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A linguist explains how words get co-opted from one language to another.
The new Australian film Tanna, which won two awards at Venice Film Festival, is as much a tale about romance as it is globalisation.
Technological advances in music production have all but obliterated the need for popular music to be transcribed into musical notation. So why is musical literacy still important?
Award-winning documentary film On the Banks of the Tigris explores the influence of Iraqi Jewish musicians in the cultural life of Iraq and paints a portrait of a country that was once a thriving multicultural centre.
What will the hipster come to symbolise about life in the early twenty-first century when historians of the future reflect on this era?
Whether it’s the Islamic State, the Ku Klux Klan – or, yes, even American political parties – groups use music in many of the same ways, for many of the same reasons.
Depictions of women bullying women are a mainstay of reality television shows, just as reports of Twitter fights between female celebrities are regular tabloid fare. It’s a phenomenon with a long history.
Plans to build a new telescope on a Hawaiian mountain highlight the complexities and sensitivities that arise when science interacts with indigenous communities.
When you scrape below the surface it’s not hard to see that ‘culture’ is the wrong answer to almost every question.
South Africa is emblematic of why violence against women responses in Africa are failing. While good measures are being rolled out, it lacks a united, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary response.
Darwin’s insights into life on Earth may have revolutionised biology, but scientists sometimes get carried away. It’s not the only game in town.
Here’s how some of the world’s oldest cultural institutions are using drones and 3D printing to bring their collections to life.
The violence of the Royal Opera House’s production of William Tell should shock us - but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
Our expert reveals that modern coffee culture has its roots in 18th-century literature.
Critics of Ghana’s education system suggest that making local cultural values a fundamental part of the education system will create a happier, more harmonious society.
For sub-Saharan Africa to benefit fully from its growing economic ties with China both parties need to change their behaviour and attitude.
Culture is barely mentioned in the latest Intergenerational Report – as was the case with the three preceding it. But we need strong policies to support cultural heritage, and we need them urgently.
Kiss your lunchtime web surfing plans goodbye, because I guarantee that whatever page you were planning to visit next, you will instead want to go to YouGov. We know that your musical taste tells everyone…
Hipsters are so mainstream now that they’re the subject of mathematical papers. Jonathan Touboul, a mathematical neuroscientist from the Collège de France, claims to have answered one of the great mysteries…
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Cultural Economy, Adelaide University
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Director, Cities of Culture Research Observatory, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Loughborough University
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Professor in Marketing, ESCP Business School
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SARCHI Ocean Cultures and Heritage, Nelson Mandela University
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Distinguished University Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland
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Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Contract Faculty, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University; SEDRD Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University