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SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT PRODUCTION OF NATURE 15– 16 December, 2016 (Abstracts) Keynote Address Un-natural resources Barbara Harriss-White While natural resources are substances that can be exploited by society, the term...

An illustration from Hans Talhoffers “Fechtbuch” von 1467. Source: Wikimedia (public domain). The following is guest post by Sixt Wetzler, dvs-Kommission Kampfkunst & Kampfsport (sixt.wetzler@gmail.com).  While Martial Arts Studies is, by its very...

Visual Arts “Unsettled/Resettled: Seattle’s Hunt Hotel” is a new exhibit that tells the story of the Hunt Hotel’s role in the resettling of the Japanese community in Seattle after WW II. Within the walls of the present-day historic buildings at 141...

How does design change the nature and distribution of risk? In this, the first of four installments examining the Gherkin, the London office tower and urban icon designed by Foster + Partners, author Jonathan Massey introduces the concept of “risk...

Rabab Abdulhadi, Evelyn Alsultany, and Nadine Naber, editors, Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belonging. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2011. Jadaliyya (J): What made you put together this collection? Rabab Abdulhadi,...