By Dr Gilberto Algar-Faria and Dr Rosanna Carver 8 June 2020 at 17:30 BST On 7 June 2020, the statue of Edward Colston was felled by protesters during the Black Lives Matter march in Bristol, UK. The ensuing discussion has been dominated by an unhelpful focus on recriminations for those who toppled the statue and…
The case against voluntourism Recorded at a Bristol Hub event at University of Bristol on 2 March 2017, this brief talk outlines in 13 minutes the reasons why I do not believe in voluntourism and why I also distinguish this from volunteering. In short, I believe that voluntourism is exploitative of everyone involved in the process -…
This article was written on 12 October 2015 and has been republished now. The Prison Governor cleared this article for publishing and distribution. It is a cold, grey day in Norway, and the date is 9 October 2015. It's Friday. And I'm going to Bastøy Prison: a completely open prison island (insofar as an island…
This article is adapted from a presentation delivered to Café Politique at Ustinov College, Durham University, on 21 February 2013. Introduction This article addresses some fundamental questions about North Korea's foreign policy decision-making, unpacking the current situation on the Korean Peninsula. It explains how the state's development of its nuclear weapons programme can actually be seen as a…
