Tag: history
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Many Indian philosophies are popular today, but Kali, the vital and existential goddess, stands in splendorous opposition to more placid religious traditions. In 1913 a British lawyer set to work… more ›
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Aztec gods, in iconographic sources, are like paper dolls. Each has a base form that is “dressed” with important symbolic accessories. Even specialists have difficulty identifying gods as these symbols… more ›
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I dive in. The water is cool against my skin, the silence absolute, and as I hover over the remains at the bottom of the sea, I feel peaceful, thankful,… more ›
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Artificial servants, autonomous killing machines, surveillance systems, and sex robots have been part of the human imagination for thousands of years. Robots have histories that extend far back into the… more ›
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The exiled former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, is to be tried in absentia in for the murder of Thomas Sankara, one of Africa’s most revered post-independence leaders who… more ›
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In April 1981, a simmering tension between the police and Brixton’s black community erupted in violence. Forty years, on Aamna Modhin revisits that weekend with those who witnessed the events… more ›
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The Amazon is vital for the survival of the global biosphere. It produces oxygen and sequesters huge amounts of carbon (2.2 billion tons annually). Moreover, according to the “biotic pump“ theory,… more ›
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Processes of historical reinvention tend to accompany moments of great economic and social transformation, such as the one that we’re living through at the moment. They produce a new historical… more ›