Andrea Pető on the challenges of rebuilding Higher Education in Hungary. open.substack.com/pub/andreape...
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Recidivist workoholic. Retired. Bipedalist on leave. Cleon la Dude.
As I often say, you cannot distinguish justice as a research or policy objective from epistemic injustice and knowledge politics - if our research is based on positivist models of Western science, we won't see the real problems - and maybe not even the solutions. I recommend reading both papers...
"And yet, despite everything, something fragile still holds. It holds because of people. Because of those who refuse to look away. Those who speak, write, protest, support, donate. That quiet, persistent solidarity is what keeps the last remnants of my belief in goodness intact."
Iryna Voichuk@irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 6mo agoLife shaped by war changes your inner architecture in ways you don’t immediately notice. What hurts, what angers, what we can still feel, and what we numb just to survive. And how all of this slowly alters the way we see the world — and what we still believe in. www.patreon.com/posts/149270...
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
"The unwillingness to connect the dots between the murder of women and the broader social problem of misogyny is strategic. The ramp-up in ICE confrontations, however, shows the misogyny moving past culture-war rhetoric into real-world brute force." www.salon.com/2026/01/12/i...
In Renee Good’s killing, ICE’s misogyny isn’t a side note—it’s the point
The words of the man who shot Renee Good speak to the Trump administration's fixation on masculinity.
salon.com
"The exhibition curator is above all a storyteller. We use the visual and sensory vocabulary and grammar provided by the artists to weave a narrative that can take various forms. An exhibition can be a haiku, a poem, a short story, a novel or an epic."
Koyo Kouoh: «If we can imagine the ideal, that means it's possible»
She was set to become the first African woman to be the Commissioner of the 61st Venice Biennale, the epicentre of the contemporary art world. At the helm of one of the continent's leading contemporar...
nextisafrica.com
"2024 tapasztalataival a hátunk mögött egyre inkább ezek válnak releváns kérdésekké. Az, hogy egy állam, egy közösség milyen módon éli túl a klímaösszeomlást, jórészt az ezekre a kérdésekre adott válaszok fogják meghatározni. merce.hu/2025/01/01/f...
Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com
A must-read hommage to the conservationist struggles. Spanning the narrative from the Buffalo soldiers, Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression and the emergence of environmentalist legislation, all the way to current purges against civil service. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"The project is located in Crolles (France), and benefits exceptional views of the Chartreuse and Belledonne mountain ranges. It was initiated by the municipality, a social housing provider, and a group of residents who wanted to design a 15-unit housing project, using a sustainable approach."
Arvo Pärt Centre / Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos "Located in the middle of a dense forest with pines of great height, the proposal arises from a pattern of polygonal courtyards whose variations in size and position generate different spatial sequences."
'I think of the relationship of science and mythology as a natural one, because science is the myth of our time. Mythological stories create our imaginary world.' #quotidianutopia
Liliane Lijn. Arise Alive | Exhibition film
YouTube video by Haus der Kunst
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Casa de pensamiento. www.organizmo.org "Regeneration in biology is the process by which the structure and function of living systems that have been altered from their natural state of balance is recovered. It is the capacity for adaptability and resilience inherent in all forms of life."
"Looking at Women, Looking at War by Victoria Amelina review – in memory of the Ukrainian novelist who catalogued war crimes. A powerful, posthumous collection of diary entries, interviews, war reports and poetry has the late author’s tragic absence at its heart."
Looking at Women, Looking at War by Victoria Amelina review – in memory of the Ukrainian novelist who catalogued war crimes
A powerful, posthumous collection of diary entries, interviews, war reports and poetry has the late author’s tragic absence at its heart
theguardian.com
“The bookmobile (…) also ensures access to a frequently overlooked aspect of the Danish welfare society: the access to professional and skilled library staff” christianlauersen.net/2025/02/05/t... #skybrarians #libraries
The necessary nearness – an ode to bookmobiles
Our brand new bookmobile in Roskilde Municipality (loooooove it!) This piece is a rewrite of a chronical I wrote for national Danish newspaper Kristelig Dagblad. Link to the original piece (in Dani…
christianlauersen.net
"The Quechua idea ‘pacha’ urges us beyond narrow self-concern... Across the world, understanding reality as a set of relationships and bonds that pre-exist any kind of individual self seems more fitting. This, of course, comes with a humility that does not seem to be present in current practices."
The Quechua idea ‘pacha’ urges us beyond narrow self-concern | Psyche Ideas
The Quechua term ‘pacha’ embodies an Andean worldview that sees everything as related, transcending narrow self-interest
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Elisabeth Benjamin, co-founder of the Health Care for All NY campaign in interview with Amy Goodman. Systemic adversities that cause high transaction costs, uneven burden, preventable severe negative health outcomes and financial toxicity, explained to the bone. www.democracynow.org/2024/12/20/h...
How to Fight for Medicare for All
We continue to look at the U.S. health insurance industry and how patients can fight back against their providers with advocate Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president of health initiatives at the Communit...
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Robert Temel@roberttemel.bsky.social · 2y agoGroßartige, lohnenswerte Publikation von Anne Kockelkorn, Susanne Schindler, Rebekka Hirschberg über gemeinnützigen #Wohnbau in #Zürich, seine sozialen, architekton, städtebaul Qualitäten: *Cooperative Conditions. A Primer on Architecture, Finance and Regulation in Zurich*. …1/9 #coopcond
3 Books Incarcerated Writers Recommend All Students Read prisonjournalismproject.org/2023/08/10/3...
3 Books Incarcerated Writers Recommend All Students Read
What are books to read in prison? Here are three that touch on racism, love and meaning — and they're recommended by incarcerated writers.
prisonjournalismproject.org
Cotidian utopia! Documentary on the role of higher education institutions to mainstream care, art and ecology based concept/design thinking. Case study from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia. vimeo.com/1034280946?f...
Fellow Rawlsians, before we organize any Rawls reading groups to save democracy, I guess we better learn to read the room first...
Kyle Reed 🟥@kylereed.bsky.social · 2y agoWant to know how the Democrats can stop Trump/preserve democracy? Organizing a nation-wide political theory reading group.
