There is no war, then, without representation, no sophisticated weaponry without psychological mystification. Weapons are tools not just of destruction but also of perception. — Paul Virilio (1990, p....
06.12.2026 Dailykos.com
Weeks later, strolling through one of my local retailers, I encountered shelves of World Cup merchandise, licensed through FIFA — including an array of Italian products. As a Division I soccer player ...
06.12.2026 Bostonglobe.comHi, I am Vanja, a cultural sociologist currently based in Athens, but I have spent the majority of my life in Zadar, Croatia. I studied cultural sociology with a focus on political theory, critical th...
06.17.2026 Meer.comEtienne Darcas is an analyst and researcher specializing in digital propaganda, platform algorithms, and the intersection of modern mass media and political violence. Born to a French father and Ameri...
06.17.2026 Meer.com
The work of Dutch designer Karel Martens is rooted in materials rather than the ravishing image How to group text and images in ways that make sense? What size of type? How much space between the words, between the lines? What length of line? The basic problems of typography do no change, just as human beings go on reproducing themselves in similarly sized and constrained bodies. One could write the history of typography from 1450 on as a struggle between texts and designers, whose whims and van...
06.17.2026 Eyemagazine.com
“A mask sounds the death knell, ” from À Edgar Poe (1882) | Odilon Redon / Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Public Domain The following lecture was first presented as part of the Memory Study Networ...
06.16.2026 Publicseminar.org
I learn of his death in my home, 3, 500 miles away from Paris. It is a reflective portrait, which perhaps is worth reading if you too want to reach 100 and surpass it. I am not joking at all! To speak...
06.14.2026 Thenationalherald.com