Tag: Colonialism
Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people...
Chapurukha Kusimba, University of South Florida and David Reich, Harvard University
The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is...
Why Indigenous communities need a seat at the table on climate
Ray Minniecon, NAIITS
There’s growing recognition that Indigenous communities are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate...
Many global charities refrain from ‘poverty porn’ imagery to raise money...
Abhishek Bhati, Bowling Green State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
How commercialization over the centuries transformed the Day of the Dead
Mathew Sandoval, Arizona State University
As a Mexican-American who celebrates Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the...
Tattoos have a long history going back to the ancient world...
Allison Hawn, Arizona State University
While most of us would likely care to forget the pandemic as soon as...
Tattoos have a long history going back to the ancient world...
Allison Hawn, Arizona State University
While most of us would likely care to forget the pandemic as soon as...
What is cultural appropriation, and how does it differ from cultural...
Joshua E. Kane, Arizona State University
Fashion companies are increasingly being taken to task for selling expensive versions of...
How the shadow of slavery still hangs over global finance
Philip Roscoe, University of St Andrews
When the infamous Zong trial began in 1783, it laid bare the toxic relationship between finance and slavery. It...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
