city of collision
The publication of the book title ‘City of Collision‘ (pdf with list of content) yesterday evening at the Academy of Arts, Berlin, has been accompanied by about two hours of talks and disscusions which attempted to focus on the recent threats and consequential developments in connection with the specific spatial configuration of Jerusalem. Among the […] Read More
‘ordinary’ losers and differences in media coverage
Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University and openDemocracy’s International Security Editor, summarizes impressions for the first days of the Israel/Lebanon ceasefire and states some observable, but easily overlooked, facts: What was scarcely mentioned by the politicians were the “ordinary” losers. In Lebanon there were 1,100 people killed, more than 3,600 wounded and […] Read Morea film about invisible people
What war and displacement at any time does to people is the underlying theme of Andrea Å taka’s film ‘Das Fräulein‘. The film’s central characters are three women, each of them in a different way connected to a different part of the former Yugoslavia – nevertheless I understand these relations as a more general background as […] Read Moresome collected links
On Long Sunday appeared a few days ago this video letter from Beirut. It made me now search for some other readworthy posts and links while still thinking about the german impossibility to address Israel critically (sure .. historically grounded .. etc.. BUT .. – more to come) Michel Bérubé on Suez deux? and the […] Read More