Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Restoring Regina Twala, Southern Africa’s Erased Activist and Anthropologist
Born in South Africa and exiled to neighboring Eswatini, Regina Twala was one of southern Africa’s most important intellectuals: a pioneering writer, academic, political activist and feminist. Why, then, has she been all but forgotten?
Five Steps to Protect – and to Hear – Research Participants
Jasper Knight identifies five key issues that underlie working with human subjects in research and which transcend institutional or disciplinary differences.
Archivists Are Being Tasked With Ever-Tougher Calls With Far-Reaching Consequences
“Memory institutions” can’t keep everything they have been tasked with saving, especially as new tools and new ideas reshape the boundaries of what they already hold.
Are Trigger Warnings Hitting Their Target?
Given the prevalence of trigger warnings, there is little consensus on the extent to which they are, in fact, an effective strategy for reducing the risk of trauma exposure, vicarious trauma, and re-traumatization.
Female Activists’ Use of Images in Protests Against Oppression in Iran
Images of unveiled Iranian women and adolescent girls standing atop police cars or flipping off the ayatollah’s picture have become signature demonstrations of dissent in the past few months of protest in Iran.
Why Do Swear Words Sound the Way They Do?
The authors explored whether there are universal sound patterns in profanity. So we designed a series of studies involving speakers of different languages and found surprising patterns in how swear words sound across the world.
Americans’ Knowledge Deficit, and Confidence Surplus, about Politics
The author’s research shows that many Americans think they know much more about politics than they really do.
How Does Architecture Affect Our Emotions?
Think of a time when you felt vulnerable. Perhaps you were in a hospital corridor, or an exam hall, about to be tested. Now, focus on the building you were in. What if, without you knowing, the design of that space was affecting you?
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