei, whose application to register a marriage with his partner in 2013 was denied. In a ground-breaking…
April 29, 2020
- Society & Culture
Troll Politics
The Trolls Are Everywhere Medieval Iceland has one of the most significant literary heritages of Europe, including a wide variety of prose texts in the vernacular. These…
April 22, 2020
- Dialogues
Dr. Victor Cha on China and the NBA
GJIA: In the lecture, you mentioned China is practicing “Predatory Liberalism.” Could you explain what that is? VC: “Predatory liberalism” is essentially the idea…
April 6, 2020
- Society & Culture
The Ties that Bind: Tribes and Borders in the Gulf
The non-ruling Dawasir tribe, for instance, helped determine the “line in the sea” between Bahrain and Qatar. Eighty years ago, the broken boat of a Dawasir tribesman was…
February 28, 2020
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
Are LGBTQ Human Rights in Uganda a Lost Cause?
Uganda was not always the extremely homophobic country it has transformed into. It first gained international notoriety in 2009 when David Bahati, a member of the Ugandan…
February 27, 2020
- Society & Culture
Alcohol Policies in Australia: Indigenous Activism and International Blueprints
A significant dimension of the WHO definition of alcohol policy is the suggestion that such “authoritative decisions” and measures to limit health or social harm may be made,…
February 14, 2020
- Student Review
The Intersection of Poetry and U.S.-Mexican Border Affairs in Natalie Scenters-Zapico’s “Lima :: Limón”
Natalie Scenters-Zapico writes about her recounts. In a 2015 interview with Blue Mesa Review, when asked if she thinks of an ideal reader while writing, Scenters-Zapico, …
January 23, 2020