The ‘Declaration on the Rights of Peasants’ illustrates the concern within the United Nations, which has declared 2019 to 2028 ‘The Decade of Family Farming’.Read the full article
While the gig economy continues to swallow up secure jobs, independent craftspersons worked on a ‘gig’ basis long before the digital shift.Read the full article
Six thousand Khwes live in the north-east of Namibia. The ethnic group, which has been present in this part of southern Africa for tens of thousands of years, is now fighting for survival. Sedentarised and ostracised, they are waging a battle to be able to survive on a daily basis, but also to [...]Read the full article
“My mother kept on telling me that I would not be a woman if I was not cut and that no man would marry me.”Read the full article
“The demand for the creation of three versions of documents, separate television channels and school curricula cannot find justification in linguistics or the reality of the language.”Read the full article
Long known as “Chocolate City”, on account of its majority-Black population, Washington DC is fast growing whiter, with rapid gentrification dislodging African-American residents and culture.Read the full article
“It was never just about that name only. Identity is something of a matter of ‘survival’ when you are a small Slavic nation of only two million people that can easily be ‘assimilated’ by your bigger neighbours.”Read the full article
Hundreds of hydro-electric power stations are being built on the rivers of the Balkans, threatening fragile eco-systems and the daily lives of a population already sorely tempted to emigrate.Read the full article
The events of 1968 caused an earthquake in the history of cinema. In addition to being critical of how the industry itself was organised, the movement marked a return to social themes and the documentary genre.Read the full article
Pollution and over-development caused by mass tourism could see Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes National Park moved from UNESCO’s World Heritage List to its List of World Heritage in Danger this June.Read the full article
Experts estimate that China could become the biggest Christian country in the world over the next few years. However, most practitioners reject the country’s state-sanctioned churches, which they accuse of serving the Communist Party of China’s interests and [...]Read the full article
The village of Vardø, in the Norwegian Arctic, with a population of little more than 200 at the time, saw as many as 70 witchcraft trials between 1601 and 1663. Steilneset, the striking memorial for those executed, is a global reference for historians and activists calling for a respectful and [...]Read the full article
