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Abstract: Many speeches have been given about the importance of people knowing their history, and the issue of armed conflict in Peru is no exception. Two thousand and twelve in particular has been a year in which the issue of terrorism and terrorist group Shining Path has strongly resurfaced. Citizenship […]

This summer I was on a flight from Australia to Japan. I took my shoes off at security, just like I always do. But this time, my gesture drew little smirks from the others nearby. I looked around: no one else had their shoes off. Someone commented to me with […]

“There’s no telling, this might just be the case with any ‘New Cities’ we plan. We’re just unfit; it isn’t cynicism, it’s the nature of the beast.”

The city of Medellin, Colombia has based its marketing on the city’s transformation, but perhaps this story of rags to riches is hurting its citizens.

Is the world better off with cell phones? What about the Internet? These might seem like obvious questions. Sure, the rise of cell phones can be annoying when other people’s conversations disturb our peace and quiet, and the rise of the internet makes it harder for us to shelter our […]