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Design international, manufacture native: a brand new industrial revolution?

Design international, manufacture native: a brand new industrial revolution?

What if globally designed products could radically change how we work, produce and consume? Several examples across continents show the way we are producing and consuming goods could be improved by relying on globally shared…

A detailed-up have a look at what occurs when vacationers and Maasai communities meet

A detailed-up have a look at what occurs when vacationers and Maasai communities meet

My study of interaction between tourists and a Maasai community raised questions about the boundaries between research, tourism and entertainment. For one thing, the local Maasai generally classify overseas visitors, whether researchers, NGO workers, businessmen…

El flagelo del aborto ilegal en América Latina: ¿hay democracia sin derechos reproductivos?

El flagelo del aborto ilegal en América Latina: ¿hay democracia sin derechos reproductivos?

Read in English . Tres cuartos de todos los abortos en América Latina se hacen de forma ilegal. Junto con África y Asia, esta región reune gran parte de los 17.1 millones abortos realizados de…

Dams on Myanmar’s Irrawaddy river may gasoline extra conflicts within the nation

Dams on Myanmar’s Irrawaddy river may gasoline extra conflicts within the nation

Myanmar makes many headlines these days. While most of the focus has been on the Rohingya issue, the country is also heading towards an important economic and livelihood crisis. Myanmar was once called “Asia’s rice…

The search to revive extinct Aurochs to revive historical lands

The search to revive extinct Aurochs to revive historical lands

Rewilding and restoration of land often rely on the reintroduction of species. But what happens when what you want to reintroduce no longer exists? What if the animal in question is not only locally extinct,…

Agent Orange, uncovered: How U.S. chemical warfare in Vietnam unleashed a slow-moving catastrophe

Agent Orange, uncovered: How U.S. chemical warfare in Vietnam unleashed a slow-moving catastrophe

In the end, the military campaign was called Operation Ranch Hand, but it originally went by a more appropriately hellish appellation: Operation Hades. As part of this Vietnam War effort, from 1961 to 1971, the…

RPGCast – Episode 433: “The Cackle Of A Damaged Lady”

RPGCast – Episode 433: “The Cackle Of A Damaged Lady”

RPGamer has been covering RPGs since 1998, with the current version of the site launched in 2018. Due to the wholesale change in our back-end and systems only certain content created from 2018 onwards has…

RPGCast – Episode 432: “The Darkish Souls Of eSports”

RPGCast – Episode 432: “The Darkish Souls Of eSports”

RPGamer has been covering RPGs since 1998, with the current version of the site launched in 2018. Due to the wholesale change in our back-end and systems only certain content created from 2018 onwards has…