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Bread for tomorrow

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Bread for tomorrow

Sciences, Society, sociology

These days of confinement and prudence are proving that it is enough for bakeries to open from nine to one. Four hours that provide people their daily bread, and allow the ...

The critical mass and the catastrophe theory

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The critical mass and the catastrophe theory

Sciences, Society, sociology

In the field of sociology is called critical mass the amount of people from which a particular phenomenon occurs and acquires an own dynamic that allows it to hold itself and ...

The century of the self

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The century of the self

Sciences, Society, sociology

We all know that we live within advanced societies of liberal capitalist model, in a profoundly individualistic and consumer society. It is a reality that this society, ...

We are all in the same boat

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We are all in the same boat

Sciences, Society, sociology

Zygmunt Bauman is a sociologist and philosopher of Polish origin, best known for his creation and development of the concept of ‘liquid modernity’. Thinker, essayist and ...

Whatmeets

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Whatmeets

Humanities, Society, communication

Periodic, traveling and casual meetings on topics that smell like change, always having a theoretical part and another practical or participatory. The early editions ...

The paperboy is in danger

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The paperboy is in danger

Sciences, Society, sociology

The industry that has evolved the most and the only one that has really evolved is the communication industry; mobile devices, social media, internet and broadband. ...

Direct, cultural and structural violence

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Direct, cultural and structural violence

Sciences, Society, sociology

The triangle of violence, defined by the Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung, identifies three types of violence and argues that the phenomenon has a similar structure to that ...

Whatabout 1: The future by Pedro Mateu-Gelabert

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Whatabout 1: The future by Pedro Mateu-Gelabert

Sciences, Society, Whatabouts, sociology

'The future is a return to feudalism'. PhD in sociology, specialized in urban ethnography. With over 15 years experience in qualitative research both in New York City and ...

Blind spot

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Blind spot

Humanities, Society, sociology

Adolfo Doring is a mexican filmmaker arrived to New York City in the mid-eighties to study Sociology at Columbia University, then interned for rock and roll photographer Joel ...

No man is an island

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No man is an island

Sciences, Society, sociology

For the French sociologist Emile Durkheim, one of the great pioneers in the study of social sciences with Karl Marx and Max Weber, humans are creatures whose desires are ...

The assessment of Gross National Happiness

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The assessment of Gross National Happiness

Sciences, Society, sociology

Gross National Happiness (GNH) or Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH) its an indicator that measures people's life quality in more holistic and psychological terms than the Gross ...

Away from the laws of men

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Away from the laws of men

Sciences, Society, sociology

The work of Jose Carlos Meirelles is to document the existence of uncontacted tribes in the Amazon and protect them from contact with non-Indians. The advance of economic ...

Can a box be idiot?

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Can a box be idiot?

Humanities, Individual, sociology

In many parts of the world, spending hours sitting in front of the television has become one of the main activities of daily life. Europeans employ 40% of their free time ...

The cultural Capitalism

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The cultural Capitalism

Sciences, Society, sociology

Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher whose work integrates Jacques Lacan’s thoughts with Marxism and in which he highlights a trend to exemplify the theory through ...

WHAT a magazine

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WHAT a magazine

Humanities, Society, communication

Magazine of critical thinking about the future of common and universal issues, fact that in practice forces us to also discuss its past and its present. Contents are ...

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