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Paternalistic Carelessness and the Making of the “Sacrificial Mother”: Disability, Gender, and Care in Kerala’s Endosulfan Episode
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10186?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: June 9, 2026 00:00
This paper draws on feminist disability scholarship on care to examine the figure of a sacrificial mother located within the moral unit of family, which is identified as central to the public discourse of disability around the Kasargod-endosulfan episode.…
Asymmetric Co-Curation: Making Natural History Museums in India and China
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10200?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: June 8, 2026 00:00
Museums often speak with a single, confident voice, but this authority was built by many hands. In this article, I show how natural history museums in India and China relied on wide networks of collectors, hunters, taxidermists, and local intermediaries to…
Correcting the Record on Gaza: Genocide, Headlines, and the “Rules-Based Order”
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10177?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: June 4, 2026 00:00
This essay examines media bias, U.S. foreign policy, and the selective application of international law in the context of the Gaza Genocide. The author argues that Western governments and mainstream media outlets have consistently misrepresented Israel’s…
Art and Literature Beyond Harlem: Curating Silhouettes and Reveal the Beauty in South Florida
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10184?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: June 1, 2026 00:00
This article reexamines the Harlem Renaissance by emphasizing Florida’s crucial yet often overlooked contribution to its development. Focusing on influential figures like Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, and Augusta Savage—whose lives and work…
Trump’s Era: Technical Hegemony, Military Expertise, and Sovereignty in Venezuela
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10196?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: May 29, 2026 00:00
This article analyzes the geopolitical and cultural implications of a U.S. military bombardment of Caracas in January 2026. It argues that the second Trump administration has redefined hegemony through “technical supremacy,” shifting the Make America Great…
Cut the Crap: Reclaiming History Needs a Revolution Not a Public History Project
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10191?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: May 29, 2026 00:00
This article explores Guerrilla Public History as an alternative methodology to reclaim historical narratives of the oppressed, whose history has been stripped away by violence. The author draws on regional guerrilla combat methods, Paulo Freire’s…
Victorian Science in Two and a Half Dimensions: Using 3D Software to Explore 19C Images
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10161?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: May 29, 2026 00:00
Animator Sydney Padua’s interaction with 19th-century science includes an obsession with Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the Analytical Engine that led to some of the first visualisations and animations of the machine. Most recently she teamed up with…
At Times Like These: Fredi Washington, the New Negro Renaissance, and American Democracy
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10189?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: May 28, 2026 00:00
This essay explores the work of artist and activist Fredi Washington during the New Negro Renaissance. It frames Washington as an unconventional “Triple Threat,” not as an artist who dances and sings and acts, but as a performing artist, a writer, and a…
You Can’t Argue Against Rationality
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10179?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: May 28, 2026 00:00
Much of Western philosophy has treated the ability to reason as both the defining feature of human nature and also the condition of knowledge. Even when philosophers attempt to expose reason’s finitude, the very form of argument simply bolsters the…
Insights from Reflexivity on Strengthening Water Security in Tribal Communities through Collaborative Approaches
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10178?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: May 25, 2026 00:00
Water insecurity is a persistent challenge in many American Indian and Alaska Native communities, where access to safe, reliable, and culturally relevant water sources is shaped by historical displacement, infrastructure neglect, and environmental…