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Demolishing schools after a mass shooting reflects humans' deep-rooted desire for purification rituals

Written by Dimitris Xygalatas, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut

A playground bench is colorfully decorated at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School, which replaced the one torn down after a gunman killed 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

After the recent shooting in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers, some local...

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Di antara maraknya pemberitaan mengenai demonstrasi dan tuntutan kepada Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), serta aksi protes atas tewasnya Affan Kurniawan—pengemudi ojek daring (ojol) yang meninggal...

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Gagal mendamaikan: ASEAN memang dirancang bukan untuk menyelesaikan konflik regional

Shutterstock● Struktur ASEAN tidak dirancang untuk menangani ketegangan regional.● Keheningan ASEAN bukan kelemahan, melainkan strategi menjaga stabilitas politik dan integrasi ekonomi eli...

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