By Susan A. Kaplan, Professor of Anthropology, Director of Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Bowdoin College
Genevieve LeMoine, Curator, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Bowdoin College
Greenland’s inhabitants call it Kalaallit Nunaat, or land of the Kalaallit. It is an Indigenous nation whose relatively few people now mostly govern themselves.
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By Janine Dixon, Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
Jason Nassios, Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
A proposal to change the mix of company taxes would lead to higher national income over time by collecting more from foreign investors.
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By Mary Bushell, Clinical Associate Professor in Pharmacy, University of Canberra
Fish oil, also known as omega-3, is one of the most popular dietary supplements. It’s often promoted to protect the heart, boost mood, reduce inflammation and support overall health.
But how much of this is backed by science, and when might fish oil supplements actually be worth taking?
A long history
People have been taking oils from fish for centuries.…
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By Neha Lalchandani, Research Fellow, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University, Deakin University
Packing lunchboxes everyday can seem like a thankless and impossible task. It needs to be healthy, low waste … and something your child will actually eat.
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By Anna Clark, Professor in Public History, University of Technology Sydney
Swimming at the beach was largely banned in Australia until the early 19th century – but now, it’s intrinsic to our national identity.
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By Matt Absalom, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies, The University of Melbourne
If you watch American cooking shows, you’ve likely experienced “salad confusion”. You see a chef preparing what looks like rocket, but they call it arugula.
It’s the same plant (Eruca sativa). It has the same peppery bite. So why do English speakers use two completely different names?
The answer isn’t just a quirk of translation. It is a linguistic fossil record revealing the history of Italian migration.
The name you use tells us less about the vegetable and more about who…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Women demonstrate during a protest organized by the Italian feminist movement "Non Una di Meno" on September 28, 2022, in support of the right to abortion in Turin, Italy. © 2022 Mauro Ujetto/NurPhoto via AP Italy’s new draft law on sexual violence represents a serious step backward from a consent-based approach to addressing sexual abuse. Rather than consolidating consent as the basis for assessing sexual violence, the revised text shifts the burden back onto victims, requiring them to demonstrate explicit denial of consent for an act to be considered sexual assault.This…
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By Alan Hirsch, Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
South Africa has a new draft white paper on immigration, citizenship and refugees. This, the fourth in three decades, represents a step change from the previous efforts. It is a genuine attempt to develop an efficient but humane set of policies.
Based on my work on migration over two decades, I am convinced that the policies in this new paper are far more ambitious than previous reforms. They represent a genuine attempt to address a complex and sensitive set of challenges in a comprehensive…
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By Giorgio Miescher, Associate Researcher University of Basel and University of Namibia, University of Basel
Luregn Lenggenhager, Researcher at the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel
Martha Akawa, Senior Lecturer: History, University of Namibia
Romie Vonkie Nghitevelekwa, Sociology Lecturer, University of Namibia
Donkeys are an unassuming yet ubiquitous presence in northern Namibia. They traverse sandy village roads, pull carts stacked with firewood, and graze freely along the northern edge of the Etosha National Park.
The story of how they came to occupy such a central role in rural life – and in such large numbers – is a fascinating one that’s linked to the country’s colonial history, the management of wildlife versus domestic animals, and the role of migrant workers.
We are historians who specialise in Namibia and Southern Africa. Our research focuses on colonial legacies in…
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By Haruna Inuwa, DPhil Candidate, Energy Systems, University of Oxford
Alycia Leonard, Postdoctoral research assistant, University of Oxford
Stephanie Hirmer, Senior Researcher in Climate Compatible Growth, University of Oxford
Energy systems are coming under attack globally because disrupting power or fuel supplies offers strategic, economic or political leverage. This can be in local conflicts or large-scale geopolitical confrontations.
Nigeria illustrates this clearly: militants in the Niger Delta sabotage pipelines to assert control and tap into oil revenues, while the extremist group Boko Haram and
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