On the use of videos in Digital Diplomacy Exploring Digital Diplomacy by Ilan Manor Images & Diplomacy Images have traditionally played an important role in diplomacy. For instance, paintings were often used to bare testimony to diplomatic summits and conferences. Such is the case with Gerard ter Borch’s painting of the treaty of Munster. Additionally, political … Read more
The Cyborg Bill of Rights v1.0 Boing Boing by Richard MacKinnon In anticipation of the battle for the body, we can envision a conflict among competing interests in property located within a person’s body and likely connected to externally controlled resources for storage, logging, and monitoring–for instance, a medical device–and we can imagine that someone’s … Read more
Social media phenomenon ‘Salt Bae’ Nusret Gökçe vows to be world’s greatest butcher The co-partner of the global Nusr-et chain of grill houses, Nusret Gökçe, who recently became a social media phenomenon for his meat-cutting and salt-drizzling skills, has vowed to become the “world’s greatest butcher.” Militant who appeared in ISIL propaganda video ‘detained twice’ … Read more
Turkey pays TL 2.4 million in rewards to citizen-informants in 2016 || http://turkeypurge.com/mukhtar-bans-gulenists-from-neighborhood-sets-up-247-informant-hotline … ************ Turkish Central Bank keeps rates unchanged in unexpected move Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s Central Bank unexpectedly maintained interest rates on Dec. 20, noting that the aggregate demand developments had restrained negative foreign exchange movements. Gov’t-led charter changes bring constitutional dictatorship: CHP … Read more
‘OUTRAGEOUS!’ Germany’s fury as teachers ‘banned from even MENTIONING Christmas in class’ Express.co.uk Usually the Istanbul Lisesi holds a small celebration for Christmas and teaches its pupils, who are both German and Turkish, about the Christian … German school in Istanbul cancels Christmas – Deutsche Welle German School in Istanbul Forced to Deny ‘Banning’ Christmas – … Read more
DW interview with Turkish youth minister seized by ministry The record of an interview with Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç that was slated to be published for a program on Deutsche Welle (DW) has been seized by ministry officials after the interview was completed Turkish Sports Ministry refutes claims on seizure of DW interview … Read more
Introducing the Public Anthropology Institute Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology This entry is part 9 of 9 in the Decolonizing Anthropology series. By: Faye V. Harrison, Carole McGranahan, Matilda Ostow, Melissa Rosario, Paul Stoller, Gina Athena Ulysse and Maria Vesperi The massacre in Orlando was just two days before we sat together around a … Read more
Aftenposten is being thrown out of Turkey Aftenposten – Feb 9, 12:57 AM Silje Rønning Kampesæter is being kicked out of Tyrkey. The previous time Aftenposten experienced something similar was in 1971, when this newspaper’s Moscow-correspondent Per Egil Hegge was expelled from the Soviet Union. Aftenposten In this picture Aftenposten’s Middle East Correspondent Silje … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: Poland’s media law alarms EU | 04/01/2016 euro|topics The EU is examining the options for taking steps against the media reform passed in Poland at the end of the year that gives the government more influence in public broadcasting. The Union is right to put the national-conservative government in its place, some commentators say. … Read more
Sidney Mintz, Founding Father of Food Anthropology, Has Died The Daily Meal Sidney Mintz, the cultural anthropologist credited with founding the field of food anthropology, has died at the age of 93, Mintz’s wife has confirmed. Though he taught a number of subjects over the course of his career and is also credited with . … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: France prolongs state of emergency | 20/11/2015 euro|topics The French National Assembly on Thursday voted to prolong the state of emergency in the country for a period of three months. This step allows the authorities to impose curfews and carry out searches without a warrant, among other measures. France has sacrificed its civil rights … Read more
Reality check: Number of displaced Syrians in Europe AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Very few of the 11.8 million Syrians who have fled their homes during the current conflict are now in Europe. Why EU guidelines on Israeli settlements are welcome EurActiv.com EU guidelines on the “indication of origin of goods from the territories occupied by Israel since … Read more
The Little Country Leading the Way in Europe’s Refugee Crisis Slate Articles by Slobodan Djinovic It’s not often that we Serbs get to be the good guys. Historically, whenever our name is mentioned, it’s usually in relation to accusations of causing World War I or Slobodan Milosevic and the four bloody wars he fomented in the … Read more
CIA Director John Brennan emails WikiLeaks Today, 21 October 2015 and over the coming days WikiLeaks is releasing documents from one of CIA chief John Brennan’s non-government email accounts. Brennan used the account occasionally for several intelligence related projects. John Brennan WikiLeaks Is Publishing the CIA Director’s Hacked Emails Wired Top Stories by Andy Greenberg Days … Read more
Swiss wrong to prosecute politician for denying Armenian genocide, court rules World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Agence France-Presse in Strasbourg European court of human rights said prosecution of Turkish politician Doğu Perinçek an infringement of his right to free speech Thousands of migrants enter Slovenia BBC News | Europe | World Edition Thousands of weary migrants … Read more