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Sámi reindeer herders find common ground on Darug Country: new film
They were a long way from home, but Scandinavia's Indigenous Sámi found many connections with Darug custodians of Western Sydney, as Macquarie University researchers explain.
Breakdancing for equality – and now a spot at the Olympics
Australia's leading woman breakdancer and Macquarie University academic Dr Rachael Gunn is now a Paris 2024 hopeful after the announcement that 'breaking' will become an official Olympic sport.
How critical can you be in online reviews without being sued for defamation?
As summer hits, borders reopen and Australians start travelling again, Julian Dight, a legal academic at Macquarie Law School, explains to what extent you can vent your holiday frustrations.
Not so sweet: chocolate, slavery and complicit corporations
The annual spike in chocolate sales over Christmas is an opportunity for consumers to reconsider who produces our chocolate and how, Macquarie researchers say.
To Russian women, with love: trilogy celebrates forgotten filmmakers
Dr Karen Pearlman, Senior Lecturer in Screen Practice and Production at Macquarie University, is winning national industry awards for her films that put forgotten Russian women filmmakers back in the frame.
What is 'slacktivism' and can it change the world?
Social media is changing the way we protest. Dr Justine Lloyd, Senior Lecturer in social movements in Macquarie University's Department of Sociology, explores whether it's for better or worse.
Facebook is selling our data: are there laws to protect it?
As Netflix documentary-drama The Social Dilemma exposes the dangers of social networking, Macquarie Law School Senior Lecturer Dr Rita Matulionyte explores what the law can do to safeguard us.
Why we need more brazen hussies in Australia today
The new documentary Brazen Hussies chronicles the women's liberation movement of the 1960s and '70s and reminds us that 50 years later, the fight for women's rights is far from over, writes Macquarie University Professor in Modern History Michelle Arrow.
Why we can't get enough of Anne Boleyn: new book
Femme fatale or victim, predator or prey? Anne Boleyn is one of history’s most depicted figures. In a new book, Dr Stephanie Russo, Senior Lecturer in English at Macquarie University, dissects the ways writers, directors and Instagrammers tell her story.
Australia's emerging crisis of trust
With public confidence in our social institutions at record lows, Macquarie University Associate Professor of Philosophy Paul Formosa explores why business and government do the wrong thing – and what can be done about it.
Start Up program unleashes the entrepreneur in people with disabilities
A community program co-developed by Macquarie Business School addresses the under-representation of people with intellectual disability in self-employment – and is receiving industry recognition as a result.
Please Explain: Why is Republican approval of Donald Trump so high?
Polls of Republican voters in the US have consistently shown approval ratings of greater than 80 per cent, and often into the 90s. Dr Lloyd Cox, lecturer in US Politics at Macquarie University, explains what’s behind the President’s unerring popularity.