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Now is the summer of our discontent: memes, national identity and the globalisation of rage
Memes may be all the rage in these heady days of digital trending, but they’re not a new thing. Ever...
How kitsch consumed the world
What is the predominant aesthetic of the twenty-first century? According to sociology professors Rut...
Bridges and roads in north
Kherepe Meme gestures with her hand animatedly. She vividly remembers and describes the Great Assam...
China’s ‘sponge cities’ aim to re
Asian cities are struggling to accommodate rapid urban migration, and development is encroaching on...
Twin earthquakes expose Mexico’s deep inequality
Early in the morning on Sept. 16, 1810, priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the bell of his church...
Why we love (and fear) mummies
Somewhere in Iraq, the tomb raider Nick Morton (a never-ageing Tom Cruise) flies over the desert. Th...
Riding the Goddamn Elephant
A. S. Hamrah ,March 9, 2023 Riding the God...
Our 24/7 economy and the wealth of nations
This article is the third in our series, Globalisation Under Pressure, on what the changing nature o...
To conserve forests, we need to think beyond current ideas of integration or segregation
Deforestation has historically been the price of development, but the world is now going through a f...