The Art of Knowledge Failure
In this monthly Director’s Note, Christopher Newfield reflects on the knowledge crisis gripping our culture.
In this monthly Director’s Note, Christopher Newfield reflects on the knowledge crisis gripping our culture.
Putin’s war has rekindled the civilisational clash between democracy and authoritarianism. However, a fundamental contradiction lies at the heart of Western foreign policy: economic liberalism undermines democracy promotion.
Perhaps the best way to understand the reasons why people embark on these journeys is to put yourself in their shoes.
Fossil fuels – coal, oil, and gas – are the single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Yet governments around the globe are on track to produce 120 per cent more than is compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement. If those stocks are to be kept in the ground, an alternative approach is necessary.
In this contribution to ISRF Bulletin 23, Ernesto Castañeda explores the way remittances services advertise their services and the role racial identity plays in this discourse.
In this contribution to ISRF Bulletin 23, Sonya A. Grier asks what the storefront of a local cannabis dispensary in Washington, D.C. can tell us about the state of contemporary (Black) capitalism.
In this contribution to ISRF Bulletin 23, Naa Oyo A. Kwate asks what a 1981 picture of a derelict McDonald’s franchise in Compton, California, can tell us about the broader history of racialised deindustrialisation.
In economics classes, relentless growth is an unquestioned dogma. Yet this same economic growth is rapidly ripping apart the ecological foundations of our world.