#EverythingMustFall: The Use of Social Media and Violent Protests in the Current Wave of Student Riots in South Africa
The past year has seen violent protests at most South African universities, where students have pursued the dual goals of free education and a decolonization of education. Severe dissatisfaction with everything from tuition fees, housing schemes, languages of instruction and symbolic tributes to colonial stalwarts have coalesced to produce a tense environment of conflicts and […]
The Tintometer, Anthropology and the Science of Color
In 1898, physician and marine biologist A.C. Haddon set off with a group of scientists from Cambridge, England. They aimed to study the residents of what they considered the antipode — the opposite side — of the earth, in particular the Islanders of the Torres Strait, between New Guinea and Australia. The Cambridge expedition’s cargo […]
September 2016
Volume 8 | Issue 2 | September 2016 Features #EverythingMustFall: The Use of Social Media and Violent Protests in the Current Wave of Student Riots in South Africa by Bjarke Oxlund The Tintometer, Anthropology and the Science of Color by Emily Martin Caring for Computers: How Russian Data Scientists Refashion Their Laptops by Ian Lowrie […]