Category: English
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Souleymane’s Story: the quietly devastating tale of an immigrant worker’s struggles in Paris
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Laura O’Flanagan, PhD Candidate, School of English, Dublin City University Set in Paris, director Boris Lojkine’s latest film follows Souleymane (an astonishing turn from Abou Sangaré), seeking asylum in France as an immigrant from Guinea. Through Souleymane’s eyes, Paris becomes a gritty, unforgiving landscape of danger,…
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How walking football is helping older adults stay fit, connected and competitive
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ian Varley, Associate professor, Nottingham Trent University Walking football is an adaptation of regular football, played primarily by middle-aged and older adults with rule changes to enhance accessibility A_Lesik/Shutterstock For many older adults, staying active often means doing it alone. Walking, jogging or heading to the…
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The ‘demonstration effect’ can inspire girls to play — but only if communities are ready
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Georgia Teare, Assistant Professor, Management and Leadership in Kinesiology, Western University By age 14, girls drop out of sport at twice the rate of boys in Canada. Sport can boost young people’s physical health, mental well-being and social skills, and fewer girls participating means more of…
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Nigeria’s government is using digital technology to repress citizens. A researcher explains how
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Chibuzo Achinivu, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vassar College Digital authoritarianism is a new way governments are trying to control citizens using digital and information technology. It is a growing concern for advocacy groups and those interested in freedom and democracy. It is especially…
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Luxury tourism is a risky strategy for African economies – new study of Botswana, Mauritius, Rwanda
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Pritish Behuria, Reader in Politics, Governance and Development, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester Mauritius led the luxury tourism trend in Africa with all-inclusive resorts. Heritage Awali/yourgolftravel.com, CC BY-NC-ND How successful is luxury tourism in Africa? What happens if it fails to produce higher tourism revenues:…
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Ecoball: how to turn picking up litter into a game for kids
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Solaja Mayowa Oludele, Lecturing, Olabisi Onabanjo University Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Every year humanity produces nearly 300 million tonnes of plastic. Only a fraction ever gets recycled. Most ends up in rivers, oceans and soil, slowly breaking down into tiny, invisible microplastics that get into what…
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Climate change is making cities hotter. Here’s how planting trees can help
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Lingshan Li, PhD candidate, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University Canada’s climate is warming twice as fast as the global average, and many cities will experience at least four times as many extreme heat events (days above 30 C) per year in the coming…
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Why we used to sleep in two segments – and how the modern shift changed our sense of time
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Darren Rhodes, Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology and Environmental Temporal Cognition Lab Director, Keele University, Keele University Albert Joseph Moore/Shutterstock Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3am and wonder if something’s wrong. It…
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Scary stories for kids: A Series of Unfortunate Events taught me that grief can’t be understood but can be managed
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rebecca Wynne-Walsh, Lecturer in Film, English and Creative Arts, Edge Hill University Brett Helquist/HarperCollins Sourcing family friendly frightening fiction can be a bit challenging. That said, while straightforward horror texts rarely serve family audiences, the gothic is a mode of storytelling that has a long history…
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What Belfast’s changing murals can tell us about peace
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dylan O’Driscoll, Associate Professor in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation, Coventry University One of the murals from the study. Author provided, CC BY-SA The walls of Belfast in Northern Ireland are more than just brick and mortar. They are canvases for public communication, reflecting the city’s history…