Le débat sur la qualification de génocide au Darfour a une dimension politique, juridique et médiatique. Il a lieu parce que l’on se persuade que la reconnaissance d’un génocide impliquerait l’obligation légale d’intervenir pour y mettre fin, ce qui est … Lire / Read
Et si la guerre était inévitable?
Le Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, dans son dernier rapport annuel(1), mentionnait que pour l’année 2005 les dépenses mondiales en armement ont atteint la somme de 1120 milliards de dollars. La guerre est une affaire de gros sous … Lire / Read
L’intellectuel et le bruit des bottes de soldats
Le Canada est en guerre. La mission en a beau être une mission de «paix», tout indique le contraire. Discours patriotiques, arguments de nécessité, investissements massifs dans l’armement, sauvetage de la démocratie à l’étranger et campagne de recrutement dans le … Lire / Read
Slowing Down Alzheimer’s Disease
Technological and medical advancements have led to a steady increase in the life expectancy and in the size of the older adult population. Consequently, the number of age-related ailments, such as Alzheimer’s disease, is on the rise. In addition to … Lire / Read
Give a Hug, Save an Infant: Touch and Development
Touch is now recognized as a stand alone contributor to a young child’s healthy development. Aside from providing comfort and security, touch has also proven to be fundamental to the social and physical development of the infant. Such findings have … Lire / Read
Who Owns a Name? Funding Publics in Prison and in the Humanities
Ray Hsu reflects on his experience teaching incarcerated writers in a Wisconsin prison and on how his work foregrounds the politics of funding in education. As a poet and student, he explores how authorship amounts to a form of privilege … Lire / Read
The Price of Luxury: The Controversial Aestheticism of Damien Hirst and Tobias Wong
Artists Damien Hirst and Tobias Wong recently unveiled controversial pieces that, in contrast with the anti-commercial work of their contemporaries, celebrate the luxury object. Do these artists represent a conservative strain in contemporary art that makes art complicit with commodity … Lire / Read
Archives Without Borders
Since the 1980s we have seen the rise of forensic-based human rights organizations working to scientifically document crimes against humanity on an international scale. It is perhaps too early to tell what effect the conjunction of scientific data and eyewitness … Lire / Read
A Technological Fix for the Environment: The Virgin Earth Challenge
Last February Al Gore and British billionaire Richard Branson presented the Virgin Earth Challenge. It operates on the assumption that there is a technological solution to the climate change crisis. Technology materializes a particular relationship to the world. Does modifying … Lire / Read
Developing Deforestation: The REDD Initiative
The Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries (REDD) is being touted by industrialized nations as a way to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 25 percent within the span of the next decade, with the … Lire / Read