Archive for the category ‘ACADEMIA-KNOWLEDGE-SCHOLARSHIP’


The Futility of Genocide Studies after Gaza
Abdelwahab El-Affendi | Journal of Genocide Research – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 29th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Are We as Area Studies Scholars Guilty of Negligence in Allowing Genocides to Happen in the Regions We Study?
Michael Charney | FORSEA Forces of Renewal for Southeast Asia - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 25th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Are We as Area Studies Scholars Guilty of Negligence in Allowing Genocides to Happen in the Regions We Study?)
Nepal: Inaugural Issue of “Social Inquiry” Published
Shree Prasad Devkota – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 6th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Nepal: Inaugural Issue of “Social Inquiry” Published)
Yi Jing – I Ching 易經 — The Book of Changes
Igor Micunovic | Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 28th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Yi Jing – I Ching 易經 — The Book of Changes)
Emails Show Monsanto Orchestrated GOP Effort to Intimidate Cancer Researchers
Lee Fang – The Intercept
September 9th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Emails Show Monsanto Orchestrated GOP Effort to Intimidate Cancer Researchers)
Corporations Are Funding Health and Nutrition Research – Here’s Why You Should Be Worried
Sarah Steele and Lejla Sarcevic – The Conversation
May 13th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Corporations Are Funding Health and Nutrition Research – Here’s Why You Should Be Worried)
What Does It Mean to Teach Peace?
Ellen Birkett Lindeen | Peace Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 15th, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
Honourable Theft
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 17th, 2018 ( 1 Comment »)
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 30th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Tao Te Ching)
Genocide Hoax Tests Ethics of Academic Publishing
Reuben Rose-Redwood – The Conversation
July 16th, 2018 ( 2 Comments »)
Rohingya: The History of a Muslim Identity in Myanmar
Jacques Leider | Oxford University Press – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 9th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Rohingya: The History of a Muslim Identity in Myanmar)
Who Gets to Write the Encyclopedia? Rohingya “Expert” Denies Genocide
David Palumbo-Liu | Truthout - TRANSCEND Media Servivce
July 9th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Who Gets to Write the Encyclopedia? Rohingya “Expert” Denies Genocide)
Oxford’s Neo-Orientalism: Burma aka Myanmar
C R Abrar – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 9th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Oxford’s Neo-Orientalism: Burma aka Myanmar)
Is Oxford University Complicit in Aung San Suu Kyi’s Genocide Denial?
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 9th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Is Oxford University Complicit in Aung San Suu Kyi’s Genocide Denial?)
De-Briefing Academics: Unpaid Intelligence Informants
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 14th, 2018 ( Comments Off on De-Briefing Academics: Unpaid Intelligence Informants)
Mathematical LAB of Peace from Spherons’ Structural Harmony
Dr. Leo Semashko – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 19th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Mathematical LAB of Peace from Spherons’ Structural Harmony)
More Than 75 Percent Decline Over 27 Years in Total Flying Insect Biomass in Protected Areas
Caspar A. Hallmann , Martin Sorg, et al. | PLOS One – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 23rd, 2017 ( Comments Off on More Than 75 Percent Decline Over 27 Years in Total Flying Insect Biomass in Protected Areas)
Colonialism Was a Disaster and Historical Facts Prove It
Joseph McQuade – The Conversation
October 2nd, 2017 ( Comments Off on Colonialism Was a Disaster and Historical Facts Prove It)
How Academia Uses Poverty, Oppression, and Pain for Intellectual Masturbation
Prof. Clelia O. Rodríguez | RaceBaitR – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 29th, 2017 ( Comments Off on How Academia Uses Poverty, Oppression, and Pain for Intellectual Masturbation)
Edward Bernays, the Father of American Propaganda
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 5th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Edward Bernays, the Father of American Propaganda)
How ‘Think Tanks’ Generate Endless War
Todd E. Pierce – Consortium News
August 22nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on How ‘Think Tanks’ Generate Endless War)
How Intellectuals Create a Public
Corey Robin – The Chronicle of Higher Education Review
February 8th, 2016 ( Comments Off on How Intellectuals Create a Public)
The Death of Universities
Terry Eagleton – The Guardian
December 28th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Death of Universities)
Oxford College Takes Down Plaque of Cecil Rhodes, Colonial Imperialist
Krithika Varagur - The Huffington Post
December 21st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Oxford College Takes Down Plaque of Cecil Rhodes, Colonial Imperialist)
The Case for Teaching Ignorance
Jamie Holmes – The New York Times
August 31st, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Case for Teaching Ignorance)
How a Corporate Cult Captures and Destroys Our Best Graduates
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 8th, 2015 ( Comments Off on How a Corporate Cult Captures and Destroys Our Best Graduates)
Rotten Science: How We Got Duped by Fake Chocolate Science
Daniela Hernandez, Fusion – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
Universities, Inc. – How Academia Became a Business
Ben Agger - CounterPunch
May 11th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Universities, Inc. – How Academia Became a Business)
The Myth of ‘Value-Free’ Social Science or The Value of Political Commitments to Social Science
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Myth of ‘Value-Free’ Social Science or The Value of Political Commitments to Social Science)
Universities and the Challenge of Climate Change
Harvard President Drew Faust – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Universities and the Challenge of Climate Change)
Wealth and Power May Have Played a Stronger Role than ‘Survival of the Fittest’
Science Daily – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Wealth and Power May Have Played a Stronger Role than ‘Survival of the Fittest’)
Physicians’ Group Details Psychologists’ Role in CIA’s “Extensive System of Torture”
Matthew MacEgan, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 ( Comments Off on Physicians’ Group Details Psychologists’ Role in CIA’s “Extensive System of Torture”)
Facebook’s ‘Emotional Experiment’ Is Most Shared Academic Research
Alex Hern - The Guardian
December 15th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Facebook’s ‘Emotional Experiment’ Is Most Shared Academic Research)
Reasons for Intellectual Conformity
Lawrence Davidson – Consortium News
May 26th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Reasons for Intellectual Conformity)
Does the Academy Matter?
Foreign Policy – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 31st, 2014 ( 1 Comment »)
The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 6th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking)
Through the Wall of Fire — Reconciliation
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 24th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
(Russian-Pусский) Мистики: Пифагор и его теория реинкарнации
Игорь Буккер - Правды
June 24th, 2013 ( Comments Off on (Russian-Pусский) Мистики: Пифагор и его теория реинкарнации)
Think-Act, Locally-Globally: Alfaz, Spain
Johan Galtung
June 17th, 2013 ( 2 Comments »)
Search for an Alternative Paradigm of Life
Thoudam Damodara Singh, Ph.D. (Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Maharaja)– Science and Scientist
June 10th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Search for an Alternative Paradigm of Life)
(Português) Alysson Mascaro: Uma Crítica Social do Estado
Carta Maior – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 10th, 2013 ( Comments Off on (Português) Alysson Mascaro: Uma Crítica Social do Estado)
Stephen Hawking’s Boycott Hits Israel Where It Hurts: Science
Hilary Rose and Steven Rose – The Guardian
May 20th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Stephen Hawking’s Boycott Hits Israel Where It Hurts: Science)
Noam Chomsky Helped Lobby Stephen Hawking to Stage Israel Boycott
Robert Booth and Harriet Sherwood – The Guardian
May 20th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Noam Chomsky Helped Lobby Stephen Hawking to Stage Israel Boycott)
Mono- Multi- Inter- Cross- Trans-Disciplinary
Johan Galtung
May 20th, 2013 ( 2 Comments »)
Does Current Biology Have the Misfortune of Owning an Unreliable Clock?
Bhakti Niskama Shanta, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 13th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Does Current Biology Have the Misfortune of Owning an Unreliable Clock?)
(Português) Novo Estudo Aponta Erros em ‘Base Científica’ das Políticas de Austeridade
Tomas Rotta, Marx21 – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 29th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
Do Academics Own the Titles of Their Articles?
Joshua A. Tucker – Al Jazeera
March 18th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Do Academics Own the Titles of Their Articles?)
Neuroscience, Special Forces, and Ethics at Yale
Roy J. Eidelson, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 11th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Neuroscience, Special Forces, and Ethics at Yale)
Feds to Publicize Drug and Device Company Payments to Doctors Next Year
Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber - ProPublica
March 11th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Feds to Publicize Drug and Device Company Payments to Doctors Next Year)
Goodbye Blue Sky
Rand Clifford – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 11th, 2013 ( 3 Comments »)
Monsanto University
Darwin Bond-Graham - CounterPunch
March 4th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Monsanto University)
The Political Consequences of Academic Paywalls
Sarah Kendzior – Al Jazeera
January 21st, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
Myanmar Activist [TRANSCEND Member], Professor Resigns Over Brunei University ‘Censorship’
Nan Tin Htwe – The Myanmar Times
January 14th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Myanmar Activist [TRANSCEND Member], Professor Resigns Over Brunei University ‘Censorship’)
Michael Cremo Brings Vedic Perspectives to the Scientific Table
Madhava Smullen, ISKCON News – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 24th, 2012 ( 1 Comment »)
Scholars and Spies: A Disastrous Combination
Mark LeVine – Al Jazeera
December 10th, 2012 ( Comments Off on Scholars and Spies: A Disastrous Combination)
Open Access: Stakes Are High At the Debates over the Future of Scholarship
Manuel Barcia – Al Jazeera
December 10th, 2012 ( Comments Off on Open Access: Stakes Are High At the Debates over the Future of Scholarship)
Diversity as a Source of Conflicts
Solomon Marcus – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 10th, 2012 ( Comments Off on Diversity as a Source of Conflicts)
Methods of Analysis in Social Sciences and Research for Peace – An Introduction
Alberto L’Abate – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 10th, 2012 ( Comments Off on Methods of Analysis in Social Sciences and Research for Peace – An Introduction)
As Drug Industry’s Influence over Research Grows, So Does the Potential for Bias
Peter Whoriskey – The Washington Post
December 3rd, 2012 ( Comments Off on As Drug Industry’s Influence over Research Grows, So Does the Potential for Bias)
Remembering Howard Zinn on the Anniversary of His Death and Germinating the Seeds of Truth
Mark Karlin, Buzzflash editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 7th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Remembering Howard Zinn on the Anniversary of His Death and Germinating the Seeds of Truth)
Laughing our Way to Peace or War: Humour and Peacebuilding
Craig Zelizer – Journal of Conflictology
December 6th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Laughing our Way to Peace or War: Humour and Peacebuilding)