As long as we live in a world where people are persecuted for perceived differences, memorialising accused witches will reveal the deadly consequences of ‘othering’.
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The perceived “otherness” of eastern and central Europe is a complex phenomenon, which a new book on the Polish Nobel laureate’s oeuvre brings to light.
Curbing vaccine hesitancy is as much a matter of acknowledging its social, historical, and cultural roots as it is of addressing its clinical dimensions.
Online rage towards white communities and privileged classes can be read as fatigue with the postcolonial state.
The study showed couch patrolling was more common than foot patrols - with social media influencing fears and suspicions.
Tackling Islamophobia as a form of racism even when Muslims aren’t visible is key.
Can you only ever truly ‘belong’ in Britain if you aren’t white?
A leading sociologist explains how different dimensions of humanity produce different kinds of inequality - and what that does to the least equal in society.
Children’s identity development through play is now being worked out online – so adults must consider what this means, and support learning in reflectiveness, relatedness and agency.
The proscription of terrorist groups are part of the process through which a country demonstrates its self-identity.
To grasp how extraordinary evils are often committed by ordinary people, we need to consider how we define evil, and most importantly, whom we consider to be the agents of evil.
The process of decolonising research methodology is an ethical, ontological and political exercise rather than simply one of approach and ways of producing knowledge.
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Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South, University of Bareuth, Germany, University of South Africa
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Senior Lecturer in Literature, University of Essex
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Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor in Education, Concordia University
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Assistant Professor, Research Methods, School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of International Politics, School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer, National Security College , Australian National University
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Research Associate, Ludwig Maxmilians University (Munich), University of the Witwatersrand
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Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Education, Concordia University
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Honorary Research Fellow of The Ethics Lab, University of Cape Town
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PhD, Medical Anthropologist, South African Medical Research Council
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PhD Candidate, Education, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Policy, Research and Learning Lead, University of the Witwatersrand