An interview with sociologist Alexandrina Vanke by Mitja Stefancic
Mitja Stefancic interviews Dr. Alexandrina Vanke, author of The Urban Life of Workers in Post-Soviet Russia, about the motivation behind writing this book, why the concept of ‘class’ is understood …
Fausto Corvino
In the lead-up to COP29, Fausto Corvino emphasized the need for a paradigm shift within the international climate negotiations to ensure that the global rich bear a greater responsibility for climate finance. In this follow-up article, he …
Fausto Corvino
The upcoming COP29, to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024, will be crucial for climate finance. Governments will have to conclude negotiations on the so-called New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on international climate …
Miriam Lang
With COP16 underway in Cali, Colombia, Miriam Lang highlights the risk of focusing on biodiversity credits as a solution to preserving biodiversity may preclude discussions of a transformative politics outside of a market-based logic. What is needed is …
Dipak Gyawali
Dipak Gyawali shares his reflections from the first in-person gathering of the South Asia Bioregionalism Working Group in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. For bioregionalism to succeed in making any headway in South Asia, education must be de-Macaulay-ized to give …
Jorge Krekeler
The Almanac of the Future documents paradigmatic transformations – called ‘motivational experiences’ – emerging in Latin America that demonstrate alternatives to the current extractive model of ‘development’. Jorge Krekeler reflects on the origins and purpose of the Almanac …
Alessandra Monaco
What if we see beauty as a form of art and fashion as a tool to cultivate creativity and self-expression? In this new article, Alessandra Monaco explores alternatives to commodified notions of beauty. She interviews Giulia Paganelli, anthropologist …
Ayfer Ekin
Turkey held its local government elections this year in March, and in a major blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s hold on Turkish politics, his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) faced its biggest electoral defeat in two decades. …
Quincy Saul
In this article, Quincy Saul shares snippets of his experiences at the World Social Forum in Kathmandu, Nepal. He highlights the moments and movements – on democracy, food justice, and protecting river ecosystems – that have inspired him. …
Alessandra Monaco
This is the second article in a three-part mini series exploring the intersection of beauty and fashion. The first article, which has also been adapted into a comic by Shaunauk Sokey, investigated the meaning and role of …
Mitja Stefancic
Tiziana Terranova’s book, “After the Internet: Digital Networks between Capital and the Common” is a collection of essays representing the author’s own intellectual evolution, theorizing the crucial developments on digital networking and inter-networking over the last two decades. …
Carlos Tornel
“In times of civilizational collapse, the preservation of dignity can only come from below.”*
In conversations ranging from coffee shops to university classrooms, the language and notion of “civilizational collapse” is becoming increasingly common. The disaffection …