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When Iran makes the news in the West, it’s often after some sort of crisis has taken place – a military standoff, new economic sanctions, belligerent threats from some leaders, including their own, or crackdowns on protesters. Rarely do others get a window into everyday life in Iran. Sociologist Manata Hashemi spent 12 years interviewing Iranian young people living on the country’s socioeconomic margins. She wanted to know what motivates them, who inspires them and how they envision the future.
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Within Iran’s lower classes, youth culture is highly conformist.
Farzin Mahmoudzadeh
Manata Hashemi, University of Oklahoma
Despite what you might see on the news, many of Iran's young people are far from rebellious. Instead, they have dealt with dwindling job prospects by conforming to a strict code of morality.
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Arts + Culture
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William Beinart, University of Oxford
In the 1950s, the African yam was exploited by drugs firm Boots to produce cortisone. But South Africans fought back against the plundering of a plant that they used for traditional healing.
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Shama Rangwala, University of Alberta; Erin O'Neil, University of Alberta
Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women gives us perhaps the most explicitly feminist take to date on the classic novel, highlighting the value of women’s joy and labour.
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Business + Economy
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Mark Greeven, International Institute for Management Development (IMD); Michael Wade, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
When cinemas closed down, Huanxi Media Group turned a crisis into an opportunity.
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Sarah Tottle, Lancaster University
Stress, and more chronic exhaustion such as burnout, is commonplace within the modern workplace.
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En Français
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Maureen Burnot, Université Lumière Lyon 2
Que font une dizaine de Guinéens sur la place Mazagran à Lyon ? Et comment peuvent-ils faire entendre leurs voix et leur histoire auprès de voisins inquiets ?
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Boubacar Haidara, Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Au Mali, les critiques visant l’opération Barkhane, dont l’objectif proclamé est de rendre sa stabilité au pays, sont de plus en plus vives.
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