By Civic Media Observatory
In this edition, we explore a narrative shared by Grupo Xcaret and the Gran Consejo Maya de Quintana Roo that presents Mayan symbols and identities as a trademark.
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By Haojin Zhou, Doctoral Researcher in Sport Policy and Governance, Loughborough University
Mathew Dowling, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Loughborough University
FIFA can pause the match and sell the spectacle, but the 2026 World Cup shows the limits of its control over global football.
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By Ravindra Jayaratne, Reader in Coastal Engineering, University of East London
Earthquakes still arrive without warning. That is the hard truth scientists have been forced to accept, despite a decade of advances in artificial intelligence, satellite monitoring and dense seismic networks.
We are getting better at detecting earthquakes once they start. We are now better at estimating the damage they may cause. But we still can’t predict the exact time, place and size of a future earthquake.
That…
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By Steven Howard, Senior Academic Research Leader in Child Development and Education, University of Oxford
There are ways to help children better self-regulate their own digital activity and prepare for the digital demands in their future.
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By Christopher Lynch, Head of the Finney Music Library, University of Pittsburgh
A late-19th century campaign spearheaded by Foster’s brother sought to elevate him into the pantheon of American cultural heroes, even as his sympathies tended to lie with the pro-slavery South.
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By Catherine Simpson Bueker, Professor of Sociology, Emmanuel College
Twenty-five years ago, I attended a Fourth of July parade in Boston that has stuck with me.
The head drummer of the colonial fife and drum band was a Black man in a Revolutionary War costume, his dreadlocks peeking from under a powdered wig. As the parade stopped to lay a wreath at the Granary Burying Ground where founding fathers John Hancock and Samuel Adams are buried, a man placed a small stone on the memorial, a Jewish tradition of remembrance. A woman in a colorful sari marched alongside the…
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By Lauren Mullenbach, Assistant Research Scientist in Environmental Justice, University of Michigan
Data center projects continue to generate controversy around the country. In part, that’s because a variety of different groups have competing interests – some in favor of them, some opposed and others with no direct view on data centers themselves, but with concerns that relate to aspects of data center operations and effects.
As a scholar of environmental justice and urban land use, I’ve seen these various conflicting forces at work in Michigan. More…
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By Brian Bossak, Professor of Public Health, College of Charleston
A public health researcher explains the signs to watch for that someone is developing heat exhaustion or heat stroke, and what to do.
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By Gemma Stacey, Professor of Health and Care System Resilience, Nottingham Trent University
Emma Ireton, Associate Professor, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University
The Ockenden Review painted a deeply troubling picture of maternity care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. It confirmed what families, NHS staff and previous reviews had been saying for years: not isolated mistakes but long-running failures across the service.
The Nottingham review examined the experiences of more than 2,500 families, more than 2,500 case reviews and engagement with over 800 current and…
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By Bharadaz Uday Hazarika
An off-the-cuff remark in India’s highest court triggered something no one had planned for: Within days, millions of young Indians were publicly calling for changes and reforms and creating impacts.
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