Joseph Attard, King’s College London and Mark Griffiths, Nottingham Trent University In 1997, Douglas Rushkoff boldly predicted the emergence a new caste of tech-literate adolescents. He argued that the children of his day would soon blossom into “screenagers”, endowed with effortless advantages over their parents, having been raised from birth on a diet of computers and micro-chipped devices. Fast-forward to 2014: the screenagers have come of age in a world ruled by Twitter and Candy Crush Saga. A substantial body of evidence addresses the ways in which media saturation shapes the identities of children and adolescents. While there are clear…
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Simon Phipps, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and Md. Al Amin Sikder, The University of Queensland Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs where the airways become so obstructed the sufferer struggles to breathe. It’s vastly more prevalent in Western societies, and usually develops in childhood. But what do we know about what causes it? Given asthma is about five times more common in Western societies, this suggests lifestyle plays a major role. And as it usually develops in childhood, many studies have attempted to look at the events that transpired in infants who did or did not…
When it comes to animal prints, we are often left with making the choice between the conventional leopard and snake prints. However, a pseudo-new print is in fashion town and celebrities are already set on being our style-Sheppard. From shoes to dresses to nail art, cow print has earned a well-deserved seat at the table. Styling this print is fairly easy as it follows the same rules guiding monochromatic looks – except you opt for different hues. Below is a curated style board to give you a variety of styling options. xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá…
Our new column, Traditional and Contemporary, focuses on the Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary designs. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See our weekly style catalogue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by AnkaraCatalogue (@ankaracatalogue) on Mar 28, 2019 at 1:04am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Francois Cleophas, Stellenbosch University In the four years since the decolonisation debate took centre stage at South African universities, much of the focus has been on what decolonisation might look like in the humanities. But science subjects, too, need to be taught differently at African universities in the 21st century. This is true of my discipline, sport science. The content of the sports science curriculum needs to change. So does the focus of sports science departments. Increasingly, such departments at public universities rely on private funding to operate. This means they are driven by corporate and donors’ interests, doing less…
Laugh Quote “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”– A. A. Milne Wise Guys Answer To Stupid Question Question: Is that yours??? Wise Guy: No, I just like showing off my friend’s things. Teacher And Student A college economics professor could not help but notice that one of his students was late to class for the third time that week. Before class ended he went around the room asking students some questions about the day’s lecture. Of course, he made sure to pick on his student. “And who is known as the father of modern economics?”…
Alexander Saeri, UNSW; Chris G. Sibley, University of Auckland; Fiona Kate Barlow, The University of Queensland; Sam Stronge, University of Auckland, and Tegan Cruwys, The University of Queensland It’s well established that people who feel socially isolated, or as though they don’t belong, have worse mental health than those who feel socially connected. But in a study recently published in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, we’ve shown that increasing your level of social connection can protect your future mental health. Previous research has found “social connectedness” is at least as good for your health as quitting smoking…
I get it; life is not exactly the easiest journey and sometimes the image of ‘adulting’ is more like a bed of thorns and weeds than of roses. I’ve often flung my hands up high amidst frustrating moments and declared what has become a clichéd announcement for me: “I am tired”. Incidentally, there’s probably someone somewhere in the world mirroring the same words (a.k.a there’s nothing new under the sun). Waje’s public declaration of quitting music on Tuesday – even though it’s allegedly a PR stunt, reminded me of the multitude of times I found myself at that place of…
Rory Bester, University of the Witwatersrand Over two decades Okwui Enwezor emerged as a dominant and highly influential voice in curatorial practice and contemporary art history. He was a curator and art historian who engaged and grappled with the various iterations of what might be broadly construed as the post-colonial and global turns in visual art. Born in Nigeria in 1963, Enwezor not only introduced many artists and works to calcified Western canons. He was also a trailblazer in roles that had historically been occupied by Europeans. Deeply cosmopolitan and global in outlook, he was an intellectual visionary. His brilliant…
Viren Swami, Anglia Ruskin University “Nice guys finish last” is one of the most widely believed maxims of dating. Fleshed out, the idea goes something like this: heterosexual women might say they want nice characteristics in a partner, but in reality what they want is the challenge that comes with dating a “bad boy”. This idea is so widespread that some people are even making money off the back of it, selling self-help books and teaching men how to pick up women by insulting them – a practice known as “negging”. Recently, an article published by Broadly claimed, “Everyone knows…