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Getting to the (street) art of a year like no other Original
If there’s one thing everyone seems to agree on, it’s that 2020 was a nightmare of a year. This was the year of political crisis: not just one, but several, one after another. Street artists have always responded to the political issues of the day by writing, painting and sticking posters on walls. What kind of street art could be seen on walls in 2020?
From COVID anxiety to harassment, more needs to be done on safety in taxis and rideshare services
The introduction of ridesharing services has transformed the way many of us travel. Alongside traditional taxis, app-based ridesharing services have made it easier than ever to travel privately for those who can afford it. But how safe are taxi and rideshare services? Anecdotally, experiences of harassment and violence appear to be common for passengers. Last year, media reports drew attention to attempts by individuals posing as Uber drivers to lure women into their vehicles in Melbourne.
ProPublica: University of North Carolina COVID Lab Cited for “Risk of Accidents” (pure coincidence?)
Researchers suit up in a high-security lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. Records show several incidents at UNC’s labs with genetically modified coronaviruses since 2015. (Christopher Janaro) Senior Editor , VT Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. He is a disabled veteran and has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.
Our Global Effort to Find Species, Including Other People
Courtesy California Academy of Sciences Just over five years ago we were sitting in our office in the basement of the California Academy of Sciences when we learned that April 16, 2016 would be the first-ever Citizen Science Day.
Begging ‘professionally’ doesn’t make their poverty and vulnerability any less legitimate
Last week, Victoria Police arrested seven people who were alleged members of a professional begging “syndicate”. They were flown in from China on tourist visas. In reporting this story, Australian media generated a considerable amount of public outrage. The idea that people who beg are somehow “faking” homelessness or poverty is one often used in tabloid media. Add an element of foreignness, and this story appears especially scandalous.
Carelessly linking crime to being homeless adds to the harmful stigma
The news of Courtney Herron’s death has shocked Melburnians. While full details are yet to emerge, both she and the man charged with murdering her have been widely reported as being homeless. It’s revealing how news media use this information in framing their coverage of what happened. Media use of the term “homeless” is rarely neutral. This is not to say someone’s housing status should never be included in reporting such events.
The quest for the convivial city: how do ours fare?
What comes to mind when you think of the word “convivial”? Likely, images of happiness, freedom, relaxation and ease: people interacting pleasantly without constraint or conflict. The idea of conviviality isn’t simply a lack of negative attributes; it actively includes positive elements too. Keeping this in mind, we want to ask what a convivial city might look like. Answering this might appear deceptively simple: a city that is safe, friendly and open.
What is at stake in the Supreme Court's Brexit ruling
The UK’s Supreme Court will rule on January 24 on whether the government or parliament has the right to trigger Article 50 and take the UK out of the European Union. For the first time in the court’s history, all of its current 11 justices gathered to hear the legal challenge, brought by Gina Miller in December. But given the prime minister’s recent statement on the government’s negotiating objectives for Brexit, what is still at stake?
Commodifying Banksy
Take a selection of artworks by the most famous illicit artist in the world, add a city that’s passionate about its street art and a dash of controversy: the result is the new Melbourne exhibition The Art of Banksy. Named in 2010 as one of the 100 most influential figures in the world, Banksy’s career began in Bristol in the 1990s, where he enthusiastically participated in the city’s graffiti scene.
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