What if I lose my language? What if I have lost my language? bit.ly/3uyxHBc

My article on the woes and marginalisation of the peripheries in Pakistan. #Balochistan #gilgitbaltistan#Swat #chitral #Swat #languages #culture #education #hydropower #humanrights #indigenous #colonisation countercurrents.org/2023/12/woes-o…

“As I learned on my travels while researching the origins of patriarchy, anthropologists have documented at least 160 matrilineal societies still in existence today, in which people trace their lineage through the women in their family rather than the men” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Our new review on climate change and children's education outcomes is published today in NatureClimate. Congratulations to postdoc Caitlin Prentice for leading this important work Det utdanningsvitskaplege fakultet (UiO) UiO - Psykologisk Institutt Department of Education, University of Oxford Kelton Minor nature.com/articles/s4155…

Diplomacy and resistance: how Dune shows us the power of language – including sign language bit.ly/3InX9ws

It was an honour to write this essay in Scroll.in about Arif Naveed's fascinating life: from a village in Pakistan, to a prominent academic in Britain, to facing untimely death. What does it mean to win against poverty but lose against time? scroll.in/article/106395…

Spring arrival, Rotterdam #magnolia

I am sharing here link to my 50 articles on language, peace and culture related issues. thenews.com.pk/writer/zubair-…

If you can spare time please do watch this podcast in Pashto youtu.be/RYx-o-Tbfxo?si…

Why do vegetarians in India prefer social distance from non-vegetarians? A look at caste-wise food preferences could provide some insights. By Suryakant Waghmore scroll.in/article/833178/

"Today I wouldn't get an academic job. It's as simple as that. I don't think I would be regarded as productive enough." Nobel Laureate Peter Higgs explains how the focus on quantified indicators (number of publications, citations) harms scientific progress.

Great read: linkedin.com/pulse/social-w… Thank you for sharing @ProsperaTedam

Making knowledge inclusive? Improving how we do research with Indigenous and local communities @UUCopernicus vitenskapsteori.bsky.social SeMPER-Arctic CoCliServ J.-Paul Vanderlinden CEARC Research Centre “What’s most important is to involve local people from the start" uu.nl/en/news/making…

Another thread of maps I like. This time we are looking loosely at the Indian sub continent. Included are India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. First up, Rivers! 1/13

"When it comes to green technologies, the whole world lags dramatically behind China, which has revolutionized green industries." phenomenalworld.org/analysis/great…

Excellent new paper by Arif Naveed on structural inequality, power relations and the limits of education for social mobility in the Global South doi.org/10.1111/ruso.1…

My colleague and brother Aftab Ahmad Angel Aftab Ahmad is at the Arizona State University, Arizona State University US in order to present his research work and participate in the CoLang 2024: Institute on Collaborative Language Research CoLang 2024 #colang2024. If any friend is nearby please meet

Part III deals with power dynamics and the tendency to treat Anglo-Saxon literatures as the theoretical gold standard. @BoulayBaz developmentresearch.eu/?p=1903

My study for #HRCP Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Dr Gerald Roche Ashoka William Dalrymple International Decade of Indigenous Languages UN Human Rights TED Fellows Acumen Sam Haselby World Bank South Asia WorldBank BBC News (World) Mehdi Hasan Tahir Mehdi Lok Sujag The Inspection Panel Amnesty International USA Prime Minister's Office Indigenous Environmental Network