Using art to tackle air pollution: a story from a Nairobi slum
Air pollution is recognised as a major threat to human health worldwide. Nine out of ten people breathe polluted air, resulting in 7million premature…
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Ancient Tattooing in Polynesia: World’s oldest toolkit found in Tonga
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How inequality shapes your experience of a heatwave
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Cambodia: A Forgotten Generation
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How black slaves were routinely sold as ‘specimens’ to ambitious white doctors
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The World’s Most Delicious Heritage: An Interview with Grandmas Project founder Jonas Pariente
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The Museum Of Broken Relationships
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Dougie Wallace interview: Road Wallah – a requiem to Mumbai’s cab drivers in photos
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How to assess political stability? Follow the bread path
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Surviving climate change means transforming both economics and design
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Gurus, gas attacks and pubic hair: the strange history of Japan’s new religions
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A Journey to Nowhere
By Alex Ehrenreich Kyoko Fujiwara is coming back to Gunma. This mostly overlooked prefecture of Japan, smack in the middle of the main island…
Why Berlin needs techno to avoid becoming just another city
Gentrification, it’s all well and good in principle: improving areas with renewal and rebuilding. But it can also have a pretty dark side with…
Saving a Sinking Jakarta
According to Fakhrurozi, 40% of Jakarta lies below sea level. He should know, too: he’s the head of Water Resources for Jakarta’s Public Works…
Preview: Festifest 2019
Where: Noordelicht Cafe, NDSM Plein, Amsterdam Noord When: 1 June, 2019 1 PM – 11 PM At Bizarre Culture, summer hasn’t officially kicked off…
Go vegan because capitalism exploits animals, not because eating them is wrong
With veganism on the rise and entire supermarket aisles now dedicated to veggie and vegan food ranges, it’s a good time to consider what…
How African American folklore saved the cultural memory and history of slaves
All over the world, community stories, customs and beliefs have been passed down from generation to generation. This folklore is used by elders to…
Humans now drive evolution on Earth, both creating and destroying species
When scientists examine the impact of humans on the planet, the focus is mainly on the extinction of species. But increasingly researchers are looking…
Death and Extinction of the Bees
Scientists have recently reported that mass extinctions of marine animals may soon be occurring at alarmingly rapid rates than previously projected due to pollution, rising water…
Can eating less meat really tackle climate change?
With the food system accounting for up to a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, anything that reduces its impact will make a big…
Who are the Women of Quiverfull?
“Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full…
The last time Earth was this hot hippos lived in Britain (that’s 130,000 years ago)
It’s official: 2015 was the warmest year on record. But those global temperature records only date back to 1850 and become increasingly uncertain the…
Egypt, Tourism and Political Unrest
Home to one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Egypt has long been a destination on many bucket lists. The magnificent Egyptian…
A Means of Suppression and Expression: The Walls of Bethlehem, Palestine
Bethlehem, located in the Palestinian Territories, is an inherently religious city. Its name connotes the Bible and Christianity for many, but the reality of…
Beyond Hashtags: How a New Wave of Digital Activists is Changing Society
Digital activism has transformed political protest in the last two decades. Smartphones and the internet have changed the way political events, protests and movements…
In the middle of Middle Eastern conflict: visiting Israel and the West Bank
This article is about my trip to Israel and the West Bank. I usually feel the need to put humour in my writing – I’m that kind…
A prison called Gaza: new book offers a startling insight into everyday life in the territory
“A place of spacious dimensions, and large population, with fine bazaars. It contains numerous mosques, and there is no wall around it.” To the…
The ‘floating people’ of Myanmar: how Rohingya refugees reclaim their identity through art and song
The Moghs [the Rakhine people of Myanmar] refer to us as ‘floating people’ as we do not have citizenship in our country. My grandfather,…
What Iranian women want: rights, jobs and a seat at the table
Issues affecting women were conspicuously absent from Iran’s 2017 presidential election. That’s unless one finds useful the leading conservative candidate Hojjat al-Islam Ebrahim Raisi’s…
Greenland: how rapid climate change on world’s largest island will affect us all
The largest wildfire ever recorded in Greenland was recently spotted close to the west coast town of Sisimiut, not far from Disko Island where…