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DukeEngage: Performative altruism

(11/15/19 5:00am)

On Friday, many students will send in their applications for DukeEngage, the summer volunteering program comprised of both domestic and international projects. Students will get the opportunity to teach English in China, practice environmental conservation in Thailand or create culturally responsive educational tools in Chicago. When they go, they bring with them the ideal of doing good in communities around the world.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/11/duke-university-dukeengage-performative-altruism

Karsh depictions of Africa and the Middle East prove that stories can be dangerous

(10/31/19 4:00am)

The recently opened Karsh Alumni Center just changed its portrayals of African and Middle Eastern countries. The portrayals were perpetuating stereotypes of Africa and the Middle East, using images  of people in huts and riding camels in the desert—meanwhile, these regions are home to some of the largest and most advanced cities in the world. For an institution that touts diversity as an ideal, these portrayals were hypocritical.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/10/karsh-center-duke-university-karsh-reductive-depictions-of-africa-and-the-middle-east-prove-that-stories-can-be-dangerous