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Cinema opens a dialogue about coming to terms with Balkans' past

  • Written by Danica Jenkins, PhD Candidate in European Studies, University of Sydney
imageBy engaging a broad base of people on a popular level, film has a much more immediate and visceral impact than formal lustration proceedings. Before the Rain (1994)

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges...

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Why don't people get it? Seven ways that communicating risk can fail

  • Written by Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
imageThere's a reason why some people don't want to listen. Know that and you might stand a better chance of getting your point across.Shutterstock/BortN

Many public conversations we have about science-related issues involve communicating risks: describing them, comparing them and trying to inspire action to avoid or mitigate them.

Just think about the...

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Explainer: why markets care what businesses are buying

  • Written by Lee Smales, Associate Professor, Finance, Curtin University
imageIt's important to look at what businesses are purchasing.Shutterstock

How we track our economy influences everything from government spending and taxes to home lending and business investment. In our series The Way We Measure, we’re taking a close look at economic indicators to better understand what’s going on.

After all the...

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  1. Would Marilyn Monroe's career (and life) have been different if she had acted on stage?
  2. Australian climate politics in 2017: a guide for the perplexed
  3. Health Check: does my brain really freeze when I eat ice cream?
  4. Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2017
  5. Things you were taught at school that are wrong
  6. Cabinet papers 1992-93: the rise and fall of enterprise bargaining agreements
  7. Cabinet papers 1992-93: Keating government fights for Indigenous rights on multiple fronts
  8. Cabinet papers 1992-93: the balance of head and heart
  9. Cabinet papers 1992-93: Australia reluctant while world moves towards first climate treaty
  10. The 1992-93 cabinet papers reveal the chaos behind the government's economic statement
  11. Cabinet papers 1992-93: Australia moves to make Her Majesty obsolete
  12. How changes noted in the 1992-93 cabinet papers affect our super today
  13. Telling the tale of 2016: On choosing how to remember the year
  14. Philanthropy's tech billionaire reboot could be good for policymaking
  15. Go native: why we need 'wildlife allotments' to bring species back to the ‘burbs
  16. Wait a moment: 2016 goes a little longer thanks to a leap second
  17. A behaviourist's guide to New Year's resolutions
  18. The shelf-life of slang – what will happen to those 'democracy sausages'?
  19. Four education claims of 2016 – reviewed
  20. 2016: The Year in Film
  21. A rare American rebuke for Israel
  22. Surviving 2017 – a user's guide
  23. The Samstags: the untold story of a couple that changed Australian art
  24. Watered down: what happened to Australia's river swimming tradition?
  25. History suggests Australia could be left behind by the next industrial revolution
  26. Why do our friends want us to drink and dislike it when we don't?
  27. Dingoes do bark: why most dingo facts you think you know are wrong
  28. VR cinema is here – and audiences are in the drivers' seat
  29. The best (and worst) ways to beat mosquito bites
  30. 2016: the year in space and astronomy
  31. How crowdfunding can connect people to their heritage and community
  32. 2016, the year that was: Education
  33. Think again before you post online those pics of your kids
  34. 2016, the year that was: Health + Medicine
  35. Universal basic income: the dangerous idea of 2016
  36. In a world of 24-7 entertainment, art, sport and politics are the poorer
  37. 2016, the year that was: Environment + Energy
  38. Year in Review: FactCheck and the weasel-words, cherry-picking and overstatements of 2016
  39. The year of the #techfail: All of tech gets a prize as reality bites
  40. 2016, the year that was: Arts and Culture
  41. Got a drone for Christmas? Know the law before taking to the skies
  42. 2016, the year that was: Politics and Society
  43. 2016, the year that was: Science + Technology
  44. Health Check: why swimming in the sea is good for you
  45. Summer reading guide from The Conversation's business economics writers
  46. A Very Aussie Christmas?
  47. What role for the states on climate and energy policy? NSW enters the fray
  48. 8 space reasons to look up in 2017
  49. Where to start reading philosophy?
  50. The off-topic Conversation #114

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