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Bored of your box room? Try being marooned on the ocean!

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 4 May 2020

The coronavirus means that my research on a sailing cargo ship is lasting a lot longer than I bargained for.

Safe Aboard Avontuur

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 24 March 2020

We are doing well. We are all safe, sound, and healthy aboard the Avontuur.

My Sailing Avontuur Across the Atlantic Starts – with Waiting

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 21 February 2020

I will soon join the schooner Avontuur in her mission to reduce carbon emissions from cargo transport to zero.

An Argument for Reading More and Writing Less

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 31 January 2020

With so much pressure to publish, when will we ever have time to read and reflect?

The Diversity of the Globalised Cultural Economy

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 8 October 2019

This edited extract of the new book, Global Cultural Economy, explores how understanding context and history can help us change the lives of artists and cultural workers for the better.

Feeling Flight Shame? Try Quitting Air Travel and Catch a Sail Boat

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 2 October 2019

Carbon emissions from international air travel show no sign of abating. In the absence of a tax on jet fuel, are sail boats the best way to travel the world sustainably?

What Can the Arts Do in the Face of Climate Change?

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 1 October 2019

The arts helped shine a light on issues in the past, and now in the 21st century, it could help define global ecological citizenship.

Global Digital Music Revenues are Ballooning – But How Are Countries in Africa Doing?

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 14 May 2019

The political economy of music distribution goes unchecked. Despite increased digital revenues, also across Africa, music markets remain characterised by bottlenecks between musicians and audiences.

Why the Netherlands is More Split on ‘Black Pete’ Than Ever

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 13 November 2018

The debate about the controversial Saint Nicholas character, considered racist by many, is a symptom of deeper divisions in Dutch society.

Ghana’s War on Piracy

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 13 September 2018

Ghana, like many other countries, tries to eliminate media piracy. But what does this mean for distributors working in the margins of the formal economy? And, more fundamentally, what does this means for the tension between copyright and cultural rights?

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