Issue

3

January 2020

Tom Boellstorff

University of California Irvine, U.S.A.

Documenting a Portuguese Creole

Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

Yemeni Music and Performance

Sana’a University, Yemen

Artos

Cultural Project

Greece

Poetry on Buses

Cultural Project

America

Femlink

Cultural Project

Pacific

Ben and Art

Cultural Project

Japan

Developed and developing world higher education: Part 2

Azusa Pacific University, U.S.A.

Gertrude Mongella

United Nations

The Africa Research Cluster

University of Western Australia

Reasoning with Rape Offenders

Hong Kong Baptiste University, Hong Kong

Intercultural sensitivity in education

La Trobe University, Australia

Rumi’s Masnavi: Part 2

University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Internationalization of universities

University of Pari-Est Creteil,
France

Extreme environments program

City University, Hong Kong

Rethy Chhem

International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria

Voodo Festival

Cultural Event

Benin

Dieng Culture Festival

Cultural Event

Indonesia

Mother Language Day

Cultural Event

Global

Black Week

Cultural Event

Uruguai

ERI

Brave and influential Dance Theatre

Cultural Event

Chile

Aleppo, the Beating of the Heart

Cultural Event

Syria

Featured Academics

Tom Boellstorff

University of California Irvine, U.S.A.

Tom Boellstorff (University of California, Irvine) has focus on Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology. His interests include the Anthropology of sexuality, the Anthropology of globalization, digital Anthropology, Southeast Asian studies, and the Anthropology of HIV/AIDS. His current work emphasizes the…

Rethy Chhem

International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria

Born in Cambodia, Rethy Chhem aspired for France to study medicine. However, his father, insisting on fairness to each of his six children, sent Chhem instead to medical school in Phnom Penh.After the military coup in 1970, Chhem, like all medical students, became exempt…

Asia

Extreme environments program

CityU’s Extreme Environments program is a highly regarded experiment in discovery-based education presented by the School of Creative Media (SCM),the only art school to connect its students with the planet’s most inaccessible sites.In each expedition,students explore an endangered ecosystem…

Africa
Rumi’s Masnavi: 2

The Americas
Portuguese Creoles

Europe
Internationalization of Universities

Oceania
Intercultural Sensitivity

Featured Cultural Projects

Bed and Art – Japan

Artos

Greece

Femlink

Pacific

Poetry on Buses

America

Featured Regional Directive

Developed and developing world higher education: Part 2

Global wealth is concentrated less and less in factories, land, tools, and machinery. The knowledge, skills, and resourcefulness of people …

Gertrude Mongella

In 1985 Mongella became Vice-Chairperson to the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the UN Decade for Women. In 1989 Mongella was Tanzanian Representative to …

THE AFRICA RESEARCH CLUSTER

In 1986 FINDA (Finish International Development Agency) conducted a Tuberculin survey in Kismayo, Burao and a refugee health unit in Somalia. The results for children over 10 years showed a high annual risk of infection …

REASONING WITH RAPE OFFENDERS

The community project investigated the effects of mental health services on their Chinese users in Hong Kong. The relationship between mental health and social inclusion has generated much interest among social services providers …