Culture And Arts
Carbs and culture
If we define culture as a set of values and practices around which communities identify...
The biology of gut feelings
There are times when reacting on instinct surpasses consciously weighing up decisions....
Taking water for granted
Water use has always been an indicator of social relations. In western societies,...
Wars of de-civilization
Syria, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh and now Gaza: connecting all recent wars is disregard...
Can we decommercialize housing?
European cities are a hotbed of real estate speculation and affordable housing is...
Women under the banner of friendship
The euphoria of anti-fascists from WWII-occupied countries, meeting at international...
A small World War
Russia’s passivity towards Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Nagorno Karabakh marks...
Sudden entrepreneurs
Economic and political transformation post-1989 exposed state-planned technological...
Who will pay for the truth?
When content is freely available in droves, paying for journalism almost seems like...
Belarus and the ghosts of the wild hunt
The ongoing repression of Belarusian society now extends to the banning of literary...
Der Weg nach Hause
Wenn ein Wohnviertel zum Kriegsgebiet wird, werden die Bürger*innen von einem Tag...
Kinder des einundzwanzigsten Jahrhunderts
Die Jugend, die kulturell mit der Zukunft assoziiert wird, scheint zunehmend von...
Das zweite Leben der Waffen aus dem Kalten Krieg
Zu Sowjetzeiten gehörte die Tschechoslowakei zu den größten Waffenexporteuren weltweit...
Die Wahl der ukrainischen Sprache, damals und heute
Die Wiedereingliederung russischsprachiger Ukrainer*innen in das „Mutterland“ –...
Alkemisterna från Ludwigshafen
Världens befolkning har vuxit enormt under senare århundraden. Att öka matproduktionen...
Bleaching blue collars
Socialist reform and modernization in post-WWII Poland opened the higher-education...
Feminism with a smile
In memory of Nada Ler Sofronić, the feminist voice pivotal in supporting a unified...
The limits of normality
Disability has always been part of the human condition; inclusion and accessibility...
‘Eurowhiteness’
From migration to foreign policy, Europe has undergone an identitarian shift. Both...
Legally sanctioned homophobia in the EU
Despite Lithuania’s Europeanism, its policies on LGBTQ rights are sometimes closer...
The ways we love
From sparkly consensual group hugs to dating apps to incels: the Valentine’s Day...
Nowhere to flee
Refugees coming to Europe face a de-humanizing process wrought with violence, both...
Vom blauen zum weißen Kragen
In Polen ermöglichten in der Nachkriegszeit sozialistische Reformen erstmals auch...
Frauen unter der Fahne der Freundschaft
Die Euphorie der Antifaschist*innen aus den im Zweiten Weltkrieg besetzten Ländern,...
Plötzlich Unternehmer
Durch die wirtschaftliche und politische Transformation nach 1989 sah sich die staatlich...
Greece’s next crisis
Recurring flooding and fires are putting Greece’s entire ecosystem at risk. In 2023...
El agua: de la escasez a la equidad
Las soluciones tradicionales que el mercado propone para combatir la escasez de...
Russia’s future and the war
As the face of European idea in Russia, Navalny incorporated everything that the...
A tradition of moral defiance
Alexei Navalny dared to challenge Vladimir Putin’s dictatorial regime. His decision...
