In Sierra Leone, post-civil war, you might live next to your amputator. Family talk (fambul tok) was a community resource for peace. It’s a lesson to our polarised societies
We know about the "planetary boundaries" we must live within. But here's a new "health barometer" for the earth: "safe" and "just" limits
"Solastalgia" describes the loss that land-dependent communities feel when their place is violated. They command the Wellcome Collection in June
Women's unpaid global labour - household, shopping, forms of care - comes to £8.8 TRILLION
The British Chinese takeaway needs defending - a product of the movements of people, foodstuffs and ideas across borders
Is AI squeezing the life out of data-capturing human workers in the south? Or is it a new, evolved form of life itself? Noema debates itself
At this year's Venice Bienalle, one of Europe's great art events, decolonisation of the mind is the main theme
The Climate Majority Project, says Rupert Read, will build citizens' confidence to act for the planet, where they are
Jumping through hoops, dwelling on free will, free women in Iran: some audio-visual to cleanse your lens
None of the world's top industries would be profitable if they paid for the natural capital they use
“African Folktales, Reimagined” - a collaboration between six young African directors, UNESCO and Netflix. The results are extraordinary
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, ARTISTS, VIDEO/FILM, GLOBALISTS, FUTURES, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PLANETARIAN, A BETTER MEDIApat kaneafrica, folktales, folk, cinema
In the move from enlightenment to entanglement, Indy Johar sees a new path through a world in flux
The Arab documentary series “Herstory” profiles ten Saudi Arabian women musicians, from rap to opera, raising their voices
AlterNatives: Matthew Green on how trauma - personal, collective, ancestral - reverberates through communities, strengthening their powers
Have you wondered about the philosophy that sits beneath the Oscar-winner Everything, Everywhere, All At Once? Wonder no longer
Covid didn’t decrease global happiness levels - because of the rise of "benevolent action" in the pandemic
Artificial intelligence is always open to the charge of "garbage in, garbage out". But could we use AI itself to decolonise our language?
Not "third world", or "developing world", but Majority World: Shahidul Alam's media ecosystem
“Our world is beautiful. Despite the inadequate Imperials and their fan club.” Voices from Russians fleeing Russia
From Global Voices, a personal excavation of the "silent" Arab generation, in Amal Ghandour's This Arab Life