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Living dead democracy
Overlapping crises, enforced political passivity, a new political normal: all things that gradually dismantle a democracy. Ferenc Laczó talks the death of democracy in a new episode of Gagarin.
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The myth of sudden death
Although it makes for a great dramatic effect, the theories of the sudden death of democracy disregard the gradual erosion and capture of institutions, and the role of the populace – argues political scientist John Keane on the Gagarin podcast.
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No more turning a blind eye
Russian aggression, climate disaster and technological singularity – it takes a professional optimist to seek the humanist potential in these threats. An interview with André Wilkens, director of the European Cultural Foundation. Gagarin podcast.
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The fight to be white
The centuries-old debate over whether certain countries belong to the East or the centre of Europe has fairly little to do with geography. In this episode of Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast, anthropologist Iván Kalmár discusses privilege, race and cultural hegemony.
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Refusing victimhood and commanding attention
Well-intentioned appeals from the collective West to encourage cultural dialogue between victim and aggressor reflect existing power structures. Reconciliation cannot be imposed from outside, Kateryna Botanova explains in Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast. Eurozine · Refusing victimhood and commanding attention: Kateryna Botanova
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Why it united in the first place
Ukraine seems to be more dedicated to European unity than the EU itself. And despite the Kremlin’s best attempts to isolate Russians, a tipping point is inevitable. Until then, we must support cultural workers – their presence is crucial for meaningful change, argues André Wilkens in Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast. Spoiler: André Wilkens wants a public […]
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Learning to live with the madness
Distrust in authority is the fundamental reason for low vaccination rates across eastern Europe. But we shouldn’t think of anti-science as the expression of mere ignorance, nor primarily as a grass-roots movement. Péter Krekó on Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast. Eurozine · Learning to live with the madness: Péter Krekó on vaccine reluctance and political calculation
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Refusing refugees: Ranabir Samaddar on forced migration
Europe is facing a demographic crisis, resulting in suffocating labour shortages, and yet incoming migration is more and more rejected in mainstream politics. Can the EU come to terms with this great contradiction without an implosion? In this new episode of Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast, editor-in-chief Réka Kinga Papp asks Ranabir Samaddar about migration and […]
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Let’s make cabbage great again!
How is whiteness constructed and why is it so fragile? What’s at stake in discussing colonial memory for eastern Europeans? Do they actually eat a lot of cabbage? Aro Velmet on Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast.
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The trillion euro question: André Wilkens on the Gagarin pod
The EU needs to prove itself the champion it has long been projected to be, argues André Wilkens in our interview about recovery funds, cultural transformation, budget lines and bank holidays. The director of the European Cultural Foundation also addresses his own pandemic experience as a migratory cultural agent on Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast. Eurozine […]
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Zine renaissance and hyperlocal news: local journalism in the digital age
Globalization was supposed to connect people but instead ended up connecting the powerful. Local news is rapidly disappearing, a side-effect of digitalization and the ownership concentration in media markets. In an age of technological changes and political pressure, niche publications and a renaissance of zines lead the quest for new, sustainable models in publishing. Eurozine podcast.