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The Bizarre Rise of the Shopping Mall in Nepal
Written by Slok
Even when I was growing up in Kathmandu during the past two decades, there were obvious signs that the city was increasingly connecting up to a globalized world. International brandnames, for instance, were slowly making their appearance in Kathmandu’s street retail outlets. You used to go to the big bazaars, […]
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The State of Poor Urban Women of Pakistan
Written by Aown Kaz
Poverty in Pakistan can be noted as endemic — spreading across the country at an alarming rate. In a population of 180 million, Pakistani people living below the poverty line account for 21% of the entire population according to the World Development Indicators (WDI) 2013 report by the World Bank. In circumstances […]
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Announcing Publication of the Debate Magazine “Globalization under the Shadow of Surveillance”
Written by Daniel Roth
The debate magazine “Internet, Democracy, Trade – Globalization under the Shadow of Surveillance” produced by the Internet & Society Collaboratory (CoLab) in cooperation with FutureChallenges.org and newthinking is now available on newsstands everywhere (Price: €6). Instead of the usual final report, CoLab is pioneering a debate magazine format to broadcast the […]
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Disability in austerity: Britain’s chase for exclusive economic growth
Written by Dominika Kaczkowska
In my second year at university, I volunteered to help at the 2010 Special Olympic Games in Warsaw (Poland), the largest sporting competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities. Unfortunately, the Special Olympics are held in the shadow of the more famous Paralympic Games which come immediately after the Olympics. Nevertheless […]
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Unser Magazin “Globalisierung im Schatten der Überwachung” Online und im Handel erhältlich!
Written by Daniel Roth
Heute ist das Magazin “Globalisierung im Schatten der Überwachung – Internet. Demokratie. Handel.” veröffentlicht worden. Es bildet den Abschluss einer gemeinsamen Initiative des Internet und Gesellschaft Collaboratory und Future Challenges zum Thema “Globalisierung und Internet”. Unter diesem Link kann das Magazin kostenlos heruntergeladen werden. Die 9. Initiative des „Internet & […]
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Deconstructing Machismo, Building New Awareness
Written by Paula Fortes
Back in the late 70s in Brazil, there was little women could do about open prejudice. Not even the law did much for them. There were absurd moves like the one to annul mariages if the man discovered his bride was not a virgin. Recently, newspaper columnist Miriam Leitão wrote about the difficulties […]
