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Diversity

Confrontational Self-Organization: Some Reflections from Oakland and San Francisco

From Occupy to Black Lives Matter, the Californian cities of Oakland and San Francisco are on the frontlines of some of today's most important political struggles. In these cities systemic inequality and racism is palpable in every aspect of urban life.

Marianne Maeckelbergh • 01-04-2015

Diversity

The mindless knowledge economy

We often assume that a technologically advanced economy is all about a highly skilled labour force engaging in creative forms of self-expression. However, the dream of getting rid of dull and boring jobs through automation seems to be a utopia.

Zane Kripe • 11-03-2015

Sustainability

Cold showers and amazing little buckets

A story on how students from Leiden went to do research on problems with water in the Philippines and then very physically experienced their research topic. Or: How you can have both too little and too much water at the same time.

Nina Simic • 04-03-2015

Diversity

My home is my (Airbnb) castle?

In Amsterdam there are over 10,500 Airbnb addresses. ‘The easiest way for people to monetise their extra space and showcase it to an audience of millions.’ Why does this ‘monetise your extra space’ resonate so well? And what about the neighbours?

Nikkie Buskermolen • 26-02-2015

Sustainability

Community-conserved areas: Do freshwater fish sanctuaries work?

What determines the failure or success of community-conserved projects that try to combine biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction? Lien Vermeersch wrote her MA thesis on fish sanctuaries in the Philippines and won the Speckmann Prize 2015.

Lien Vermeersch • 18-02-2015

Diversity · Digitalisation

One of us: Tarik Z. and Conspiracy Culture

Should we view Tarik Z., who tried to hold the Dutch national television news hostage, as a would-be terrorist? To me, he represents something more humdrum, ordinary, and closer to home: latter-day conspiracy thinking.

Peter Pels • 10-02-2015

leidenanthropologyblog — page 26

Confrontational Self-Organization: Some Reflections from Oakland and San Francisco

The mindless knowledge economy

Cold showers and amazing little buckets

My home is my (Airbnb) castle?

Community-conserved areas: Do freshwater fish sanctuaries work?

One of us: Tarik Z. and Conspiracy Culture