by JC Goilo “Je moet mild worden gestenigd, je verdient de brandstapel voor het schrijven van het slechtste nummer ooit en het land internationaal voor schut te hebben gezet.” – Translation: “You should be mildy stoned, you deserve the stake for writing the worst song ever and for internationally humiliating the country.” ‘Mild’ expressions of fury such as the one… Read more →
By Lex Kuiper In Musical worlds in Yogyakarta Max Richter sets out to portray music performances, ranging from street music to regional parliament and military celebrations throughout Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The book shows a vivid city bustling with a wide variety of performances in which Richter shows that he has great familiarity with a wide array of music traditions in Java…. Read more →
By Nelly Boomstra Myanmar is mysterious for a multitude of reasons, but lets stick to political ones for now. The body of land in between Thailand and India seemed hardly ever noticed until three years ago, when news articles started popping up sporadically. Aung San Suu Kyi – whom many see as the incarnation of the country’s democracy, elections, and… Read more →
by Brad MacDonald Mooc. No, it’s not an old-timey insult. MOOCs are the latest thing to happen to higher education and may help you land your dream job. Standing for Massive Online Open Courses, MOOCs offer university courses free of charge to anyone wanting to take part and are normally linked with well-known universities and even offer certificates of participation… Read more →
“Do not jump into deep waters immediately” a wise professor advised me just before I left to Mexico for my three-month fieldwork trip. In other words, take time to accommodate, to adapt and to explore. And so I did. The first days I allowed myself to get familiarized with the culture, the language and the routines. I told myself to… Read more →
By Leonie Heres This piece was presented at the Fresh Perspectives 4.0 ‘Future Prospects’ conference held by VU social science graduate students in September 2012. Conference participants addressed the questions “Have you ever wondered what your life will be like after your PhD? What is the future of research in your field, as well as what are your personal prospects? … Read more →
By Jacomijne Prins This piece was presented at the Fresh Perspectives 4.0 ‘Future Prospects’ conference held by VU social science graduate students in September 2012. Conference participants addressed the questions “Have you ever wondered what your life will be like after your PhD? What is the future of research in your field, as well as what are your personal prospects? … Read more →
by Dragana Stojmenovska About two years ago I embarked on ethnographic research on the Hare Krishna community in a city I prefer to keep anonymous. Being a hardheaded (sorry if I put Presley’s Hard Headed Woman on your minds now) atheist, I saw the ethnography as a wonderful opportunity to reassure myself that my rationality is sufficient to keep me… Read more →
by Huanhuan Guo The International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013 is over, but the discussions on independent film-making have only started. Especially China has played a major role during the festival in Rotterdam this year, providing several films for competition as well as one of the jury members, Ai Weiwei, leading to the questions: How much has Chinese independent film-making developed… Read more →
‘Destroy the old world, forge a new one’, was the slogan under which during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) besides countless artifacts, paintings, and ancient buildings, all law books in China were destroyed. This was Mao Zedong’s way to declare all previously existing Chinese law obsolete. During this period the judiciary system was systematically demolished, courthouses were dismantled and legal scholars… Read more →
Volume 4, issue 2, 2012 Posted on: Nov 28th, 2012
Volume 4, Issue 1, 2012 Posted on: Nov 18th, 2012
Volume 3, issue 1, 2011 Posted on: Nov 28th, 2011