In 2012, two Afghan asylum seekers camped outside the Parliament building in Helsinki
during a hunger strike that lasted for 72 days. Although the protest was very visible in the city …

The first global history of hunger strikes as a tactic in prisons, conflicts, and protest
movements. The power of the hunger strike lies in its utter simplicity. The ability to choose to …

Food tracking applications (apps) can provide benefits (eg, helping diagnose food
intolerances) but can also create harm (eg, facilitating disordered eating). However, food …

Many people today are concerned about the implications of climate change for their
personal reproductive decisions. Some have transformed such concerns into activism by …

Moments of intense physical confrontation between protesters and security forces have
become iconic parts of political protest. These asymmetrical tactical encounters have been …

This visual essay makes use of sketches and watercolour drawings in order to present an
observational study of a hunger strike conducted by undocumented immigrants in a Brussels …

For survivors of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries, food is a sensory embodiment of the
punishment and powerlessness they experienced while contained within the institutions. As …

This article uses the case of the 1981 Irish republican prison protest to show that indefinite
hunger strikes can force Euromodern states to the negotiating table by undercutting their …

This research investigates the 'Blanket Protest'in Northern Ireland (1976-1981), an Irish
Republican-led protest concerning the status of politically motivated prisoners incarcerated …

Hunger and Postcolonial Writing explores contemporary postcolonial fiction and life-writing
from various geo-political contexts. The focus of this work is hunger; individuated in the self …