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Digital & Technology
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Virtual Museum Law Conference on the Pandemic Effects
Read more: Virtual Museum Law Conference on the Pandemic Effects“Work-from-home lawyers and museum staff convened by webinar on 11 and 12 March, for an annual conference on Legal Issues in Museum Administration, hosted by the non-profit American Law Institute with the support of the Smithsonian Institution. This year’s focus…
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#IAmMySong
Read more: #IAmMySongIn response to a memo from Afghanistan’s education ministry, Ahmad Sarmast, the founder of Afghanistan’s Institute of Music, began a Twitter campaign with the hashtag #IAmMySong. In response to the hashtag, Afghan girls have taken to Twitter with videos of…
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呼吸之痛 The Pain of Breath
Read more: 呼吸之痛 The Pain of BreathPneumoconiosis has become the most serious occupational disease in China, and the vast majority of sufferers, nearly 6 million, are migrant workers. Because of the long-term inhalation of dust caused by pulmonary fibrosis, they usually breathing if not oxygen machine…
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Black Lives Matter meets Animal Crossing: how protesters take their activism into video games
Read more: Black Lives Matter meets Animal Crossing: how protesters take their activism into video gamess street protests against anti-black racism erupted across the globe, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players were taking their own stand. Adelle, a software engineer from New York, decided to create a memorial on her in-game island, decorated with flowers and…
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People of Japan is a snapshot of daily life across Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka
Read more: People of Japan is a snapshot of daily life across Tokyo, Kyoto and OsakaFor his latest project, Mark Manzi found himself outside of his comfort zone. For the Amsterdam-based photographer and designer, People of Japan was an attempt to break from his photography-first portfolio. “In the past, my work was very image-focused, whereas…
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The Chronicles of Resilience
Read more: The Chronicles of ResilienceFor FX Harsono, art is activism. Over the past four decades, performance, sculpture, and painting have become his means of nonviolent protest against government autocracy and ethnic strife in Indonesia. In his current exhibition The Chronicles of Resilience, curated by…
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Red Envelope Movement in London
Read more: Red Envelope Movement in LondonWorld Microphone (世界麦克风) is an organization created by students (most of them are Chinese) located in London. The organization has an account in RED, which is a popular social media in China. It often holds interviews and movements on the…
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TikTok’s teen communists are reclaiming the hammer and sickle
Read more: TikTok’s teen communists are reclaiming the hammer and sickle20-year-old Ilyssa, from New York, sees communism as the only viable alternative, one that will improve the societal issues we currently face. “From a young age, I was very aware of the stark class differences that existed,” she says. “I…
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Donate an hour
Read more: Donate an hourPrison inmates in Mexico have suffered from coronavirus infections at a higher rate than the country as a whole, and pandemic lockdowns have reduced their already limited contact with the outside world. But one group of women inmates at a…
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How Snowden Canceled the 4th of July Diplomatic Reception in Bolivia
Read more: How Snowden Canceled the 4th of July Diplomatic Reception in BoliviaOn July 2nd, 2013, after attending the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) conference, Bolivian President Evo Morales departed Russia from Vnukovo Airport in Moscow aboard his presidential plane. However, a “leak” suggested that Edward Snowden was aboard, which led Spain,…