On Eid 2017, a peek into the lives of Puerto Rican Muslims

Jun 23, 2017 17:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

For Juan, Ramadan is a balancing act. On the one hand is his religious faith and practice. On the other is his land, his culture, his home Puerto Rico. Although he weaves these two elements of his identity together in...

We need to be cautious when assuming CCTV will prevent family violence

Jun 21, 2017 16:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Law

This years Victorian state budget included a A$1.9 billion package to tackle family violence. Part of this was a statewide Personal Safety Initiative, which expands a trial of installing technology such as CCTV, personal...

Psychogeography: a way to delve into the soul of a city

Jun 21, 2017 15:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Psychogeography, as the term suggests, is the intersection of psychology and geography. It focuses on our psychological experiences of the city, and reveals or illuminates forgotten, discarded, or marginalised aspects of...

Finsbury Park Mosque: from 'terrorist hostel' to symbol of modernity, openness and tolerance

Jun 19, 2017 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

The shadow of Abu Hamza and Al Qaeda lies long and heavy across Finsbury Park Mosque in north London. The mosque has long been cast in the public imagination by the terrorist activities that were so brazenly carried out...

Academics fear the value of knowledge for it's own sake is diminishing

Jun 19, 2017 15:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

A climate of anti-intellectualism, faltering levels of trust in experts and an era of post-truth provides a rather dreary depiction of the state of academia today. Compound this with the reorganisation of higher...

Do happy faces or sad faces raise more money? It depends

Jun 19, 2017 15:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

To encourage giving, many charities that serve people in need use photos depicting either happy people or sad ones in their pitches. These pictures symbolize the people who will benefit from donations made in response to...

We do nothing for missing people who come home – here's what should change

Jun 19, 2017 15:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

One prominent finalist on the recent ITV talent show Britains Got Talent was the Missing People Choir, whose haunting voices and accompanying images helped raise consciousness about those who disappear. After the grand...