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Let Music Set the Trends
by Chris Wiles
18/12-09
Does music make the trends, or do the trends make the music? Chris Wiles looks at the increasingly commercial music industry. Have the musical trendsetters been ousted by over-advertised trend followers? more...
The Present Past: Psychology Redux
By Kendall Pfeffer
26/12-09
How good are we at treating mental illness? Kendall Pfeffer reminds us that we don’t know much of what goes on in the mind and urges us to take caution while moving forward to increasingly better treatments. more...
The Farmers of Nepal
by Pawan Bimali
05/12-09
What are some of the challenges Nepalese people are facing today? Pawan Bimali reveals the devastating status quo and tells us how to make things better from the bottom up. more...
The Future of Energy
by Einar Kristoffer Sunde
02/12-09
World leaders are gathering in Copenhagen next week to discuss climate change and energy policy. Einar Kristoffer Sunde takes us through some of the interesting energy alternatives on the table and predicts the next decade will be about realizing those opportunities. more...
The ‘Real’ Global Challenges
By Caroline Hargreaves
25/11-09
Caroline Hargreaves writes about the quality of our education and the importance of incorporating questions that could bring about real changes. These are her reflections based on a week of brainstorming on the topic of "peace business" and corporate responsibility at the European Peace University in Austria. more...
Super Speed Language Learning
by Francesco Marelli
18/11-09
English may be the language of the western world, but countless possibilities spring forward to polyglots. Francesco Marelli shows us why new languages can be exciting and presents a few ways to learn them fast. more...
The Children of Butongole
by Ashley Bryant
10/11-09
Children are the future. Ashley Bryant tells of her experiences in Butongole, Uganda, and of the children there, of their optimism and disappointments. more...
Menik Farm: The Experience of an Inmate from March to July 2009
06/11-09
This is the story of an inmate from the Tamil refugee camp Menik Farm in Sri Lanka. It was first printed on tamilnet.com. Generation C Magazine can not, due to the protection of sources, provide the name or location of the author. Its legitimacy, however, is guaranteed by Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS), an independent organisation advocating the right for freedom of expression in Sri Lanka. more...
Perspectives from the Holy Land
by Julia Ley
31/10-09
Can peace be attained in the Middle East. Julia Ley undergoes a personal reflection on the Israel and Palestinian conflict, exploring the depths of perception and understanding. more...
Generation C: Do We Deserve to be Taken Seriously?
By Kendall Pfeffer
31/10-09
What do we want? Kendall Pfeffer analyzes the origin and validity of the term Generation C and begs that we pause for a moment to look inward. more...
Click to a Degree: Is our Education Losing Valued Tradition?
by Leigh Kiniry
28/10-09
News and media have transformed as a result of internet capabilities. Leigh Kiniry takes a look at the traditional University model and whether it is capable of withstanding the internet revolution. more...
New Presentations of Art
by Luciana Grosu
26/10-09
How are the presentations of art changing with it's consumers? Luciana Grosu looks into possibilities for new ways to experience art. Art evolves, as do artforms. more...
Ending the Global War on Terror
by Sohail Mahmood
23/10-09
When will the Global War on Terror end? Sohail Mahmood laments the US and NATO efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan and calls for a long overdue exit strategy.
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Imagine a World Without Ideas
by Alex Umole
20/10-09
The driving force behind innovation is vision for the future. Alex Umole encourages us to look for the new ideas that will inspire our future and shape the course of human history. more...
Cultural Hegemony and its Discontents
by Dominik Lehnert
16/10-09
Can media be used to promote peace? Dominik Lehnert argues it can - and should do so. Global media, spawned by western civilization, are drowning out the voices of the third world. more...
Think Outside the Box
By Caroline Hargreaves
13/10-09
How much of our reality is constructed by our mind? Caroline Hargreaves urges us to take a step back, drop our presumptions about the world around us and search for the connection and unity in us all. more...
by Jan Oberg
9/10-09
On the 9th of October, 2009, President Obama was announced as the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Jan Oberg comments on this very controversial choice based on nothing but a bright vision for the future.
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Asian Invasion
by Katharine Tengtio
Filipinos are a huge international workforce. Katharine Tengtio explores what it means for a population to leave its culture and home to work. Why do they leave? Why have they so often been manipulated? What does this mean for the Phillipine (and the world) economy? more...
What is Love? Baby Don't Hurt Me
By Paul M H Buvarp
What is love like in the 21st Century? What do we expect out of romance and what shapes our desires? Paul Buvarp argues that the media have had a significant impact on modern ideas and ideals of love. more...
Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
by Katharine Tengtio
Communication has changed radically in the last few decades, and maybe we have to look at how we understand each other. Katharine Tengtio calls for more listening and less talking in a world where a misspoken word can have unimaginable effects. more...
Searching for Peace in a Kingdom of Vultures
by Nirmanusan Balasundaram
In May, 2009, the Sri Lankan Government announced they had defeated the LTTE after a conflict that had lasted for more than three decades. Nirmanusan Balasundaram provides a heartfelt and passionate article that calls for international actors to protect the human rights of the Tamils and ensure a lasting peace. more...
Post-Sacred Imagery
by Maria Carneiro
Is art becoming desacralized? Maria Carneiro, in her second article, mourns over the consequences of reproductions and depictions. What is the value of an original, now that we have seen digitally enhanced likenesses a thousand times? more...
What is Peace Journalism?
by Jake Lynch
Can journalism help solve conflicts and encourage peace? Jake Lynch, Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney and former BBC journalist, makes a compelling argument that conflict journalism has to be rethought - and rebranded - as peace journalism. more...
Why Our Generation Might Be Doomed, And What We Can Do About It
by Victor Andreas Lund Shammas
Our generation has been the subject of innumerable articles and books. What do these trendwatchers tell us about ourselves and our future? Victor Shammas navigates through these impressions and delivers an inspiring call to arms to do what’s right while we still can. more...
The Coming Crisis of Overpopulation
by Katharine Tengtio
The world population is increasing at an alarming rate, especially in developing countries. Katharine Tengtio looks into why this is and what can be done to improve the situation. more...
The Importance of an Open Mind
by Caroline Hargreaves
Many of the problems of the world have to do with perspective. This article examines the consequences of having a closed mind and advocates the open mind, not only as a sense of experience, but as a solution to international conflicts and crises. more...
The New-Age Voyeurs
by Maria Carneiro
Art has become much more accessible in the last few decades. Maria Carneiro thinks about what this means for our experience and appreciation of art. What is the role of the spectator and how has this changed? more...
The Healing Light
by Stuart Sweenie
One of the major health problems of today is cancer. This article examines a new and promising method to treating cancer being developed in St Andrews and Dundee in Scotland. more...
The Failed Generation?
by Pablo Alonso Caprile
The media paint a very grim portrait of today’s youth. Is this the whole truth? This article explores some of the unreported aspects of our generation, namely compassion and humanitarian action. more...
WORLD AFFAIRS
The Heat of Conflict
by Paul M H Buvarp
Global warming and water stress are likely to lead to an escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict. This is an in depth analysis and prognosis of the worsening problems in the region. more...
WORLD AFFAIRS
The Experts are Dead, Long Live the Experts
by Paul M H Buvarp
The internet has radically changed the relationship between people and the world. It has ushered in a new kind of experts, where anyone is eligible to share their views and knowledge with the rest of the globe. This magazine unifies them. more...