by International Relation’s student Sara Monteiro Basic recipe and main ingredients Turning any crisis into something profitable usually follows the same basic recipe, with the following main ingredients: Discourse Media Co-option Politics Mix these in a large bowl of International…
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How Sharing a Meal Can Satisfy our Appetite for Connection and Heal Wounds of Social Division
Written by Ella Green of Sussex International Development. Communal consumption cultivates connection Eating always has, and always will be, a human ritual. It is essential to our humanity: it is what makes us human. From pan to plate, the product…
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Doing cross-disciplinary research: a successful experiment
Written by Dr. Andreas Antoniades of Sussex International Relations. Summary: Working in multidisciplinary research teams is challenging but necessary if we’re to tackle some of today’s big challenges such as inequality, climate change and pandemics. Based on my recent experience…
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Confusion and outrage greeted the government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report. Critiques about the validity of its claims have begun to circulate widely👉🏽🔎https://bit.ly/2PLz9f1
✍️🏽Co-authored by anthropology prof Raminder Kaur @ConversationUK #RacismReport
I've now digested the #RacismReport and come up with some more detailed reflections from the perspective of someone who has researched and taught about the British Empire for over thirty years. If you're interested, they are here: https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofempire/2021/04/01/comments-on-the-report-of-the-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities/
What role does distance play for people’s desire to intervene in the lives of others? What compels them to support neighbours, or rather those living across nation states and continents?✈️🫂
A great read by @SussexAnthropol's Anne-Meike Fechter ✍️🏽https://bit.ly/3mtZgTC
"As widespread criticism mounts, the bottom line is that although it gets a handful of things right, overall the commission’s report lacks credibility."
Prof Raminder Kaur from @SussexGlobal on the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report
https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/07/race-commission-report-the-rights-and-wrongs-14366888/?ito=cbshare