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Stagnating Progress in Racial Diversity of Cultural Resource Management
Heritage does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, it is carefully mediated by a billion-dollar industry that employs professionals with...
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Apr 22, 20235 min read


Awards Show Politics: The (Not So) Impartial Oscars
It is funny how the Oscars, a supposedly apolitical event, are as divisive and controversial as US elections. Certainly, there is a...
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Apr 17, 20234 min read


Soccer Offers a Shot at a Bigger Goal
The ball snakes from left to right, slicing across the glossy gym floor as our opponents close in on the goal. With five minutes left in...
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Mar 14, 20236 min read


The Case for an African American Repatriation Act
On October 11, 2022, The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum returned its long-contested Benin Bronze Heads to Nigeria. The RISD...
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Dec 8, 20226 min read


Sculpting Our Institutions: Artists’ role in decolonizing museums
Museums are often seen as celebrations of culture and collective memory, but their colonialist histories and racist practices are seldom...
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Jan 8, 20215 min read


Political Meat and Fake Meat
Meat (and its absence) is a hallmark of cultures all across the world. Hindus don’t eat beef, Muslims don’t eat pork, and a number of...
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Dec 5, 20206 min read


The Dream Sync: An Interview with Sport Ivory
Sport Ivory is a Nashville-based band consisting of lead vocalist Jeffrey James, guitarist Justin Halpin, and sound designer Jordan...
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Sep 26, 202021 min read


Sex, Death, and Other People’s Money – BPR Interviews: Copyslut
Copyslut is a band and artists’ collective who have been creating sex-magic, catharsis, and healing vibes since 2017. Also sex-positive...
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Jul 17, 202015 min read


The American Culture of Violence
Military potency is synonymous for a nation’s power within the global sphere, in most modern societies today. The United States has...
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May 22, 20174 min read


Rethinking “Integration” and “Assimilation” of Refugees
The number of international migrants has increased by 41 percent between 2000 and 2014, and it reached 244 million in 2015, with 20...
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Mar 13, 20177 min read


Artistic Expression Under Trump: Undermining and Uncovering Artistic Free Speech in the US
President Donald Trump, before and since his inauguration, has repeatedly condemned artists and journalists, describing the cast of...
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Feb 27, 20177 min read


Asian Fusion Cuisine and the Tug and Pull of Foreign Identity
When eating out, most of us simply focus on taste, price, and convenience, but the inquisitive foodie takes their ideas a step further:...
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Feb 20, 20176 min read


Examining The Military Industrial-Cultural Complex
The United States military currently owns 8,700 M1 Abrams tanks. This tank has never been fully incapacitated on the battlefield and...
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Feb 20, 20175 min read


BPR Interviews: Victor Fowler
Victor Fowler is a renowned Cuban writer of the Revolutionary Era. He has remained in Cuba and has published numerous essays and poetry...
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Mar 28, 20164 min read


Culture, Incorporated: Private financing is undermining Brazil’s cultural autonomy
It’s hard to draw a line between Brazil’s arts institutions and the corporations that finance them. The Brazilian arts world depends on...
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Nov 6, 20154 min read


Hip-Hop is Political Again
In releasing his new album “To Pimp a Butterfly,” Kendrick Lamar topped off a year of political and racial turmoil with an appropriately...
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Apr 8, 20155 min read


International Gridlock: The State of Uber Worldwide
Less than a year ago, Uber made headlines for massive funding increases and rapid, city-a-day global expansion. The company, which...
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Apr 5, 20154 min read


Culture Against Women
Jyoti Singh is a name that, over the past few years, has become a symbol in India of the need for societal transformation. The world...
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Dec 3, 20146 min read
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