Theory on Demand #43 - Edited by Ana Cristina Suzina & Thomas Tufte.

The Brazilian educator Paulo Freire (1921-1997) is one of the most important thinkers of the 21st Century, figuring among the most quoted authors in the fields of Education and Social Sciences all over the world. He is also a core reference to an infinite number of grassroots and activist initiatives globally. This book celebrates his birth centennial with a collection of 19 contributions from both experienced and young media and communication scholars and activists working in 11 countries. They reflect and debate Freire’s principles and ideas, revisiting their origins and interrogating their relevance to current challenges and struggles. The result can be summarized as a claim for affect as the core feature of social change and a tool for yielding resistance.

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By Georgiana Cojocaru

The mind is an emergent event. Hereraclitus called it an enormous space whose boundaries, even by traveling along every path, could never be found out. Only by looking at the vasiform matter formations which are said to pre-condition its existence, such as tubes, dendrites, stems, peduncles, and complicated systems of innervation, one is mesmerized by the myriad operations and processes that pass through it. Continue reading...

Dispatches from the Place of Imminence, part 10 By Svitlana Matviyenko

May 9 – 29, 2022

The war did not end on May 9th. That day Russia celebrated the 77th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany with a large-scale military parade in Moscow’s Red Square. To the huge disappointment of the public, there was no promised flying display of the supersonic Tu-160 strategic bombers... continue reading

Tactical Tech – In the loop Ukraine edition By Maria van der Togt

Tactical Tech is an international NGO that engages with citizens and civil-society organizations to explore and mitigate the impacts of technology on society. Their vision is a world where digital technologies can contribute to a more equitable, democratic, and sustainable society. To enable this change, they investigate how digital technologies impact society and individual autonomy, using their findings to create practical solutions for citizens and civil society actors.... continue reading