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Heritage: Commodity, Public Good, or Commons? Radical insights from the 19th Century Heritage Movement

August 27, 2019 · Alexandra Kowalski ·

Behind preservation laws lies a broader cultural fact: the collective belief that some works of historical and artistic value are inalienable and that their true value is over and above any exchange value they may acquire on markets. 

Tagged With: commons, heritage, utopia, Utopian Nights

Qed Nipprova Niftaħ Għajnejja

August 21, 2018 · Justin Galea ·

A poem by Justin Galea.

Tagged With: migration, poetry, Utopian Nights

Spectres are Haunting Europe A Film by Maria Kourkouta/Niki Giannari, Reviewed

July 25, 2018 · Kathrin Schödel ·

If refugees and migrants do not simply “become like us”, forgetful of a system which will keep producing its outcasts, the ‘vanguard’ of refugees may become the sign of a new beginning, of the possibility of a different world.

Tagged With: democracy, migrants, migration, utopia, Utopian Nights

Three Points for a Map of Utopia

July 20, 2018 · Anna Katarrh ·

Utopia means an actual, public-political organisation of living together, a democratic approach to human life, to production and care, collaboration and research, interaction and creativity, learning and questioning, community and individuality, participation as well as withdrawal.

Tagged With: democracy, utopia, Utopian Nights

Matters Out Of Place

February 2, 2018 · Elise Billiard ·

What does it mean to be “in your place”? Perhaps, we can discern the fear of migrants by understanding how and why the society designates a specific place for each of us.

Tagged With: displacement, migration, Utopian Nights

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