For a company that prides itself on decades of advertising prowess, 2024 has been a bumpy year for the tech giant Apple. In May, the company was forced to apologise over an iPad ad that featured a slew of creative tools including musical instruments, cameras, and books being crushed by a hydraulic press, with the […]
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This post is based on a recent article published in the Asian Studies Review. The article can be read here and is currently available open access to all readers. In the age of global capitalism, instead of kings and queens, the most important actors in urban planning are supposed to be the national government, municipal leaders, bureaucrats, politicians,
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The crisis of recovery Disaster management agencies around the world tend to have a strong focus on post-disaster response and emergency management, and after a disaster there is typically a flurry of short-term activities to deal with the impacts. However, long-term issues associated with post-disaster recovery, particularly in the housing sector which is often most
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The 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) brought together a group of scholars from around Australia and the region with a shared interest in disability in Asia. Asian studies conferences are not a usual venue for the meeting of scholars of disability, but the 2018 ASAA conference provided a unique
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A modest plaque has disappeared from the pavement at the Royal Plaza in Thailand. Arjun Subrahmanyan considers the wider significance of its removal The recent disappearance of a plaque commemorating the 1932 revolution in Siam shows the suspicion over popular sovereignty that still prevails in the country. The event, staged by a group of commoners
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A small gesture holds a glimmer of hope for a more lasting peace on a troubled border, reports Marnie Feneley On a recent field trip shooting panoramic photographs at Banteay Chhmar, a temple in northern Cambodia, we decided to take a detour further north to see a temple known as Ta Muen Thom. This temple,
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