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Interview with Dilse Kaygisiz
Interview with Naomi Santesteban
Neoliberalism in Education: The Consequences and Pushbacks for Students
The Deadly Consequences of White Saviourism
Every development student has at least to some degree been exposed to the concept of the “White Saviour Complex” – “the self-serving assumption among white people from developed nations that they should be saving poor people in Africa.” … Continue reading
Breaking Up With Growth: What Mainstream Development Organizations Are Still Getting Wrong
Contesting Food: A Taste of Persia and the issue of Food Ownership
Former lawyer and cookbook author Naomi Duguid writes in the prologue of her book about a map in her office showing the Persian Empire under emperors Cyrus and Darius, which at the time encompassed not only the Iranian plateau but … Continue reading
Top 10 Instagram Accounts to Follow for IDS Students
African Values and LGBTQ+ Rights: What is “Un-African” about Homosexuality?
This past summer, during my internship at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in Ghana, I was asked to write a report on the state of human rights in the country. I used complaints that the Commission … Continue reading