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November 14, 2024

How Rohingya activists are using art, food and storytelling as a form of resistance

Clare M. Cooper, University of Sydney

Where traditional advocacy fails, a more creative approach is giving new life to Rohingya resistance across the globe.

Roman Pilipey/ EPA

November 15, 2022

Raves, repairs, and renewal: how young Ukrainians are bringing joy to the rebuilding effort

Clare M. Cooper, University of Sydney

Young Ukrainian activists are organising ‘repair raves’ to combine activism and dance in helping rebuild.

When we are imagining this time, next year, are we limiting our thinking to how we avoid the conditions we faced in this summer? Or are there bigger questions we can ask? Shutterstock

January 31, 2020

‘Futuring’ can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You’re a futurist too

Clare M. Cooper, University of Sydney

‘Futuring’ can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You’re a futurist too The Conversation, CC BY14.1 MB (download)

When think about this time next year, are we freaking out, or are we futuring?

Apple’s industrial design has played a fundamental role in transforming computers from machines for tinkerers into desirable objects of self-actualisation. Shutterstock

July 11, 2019

Design and repair must work together to undo our legacy of waste

Tom Lee, University of Technology Sydney; Alexandra Crosby, University of Technology Sydney; Clare M. Cooper, University of Technology Sydney; Jesse Adams Stein, University of Technology Sydney, and Katherine Scardifield, University of Technology Sydney

With the benefit of hindsight, we might finally see that the iPhone was the opposite of minimalism.

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