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    History of Laughter
    Peter Jones on three theories of laughter, humour as a way of doing politics and how laughter was perceived in the Medieval Europe
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    Anthropology of Revolution
    Social anthropologist Martin Holbraad on different approaches to revolution as a subject of an anthropological research, the role of every-day experience, and personal transformation of people involved in a revolution
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    Cuban Cultures of Revolution
    Social anthropologist Martin Holbraad on revolutionary transformations, Afro-Cuban religion, and the way revolution shapes every-day life
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    Social Сondenser and Socialist Urban Planning
    Social anthropologist Michal Murawski on the soviet constructivism in architecture, the origins of the concept 'microrayon', and the ideas behind soviet Khrushchevki-buildings
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    Media Literacy
    Media scientist Renira Rampazzo Gambarato on the freedom of speech online, netiquette, and the importance of media literacy acquisition in the modern world
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    Research in Socialist Cities
    Social anthropologist Michal Murawski on the advantages of socialist architecture, debates over the results of communist planning, and the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw
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    Eskimo-Aleut Languages
    Linguist Michael David Fortescue on the rare polysynthesis of the Eskimo languages, the role of affixes in them, and the prognosis for their survival
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    Renaissance Maps of Paradise
    Historian Alessandro Scafi on the four rivers of paradise, Calvin's mapping of Eden, and the first attempts to imagine heaven not on Earth
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    Medieval Mapping
    Historian Alessandro Scafi on the Medieval knowledge about spherical form of the Earth, compass points on medieval maps, and role of history in mapping
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    Human Sacrifice in Aztec Culture
    Historian David L. Carrasco on violent practices of the Aztecs, the purpose of human sacrifice, and the selection of the victim
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