Structural Violence

inequality and the harm it causes

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T-shirt Travels

  • July 4, 2011

T-shirt Travels is a PBS documentary about the secondhand clothes market in Africa.  It’s viewable on Hulu right now, so I thought I’d give it a quick write-up. This film[…]

Inequality · Watch

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Washing machines and maternal mortality

  • May 22, 2011

Hans Rosling, the Swedish public health stats guru behind the ever-so-brilliant Gapminder, has a new TEDtalk on washing machines!  When we were living in Ghana, I honestly didn’t pine for[…]

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Rx For Survival

  • April 30, 2011

This is the companion book to a Brad-Pitt-narrated PBS series by the same name.  I haven’t had time to write a formal review of the book yet, but the PBS[…]

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An Iran primer

  • March 30, 2011

A friend of mine sent me this. At the time I originally posted it, I said “I am wary of posting any video about Iran and saying it is “good,”[…]

Inequality · Watch

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Tim Wise at PLU

  • March 30, 2011

Tim Wise’s latest book (Colorblind) addresses the move toward colorblindness in our society, and how this is “one of the chief impediments to addressing institutional racism.” Julian Bond, he points[…]

Inequality · Read · Watch

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Why isn’t Wall Street in jail?

  • March 5, 2011

Matt Taibbi has a comprehensive article entitled “Why isn’t Wall Street in jail?” that was published in Rolling Stone a few days ago. I’ll let the sub-heading from the article’s[…]

Inequality · Watch

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Battle for Haiti

  • January 15, 2011

PBS Frontline has published another episode on Haiti, ostensibly timed to commemorate the progress (or lack thereof) one year after the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010.  The episode opens[…]

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Trouble with Play Pumps

  • December 22, 2010

In 2006 a new kind of borehole pump emerged on the stage of African aid.  Called Play Pumps, these were designed to be operated by children playing on a ‘merry-go-round’[…]

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Changing Education Paradigms

  • December 10, 2010

The RSA has posted a nice animated talk from Ken Robinson.  The thrust of the talk is that education is highly standardized, and while this may be efficient for moving[…]

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  • Recent Book Reviews

    • Strength in What RemainsJune 2, 2011
    • The Spirit LevelMay 30, 2011
    • The Uses of HaitiMay 30, 2011
    • Witness to WarMay 29, 2011
  • Recent Audio Reviews

    • Kenyan torture victims seek compensationApril 5, 2011
    • A day in the life of a SomalianMarch 16, 2011
    • Structural violence in popular musicMarch 5, 2011
    • Womb to TombFebruary 26, 2011
  • Recent Film Reviews

    • T-shirt TravelsJuly 4, 2011
    • Washing machines and maternal mortalityMay 22, 2011
    • Rx For SurvivalApril 30, 2011
    • An Iran primerMarch 30, 2011

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