Projects

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Contemplative Practices: An Ethnographic Study of Contexts in Contemporary Bhutan

This ethnographic research investigates the contexts associated with Buddhist practices and how people incorporate traditional understandings of religious practices with innovative approaches to contemporary meditation in a living Buddhist society.
Fall 2021 Grant Recipient
Research by:
  • Michelle Walsh (Religious Studies)
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Creative Urban Arenas: A Digital Repository

The goal of this repository is to facilitate a deeper understanding of the artistic production of slums dwellers by speaking to questions of identity, race, diversity, and social justice.
Spring 2021 Grant Recipient
Research by:
  • Nicole Bonino (Spanish, Italian & Portuguese)
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Digital Democracy: The Uses and Misuse of Technology in Unequal Societies

This interdisciplinary and collaborative research program is dedicated to the study of digital technologies and their consequences for local democracy.
Fall 2021 GPOD Grant Recipient
Research by:
  • Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner (Politics & Global Studies)
  • David Nemer (Media Studies)
  • Siva Vaidhyanathan (Media Studies)...
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Disinformation and Democracy: A Study in the Myanmar De Facto Military Authority’s Use of Disinformation to Discredit Non-Violent Democratic Activism

The Burmese Democratic Futures Working Group brings together university faculty, Burmese democratic advocates, and non-profit democratic/human rights organization leadership to explore the history and current state of non-violent democratic movements in Myanmar.
Fall 2021 Grant Recipient
Research by:
  • Steve Parks (English)
  • Nelson Camilo Sánchez León (Law)
  • T. Kenny Fountain (English)...