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Are movies really getting longer?
History & The Arts

Are movies really getting longer?

...Weber thought that new charismatic ideas could arise to challenge the rationalized status quo, even if those ideas would eventually become routines themselves. With the rise of online distribution for independent films, we may be in the middle of a new wave in charismatic cinema. This article was originally published by Sociological Images under a CC-BY-NC-SA licence...
Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two
Society, Politics & Law

Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two

...article [hyperlink] on Tom Hardy and the contemporary advertising of sugar, it is ironic that Tom Hardy's last major role was in the TV series Taboo (2017). In the show, the main protagonist (played by Tom Hardy) conducts a violent, vengeful war against the East India Company. In 1793, it is the East India Company that is tasked, by the British Government, with finding a...
Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
Languages

Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...hawkery: it often has little to do with clarity of communication, and everything to do with class and social positioning. Everyone makes mistakes, after all; and so Trump’s dismissive attitude to linguistic proprieties and pedantry may in fact bolster his powerful anti-elitist brand. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
What's in store for Angela Merkel's fourth term?
Society, Politics & Law

What's in store for Angela Merkel's fourth term?

...into parliament will help him to justify his demands, including a more rigorous immigration control policy. With the CSU suffering a historic low of 38.5% – a drop of almost 11% of the vote – in its Bavarian constituency, it will be sure to press even harder for conservative reforms. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists

...now played insignificant roles in the party’s development. [The Conversation]The rise of the AfD is a shock to the German system. Many Germans are deeply uneasy at the thought of a party to the right of the CDU sitting in parliament. Yet the AfD’s biggest challenge is still to come. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
How do fire controls harm biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

How do fire controls harm biodiversity?

...this sort of vegetation,” he points out. Lucíola Lannes, also a biologist, at the engineering faculty of São Paulo State University in Brazil, says: “the work shows that carbon dioxide mitigation policies that favour fire suppressions cannot be a priority conservation policy in El Cerrado”. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY licence...
Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?

...so carried away by the discovery that people have feelings that we think that is all they have. People also reason, calculate, guess and argue. The hardest challenge may be to grasp just how all these things go together in creating political dispositions, choices and possibilities. This article originally appeared on the Methods in Motion blog More on Methods in Motion...
Methods in Motion: Challenging the Narrative
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Challenging the Narrative

...article published in Global Affairs journal, I call for European governments and academics to act together to counter the dangerous narrative on the Middle East currently emanating from the US, which is putting the hard-fought success of the Iranian nuclear deal in peril. I am also continuing my own research agenda into the cultural output of the so-called ‘Axis of...