Since it is Thanksgiving and Americans will be stuffing themselves…
The undernourishment map:
And, its opposite, the “Fat Map” (via Gerardo Marti):
India, the Philippines and Central Africa shrink and North America swells up. Read Full Story
SOCIOLOGOS – Société! Avez-vous dit société? via kwout
Which seems to have mostly members from Burkina Faso at this point. Check it out or join! Read Full Story
After my previous post on sport and stigma regarding L’Affaire Henry, commenter Pat wrote the following (bumped from the comments):
“Football is a global business with huge vested interests.What we are looking at in France’s case,via vi Henry, is a commodity brand who generates massive revenue streams,via its lucrative fanbase in Asia and beyond.
It is no coincidence that FIFA(football’s governing body that includes the former French player,Platini) broke competition conventions ... Read Full Story
Both involve the issue of control of women’s lives in the context of patriarchal religion.
First:
Inside the mind of a female suicide bomber | World news | The Observer via kwout
Note the very patriarchal photograph. The article itself is interesting in that it reveals a mix of religious fundamentalism and nationalism. The women themselves may reclaim suicide terrorism as a form of regaining control over their own lives but it is clear that these operatives function completely under t... Read Full Story
Click on the image for a humongous version:
For those of us who keep track of these things, there results are really not surprising but this is a nice and clean explanation of the measures. Read Full Story
Click on play and watch the country grow darker:
multimediafinal via kwout
How very interesting to compare the sense of urgency that was supposedly needed to save the banks with the lack of comparable enthusiasm in working on a progressive labor policy. The two things are related, of course. Also, how many times have we seen the Secretary of Labor speak publicly about this compared to the number of times we have seen the Secretary of Treasury or other member of the economic team?
Clear prio... Read Full Story
So, I’m guessing parenting and early education are now all about “preparing” children for the credentialist rat race:
The Power Elite: Number One Sign Your Parents Were Not in the Gifted Program: via kwout
Except that, of course, tests prepare for nothing other than taking other tests whose values is based only on the fact that people believe in their value. They are not good predictors of anything.
The Power Elite: Number One Sign Your Parents Were Not in the Gifted Prog... Read Full Story
The topics of social inequalities, social mobility and precarization have been in the sociological news quite a bit lately, starting with a special edition of the French magazine Sciences Humaines titled “Stalled Social Mobility” that lays out some basic concepts and provide a general overview of the state of social mobility in France.
For the sake of clarity, when it comes to intergenerational mobility, the SH articles distinguish between
Structural mobility: mobility due to tra... Read Full Story
An unusual combination of global trade, organized crime, and a “good” extracted from the periphery to be sold into the core areas as it is in high demand:
Peruvian gang ‘killed peasant farmers for their fat’ – Americas, World – The Independent via kwout
There are reasons for skepticism though (and I confess thinking that of one was looking to extract human fact, the United States would be the place to do it):
Peruvian gang ‘killed peasant farmers f... Read Full Story
