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All human drama is encounter, and all human communication is translation.
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We live in a world where the borders between one language and another, between reality and non-reality, between the human and the non-human, are all being denied. Translation can be an antidote to this nihilism of borderlessness, writes @marcishore.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/encounters-i...
Encounters in the borderlands
We live in a world where the borders between one language and another, between reality and non-reality, between the human and the non-human, are all being denied. As a reminder of difference and an op...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
All human drama is encounter, and all human communication is translation.
@sjgarnett.bsky.social
@iwm.at
@sjgarnett.bsky.social
@iwm.at
We live in a world where the borders between one language and another, between reality and non-reality, between the human and the non-human, are all being denied. Translation can be an antidote to this nihilism of borderlessness, writes @marcishore.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/encounters-i...
Encounters in the borderlands
We live in a world where the borders between one language and another, between reality and non-reality, between the human and the non-human, are all being denied. As a reminder of difference and an op...
www.eurozine.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We live in a world where the borders between one language and another, between reality and non-reality, between the human and the non-human, are all being denied. Translation can be an antidote to this nihilism of borderlessness, writes @marcishore.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/encounters-i...
The current wave of #Belarusian folklore texts, music and dance taps into a history of resilience and creative revival. www.eurozine.com/language-of-...
Language of expression during repressions
Throughout history, Belarusians have turned to their rich folklore traditions in harsh times. What may appear as a period of cultural stagnation is often a moment of resilience and creative revival. A...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The current wave of #Belarusian folklore texts, music and dance taps into a history of resilience and creative revival. www.eurozine.com/language-of-...
‘If governments and industry lobbies oppose the Forest Monitoring Law, we must question their motives: what do they have to hide when they block the means that would allow us to see the state of our forests clearly?’ Kelsey Perlman, Forest and Climate Campaigner at Fern NGO
A combination of geopolitics and economic pressure is weakening the political will behind the European Green Deal, the EPP leading the deregulatory offensive. Forests risk becoming collateral victims of a political U-turn. Kelsey Perlman via @revueprojet.bsky.social
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Europe’s forests: Between protection and deregulation
A combination of geopolitics and economic pressure is weakening the political will behind the European Green Deal, with the EPP leading the deregulatory offensive. Forests in particular risk becoming ...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
‘If governments and industry lobbies oppose the Forest Monitoring Law, we must question their motives: what do they have to hide when they block the means that would allow us to see the state of our forests clearly?’ Kelsey Perlman, Forest and Climate Campaigner at Fern NGO
A combination of geopolitics and economic pressure is weakening the political will behind the European Green Deal, the EPP leading the deregulatory offensive. Forests risk becoming collateral victims of a political U-turn. Kelsey Perlman via @revueprojet.bsky.social
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Europe’s forests: Between protection and deregulation
A combination of geopolitics and economic pressure is weakening the political will behind the European Green Deal, with the EPP leading the deregulatory offensive. Forests in particular risk becoming ...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A combination of geopolitics and economic pressure is weakening the political will behind the European Green Deal, the EPP leading the deregulatory offensive. Forests risk becoming collateral victims of a political U-turn. Kelsey Perlman via @revueprojet.bsky.social
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'On the left side of the Italian political spectrum, the idea that a country might enthusiastically seek EU, and especially NATO, membership was often seen as inconceivable.' @tilmanalioscia.bsky.social via @neweasterneurope.eu
The sharp drop in support for Ukraine in Italy has less to do with the traditionally Russia-friendly policy of the Italian right, and more with the anti-US sentiment rooted in the culture of the Italian left. By @tilmanalioscia.bsky.social via @neweasterneurope.eu www.eurozine.com/italy-and-ru...
Italy and Russia: A never-ending love story
The sharp drop in support for Ukraine in Italy has less to do with the traditionally Russia-friendly economic policy of the Italian right, and more with the anti-US sentiment rooted in the political c...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
'On the left side of the Italian political spectrum, the idea that a country might enthusiastically seek EU, and especially NATO, membership was often seen as inconceivable.' @tilmanalioscia.bsky.social via @neweasterneurope.eu
The sharp drop in support for Ukraine in Italy has less to do with the traditionally Russia-friendly policy of the Italian right, and more with the anti-US sentiment rooted in the culture of the Italian left. By @tilmanalioscia.bsky.social via @neweasterneurope.eu www.eurozine.com/italy-and-ru...
Italy and Russia: A never-ending love story
The sharp drop in support for Ukraine in Italy has less to do with the traditionally Russia-friendly economic policy of the Italian right, and more with the anti-US sentiment rooted in the political c...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The sharp drop in support for Ukraine in Italy has less to do with the traditionally Russia-friendly policy of the Italian right, and more with the anti-US sentiment rooted in the culture of the Italian left. By @tilmanalioscia.bsky.social via @neweasterneurope.eu www.eurozine.com/italy-and-ru...
We are pleased to note that Gwara Media has been awarded the 2025 Free Media Award, which acknowledges journalists and media outlets that report independently under adverse conditions. Gwara Media is an independent media platform based in Kharkiv.
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„Kämpft, wo immer ihr seid“: Sechs mutige Journalist:innen und Redaktionen mit Free Media Awards 2025 ausgezeichnet
Bei der Verleihung im Hamburger Rathaus wurden am 6. November sechs Medien und Journalist:innen aus Aserbaidschan, der Ukraine, Georgien, Ungarn, Belarus und Russland mit dem internationalen Preis für...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We are pleased to note that Gwara Media has been awarded the 2025 Free Media Award, which acknowledges journalists and media outlets that report independently under adverse conditions. Gwara Media is an independent media platform based in Kharkiv.
www.zeit-stiftung.de/themen/thema...
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While the majority of critical reporters were forced to leave Putin's Russia, those that remained morphed into regime propagandists. How to explain their political subservience? Irina Borogan & Andrei Soldatov interviewed by Mirjana Tomić via @iwm.at
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Our dear friends in Moscow
Putin’s crack-down on dissent at the beginning of his third term was a watershed moment for Russian journalism. While the majority of critical reporters were forced to leave, those that remained morph...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
While the majority of critical reporters were forced to leave Putin's Russia, those that remained morphed into regime propagandists. How to explain their political subservience? Irina Borogan & Andrei Soldatov interviewed by Mirjana Tomić via @iwm.at
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‘Within the West, civilizationalism can be understood as a soft form of racism based on culture rather than biology’ Hans Kundnani and Srirupa Roy via The Ideas letter.
While civilizational rhetoric in the West reflects a sense of threat, globally it is recognition-seeking. Common to all civilizationalisms, however, is a blurring of the distinction between authoritarianism and democracy. By Hans Kundnani
and Srirupa Roy www.eurozine.com/the-clash-of...
and Srirupa Roy www.eurozine.com/the-clash-of...
The clash of civilizationalisms
While civilizational rhetoric in the West reflects a sense of threat, globally it is recognition-seeking. Common to all civilizationalisms, however, is a blurring of the distinction between authoritar...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
‘Within the West, civilizationalism can be understood as a soft form of racism based on culture rather than biology’ Hans Kundnani and Srirupa Roy via The Ideas letter.
Whether billionaires or bankrupts, Americans who pursue excess risk isolation. George Blecher, via Wespennest 189 'Bankrott', on D. H. Lawrence’s short story of fanatical money-making, and the hallucination of riches bringing love and happiness.
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‘There must be more money!’
Whether billionaires or bankrupts, Americans who pursue excess risk isolation: the national obsession with amassing dollars leaves tycoons alienated and destitute socialites pitied. D. H. Lawrence’s s...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Whether billionaires or bankrupts, Americans who pursue excess risk isolation. George Blecher, via Wespennest 189 'Bankrott', on D. H. Lawrence’s short story of fanatical money-making, and the hallucination of riches bringing love and happiness.
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'Tradwives emerge from the legacy of the girlboss choice feminist – building an online business where they sell you the tools to dismantle your freedoms and the apron to wear once you’ve done it' Katie Buckley via Dublin Review of Books
As propagandists of a patriarchal order, tradwives perpetrate harm. But harm is being enacted on tradwives too. So why do some feminists see tradwifery as self-empowerment? By Katie Buckley via Dublin Review of Books www.eurozine.com/honey-im-home/
Honey, I’m home!
As propagandists of a patriarchal order, tradwives perpetrate harm. But harm is being enacted on tradwives too. So why do some feminists see tradwifery as self-empowerment?
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November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
'Tradwives emerge from the legacy of the girlboss choice feminist – building an online business where they sell you the tools to dismantle your freedoms and the apron to wear once you’ve done it' Katie Buckley via Dublin Review of Books
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The modern obsession with storytelling as a cure-all is under fire. This piece argues that this tension underscores the paradox: while storytelling can inspire, it can also confine, smoothing over life’s disorder.
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Against storytelling
The glorification of storytelling to define who we are or save the planet induces aversion in some: philosopher Byung-Chul Han calls the obsession ‘story-selling’. Do digitally packaged stories…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The modern obsession with storytelling as a cure-all is under fire. This piece argues that this tension underscores the paradox: while storytelling can inspire, it can also confine, smoothing over life’s disorder.
By @mirias.bsky.social in @eurozine.bsky.social
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By @mirias.bsky.social in @eurozine.bsky.social
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While civilizational rhetoric in the West reflects a sense of threat, globally it is recognition-seeking. Common to all civilizationalisms, however, is a blurring of the distinction between authoritarianism and democracy. By Hans Kundnani
and Srirupa Roy www.eurozine.com/the-clash-of...
and Srirupa Roy www.eurozine.com/the-clash-of...
The clash of civilizationalisms
While civilizational rhetoric in the West reflects a sense of threat, globally it is recognition-seeking. Common to all civilizationalisms, however, is a blurring of the distinction between authoritar...
www.eurozine.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
While civilizational rhetoric in the West reflects a sense of threat, globally it is recognition-seeking. Common to all civilizationalisms, however, is a blurring of the distinction between authoritarianism and democracy. By Hans Kundnani
and Srirupa Roy www.eurozine.com/the-clash-of...
and Srirupa Roy www.eurozine.com/the-clash-of...
As propagandists of a patriarchal order, tradwives perpetrate harm. But harm is being enacted on tradwives too. So why do some feminists see tradwifery as self-empowerment? By Katie Buckley via Dublin Review of Books www.eurozine.com/honey-im-home/
Honey, I’m home!
As propagandists of a patriarchal order, tradwives perpetrate harm. But harm is being enacted on tradwives too. So why do some feminists see tradwifery as self-empowerment?
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November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As propagandists of a patriarchal order, tradwives perpetrate harm. But harm is being enacted on tradwives too. So why do some feminists see tradwifery as self-empowerment? By Katie Buckley via Dublin Review of Books www.eurozine.com/honey-im-home/
Bankruptcy in nineteenth-century parables of capitalism; billionaires, bankruptcy and the American obsession with money; and why the refusal to accept the end makes life worse. Review of Wespennest 189 (2025) www.eurozine.com/bankrupt/
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Bankruptcy in nineteenth-century parables of capitalism; billionaires, bankruptcy and the American obsession with money; and why the refusal to accept the end makes life worse. Review of Wespennest 189 (2025) www.eurozine.com/bankrupt/
The glorification of storytelling to define who we are is what Byung-Chul Han calls ‘story-selling’. Could alternatives be found in open, porous and incomplete narratives, even when confronting death? By Miriam Rasch via De Nederlandse Boekengids
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Against storytelling
The glorification of storytelling to define who we are or save the planet induces aversion in some: philosopher Byung-Chul Han calls the obsession ‘story-selling’. Do digitally packaged stories restri...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The glorification of storytelling to define who we are is what Byung-Chul Han calls ‘story-selling’. Could alternatives be found in open, porous and incomplete narratives, even when confronting death? By Miriam Rasch via De Nederlandse Boekengids
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Review of @indexoncensorship.org 3/2025 'Truth, trust & tricksters'
How AI is changing the nature of censorship; artificial intelligence versus historical truth; revisiting the UK government’s response to 7/7; missing Palestinians from this year’s Berlin Biennale
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How AI is changing the nature of censorship; artificial intelligence versus historical truth; revisiting the UK government’s response to 7/7; missing Palestinians from this year’s Berlin Biennale
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Truth, trust & tricksters
How AI is changing the nature of censorship; artificial intelligence versus historical truth; revisiting the UK government’s response to 7/7; missing Palestinians from this year’s Berlin Biennale.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Review of @indexoncensorship.org 3/2025 'Truth, trust & tricksters'
How AI is changing the nature of censorship; artificial intelligence versus historical truth; revisiting the UK government’s response to 7/7; missing Palestinians from this year’s Berlin Biennale
www.eurozine.com/truth-trust-...
How AI is changing the nature of censorship; artificial intelligence versus historical truth; revisiting the UK government’s response to 7/7; missing Palestinians from this year’s Berlin Biennale
www.eurozine.com/truth-trust-...
The 33rd European Meeting of Cultural Journals will take place this weekend in the Slovenian–Italian cities of Nova Gorica/Gorizia, a ‘borderless’ European Capital of Culture in 2025. The conference is co-organized with Razpotja magazine. www.eurozine.com/translating-...
Translating cultures – Cultures of translation
The 33rd European Meeting of Cultural Journals will take place from 7–9 November 2025 in the Slovenian–Italian cities of Nova Gorica/Gorizia, a ‘borderless’ European Capital of Culture in 2025. The co...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The 33rd European Meeting of Cultural Journals will take place this weekend in the Slovenian–Italian cities of Nova Gorica/Gorizia, a ‘borderless’ European Capital of Culture in 2025. The conference is co-organized with Razpotja magazine. www.eurozine.com/translating-...
Martha Otwinowski highlights the tightrope German cultural institutions are treading in relation to Israel-Palestine since 7 October 2024. Exhibitions have been cancelled and professorships withdrawn as organisations fear being accused of antisemitism. Via @indexoncensorship.org
The guarded approach of this year’s Berlin Biennale towards expressions of pro-Palestinian solidarity left artists and art public alike with the sense that what is permissible in Germany’s cultural sector isn’t enough. By Martha Otwinowski via @indexoncensorship.org
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The missing Palestinians
The guarded approach of this year’s Berlin Biennale towards expressions of pro-Palestinian solidarity left artists and art public alike with the sense that what is currently permissible in Germany’s c...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Martha Otwinowski highlights the tightrope German cultural institutions are treading in relation to Israel-Palestine since 7 October 2024. Exhibitions have been cancelled and professorships withdrawn as organisations fear being accused of antisemitism. Via @indexoncensorship.org
Parables of violence; memories of dictatorship; perversions of memory: Ord&Bild 2-3/2025 samples contemporary Latin American literature and photography www.eurozine.com/spending-tim...
Spending time with the dead
Parables of violence; memories of dictatorship; perversions of memory: Ord&Bild samples contemporary Latin American literature and photography.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Parables of violence; memories of dictatorship; perversions of memory: Ord&Bild 2-3/2025 samples contemporary Latin American literature and photography www.eurozine.com/spending-tim...
Eurozine is deeply saddened by the death of Judith Vidal-Hall, editor of @indexoncensorship.org from 1993–2006 and a longstanding member of Eurozine’s advisory board. We recall the deep and lasting mark she made on the network. www.eurozine.com/judith-vidal...
Judith Vidal-Hall 1938–2025
Eurozine is deeply saddened by the death of Judith Vidal-Hall, editor of Index on Censorship from 1993–2006 and a longstanding member of Eurozine’s advisory board. We recall the deep and lasting mark ...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Eurozine is deeply saddened by the death of Judith Vidal-Hall, editor of @indexoncensorship.org from 1993–2006 and a longstanding member of Eurozine’s advisory board. We recall the deep and lasting mark she made on the network. www.eurozine.com/judith-vidal...
Eurozine is very saddened to hear of the death of Judith Vidal-Hall (1938–2025), a former editor of @indexoncensorship.org, former Eurozine editorial board member, and member of Eurozine’s advisory board since 2005. She will be deeply missed by the network and wider community.
"She was a pioneer." Read Jo Glanville's moving tribute to Judith Vidal-Hall, our former editor-in-chief, whose dedication, integrity and wit reinvented the Index magazine and brought voices from the Global South to the forefront: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/exce...
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Eurozine is very saddened to hear of the death of Judith Vidal-Hall (1938–2025), a former editor of @indexoncensorship.org, former Eurozine editorial board member, and member of Eurozine’s advisory board since 2005. She will be deeply missed by the network and wider community.
The guarded approach of this year’s Berlin Biennale towards expressions of pro-Palestinian solidarity left artists and art public alike with the sense that what is permissible in Germany’s cultural sector isn’t enough. By Martha Otwinowski via @indexoncensorship.org
www.eurozine.com/the-missing-...
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The missing Palestinians
The guarded approach of this year’s Berlin Biennale towards expressions of pro-Palestinian solidarity left artists and art public alike with the sense that what is currently permissible in Germany’s c...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The guarded approach of this year’s Berlin Biennale towards expressions of pro-Palestinian solidarity left artists and art public alike with the sense that what is permissible in Germany’s cultural sector isn’t enough. By Martha Otwinowski via @indexoncensorship.org
www.eurozine.com/the-missing-...
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While Russian art museums and galleries, navigating Putin’s censorship, either conform or risk closure, pro-war propaganda is also eradicating Ukrainian culture in the occupied territories, writes Yegor Mostovshikov via @iwm.at
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Symbiotic culture and repression
Russian art museums and galleries, navigating Putin’s censorship, either conform or risk closure. Dissenting cultural workers are sacked, artists arrested. Pro-war propaganda is both sardonically repl...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
While Russian art museums and galleries, navigating Putin’s censorship, either conform or risk closure, pro-war propaganda is also eradicating Ukrainian culture in the occupied territories, writes Yegor Mostovshikov via @iwm.at
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