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Where are the most culturally rich cities in the world? The World Cities Culture Report has named its Top 12 choices. Do you agree with the picks?
How do we rank “culture” in lists such as these? What criteria is preferred and what elements of culture are ignored in this perspective on culture?
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As upscale, high-rise condos and hipster bars opened nearby, longtime customers joked: Is this really still “the ’hood”? Not anymore.
In a gentrifying neighborhood in Washington D.C. that was historically African-American, Fish in the ’Hood was an iconic restaurant that captured the feel of the area. Just this May, the storefront restaurrant was renamed Fish in the Neighborhood.
Questions to Ponder: Why? Does it matter? What does it mean?
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Patrick assesses the future of world order, state sovereignty, and multilateral cooperation.
The 21st century is the dawn of a new era in human history: more people on Earth live in cities than in the countryside. The impacts of this new basic fact are far-reaching. One of those is that cities that are in particular environments are more prone to certain natural disasters and will be increasingly vulnerable as their populations increase (especially megacities in the developing world).
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The physical effects of climate change will prove catastrophic. But the social effects — food riots, state collapse, mass migrations, and conflicts of every sort — could prove even more disruptiv…
This is an inflammatory article from an environmental organization that is speculative in nature (in other words, take it with a grain of salt). Yet, this type of thinking about the future and thought exercises is worthy of our investigation. What do you forsee in the future given the current conditions?
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New data from Zillow shows fewer homeowners underwater, but the pattern varies widely by geography.
The Sunbelt (especially California and Florida) have the highest percentage of homeowners that are ‘underwater’ and owe more than the home is worth. Also hit hard are declining metro areas area of the rust belt.
Question to ponder: Why would these places be hit the hardest?
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Evolutionary biologists say the first speakers of what would become the Indo-European languages were probably farmers in what is now Turkey — a conclusion that differs by hundreds of miles and thousands of years from a longstanding linguistic theory.
This research potentially can explain much about the geography of languages and the distribution of cultural groups in Eurasia.
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I’ve used similar videos in my classes and students are usually quite shocked to see how a city like Bangkok, Thailand operates. I’ve used this as a ‘hook’ for lessons of population growth, urbanization, economic development, sustainability, megacities and city planning.
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What’s lost when we lose sight of globes?
While I love digital images, sometimes a sturdy old fashioned three-dimensional globe is just what is needed. As the article laments, they are becoming increasingly rare.
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What political books are residents of your state reading? A new interactive map from Amazon shows recent book sales broken down by either “red” or “blue” political leanings.
I do not think that “book sales” is a surrogate for “projected votes,” but this is revealing about the political landscape and especially the marketing of politically partisan materials.
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